Han’s Son is Not a Slave: Chapter 1124 5th Army Commander

Everyone wants to become the five main forces, and everyone also wants to become the new army of the five main forces. But there are only so many staffs. The five armies have a full staff of less than 110,000 people. The Taiping Army currently has 37 towns with land divisions, and there are nearly 300,000 people after removing water. This means that the troops that can be included in the five main forces are not only the The elites who can fight are even more direct descendants.

After Ge Yi crossed the river, he patted his chest and told Zhou Shixiang that if the new army of the five main forces was not formed from his Jiangbei army, that would mean he looked down on him, Ge Laoliu.

Jiang He also took a boat from Anqing to Zhenjiang. He heard that Ge Laoliu was going to grab the new army, and he fought with him without saying a word. It was useless to persuade him.

Tie Yi also rushed over from Changzhou, where he was stationed. As a result, the four major towns in Laosi Town, except for Shao Jiugong, who is now in charge of the military and political affairs in the southwest of Guizhou, all three giants have arrived.

In Zhenjiang, there are also generals such as Suna and Wang Fuchen who have just pacified the chaos in Songjiang. All of them are generals who can stand on their own. Except for the four "giants" who are not as qualified as the old four towns, they are not inferior to them in terms of military exploits. There is more than that.

For a long time, blind man Li, who was not interested in military and political affairs and took pride in staying by Zhou Shixiang's side as the commander of the bodyguards, did not know how his brain became hot, and he also joined the competition among the five main forces. He formed an ally with Wang Fuchen, who was also interested in taking a share of the five main forces, and fought against the veteran Ge Laoliu and Jiang Bald.

Zhou Shixiang was too lazy to listen to these generals complaining about their loyalty, but he worked hard. In the past few days, he asked Xu Yingyuan to block guests for him, no matter who he was, he only discussed with Guo Xiong and others at the military department about the formation of the five main forces and the rest. An adaptation of the town.

In the end, the five main towns were officially determined, and the existing 37 towns were divided into A-level towns, B-level towns, and C-level towns.

A-level towns are first-line field troops, B-level towns are second-line support troops, and C-level towns are local troops.

A-level towns have three brigades and artillery, engineers, and baggage units directly under the town; B-level towns also have three brigades, but there are no artillery and engineers, only baggage units; C-level towns have two brigades, without artillery, engineers, and also No baggage units. In addition, there must be two or three fighting hero units (below the regiment) in the first-class town, and retain the military flag awarded at the beginning of the army. E-Bing two towns do not have this requirement.

Initially, there are 8 first-class towns, 14 B-class towns, and 15 C-class towns. In order to distinguish, the A-level towns are prefixed with "whole", the B-level towns are with the prefix "new", and the C-level towns are with the prefix "temporary". Such as the whole town, the new three towns, the temporary five towns and so on.

Among the 8 Grade-A towns, 3 are pure firearm towns, and one of them is equipped with a flintlock gun that the Ordnance Bureau has just produced on a large scale. The other five are made up of a mixture of hot and cold weapons, while Yibing Town is mostly dominated by cold weapons.

The New First Army consists of the first cavalry town of Wang Fuchen and the first town of Qihao, which is now affiliated to the Jiangbei Army. The military station is temporarily Huaian, Jiangsu, the commander is Wang Fuchen, and the general town is Qi Hao.

The new Second Army is composed of the former sixth town of Suna and the second town of Shao Chengguo's cavalry, and the numbers are the second town and the third town. The military headquarters was temporarily located in Yangzhou, the commander was appointed by Suna, and the general town was appointed by Shao Chengguo.

The New Third Army consists of Li Kuangming's Fifth Town and Jiangbei Army Zhu Qinglai's New Second Town. The military headquarters is temporarily located in Suzhou, the commander of the army is Li Kuangming, and the general town is Zhu Qinglai.

The New Fourth Army is composed of the third town of Jiang He, the former governor of Anhui, and the new three towns of Shang Keyuan. The military headquarters is in Anqing, and the commander is Guo Xiong, a military official, and the general town is Shang Keyuan.

The New Fifth Army consists of the fourth town of Wang Youxi's former Southwest Field Army and the second town of Lu Guangzu's expeditionary army. The military headquarters is located in Guiyang, the commander Wang Youxi, and the general town Lu Guangzu.

Among the five main forces, except for the New Second Army and the New Fifth Army, which are composed of two Class A towns, the other three armies are composed of one Class A town and one Class B town.

There are a total of eight first-class towns, seven of which are the five main forces, and the remaining one is adapted from the guards directly under Zhou Shixiang led by Li Xianzi and the firearms brigade of Yu Youming, the son of Yu Shizhong. Li Blind was quite satisfied with this result. Although he failed to become the leader of the first army, he also had a first-class town general, and he was also the guard town next to the commander. It was no worse than the leader of the first army.

