Chapter 2640: Where to fix the military and prepare for the military
Chapter 2637: Where to focus on the military and military preparations
As the number of troops in the Qin Dynasty increased, the old military system inherited from the former Han Dynasty was no longer applicable, and this military system reform was mainly to improve the military power.
The new military system of Daqin this time was divided into three levels and fifteenth grades.
Shi: Chief, Team Leader, Junhou, Sima,
School level: casino, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, colonel, colonel,
General level: Brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, general;
The military ranks of 15th grade were gradually increased from bottom to top, but there were two to three deputy officers to separate the power, so as to prevent the generals leading the army from gaining their own weight to the greatest extent.
After discussing with the Prime Minister and the Six Ministers, Ying Hao enthroned the generals of the Qin Dynasty as follows according to their merits and their original rank:
General Bai Qi was appointed as the rank of general.
Li Jing, Yue Fei, Su Lie, Xue Li, Zhang Liao, Huo Qubing, Meng Tian, ??Qin Qiong, Zhou Yu, and Long Qi, these ten chief and deputy governors were in charge of the rank of general.
The eight powerful generals Li Cunxiao, Jiang Song, Jia Fu, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Gao Chong, Gongsun Xuanyuan, and Yuwen Chengdu all received the rank of honorary generals, while the actual military power was lieutenant generals, or even major generals.
The title of honorary general was discussed by Ying Hao and the civil officials, targeting generals who had made great contributions and strong enough strength but were not capable of commanding enough.
For example, Li Cunxiao, as the number one general of the Qin Dynasty, his contributions were enough to be awarded the title of general, and his own strength was invincible in the world, but if she had commanded a hundred thousand troops, she would still be somewhat unable to match.
Therefore, Ying Hao specially introduced honorary ranks for these people, first giving them the treatment of generals, and when they have sufficient command capabilities, they are given the matching military power.
Except for one of the above generals and eighteen generals, the other generals either lack qualifications, lack of credit, or have just surrendered for a short time, so they all belong to these nineteen people.
There are 28 people in the rank of lieutenant general, namely: Han Xin, Wei Qing, Wu Qi, Wang Jian, Li Dingguo, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Huang Feihu, Jintai, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Yang Zaixing, Yang Yanzhao, Qin Wu, Qin Yong, Qin Ji, Qi Jiguang, Han Shizhong, Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan, Huluguang, Yuchi Gong, Arthur...
Among them: Jintai, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Yang Zaixing, Qin Yong, and Yuchi Gong, who are not good at leading the army, also have the rank of honorary lieutenant general, and actually have the military power of major general, or even brigade general.
The surrendered generals like Han Xin and Wei Qing were all sufficient to be appointed as generals, but since the time of surrender was not long and he had not made much contribution yet, he first used the rank of lieutenant general as a transition.
There are 42 people with the rank of major general, namely: Yang Jian, Wen Zhong, Huang Tianhua, Long Yang, Taishi Ci, Wen Pin, Luo Cheng, Xiong Kuohai, Li Yan, Zhang He, Yang Yanding, Yang Yande, Yang Yansi, Guan Sheng, Yu Jin, Pei Yuanqing, Ma Chao, Yan Xing, Li Maozhen, Li Shunchen, Meng Gong, Zhang Han, Duan Shao, Di Qing, Sima Cuo, Qin Liang, Yu Ziqi, Zhongli Mei, Ji Bu, Ding Yanping, Su Xian, Zhou Yafu, Xiao Yan, Wei Rui, Jiang Ji Ji Hua...
The brigade general is also the most rank of the generals in the Qin Dynasty. There are 72 people, namely: Kong Xuan, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Huang Tianxiang, Chen Tang, Wang Ben, Tu Xingsun, Yang Ren, Li Mu, Mi Houwang, Jiao Moxiang, Zhang Dingbian, Cheng Yaojin, Pang De, Qin Ming, Qin Si, Qin Xi, Qin Yi, Qin Yi, Meng Yi, Qin Hua, Ying Qian, Hu Yanzhuo, Li Jin, Yue Xi, Hu Jun, Hua Xiong, Li Jue, Zhang Xiu, Ju Yi, Cai Mao, Gao Lan, Tian Yu, Han Meng, Li Ling, Liao Hua, Guan Hai, Wang Baobao, Sun Chongjin, Fu Cunshen, Deng Chanyu...
