Chapter 2592: All countries are frightened, arms race
Chapter 2589: All countries are frightened, arms race
As the number of the Qin army increased, chaos inevitably occurred in military positions.
The Qin army system basically inherited the Han system, that is, one sergeant was established for every five persons;
Two corpses and ten people are one, and the one who is the leader;
50 people are in one team, and the team is set to be the leader;
Two teams of 100 people are in one garrison, and a garrison leader is set up;
Two hundred people in two garrisons are made into one song, and a military marquis is set up;
Two songs are composed of four hundred people, and the army is set up;
Five divisions and two thousand people are a battalion, and a lieutenant is set up;
Above the lieutenant, the generals, the generals, the generals of the Central Army, and even the four qualities and four qualities. The commanders of each state are all in the rank of generals.
But most generals at the general level do not have direct troops, and are responsible for commanding the generals and schools under their jurisdiction, relying on middle and high-level generals to command the entire army.
When Ying Hao launched the Second Battle of the Frontier, some generals such as Jiang Song, Lu Bu, and Gao Chong did not belong to any of the three states in Youbinghe.
But as long as Ying Hao decides to use them and their military rank has reached, they can naturally take office and directly command the local army.
It is also because of this that after Yue Fei was transferred from Jingbei to Youzhou, there was no turmoil in the Jingzhou army, and there was no turmoil in the handover of Xue Rengui''s military power.
Because only Yue Fei left, most of the senior generals of the Jingzhou Army were still there.
For them, they just changed the governor, but as long as the monarch is not changed, it is actually not much different for anyone to be the governor.
Such an army system was applicable during the Han Dynasty and before the expansion of the Qin army, because the Han Dynasty had never had so many troops, and the total number of the Qin army was not yet bloated.
It is precisely because of this that the drawbacks of the old military system have not been revealed, and they can also prevent the generals from gaining their own troops, which is of great benefit.
But now after the Qin army expands its army, the total force will reach 1.55 million, and five or six thousand army sirens, more than two thousand captains, and four or five hundred generals will be born;
If a general-level general does not have a direct army and only relies on the captain to control the army, it will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but also affect the operation and dispatch of the army.
In addition, if the previous system is followed, generals of fifth rank and above will have independent titles, and the registered generals will not be able to be divided at all.
If the new one is compiled, there are too many generals, how can we distinguish so many people?
In addition, there are also confusions in the level of generals and school in the old military positions.
The generals and generals of the minority are permanent generals of the fifth rank, and generals such as General Yingyang, General Zhechong, General Hulie, etc. are also generals of the fifth rank, but the Wuji School Captain, Pinglu School Captain, and the Yangko School Captain are from the fourth rank;
Xue Dingshan is General Yingyang, and Wang Xuance is General Huwei, both of whom are miscellaneous generals of the fifth rank.
Yue Yun was from the fourth rank to attack the lieutenant of the lieutenant. He was clearly called the lieutenant, but his military rank was half a rank higher than two people.
In addition, Li Cunxiao, who is also a Sili lieutenant, is also a Sili lieutenant, but the Sili lieutenant is indeed a first-rank;
I won’t talk about the major drawbacks in the old military system, and there are countless minor drawbacks like this.
Ying Hao felt that it had changed all this, and this time the Qin Dynasty''s advance and expansion of its army was a good opportunity for military system reform.
After briefly discussing Ying Hao''s proposal, Prime Minister Wang Meng, Grand Tutor Jia Xu, Six Ministers, Guo Jia and other ministers all expressed their support.
From their perspective, it is naturally not difficult to see that the old military system is no longer suitable, and it is time to create a more advanced military system.
