Wanli 1592

Chapter 1169 Qin Army Reorganization
In this regard, Maeda Toshiie was wrong.

After this edict was issued a year ago, it was quickly obtained by the Blackwater spies, and then passed back to Daqin through secret channels, and handed over to Xiao Ruxun.

After Xiao Ruxun read it, he kept the imperial edict in a small box next to his desk, and took it out to look at it when he had something to do, to make sure that he would not forget about Japan because of the busy situation.

Now that the first phase of the Battle of Banzhou is over, preparations for the second phase are in full swing.

But it is a process from the expansion of the second stage to the chaos of the third stage, to the intervention in the fourth stage, to the control in the fifth stage, and finally to the land reform in the final stage.

If there is no two years, there will be a year and a half, and it is not something that can be done in a hurry.

Xiao Ruxun decided to bring back the troops from the Qinglong camp, leaving only the troops from the Xuanwu camp to guard the area separately, letting the land reform officials go deep into the local area and prepare to overthrow the chieftain's regime at any time.

It has been more than a year since the last time they made a small point. The Tokugawa family seemed to be a lot more honest, and realized the huge gap with Daqin, so they continued to focus on developing themselves.

But for the Toyotomi family, the emperor still calls himself the emperor internally, and the Toyotomi family's retainers still bring up the insulting edict every time they gather.

The excuses for going to war right now are very sufficient, and there is no need to think too much at all. Leaving aside the edict, other reasons can be done as you like. Anyway, there is no excuse for inflicting crimes. But before the war, Xiao Ruxun intends to complete the army's reorganize.

In Japan, the grasshoppers after autumn can't reach for a few days anyway, Wu Weizhong's army is enough to deter them, they can't make big waves, taking advantage of the situation in the southwest and the Japanese war has not yet started, Xiao Ruxun decided to solve the army The problem.

It seems that the earliest seven camp system is no longer applicable.

The number of troops keeps increasing. Now the number of the Qin army before the founding of the country and the recruits recruited after the founding of the country has exceeded 70. There is still a gap of 100 from the 30 million army stipulated by Xiao Ruxun. There is no rush.

What is anxious is that the establishment of the Seventh Battalion is suitable for the Myanmar Zhennan Army, but it is no longer applicable to the Daqin Army. The number of troops in each battalion is too large, and Xiao Ruxun himself is not at ease.

Therefore, he decided to split and expand the seven battalions and reorganize them into [-] new armies, including three cavalry armies and five navy armies, and the rest are field army armies.

The designation names of the original Seventh Battalion continued to be used, and 23 new military numbers were added on the basis. Each field army and cavalry army maintained the 3-man formation of the earliest Burmese Zhennan Army, and the navy army maintained at 2. belong to different regions.

In addition, the absolute elite 15 imperial guards directly under the command of the emperor himself made a total of 100 million regular troops.

Below the army, there are seven divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads, and eight regiments above the army.

Northwest Corps, Southwest Corps, Liaodong Corps, Southeast Corps, Lingnan Corps, Guanzhong Corps, Gyeonggi Corps and Navy Jiaolong Corps.

The jurisdiction of the Northwest Corps is only in Gansu. The jurisdiction of the Southwest Corps includes Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. The jurisdiction of the Liaodong Corps is in Liaodong. and Shandong area.

Since the current military strength is not yet complete, it is not yet time to complete the garrison mission. In the future, several cavalry corps will be added, but the preliminary planning of each army's defense area is like this——

The Northwest Corps garrisoned five corps, four field corps and one cavalry corps.

The Guanzhong Corps garrisoned two field armies.

The Gyeonggi Corps stationed six field armies and one cavalry army, plus 15 imperial guards and a navy army, making a total of eight armies and non-staffed imperial guards.

Southwest Corps stationed three field armies.

The Liaodong Corps stationed two field armies and one cavalry army, making a total of three armies.

The Southeast Corps stationed two field armies.

The Lingnan Corps stationed two field armies.

A field army is stationed in Myanmar, which belongs to the independent army directly under the central government and is not controlled by the corps.

