Surrounding these tens of thousands of mules and horses, the senior generals of the Chu army each had their own thoughts. Many people, whether they were cavalry troops, artillery troops, baggage troops or even infantry troops... even the engineering troops... I want to grab a handful of these mules and horses’ trophies.
Mules and horses, especially horses for riding, are in short supply in every army and everyone wants them!
Ever since, during the meeting that night, Army Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa, commander of the First Cavalry Corps, had red eyes...
He spat at a group of infantry and artillery generals!
"If our cavalry hadn't defeated Haug's 20,000 cavalry in a deadly battle in the northern suburbs, you would have been fucking killed by the Dongjiao people. Now, okay, I didn't hear a word of thanks, but you focused on my trophies. "
"I put my words here. I don't care about other service horses, but the war horses must be allocated to our First Cavalry Corps and the Guards Cavalry Detachment. What do you want to do with the infantry and artillery troops?"
With that said, Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa stood up and looked around, as if he would go berserk on the spot if anyone tried to take his horse.
Until the Liaodong military and political officer General Zhao Zhongshu, who was standing next to him, tapped the table with his fingers and made a crisp knocking sound: "You are all important ministers of the empire. Your Majesty loves your generals and fights bravely for your Majesty. This is your duty! "
Army Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa, who had previously acted like he would get mad on the spot if anyone messed with me, immediately sat down obediently like a little sheep when he heard Zhao Zhongshu speak...
Zhao Zhongshu, the executive deputy minister of the Military and Political Department of the Great Chu Empire, came to Liaodong this time and took charge of military and political affairs in the Liaodong region!
He did not have the power to command Zhu Xingfa, that was the power of Zuo Yingzhe, commander of the Third Army.
However, Zhao Zhongshu has the power to directly remove Zhu Xingfa from his post. Although this power cannot be used easily, once it is used, it will be very troublesome. If you are not careful, Zhao Zhongshu himself will be killed, well, dead in the physical sense...
But he does have this power!
Not only Zhu Xingfa, but even Zuo Yingzhe, the commander of the third group army, Zhao Zhongshu could directly remove him in an emergency and appoint other generals to act as the commander of the third group army on an emergency basis!
Not because he is the executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but because he is ordered to supervise the army!
The military and political power structure of the Chu Empire has always been relatively complex, with mutual checks and balances as its core concept.
For example, the separation of military and political affairs is to prevent collusion between the military and civil servants in the internal affairs. However, at the same time, Luo Zhixue also asked the tax department to organize the establishment of armed tax police, and at the same time set up a patrol department to oversee the patrol police all over the country. Among the patrol police in various places, in addition to those used for daily operations, In addition to patrols, there are also a number of armed patrols used to deal with violent crimes.
These two semi-armed forces are directly affiliated with the civilian group.
The military is also divided into branches, including the Navy, Army and Guards. The three branches are not subordinate to each other and are independent of each other.
Moreover, the Navy has Marines, the Army also has some armed ships for inland warfare, and the Guards has both ground forces and surface forces.
A triangular check and balance can also be formed between the three military services.
When it comes to the Army specifically, the Army's top management has six central organizations: the General Staff Department, the Military and Administrative Department, the Logistics Department, the Ordnance Department, the Director of Cavalry, and the Director of Artillery.
At the same time, there are also ministers of counselors, co-organizing ministers, and some nominal ministers of military affairs.
In local field forces, there are field force combat sequences, that is, various levels of armies, corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, etc.
But at the same time, Luo Zhixue would appoint senior officials from the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs to go to the front line to serve as military and political officials, and they would go with the imperial edict...
This kind of military and political officer usually handles various military and political affairs, but there is also a task of supervising the army that everyone knows but avoids talking about. It is somewhat similar to the military governor or supervisor of the army during the Ming Dynasty, but it is extremely restrictive.
Military and political officers assigned to the frontline by decree have the right to temporarily revoke the command authority of a senior frontline general in extreme circumstances such as surrendering to the enemy, disobeying orders, rebelling, or becoming disabled.
However, he does not have the authority to appoint a new commander. After the commander is removed, he will be succeeded in strict accordance with the military orders and command regulations of the army, and in accordance with the rank and position of other generals in the army.
If Zhu Xingfa is removed from his post, then the person who can replace him can only be the deputy commander of the First Cavalry Corps. If the deputy commander is also finished, then he will be the chief of staff of the First Cavalry Corps.
If the Chief of Staff of the First Army is also finished, he will be the one with the highest rank among his subordinate division commanders. If the military ranks are the same, they will be sorted by the time when they were promoted. If the time of promotion of military ranks is still the same, then they will be sorted by the time when they were division commanders.
If the three division commanders are also finished, then according to the above rules, choose from the deputy division commander and division chief of staff until the order is sorted out.
This process is not subject to human interference, not even by a military and political official like Zhao Zhongshu.
Unless the replacement is killed in battle, seriously injured and disabled, or removed from his post, he must be ordered to take over the command in strict accordance with the above rules.
At the same time, the revocation authority of this military and political officer is only temporary, and formal revocation requires a formal meeting by superiors to confirm.
Moreover, military and political officials need to justify and justify their actions to remove frontline generals...
If military and political officials cannot reasonably explain that their actions are necessary and reasonable, then they are interfering with military command authority without authorization and trying to encroach on military power.
And this crime is very serious. In the light case, the person may be dismissed from his post and imprisoned; in the serious case, the person may be beheaded and his home may be ransacked!
Therefore, the power to temporarily remove frontline commanders is very great, but the restrictions are also very high. Most military and political officials are not fully sure and will not use it easily...
Because once you use it, you will die unless others die!