Ying Hao had discussed with the ministers for a whole day and finally reached a consensus that the following school lieutenant military system would not change, and a more detailed division of the army system above the school lieutenant military system was made, namely:
Two qus and one trek, with a total of 1,000 people. They are regular camps and set up calibration schools;
Two regular battalions, with a total of two thousand people, are second-level battalions and majors;
Three regular battalions, or one second-level battalion and one regular battalion, totaling 3,000 people, are first-level battalions and have lieutenant colonels;
Four regular battalions, two second-level battalions, or one first-level battalion and one regular battalion, with a total of 4,000 people. They are special battalions and have colonels;
Five regular battalions, or one special battalion and one regular battalion, totaling 5,000 people. To strengthen the battalion, a large colonel was set up;
Ying Hao divided the school level into five levels, and canceled all previous miscellaneous titles, and unified the titles of these five-level school captains.
As for the five levels of the battalion, although Ying Hao also wanted to unify the number of people at the battalion level, due to the differences in various types of troops, good combat damage and recovery efficiency, and other factors, the significance of unifying the number of people is not very important, and it is not allowed to directly determine the five levels.
In this case, only one thousand people will be left to the reinforced battalion of 5,000 people. They can merge with other casualties and continue to fight, and then replenish troops after the war and restore the organization in front of the station.
Above the school level, the general level is also divided into five levels, namely: brigade general, major general, lieutenant general, general, and general;
In the future, the Qin Dynasty will be in an army of ten thousand people, with less than ten thousand people, whether it is six thousand soldiers, seven thousand soldiers, or eight thousand nine thousand, all of which will be led by the brigade general;
As for more than 10,000 people, no matter how they are arranged, whether it is ten regular battalions or five second-level battalions, as long as the number reaches 10,000 people, it is a military-level organization.
The major general led an army of 10,000 and had several captains under his command;
Lieutenant General commanded a 30,000 army and had three major generals under his command;
The general commanded a 100,000 army and had three lieutenant generals under his command.
The general is the highest military rank of the Qin Dynasty. Although there are also honorary ranks such as the governor and the marshal, they are essentially still belonging to the general. The troops commanded by them are naturally more than 100,000, but the direct troops are only 30,000 at most;
After reaching the level of general, the two levels of Brigadier General and Major General are still called uniformly, while the level of lieutenant general has separate titles. Generals like the General of the Four Conquests and General of the Four Towns are all at the rank of lieutenant generals;
Generals with titles such as General Cavalry and General Cavalry are all at the level of generals;
And generals with titles such as General, General Cavalry, General Cheval and Cavalry are naturally at the level of General;
In addition, in order to prevent the general from gaining troops, Ying Hao set a limit on the number of troops directly under the four levels of general level.
The major general''s direct troops are five thousand, lieutenant generals, 20,000 generals, and 30,000 generals;
For example, although Yue Fei was at the level of a general and the position of Youzhou Grand Governor, he also gave him the management power of 200,000 Youzhou Army, but his direct troops were still only 30,000.
Without the emperor''s order, there were 200,000 troops in Youzhou, Yue Fei had the right to take charge, but no direct command.
In addition, generals above lieutenant general will not serve in an army for a long time, and there will be no rotation for up to five years, and may be postponed in special circumstances.
Under such arrangements, although the senior generals held military power, their number would not threaten the imperial power, and they were cut into independent individuals, which greatly prevented the generals leading the army from gaining their own weight, and also provided convenience for the emperor to recover the military power below.
Military system reform involves the 1.5 million troops of the Qin Dynasty, so it must be considered in all aspects, and it will not be implemented in the short term.
Just as the Qin Dynasty was preparing to carry out military reforms, the countries such as Wei, Song, and Ming, and even the most slow Sui Kingdom, also received news of the Qin Dynasty''s expansion of its army.
As one of the only two goals of the Great Qin Dynasty, after learning about the Great Qin expansion, the Sui State did not care about resting and recuperating. Without saying a word, it directly activated the extreme military expansion mode, and at the same time sent envoys to deepen their contact with Tubo.
Although he didn''t know if the next time Daqin waved his sword, he would slash towards Liangzhou, Yang Guang did not dare to gamble, nor did he have the capital to gamble. The only thing he could do was to prepare in advance.
After receiving this news, the three Central Plains'' reactions were not as extreme as the Sui Kingdom, but they were all extremely frightened.
