Chapter 644: The Creation of the Commander-in-Chief
The field brigade establishment was finalized, and in the following days, Liu Chengzong met with the generals who were about to be promoted.
The personnel transfers of the Fourth Battalion's 1,000-level commander and below are also announced one by one through the selection of the Military Office and Huben Battalion.
The new appointments are normal for Tang Tong and Zuo Guangxian. Both of them originally held the official position of General Qian. The former fought in the old battles under Gao Yingdeng's camp, and fought all the way from Gansu to Guanzhong, armed with heavy muskets.
He is famous for his volley barrages and has outstanding achievements.
Zuo Guangxian, on the other hand, served as General Manager Qian in Huben Camp and was transferred to Xiaoying as a guerrilla general. At most, he was given an actual official position and was not considered a promotion.
Both of them were very skilled in the battlefield responsibilities of Liu Chengzong's establishment of a new field brigade, ranger battalion and reinforcement battalion. At the same time, they both agreed particularly with the idea of commanding a group of Mongolian and Fan soldiers.
Both were officers, and they could understand Liu Chengzong's intentions. The integration of Mongolian soldiers, Olay soldiers, and Kangning soldiers into the regular army meant that Liu Chengzong's promotion path in the army opened a door for civilians in the three armies.
This basically has nothing to do with the nobles. The Marshal's Palace has always been courting useful nobles who have surrendered, but it is really not friendly to the civilian children under the nobles' rule.
Because if you want to organize an army, you need people to manage it, and using people to manage it cannot bypass the nobles at all.
Even if Liu Shishi doesn't admire the way nobles lead troops, there is no other way.
One Taiji leads his tribe to surrender. Is it okay to not use this Taiji to lead these tribes?
Of course, Taiji is resting at home to receive his salary, while his subordinates Zaisang, Darhan, bodyguards, and flag bearers come out to lead the troops.
But it's still the same. In the past, he was an official of the tribe, and now he is the chief executive of the Marshal's Mansion. The superior people are always the superior people. There is no other way.
Of course, whether it is Monan Mongolia, Oara Mongolia, or Tubo households, joining the army of the Marshal's Mansion itself reduces the personal dependence on the nobles and improves the class.
But they had no chance to go further.
The reason is very simple, although the nobles in the Marshal's Palace have many titles, including not only titles but also captains, and the first-level official title of captain is awarded to nobles.
There are countless Mengfan camps, and the actual official positions in each camp are a carrot and a pit. The official positions that can be provided are very few, and they are occupied by various noble officials with management experience.
As a pure light cavalry battalion or infantry battalion, it is difficult to win against the Ming army on the battlefield and cannot independently undertake combat tasks. Naturally, it is difficult to achieve military exploits and get promotion opportunities.
The less able it is to undertake combat missions, the harder it will be for Liu Chengzong to provide resources, and the combat effectiveness will stagnate, turning into a vicious cycle of low-cost troops.
The situation has been greatly changed by integrating the commander-in-chief with five to six hundred people into the brigade. There are eleven brigades, and there are three to four thousand low-level officer positions. The lower-class people have more recruits.
Opportunities for meritorious service.
What's more, to be an officer, one must not be ignorant of the language. It can mobilize the entire ethnic group's identification with the Marshal's Mansion, and at the same time, it will greatly speed up the assimilation rate.
Behind these 3,000 to 4,000 low-level officers are the populations of Kangning Mansion, Haixi Mongolia, and Tianshan Oirat with a total population of 2.5 million. An increase of at least 200,000 troops in reserve can greatly enhance the war potential of the Marshal's Mansion.
In fact, to be honest, war potential has always been a shortcoming of the area ruled by Liu Chengzong.
The population of Western Mongolia cannot be properly utilized, while Shaanxi is sparsely populated after experiencing a severe drought and uprising. Although Fengxiang and Xi'an have a large population, they are important producing areas of grain.
Xi'an alone can provide more than 900,000 dan of summer and autumn grains and grains for farming every year. Liu Shishi can't wait for everyone to farm.
However, except for Zuo Guangxian and Tang Tong, Li Hongsi could not be said to be flattered by this appointment.
Totally unbelievable.
He always thought that he was a mascot who stayed in the academy as an instructor. He never thought that he would be used by Liu Chengzong to lead troops.
