Chapter 785: Upgrading a Battalion to an Army
Xu Shu walked to the map hanging in the hall and said, "As you all know, although our General Andong Mansion had made preparations in advance for this war, the troops mobilized in the end were nearly 300,000, and the wars were fought on several fronts at the same time, so it was not so convenient to transmit information."
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.
"Fortunately, although the various princes came with great momentum this time, they all had their own thoughts. So we were able to defeat them one by one, otherwise Sizhou would be in danger."
"After this war, Shi Yuan and I have been considering some loopholes in the arrangement of the army."
As he spoke, Xu Shu pointed to several battlefields one by one. In this war, there were five battlefields around Sizhou alone. If the two in Yuzhou and one in Xuzhou were added, the wars around the entire General Andong Mansion reached as many as eight.
After he pointed them all out, everyone almost understood what he meant. There were too many battles, all of which were concentrated together. Fortunately, the various princes had their own thoughts, and the wars did not break out at the same time, otherwise the Andong Army, yes, the Andong Army.
Just now, Xu Shu had said that, given the current situation, it was inappropriate to call it Sizhou Army. In addition to Sizhou, there was one county of Jizhou and two counties of Qingzhou. If Bingzhou and the territory north of the Great Wall of Youzhou were added, the name of Sizhou Army alone was indeed appropriate. Xu Shu's suggestion was to use the name of Andong Army both externally and internally, and the military and political orders issued were also issued in the name of Andong Army General's Office.
This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone on the spot.
Back to the topic, if the princes could have a little more tacit understanding and less independent governance, the Andong Army would be stretched to its limits, even clumsy and confused, and the worst outcome would be the loss of troops and territory.
At this point, everyone present understood what Xu Shu meant. The territory was too large and the troops were too many. Although the troops were sufficient, it was a long time ago. If something happened, how could they react?
Another point is that Xu Shu also mentioned that in today's war, it is no longer possible to rely on one battalion of soldiers and horses. Several battlefields have several battalions of soldiers and horses fighting together. Instead of temporarily assigning generals to be in charge, it is better to continue to reorganize the soldiers and horses, at least divide the nine battalions of soldiers into several armies, appoint generals to be in charge, and allow the generals of each army to have a certain degree of autonomy during the war.
In other words, the battle battalion can no longer adapt to the situation of the Andong Army, and a higher level of organization must appear in order to better adapt to future wars.
Xu Shu has discussed these things with Pang Tong and Huangfu Chaobo several times. The decision of the three is to set up an army above each battalion of soldiers and horses, but it is not enough to set up an army. Each army must be equipped with a military division, so that it can better play its role in wartime.
The reason for discussing this is that it involves the arrangement of military divisions, so some prefectural-level officials will be transferred from the civil affairs to the military, and this involves the transfer of officials.
In addition, the coordination of officials in various counties must also be arranged comprehensively and systematically, so there is Xu Shu's explanation.
Then Xu Shu explained the preliminary plan that the three of them had discussed in the past few days to everyone one by one. After some explanation, another hour passed.
Seeing Xu Shu sitting down, someone immediately stood up and prepared to speak. Huangfu Chaobo saw this and said, "Don't worry, it's noon. Let's have a meal first, rest for a while, and then discuss it."
Afterwards, Huangfu Chaobo arranged a lunch. Because there was still work to be done in the afternoon, no wine was arranged at the banquet. After eating, everyone rested for less than a quarter of an hour and continued the morning topic.
With the rest after lunch, everyone had thought a lot, so they spent the whole afternoon in consultation and discussion. When it was close to dinner, the plan for the reorganization of the Anton Army was finally sorted out.
The first thing that changed was Huangfu Chaobo's personal guard camp. After several battles in the past two years, many soldiers in the Anton Army have reached the elite level.
In addition, once several armies are reorganized, they are all large armies of tens of thousands or even nearly 100,000, so the personal guard camp must also be supplemented to avoid the situation of being top-heavy.
In fact, the reorganization of the personal guard camp has not changed much. The establishment of the guards, Dian Wei as the main general, and the military advisor does not need to be equipped separately, because the personal guard camp usually follows Huangfu Chaobo, and Pang Tong always follows Huangfu Chaobo.
The personal guard camp has 2,000 people in the Iron Wall Camp, 1,000 people in the Trap Camp, 5,000 people in the Yuanrong Crossbow, 5,000 people in the Iron Eagle Sharp Warriors, and 5,000 people in the Tuoqi, a total of 18,000 people. Among them, the Tuoqi is equipped with one person and two horses, one of which is a good horse and the other is a war horse. The rest of the camps are equipped with a 40-level war horse for rapid marching in normal times.
The three armies of the Hu Ben Army, the Long Xiang Army and the Qian Niu Army are established below the personal guard camp.
Among them, the Huben Army, Huang Zhong is the chief general, Xu Shu is the military advisor, because they are usually in Luoyang, and only go out with the army in wartime. The Huben Army has three battalions of combat troops under its command: Huang Zhong's Huben Camp, Zhang He's Shenwu Camp, and Huangfu Li's Xiongqu Camp. Among them, the Huben Camp has a total of 25,000 soldiers, including one cavalry battalion and four infantry battalions. They are usually stationed in Luoyang, defending the Andong Army's base camp and responsible for supporting all sides.
The Shenwu Camp has a total of 20,000 soldiers, including one cavalry battalion and three infantry battalions. They are usually stationed in Chenliu and Puyang. Their main defense direction is Cao Cao's army in the east and they are ready to support the Yuzhou allies at any time.
The Xiongqu Camp had a total of 20,000 soldiers, with the same organization as the Shenwu Camp. They were usually stationed at Qin Hangu Pass and Hongnong County City. Their main focus was on defending the Western Liang Army in the west.
Secondly, the Longxiang Army was established, with Zhao Yun as the chief general and Ju Su as the military advisor. It was under the jurisdiction of Zhao Yun's Longxiang Camp, Hua Xiong's Baotao Camp and Tian Yu's Yingyang Camp. Among them, the Longxiang Camp had the same organization as the Huben Camp, with four infantry and one cavalry and five schools of soldiers and horses. They were usually stationed in Yecheng. Their main focus was on defending the Yuan Shao Army in the east.
The Baotao Camp had the same organization as the Longxiang Camp. They were usually stationed in Henei. Their defense direction was mainly Shangdang in Bingzhou and the Longxiang Camp that was ready to support Zhao Yun at any time.
The Yingyang Camp was a three-in-one-cavalry organization. It was usually stationed in Anyi in Hedong. Its main defense direction was Taiyuan in Bingzhou and the enemy troops west of the river.
The third army was the Qianniu Army established in Qingzhou, with Xu Rong as the chief general and Lou Gui as the military advisor. It was under the jurisdiction of Xu Rong's Qianniu Camp and Meng Gang's Canglang Camp. Xu Rong's Qianniu Camp will be increased to a full strength of four infantry and one cavalry. He is usually stationed in Ju County, Beihai, responsible for defending against Cao Cao's army and Xiahou Yuan's troops in the north of Qingzhou.