King Cao Cao of Wei directly refused to enter Su Qin, the prime minister of Shu, who had come from afar.
King Zhao Kuangyin of Song also cut off the commercial transactions with Shu and Chu.
Only Ming Kingdom was extremely tough. Although it did not directly open the extreme military expansion mode, it also expanded 30,000 troops to show its own attitude of resistance. At the same time, it sent a large number of spies to Qin to investigate the specific number of military expansion this time of the Qin Dynasty;
After the Wei and Song dynasties reacted, they also expanded their troops by 40,000 to 50,000 respectively. While sending spies to Qin, they also sent an envoy to visit the princess. The only way to go to the Qin Dynasty was to explore the virtuality and reality of the Qin Dynasty.
Ying Hao naturally expected the reactions of the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, so he did not release them secretly and deliberately concealed the specific number of troops who expanded the army. At the same time, he set up seventy new camps scattered in major hidden mountainous areas.
No matter how powerful the spies from Wei, Song and Ming and other countries were, they could not travel all over the Qin Dynasty and found out the locations of the seventy new recruit battalions.
In addition, Black Ice Platform will not allow spies from various countries to act recklessly in the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
Guo Jia, the new governor of Black Ice Platform, has already made a copy plan in advance to address the large-scale entry of spies from various countries into Qin, integrating the garrisons, county soldiers of Black Ice Platform, Jinyiwei, Liushemen, various states and counties, and the constables. All major departments cooperated together to wait for counter-espionage to be carried out nationwide.
Under Guo Jia''s calm command, in the next two-month anti-espionage operation, more than 3,000 spies from Wei Songming and other countries were killed, and more than 8,000 spies and intelligence personnel engaged in espionage activities were arrested.
Among these 8,000 spies arrested, most of them were bribed by various countries and confused by money, so they became spies directly or cooperated with spies from various countries to carry out activities.
As for the other half, they are either the remnants of the aristocratic families who were confiscated by the Qin family or the remnants of the forces that were destroyed by the country. In short, they are the most determined anti-Qin factions.
For the 8,000 people arrested, if the crime is serious, they will naturally be executed directly.
Those who are not that serious, such as those who are threatened by spies with their lives and are forced to reveal the secrets of the Qin Dynasty and have not caused any losses to the Qin Dynasty, will not be executed, but will be sent to Yingzhou or Luzon, working for life and using waste.
Guo Jia''s anti-espionage operation directly killed and arrested more than 10,000 nine countries.
The intelligence network that Jiuguo worked hard in Daqin for many years was directly destroyed by Guo Jia at one time, but even so, it was difficult to completely eradicate.
As Ying Hao said, as long as the countries still exist, they will continue to send spies to the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, only by destroying the nine countries and completing unification can we fundamentally eliminate spies from various countries within the country.
Under Guo Jia''s counter-espionage action, the spies from the Wei, Song and Wu countries paid a heavy price, and the country also sent back a lot of useful information, such as the expansion of the army of the Qin Dynasty.
The secret spies from various countries only found the location of a small number of new recruits in the Qin army. However, after combining the information obtained by various countries, there were about ten camps with ten thousand people. It can be estimated that the Qin army expanded its troops at least 200,000 people this time;
Based on this information, we can draw a conclusion, that is, the Qin Dynasty''s expansion of its army is likely to take action against the Central Plains. After all, how can we deal with the Sui Kingdom so many troops?
This also made the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming feel a sense of crisis, and they followed the Sui Kingdom''s footsteps and jointly expanded the army with extreme strength.
The policies of cultivation that the Three Kingdoms have always adhered to came to an abrupt end on the same day. In order to protect themselves, they could only engage in an arms race with the Qin Dynasty.
After learning about this, Liu Yu from Shu not only increased his troops to Hanzhong, but also accelerated his preparations for becoming emperor. After all, if the Qin Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, the significance of his becoming emperor would be greatly reduced.
(This chapter ends)