Chapter 24 The time left for Liu Bei is not enough
From a historical perspective, Liu Bei found himself facing a completely new situation.
Therefore, after the initial enfeoffment was over and the situation initially stabilized, Liu Bei planned and decided to conduct a large-scale military reorganization in Luoyang.
He wanted to fundamentally reverse the small-scale and standardized public security warfare of the Central Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The small-scale central army of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the standardized public security warfare were epitomized by the Northern Army.
The Northern Army consists of five armies. The original numbers of these five armies are relatively small. On average, each army is only more than 2,000 people. This is more in line with the Han Dynasty, which has been increasingly tending to small-scale security wars since the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Government mentality.
Since the middle and late period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government has become less and less fond of and is not good at joint operations of large corps, and has even lost the ability to command joint operations of large corps and the general training system. This is a very bad thing.
There are big battles that need to be fought, but the Han government cannot and does not dare to fight them. It always hopes to solve the problem through small-scale public security wars.
Finally, Liu Hong decided to let go and fight. He organized more than 30,000 cavalry to march northward wildly, hoping to deal with the arrogant Tan Shihuai, but the result was "win a hasty visit northward".
That battle had exposed the shortcomings of the Han army's long-term obsession with small-scale security warfare rather than formal large-scale joint operations. Facing the new situation, the Eastern Han Dynasty's persistent petty fighting was no longer applicable.
Therefore, Liu Bei's idea of building an army is based on the idea of joint operations with large corps. He abandons the mentality of small-scale public security warfare. If you want to fight, just fight with the dog's brains.
Therefore, the size of the army must be expanded, the military organization must be expanded, and the increase in military strength must be accompanied by the increase in the status and power of officers.
This is something that the administrative system and the financial system don't like. It's something that bureaucrats don't like. It will hinder their interests, but it is the only way for this country to rise from the ashes.
Therefore, in the Luoyang military reform idea, Liu Bei decided to make major changes and special reforms, and completely change the small-minded mentality of the Eastern Han Dynasty government that was limited to economic and political reasons.
He wanted to carry forward his power and influence as a general, expand his army, and enhance his military prestige.
During the Liangzhou period, Liu Bei only stipulated the battalion-level organization of the army. During large-scale battles, he basically personally led the battalion-level organization in battles. There was no formal organization above.
Mainly because at that time, none of his subordinates had high meritorious service or good military qualities. They needed a period of fighting and growth to accumulate experience and enhance their personal abilities. After all, not everyone was Huo Qubing.
As of now, the generals under his command have gradually grown up, and have gradually acquired the ability to take charge of their own affairs, and they are also performing quite well on the battlefield.
Moreover, in terms of cultural literacy, through the compulsory promotion examination stipulated by Liu Bei, the basic cultural level of military generals has also been comprehensively improved. The guys who have not completed prenatal education have basically achieved cultural self-transcendence through his strong requirements.
A general who doesn't know everything will never appear.
Therefore, from the perspective of the generals' own culture and military literacy, as well as their actual accumulated military experience and meritorious service, there are already a considerable number of generals who can break away from Liu Bei's direct command and truly take charge of their own affairs.
Therefore, an important part of Luoyang's military reform plan is to establish a military-level organization and establish a formal military-level organization above the battalion level.
During serious battles, Liu Bei would try to use the military-level structure to observe and exercise the abilities of military generals.
He can't go out personally whenever something happens. He is a general now. Except for Yuan Shao, enemies of great political significance like Yuan Shu, or big things like the Northern Expedition to the Grasslands, he can't let him go out personally for small thieves.
Therefore, changes to the army and generals will be initiated from now on.
On the tenth day after the coup, Liu Bei convened his subordinates to discuss and set up a Luoyang military reform plan, and decided to implement it as soon as possible.
This military reorganization will not only add military-level establishments, Liu Bei also plans to make some minor changes to the original battalion-level establishment.
A battalion consists of 3,000 men, led by a captain.
The camp has three divisions, each with a thousand men, and is led by a military commander.
The subordinates have jurisdiction over five qus, with 200 people in each qu, led by military marquises.
