Vol 2 Chapter 2593: Countries are frightened and arms race

Vol 2 Chapter 2593: Countries are frightened and arms race

Chapter 2593: Countries panic, arms race

Chapter 2589: Countries panic, arms race

As the number of Qin's armies increased, chaos inevitably occurred in terms of military positions.

 The military system of the Qin Dynasty basically inherited the Han system, that is: one corps commander for every five people;

Two teams of ten people, each with a tenth, should be set up with a long length;

 Fifty-fifty people per team, set up a team leader;

 Two teams of one hundred people form a camp, with a camp leader;

Two villages with two hundred people per tune, and a military lord;

 Two songs, four hundred people per unit, and an army commander;

 Five divisions with 2,000 people per battalion and a school captain;

Those above the rank of lieutenant are generals. Bijiang, partial general, Zhonglang general, and even four expeditions and generals, and governors of various states all belong to the general level.

However, most generals at the general level do not have direct armies. They are responsible for commanding the various battalions and generals under their jurisdiction. They rely on middle- and high-level generals to command the entire army.

 When Ying Hao launched the second war outside the fortress, some generals such as Jiang Song, Lu Bu, and Gao Chong did not belong to any branch of the Youbinghe three-state system at all.

 But as long as Ying Hao decides to use them and their military ranks are reached, they can naturally take up their posts and directly command the local army.

It is precisely because of this that after Yue Fei was transferred from Jingbei to Youzhou, there was no turmoil in the Jingzhou army, and there was no disturbance in the handover of military power by Xue Rengui.

 Because only Yue Fei and a few generals who were close to him left, most of the top generals of the Jingzhou Army were still there.

 For them, it is just a change of governor, but as long as the monarch does not change, whoever becomes this governor is actually not much different.

 Such an army system was applicable during the Han period and before the Qin army expanded, because the Han Dynasty had never had so many troops, and the total army of the Qin Dynasty was not bloated.

It is precisely because of this that the disadvantages of the old military system are not exposed, and it can also prevent generals from concentrating on their own troops, which can be said to have many benefits.

 But now after the expansion of the Qin army, the total strength will reach 1.55 million, and there will be 5000 to 6000 army commanders, more than 2000 captains, and 400 to 500 generals;

If generals at the general level do not have direct troops and only rely on captains to control the army, it will not only affect the combat effectiveness of the army, but also affect the operation and dispatch of the army.

In addition, according to the previous system, generals of fifth rank and above would have independent titles, but the number of registered generals would not be enough.

If you make a new one, there are too many generals. How can you distinguish them among so many people?

 In addition, in the old military positions, there was also confusion between the rank of general and colonel.

Generals Piian and Pi are standing generals of the fifth rank. Generals such as General Yingyang, General Zhechong, and General Hulie are also generals of the fifth rank. Generals from the fourth rank;

Xue Dingshan is General Yingyang, and Wang Xuance is General Huwei. They are both generals of the fifth rank.

Yue Yun fought against the bandit captain from the fourth rank. He was obviously called a captain, but his military rank was higher than two and a half ranks.

In addition, Li Cunxiao, who is also the Sili Xiaowei, is logically a school captain, but the Sili Xiaowei is indeed from the first rank;

I won’t go into details about the big drawbacks of the old military system, but there are countless small drawbacks like this.

Ying Hao felt that it was time to change all this, and the Qin army's expansion was a good opportunity for military reform.

 After a brief discussion about Ying Hao's proposal, Prime Minister Wang Meng, Tai Fu Jia Xu, Liu Bu Shangshu, Guo Jia and other ministers all expressed their support.

From their perspective, it is not difficult to see that the old military system is outdated and it is time to create a more advanced military system.

