Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2641 Armament preparation, where is the sword pointing

Chapter 2637: Where does the sword point

With the increasing number of troops in the Great Qin Dynasty, the old military system inherited from the former Han Dynasty is no longer applicable, and this military system reform is mainly to improve the military functions and powers.

Daqin's new military system this time is divided into three levels and fifteen levels.

Sergeant level: Shichang, Team Leader, Tuenchang, Junhou, Sima,

School level: Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Senior Colonel,

General level: brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, general;

There are fifteen military ranks in total. From the bottom to the top, the military power gradually increases, but there are two to three deputies to divide the power, so as to prevent the generals who lead the army from supporting themselves to the greatest extent.

After discussing with the prime minister and the six ministers, Ying Hao made the following canonizations for the generals of the Great Qin Dynasty according to their merits and their original ranks:
General Bai Qi, leading the rank of general.

Li Jing, Yue Fei, Su Lie, Xue Li, Zhang Liao, Huo Qubing, Meng Tian, ​​Qin Qiong, Zhou Yu, and Long Qie, the ten chief and deputy commanders, all took the rank of general.

Li Cunxiao, Jiang Song, Jia Fu, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Gao Chong, Gongsun Xuanyuan, and Yu Wencheng, the eight great generals, all hold the rank of honorary general, while the actual military power is lieutenant general or even major general.

The title of honorary general was discussed between Ying Hao and the civil servants, and it was aimed at those generals who had made great achievements and were strong enough, but lacked the commanding ability.

For example, Li Cunxiao, as the number one fierce general in the Great Qin Dynasty, his merits are enough to be named a general, and his own strength is even more invincible in the world, but if she is asked to command an army of [-], she is still somewhat powerless.

Therefore, Ying Hao specially launched honorary ranks for these people, giving them the treatment of generals first, and then giving them the matching military power when their commanding ability is sufficient.

Except for the above-mentioned one general and the eighteen generals, the other generals either lack qualifications, or do not have enough credit, or have just surrendered not long ago, so they are all below the 19.

A total of 28 people led the rank of lieutenant general, namely: Han Xin, Wei Qing, Wu Qi, Wang Jian, Li Dingguo, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Huang Feihu, Jin Tai, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Yang Zaixing, Yang Yanzhao, Qin Wu, Qin Wu Yong, Qin Ji, Qi Jiguang, Han Shizhong, Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan, Hu Luguang, Yu Chigong, Arthur...

Among them: Jin Tai, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Yang Zaixing, Qin Yong, Yu Chigong and other fierce generals who are not good at leading the army, also hold the rank of honorary lieutenant general, and their actual military power is major general or even brigadier general.

Subdued generals like Han Xin and Wei Qing have enough official position, status and ability to be canonized as generals, but since the time of surrender is not too long, and they haven't made too much credit for the time being, they will be given the rank of lieutenant general first. as a transition.

There are a total of 42 people who lead the rank of major general, namely: Yang Jian, Wen Zhong, Huang Tianhua, Long Yang, Tai Shici, Wen Pin, Luo Cheng, Xiong Kuo Hai, Li Yan, Zhang He, Yang Yanding, Yang Yande, Yang Yansi, Guan Sheng, Yu Jin , Pei Yuanqing, Ma Chao, Yan Xing, Li Maozhen, Li Sunchen, Meng Gong, Zhang Han, Duan Shao, Di Qing, Sima Cuo, Qin Liang, Yu Ziqi, Zhong Limei, Ji Bu, Ding Yanping, Su Xian, Zhou Yafu, Xiao Yan , Wei Rui, Jiang Jiong, Fan Lihua...

Brigadier general is also the rank with the most generals in the Great Qin Dynasty. There are 72 people in total, namely: Kong Xuan, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Huang Tianxiang, Chen Tang, Wang Ben, Tu Xingsun, Yang Ren, Li Mu, Mi Houwang, Jiao Moxiang, Zhang Dingbian, Cheng Yaojin, Pang De, Qin Ming, Qin Si, Qin Xi, Qin Yi, Meng Yi, Qin Hua, Yingqian, Hu Yanzhuo, Li Jin, Yue Xi, Huo Jun, Hua Xiong, Li Jue, Zhang Xiu, Ju Yi, Cai Mao, Gao Lan, Tian Yu, Han Meng, Li Ling, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Wang Baobao, Sun Zhongjin, Fu Cunshen, Deng Chanyu...