As the highest school level, the colonel will be the future preparatory brigade general and is also the most important backbone general in the army, and naturally there will be much more people than the brigade general.
There are a total of 188 people with the rank of colonel, namely: Meng Ben, Ruan Wengzhong, Niu Gao, Wang Li, Wang Xuance, Yue Zhongqi, Gongsun Yu, Xiao Baoyin, Xu Rong, Yan Rou, Zhu Ling, Zhou Qing, Gongsun Kang, Wu Ji, Kang Anyu, Li Zuoche, Gongdu, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, Li Huamei...
School-level generals below the university were considered middle-level in the Qin army, and the total number of people even exceeded 1,000, so we can only give some representative people as examples.
Colonel: Long Beard Tiger, Deng Jiugong, Yu Yuan, Ren Bi, Kang Junli, Li Siben, Liu Yi, Feng Jie, Gongsun Gong, Dong Xian, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, Fu Yanrao, Gao Ming, Gao Jue…
Lieutenant Colonel: Yu Hua, Xue Xiantu, Jiang Xingba, Qi Chengguang, Kou Cheng, Wang Jing, Tang Huai…
Major: Gongsun Fan, Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Fu Yanqing...
Accreditation: Wu Wenhua, Gongsun Xu, Deng Xiu…
Hao Zhao, Wu Wenhua, Yu Yuan, Yu Hua, Wang Shuang, Lu Xiangsheng and others were all talents selected in this great expansion of the army, so they were all promoted exceptionally.
As for generals at the school level, they can only be considered lower-level members in the army, so naturally there is no need to give examples one by one.
After this list comes out, it is naturally impossible to satisfy everyone.
Many Qin generals and below were dissatisfied with some surrendered generals who had just surrendered for a while, but were on par with them, and even had military ranks above them.
If it were Yang Jian, then of course it would be fine. After all, before Yang Jian surrendered to Qin, he was already the top general in the world.
Let’s forget Li Maozhen, Hua Xiong, Li Jue and other generals, after all, they took the initiative to lead the army to surrender.
But Li Mu and Li Zuoche, who surrendered after being captured, were on par with them, and even had military ranks above them, which made people a little unbearable.
Of course, only a few people are resentful after all, and most people are relatively satisfied with this title. After all, this title does not reduce their military power.
In addition, a low military rank does not mean a low title.
Military ranks represent only military power, while titles represent wealth and status.
The military power must be handed over sooner or later, but the title can always belong to you and be passed on to your descendants.
A soldier will fight for his whole life, just to be granted a wife, son, and to be appointed as a general and a marquis.
Therefore, compared with military rank, most of the Qin generals still value titles more. When Ying Hao learned that someone in the army was dissatisfied with the award of the title this time, he also sent someone to enlighten them one-on-one, so as to resolve the dissatisfaction as much as possible, and the effect was quite good.
Seventy-five thousand new recruits have been trained and the new military system has been awarded. The next step is to expand externally.
In this regard, Ying Hao also negotiated with the think tanks, whether to first fight eastward to pacify the three kingdoms of the Central Plains, or to first fight westward to destroy the Western Liang and Sui Kingdom.
For Daqin, the difference between these two items is actually not big.
If the Sui Kingdom is destroyed first, the three countries in the Central Plains will definitely declare war on the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty is equivalent to using the method of attacking the west and defending the east. The Sui Kingdom will first destroy the Sui Kingdom and go back to destroy the three countries in the Central Plains.
If the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are destroyed first, the Sui Kingdom may not necessarily participate in the war in the early stages of the Sui Kingdom, but if the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains cannot hold on, the Sui Kingdom will definitely participate in the war.
Therefore, whether it is an expedition in the east or a confrontation in the west, the Qin Dynasty will sooner or later face these four countries, and the Shu and Chu countries are likely to participate. This is obviously not a big threat to the Qin Dynasty.
If the Chu State wants to threaten the Qin Dynasty, it can only go north to attack Jingbei and solve the problem of Xiangyang.
Xiangyang is a strong city in the world, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are also famous generals Xue Rengui and Han Xin guarding it.
At that time, Shu and Chu jointly invaded, with a total force of nearly 200,000, while the Qin army had only 50,000 defenders, but the Shu and Chu coalition still failed to break through Xiangyang.
Now the total strength of Qin is 1.55 million, and the strength in Jingbei is 150,000. Even if the troops from Shu and Chu are invading the whole country, they will never be able to break through Xiangyang City in the short term.