Ying Hao discussed with the ministers for a whole day, and finally reached a consensus that the military system below the rank of captain will not change, and the military system above the rank of captain will be divided in more detail, namely:

 Two songs and one camp, with a total of 1,000 people, are regular camps with a calibration camp;

 Two regular battalions, totaling 2,000 men, are the second-level battalions with majors;

 Three regular battalions, or one second-level battalion and one regular battalion, with a total of 3,000 men, a first-level battalion with a lieutenant colonel;

 Four regular battalions, two second-level battalions, or one first-level battalion and one regular battalion, with a total of 4,000 people, a special-level battalion with a colonel;

 Five regular battalions, or one special battalion and one regular battalion, with a total of 5,000 people. To strengthen the battalion, a large school will be set up;

Ying Hao divided the school level into five levels, and canceled all the previous miscellaneous titles, and unified the titles of these five levels of school captains.

As for the five levels of the battalion, although Ying Hao also wanted to unify the number of battalion-level people, due to the differences in the various types of arms, the recovery efficiency of battle damage, and other factors, unifying the number of people was of little significance, and he could not directly determine the five levels. A level.

 In this case, the reinforced battalion of 5,000 soldiers can defeat only 1,000 soldiers, and can be merged with other troops with casualties, and then continue fighting. After the war, the troops can be replenished and the establishment in front of the station can be restored.

 The establishment level above the school level is the general level, which is also divided into five levels, namely: brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, and general;

From now on, the Qin Dynasty will have an army of ten thousand people. If there are less than ten thousand soldiers, whether it is six thousand soldiers, seven thousand soldiers, or eight thousand or nine thousand soldiers, they will all be commanded by brigadiers;

 As for those with more than 10,000 people, no matter how they are organized, whether it is ten regular battalions or five secondary battalions, as long as the number reaches 10,000, it is a military-level establishment.

 Major general commands an army of 10,000 men and has many captains under his command;

 The lieutenant general commands an army of 30,000 men and has three major generals under his command;

 The general commanded an army of 100,000 men and had three lieutenant generals under his command.

General is the highest military rank in the Qin Dynasty. Although there are honorary military ranks such as governor and marshal, it is still essentially a general. The troops under his command are naturally more than 100,000, but the troops directly under his command can only be 30,000 at most;

 After reaching the general level, the brigadier general and major general levels are still called uniformly, while the lieutenant general level has separate titles. Generals with titles such as Four Expeditions General and Four Towns General are all at the rank of lieutenant general;

General titles such as Hussars General and Chariot General are all at the level of admiral;

 Generals with titles such as General, General of Hussars, and General of Chariots are naturally at the level of general;

 In addition, in order to prevent military generals from overestimating their own strength, Ying Hao restricted the number of troops directly under the four-level generals except brigadier generals.

 The troops directly under the major general are 5,000, the lieutenant general is 10,000, the general is 20,000, and the general is 30,000;

For example, although Yue Fei is a general and the governor of Youzhou, which also gives him the management rights of 200,000 Youzhou troops, he still only has 30,000 troops directly under him.

 Without the emperor's order, Yue Fei only had the authority to manage the 200,000 troops in Youzhou, but not to directly command them.

 In addition, generals above lieutenant general will not serve in an army for a long time and do not need to be rotated for up to five years. They can also be extended under special circumstances.

Under such an arrangement, although the high-level generals held military power, their numbers would not threaten the imperial power, and they were divided into independent individuals. This greatly prevented the generals leading the army from relying on their own troops, and also facilitated the emperor's recovery of military power below.

 The military reform involves Qin's 1.5 million troops, so all aspects must be taken into consideration, and it cannot be implemented in the short term.

Just as the Qin Dynasty was preparing to carry out military reform in full swing, other countries such as Wei, Song, and Ming, and even the most sluggish Sui Kingdom, also received news of the Qin's military expansion.

As one of the only two goals of the Qin Dynasty, after the Sui State learned about the Qin's military expansion, they did not care about recuperation and recuperation. Without saying anything, they directly started the extreme military expansion mode and at the same time sent envoys to deepen their ties with Tibet.

Although he didn’t know whether Da Qin would swing his sword towards Liangzhou next time, Yang Guang didn’t dare to gamble, and he didn’t have the capital to gamble. The only thing he could do was to prepare in advance.

After receiving the news, the three countries in the Central Plains reacted not as radically as the Sui Kingdom, but they were all extremely frightened.

