Ming Zuo

Chapter 59 Preliminary Construction
"Below the battalion headquarters, the establishment has been changed from the fourth level to the third level."

Zuo Menggeng's words were like thunder, and everyone was shocked.

In the Ming Dynasty military system, there were four levels below the battalion, namely bureaus, divisions, flags, and teams.

Zuo Menggeng changed it to level three, which is definitely a reconstruction.

"Three-level organization, divided into brigade, squadron and squad."

Zuo Menggeng's changes are very crude and simple, but they are definitely not random.

"Thirty people per team..."

Zuo Rong has some opinions.

"Thousands, if there are thirty people in a team, I'm afraid it will not be easy to manage."

A team of the Ming army consisted of [-] people, including one leader, one cook, and ten soldiers.This suddenly increased to [-] people, and the difficulty of management invisibly would skyrocket.

A class in later generations will have at most ten people.There are both practical considerations and management constraints.

This question is very reasonable, and Zuo Menggeng cannot ignore it.

"Then below the team, set up two deputy team members to assist in management."

In this way, the grass-roots officers of a squad become three, and it is much easier to manage.

The reason why Zuo Menggeng will increase the number of a team so much is also after careful consideration.

In his vision, the rear battalion is an all-firearms army.In order for a musket to exert its power, it is inevitable to form a linear array.

If a squad has [-] people, then basically two squads can form a basic musket array.

In this era of communication basically relying on shouting, the simpler the command system, the better.

If it were like the Ming army, there would be twelve people in a team.Then to form a musket array, at least five or more teams.

If the battle area expands, more teams are needed.

This will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of command.

"Three squads form a squadron, plus the squadron headquarter, the number is [-]; three squadrons form a brigade, plus the group headquarter, the number is [-] people."

This method is very simple, and everyone will understand it as soon as they hear it.

The next step is to assign specific responsibilities.

"My assumption is that there are four infantry brigade."

Now everyone has doubts.

"Thousand seats, a total of eight brigades, if there are only four infantry, will it be too few?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head, not ready to change his mind.

"This amount is enough."

Everyone calmed down for a while, ready to see Zuo Menggeng's specific ideas.

"The first infantry brigade, the brigade is Zuo Rong."

There was little suspense about this, Zuo Rong stood up and accepted the appointment.

"The Second Brigade of Infantry, the brigade is on the left side."

"The third infantry brigade, the brigade is on the left."

"The fourth infantry brigade, the brigade is Zuo Yong."

After the appointments were made one by one, everyone was curious about what arrangements Zuo Menggeng made for the other four brigades except for the four infantry brigades.

"Next is the reconnaissance brigade, responsible for battlefield reconnaissance, sheltering, anti-scout and other tasks."

Everyone understands that this reconnaissance brigade is the scout.

When fighting with a large army, scouts are very important and must be composed of the most powerful elite soldiers.

"The reconnaissance brigade is being held concurrently by Liu Yiyuan."

Liu Yiyuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that he would still have the opportunity to lead the troops, and he was still a scout, so he was even happier.

"The cavalry brigade, the brigade is in the left world."

Before Zuo Shi came to Zuo Mansion, he raised horses.The chief officer of a cavalry unit must know how to keep and ride horses.

However, this idea and appointment can frighten the big guy a lot.

"Are we going to get cavalry?"

Zuo Menggeng was inexplicable.

"Kifu and Shandong are all plains. If there are no cavalry, wouldn't they have to be beaten passively?"

No matter how correct this principle is, everyone will stop talking.

"Artillery Brigade, I'm here to serve as the Brigade."

Well, Zuo Menggeng also holds the post.

Zuo Menggeng didn't think that the artillery was such a sophisticated type of arm that other people played well.

"Finally, it's the general rear team, and the team is Zhang Yan."

This appointment is the most unexpected. There are still several people who have not been able to get a position in the team, but Zuo Menggeng chose Zhang Yan.

"Thousand seats, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do it."

Zhang Yan quickly declined, with a solemn expression.

He was just a farmer. Although he had studied private school for a few days, he had never even worked as a village chief. He was terrified of becoming a leader of a large team.

Zuo Menggeng stopped him.

"Do you know why you are the team leader of this general team?"

In the envious eyes of others, Zuo Menggeng talked about the responsibilities of the general rear brigade.

