Chapter 292 The newly established Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion
"There is a five-army governor's office, which has jurisdiction over the army, air force, navy, guard and artillery units. The establishment of the governor's office is the same as that of the imperial dynasty; all existing armies and infantry are included in the army sequence, all the navy are included in the navy sequence, and the garrison is All armies will be included in the Guards sequence. As for the air force and artillery units, they will not be established for the time being and only retain their names;
The army is organized into corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and squads. It usually has Wu Army, Shenwu Army, Shence Army, Tianxiong Army, and Longwu Army. These five armies are set up as group armies. Ten divisions will be established at the division level under the military jurisdiction. After that, each service will no longer have a group army and will retain a standing army. Each army will have three divisions. In addition, except for the group army with a military number, it will not be established except in wartime. After the establishment of the 50th division, The standing units of each military force are based on divisions;
Including the Dingwu Army, starting from the 1st to the 50th Division, the basic combat personnel were reorganized. A squad, including the squad leader, totaled 10 people; a platoon, including the platoon leader, totaled 31 people; a company included There are 121 people in total including the company commander; by analogy, a battalion has 501 people; a regiment has 1,501 people; a brigade has four regiments with 6,001 people; a division has three brigades with 18,000 people;
In addition, the three military positions of deputy squad leader, deputy platoon leader, and deputy company commander no longer belong to the officer sequence, but belong to the officer reserve, and their responsibilities are exactly the same as those in the new army's establishment;
Secondly, I am determined to establish a military rank system to prevent a leaderless situation after a combat commander is accidentally killed in battle. However, our armies have now initially transitioned from that situation, and each commander knows his or her responsibilities and tasks;"
Chen Cao's new army military system has long gone through the situation of soldiers becoming commanders' private soldiers. Every soldier and officer knows their wartime tasks. When the commander dies, the deputy will be on top. When the deputy dies, the next level will be replaced. The commanders are on top, and so on. If all the commanders are dead, the soldiers will unite to complete the combat mission on their own.
"In addition, from now on, all junior officers must be served by students who graduated from military schools. They will initially serve as platoon leaders. The military rank system has also begun. Ordinary soldiers are divided into private, third class, second class, first class, and then non-commissioned officers. Divided into junior noncommissioned officers, corporals, sergeants, staff sergeants and sergeants;
The position of junior squad leader must be held by a non-commissioned officer, the deputy squad leader must be a private or above, the deputy platoon leader must be a sergeant or above, and the deputy company commander must be a staff sergeant or above;
Secondly, there are lieutenants, who are divided into second lieutenants, lieutenants, and captains; third, there are school officers, who are divided into majors, lieutenant colonels, colonels, and senior colonels; general officers are divided into major generals, lieutenant generals, and generals; and there is a general marshal of the Fifth Army. position;”
Chen Cao chuckled: "I naturally regard myself as the Grand Marshal of the Fifth Army..."
Everyone laughed along, knowing in their hearts that this was natural.
"Military positions are military positions, and military ranks are military ranks. Military positions are responsible for specific affairs in the army, and military ranks are symbols of status. In addition, from today on, the military positions of the former Weisuo Army are now all based on the pre-Qin period. They are established as titles, namely Xiaoqi, Zongqi, Baihu, Baihu, General, Deputy Qianhu, Qianzong, Qianhu, Commanding General, Dusi, Commanding Tongzhi, Guard, Commanding Envoy, Guerrilla General, There are a total of eighteen military titles including Commander-in-Chief, Staff General, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Commander-in-Chief. This title can only be awarded to meritorious servicemen and not to anyone else. The eighteenth-class military titles are the same as those of the imperial dynasty, and are divided into roving titles and Hereditary, of course, this must depend on the circumstances;
Secondly, what I am saying now can only be heard by our own people, but please do not spread it to me."
Chen Cao looked at the few confidants present with a serious face: "I have decided to re-establish the lordship, which is divided into five permanent nobility such as baron, viscount, earl, marquis, and duke. The specific establishment of this lordship will be left to Yunsheng. "
After hearing this, the people present were heartened. They knew very well what Chen Cao meant by setting up the Wuchang Lord. Now with Chen Cao's strength, it is more than enough to be independent. With excitement, several people had smiles on their faces. They looked at each other with smiles.
Chen Cao drank up the tea in front of him. After saying so much, he was also very thirsty: "The staff arrangement is complete, and the other thing is to re-establish the Jinyi Guards..."
Zhao Xin's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested. Ever since the emperor in the north withdrew the Jin Yiwei, he, the man from the southern town of Fusi, was nothing more than a decoration. Although he was still doing Jin Yiwei's work, he was still under a false name. The words are not smooth.
Chen Cao also saw Zhao Xin's look, and sneered: "You guys, don't worry, you must be the commander of the Imperial Guard City. In addition, the other four old brothers have been awarded the commander's position respectively. You can do it yourself." Recruitment, Jin Yiwei is not in the ranks of the five armies, it is its own entity, and it is solely responsible to me."
"My subordinates will definitely do their best."
"Uncle..."
An official document was handed to Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin opened it and handed it to Chen Cao. After reading it, Chen Cao shook his head: "Look, what is it? After King Fu worshiped his ancestors in Fengyang, he took 300,000 yuan with him." The army is preparing to attack Nanjing, let us send troops to contain the Nanjing side, and return with them to the gates of Nanjing before the end of December."
