The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 691
The Swedish King Gustav II, who was killed in Chongzhen five years ago, carried out military reforms, which made the combat effectiveness of the Swedish army soar.

They defeated the Holy Roman Empire army led by Tilly at the Battle of Bradenfield and won the title of "Lion of the North".

The reform of Gustav II is actually the foundation of the army system of later generations. It is nothing more than the implementation of the universal conscription system, the establishment of a standing army with strong combat effectiveness, the streamlining of the army, the improvement of weapons and equipment, and the transformation of artillery into an independent arm. The cavalry and logistics troops cooperate closely, adopt flexible line tactics, and so on.

Huang Sheng has long used a modern model to train a new generation of educated young soldiers. He not only implements the universal conscription system, but also selects the best from the best. The quality of the army can be proud of the world.

This time, the expansion of grassroots deployment units is also to keep pace with the times. Each battalion has a musketeer infantry commander, a cavalry, artillery, and grenadier mixed commander, and an auxiliary and supplementary commander.

The battalion headquarters directly governs a propaganda team, a scout, and a guard banner. A battalion head has a basic quota of 4000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, plus a variable number of field hospitals and supporting doctors and nurses. The official award is the third-rank guerrilla general.

Each battalion head is named after their station, such as "New Suzhou" battalion, Zhongmingbao battalion, etc. Huang Sheng's own guards are called Jinwei battalion or Qinbing battalion.

In order to prevent the generals from becoming warlords, the army does not need to expand after it has developed to a unit of 4000 guerrilla battalions.

In conventional battles, a battalion of [-] firearms troops is enough to destroy a small cold weapon country.

This is not bragging. Xiyi's combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the "Southern Ming" fighters. During their colonial invasion, they participated in landing operations with dozens or hundreds of combat units. If they exceed one or two thousand, it is a big battle.

"Nanming" launched a large-scale battle. The staff department proposed that Huang Sheng appoint the chief general, deputy general, and general governor, which battalions to participate in the battle, and based on the staff department and intelligence to conduct war games to formulate plans and implement them.

This kind of deployment also means that the guerrilla generals with actual military power can only mobilize 4000 troops, and the generals sitting on one side are all performing temporary combat missions.

The mobilization of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses must be uniformly deployed by the staff. This means that the military power is directly under the central government and belongs to the royal power controlled by Huang Sheng. Such scientific management can better prevent the emergence of warlords and always maintain the command of the "Nanming" government headed by Huang Sheng. gun barrel.

Generals will only appear among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of each battalion of the Huang family will be clear at a glance, because there will be assessments and rankings every year, and the staff will always grasp the actual combat effectiveness of the troops.

Those who assess and inspect the troops are the generals, senior generals above the commander-in-chief, and even nobles who have already been knighted. They are not responsible for military training, but only inspect the training results of guerrilla generals from all walks of life.

The main general is in charge of commanding the battle, and the combat power of the battalion under his command is about equal to casting in a mold. Even if there are some lengths, the difference will not be too big.

Because the staff department, together with the investigation opinions of the generals, found that the battalion that was seriously delayed would cause the guerrilla general in charge to be laid off. If the entire team failed, it would be broken up and reorganized.

There are too many reserve soldiers in the Huang family, and fierce competition is required to get the treatment of regular soldiers. Of course, it is still necessary to manage the troops with the method of rewarding the diligent and punishing the lazy.

Ming Dynasty had many difficulties in recruiting soldiers, but Nanming wanted to reject too many passionate youths who signed up to join the army, and had to choose the best from among the first-level township braves who enthusiastically signed up, and set a judgment.

This is not bragging. The overall mobilization power of a country depends on who is managing it.

For many years, Guochao has never worried about the source of soldiers. The honor of one person serving as a soldier and the whole family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Especially before the 80s, almost every young man of school age accepted the selection of the motherland and longed to join the army.

In fact, Huang Sheng has always adopted the military-first ideology in managing the country. The preferential treatment for soldiers and military families is better than that of the imperial court. Soldiers will also have the opportunity to be promoted and finally conferred on their wives and sons. Of course, they are even more sought after.

Huang Sheng was planning to confer titles on the outstanding generals under his command, just like Daming did with Duke, Marquis, and Earl, but there was a difference. The third-class titles were divided into nine ranks, and the hereditary ranks were lowered by three ranks at a time.

It means that the son of the second-class duke Xijue, he has no merits, and he became a second-class earl thanks to his ancestral shadow. The title of Nanming is different from that of Daming, and he has other benefits. There is no fiefdom, which is equivalent to only a rank salary. .

Conferring wives and yin sons is the pursuit of everyone in the feudal dynasty. Huang Sheng can't let everyone have no hope, so he doesn't give land to the treatment, and he can't let the sons and grandchildren of the nobles live on their laurels.

Even if it is a first-class duke, it is meaningless to inherit it for several generations.Unless they carry forward the fine traditions of their ancestors and continue to win military exploits for the country.

When "Nanming" was founded, Huang Sheng convened a meeting of "Nanming" civil and military officials, which must have filled everyone's expectations. This is understandable, people always look forward to high officials and generous salary.

The "God of War" army went south on December [-]st, and the people who were reluctant to part with their homeland sent one journey after another, and finally shed tears to bid farewell...

The cavalry of Zhongming Fort went back with [-] cavalry, which happened to be two thousand in total. Han Kuan and Zhen Siming happily followed the Patriarch to kill Zhang Xianzhong, and Ma Mienu depressedly led the troops back to Zhongming Fort to continue to fight hard.

The infantry of Zhongmingbao was led by Gu Shanhe with three thousand generals to participate in the suppression of bandits, and Cao Hucheng reluctantly led two thousand generals back to defend Zhongmingbao.

But soon the two became happy, because they wanted to absorb the first-level township bravery on the basis of the existing number to form two battalions, namely "Zhongmingbao Camp" and "Gaotaibao Camp". They were the first batch The appointed "Nanming" Kingdom was awarded the third-rank guerrilla general.

Knowing that the King of the South was going to suppress the bandits, the generals of the Ming government and army wrote letters asking to participate in the action. The enthusiasm for killing the enemy and making contributions was unprecedented, which made Zhang Fengyi, who returned to the capital to continue to serve as the minister of the Ministry of War, dumbfounded.

Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong contributed a lot to King Qin's bloody battle to build slaves and Tartars, and to participate in negotiations to peacefully resolve the big problem of the Southern King's soldiers approaching the city.

Many ministers in the DPRK were commended, or promoted to rank or received some rewards.Liang Tingdong returned to the center again, and he replaced Yang Sichang who was on leave to recuperate as one of the cabinet ministers.

The chief assistant, Wen Tiren, got into trouble. He calculated that Qian Qianyi would not be backlashed and lost the emperor's heart. He wrote a resignation memorial to test the emperor's attitude and self-defeating, and was sent back to his hometown directly by Chongzhen.

Later, this conspirator who only played with people but didn't do anything died soon. I don't know if he died or was revenged by his enemies, but he died anyway.

(End of this chapter)