The threat from Shu Kingdom will be better solved.
Before occupying Hanzhong, the Qin army needed multiple defenses to prevent the Shu army from invading.
But after occupying Hanzhong, the Shu army could no longer threaten the Qin army by just defending a place in Hanzhong.
Now the Qin Dynasty has deployed a hundred thousand troops in Hanzhong, and there are also generals such as Ban Chao and Yang Jian.
However, Shu Han was under the attack of Qin and southern countries, and could not use all his power to deal with the Qin Dynasty. It was obviously difficult to pose too much threat to the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, Shu and Chu are not worth worrying about. The Qin Dynasty only needs to concentrate its efforts to solve the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui.
There are also different opinions within the Qin Dynasty on whether to fight the east first or the west first.
The others led by Prime Minister Wang Meng believed that they should first be weak and then strong, and first destroy the weakest Sui Kingdom, and then concentrate their troops to destroy the three Central Plains Kingdoms. This is also the safest.
However, the heads of Liu Bowen, the Minister of Personnel, believed that the Sui Kingdom was not worth worrying at all. No matter whether the Sui Kingdom sent troops, it would not be able to shake the western defense line of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, the three Central Plains in the east should be destroyed first. The Sui Kingdom in the west only needed a partial army to fight the destruction.
Whether it was the east expedition first or the west expedition first, there was no big difference for the Qin Dynasty. Just when Ying Hao was hesitating, Zhang Liang, Secretary of the Ministry of War, proposed a new idea, that is, to go to war on the east and west fronts together.
As soon as Zhang Liang''s statement was made, he was immediately opposed by the two factions of the Eastern and Western sects. Wang Meng and Liu Bowen also felt that Zhang Liang''s approach to war on both sides was too radical. After all, there was obviously a more secure way, so why should he take this risk?
Zhang Liang did not care about the opposition at all, and smiled slightly and said, "Even Prime Minister Wang and Shangshu Liu believed that it would be more risky to go to war with the east and west fronts at the same time. Then the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui would definitely feel the same way.
Therefore, if the war between the east and west sides starts at the same time, at least one side can be fought and the other is too difficult to get. ”
Hearing Zhang Liang''s words, Ying Hao''s eyes lit up and he said in a deep voice: "What Zhang Shangshu said makes sense.
Since we can guess the way our army responded to the east or west after the east or west, the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui, then the four countries were obviously prepared to deal with our country''s east or west.
So based on calculations, whether our army''s eastern expedition or western expedition is within the expectations of the four countries, but they certainly would not have thought that our army would take the risk of going to war on both sides at the same time, even though it was obvious that our army could seek stability.
Our army can first send troops to attack the Central Plains. After receiving the news, Yang Guang on the Western Front would definitely not think that our army would fight westward and would definitely relax in defense. If a surprise attack was launched at this time, it would definitely be impossible to attack the Sui Kingdom. ”
When Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu and others heard it, they all showed praise. Obviously, although this two-line war plan is more risky, once it is done, the result will be much greater than that of single-line combat.
In the next few hours, Ying Hao, Zhang Liang, Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others jointly deduced and improved the plan to start a two-line war.
The specific plan is as follows:
The first step is to dispatch two armies from Jizhou and Qingbei to attack the Ming Dynasty. After learning the news, the Wei and Song dynasties will definitely stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Qin Dynasty will be able to legitimately attack these two former allies.
The second step is to tear up the alliance with the Wei and Song dynasties, and then dispatch four armies to attack the Wei and Song dynasties.
Wei County sent troops south to attack Baima, Hulao Pass sent troops to attack Chenliu, Nanyang sent troops to attack Yingchuan, and Zhangling''s troops to attack Runan.
Adding two armies from Jizhou and Qingbei, a total of six armies, and at the same time, they went to war with the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, posing the illusion of full efforts to attack the Central Plains, in order to mislead the Sui Kingdom on the Western Front.
The third step is that after the six armies attacked the Central Plains, the Sui Kingdom would definitely relax. At that time, from Longxi and Wuwei, each dispatched a large army, divided into two groups to attack the Sui Kingdom, and caught the Sui Kingdom off guard.
This time, the Qin Dynasty will dispatch the Eighth Route Army, and dispatch more than one million troops to directly start war against the four countries of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui. This is definitely the largest battle to date.
If this battle is won, the Qin Dynasty will definitely unify the world, and the chaotic times will continue for a while.
(This chapter ends)