As the highest school level, the senior colonel is the future reserve brigadier general and the most important backbone general in the army, so the number of them is naturally much larger than that of the brigadier general.

There are a total of 180 people who hold the rank of colonel, namely: Meng Ben, Ruan Wengzhong, Niu Gao, Wang Li, Wang Xuance, Yue Zhongqi, Gongsun Yu, Xiao Baoyin, Xu Rong, Yan Rou, Zhu Ling, Zhou Qing, Gongsun Kang, Wu Ji, Kang Anyu, Li Zuoche, Gong Du, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, Li Huamei...

The school-level generals below the senior colonel can only be regarded as the middle-level in the Qin army, and the total number even exceeded a thousand, so I can only give some representative examples.

Colonel: Long Xuhu, Deng Jiugong, Yu Yuan, Ren Bi, Kang Junli, Li Siben, Liu Yi, Feng Jie, Gongsun Gong, Dong Xian, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Fu Yanrao, Gao Ming, Gao Jue...

Lieutenant Colonel: Yu Hua, Xue Xiantu, Jiang Xingba, Qi Chengguang, Kou Cheng, Wang Jing, Tang Huai...

Majors: Gongsun Fan, Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Fu Yanqing...

Calibrators: Wu Wenhua, Gongsun Xu, Deng Xiu...

Hao Zhao, Wu Wenhua, Yu Yuan, Yu Hua, Wang Shuang, Lu Xiangsheng and others were all selected talents in this large-scale army expansion, so they were also promoted exceptionally.

As for the generals below the school level, they can only be regarded as the lower ranks in the army, so naturally there is no need to give examples one by one.

After this list comes out, it is naturally impossible to satisfy everyone.

Quite a number of brigadier generals and below Qin generals were dissatisfied with some surrendered generals who had surrendered not long ago, but they were on an equal footing with them, and their ranks were even higher than them.

If it was Yang Jian, it would be fine, after all, Yang Jian was already a top fighter in the world before he surrendered to Qin.

Forget about Li Maozhen, Hua Xiong, Li Jue and other generals, after all, they took the initiative to lead the army to join them.

But Li Mu and Li Zuoche, the surrendered generals who surrendered after being captured, were on an equal footing with them, and even had a higher rank than them, which made people intolerable.

Of course, there are only a small number of people who are not angry, and most people are relatively satisfied with this award. After all, this award did not reduce their military power.

In addition, a low military rank does not mean a low title.

Military ranks only represent military power in one's hands, while titles represent wealth and status.

Sooner or later, the military power will be handed over, but the title can always belong to him and be passed on to his descendants.

Soldiers fight on the battlefield and fight all their lives, isn't it just to confer their wives and sons, and to worship generals and marquises.

Therefore, compared with military rank, most generals of the Great Qin still value titles more.

When Ying Hao learned that some people in the army were dissatisfied with this award, he also sent someone to enlighten them one-on-one, trying to resolve the dissatisfaction as much as possible, and the effect was not bad.

The training of 75 recruits has been completed, and the new military system has also completed the awarding of ranks. The next step is naturally to expand abroad.

In this regard, Ying Hao also discussed with all the think tanks, whether to conquer the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains first in the east, or conquer the Sui Kingdom in Xiliang first in the west.

For Daqin, the difference between these two items is actually not that big.

If the Sui Kingdom is destroyed first, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains will definitely declare war on the Great Qin. The Great Qin is tantamount to adopting the strategy of attacking from the west and defending from the east, destroying the Sui Kingdom first and then destroying the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.

If the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are destroyed first, the Sui Kingdom may not necessarily participate in the war in the early days, but once the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains cannot hold on, the Sui Kingdom will definitely participate in the war.

Therefore, whether it is an eastward expedition or a western expedition, the Great Qin will confront these four countries sooner or later, and there is a high probability that the Shu and Chu countries will also participate. This is because the Shu and Chu countries obviously do not pose much threat to the Great Qin.

If Chu State wanted to threaten Daqin, it could only go north to attack Jingbei to solve the problem of Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is a strong city in the world, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are famous generals Xue Rengui and Han Xin guarding it.

At the beginning, Shu and Chu joined forces to attack, with a total force of nearly 20, while the Qin army only had [-] defenders, but the Shu and Chu allied forces still failed to break through Xiangyang.

