Chapter 1400: disarmament preparations
Chapter 1400 Disarmament and War Preparations
Chapter 1398: Disarmament and War Preparations
In troubled times, all political arrangements are for subsequent military operations.
Qin Hao's large-scale transfer and appointment of officials were actually intended to enable the Qin army to develop better militarily. Therefore, after rectifying the internal affairs, the army was reorganized.
In order to quickly defeat Wang Mang and Yang Lin entrenched in Yewang City, and then unify Sizhou, Qin Hao had to recruit Liang army prisoners on a large scale, which left Jingbei with four counties to bear the consumption of an army of 300,000.
Although Qin Hao's accumulated wealth in Jingbei is quite rich, he also spent almost 7788 in the Sizhou Unification War.
In order to defeat Temujin and protect the Hetao area, the Jin army had to recruit an additional 300,000 troops. Bingzhou and Hetao alone supported 600,000 troops to fight Yuanmeng to the death. Although they won in the end After this battle, the foundations of Bingzhou and Hetao were also wiped out.
Let’s put it this way, it is now the second year of Chuping (192), and Qin Hao is already twenty-two years old.
Since the first year of Zhongping (190), when the heroes began to challenge Dong, Qin Hao has been conquering east and west, and fought for two consecutive years.
In the past two years, Qin Hao unified Sizhou and Bingzhou, defeated Yuanmeng, and saved Hetao. He achieved unprecedented feats, but he also destroyed the foundation of Jingzhou and destroyed the foundation of Bingzhou and Hetao. It was also lit.
Because of the treasures of God, the current Qin army is not short of money, but it is seriously short of food, and it is lacking in all three states.
The current Qin army may not even be able to sustain a battle of 50,000 people, so it must recuperate to regain its strength.
After the unification of Qin and Jin, the Qin army temporarily retained a large number of troops in order to deter Yuan, Meng and other princes.
Not counting the armies that have been killed or wounded in the war, only the number of all armies in terms of establishment:
The current Qin army has nearly 300,000 troops in the Qin department;
The Jin clan has nearly 450,000 troops (of which 200,000 are militiamen);
The Liang clan has nearly 70,000 troops;
Not belonging to any faction, there are as many as 30,000 elite battalions directly under Qin Hao's jurisdiction.
The Jingsi Binghe area and the territory of twenty counties supported an army of 850,000. Although it was only a figure of establishment and there were not actually that many people, it is conceivable how badly the Qin army's finances collapsed. tight.
Although the Qin army today is large in number, its combat effectiveness has been seriously reduced due to the bloated combat power of the system and the complex composition.
In addition, the cost of raising so many troops also overwhelmed the Qin army's logistics.
The current Qin army is mobilizing its maximum strength during wartime, so it only has a strength of 850,000 troops. However, it is impossible to support such a large army just by relying on Jingsi to consolidate the territory of three states, one region and twenty counties. Therefore, it is urgent to reorganize the army.
After the transfer and appointment of officials, Qin Hao immediately summoned Liu Bowen and other military advisers, as well as senior military officials, and held a three-day meeting.
The content of this meeting is to streamline the troops, that is, disarmament and military reorganization.
Finally, after the meeting, Qin Hao decided to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled, retain the elite, and directly reduce the army by 250,000 people at one time, leaving only 600,000 regular army establishments.
The output of the twenty counties under Qin Hao's command is somewhat insufficient to support an 850,000-strong army, but the consumption of 600,000 regular troops can still be afforded.
After the large-scale disarmament, the Qin army will not be so bloated, and after eliminating all the old and weak, the overall combat effectiveness of the Qin army will also be improved. As long as it trains for a year or two, it may not be able to reach the level of combat before the heroes challenged Dong. strength level.
Disarmament is just the beginning. After disarmament, the next priority is to reorganize the army.
Among the 600,000 regular troops, the proportions of infantry, cavalry, and crossbowmen are also the top priority of this military administration.
In the Battle of Hetao, the Qin and Jin armies deployed 120,000 cavalry, of which 10,000 were from the Ming army. After the war, only 60,000 of the 120,000 cavalry remained, and nearly half of them were casualties.
Only 60,000 cavalry cannot deter the foreign tribes, and considering that cavalry is needed to conquer Hebei, cavalry will also be needed to protect the northern border after unifying Hebei.
So this time the Qin army is reorganizing its army, other armies are disarming, and only the cavalry is expanding.
Cavalry will definitely be the top priority in future wars, and a large number of horses were captured in the Battle of Hetao, so Qin Hao decided to directly expand the cavalry to 200,000, making the cavalry account for one-third of the total force. .
With 200,000 cavalry in hand, Qin Hao will suddenly become the prince with the largest number of cavalry. Even Dong Zhuo, who originally had more than 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, is far behind him.
In addition, as long as he has these 200,000 cavalry in hand, when Qin Hao unifies Hebei and borders the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, he will no longer have to fear the front of the Manchu and Qing Eight Banners cavalry. 200,000 cavalry are enough to protect the safety of the entire northern border.
As for the crossbowmen, they are also a type of infantry. In addition, there are also crossbow cavalry among the cavalry. At critical moments, the Qin army's crossbowmen can also be used as infantry, so the proportion of crossbowmen among the infantry and cavalry is is equally important.
After deliberation, Qin Hao decided to arm and train 100,000 crossbowmen among the 400,000 infantry, and also to arm and train 100,000 crossbow cavalry among the 200,000 cavalry.
With this arrangement, the Qin Army will have 200,000 crossbowmen of various types in the future, and the current total number of strong crossbows in the Qin Army is only 100,000. The shortfall of strong crossbows has reached nearly half. If it does not concentrate on development, it will be used to build ordnance in the next few years. , it is impossible to completely fill such a large gap.
As for the arrangement of the 400,000 infantrymen, it is simple. It is nothing more than training, changing equipment, etc.
The 600,000-strong army is not a small number, and it is impossible to gather them all together for training. As for the distribution of the 600,000-strong army, Qin Hao’s final decision was:
Jingzhou 100,000
Sizhou 150,000
Bingzhou 200,000
Hetao 150,000
The arrangement of the Qin army is still very reasonable.
The Qin army will not expand southward for a long time in the future, so this time Jingzhou will occupy the least amount of troops.
Bingzhou has nine counties. It has the largest territory and the largest population. It is also the bridgehead for the conquest of Jizhou, so it directly accounts for one-third of the total army.
Sizhou and Hetao are quite satisfactory.
Bingzhou and Hetao are more suitable for training cavalry, so Qin Hao put all 200,000 cavalry in these two places for training. After the cavalry is trained, they will be transferred to other areas for defense.
Qin Hao's big move in Luoyang naturally could not be hidden from the princes everywhere.
After realizing that Qin Hao only reduced the army and transferred officials, all the princes from all over the country breathed a sigh of relief.
The terrifying figure of more than 700,000 to 800,000 Qin troops overwhelmed all the princes. Although they all knew that Qin Hao would disarm sooner or later, after all, no one could maintain the wartime troop support structure for long, but that day has not yet come. arrival.
Now that Qin Hao has finally dismantled his army, the princes from all over the world, especially those who are neighbors to Qin Hao, can finally have a good sleep.
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