Late Tang

"I plan to disarm!" Li Jing suddenly raised an unexpected topic.

Several important officials of the Qin clan who had been paying attention to the conversation between Li Jing and Gai Yu were all shocked, disarmament?The army can be said to be the most important thing. Other feudal towns are eager to arm all the young and strong into the army, but Li Jing is thinking about disarming the army.What exactly was King Qin thinking?Although the current situation is slightly better, it is not optimistic.There are still so many feudal towns, and at least two-thirds of the traditional territory of the Tang Dynasty has not been won.Facing dozens of feudal towns, there are at least a million troops in various feudal towns. Is it appropriate to disarm at this time?

"It is possible to disband part of the foreign army. Now the Qin army has a large proportion of the foreign army. If this continues, the army will be too mixed, which will affect the combat effectiveness. If too many foreign troops are in the army, there will be no small troubles. "Jing Xiang couldn't help but make a sound.He felt that Li Jing's proposed disarmament might be referring to the Fan army.After all, in order to deal with the Northeast war situation, especially the unique terrain in the Northeast, a large number of Fan soldiers were recruited to control the Hu.But now that the war in the Northeast has been resolved, there is no need to keep too many Tibetan soldiers for future troubles.

Li Jing nodded, "It is true that some of the Fan soldiers will be dismantled, but the disarmament I am talking about does not refer to the Fan troops. Other troops also have to be disbanded."

Now, everyone was really shocked.The army can be said to be fundamental, especially in today's situation of constant wars.Although it is said that Qin Fan's army has continued to expand over the years, which has brought great logistical pressure, disarmament is a reduction in strength.

"Disarmament is my idea after serious consideration. The more troops the better. Especially now that we have completely controlled the Northeast region, now, outside the customs, we have no threat. And we are in the southeast, Also, we won’t have too many opponents in the short term. For a long time to come, our opponents will mainly be Hedong, Henan and Hebei. In the war in the Central Plains, we will also take every step of the way and gradually erode. Therefore, we will keep too many There is no need for the army. The number of soldiers is good but not too many. Too many troops will reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, increase the burden of logistics, and affect the production of civilian affairs. Therefore, I think it is completely necessary to abolish part of the army now. Yes. It can not only streamline the army, but also reduce expenditure, and achieve multiple goals in one fell swoop."

Everyone was a little hesitant. Just now, most of the surrendered tribal armies were going to be converted into farmers and soldiers. Now they want to disarm the army. This is not a small move.There are too many things involved, and it will even affect the future situation of Qin Fan.

"Ziming, how many troops do we have now?"

As the envoy of the Staff Council, Jing Xiang immediately replied without thinking: "At present, we have 80 regiments of the Army Field Army with 20 soldiers and horses. In addition, there are 20 troops of the Navy. The border guards have 20 troops. 20 soldiers, 20 city defense garrisons in various places, and 50 Gyeonggi guards. In addition, there are 60 newly recruited Shangrang and other four legions, and 30 reorganized ten legions in Bohai, Khitan , Heishui, Shiwei, Tatar and other tribes reorganized twelve legions with 40 people. In addition, we also have 60 registered united soldiers, [-] township soldiers, and [-] militiamen!"

When Jingxiang reported a series of numbers, everyone was a little surprised and surprised.This figure of hundreds of thousands at every turn really shocked everyone.Everyone didn't expect that the Qin army had so many troops before they knew it.

There are 80 direct-line field troops alone, 20 Gyeonggi guards, and 20 navy troops.In addition, it can be regarded as 20 second-line border guards, 20 local guards, and 170 road guards.These figures add up to 130 million people. This does not count the surrendered troops and the armies of various tribes, which add up to 130 million.In addition, there are [-] million solidarity soldiers, township soldiers, and militiamen in the reserve.

I don’t know if I don’t add it, I’m surprised, the total strength of the Qin army is 430 million?

"Are there so many?" Everyone showed such a look. More than 400 million, it's really a blow to the whip, and you can drown the opponent's city by spitting.

Jing Xiang explained with a smile: "Of course, this is just a literal figure. Of course, the real strength is not so many. However, the Qin army does have a lot of soldiers and horses now."

