Chapter 968 The Rise of Firearms--Sprout
The surrendered general Wang Li served as the commander of the Fourth Army of the Yingyang Army.
【Name】: Wang Li (Wang class)
【Dynasty】: Qin Dynasty
[Identity]: Commander of the Fourth Army of the Great Xia Yingyang Army
[Occupation]: Senior General
[Loyalty]: 75 points
[Commander]: 70 [Force]: 72 [Intelligence]: 55 [Politics]: 55
[Speciality]: Bravery (increase troop attack power by 20%, and increase marching speed by 15%.)
[Cultivation method]: a little
[Equipment]: Qin Jian
[Comment]: Wang Li, the famous general of Qin Dynasty.
Wang Li is the grandson of Wang Jian, a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, who was recruited by Caiyunzhinan after the Battle of Julu.
The surrender of Caiyun City not only sent Zhang Liang, the sage, but also Wang Li, the military general, just for this point, if Caiyun Zhinan does not die in the future, Ouyang Shuo can consider letting him go.
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Surrendered general Wei Yan served as the commander of the Fifth Army of the Yingyang Army.
【Name】: Wei Yan (King Class)
[Dynasty]: Three Kingdoms (Shu Han)
[Identity]: Commander of the Fifth Army of the Great Xia Yingyang Army
[Occupation]: Senior General
[Loyalty]: 68 points
[Commander]: 70 [Force]: 75 [Intelligence]: 45 [Politics]: 35
[Speciality]: Bravery (increase troop attack power by 20%, and increase marching speed by 15%.)
[Cultivation method]: a little
[Equipment]: long knife
[Comment]: Yan is good at raising soldiers, is brave, and has a high personality. At that time, he avoided him. To be brave and slightly responsible, and to be salty and precious. Seeing its actions, following its rules, and causing disasters and taking blame, all of them are themselves.
Wei Yan in history was too conceited, lamented his talents, and was killed in the end, which also has a sense of self-inflicted blame. This time he was defeated by Lai Huer and became a prisoner, but he was still quite dissatisfied in his heart.
Therefore, Wei Yan's loyalty is also the lowest among the several surrendered generals.
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The Yingyang army is dominated by new faces, while the city guard army is all promoted by old generals of the dynasty.
Ma Teng, head of the First Division of the Third Army of the Imperial Guard, was promoted to head of the Third Army of the City Guard. Bailishi, the commander of the First Division of the Fifth Army of the Huben Army, was promoted to the commander of the Fourth Army of the City Guards.
Ma Teng's promotion heralded the overall rise of the generals of the Three Kingdoms in the Great Xia Army. Ma Chao, Lu Bu, Ma Teng, Zhang Liao, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan, Wei Yan, and Zhang Yun held the post of army commander alone.
Including Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, the two navy admirals, there are eleven people in total, which is truly remarkable.
With the adjustment of this round of generals, all the available historical generals in the Great Xia Army have been promoted to the post of regiment commander. The reserves of generals accumulated before have really been completely exhausted this time.
That's why the last commander of the city guard is a bit special.
Lin Yi, head of the Second Division of the Second Army of the Imperial Guard, was promoted to head of the Fifth Army of the City Guard. Lin Yi also became the first general among the aboriginal generals to serve as the head of the army.
Fortunately, Lin Yi has already been promoted to a king-level general, so he won't attract criticism.
Like Lin Yi, Zhao Sihu, Lei Jingtian, Shi Hu, Shanzhu, Guo Liang, Shaobu, Jiang Kai, Dai Qin, Sun Tengjiao, Sun Chuanlin, Liao Kai, Heiqi and other aboriginal generals were also promoted to king one by one. level generals.
These generals who grew up with the territory have become the most loyal and reliable reserve generals of the Great Xia Army.
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In view of the earth-shaking changes in the dynasty's borders, taking the opportunity to adjust the troops, Ouyang Shuo negotiated with the Privy Council to adjust the defense areas of each group army.
In the east, the main threat to the dynasty is Bawang City, which is still garrisoned by the Huben army led by Sun Bin. The difference is that after the dynasty took over Hunan Province, the threat to the north of Lingnan Province was lifted immediately, and the Huben Army would completely withdraw from Lingnan Province, and all five armies were stationed in South Fujian Province.
As a result, the pressure on Overlord City has only increased.
In addition, the Huben Army is also responsible for monitoring the Great Sui Dynasty. Although the current Tai Sui looks like a harmless sick cat, he is still a tiger after all, with millions of soldiers, he has to guard against it.
In the northern border, the Baotao army led by Han Xin went all the way north from the southern Sichuan province, stationed in the northern part of the southern Hunan province, and was responsible for monitoring every move of Danyang City.
In the western region, the Yingyang army led by Li Mu entered the Shu region, firstly to monitor the Shuhan Dynasty, and secondly to monitor the Fallen Leaf City. As for the Longxiang Army currently staying in Shu, they will withdraw to Yunnan Province again.
Like the Huben Army, the Longxiang Army also had the duty of monitoring the Dali court.
The arrangement here is quite meaningful.
The Shuhan Dynasty and Luoye City are only short-term threats to the Shu land. In the future, the real big troubles will still be in Tubo in the west, Xixia in the north, and even Mongolia in the north.
Li Mu has been fighting the Huns for a long time and has rich experience, so he is more suitable to be stationed in Shu than Bai Qi.