Wei King Cao Cao directly refused the entry of Shu Prime Minister Su Qin who came from afar.

 The Song King Zhao Kuangyin also cut off commercial transactions with Shu and Chu.

Only the Ming Dynasty was extremely stubborn. Although it did not directly start the extreme military expansion mode, it expanded its army by 30,000 to show its attitude of resistance. At the same time, it sent a large number of spies into Qin to explore the specific number of Qin's military expansion;

After Wei and Song came to their senses, they also followed suit and expanded their armies by 40,000 to 50,000 troops respectively. While sending spies to Qin, they also sent envoys to visit the princess. Only by sending envoys to the Qin Dynasty did they jointly explore the reality of the Qin Dynasty, both overtly and covertly.

Ying Hao had naturally expected the reaction of the Wei, Song and Ming Dynasties, so he kept it secret and deliberately concealed the specific number of troops in the expansion. At the same time, he set up 70 new military camps scattered in various hidden mountainous areas.

No matter how powerful the spies from Wei, Song, Ming and other countries were, they could not travel all over the Qin Dynasty and find out the locations of all the seventy new military camps.

In addition, Black Ice Platform will not let spies from various countries act recklessly in Daqin.

Guo Jia, the new governor of Heibingtai, had already made an imitation plan in advance in response to the large-scale invasion of spies from various countries into the Qin Dynasty, integrating Heibingtai, Jinyiwei, Liumenmen, garrisons from various states and counties, county soldiers, and police officers This time, all major departments worked together to prepare for a nationwide counter-intelligence campaign.

Under Guo Jia's calm command, during the next two months of counterintelligence operations, a total of more than 3,000 spies including Wei Songming and others were killed, and more than 8,000 spies and intelligence personnel engaged in espionage activities were captured.

Most of the 8,000 captured spies were bribed by various countries and were blinded by money, so they directly became spies or cooperated with spies from various countries to carry out activities.

As for the other half, they are either the remnants of the aristocratic families whose families were exterminated by the Qin Dynasty, or the remnants of the forces of the destroyed countries. In short, they are the most determined anti-Qin faction.

 For the eight thousand people arrested, those whose crimes were serious were naturally executed directly.

As for those whose circumstances are not that serious, such as those who were threatened by spies with the lives of their loved ones and were forced to reveal the secrets of the Qin Dynasty without causing any loss to the Qin Dynasty, they would not be executed, but would be sent to Yingzhou or Luzon. Work for life and use waste.

 Guo Jia's counterinsurgency operation directly killed and arrested more than 10,000 people from the Nine Kingdoms.

The intelligence network that the Nine Kingdoms had worked so hard to establish in Da Qin for many years was destroyed by Guo Jia in one go. However, even so, it was difficult to completely eradicate it.

As Ying Hao said, as long as the various countries still exist, they will continue to send spies to Daqin. Therefore, only by wiping out the nine countries and completing the unification can we fundamentally eliminate spies from various countries within the country.

Under Guo Jia's counterinsurgency actions, spies from the Wei, Song and Wu kingdoms all paid a heavy price, and a lot of useful information was also sent back, such as Qin's military expansion.

Secret spies from various countries have only discovered the location of a small number of new camps of the Qin Army. However, after combining the intelligence obtained from various countries, excluding the duplicates, there are approximately more than 100,000 camps. It can be estimated that the Qin Army's expansion this time will be at least There are also two hundred thousand people;

Based on this information, we can draw a conclusion, that is, the Qin army will most likely attack the Central Plains this time. After all, there is no need for so many troops to deal with the Sui Kingdom.

This also made the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming feel a sense of crisis, and they followed the footsteps of the Sui State and jointly carried out extreme military expansion.

The policies of self-cultivation that the three countries have always adhered to all came to an abrupt end on the same day. In order to protect themselves, they could only engage in an arms race with Da Qin.

After Liu Yu of Shu learned this, he not only sent more troops to Hanzhong, but also accelerated preparations for proclaiming himself emperor. After all, if the Qin Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, the significance of his proclaiming himself emperor would be greatly reduced.

 (End of this chapter)