Chapter 475 Army Reorganization
[Hundreds of Holy Lands] The effect of improving the qualifications of NPCs is gradually becoming prominent in the military.
Sun Chuanlin, Shaobu, Sun Tengjiao, Zhao Yan, Liao Kai and other local generals broke through the barrier of high-level generals, which seemed insurmountable before, but now it no longer exists.
In the near future, Shanhai City will usher in a large number of local senior military generals.
The position of division commander no longer has to be held by a historical general. In the future military expansion of Shanhai City, the most difficult problem of senior generals has been solved.
In addition, with the operation of the Army Lecture Hall, by the end of this year, when the first batch of trainees graduate, a large number of professional officers, including logistics officers, clerks, staff officers, etc., will join the master regiments.
In the future, each division will be able to fight independently.
Replenishment of soldiers, expansion of the garrison division, and reorganization of the Leopard Army Corps, will consume more than 100,000 prisoners of war, and there are nearly 100,000 prisoners of war waiting to be reorganized.
Among the 100,000 prisoners of war, after excluding the wounded and unqualified soldiers, and then excluding the city defense troops prepared for the Zhufu counties of Zhaoqing County, there are roughly 65,000 left, enough to form another army.
Ouyang Shuo did not choose to reorganize a new legion, but expanded the existing three legions. The current legion consists of four divisions, each with 13,500 troops, for a total of 54,000.
The positioning of the legion is enough to deal with a big battle independently. However, according to the current development of the war situation, 50,000 troops are no longer enough to control the situation on the battlefield.
A [Southern Alliance] can easily gather 200,000 troops.
Therefore, it is imperative to expand the army.
Ouyang Shuo decided to expand the general army from four divisions to five divisions, which is also in line with the progressive relationship of Shanhai City's army based on five. For each legion, equip a direct brigade.
As a result, the strength of the legion increased from 54,000 to 70,000, an increase of 16,000.
An elite army of 70,000 is enough to deal with a regional battle.
If the three legions need to complete the expansion, they need 48,000 people, which is equivalent to one legion.
After the expansion of the Legion, three division commanders need to be appointed.
Ouyang Shuo's principle is to try his best to be promoted from the generals who have done meritorious service on the battlefield. Therefore, Shaobu and Sun Tengjiao, two cavalry generals, logically served as the division commanders of the fifth division of the Longxiang Army and the Huben Army respectively.
As for the division commander of the fifth division of the Leopard Tao Corps, one will be promoted from among the surrendered generals.
In this battle, 200,000 soldiers were surrendered, and only Di Qing was promoted. Such an obvious differential treatment will inevitably chill the troops. After weighing it all, Ouyang Shuo decided to promote another general.
The specific candidates will be selected by Du Ruhui.
After this round of reorganization, Shanhai City has added four garrison divisions and six field divisions at once, expanding its army to more than 130,000 people, which is close to the total number of previous troops.
The field army is three full-staffed main battle armies, with a total of 210,000 troops. Other than that, there are Ouyang Shuo's pro-army, the Three Thousand Martial Guards and Imperial Guard Division.
For the remaining 17,000 prisoners of war, Ouyang Shuo made them all change jobs and become government servants.
That's right, it's the yamen servant.
In order to enhance the status of the Internal Affairs Department, in addition to giving it the right to hear cases, the second step is to equip it with a strong team of government servants. The yamen servants of the Secretary of Public Security are equivalent to the modern police force.
The duties of maintaining law and order, arresting thieves, and fighting crimes are all performed by the Secretary of Public Security.
Therefore, it is very necessary to form a strong team of government officials.
If the Department of Public Security is equipped with enough yamen servants, it can further release the shackles of the local city defense forces and allow them to specialize in military operations so that their armaments will not be wasted.
Ouyang Shuo's requirement for the local city defense force is to be able to enter the frontal battlefield at any time.
So far, Ouyang Shuo has used the 200,000 prisoners of war to the extreme. The reason why a large number of surrendered soldiers were not dismissed and demobilized as in the Battle of Leizhou was that apart from the objective need for military expansion, there was another important factor, that is, the overall quality of these surrendered troops was relatively high.
Two hundred thousand prisoners of war, basically all allies.
For this campaign, the allied troops were all elite troops from the territory, with good overall quality.
Therefore, Ouyang Shuo didn't want to waste it.
After all, if it is to recruit soldiers, go to training, and let them go through the baptism of the battlefield, it will take at least three months or even longer.
Reorganizing prisoners of war is a shortcut.
After a great battle, not only was Shanhai City's army not weakened, but its strength increased greatly. Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo really has to thank [Southern League], a group of money-spreading boys.
Determine the army reorganization plan, and the next reorganization will naturally be implemented by the Military Affairs Department, with the cooperation of the generals. This reorganization involves hundreds of thousands of troops, spanning all major legions.
It is conservatively estimated that without a month, the preliminary reorganization cannot be completed at all.
For the reorganization of the army, the Military Affairs Administration already has a complete set of procedures.
