I want to be emperor

Chapter 305 Three Great Field Armies

After Luo Zhixue appointed the commanders of the [-]th and [-]th divisions, he appointed the deputy division commanders and brigade commanders. It can be regarded as the finalization of the top generals of the last two new main divisions in the Chu army. down.

Not to mention that, in order to better coordinate the follow-up eastward campaign, Luo Zhixue established two military-level organizations in advance according to the actual situation in the eastward campaign.

However, it is not the same as in the past, using the southeast and northwest as the title, and the newly established army is not dedicated to fighting in a certain direction, but belongs to the field army establishment, and the title also directly adopts numerical designations, called the first army, the first Second Army, Third Army.

This is mainly the Great Chu Empire. The army named after the direction is not a military-level organization in the strict sense, but a strategic command organization belonging to a certain direction. It is responsible for the direction rather than fixing a few troops.

For example, the North Route Army, strictly speaking, is not called the North Route Army, but the "Northern Route Army Headquarters". The general in charge, Huang Dingquan, is not the commander of the North Route Army, but the commander of the North Route Army.

One is the army commander and the other is the commander. The difference is huge.

The Northern Route Army is responsible for the entire northern front, and its units have changed several times. Currently, there are the second division, the first garrison division, the third division, and the third artillery regiment.

For example, the West Route Army is in charge of fighting in the direction of Shaanxi and Eastern Sichuan. It has the temporary formation of the first mixed regiment, the temporary formation of the second mixed regiment, the temporary formation of the third mixed regiment, the fifth temporary artillery regiment, and the temporary formation of the first independent Artillery Battalion, Second Garrison Division, Fourth Garrison Division, Ninth Garrison Division.

For example, the South Route Army is in charge of fighting in the south of Chu. It has the Fifth Division, the Temporary Fourth Mixed Regiment, the Second Mortar Regiment, the Third Garrison Division, the Sixth Garrison Division, the Eighth Garrison Division, and the Tenth Garrison Division. division.

The commanders of these three armies are currently lieutenant generals.

Huang Dingquan, commander of the North Route Army, was a lieutenant general, and Huang Guangmao, commander of the West Route Army, was also promoted to lieutenant general by Luo Zhixue in June.

Han Ziping, commander of the South Route Army, is also a lieutenant general.

But Luo Zhixue's newly established First Army, Second Army, and Third Army, these three armies are purely field troops.

The First Army has jurisdiction over the First Division, the Sixth Division, the First Cavalry Brigade, and the First Mortar Regiment.

The Second Army has jurisdiction over the Fourth Division, the Eighth Division, and the Fourth Mortar Regiment.

The Third Army has jurisdiction over the Seventh Division, the Guards Division, and the Sixth Mortar Regiment.

The above-mentioned three armies are all very pure field troops, and they are all composed of the main force.

Among them, the First Army is currently deployed on the front line of Jiujiang, and it is also the main force to attack Jiujiang and even the entire northern Jiangxi. The first army commander was promoted by Li Chengtong, the commander of the First Division, and promoted to lieutenant general.

The Second Army was deployed in Huangzhou Prefecture, Hanyang, and was responsible for the Jiangbei War. Its first commander was promoted to Lieutenant General by Dong Mingjie, commander of the Fourth Division.

The Third Army, garrisoned in Wuchang, is also used as a general strategic reserve force while it is stationed in Gyeonggi. A commander, and one more title, that is the commander of the Gyeonggi Garrison.

In addition to the reorganization of these three field armies, the two garrison divisions scheduled to participate in the battle in Wuchang and Jiangbei will continue to be under the direct control of the staff in name, but in fact the fifth garrison division will join the second army to fight, and the seventh garrison The division will join the First Army to fight.

With the establishment of the three field armies, the Great Chu Empire Army once again had three more lieutenant generals. Together with the previous three commanders, there were six lieutenant generals in the field army.

In order to reflect the authority of the central military departments, when Luo Zhixue promoted these people to lieutenant generals, he simultaneously promoted the ministers of the four major departments of the army to the rank of lieutenant general, and the minister of the navy to the rank of rear admiral. The Director of Artillery remains with the rank of Major General.

The overall promotion of military ranks this time is because of the complete victory in the Southern Chu War, and Luo Zhixue's important move to award meritorious officials.

What is worth noting is that with the establishment of three field armies by Luo Zhixue, while the three field army commanders were promoted, the position of the division commanders of the three main divisions was also vacated.

Plus the appointment of the division commanders of the seventh and eighth divisions.

In other words, after June, in a short period of time, Luo Zhixue had adjusted the positions of at least a dozen generals above the rank of major general.

Not to mention the promotion and the peace transfer, among them, the bright promotion and the dark descent are quite special.

During the expansion of the Great Chu Empire, there would always be some people who could not keep up with the pace of development. Because of their ability, or because of loyalty, or because of other things, they finally failed to keep up with the pace of development of the Chu army.

For these people, Luo Zhixue is based on giving you glory and wealth, but military power, especially the power to actually lead troops to fight, don't count on it.

Among these people, quite a few were middle and senior generals during the Funiu Mountain period, such as Xu He, commander of the second brigade under the first division of the core main division.

This person has very deep qualifications. In the era of Sun Licheng, Xu He, an old farmer, was the leader of an army, and he became a sentry officer after reorganization.

At that time, he was also someone who was once able to sit on an equal footing with Luo Zhixue.