"The only organized troops that our army can mobilize now are more than 50,000 people in the Longwu Army, and more than 30,000 people in the two divisions of the Dingwu Army under Commander Song." Huang Chunyao shook his fan: "It is not enough for 80,000 people to go to Nanjing. No, but we must be on guard against King Qin’s army coming from the northwest of Huguang and Jiangxi.”
Chen Cao's hands kept tapping on the round table. King Fu now asked Chen Cao to send troops to make it clear that he also knew what Chen Cao had done in Zhejiang, especially the surrender of several You Shiwei people and solved his biggest problem in the south. Hidden dangers, coupled with the general trend of conquering Fengyang, it is natural to take advantage of the military morale to capture Nanjing.
"Students speculate that King Fu wants to become emperor in Nanjing..."
Everyone looked at Huang Chunyao, and Chen Cao stopped tapping his hands: "Well, it is possible that there are still Jiannu in the north. If we calculate carefully, there are still one million people in the army in the north, but it is not enough. The number of people fighting in a battle will not exceed 500,000 at most, and most of them will have to guard against establishing slaves and defending the capital."
Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan looked at each other, then stopped their fans and said: "Master, the students have two plans. First, the trip to Nanjing is feasible, but we can occupy the southern provinces before King Fu takes Nanjing;
The second is to go north to Nanjing, and then take action when the city of Nanjing is destroyed..."
"You mean?"
Chen Cao squinted his eyes. He once talked to Huang Chunyao about working with King Fu. Now that Huang Chunyao reminded him again, he remembered the plan of this fatal scholar. Nanjing was destroyed and King Fu died unexpectedly...
Huang Chunyao nodded lightly, and Chen Cao took a deep breath and began to think. Now his territory is Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, and Zhejiang Prefecture, where Southern Zhili is located. It is equivalent to a territory of Zhejiang Province, and the actual strength now is only a few hundred thousand. Even if new soldiers are recruited, it will not be completed without three months of training. The new army will not become combat effective until July and August next year.
If we were to capture the entire Zhejiang province, we would have to recruit garrison troops to garrison them on the spot. However, those old veterans had no fighting ability, and the landowners and bureaucrats were too preoccupied to fight. Once the imperial court mobilized troops from Huguang and Jiangxi to conquer them, it would be very difficult for them to do so. It is possible to surrender and rebel again.
From a military strength perspective, this is a problem of overstretch.
"Since ancient times, whoever conquers the Central Plains of Hebei Province conquers the world. Even Emperor Taizu of this dynasty could only conquer the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the north, and then sent Mu Ying and others to spread the message to the south. At most, he fought with the natives in Guizhou and Guangxi and Yunnan. "Xu Fuyuan said, "If you feel that our military strength cannot be used normally, you will abandon the south and only operate coastal areas such as Zhejiang and Guangdong. You can compete with the north."
Many people privately feel that Chen Cao's decision to stick to Songjiang is a bit like Zhang Shicheng's, but it is completely different in terms of military strength. There are indeed many differences between firearms troops and long swords and spears.
Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan spoke, and the remaining civil servants all made suggestions. After hearing the plans of several people, Chen Cao also made up his mind.
"Well, what you said makes sense. I have decided to go north to Nanjing and launch an offensive against Nanjing with King Fu..."
In the inner hall of the Governor's Yamen, Chen Caozheng, Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan were drinking tea.
"If we really attack Nanjing, students are worried that Emperor Chongzhen will go all out."
Huang Chunyao interrupted Xu Fuyuan: "No, not only he cannot afford the consequences of a desperate move, but even the civil and military officials will not agree;"
As he spoke, Huang Chunyao glanced at Chen Cao who was drinking tea, and then said: "My lord, there is a civil unrest in Shaanxi right now, and the soldiers and horses from Shanxi and other places have followed to suppress the rebellion. Now that the Yulin border army has been surrendered by us, the soldiers in Shaanxi We can only rely on Sichuan and Huguang to find a solution to civil unrest, so we don't have to worry about the southwest, the only thing is Nanjing."
Xu Fuyuan learned about his plan from Huang Chunyao, and also wanted to work hard to be a good adviser to Chen Cao, so he said: "Prince Fu raised an army in the name of 'Qingjun Side'. If he died suddenly in Nanjing, his position as Prince Fu would be The only choice is for the Crown Prince Zhu Yousong to take his place. I heard that Crown Prince Fu’s Crown Prince is even bigger than his father. A man like this who has no prestige in the military may not be able to shoulder the responsibility of commanding an army of hundreds of thousands."
Chen Cao's eyes lit up. Xu Fuyuan's words did make sense. However, he was stunned for a moment and continued to drink tea.
Huang Chunyao saw that Chen Cao didn't speak, and said: "Although Prince Fu is incompetent, he can be controlled by us. If there are new developments at the border at the critical moment when Prince Fu suddenly died, then for our father-in-law, it will be a What a great opportunity.”
Chen Cao then put down his tea cup and breathed a sigh of relief: "If Jiannu can enter the pass, it will be more justified for us to raise an army..."
Huang Chunyao and Xu Fuyuan looked at each other, and there was something in their minds...