This was not only because he was a surrendered general, the main reason was that he had no troops when he surrendered and was completely a bare general.
Even the commander-in-chief Yang Qi, who was extremely active after the surrender, was thrown to Monan to seize territory for self-government without support. Li Hongsi simply did not think he would have such a chance.
Unexpectedly, Liu Chengzong not only awarded him the title of deputy commander-in-chief, but also became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Marshal's standard brigade.
Therefore, he was very motivated. On that day, he went to Zhao Chang of the military office to ask for officers and set the recruitment standards.
Zhao Fu was so busy that he almost got mad at himself when he started doing new work before he finished recording the work here.
Fortunately, Liu Shizi did not embarrass the military office. The number of officers needed to form a brigade was no longer something Zhao could decide.
Liu Chengzong immediately gathered the entire Huben camp and announced that all officers and soldiers at all levels below the Qian Commander in the camp would be promoted to one rank.
The three of them were then grouped together and assigned to Gao Yingdeng to assist him in organizing the field brigade.
Gao Yingdeng's First Field Brigade did not need so many people. The entire brigade needed more than 1,300 officers in total, and Li Hongsi's Qibing Battalion alone needed 399 people.
The Huben Camp can just expand by three brigades.
Following Liu Chengzong's announcement, the entire Huben camp was filled with joy, and the normally stoic officers of the Commander's Office seemed to have been given a new lease of life.
Huben Camp was originally Liu Chengzong's officer corps. Regardless of soldiers or officers, entering Huben Camp symbolizes an extraordinary honor for everyone.
But this is how the soldiers from the Marshal's Mansion who have not yet entered Huben Camp feel about Huben Camp.
For those inside, this camp is like a cursed purgatory.
It's so frustrating.
Let's put it this way, the first batch of tiger soldiers and officers in the camp came in as early as the end of the Qinghai War in May of the sixth year of Chongzhen.
During this period, in addition to the normal replacement of military officer losses, the vast majority of officers and soldiers have already completed two years and five months of study.
In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of Huben Camp, the rules set by Liu Chengzong were three semesters consisting of two half-years and one year, for a total of two years.
And it’s not something you can learn all at once.
In the first half year, the peasant army, recruits, and meritorious soldiers from the camp were mainly trained in command queues, military laws and regulations, elementary literacy, and weapons and equipment, so as to train them into qualified specialists.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In principle, soldiers who have done meritorious service can be promoted and return to the army as commanders after completing this step of learning.
However, the Marshal's Army does not have that many vacant officer positions, so except for a few lucky ones, most of them are forced to undergo the second phase of training.
The second half year is for those who have made meritorious deeds, managed troops, and further improved their skills in martial arts, bowing and horsemanship, ordering formations, armor management, soldier rewards and punishments, and personnel management skills, as well as the ability to coach soldiers, with the purpose of cultivating them.
Go out and get promoted to become the chief executive.
The result is naturally obvious, there are not that many positions for General Bai in the Marshal's Mansion.
They were forced to conduct the third training session.
Strictly speaking, this year is the real training for generals. It does not involve the study of weapons, martial arts, bows, horses, and guns. It is all about the advantages and disadvantages of military formations, tactics and tactics, favorable weather and location, military strategies, and of course the necessary training.
Indispensable on-the-spot viewing and discussion.
The purpose is to train generals, generals, or generals.
Because Mr. Qian is actually a normal person. In a normal environment, according to normal encounters, relying on excellent martial arts knowledge, military strategies, and other personal abilities, he can reach the ceiling of his military career.
After all, at this time, at the lower level, the subordinates under indirect management have to do practical work; at the upper level, as part of the battalion-level establishment, they have to complete the deployment of superiors; in the middle, their decision-making ability when encountering emergencies anytime and anywhere is also tested.
Everyone who is fully qualified for this position has the ability and potential to become a general.
It's just that for battalion generals and higher official positions, at least from Liu Chengzong's perspective, the considerations for appointment were very complicated, and military talent only accounted for a small part of it.
Therefore, Huben Camp had unknowingly become an extremely powerful military talent reserve in the hands of Liu Chengzong.
It's just that this talent reserve pool must be drained as soon as possible, otherwise the dissatisfaction among the officers will become increasingly serious.
