Chapter 2637: Preparing the army, where to point the sword
As the number of Qin's armies increased, the old military system inherited from the Han Dynasty was no longer applicable, and this military reform was mainly to improve the military's functions and powers.
Da Qin's new military system was divided into three levels and fifteen levels.
Ranks of sergeants: chief, team leader, camp commander, military marquis, Sima,
School level: Brigadier Colonel, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Senior Colonel,
General level: brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, admiral, general;
There are a total of fifteen military ranks. From bottom to top, the military power gradually increases, but there are also two to three deputies to divide the power, to the greatest extent to prevent the generals who lead the army from outside from being too self-respecting.
After discussing with the prime minister and the six ministers, Ying Hao canonized the generals of the Qin Dynasty as follows according to their merits and original ranks:
General Bai Qi holds the rank of general.
Li Jing, Yue Fei, Su Lie, Xue Li, Zhang Liao, Huo Qubing, Meng Tian, Qin Qiong, Zhou Yu, and Long Qie, the ten chief and deputy governors, hold 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 hold the honorary rank of general, but their actual military power is lieutenant general or even major general.
The title of honorary general was developed after discussion between Ying Hao and other civil servants, and was aimed at those generals whose merits were great enough and whose strength was strong enough, but whose commanding ability was insufficient.
For example, Li Cunxiao, as the most powerful general in the Qin Dynasty, her merits are enough to be awarded the title of general, and her own strength is invincible in the world, but if she is asked to command an army of 100,000, she is still a little weak.
Therefore, Ying Hao specially introduced honorary military ranks for these people, giving them the treatment of generals first, and then giving them matching military power when their command ability is sufficient.
Except for the above-mentioned one general and the eighteen generals, the other generals either lacked qualifications, did not have enough credit, or had just surrendered, so they were all below these nineteen people.
There are twenty-eight people holding 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, Hu Luguang, Yuchi Gong, Arthur...
Among them: Jin Tai, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Yang Zaixing, Qin Yong, Yu Chigong and other fierce generals who were not good at leading the army also held the honorary rank of lieutenant general, but their actual military power was that of major general or even brigadier general.
Reduced generals and deputy governors such as Han Xin and Wei Qing have enough official positions, status and abilities to be conferred as generals. However, since they have not surrendered for a long time and have not made much contribution yet, they are first awarded the rank of lieutenant general. as a transition.
There are a total of forty-two people with the rank of major general, namely: Yang Jian, Wen Zhong, Huang Tianhua, Long Yang, Taishi Ci, Wenpin, 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, Zhong Limei, Ji Bu, Ding Yanping, Su Xian, Zhou Yafu, Xiao Yan, Wei Rui, Jiang Juan, Fan Lihua...
Brigadier General is also the military rank with the most generals in the Qin Dynasty. There are seventy-two people in total, namely: Kong Xuan, Yue Yun, Xue Dingshan, Huang Tianxiang, Chen Tang, Wang Ben, Tu Xingsun, Yang Ren, Li Mu, Mi Houwang, Jiao Mo Go, Zhang Dingbian, Cheng Yaojin, Pang De, Qin Ming, Qin Si, Qin Xi, Qin Yi, Meng Yi, Qin Hua, Ying Qian, Hu Yanzhuo, Li Jin, Yue Xi, Huo 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 senior colonel is the future reserve brigadier general and the most important backbone general in the army. Naturally, the number of senior colonels is much larger than that of brigadier generals.
There are a total of 188 people holding the rank of senior colonel, namely: Meng Bi, 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, Gong Du, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, Li Huamei...
School-level generals below the rank of colonel can only be regarded as middle-level in the Qin army, and their total number even exceeds a thousand, so I can only give some representative examples.
Colonels: Long Xuhu, 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...
Majors: Gongsun Fan, Wang Shuang, Hao Zhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Fu Yanqing...
Candidates: Wu Wenhua, Gongsun Xu, Deng Xiu...
Hao Zhao, Wu Wenhua, Yu Yuan, Yu Hua, Wang Shuang, Lu Xiangsheng and others were all talents selected during this large-scale military expansion, so they all received exceptional promotions.
As for generals below the school level, they can only be regarded as lower-level in the military, so naturally there is no need to give examples one by one.
Naturally, it is impossible to satisfy everyone after this list comes out.
Many Qin generals at or below the brigadier general level were dissatisfied with some of the surrendered generals who had just surrendered, but were on an equal footing with them, and even had higher military ranks than them.
If it was Yang Jian, then naturally forget it. After all, Yang Jian was already the top general in the world before he surrendered to Qin.
Forget about Li Maozhen, Hua Xiong, Li Jue and other generals. After all, they took the initiative to lead their troops to join us.
But Li Mu and Li Zuoche, the surrendered generals who surrendered after being captured, are on an equal footing with them, and even have higher military ranks than them, which is a bit intolerable.
Of course, there are only a few people who are unhappy after all. Most people are relatively satisfied with this award. After all, this award does not reduce their military power.
In addition, a low military rank does not mean a low title.
Military ranks only represent military power, while titles represent wealth and status.
Military power must be handed over sooner or later, but the title can always belong to oneself and be passed on to one's descendants.
Soldiers spend their whole lives fighting on the battlefield, just to have a wife, a son, a general, and a marquis.
Therefore, most generals of Great Qin still value title more than military rank.
When Ying Hao learned that some people in the army were dissatisfied with this award, he also sent people to enlighten them one-on-one and try to resolve the dissatisfaction as much as possible, and the effect was pretty good.
750,000 new recruits have been trained and the new military system has been awarded titles. The natural next step is external expansion.
In this regard, Ying Hao also discussed with other think tanks whether to conquer the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains in the east first, or to conquer the Sui Kingdom in Xiliang in the west first.
