But this matter is actually very difficult for the adoptive father.
He said that there are six organized armed forces in Dadu.
The largest is the "Walls of the Empire" chapter, so named because it is directly responsible for guarding the walls of the metropolis.
Different from the ancient times, now they are actually the corresponding battle group of the military district where Dadu is located, responsible for the defense of several small towns and fortresses in Dadu and surrounding areas. In addition to his main job of guarding the city wall, he also often crossed the sea to Asia Minor to fight with the Turkmen. The war group adopts a rotation system, some people will go out to fight, and the remaining people are responsible for defending the city. On weekdays, all city gates in Dadu, except for those ceremonial gates, are managed by them.
Next is the "Teaching Corps" battle group. On the one hand, they have both military academy training and experimental properties. On the other hand, they are also the main force here. Several training grounds in the city, including the one Guo Kang took Cao Jian to before, are under their jurisdiction.
But there are not many soldiers in the teaching regiment in the city, only these few teams at the training ground. The main troops and camps are located in the suburbs outside the city - the same place where Guo Kang took little Jeanne to watch the artillery demonstration. When nothing happens, they won't enter the city on a large scale.
The ones actually stationed in the city are the "Night Watch" regiment. They are responsible for maintaining the internal defense of the capital, so they are the ones who make the most appearances. Basically, after every festival, they are the ones who fight passionately with drunken citizens and try to maintain order, so they are famous in various senses...
However, they are not ordinary "urban management", but a serious field force. Like the Imperial Wall and the Teaching Corps, the Night Watch also follows a turn-based battle system to maintain combat effectiveness. Due to the terrain problems of the Purple Horde Khanate, this kind of round battle is not difficult.
For a mission like this one, the most suitable thing is to send out a teaching group or a night watchman. Because the recruits with problems nominally belong to the teaching group, it is more appropriate for them to take care of them themselves. When there is a major gang case in the city that requires the deployment of troops, the night watchman is usually dispatched to arrest the person.
However, these two troops do not belong to the local military regions, but are directly under the jurisdiction of Pasai Khan. Moreover, the adoptive father is in charge of dispatching the various legions on the expedition, including strategic task assignments, supply maintenance, etc. The task is actually quite heavy. These people left behind, like the garrison brigades everywhere, are no longer under his control.
It's not impossible for him to appear on the stage and use his prestige and status to persuade others to act, but this has serious side effects. Because even for a place like the Purple Horde Khanate where the system is very rough, it is very troublesome to mobilize troops beyond the authority in the capital, and it is very easy to cause criticism and accusation. Several other close princes might give him some face, but the Khan's bureaucracy, with its increasingly complete powers, would definitely criticize him.
If it was really a matter of life and death and there was no time to delay, he could just fight it once. But this time it was just catching a few thieves, it was totally not worth it, people would just think it had ulterior motives. At that time, not only Guo will be embarrassed, but his friends will also be in the dilemma of being wronged and not helping. We shouldn't embarrass everyone so much.
As for the other branches, the first is the "Qixue" of the forbidden army of the Khan Room. Although they were numerous, they included a large number of palace service personnel. These are not actually professional soldiers. Their main responsibilities are to run the industries directly under the Khan's court and maintain the operation of the palace. Their work includes settling accounts, negotiating business, cooking, cleaning, and even singing and dancing. In short, they have little combat effectiveness.
The real part of the army is the Varyag Guards in the Forbidden Army. They were responsible for the defense of the great palace and other important places.
The construction of capitals in Dadu is different from that of the Central Plains dynasties. There is no clear palace city and supporting defense facilities. The large and small palace buildings built by Basileus in the past dynasties can be found all over the city and are not connected to each other. Therefore, their guard scope is also relatively loose.
In addition, Varyag is also responsible for several main gates on the city wall. The reason is that it is spacious and convenient, suitable for holding major ceremonies, such as every triumphal ceremony, the Khan Room will sponsor it, and these gates will be specially decorated for celebrations.
However, there is actually a deeper consideration here. Since the Li Tiance Incident happened just after they entered the city, for a long time the Purple Horde Khanate was not thinking about how to defend Dadu when someone attacked it, or how to prevent and suppress rebellion when there was a possibility, but how to escape if there was a rebellion in Dadu. go out. These gates held by the Forbidden Army themselves are actually not to prevent someone from attacking from key positions, but just in case, to facilitate everyone's escape at critical moments...
Later, as the rule became more stable, the mentality of the Khan's court also changed. By the time of my adoptive father, when faced with enemy attacks, few people thought about abandoning the city and running away. He himself also became famous because he presided over the defense of the city and became famous in the first battle.
However, although this design has never been used, the relevant arrangements have been retained and are still in use today.
In addition, there are two smaller armed forces. One is the Marine Corps of the Navy. Because naval battles these days are indispensable for gang-hopping, warships must also carry specialized soldiers in addition to armed sailors. Everyone has to conduct various trainings on a daily basis, and in addition to tactics at sea, they also have to consider how to fight during landing.
Most of them are port cities, so there are their training grounds and camps next to the military port.
Sometimes, in addition to themselves, other troops will also send people for training. This is also a tip summarized by the Purple Horde Khanate before.
When Dottor Mametinikus led his army across the Black Sea, preparing to attack the Georgian enemies by surprise, his steppe soldiers were severely seasick. Many of them were dizzy and vomited. It took several days to recover. Come to your senses.
After weighing the situation, he could only leave most of the people at the port to look after their homes, and he took a few people with him, flying the flag of the entire army, to attack everywhere. Fortunately, Emperor Timur's uncle had scared the locals into silence, and all the towns turned away when they saw the army, so the secret was not revealed.
From that time on, the Khan's court realized that even if most of the wars were based on land battles, considering the terrain of the Purple Horde Khanate, maritime troop transport was indispensable. Therefore, everyone must adapt to this situation in advance to avoid problems later. Each military region will choose the nearest port and send soldiers to practice in turns. Even the Mongolians under Wanhu of Beiya have to learn rowing, and this place is no exception.
And the last one is the part of the church that Guo Kang tried to use before.
Therefore, the adoptive father also has no way to directly help these groups. Because of this matter, it was not worth running out of the city and asking the Great Khan for formal approval. He suggested that Guo Kang should wait for two days before talking.
(End of chapter)
