In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 252 Three-Service System
The current strength of the Chinese army can be said to be very scary. Including the infantry battalion that was left behind and naturalized and was maimed, there are 20 infantry battalions alone with 10 troops.

There are also 14 garrison battalions that have just been reorganized, with nearly 14 people, plus two cavalry battalions, longbow battalion, firearms battalion, chariot battalion, guard battalion, position protection battalion, as well as various general soldiers and guerrilla battalions. The total number of soldiers and servants surrendered by the general has reached 33.

For China, which has a population of only 400 million and less than ten counties, the ratio of soldiers to civilians is absolutely terrifying. It is absolutely unbearable if military pay is issued every month.

So after some weighing and thinking, Lin Rui planned to only pay military pay to veterans and officers with military ranks above Xiaoqi, while ordinary soldiers would still not be given military pay.

Because once soldiers are given military pay, they will essentially fight for money and work hard for money. Instead of paying military pay and being motivated by future, land and related benefits, soldiers will feel that they are defending their homeland and country. Fighting for oneself.

As long as the propaganda is done well, not only will it not affect combat effectiveness, but it will greatly improve morale and combat effectiveness.

After all, the military salary of two taels of silver per month is only about twenty taels a year. If you can get land rewards for meritorious service, or even become an official and improve your status, fools know how to choose.

Of course, in this way, the soldiers selected cannot be the backbone of the family, but should mainly be young people.

Therefore, Lin Rui stipulated that from now on, the Chinese army would only recruit unmarried men under the age of 20. They would receive food, accommodation and no military pay. Those who were not promoted to a small flag within three years would be directly retired and returned home in exchange for a sum of money.

Those who are not promoted to the rank of general banner within five years will also be retired directly, but in addition to a compensation of money, they can also be rewarded with ten acres of land. Those who are not promoted to the rank of [-] households within seven years will be transferred to local areas.

Because Lin Rui planned to divide the Chinese army into three types from now on, one is the field army, which is responsible for fighting everywhere, the other is the garrison army, which is responsible for garrisoning places, and the last one is the reserve army.

The highest organization of the field army is the legion, which is mainly composed of young infantry. Each legion has about 5 people, including six infantry battalions, an elite trap camp, a cavalry battalion, a firearms battalion, a logistics battalion, and a longbow battalion. It was canceled directly. After all, firearms will be the mainstream in the future.

In the end, Lin Rui planned to form four field legions first. The first legion was the Guards Corps, which included the left and right cavalry battalions, a total of [-] Mongolian cavalry, the left and right guards battalions, [-] elite veterans, [-] guard battalions, and a battlefield Vehicle battalion, an artillery battalion, the artillery battalion will be all equipped with red cannons, a logistics battalion, and two additional infantry battalions will be removed to join.

The Guards Corps has a total of ten battalions, with a total of about 5000 people. Its main task is to guard the capital and the capital. The commander of the regiment is Lin Xiuyun, Niu's sister-in-law, and Wang Pu and Wang Tingchen serve as deputy commanders.

There were only a few hundred veterans left in the guard camp, and all the required soldiers were selected from among the military attachés of the guard station and the servants of the surrendered generals. The guard camp was also made up of half Mongolian girls and half Han female soldiers.

The Second Army, with Huang Ben as its commander and Shang Kexi and Yang Guozhu as its deputy commanders, has a total of six infantry battalions. Five thousand elite daredevils were selected from the garrison to form a trap camp. The cavalry battalion was formed from Each general's personal bodyguard was composed of five thousand men who could ride horses.

The cavalry battalions of each legion do not need to ride and shoot, as long as they can charge and kill on horseback, one of the six infantry battalions will be selected to be trained as a dragoon.

As for the logistics camp, it's simple. In addition to some carpenters and blacksmiths, you can also recruit a group of female rescuers, horsemen and coachmen. The daily size can be kept at 5000 people. When you want to march and fight, you can temporarily recruit young men.

In the future, the firearms battalion will be mainly equipped with French cannons and muskets, with the same number of 5000 people. Soldiers are easy to find, but it may be difficult to equip them with artillery and muskets in a short period of time.

In this way, in the future, each legion can fight independently and take charge of its own role. The infantry battalion is responsible for field battles against the enemy, the cavalry is responsible for surprise reconnaissance, covering and chasing the enemy, the trapped camp is responsible for close combat and chaos, and is responsible for taking the lead in attacking difficulties. The logistics battalion is responsible for logistics work, including Clean the battlefield and so on.

The third legion was headed by Zhou Meng, Zhang Cunren, and Tang Tong served as deputy commanders. Its configuration and personnel were equivalent to those of the second legion.

The commanders of the Fourth Army are Wang Gouwa, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke serve as deputy commanders. The configuration and personnel are the same.

The field army has four legions with a total of more than [-] people. The basic organization remains unchanged, with the same units, posts, teams, battalions, and finally the army, also called the legion.

The titles of officers at all levels are also unified as: corps commander, chief, sentry commander, captain, battalion commander, and regiment commander.

The military ranks remain unchanged, from low to high: soldier, veteran, small flag, general flag, hundred households, thousand households, partial general, participating general, lieutenant general, general, a total of ten levels, each level is divided into A, B and C. Level three.

From now on, recruits who have just joined the army will not be awarded military ranks. After four months of training, they will be awarded the rank of soldiers. After fighting two battles, or killing an enemy, or after joining the army for two years, they will be promoted to the rank of veteran.

The corps commanders and senior commanders are all served by Xiaoqi, the sentry commander is served by the general banner Baihu, the captain is served by Baiqianhu, the battalion commander is served by the partial general and staff general, and the regiment commander is served by the lieutenant general.