Literal death…
If you can confirm the legality and necessity of the person who was removed from his post, then he must have disobeyed orders, surrendered to the enemy, rebelled, etc. In this case, the generals who were removed from their posts were basically dead, or the type who confiscated their families and exterminated their families.
If you cannot confirm it, then if you remove him from his post even if the other party does not have the above-mentioned behavior, you are meddling with military power and planning evil... Military power is a very sensitive thing, and anyone who dares to meddle with it will be met with death.
Therefore, so far, many expatriate military and political officers in the Great Chu Empire have not actually used this kind of authority a few times. Basically, it is when the situation is the most urgent. Otherwise, the military and political officers will usually report to their superiors and let them know. The superior handles it.
After the report was made, it was natural for the superiors to handle it.
In any case, military and political officers were a very special group in the military system of the Chu Empire. Many generals kept a respectful distance from these military and political officers.
Anyway, they don't interfere on weekdays, and they can't interfere with the training and operations of the troops...at most they just make small reports...so it's always right to stay away.
So as soon as Zhao Zhongshu spoke, he suppressed the originally extremely hot scene. However, Zhao Zhongshu only suppressed the hot scene to prevent these people from saying things they shouldn't say when their minds get heated... and causing some bad things. Impact.
Responsible for the ideological trends of the frontline officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers always maintain a loyal and patriotic attitude, this is also the main task of the Military and Political Department, and naturally it is also the main task of these military and political officials.
However, Zhao Zhongshu shut his mouth after saying a word. As for how to distribute the spoils, he would not speak...
Anyway, no one listens...
The distribution of spoils was not a matter for him, an official of the Military and Political Department, but a matter for the front-line generals and the warships of the Logistics Department.
He just needs to ensure that the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs has a sense of presence, so that these people can calm down a little bit and don't do anything too radical.
Regarding the subsequent distribution of spoils, the cavalry generals headed by Zhu Xingfa had the last laugh!
Because the most important of this batch of trophies are tens of thousands of mules and horses, and the most valuable among these mules and horses are the riding horses.
"Five Dynasties Rivers, Mountains and Winds"
Tens of thousands of riding horses were determined to be used to supplement the shortage of war horses in the existing cavalry units and to form new cavalry units.
You must know that the cavalry troops of the Dachu Empire have always been trying to expand. There are many new cavalry soldiers selected and being trained, but there is a serious shortage of war horses.
Many Chu troops stationed in the hinterland of the Central Plains, even the divisional cavalry regiments of first-class divisions, can only be equipped with some southwestern horses to serve as mounts...
The frontier army is better, but it also lacks a large number of qualified war horses. Many divisions of the frontier army have cavalry regiments. Although they are equipped with Mongolian horses, these Mongolian horses are often ordinary horses without professional training.
There is a big difference between war horses and ordinary horses.
This difference is not only reflected in physical fitness such as weight-bearing capacity, sprinting ability and endurance, but also in rigorous training.
Before the war horses go to the battlefield, they must undergo strict training, so that the cavalry can ride their horses to fight in formation, instead of making a big scene and making some explosions, causing the horses to mess up.
However, war horse training is also very troublesome and time-consuming. More importantly, the Chu army lacks a large number of qualified war horses. Therefore, many troops in the Chu army are seriously short of war horses.
Nowadays, this batch of war horses captured from the Eastern Captives can effectively make up for this gap.
Part of this batch of horses can be used to equip the cavalry regiments of each division, part of it can be used to replenish the horses of the independent cavalry units, that is, the losses of horses of the First Cavalry Corps and the Guards Cavalry Detachment, and the remaining part can be used to equip the cavalry regiments of each division. Can be used to form new cavalry units.
Several batches of cavalry recruits in Tianjin, Shanhaiguan and other places have also completed training. Because of the lack of horses before, they could only be used as reserve cavalry to supplement frontline battle losses.
Now, thousands of people can be drawn out to form a new cavalry division.
The cavalry division, also known as the Seventh Cavalry Division, was officially designated and established by Zhao Zhongshu, a military and political officer, on behalf of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.
A large number of war horses were taken away by the cavalry troops, but a small number were taken away by infantry, artillery and other troops. They wanted to ride war horses not because they were cavalry, but mainly for the messengers.
In the Great Chu Empire, the war horses attached to the messengers were at the same level as the independent cavalry, and one level higher than the ordinary division cavalry. They were all the best riding horses.
This is because messengers are extremely important on the battlefield.
In addition to horses for riding, a large number of ordinary mules and horses were distributed according to needs. There were tens of thousands of them anyway. The artillery troops took some, the baggage troops took some, then the infantry troops also took some, and the cavalry troops also took some. After taking some away, a lot was left in the end, so I gave it to the logistics department first.
The rear baggage transportation of the Da Chu Empire has always been handled by a large number of transportation groups directly under the jurisdiction of the Logistics Department. These transportation groups also require a large number of mules and horses.
After the spoils were distributed, Zuo Yingzhe and the others began to discuss their follow-up battle plan, that is, the battle plan to attack Guangning's former garrison.
It's just that the battle plan was much easier to discuss than the distribution of spoils, and it was finalized in just a few words.
Because there is nothing to discuss in this battle plan, under the cover of the cavalry, the infantry and artillery advance all the way east, directly kill the front guard and attack the city...
As for some tactical details... this kind of thing is not the focus of a strategic-level meeting like this tonight.
After they finalize the strategic plan, there will naturally be many group army staff officers and generals at all levels of lower-level armies and divisions responsible for improving and implementing the details of the plan.
So, early the next morning, the forward troops of more than 10,000 Chu troops set off eastward and headed straight for the former garrison!