The Longxiang Army led by Bai Qi withdrew to Yunnan Province, and seemed to be left idle, but in fact, south of Yunnan Province, across the border, were the ASEAN countries.
Ouyang Shuo laid the groundwork in advance, preparing for Bai Qi, the God of Killing, to focus on expeditions to ASEAN in the future, so that the name of God of Killing will truly resound throughout the world.
In addition to the four major armies, the defense zone of the city guards has also been adjusted.
Now that the city guards have reached full strength, it is impossible to station all of them in the Lianzhou Basin, that would be too wasteful. The five legions of the city guards all have their own defense zones.
The First Army Corps of the City Guards was in charge of the camp in the west of the city outside Shanhai City; the second Army Corps of the City Guards, the Mu Guiying Army, was still guarding the Mulan Fortress and the pass north of the capital.
The Third Legion of the City Guard Army, that is, the Ma Teng Legion, took over the defense mission of the Fifth Legion of the original Baotao Army, stationed in Tianjing City, Xunzhou County, and defending the satellite city of Daxia.
The Fourth Legion of the City Guards, the Bailishi Legion, moved to Beihai City and guarded the south gate of the capital. The Fifth Legion of the City Guards, namely the Lin Yi Legion, sits in the camp in the east of the city outside Shanhai City.
In this way, the City Guard Army will guard Shanhai City in a tight manner, and it really lives up to the name of "City Guard Army".
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After the army adjusts the defense zone, it may be necessary to build a series of military buildings such as fortresses, bunkers, watchtowers, and outposts on the border again, so as to truly establish a solid border defense line.
The difference from before is that the defense line built this time has a higher technological content. In addition to routine fortifications, a large number of forts must be built, with P1 artillery as the main defensive weapon.
This form of defense line is mainly planned on the narrow border between the Northern Xinjiang Province and Handan City because of its high cost and its focus on defense.
As for the northern, eastern, and western borders, Great Xia already held the initiative in the war, so there was no need to spend so much money building a useless "Maginot Line of Defense" with such great fanfare.
The exception is that according to Ouyang Shuo's vision, the War Preparation Department will build a special military defense line in Shu, targeting the Shu Han Dynasty, which is already in the same situation as Da Xia.
The Shu Han Dynasty is currently in a state of "isolation", but Ouyang Shuo wants to solidify this isolation. He plans to build blockhouses one by one on the mountainside around CD County, set up artillery, and completely block CD County. The guards couldn't get out of the basin where CD County was located.
Although this project took a long time and cost a lot of money, Ouyang Shuo still felt it was worth it.
If you want to take down a royal city with millions of soldiers, attacking it by force is undoubtedly the worst strategy, and the gain is not worth the loss. The only way to trap it to death and let it voluntarily surrender is the best strategy.
The entire CD County is a large basin, and its natural geographical features ensure the smooth implementation of the "Sleepy Dragon" plan. Both Quanzhou and Dali are located in relatively open areas, making it inconvenient to implement similar plans.
Even so, Ouyang Shuo has ordered the War Preparation Department to cooperate with the Longxiang Army and the Huben Army to build some hidden defense and early warning fortifications around Dali County and Quanzhou County.
Not to block the dynasty's army, but to serve as an early warning.
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Appointing generals, adjusting defense areas, and planning defense lines are all the focus of this round of army reorganization. Besides, Ouyang Shuo also took this opportunity to partially reshape the entire army.
The focus of remodeling is on firearms.
After several wars, the role of firearms on the battlefield became more and more prominent, and they became the "stars" of the battlefield. At the same time, the industrialization of the dynasty began to enter the right track, and the production and manufacturing of firearms became more and more mature.
With this objective condition, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Privy Council to gradually equip each field army with a gun brigade directly under the army and a special artillery unit from now on.
At the same time, at the level of the group army, each of the four major groups of Longxiang, Huben, Baotao, and Yingyang is equipped with a flying squadron to play an early warning, reconnaissance, and strategic bombing role.
Ouyang Shuo did this for two reasons.
First, to literacy for the generals of the Great Xia, popularize the common sense of the use of firearms, so that the generals, at least the generals at the level of army commander, are deeply aware of the subversive changes that firearms have brought to the army.
It was even said that Ouyang Shuo had already had a detailed discussion with Sun Wu, the principal of the Army Lecture Hall, and even spent a lot of money to hire real-life military experts to give courses on thermal weapons warfare in the Army Lecture Hall.
The purpose is to let the generals of the dynasty keep pace with the times and focus on the future.
In the future, whether it is in the game or on the planet of hope, cold weapon warfare will not be the mainstream. The real master of war must be hot weapons, or even more advanced energy weapons.
Although the current firearms are far from being able to replace cold weapons, Ouyang Shuo must plan ahead.
Of course, the era of hot weapons does not mean that the personal bravery of generals will be useless. For example, when they arrive at the hope planet in the future, the combination of generals and mechs may collide with extraordinary sparks.
Personal force will never be completely replaced by weapons and equipment at any time.
Second, give the Great Xia Army a chance to train.
How to command a firearms unit, besides going to the army lecture hall for further study, the generals must have actual combat experience, and experience often takes time to accumulate.
Daxia now deploys the musket brigade and artillery unit at the legion level, which is to give the legion commanders a chance to train and let them apply what they have learned.
When the time is right, this configuration will further sink to the division and even the brigade and battalion level.