In order to completely abolish military pay, the monthly military pay paid to officers will be renamed as position allowance. The corps commander will receive one tael of silver per month, and the captain will receive 50 taels of silver per month. Two, in this way, a field army of 100 would only need to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver per month. Including food, it would not exceed 20 taels, and all the soldiers would be able to eat well.

As for the dignified army commander who only gets 100 taels of silver per month, the old people in the Lin family army not only do not find it too little, but are very excited. After all, after following the commander for so many years, they will finally have a monthly salary from now on.

The commander-in-chief who surrendered did not care about the so-called military salary. What they cared about was to follow Lin Rui to make achievements and then found a country and be granted a title.

Ordinary Chinese soldiers, whether they are veterans or young recruits, can accept the lack of military pay due to their daily ideological education and their habits.After all, as long as they can have enough to eat, everyone is looking forward to the future. They all hope that in the future they can work as an official and part-time official, marry a wife and have children, serve as a local garrison officer, and at the worst, they can be rewarded with some land.

Only the veterans of the frontier army and the family guards were a little unhappy when they heard that there was no military pay.

After all, although the veterans of the frontier army have never received full pay before, they still get a little bit every month, not to mention the servants and guards, who get at least four or five taels of silver every month, most of them People rely on this money to support their families.

Although many of their family members are no longer in Datong Xuanfu, the generals they are loyal to still ask their hometown stewards to pay military pay to their family members every month.

Now that they have surrendered to the Kingdom of China, the king has separated them from the generals who were loyal to them. Those generals will definitely not pay military salaries to their relatives.

In this regard, Lin Rui also made it clear that those who want to stay must accept the rules of the Chinese army, and those who are unwilling to accept can be given some dry food and money and leave on their own.

Although many people chose to leave in the end, many more stayed. After all, there is indeed a bright future in the Chinese army, especially in the field army.

After reorganizing the field army, Lin Rui began to reorganize the garrison. According to Lin Rui's vision, the highest establishment of the garrison in the future would be a town. A town would have about 2 to 3 people and be responsible for garrisoning a province.

However, the current total territory of the Hua Kingdom is estimated to be only about one province, and one county is equivalent to a prefecture. Therefore, Lin Rui plans to temporarily organize some garrison battalions, with each battalion having between one and 3000 people.

For example, each prairie county only needs to station 1000 people in the county town.

As for the three counties of Datong, in addition to the three cities of Datong, Xuanfu, and Shuozhou, which have at least 1000 people stationed in each city, the other prefectures and counties also have to station one to 300 people.

As for a castle no matter how small it is, there is no need to send a garrison to garrison it. Reserves are enough.

In the end, Lin Rui directly organized eight garrison battalions, with a total of 5000 people, mainly equipped with swords, shields and spears. Eight guerrilla generals who had surrendered served as battalion commanders.

They were stationed in eight counties: Guihua, Yunzhong, Hanoi, Dongsheng, Jining, Datong, Shuozhou, and Xuanhua. As for Wuyuan County, due to special circumstances, there was no need for garrison troops to be stationed.

The main tasks of each garrison battalion in the future are to defend county towns, prefecture towns and county towns, and to assist local governments in maintaining public security.

The remaining more than [-] garrison troops, the local young men of Datong, can be converted into reserve forces after being compensated with a sum of money and food and then retired directly to go home to farm.

For those border troops who were not local to Xuanfu in Datong, Lin Rui planned to pack them all and send them to Wuyuan County to work in the fields, as well as tens of thousands of women outside Guihua City. In the future, these people could form families and settle down in Wuyuan.

After all, after the focus shifted to Datong, Guihua City no longer needed so many people to build it. It only needed to leave some masons and carpenters to slowly build it.

For such a large piece of geomantic treasure land as Wuyuan, 12 field guards are far from enough. At least 20 field guards, 10,000+ people, are needed to cultivate all the land.

In the future, whether it is to conquer Mobei or Moxi, directly transporting grain and grass from Wuyuan will greatly save time and expenses. This is why Lin Rui spared no effort to build Wuyuan into a granary.

The reserve force is much simpler and will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. Lin Rui plans to select some veterans from each infantry battalion to retire and serve as reserve officers at the grassroots level in the three counties.

After all, the camp is made of iron, the soldiers are smooth, and after several years of fighting with him, they have not yet been promoted to the rank of [-] households under the general banner. It can be seen that either the ability is insufficient, or they have begun to slack off and lose their ambition. If such a veteran If the field army is not cleared out in time, it will easily turn into a veteran soldier.

But retiring directly would be too hurtful. After all, these are veterans who followed him in the Northern and Southern War when they were young. They have been through wind and snow many times, so it is most appropriate for them to serve as reserve officers.

After all, these people have a very strong sense of belonging to China. As long as they retain their military ranks and receive some monthly subsidies of money and food, they will definitely be loyal to China and help him firmly control the three counties. grassroots level.

As for the land, if they want to rent it at that time, they can also rent it and plant some. There is no need to think about giving it a direct reward, because Lin Rui’s plan is that the land in the Central Plains and the main provinces in the south will be nationalized in the future and can only be used by private individuals. rights, there is no right to buy or sell.

Even if it is reclaimed wasteland, the ownership belongs to the state.

If you want your own land, you can only go overseas and work hard. Anyway, he only promised that after the world is unified in the future, everyone will be rewarded with land, and he did not say where the land will be rewarded. At that time, everyone will be rewarded with a large piece of overseas land. Recruit people to manage it yourself, and then capture serfs to open up wasteland.

(End of this chapter)