Later, although he gradually became lonely, but with his deep qualifications and his support for Luo Zhixue's superior position all the time, he also got into the position of commander of a main infantry brigade, with the rank of brigadier general.

However, to be honest, with Xu He's ability, it would be a waste or even irresponsible for Xu He to lead this main brigade, let alone let Xu He be promoted to a division commander.

Luo Zhixue didn't even intend to let him be the commander of the garrison division...

Taking advantage of this big transfer, Luo Zhixue transferred Xu He to be the deputy director of the ordnance department, and the ordnance was promoted to major general of the army, which can be regarded as completely transferring Xu He away from the front line.

Not only Xu He, but Lin Dongsheng, the commander of the third brigade, was also transferred to the logistics department. He also served as the deputy minister and was promoted to major general.

This time, Luo Zhixue appointed as many as six deputy ministers of the four major ministries, all of whom were veteran generals who could not keep up with development, were not suitable for leading troops, and were not suitable for doing things.

Giving them the idle position of deputy minister and the rank of major general is worthy of their senior qualifications.

There are also a group of generals with the same ability but less seniority, Luo Zhixue basically let them retire directly, and then transferred to other places to become patrolmen.

This has also led to an increase in the number of deputy ministers in the four major departments. In the past, there was only one minister and one deputy minister, but now, there are at least three deputy ministers in each department...

In order to distinguish these vice ministers, Luo Zhixue also specially created the rather special titles of executive vice minister and vice minister of operations.

Take the staff department as an example, the deputy director of operations of the staff department is responsible for combat affairs.

Executive Deputy Minister of the General Staff Department, responsible for the daily affairs of the General Staff Department.

The deputy head of the staff department, that is, the ordinary deputy head, depends on the work arrangement. Those who have a work arrangement still have some power, but if there is no good job arrangement, it is purely idle.

The same is true for the Ministry of Logistics, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Ordnance. There are executive deputy ministers and ordinary deputy ministers.

This is to avoid a large number of veteran generals who have been retired through public promotion and secret promotion, which will affect the work of the four major departments themselves.

This kind of ups and downs, many people can see it, and some are unwilling, but there is no way.

Today's Great Chu Empire is no longer the grassroots team of the past, and the various systems are becoming more and more mature. At the same time, Luo Zhixue's authority is becoming more and more important day by day.

Even if a veteran general like Xu He wants to stand up and speak out against it, he will face the end of being beaten to the end.

However, Luo Zhixue did not treat them badly, and would not give them actual power, but there would be supplements in other aspects.

Take Xu He for example, he is a Marquis. This time, in order to complement him, Luo Zhixue allowed Xu He's title to be inherited from the original noble for three generations and then reduced to the hereditary baronet.

Reduction and no replacement, this is a very rare treatment for heroes in the Great Chu Empire, and only generals with very old qualifications and considerable military exploits can get it.

As for those who have become lieutenant generals, the high-ranking generals, in fact, they haven't received such treatment yet...

How should I put it, the old generals have retired, so they will be compensated in terms of glory and wealth

At the same time, there is another point that since these veteran generals have retired from the front line, the subsequent meritorious service has nothing to do with them, and the credit will naturally come to an end.

The title given now is basically a final conclusion, and it is unlikely to be promoted in the future.

And those new-generation generals who have climbed up, since they have control of the real power, they will naturally have to wait for their glory and wealth.

After all, they are in control of the power, and now they give a duke a lower rank, how can they be promoted later?Is it possible to be crowned king?

In the title system of the Great Chu Empire, it is clearly stipulated that non-clan members are not allowed to be kings!

Although Luo Zhixue doesn't even have a son now, this does not affect the fact that the Great Chu Empire has formulated a detailed system of clan titles.

A hero with a foreign surname, the Duke is at his peak.

As for the clan title, it is different from the hero title, and has its own independent clan title system.

The biggest principle is to still adopt the method of reduced inheritance, and there is no rule of hereditary replacement, not even reduced hereditary.

The prince is crowned prince.

The prince's son was named the county king, and the rest of the princes were named the country's duke.

The son of the prince of the county is named the Duke of the country, and the rest of the princes are named the Duke of the county.

The sons of the Duke of the State were granted the title of Duke of the county, and the rest of the princes were granted the title of Duke of the county.

The princes of the county were granted the title of county prince, and the rest of the princes were reduced to the people.

The son of the county magistrate cut the noble for the people.

At the same time, hereditary inheritance is strictly prohibited, even if it is a reduced inheritance.

Yuan Jue is also not allowed to inherit several generations.

Luo Zhixue wrote this article directly into the clan and title regulations, and added a sentence that this is the ancestor regulations and cannot be changed without authorization.

This title has been passed down for five generations, and it is enough for the descendants of ordinary princes to enjoy melting wealth. If there is no restriction, then with the fertility of the royal family, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of rice worms will have to be raised in one or two hundred years.

Whether it is the title of the clan or the title of hero, Luo Zhixue is relatively restrained. He wants to maintain the dignity and scarcity of the title, and at the same time avoid getting too big and making a bunch of moths out.

At the same time, it also strictly controlled the titles of foreign relatives, clearly stipulating that the highest title of foreign relatives can only be conferred to viscount, and there is no way to reduce the inheritance, let alone reduce the replacement.

Well, that is, a one-time lifetime knighthood.

(End of this chapter)