Chapter 806
In addition to adjusting the navy, the top priority of this commanding meeting is the reorganization of the army.
The first thing to adjust is the Praetorian Guard.
In the Battle of Yongren City, the First Legion of the Imperial Guard was disabled and then revived. After Swordsman City returned 15,000 prisoners of war, the Imperial Guard suffered very little damage.
Huo Qubing, the commander of the imperial guards, has very distinctive combat characteristics, that is, he is good at cavalry warfare, likes to fight in sports, runs long distances, surprises the enemy, and surprises the enemy.
Huo Qubing was somewhat dissatisfied with the tough battle.
The existence of the mountain barbarian heavy infantry became even more of a hindrance to Huo Qubing.
One of the reasons for the defeat of Yongren City was that the first regiment of the Imperial Guard was heavily mixed and could not form an effective joint mobility.
In this way, not only is Huo Qubing bound, but also a waste of Shanman heavy infantry, the trump card of the territory.
After discussion at the leadership meeting, it was decided to reshape the establishment of the Imperial Guard.
The biggest change was the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard.
First, take out the Iron Armored Beast Division of the First Legion and reorganize it into a cavalry division directly under the Imperial Guard.
The Iron Armored Beast Division is the trump card of the heavy cavalry unit. It is only suitable for entering the battlefield at critical moments. It is also a special unit of Shanhai City. After being assigned directly to the group army, it will be convenient for Huo Qubing to command flexibly.
Second, take out the two cavalry divisions of the First Army, and reorganize three cavalry divisions from the prisoners of war to form the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard.
In this way, the Praetorian Guard had two purely cavalry regiments.
The candidate for the commander of the third army that Ouyang Shuo proposed was none other than the mighty general Lu Bu. Lu Bu's bravery, coupled with Huo Qubing's spirituality, I believe it will ferment a different war effect.
Lu Bu and Ma Chao, the strongest generals of the Three Kingdoms, will compete on the same stage again.
Thirdly, the mountain barbarians gathered during the Yunnan War were reorganized into the First Army.
Fifty thousand Shanman experienced the baptism of the Battle of Yunnan, and there are still more than 46,000 people left, and they are no longer rookies. This reorganization will be the best among the best, compressed and reorganized into three mountain barbarian heavy infantry divisions.
In this way, the First Legion of the Imperial Guard will be a purely barbarian army.
Seeing that the founding of the country is imminent, Shanhai City cannot live without heavy troops. Therefore, the reorganized First Corps of the Imperial Guard will be permanently stationed in Wangcheng, as the only permanent force in Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo even gave the name "Panshi Army" to show his respect for this army.
In order to facilitate management, Shi Hu was appointed as the deputy head of the First Army, responsible for the daily military affairs of the First Army. Huo Qubing's main energy was still on foreign expeditions, mainly commanding two cavalry corps.
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Do the above three points well, and the Imperial Guard will go into battle lightly, even more than before. Internally, the imperial guards have the sacred duty of guarding the royal city; externally, the imperial guards will be a sharp knife on the battlefield.
Such a balance of internal and external, offensive and defensive balance, Fang will live up to the name of the trump card of the territory.
Taking this opportunity, Ouyang Shuo also gave the first legion of the three major armies including the Longxiang Army, that is, the legion commanded by the group army and also served as the legion commander, and assigned a deputy commander to be responsible for the daily military affairs of the legion.
This is also further liberating the commanders of the group army, allowing them to focus more on the military affairs of the group army. The three deputy army commanders were all promoted from division commanders within the group army, and they were regarded as internal promotions.
The deputy commander of the First Army of the Longxiang Army is Zhao Puonu, the most important general under Huo Qubing in history. The deputy commander of the First Army of the Huben Army was Cao GUI, and the Baotao Army chose Wei Zhang, a fierce general.
None of the three deputy army chiefs has the potential to be promoted to army chief, but they are all good players. Putting them in the first army can be regarded as an optimal allocation of resources.
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Although the Praetorian Guards added a legion, the actual consumption of prisoners of war was only 40,000. Therefore, the remaining prisoners of war can reorganize two complete field regiments.
Two places, one for the City Guard Army, are used to form the Second Army of the City Guard Army. As for the candidate for the regiment commander, Ouyang Shuo selected Mu Guiying, a female general.
Mu Guiying is not only a veteran of the territory, but also born in Mulan City, so she is very familiar with the Lianzhou Basin. In addition, she is a female general, so she is a good match with this villain, who is strong and soft.
In this way, there are two city guard regiments on the outside, and the Panshi Army on the inside. Even if Shanhai City is promoted to the capital and the population increases sharply, it can sit back and relax, and don't have to worry about the young people making trouble.
The city guards don't have a commander for the time being, so they will go side by side with Mu Guiying and the two army commanders, and they don't care about each other.
The remaining one was given to the Leopard Tao Army to form the fourth army of the Leopard Tao Army. The candidate for the head of the army was Chen Yucheng, the former head of the first division of the second army of the Leopard Army, and a young general of the Taiping Army.
Chen Yucheng's ascension to the top position marks the quiet rise of the Taiping Army.