The reorganization of the field brigade this time just gave Liu Shishi an opportunity to empty the reserve pool.
Four thousand officers were promoted to one rank in one day, and they immediately devoted themselves to recruiting troops for the First Brigade with great enthusiasm.
They set quite strict requirements and took the lead in selecting from the eight battalions in the outer city of Xi'an Fucheng.
The quality of the soldiers in these eight battalions is a mixed bag.
The soldiers in Luo Rucai's battalion had complex origins. They were basically the epitome of the marshal's army. They could be recruited at will, including rogue bandits from northern Shaanxi, mountain bandits from Longxi, slaves from Kangning, horse bandits from the prairie, and deserters from the frontier army.
They fear neither heaven nor earth, they can fight and rob landlords in northern Shaanxi, they go to Kangning to rob chieftains, they go to Qinghai to bully nobles, and they fight against emperors and Buddhas together. They are among the most deviant people in the world.
The soldiers of the Mongolian brigade are so pure that they are almost a miniature version of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. They have a lot of heritage from the Northern Yuan Dynasty. There are a group of people like Xie Erhu who regard their tribal names as their own names. They used to run from Monan.
The branch of the tribe that went to Qinghai has now become an orphan, inheriting a large number of people.
After all, the four battalions of the Lintao Brigade were the most regular former Ming army and had received the most military training.
Of the four small battalions, three were the Lanzhou garrison, the banner troops of the Lintao Guard and the Hezhou Guard, and one was the rebel soldiers who surrendered to the Xi'an Prefecture from Yang Guodong's tribe.
Most of them have flag troops, and their military quality is poor; in terms of combat experience, they have never fought any decent battles.
The most important thing is the will of the generals and soldiers.
They had no mentality of being in charge of the Marshal's Mansion. They regarded themselves as outsiders and servants. They fought under Liu Chengzong's call, and their enthusiasm was even less than that of the Mongolian soldiers.
Of course, in terms of enthusiasm, the Lintao Brigade Flag Army is not as good as those Tumut Mongolian soldiers who were born in Qinghai, which is normal.
After all, for the Lintao Brigade Flag Army, the Marshal's Mansion belonged to Liu Chengzong's group of old frontier soldiers, while the Dunta Khanate truly belonged to the Qinghai Mongols.
They were just drifting along and living with Liu Chengzong.
Therefore, Lintao and Hezhou's banner army are well-deserved weaklings in the Marshal's Mansion from any angle.
But now, with the end of the Guanzhong Campaign, their mental outlook has greatly improved, and it is a time when their spirits are high.
In the earlier Battle of Guanzhong, the Lintao Brigade first surrounded Qianzhou, then rushed westward for reinforcements, and served as a partial division to fight at night against the Dian Barracks, Yansui Camp and Changping Camp.
Those opponents were all powerful soldiers in the world who were far superior to the Lintao Banner Army, causing them great losses. Only Liu Chengzong's three battalions flanking the formation gave them the courage to hold on.
When that battle ended, the Lintao Brigade truly completed the transformation of the Weisuo Banner Army into a regular army.
Later, Liu Chengzong added some more surrendered troops to them, and the military quality of the soldiers was greatly improved, but military discipline and organizational capabilities declined to varying degrees.
Now when I hear that the Generalissimo is going to form a central field brigade, the most excited people are the flag troops who have won the battle.
To them, the Lintao Brigade is just an auxiliary army, while the two brigades like Wang Wenxiu and Yang Yao are the regular army of the Marshal's Mansion, and the three battalions of the Chinese Army are direct troops that are one level higher than the regular army.
Although the rations and pay are the same, the Chinese army is the Chinese army, and what they use and ride are better than others!
Therefore, everyone applied enthusiastically. Those who were capable were full of confidence and arrogance, while those who were incompetent were also eager to try and try their luck.
The generals, on the other hand, were not so excited.
The siege camp rarely became lively, and Liu Chengzong also went to watch the selection of soldiers for the field brigade, but his attention was more focused on a few generals than on the soldiers.
Luo Rucai was used to messing around. Not only did he not have the slightest objection to this matter, he even wanted to participate in the selection of the First Field Brigade, but Liu Chengzong sent two Yulin Lang to stop him.