Then, in addition to a naval army directly under the Gyeonggi Corps, the remaining four naval armies formed the Daqin Navy Jiaolong Corps, which was stationed in four naval bases, one in Zhejiang, one in Guangdong, one in Burma, and one in Luzon.

The Gyeonggi Corps is the strongest. On the one hand, it is the reason why the emperor needs to master the strongest and most elite army in the country. On the other hand, it is also considering the future Northern Expedition. Xiao Ruxun has the possibility of imperial conquest, so the strongest army will be concentrated here.

The Northwest Corps is the strongest other than the Gyeonggi Corps, because it will undertake the important mission of marching into the Western Regions, retaking Hetao and the northern grasslands in the future.

The Guanzhong Corps will take on more defensive and support tasks, so the number of people is the smallest among the Northern Corps, but the task is not light. In the future, when the Northern Expedition starts, Guanzhong will become a logistics base, and its location is important.

Needless to say, the Liaodong Corps is a mix of Mongolian and Jurchen forces. It will be their task to march on the Nuer Gandu Division and occupy Sakhalin Island in the future. The vast snowfield is a battlefield for cavalry.

In the future, the Southwest Corps will be mainly responsible for land reform and stability maintenance in the southwest region. It is also important to wipe out the remaining chieftain forces, and it is also important to protect the new immigrants.

The main task of the Southeast Corps is to defend the land and build, and cooperate with the navy to implement Xiao Ruxun's plan to develop the southeast islands. The islands in the southeast region will be taken one by one, including the largest island of Taiwan. Xiao Ruxun will immigrate to Taiwan Island and formally establish rule. , The Southeast Corps has a heavy mission.

The Lingnan Corps is responsible for stationing in Guangdong and Guangxi, the place where Emperor Tiangao is far away and communicates with Nanyang. It will also undertake some construction tasks. Of course, it is also very important to protect the northern Han immigrants who will immigrate here, and help them build a new home together. Here is firmly in hand.

The Navy Jiaolong Corps undertakes all maritime combat missions, firmly controls the South China Sea and the coastal waters of Myanmar, and strictly guards against any indigenous or outsiders who dare to challenge Daqin's local influence.

In addition, the reason why Myanmar garrisoned the field army was mainly to guard against the Mughal Empire.

Now there have been commercial exchanges between Myanmar and the Mughals. This is the news brought by Chen Xie, who has been stationed in Myanmar for a long time to look after Xiao Ruxun's house, so Xiao Ruxun must also guard against the possibility of war with the Mughals in the future.

After all, the Mughals are currently in a period of strong growth, Akbar is not dead, and his son and grandson are not easy to deal with. Any unified centralized empire is not easy to deal with, and the enemy must not be underestimated.

These armies belong to the central establishment and are not under the jurisdiction of the local government. The local government only has the right to mobilize the police and yamen servants, but not the army.

Right now, the number of troops in the country is not so large, and more are still being recruited and trained. It will take at least five years to fully implement this reorganization plan. Five years is neither too long nor too short, and it is within Xiao Ruxun's acceptable range.

Reorganization is slowly underway, and officer appointments can begin.

The establishment of the seven battalions was split up, the troops of the seven battalions were broken up and reorganized, and the generals and officers of each army were also transferred to different positions according to the existing military exploits to command the new army.

This task has been handed over to the Ministry of War for arrangement since June of the first year of Longwu. Now the specific list is almost ready. The meritorious veterans will be promoted to the commanders of the corps, and the next-best will become the commanders of the first army. Serve as corresponding officers in the other armies of various establishments.

Xiao Ruxun planned to form his own Central Guard Army first, and select the best soldiers from each army to form the Central Guard Army, which would be under the direct control of the emperor, equipped with the best equipment and strongest combat effectiveness, and would also undertake the most severe combat tasks.

In the future Northern Expedition to the Grassland, the absolute main force will be the Central Guard Army, so the number of cavalry in the Central Guard Army must be guaranteed. The reason why there are only three cavalry troops in the other armies is because Xiao Ruxun wants to maintain 6 troops in the Guard Army. Cavalry formation.

In the future, the cavalry of the Central Imperial Guard will be the strongest cavalry in the whole Qin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)