The first step is to eliminate the wounded and unqualified soldiers. These retired sergeants will be handed over to the Household Registration Department of the Interior Department to take over and arrange their work.
These soldiers are all good labor force, and the places are rushing to get them.
Considering the population base of Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo instructed the Household Registration Department to try to arrange this batch of descendants to work in Shanhai City to increase the population of Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo also thought that Shanhai City could reach its population limit and be promoted to a second-tier county city as soon as possible.
The second step is to register and register the remaining soldiers and issue military status.
Once you have a certain military status, you cannot change it. If you formally integrate into Shanhai City's military system, you will no longer face discrimination, and you can also enjoy the bonus of territorial characteristics. Of course, if he escapes, he will also be wanted throughout the territory.
Registering 200,000 people and recording their basic information such as arms types and specialties is really a huge job. It simply cannot be done with the Military Affairs Department alone.
In desperation, Du Ruhui could only borrow someone.
The first choice is naturally the officials of the Household Registration Department, which is their forte. In addition, Du Ruhui also went to the Army Lecture Hall and transferred a group of students to assist the Military Affairs Department.
It can also be regarded as giving these students an internship opportunity, allowing them to have close contact with the troops.
The process of registration and bookkeeping is also a process of talent selection.
To expand Shanhai City to ten divisions at once, fifty brigade commanders and two hundred and fifty battalion officers are needed. Some of these middle-level generals were promoted from the veterans of Shanhai City, and some were selected from the surrendered generals.
After all, among the surrendered generals, there are still many excellent generals, Ouyang Shuo cannot turn a blind eye to them.
In the previous war, each was the master.
Now that they are a family, Ouyang Shuo, the parent, naturally tries to treat everyone equally.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo's trusted generals should still be placed in key positions. The direct lineage he promoted will infiltrate the master regiments through the reorganization of the army.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo also transferred a group of officers from the Shenwu Guard and the Imperial Guard Division, and sent them down to the master regiments to serve as battalion commanders or brigade commanders.
Whether it is the Shenwuwei or the Imperial Guard Division, they are all direct descendants of Ouyang Shuo's descendants. The soldiers in the army are loyal and devoted to Ouyang Shuo.
The decentralization of these officers is beneficial to Ouyang Shuo's control over the army.
Ouyang Shuo has never relaxed his control over the army, which is the foundation of his life. It can also effectively prevent generals in the army from taking credit for pride and breeding ambition.
He always believes that it is really normal for people to have ambitions.
As a superior, what Ouyang Shuo needs to do is to keep this ambition in a cage from the very beginning, so that there is no chance for them to come out.
It was based on this consideration that Ouyang Shuo spent a huge amount of military salary to support the professional army.
The general in charge of the army has neither the right to recruit troops nor the right to appoint and dismiss generals. Everything is in the hands of the Military Affairs Department, which means it is in the hands of Ouyang Shuo in a disguised form.
In addition, the military salary standards for soldiers in the army are uniform and transparent. It is impossible for the general in charge of the army to deduct the military salary at all. Once it is deducted, the soldiers will find out and report it to the Military Justice Department.
In this way, if any general dared to seek rebellion, as long as Ouyang Shuo issued an order, the military order would be passed directly to the brigade level, and that general would not be able to command the troops under him at all, and could only obediently be arrested.
It was through various restraints that Ouyang Shuo was able to safely let the generals go out to fight independently. Due to the limitation of his status, the time when he personally led his troops to the expedition was less and less.
Even if Ouyang Shuo wants to go to war, the important ministers of the territory will stop him.
Of course, after the reorganization of the army, Ouyang Shuo would go to each department to inspect them one by one, show his face, condolences to the soldiers, and show his existence.
This is called subtlety.
The third step of reorganization is to concentrate on replenishing soldiers for each master regiment. Generally speaking, the heads of each division, accompanied by officials from the Military Affairs Administration, can personally select soldiers according to the requirements of each department.
After all, different types of arms have different needs for soldiers. Cavalry, sword and shield soldiers, pikemen, archers, crossbowmen, etc., all have to correspond one by one.
After the ministries are selected, they must report to the Military Affairs Administration and apply for the corresponding weapons and equipment, war horses and other military supplies. After all, after reorganization, the equipment must be configured according to the unified standard of Shanhai City.
This is also the biggest expense of reorganizing the army.
In the fourth and final step of reorganization, the commanding general will not be able to participate.
According to the unified arrangement of the princes and marquises, the Military Affairs Administration carried out a systematic reorganization of the remaining soldiers, and took divisions as units and delivered them to the various legions as a whole.
During this process, the heads of all divisions, including the head of the army, cannot intervene.
After the reorganization of the Military Affairs Administration is completed, it will order each legion to go to the designated location to receive troops. In this way, the intervention of the commanding generals in the reorganization of the army and the appointment and dismissal of personnel will be minimized.
Of course, Bai Qi and others can't do anything.
As generals in charge of the army, they can claim credit for their generals and recommend excellent generals at the same time.