The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Back in Taiyuan, Zhao Qiong ordered a five-day rest. He returned to Taiyuan Prefecture, and met with officials from various prefectures and departments to listen to their reports. After handling the matter, it was the day of the annual holiday, and the prince and Xuanfu were on their way.

Deputy Envoy Xu Zongheng and others talked secretly for two days behind closed doors and agreed on what they would do next; they gathered shopkeepers from various caravans gathered in Taiyuan and were in charge of the business, reviewed the accounts over the past year, listened to their opinions, and decided to

He established a cabinet shop, and found silver notes, salt in the name of each hall, formulated principled rules and handed over to each hall to implement. He completely shifted his focus to the military...

In order to 'respond to' the great decision of the emperor to attack Liao and always prepare to send troops to Liao's country to call, Zhao Qi decided to expand his army again! This time, Zhao Qi's memorial to recruit troops in Hedong was successfully approved without much hinderment. There are three reasons for this:

In order to regain Yanjing, the Western Army transferred a large-scale northward movement. Tong Guan almost transferred all the elite imperial guards of Shaanxi Road. To prevent the Liao army from jumping into the border of Hedong, strengthening the Hedong Army at the junction of Liao and Song dynasties became the top priority;

Second, Hedong is now short of troops, because some time ago, Zhao Qiong massacred the old and weak in the Hedong army. The thirteen generals who were formerly stationed in Hedong were reorganized into eight generals, and five generals became empty spaces with only numbers and no soldiers. Now the war is imminent.

The vacancy is urgently needed; thirdly, the Western Army transferred a large scale to Hebei, which is only a few days away from Kaifeng, Henan, and there is almost no danger in the middle except the Yellow River. Zhao Ji was worried that Tong Guan would not lose his tail, and the Zhongyong Army belonged to his son.

This can reassure him of his personal army. After all, even if his son rebels, the one who will be appointed as the throne in the future will be Zhao.

In view of the experience gained in the Western Xia War and the tactical research of the Jurchens, Zhao Qiong carefully considered that he planned to maintain the original scale of the cavalry and not expand it for the time being, but in order to make it independent of the army, he still acted as a

The use of fist troops. In addition to completing the usual pursuit, reconnaissance, cover traffic lines, and attacking enemy formations in war, the dragon cavalry often dismounts and fights, and takes on blocking and attacking tasks. It reflects a military system.

Multi-purpose, and combining the cavalry's maneuver power and infantry firepower, Zhao Qi regards the dragon cavalry as the goal of vigorous development!

Another type of "new soldiers" that needs to be formed is the infantry army. In fact, the infantry army is the oldest army, and it was the main force of an army at the beginning of the war. It has always been favored by rulers of all dynasties because of its convenience for training and low maintenance costs.

.But he was a newborn among the Zhongyong Army. Because Zhao Qi considers that his current enemy is mainly nomadic peoples, in order to increase his mobility, he regards the cavalry as his development direction.

After experiencing the battle with Xixia, Zhao Qi found that he still could not leave the infantry army, so in large-scale battles, he had to rely on friendly infantry to protect the battle formation and provide cover for the central army. At the same time, the cavalry in the battle of attacks was at the same time.

Having to get off the horse to fight and take on the task of siegeing and defending the city is a bit wasteful. And the battlefield where fighting may occur will no longer be just vast plains, but will face complex terrain such as mountains and jungles, and cavalry

The maneuverability will be greatly limited.

Especially the Yanyun land has been an important defense line for the Central Plains dynasty to resist the attacks of the northern nomadic peoples. Not only did it build the Great Wall, but it also had a strong city and many passes. It also had to have an infantry army that could attack and defend well to shoulder this important task. Zhao Qiying thought

Consider letting them move in a car so that they can keep up with the footsteps of the cavalry and increase their mobility, just like modern motorized infantry that accompany armored forces.

Another thing that needs to be strengthened is artillery. Its lethality and deterrence need no need to say much. Even light artillery equipped with cavalry combat can pass through only one or two rounds of artillery fire when fighting against the enemy.

Firepower strikes put the enemy into chaos, and at this time the cavalry took the opportunity to charge in large numbers. They often achieved major results. At the same time, artillery is an indispensable weapon in resisting enemy infantry and cavalry impact, defense, attack and other combat operations, and must be developed first.

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Zhao Qi and several senior generals of Zhongyong Army hid in Jiugong Village and discussed for five days. Every day, these people didn't even go out, and they were sent to the house by the inner guards. By the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the reorganization plan was compiled.

Finally, they were "suffered". But they were not in a hurry to implement it. The New Year is coming soon. Some relatives have already come to the team, and some veterans are also taking turns to visit their homes. However, everyone has received orders that they must return to the camp on the 17th day of the first lunar month, otherwise

Military law.

According to the reorganization plan, the Zhongyong Army will be reorganized into five generals, and the total number of troops directly under the army reached more than 40,000. This is the result of Zhao Qiong taking into account his financial resources, weapons production and war and consumption during training.

, These forces can prevent them from needing other friendly forces to support the battle in one aspect independently.

First, the Dragon General was adapted into the Cavalry Army, with three brigades and direct teams under it, and the entire general was organized into 7,000 people. Each brigade had three commanders and personal troops, scouts, baggage teams and a light cavalry and artillery team.

