Now that the war horse issue has a direction to be solved, Li Shaoshi and the Armaments and Logistics Department have no objections.

In this way, the question of the equipment of the army was resolved.

And after Li Shaoshi and the official, it was like a flood that opened the floodgates, and one after another officials stood up and raised their own questions and what they could do.

Zhao Jun gave answers one by one, and made each department solve each other's problems, and soon a large number of difficulties were solved one by one.

The two main topics of today's meeting have also come to fruition.

There is nothing to say about dealing with the Tatar invasion, it is enough to be ready for war at all times, and to keep abreast of the movements of the Tatars and respond in a timely manner.

With the current strength of Yunzhou County, although they are not afraid of the front, they can't catch them without being stupid on the other side.

So far, in the face of the extremely mobile grassland cavalry, unless Yunzhou County can find the opponent's lair and annihilate it in one fell swoop, it will be in vain to fight.

If people can't beat you and don't want to fight you, they turn around and run, and you can't catch up.

Therefore, in the face of the Tatar attack, Yunzhou County can indeed only defend passively at present.

And the expansion and change of the convoy is the most discussed topic today.

The expansion of the escort army involves more problems, and all aspects, whether it is equipment, war horses, food and grass, or personnel, are one problem after another.

Yunzhou County is not as big as the Song Dynasty in Guannei.

Although the Great Song Dynasty was short of money, it was less than Yunzhou County in terms of the amount of silver money and grain and grass that could be used.

But in terms of population, it has a huge advantage.

As long as the three problems of equipment and money and food are satisfied, no matter how the imperial court recruits soldiers, there are still people.

But Yunzhou County can't, so far, the total population of Yunzhou County is about 2.5 million, including 2.2 million Song people.

About 300,000 naturalized Tatar population.

These 2.5 million Song people alone have already formed a ratio of almost ten to one, except for 200,000 soldiers and horses.

This is a relatively normal military-civilian ratio.

But if the Guards recruit 100,000 people again, the ratio will be drawn to seven to one.

Such a military and civilian composition is indeed very dangerous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a reckless use of force.

However, judging from the current situation faced by Yunzhou County, the expansion of the army is necessary.

Otherwise, these armies alone would not be able to completely keep the Tatars out of the county.

Therefore, in the end, the proposal for the expansion of the army was passed, and the Yamen of Yunzhou County issued a conscription notice to the Song people in the three counties under his command to gather troops.

Everything is based on autonomy, and there must be no half of the difficulty.

Solving the population problem solves the biggest problem of law enforcement in the expansion of the army, and as for others, such as equipping war horses, solutions have also been given.

In terms of grain and grass, the current reserves of Yunzhou County are not a problem at all, even if they have been fighting with Tatar for a few years, the granaries of Yunzhou County are also supplied.

So it's all well solved.

But now the issue of the military system of the escort force has stumped everyone.

Today, the current military system of Yunzhou County is the same as that of the Great Song Dynasty.

A small team of five people, a squadron of ten people, a group of five squadrons, and a large group of fifty people.

Then there were two brigades for one capital, five for one battalion, and one battalion for five hundred people.

Immediately after that, the five battalions were combined into one army, and the ten armies were combined into one box, and the number of people in one box was about 25,000.

In terms of officer settings, below the battalion level are the capital head, the group leader, the squadron leader, the squad leader, etc.

At the battalion and above, there are official positions such as commander (battalion commander), deputy commander, and Duyu Marquis (the largest commander and the smallest Duyu marquis).

When he reaches the military level, he is still the commander (military commander), deputy commander, Du Yuhou, etc.

Even if it reaches the van level, it is just the commander, deputy commander and Du Yuhou at the compartment level.

This kind of military system is good when the number of guards is still small, and you can know the situation in the army very concisely and clearly, and you can know how many people are waiting for only a little calculation.

However, as the strength of Yunzhou County became larger and larger, the number of troops increased, and even reached the number of 200,000, and the original military system was no longer enough.

It's even bloated.

For example, Ding Hongguang is now the commander of the Xiang, but he commands an army of 200,000 under his command!

What kind of commander is this, whose commander has so many soldiers?

Not to mention the problem of preparation, even the scheduling is also a headache.

The bloated size has caused all kinds of problems in the army, and some people don't even know that the officer in charge of them is.

Therefore, it is imperative to restructure the armed forces.

After some close discussions, the new army establishment was finally released.

Originally, Yunzhou County was just a local force, and it was already the limit for officers to reach the level of the box.

But the actual situation in Yunzhou County makes this not all the limit.

Therefore, after discussion, everyone agreed that there was no need to move the lower-level military system, and that it was sufficient to add to the higher-level military system and divide the escort army.

Taking a small army of 25,000 people as an example, following the example of the imperial court, taking the two compartments as a large army, that is, 50,000 people formed an army of its own.

There is a chief general, a deputy general, and an army in charge of military law.

With three generals commanding 50,000 people as a large army, the army was given a number.

And in terms of the current situation in Yunzhou County, it must be divided into at least four armies.

And above the army, there should also be a military hall composed of the governor, the deputy governor and the governor.

Among them, the Metropolitan Governor is permanently led by His Royal Highness King Yun.

Only in the case of a large army going out to fight, the title of commander of the army is temporarily given.

The rank was immediately removed after the division of the army.

The Deputy Governor and the Governor are the direct military commanders in charge of the major armies on weekdays.

After that, no matter how many more armies were set up, they were all under the control of the Military Hall.

In this way, it was possible to break up the originally bloated escort army.

After determining the military system, everyone discussed the number of the army, and finally after some discussion, Zhao Jun made the decision, and now the existing army will be split from now on.

Since then, the escort army has been divided into four armies, namely the Yunlu Army, the Yunyao Army, the Yunting Army, and the Yunzhu Army.

Later, the 100,000 people recruited were set up in two separate armies, namely the Yunjiang Army and the Yunhe Army.

In addition, Ding Hongguang, the commander-in-chief of the current Guard Army, was promoted to the post of Deputy Governor of the Metropolitan and Guan Ning was appointed as the Governor of the Guard, and the reorganization of the Guard Army was carried out.

It is important to train the recruits and reorganize the convoy by mid-September.

At this point, the two main topics of the meeting have been resolved.

After everyone discussed the details again, seeing that it was not early, Zhao Jun announced the end of the meeting.

When he walked out of the conference hall, the official of the grain storage department suddenly asked to see Zhao Jun outside the conference hall.

Zhao Jun thought about it and agreed, and asked Wang Huaien to take the person to his study.

He already had a guess in his mind about why the other party came to find him.

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(End of chapter)