In fact, the real elite troops of the Qin Army today are sixteen field regiments, plus 20 sailors and 20 guards.But even these, there are enough 120 million.Of course, this is actually a bit watery, because the Qin Army counted all military academies and those large-scale ordnance manufacturing units in it, and all personnel were counted as active-duty soldiers.If these logistics departments and military cadets are eliminated, a lot can be reduced.In fact, it can be reduced by almost half.There are many military schools in the Qin Army, especially the Boy Scout School, which has a total of nearly 10 people from the age of seven to each class.This is the largest source of high-quality soldiers in the professionalization of the Qin army.The related logistics personnel who provided equipment logistics for the Qin army, from weapon research to ordnance production, and including horse farms and various related logistics personnel, add up to as many as 50 people.Therefore, after deducting these personnel who are also counted in the army, the real active combat troops are only 60.The sixteen regiments of the field army, as well as other armies, were not actually full.

But even if there are only 60 combatants, the Qin Army still has a large number of reserve and surrender troops.No matter how you calculate it, the number is astonishing.

"I plan to retire all non-combat personnel from active service, such as military school cadets, military workshops, military horse farms, etc., are all retired from active service. They only belong to the military logistics department, but they are not active servicemen." Active servicemen and non-combatants There is still a big difference between active soldiers. Although it is just a name change, it will have a big impact.At least, Qin Fan's military treatment is excellent now, and if hundreds of thousands of non-combatants are withdrawn from active duty, Qin Fan's military expenditure will be greatly reduced.

"I agree with King Qin's proposal. Qin Fan's soldiers are sacred and honorable. Non-combatants should retire from active service to distinguish them from active-duty soldiers, so as to make the soldiers more special. Moreover, non-combatants should withdraw from active service. Active duty, the annual military expenditure will also be reduced a lot. No matter how you look at it, it is very good." Jing Xiang immediately agreed to Li Jing's proposal.

Li Jing wants to cut the army, of course it is impossible to cut only these.

"The border guards retain a size of 20 people, but the road guards and local garrisons will be abolished, some will be merged into the border guards and some will be abolished. Their original local garrison tasks will be shared by the united soldiers and the township soldiers. .”

"Navy troops will also be abolished, and the current size of 20 people will be halved, and 10 horses will be retained. Part of the coastal defense force will be merged into the united and rural soldiers, and part of the marine corps will be transferred to the marine corps. "The Qin army basically has no opponents on the water, so naturally there is no need to retain a huge water force. A scale of 10 people is enough.

"In addition, the number of reserve soldiers must be reduced. At present, in the eighteen provinces, each province retains a united army of 5000 soldiers and one township soldier. The militia is retained at the scale of one army per state."

Qin Fan now has a large territory, and many places have become the rear area, so there is no need to keep a large number of united soldiers and rural soldiers as before.Although the united soldiers and township soldiers are reserve soldiers, they have to rotate for at least three months every year, and the military has to bear a lot of expenses.After the abolition according to Li Jing's plan, it will be reduced by three to four times. The township soldiers and united soldiers will each remain below 10, and the militia will be around 20.The total number of reserve personnel will be reduced from 130 million to 40.

Of course, the key point of disarmament is still the disarmament of the Fan soldiers.Although it does not mean that all of them will be abolished, Li Jing requires that the total number of Fan soldiers should not exceed [-]% of the total army, and that pure Fan cavalry troops will no longer be retained.

This is a huge move. In Li Jing's overall disarmament plan, first of all, 60 military students and military industry departments will be abolished from active service, and then the foreign soldiers will be attacked. The tribes and regiments composed of old and young, young and strong, and even women should be abolished. These people are not really all troops, but Li Jing brought them back from the northeast and managed them with an army establishment.Now, they are all going to be disbanded, most of them will be transferred to the production corps, a few will be placed in various places, and a small part will be transferred to the army.

In addition, some of the original Fan soldiers in the various troops will also be abolished. In the end, from the field army tribes to the border guards, only 100 Fan soldiers from more than 10 tribes and tribes have been retained, and they have been dispersed into various groups. in the army.

According to Li Jing's plan, the Qin army was finally divided into Gyeonggi garrison troops, field army troops, frontier defense troops, local garrison troops and reserve troops.The Gyeonggi Guards, that is, Yanjing and the nearby important Guancheng, retain 20 people.Field army troops, finally retaining 30 people.20 border guards are reserved.The local garrison is composed of the united army and the township army. The nature of the local garrison is between the standing army and the reserve. The 20-strong local garrison implements a rotation system. A quarter of the troops are in service, and the troops are divided into four batches, each with a quarter.Only in a wartime state will they all be assembled.The other 40 militiamen have become reserve forces. They train for two months every year during the slack season and are recruited during wartime.

20 Gyeonggi garrison troops, 30 field troops, 20 frontier defense troops, 20 local garrison troops, 40 naval divisions, and 600 militia reserves.Of course, there is also the largest construction corps cluster, a total of [-] construction corps, which will have [-] million men and women farmers and soldiers. (To be continued.)