"As the saying goes, before the troops and horses are moved, food and forage go first. What the general rear brigade has to do is to coordinate the food and forage of the entire army. In peacetime, it is responsible for the supply of food for the entire army, and in wartime, it is responsible for the escort of food and forage. Water builds bridges, and it is of great use when attacking cities and pulling out villages."

Zhang Yan showed a certain ability at the dock. Not only did he lead the villagers to complete the food supply for thousands of refugees, but he also assisted the government to manage these people in an orderly manner.

Even Qu Shisi admired him and wanted to be promoted to the yamen.

It was because of seeing this that Zuo Menggeng planned to make him the captain of the post-general team.

Hearing the responsibilities of the general rear team, Zhang Yang's face was dignified, but he felt heavy on his shoulders.

At the same time, the envy of others also dissipated.

What's the point of a department that can't fight?
Zuo Menggeng continued: "Your general rear team has the largest number of people, and I have approved [-] people for you. Of course, the task is also the most onerous, and there are many places to be excavated. When you come back, I will help you clear the air. Get up."

Having said this, Zhang Yan knew that he could not refuse.

"Impossible to take orders."

So far, the structure of the entire rear battalion has been established.

It is divided into two parts: the camp and the grassroots.

The battalion headquarters is under the jurisdiction of five departments: the Military Affairs Department, the Intelligence Department, the Military and Political Department, the General Staff Department, and the Equipment Department.

Zuo Menggeng canceled the establishment of bureaus and divisions at the grassroots level, also in order to move them to the battalion headquarters for use.

The grassroots combat units, called XX Bureau and XX Division, always give people a very strange feeling.

The grass-roots part is divided into eight brigades, namely:
Four infantry brigade, cavalry brigade, artillery brigade, reconnaissance brigade and general rear brigade.

Such a division is not only due to the consideration of the battlefield situation, but also because of the limited talents at hand.

In the future, there will be more talents, and it will be necessary to divide them carefully.

At the very least logistics and engineering have to be separated, which are not the same thing at all.

The organization of the rear battalion is completely different from any army today, and everyone here is trying to digest it.But as the more experience, the more everyone admires Zuo Menggeng's setting.

Through this, everyone's confidence in him has increased a lot.

Although there was not a single soldier in the rear battalion, nor a single battle was fought.

There are many brave people, and many people who can fight.

Someone who can so easily devise a sufficiently rational, scientific military structure is a testament to their talent.

"Everyone, our framework can only be like this. There are only so many people in total, and it is impossible to cover everything. After the recruits are in place, the whole battalion will coordinate the training, and the outstanding ones will be supplemented as officers at all levels. Of course, if you have any talents Friends you can trust can also make recommendations.”

The establishment of the rear camp is here to temporarily come to an end.

But there is a practical problem, but it was raised by Zhang Yan.

"Thousands, if we use this place as a military camp, the number of houses is not only insufficient, but also very dilapidated and rudimentary and unusable. The top priority is to build enough houses."

This is an urgent question, and Zuo Menggeng dare not neglect.

"Then let's take a look."

The crowd went to Zhuangzi of the Zuo family, but did not go to inspect the rest of the house.

There is no need for inspection. Those houses can be seen at a glance and cannot be used as military dormitories at all.Small and broken, air leaks everywhere, living in it is completely unable to heat, and people can freeze to death.

What Zuo Menggeng paid attention to was the ground beneath his feet.

He asked for a knife from Zuo Rong's hand, bent down and dug a few times, and was delighted to find that the soil was not completely frozen.

This means that foundations can now be dug to build houses.

If it is delayed any longer, the soil will be frozen solid, and it will have to wait until the spring of next year.

The problem is that time waits for no one, and there will soon be a group of people at the dock who will finish their work.

There is still a month left before enough shelters must be prepared for thousands of people.

Zuo Menggeng made a decisive decision and instructed Zhang Yan: "At the pier, there are more than [-] people who have been eliminated. You can pull them here, and directly borrow soil and burn bricks from here to build a house. How much money is needed, you can go to Huang Si long accounting."

Huang Zongxi's military affairs department also serves as the finance department, and all the places where money is used must be reviewed and approved by him.

Being able to manage money, of course, is a good errand.

But Huang Zongxi was also worried.

"Qianza, do we... have money?"

(End of this chapter)