Liu Bei decided to cancel the original tun-level organization under his subordinates and directly enter the team organization.
Each song has four teams, each team has fifty people, and is led by a captain.
There are only five captains at the bottom of the team, each with ten people, and the corps is directly eliminated from below.
A military-level establishment is formally established from the battalion level up, with a full-time Zhonglang general in command.
Each army has three battalions. In addition to the three battalions, there will also be a cavalry department directly under the command of General Zhonglang with a strength of 1,000 people. This means that the full strength of an army is 10,000 people.
Although Liu Bei attaches great importance to cavalry, the main force of the army is infantry. An army with only cavalry is incomplete.
Therefore, in addition to the specially set up cavalry corps, all other corps are mixed armies with multiple arms, equipped with swords, shields, spearmen, and crossbowmen, and can undertake most combat missions, not just assault missions.
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For the more than 70,000 troops currently controlled by Liu Bei, Liu Bei plans to carry out a mixed reorganization after a wave of selection.
In this process, he will complete the professionalization and expansion of the Central Army, as well as the integration of the Liangzhou Army.
He is a general, and the army under his command should not be a local army, but a national army, and it should also become a serious Central Han Army.
The formal establishment of the Central Han Army currently in his hands is the Northern Army, the Huben Army and the Yulin Army, these are the three official organizations.
And this is obviously not enough.
Therefore, on the twentieth day after the coup, Liu Bei officially announced that he would conduct a comprehensive reorganization of the Central Han Army.
While retaining the military numbers of Huben Army and Yulin Army, the designation of the Northern Army was removed, and the five battalions under its jurisdiction were reorganized into five armies. The original designations that had too clear symbolic direction were also changed at the same time.
He reorganized the Yueqi Battalion into the Shence Army, the Tunqi Battalion into the Tianxing Army, the Infantry Battalion into the Xiaoguo Army, the Shesheng Battalion into the Xuanjia Army, and the Changshui Battalion into the Yingyang Army.
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In this way, the Central Han Army was reorganized into seven armies. In addition to the palace guards, city gate captains, and Xiyuan Army in Luoyang City, these other seven armies were reorganized into the main force of the Central Han Army.
When you enter, you will protect the emperor, and when you go out, you will conquer the world, demonstrating the military power of the Han army.
Regarding Liu Bei's request for reorganization, the government and the opposition had different opinions.
Most officials of the Jinwen school opposed it, feeling that it would waste a lot of money and would not do any good for the Han Empire's precarious finances. Moreover, after the army was reorganized, the original supervision system became ineffective. The army's ownership, command, and actions all relied on Liu Bei.
This is not safe.
The officials of the Ancient Literature School basically supported it, feeling that the previous crisis in Hedong fully demonstrated the weakness and incompetence of the Central Han Army. The powerful Han army in the past was actually so weak that it could not even quell the bandits. This was absolutely shameful in their view.
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Aren't they worried about a second Hedong crisis?
Also, safety?
Liu Bei is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, a general, and the first assistant minister. What do you think - safe?
Is this some kind of cold joke unique to the modernist school?
The two sides of the modern and ancient literature once again broke out into a struggle over people and issues. The water in the court became increasingly muddy, and the discussion on the formation of the army was really taken off the rhythm.
Among the four ministers with actual power, Zhang Rang supported Liu Bei's opinion, Jian Shuo gave up the discussion, and Dong Chong raised objections, believing that doing so would cost too much money and that the central finance could not support Liu Bei's plan to reorganize and expand the army.
Liu Bei did not give in to this, stated his interests, silenced Dong Chong's refutation, and proposed that he would invest part of the funds obtained from the salt affairs into the army to supplement the financial shortcomings.
Dong Chong had nothing to say to this, he could only bow his head and acquiesce - he was not willing to spend his own money to subsidize the army. Liu Bei was a big businessman and a general, and he could not afford to spend money, so he had no choice.
Therefore, with the support of most people, Liu Bei's Central Army reorganization and expansion plan was approved.
After approval, just do what you say. Liu Bei's actions are always super fast.