The seventh town of the original Hu Qili, the seventeenth town of Han Chaozong, the tenth town of Wang Xing, the sixteenth town of Gan Hui, the fourteenth town of Geng Zhongde, the ninth town of Guo Dengdi, and the new town of Jiang He in Anhui. The two towns compiled (the towns will be Zhang Yong and Li Benshen), the two towns in Zhejiang based on the surrender of the Qing army (Jude and Eduo in Zhenjiang), and the two towns of Xianggong in Song Dynasty in Guangdong (Zhenjiang is the former Nanyang general soldier Zhang Zhang) Chao, Yuanhua County, Qianhu Huangsicheng) have been designated as Class B towns. The remaining towns are all designated as C-level towns.

After the number of each department is officially determined, the defense will be adjusted from the current station. The military preliminarily estimated that it will take at least half a year to complete the adjustment. Therefore, currently it is mainly the reorganization and adjustment of the five main forces.

The deployment of the army is not as simple as setting off after receiving an order. It also involves trivial matters such as the placement of family members, the handover of camps, and the rectification of defense areas. Most of the towns that need to be deployed are mainly infantry, and due to traffic and road restrictions, it is difficult to complete a short-term assembly. Just like Hu Qili, who is currently stationed in Jinxia, ​​wants to move to Anqing, and travel thousands of miles, just walking on the soles of his feet is enough for Hu's department to drink a pot.

After the introduction of the five major reorganization plans, the most happy person is undoubtedly Ge Laoliu, because three of the four towns of his Jiangbei Army have been designated as Grade A towns, and the stations of the New First Army and the New Second Army are in his Jianghuai Jing. He was very proud, thinking that he was now a strong soldier and could command the two main forces at once. Among the old brothers, none of them showed his face like this. I don't want to be happy. Two days later, the military department's new plan has been introduced, but the existing regiments have been cancelled.

Because there was a legion-level establishment before, the new army's first-level establishment will inevitably overlap with the legion-level functions, resulting in confusion in the command system. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang decided to abolish all the existing regiments and officially restore the Grand Governor's Office, an institution that controlled the military at home and abroad during the Hongwu period.

During the Northern Expedition from Guangzhou that day, Zhou Shixiang used the name of the Grand Governor, but he did not restore the Grand Governor's mansion. Now restoring the Grand Governor's Mansion and merging the relevant functions of the King Qi's Mansion and the military department into the Grand Governor's Mansion can be regarded as an integration of Zhou Shi's military and government system relative to the Taiping Army.

Zhou Shixiang himself served as the chief governor, under the jurisdiction of the five army governors, namely the middle army governor, the former army governor, the rear army governor, the left army governor, and the right army governor.

The candidates for the five governors are Tie Yi, governor of the central army, Ge Yi, governor of the former army, Jiang He, governor of the rear army, Shao Jiugong, governor of the left army, and Zhao Sihai, governor of the right army.

Each of the five military governors is responsible for an area, also known as a war zone. Zhou Shixiang personally divided five war zones, in numerical order, they were the first to fifth war zones.

Among them, the first theater is Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian provinces. It is in charge of the former military governor Ge Yi. It has jurisdiction over the New First Army, the first of the five main forces, Hu Qili's new four towns, Gan Hui's new five towns, Geng Zhongde's new six towns and A Grade B town with two temporary prefixes.

The second war zone is Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. It is under the charge of Jiang He, the governor of the rear army. It has jurisdiction over the New Fourth Army, Zhang Yong's New Seven Towns, Li Benshen's New Eight Towns, Lude's New Nine Towns, and Wei Dalong (General Zhehun) The temporary three towns.

The third war zone consists of Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces. It is in charge of the left army governor Shao Jiugong. It has jurisdiction over the New Fifth Army, one of the five main forces, Wang Xing's New Ten Towns, Zhang Chao's New Eleven Towns, and Huang Sicheng's New Twelve Towns. , the temporary one town of Ta Xince, the temporary two town of Tan Yi, the temporary three town of Yusanpin, the temporary four town of Huang Yuancai, etc.

The fourth theater is Hunan and Henan provinces. The right army supervisor Zhao Sihai is in charge and has jurisdiction over the new ten towns of Guo Dengdi, two B-level towns and two C-level towns adapted from the original four towns of the Western Suppression Army.

The fifth war zone has not yet been demarcated, and it is in charge of Tie Yi, the governor of the Chinese army, and has jurisdiction over the new second army and the new third army.

The new Second Army is temporarily stationed in Yangzhou, while the New Third Army is located in Suzhou. Both are stationed in the first theater, but they are not under the command of Ge Yi, who is in charge of the first theater. The reason is because Zhou Shixiang only temporarily shelved the plan to go north to Liaodong, but he did not give up. After the rectification of the court and the army was completed, Zhou Shixiang still wanted to go north to Liaodong. At that time, the two main forces of the new second army and the new third army would be the main force to go north to Liaodong.