, the four generals had all eight cavalry camps merged into the Dragon General.

The individual weapons have also been adjusted according to the combat needs. Their armor was changed to iron breastplate to increase protection. The revolver was equipped with individual soldiers because everyone found that the combination of pistols and sabers was the best cooperation in close combat with the enemy.

When the two armies charge about twenty steps apart, this is also the best range of the pistol. It can ensure that each person shoots two to three shots, clearing the enemy that poses the greatest threat to them. It can be used as a hidden weapon in hand-to-hand combat, which can save lives.

Guy.

The lion general, tiger general and leopard general were adapted into the Dragon Cavalry Army, and the organization was all like the Dragon General. They will serve as the main combat force of the Loyal and Brave Army and undertake most of the combat tasks. The total number of the three generals is 21,000. Except for the original ones, they will be the main force of the Loyal and Brave Army.

There is a Dragon Cavalry camp that requires new recruits to supplement it, so it takes time to form combat power.

The newly added infantry army is called Wolf General, with four brigades under it. The first brigade was expanded from the original mountain camp and mainly responsible for mountain jungle combat tasks; the second brigade was expanded from the desert camp, and the other two brigades were expanded from the other two experimental camps.

It was expanded into a light infantry brigade with a total force of 10,000. It was the largest general in the loyal and brave army. In fact, it was the infantry army, but their mobility was also not bad. Each team had two reinforced four-wheeled carriages responsible for it.

To transport soldiers, these vehicles can also act as fences and block horses when camping, and when they are deployed, they form a chariot array as cover when they are attacked.

Infantry individual soldiers are equipped with a barrel-extended bead gun, a self-defense straight knife, a fifty round bullet barrel, a set of build-up tools, and a light backpack that can hold sleeping bags, clothing and three days

The individual soldiers bear a weight of about 20 to 30 kilograms, and can increase or decrease equipment according to the different tasks they undertake.

The infantry uniforms are different from those of the cavalry. The large crotch breeches are reduced appropriately, and the long boots are changed to short boots to facilitate marching. The armor strengthens the breastplate of the iron mesh for important parts and increases the protection. Although the weight of the gun is somewhat

Increased, but the lethality and range are also enhanced. Zhao Qi also considered installing bayonets on the rifle, but considering that the opponents are using cold weapons, a ruler-long bayonet is like a waste of money when facing a spear-sword that is often conceived by a meter-long spear.

It is better to make people feel at ease with a straight knife, so they will be cancelled decisively. To ensure firepower, each infantry brigade has been incorporated into a machine gun battalion, each commanding machine gun team, and each infantry detachment has a machine gun squad, which can be used for

They provide strong fire support.

Artillery is also the focus of expansion of the army. It has been expanded from the original two independent artillery battalions into artillery brigades, with the mortar artillery battalion, rapid-fire artillery battalion and a new heavy artillery battalion. Zhao Qiong considers that he will face more cities and dangerous passes in the future.

, the destructive and shocking power of the artillery to the strong city defense is still insufficient, so the workshop ordered the workshop to trial produce large-caliber heavy artillery of more than 2,000 kilograms. In this way, each artillery brigade was organized into 1,500 people, and each brigade had 30 mortars.

There are fifty rapid-fire cannons, five heavy cannons, and each general belongs to artillery. It already has nearly four hundred artillery pieces of various sizes. If it is used in a concentrated manner, the powerful firepower generated will be invincible.

In addition to the original scout camp, machine gun battalion, personal military battalion, and law enforcement team, the direct military team expanded the baggage battalion into a baggage brigade. The medical team under the jurisdiction was expanded into a medical brigade, with 300 medical staff, and they were responsible for the crisis.

The treatment of wounded people. The Zhongyong Army has been a medical officer since its founding. Now, after the expansion, each command must reach three professional doctors. Each brigade has a medical team of thirty people, and a medical team of 100 doctors will be arranged.

Squadron. Zhao Qiong attached so much importance to medical work, not only because ancient medical methods were backward and epidemics were prone to epidemics, but also a complete medical system could eliminate their concerns that no one would treat them after injuries, increase the morale of the sergeant, and reduce combat losses!

In order to cope with the external coordination of grassroots officers of the Loyal and Brave Army, the Prince strengthened the Kruel Army, the construction of the naval guard team made almost all of his guard battalions, and the number of people was sharply reduced to 300, which was safe for the prince who liked to walk around.

It poses a huge threat, so before Zhao Jie himself proposed, everyone has proposed to rebuild the Guards and expand the organization so that it can be adapted to its current scale.

After several discussions, everyone decided to expand the Guard Battalion into a Guard Brigade, which consists of an Inner Guard Brigade, a Special Operations Brigade, two combat duty brigades and a logistics support brigade, and has a team of 2,000 people. The soldiers will be in the entire Zhongyong Army and the Wang Mansion.

Selected from the various armed systems, the completed Guard Brigade will still be the first brigade of the Loyal and Brave Army...

Now Zhao Qiong is most worried about the establishment of command agencies at all levels. It turns out that the commander commander and deputy commander of the four generals were transferred, and the grassroots commander would also appear very much after the expansion.

The gap requires time to train. Due to Zhao Zhong's transfer and running around, the matter of establishing a military academy was forced to break down. The generals could only set up a teaching and training brigade to train grassroots officers...