Xie Erhu also had no worries. He just responded with great interest as he had done in the past when carrying out Liu Chengzong's military deployment. He summoned the Mongolian brigade staff officers at all levels below Ahai Daiqing and asked them to select all capable soldiers and package them for the commander-in-chief.
Sent to test archery and horse riding.
The whole person has a kind of Buddha nature towards military power, like something external to him.
Buddha nature comes from fearlessness.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xie Erhu is very clear about his position in the Marshal's Mansion, and he doesn't even think of himself as a military commander at all.
Because as a general, his own combat experience, military skills and command of soldiers are no weaker than any Mongolian general, but he is not much stronger than other Mongolian nobles.
This is obviously not the reason for his transcendent status.
Therefore, deep down in his heart, he positioned himself as the living Buddha of the "Liu Cheng Religion" among the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai.
Who identified the leader of the Barhu tribe of the 30,000 Yongxiebu tribe on the right wing, who was actually a desert bandit in Juedan, and squeezed out Huo Luochi step by step, sent away Gitu Taiji, promoted him to an official position, and
Did he push himself to the position of leader of the Mongols in Qinghai?
It’s not that he naturally has a strong ability to command the various Mongolian tribes, nor is it that he is invincible and has military capabilities that make many Boers tremble in fear.
It's Liu Chengzong.
It was because Liu Chengzong needed a Mongolian leader with no prominent background, a clean background, a certain amount of force, and the ability to control, intimidate, and suppress many Mongolian nobles in Qinghai, so that he could have the title of Brigade Commander.
He was not a general like Zhang Tianlin who asked Liu Chengzong for food, weapons, and war horses, and then used them to gnaw the hardest bones, capture cities, and win battles.
He is Liu Chengzong's agent in Qinghai and Mongolia. He recruits troops, prepares horses, breeds cattle and sheep, leads the Mongolian troops to appreciate the invincible heroic demeanor of the Generalissimo, and allows people to return to Qinghai to spread the praises and maintain the loyalty of various tribes to the Generalissimo.
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This is the meaning of his existence.
So as long as Liu Chengzong is still there and Qinghai Mongolia is still there, even if Xie Erhu disperses all his troops, what does it matter?
Shi Xiang was different. Compared to others who were calm and composed, he was simply in a state of panic all day long. He was so panicked in the siege camp that he almost died, as if he was being trampled by an arrow aimed by a cavalry archer.
He is not as irreplaceable as Xie Erhu. The Lintao Brigade is his lifeblood!
"Why is the Commander-in-Chief so uneasy?"
Hearing this question, Shi Xiang saw Liu Chengzong with his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist and smiled, but in his mind, Liu Chengzong was clearly holding the scissors with a smile and gesticulating on his lifeline!
"Commander, how many troops should you choose this time?"
Shi Xiang didn't wait for Liu Chengzong's reply, and said quickly: "The Lintao brigade has just gained the ability to fight hard for the commander. Now, all the elites have been transferred away, but they have returned to their original form."
"Brother, don't worry. If your troops are gone, you can replenish them. My brother has made great achievements in battle before, and there will be greater good fortune ahead."
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "Move up again."
Shi Xiang was confused when he heard this, and thought to himself that this brigade commander is not very stable when I am doing it, and he is still moving up? Where else can I move?
Does the Marshal's Office still have official positions ranging from brigade marshal to higher?
Shi Xiang was so frightened that he quickly said: "Commander, being a brigade commander and serving as a military commander is already a great blessing for a humble position, but I don't dare to ask for any more blessings."
Liu Chengzong did not say where he was going, but just said: "Leave a camp with five or six thousand people, and I will add another 6,000 people to you later. Don't be impatient."
Shi Xiang opened his eyes wide, with a look of astonishment on his face. It sounded like... the commander-in-chief really planned to move up on me?
Liu Chengzong smiled.
The Marshal's Mansion is indeed one level above the brigade-level general.
That is the governor who is in charge of all military and political power. This position is currently only set up in Gansu, Monan and Tianshan.
Liu Chengzong planned to add a new governor after the reorganization of the powerful army of the eleven brigades was completed, and the candidate was decided to be Shi Xiang.
The location of the Governor's Yamen is in Lhasa, Uzang!