From the perspective of defense zone functions, each theater is not only responsible for the armed forces within its jurisdiction, but also undertakes corresponding missions.

The first theater and the second theater are both located on the front line of confrontation. Obviously, in the future, the forces of the two theaters will be concentrated to move northward. In the future, the Taiping troops in these two theaters may have to move to the north.

The current task of the third theater is to recover Yunnan and prepare for the invasion of Sichuan and Shaanxi. In the future, the second theater is likely to undertake the task of occupying the northwest region and even occupying Tibetan areas and Hami.

The fourth theater is the only theater without a main force among the five theaters, and it is also the theater with the fewest troops. Zhou Shixiang's task for the fourth theater was to "take over" Hubei and cooperate with the second theater to march into the Central Plains.

In terms of organization and troop strength alone, the third theater is undoubtedly the theater with the largest number of troops, with one Class A town, four Class B towns, and eight Class C towns. Except for Wang Youxi's New Fifth Army, the rest of the towns are either the original local security forces or the newly incorporated Wu Sangui troops, so although there are as many as 100,000 soldiers, their combat effectiveness ranks second to last among the five major theaters. However, the generals of the Wu army in Yunnan have already intended to surrender to the Taiping army. In Sichuan, there are Ming army forces such as King Feng Shuangli of Qingyang, and the supervisor Lianchengbi. Compared with the Ming army, the strength of the Wu army in Sichuan can be described as very weak.

Gao Minzhan, the governor of Sichuan appointed by Wu Sangui, has basically abandoned eastern and southern Sichuan and concentrated his strength on the Baoning line. Therefore, the third theater, like the fourth theater, will not encounter large-scale wars for a considerable period of time.

As for the large number of C-level towns with temporary prefixes, Zhou Shixiang’s original intention was to take the opportunity to abolish half of them. The surrendered generals who surrendered will be the same as before. First, organize a training course for generals. Those who can be used will be transferred to B-level towns, and those who cannot be used will be dismissed and returned to their hometowns. But doing so is undoubtedly inconsistent with the previous commitment to the surrender of the generals, including the smell of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Therefore, keeping these surrendered generals and soldiers, and giving them the treatment of C-level towns, is something Zhou Shixiang has to do if he doesn't want to.

After several years of expansion, Annan's expeditionary force has grown to the size of four towns after absorbing the local Han Chinese in Annan and supplementing the Green Camp prisoners sent from the country. Now Lu Guangzu brought back a town to be compiled in the New Fifth Army, and he was given the treatment of a first-class town, which must be bright for Zhao Ziqiang.

However, the other three towns that the expeditionary army did not return to are all given temporary prefixes. This is mainly due to the fact that the expeditionary army is stronger than the Annan army, but the main soldiers are the green battalions of the former Qing army. In the view of the domestic Taiping army, they are all defeated and weak in combat.

The town that Lu Guangzu brought back can be treated as a first-class town because all the elites he brought back were recruited by the expeditionary army. He was able to play in Annan in the past few years, and his performance in entering Guizhou was also very outstanding. The first-class town also said it in the past. Furthermore, there are too many troops in the southwest, and it is difficult for Shan Wang Youxi to shake the scene in a first-class town, so the treatment of the first-class town of Lu Guangzu's department is necessary for the situation. Moreover, it can also be used to appease the expeditionary troops and let them work hard to know that they will not be discriminated against in China after returning to China.

For a large number of C-level towns with temporary prefixes, Zhou Shixiang’s plan was to convert them and a large number of Qing and Wu troops into engineering troops on the spot after the success of the Northern Expedition, which was used to repair roads and build public facilities such as water conservancy.

This idea was inspired by Zhou Shixiang from the railway soldier in his previous life~www.mtlnovel.com~ Now that the civil war is undecided, the main mission of the army is naturally to fight. But once the country is unified, the Taiping army must use its troops overseas, and it will be dominated by the navy. Then the importance of the army will inevitably be reduced, unless Zhou Shixiang prepares to learn from the Mongols from the east to expedition to the west, and change the era of navigation to the era of the mainland, so it is necessary to retain a huge army scale. On the contrary, a large number of miscellaneous troops will become a financial burden on the court.

It is definitely not feasible to dismiss all the temporary prefixes of the miscellaneous cards, so letting them play a role and contribute to the devastated and wasteful country in the form of "military industry" should be the most appropriate way to atone for their sins. After all, the current state of the country is inseparable from these miscellaneous brand names. Zhou Shixiang could disregard their misdeeds and act like a tiger, but he would never allow them to be the same as before.

As for how the surrendered generals viewed this matter, Zhou Shixiang did not consider it. He worries about them now because the country is not unified. When the country is unified, he will no longer have this concern when he has a heavy army in his hands.

In fact, as long as these generals have officials and money, they don't care what their soldiers will be driven by Zhou Shixiang.

These days, as long as there is enough food to eat, how can a soldier care so much. Building roads and dams is better than killing people.