For Da Qin, the difference between these two items is actually not big.
If the Sui Kingdom is destroyed first, the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains will definitely declare war on the Great Qin. The Great Qin will adopt the strategy of attacking from the west and defending from the east. It will destroy the Sui Kingdom first and then destroy the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
If the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains are destroyed first, the Sui Kingdom may not necessarily join the war in the early stage, but once the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains cannot hold on, the Sui Kingdom will definitely join the war.
Therefore, whether it is an eastward expedition or a westward expedition, Da Qin will sooner or later confront these four countries, and there is a high probability that Shu and Chu will also participate. This means that Shu and Chu will obviously not pose much of a threat to Da Qin.
If Chu wants to threaten Da Qin, 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 and difficult to attack, and it is guarded by famous generals Xue Rengui and Han Xin.
At the beginning, Shu and Chu jointly invaded, with a total force of nearly 200,000, while the Qin army only had 50,000 defenders, but the Shu-Chu coalition still failed to break through Xiangyang.
Nowadays, the total strength of the Qin Dynasty is 1.55 million, and the number of troops in Jingbei is even more than 150,000. Even if the troops of Shu and Chu invade from all over the country, they will not be able to break through Xiangyang City in the short term.
The threat from Shu will be easier to deal with.
Before occupying Hanzhong, the Qin army needed to fortify many places to prevent the Shu army from invading.
But after occupying Hanzhong, as long as they defend Hanzhong, the Shu army can no longer threaten the Qin army.
Now the Qin Dynasty has deployed a hundred thousand troops in Hanzhong, and there are also generals such as Ban Chao and Yang Jian stationed there.
However, the Shu Han was under the attack of Qin and South, and could not use all its power to deal with Da Qin. It was obviously difficult to pose a great threat to Da Qin.
Therefore, Shu and Chu are not a concern. Da Qin only needs to concentrate its forces to solve the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui.
There are also different opinions within Da Qin as to whether to conquer the east first or to conquer the west first.
Others, led by Prime Minister Wang Meng, believed that it would be safest to weaken first and then strengthen, destroying the weakest Sui Kingdom first, and then concentrating their forces to destroy the three Central Plains Kingdoms.
However, people led by Liu Bowen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, believed that the Sui State was not a concern at all. No matter whether the Sui State sent troops or not, it could not shake the Qin's western defense line. Therefore, the three Central Plains Kingdoms in the east should be destroyed first, and the Sui State in the west could only It only takes a partial army to defeat it.
Whether it is to conquer the east first or to conquer the west first, there is not much difference for the Qin Dynasty. But when Ying Hao was hesitating, Zhang Liang, the Minister of War, proposed a new idea, that is, to start the war on the east and west fronts together.
As soon as Zhang Liang said this, he was immediately opposed by both the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition factions. Wang Meng and Liu Bowen also felt that Zhang Liang's approach of starting a war on two fronts was too radical. After all, there was a more reliable way, so why take such a risk? What about risk?
Zhang Liang didn't care at all about everyone's objections, and smiled slightly and said: "Even Prime Minister Wang and Liu Shangshu believe that it is more risky to start a war on the east and west fronts at the same time, and the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, and Sui will definitely feel the same way.
Therefore, if the east and west fronts start fighting at the same time, at least one side can be defeated. "
Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Ying Haoduan's eyes suddenly lit up and he said in a deep voice: "What Zhang Shangshu said makes sense.
Since we can guess how the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming and Sui responded after our army's eastward or westward expedition, then the four countries are obviously well prepared to deal with our country's eastward or westward expedition.
So based on calculations, whether our army marches eastward or westward, it is within the expectations of the four countries, but they certainly would not have thought that our army would clearly seek stability, but would instead take the risk of fighting on two fronts at the same time.
Our army can first send troops to the east to attack the Central Plains. After Yang Guang on the western front receives the news, he will definitely not think that our army will go west again, and will definitely be more relaxed in defense. If a surprise attack is launched at this time, he will definitely be able to defeat The Sui Dynasty was unable to catch up. "
When Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu and others heard this, they all showed approval. Obviously, although this two-front war plan is more risky, once it is completed, the results will be much greater than a single-line war.
In the next few hours, Ying Hao, Zhang Liang, Wang Meng, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others jointly deduced and perfected the plan for a two-front war.
The specific plans are as follows:
The first step is to dispatch two armies from Jizhou and Qingbei to attack the Ming Dynasty. After the Wei and Song Dynasties learn the news, they will definitely side with the Ming Dynasty. By then, the Qin Dynasty will be able to legitimately attack these two former allies. .
The second step is to tear up the alliance with Wei and Song, and then send out four armies to attack Wei and Song.
The troops from Wei Commandery were sent south to attack Baima, the troops from Hulao Pass were sent to attack Chenliu, the troops from Nanyang were sent to attack Yingchuan, and the troops from Zhangling Army were sent to attack Runan.
Including the two armies of Jizhou and Qingbei, there were six armies in total. They started war with the three countries of the Central Plains at the same time, giving the illusion of an all-out crusade against the Central Plains, in order to mislead the Sui State on the western front.
The third step is that after the six-pronged army invaded the Central Plains, the Sui State will definitely relax. At that time, an army will be dispatched from Longxi and Wuwei, and the troops will be divided into two groups to attack the Sui State, catching the Sui State by surprise.
Da Qin will dispatch the Eighth Route Army this time, dispatching more than one million troops to directly fight against the four kingdoms of Wei, Song, Wu and Sui. This is definitely the largest battle to date.
If this battle is won, Da Qin will definitely dominate the world. Otherwise, the troubled times will continue for a while.