Today, the total army strength of Great Qin is 150 million, and the strength in Jingbei is even more 15. Even if the whole country of Shu and Chu invaded, they would not be able to break through Xiangyang City in the short term.

The threat from the Kingdom of Shu is better resolved.

Before occupying Hanzhong, the Qin army needed multiple fortifications to prevent the Shu army from invading.

But after occupying Hanzhong, as long as Hanzhong is defended, the Shu army can no longer threaten the Qin army.

Now Daqin has deployed [-] troops in Hanzhong, and there are also generals such as Ban Chao and Yang Jian stationed.

However, the Shu Han was under the attack of the Qin and Nan countries, and could not use all their strength to deal with the Great Qin. Obviously, it was difficult to pose too much threat to the Great Qin.

Therefore, the two countries of Shu and Chu are nothing to worry about. Daqin only needs to concentrate its forces to solve the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui.

There are also different opinions within Daqin about whether to go east first or go west first.

The others, headed by Prime Minister Wang Meng, believed that the weakest country should be destroyed first, and then the weakest Sui country should be destroyed first, and then the three countries in the Central Plains should be concentrated. This is the safest way.

However, Liu Bowen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and others believed that the Sui Kingdom was nothing to worry about. No matter whether the Sui Congress sent troops or not, it would not be able to shake the western defense line of the Great Qin Dynasty. It takes a partial teacher to destroy it.

Whether it is to go east first or go west first, there is not much difference for Daqin, but when Ying Hao was hesitating, Zhang Liang, Minister of the Ministry of War, proposed a new idea, that is, the two fronts of the east and the west went to war together.

As soon as Zhang Liang said this, he was immediately opposed by both the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition. Wang Meng and Liu Bowen also felt that Zhang Liang's two-line war was too radical. After all, there was a safer way, so why take the risk? What about the danger?
Zhang Liang didn't care about the crowd's opposition at all, and smiled slightly: "Even Prime Minister Wang and Liu Shangshu think that it is more risky to go to war with the East and West, so the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui must also think so.

Therefore, if the east and west are at war at the same time, at least one side can be defeated. "

Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Ying Hao's eyes lit up immediately, and he said in a deep voice, "What Zhang Shangshu said makes sense.

Since we can guess how the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui will respond after our army's eastward or westward expedition, then the four countries are obviously also ready to deal with our country's eastward or westward expedition.

Based on calculations based on calculations, no matter whether our army is going east or west, it is within the expectations of the four countries, but they certainly would not have thought that our army would take the risk of fighting on two fronts at the same time, even though we could seek stability.

Our army can send troops to the east to attack the Central Plains first. After Yang Guang on the west front receives the news, he will definitely not think that our army will continue to march west, and he will definitely relax in defense. If we launch a surprise attack at this time, we will be able to fight The Sui State was in a hurry. "

When Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu and others heard this, they all expressed their approval. Obviously, although this two-line war plan is more risky, once it is implemented, the result will be much greater than that of a single-line war.

In the next few hours, Ying Hao, Zhang Liang, Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others worked together to deduce and perfect the plan for the two-front war.

The specific plan is as follows:

The first step is to dispatch two armies from Jizhou and Qingbei to crusade against Ming. After hearing the news, Wei and Song will definitely stand on Ming’s side. Then Daqin will be able to crusade against these two former allies. up.

The second step is to tear up the covenant with the Wei and Song countries, and then dispatch four armies to attack the Wei and Song countries.

The troops from Weijun went south to attack Baima, the troops from Hulao Pass to attack Chenliu, the troops from Nanyang to attack Yingchuan, and the troops from Zhangling to attack Runan.

In addition to the two armies of Jizhou and Qingbei, a total of six armies, they fought against the three kingdoms of the Central Plains at the same time, posing an illusion of going all out to crusade against the Central Plains, in order to mislead the Sui Kingdom on the western front.

In the third step, after the Sixth Route Army invaded the Central Plains, the Sui Kingdom would definitely relax. At that time, each of Longxi and Wuwei would send out one army to attack the Sui Kingdom.

Daqin will dispatch the Eighth Route Army this time, dispatching an army of more than one million to directly fight against the four countries of Wei, Song, Wu and Sui. It will definitely be the largest battle so far.

If this battle is won, Great Qin will definitely rule the world, otherwise, the troubled times will continue for a while.

(End of this chapter)