Among the generals in Shanhai City, the generals of the Taiping Army are the most special, because these generals have seen hot weapons such as artillery and firecrackers, and they are not historical generals in the traditional sense.
The reuse of Taiping Army generals is also a warm-up for future military reforms.
In addition to Chen Yucheng, there are also two Taiping army generals, Li Xiucheng and Xiao Chaogui. When the time is right, Ouyang Shuo will also promote them to the post of army commander.
In addition, Shi Dakai, who left Tianjing City lonely during the Tianjing Coup, finally changed his mind recently and came to settle in Shanhai City. He is currently studying in the Army Lecture Hall.
As the strongest general in the Taiping Army, Ouyang Shuo was extremely excited by the arrival of Shi Dakai. He personally had a secret talk with Shi Dakai, completely untied his knot, and won Shi Dakai's allegiance.
After finishing his training, Shi Dakai will serve in the army.
[Name]: Shi Dakai (imperial level)
【Title】: Shi Gandang
【Dynasty】: Qing Dynasty
[Identity]: General of Shanhai City
[Occupation]: Super General
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 85 [Force]: 85 [Intelligence]: 70 [Politics]: 70
[Speciality]: Wentao Wulue (increase troop morale by 40%, troop cohesion by 30%, troop attack power by 20%)
[Cultivation method]: Poke the foot and punch
[Equipment]: slightly
[Evaluation]: Wentao and martial arts are outstanding, brave and fearless, honest and upright, kind-hearted, and clean.
Shi Dakai is the most legendary general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He was visited at the age of 16, commanded thousands of troops at the age of 19, became king at the age of 20, and was only 32 years old when he died heroically.
In history, Shi Dakai once forced Zeng Guofan, commander of the Hunan Army, to throw himself into the river. If it weren't for the internal strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time and Shi Dakai was forced to return to Tianjing, Zeng Guofan would have suffered a catastrophe.
As the head of the four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan was the founder of the Hunan Army and one of the initiators of the Westernization Movement. He was the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, and the scholar of Wuyingdian.
Being able to push such a great person into a desperate situation shows Shi Dakai's outstanding talent.
Shi Dakai not only knows how to command troops to fight, but also has extraordinary personal martial arts, and he is both internal and external.
"Handouts of Beiping Martial Arts Museum" even discusses him, Xu Xuanping, Bodhidharma, Song Taizu, Yue Wumu, Zhang Sanfeng, Qi Jiguang, Gan Fengchi and others as the most outstanding boxing masters in Chinese history.
The "Poke Punch", known as "The Master of the North Leg", was created by Shi Dakai. Shi Dakai taught this kind of martial arts to the selected soldiers, and used it in combat, and he was invincible.
What's more difficult is that Shi Dakai is not only good at military affairs, but also familiar with government affairs.
In the autumn of 1853, after Shi Dakai arrived in Anhui, he organized people from all over the country to register their household registration, elected grassroots officials, held imperial examinations, recruited talents, and established a local administrative system at the provincial, county, and county levels, making the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom truly possess the scale of a country.
At the same time, Shi Dakai also cleared up military discipline, restored law and order, relieved the poor, condolences to the sufferings, made the soldiers, farmers, businessmen and businessmen settle down to their own jobs, formulated tax laws, collected taxes, and provided the necessary materials for the political and military activities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Such a talent, if he hadn't been born in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, would have been a peerless figure who would never have been born.
It's no wonder that Gaia directly rated Shi Dakai as an imperial-level historical general. Shi Dakai's four attributes have no shortcomings. Even among imperial-level generals, he is an excellent existence.
How could Ouyang Shuo not be excited to be served by such a general?
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In addition to reorganizing the army, the leadership meeting also made important arrangements for the border defense of the three major regions.
After winning the Yunnan Province, Shanhai City has three major provinces, and already has the capital to establish a country, which is enough to stand in the wilderness of China and is difficult to be shaken by others.
For at least half a year, or even longer, Shanhai City will not use troops internally. The overall strategy of the territory will turn from inside to outside, starting to attack the ASEAN countries and the planned Morocco.
As the saying goes: to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside.
If Ouyang Shuo wants to provoke a national war and go overseas, he must first ensure the safety of his old nest.
After the three major provinces are joined together, the south is either the coastline or the national border, so there is no danger for the time being. The west is also the national border, so there is no need to worry about it.
To the east is the southern province of Fujian, so there is no need to worry about it at first, but there is a change in Xunlong Dianxue, and one or two precautions must be taken, mainly to prevent Xunlong Dianxue from being instigated by the [Yanhuang League].
That's why Ouyang Shuo arranged for the Third Army of the Huben Army to station in Chaozhou County.
The biggest threat to the territory still comes from the north, although the three major powers [Chuanbei City-State], [Shunan City-State] and Swordsman City have temporarily made peace with Shanhai City and signed a trade agreement to do business with each other.
But everyone knows that there are too many uncertainties.
This is why more than 70% of the troops in the three major theaters are deployed on the northern border.
In this leadership meeting, the first is to coordinate the northern defense areas of the three major theaters, coordinate and cooperate, and do not fight on their own. The second is to build a large number of war forts on the border, from point to line, to form a complete northern defense line, instead of concentrating the army in one place.
Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo could not rest assured about the expedition.