At present, the Southern Army has 3,000 combat-ready soldiers, which are the only elites left, but they still cannot meet Wang Hongyu's requirements.
Wang Hongyu wanted to adapt this region-based Ming army into a new type of army based on collectives and bound by discipline.
The original organizational structure must be completely disrupted and the regional nature of each department must be broken.
It turned out that Sichuan, Zhejiang and Tu were all mixed into one and unified into the "Hunhe Army".
"Hunhe Army!"
The five people were very emotional after hearing this.
The Hun River has the most special meaning to the three armies, and the bloody battle in the Hun River will be their forever mark.
A year ago, the three armies almost fell into internal strife. Under Wang Hongyu's plan, they came together and became much stronger in order to win this bloody battle.
The five of us all feel that when we are apart, we are like a plate of sand, when we are together, we are like a ball of fire.
If we cannot divide, we must gather.
Disrupting the original area and forming a new army is the right way.
Seeing that all five people supported this relatively difficult first step, Wang Hongyu knew that the adaptation was inevitable.
The next step is less resistant, but slightly more difficult.
"The Hunhe Army implements the principle that all generals and soldiers are equal on a daily basis, and when fighting and performing tasks, they must obey orders. There is a balance between equality and obeying orders!"
He also elaborated on the details. The "Hunhe Army" has equal say in life, construction, and daily life. When fighting and performing tasks, they must focus on obeying orders. Generals and soldiers cannot beat or scold soldiers. They eat, live and train together. Although military pay
There are differences in level, but human dignity and daily rights are equal.
But he is still an army, a force that can obey orders and win battles. Therefore, when it moves, it must be united as a whole. Those who do not obey orders are not worthy of continuing to be a member of the Hunhe Army.
"Establish a Soldiers, Soldiers, and Staff Council to allow every Hunhe Army soldier to discuss matters in daily life, and realize that the Hunhe Army has workers, peasants, and soldiers as its masters. Each member participates in analysis and discussion, participates in management decision-making, and supervises generals and officers.
Exchange their experiences and skills.”
In terms of specific operations, the Soldiers, Soldiers, and Staff Council serves as a daily decision-making body and serves as a supervisor during wartime.
But because it is a unit in the army, it has the role of regular exchange of combat experience and skills. A soldier may still be the same group of people before, but according to the new army's method, the organization and combat effectiveness can be greatly improved.
Wang Hongyu remembered clearly that there were some soldiers and horses in history who were always defeated in every battle before, but turned into a powerful force that frightened the enemy after the situation and organization changed.
"The organizational structure is temporarily based on corps, shi, team, sentry, battalion, and standard. According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, 5 people are corps, 2 wu is Shi, 5 Shi is team, 3 teams are sentry, 3 sentry is camp, and 3 battalion is standard.
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This organization is basically not much different from the camp system, and the generals, military officers, and soldiers are all familiar with it.
In particular, the Biao unit under the direct command of the Hunhe Army is close to the "Supervisor Biao" under the Governor and the "Zhen Biao" under the General Town Soldier, so it will not cause too much concern and vigilance from the outside world.
It can be said that it is close to future generations and in line with the present, achieving the best balance effect.
The five of them had long been determined to follow Wang Hongyu. This arrangement did not conflict with the original system and avoided a lot of trouble.
They all agreed to the adaptation.
Early the next morning, after they had made initial mobilization, most of the soldiers had already been looking forward to it.
Wang Hongyu ordered 3,000 troops to assemble.
The adaptation was officially carried out next to the Liao River.
He went straight to the point and formally formed the "Hunhe Army".
The "Hunhe Army" currently only consists of 3,000 members of the Southern Army. After the time crunch changes, they must immediately go to Beijing to resume their duties, and then go straight to Yunyang. After the 5,000 wounded soldiers recover, those who are willing to go to Yunyang will go south in batches, and those who are willing to stay in Guangning will go south in batches.
Just stay and form a stay-behind army.
Establish a Soldiers' and Officers' Council among the soldiers and horses to allow soldiers to participate in the management of the army to establish a new type of relationship, so that the soldiers feel at home with the "Hunhe Army" and have the feeling of being the masters of the country. It is no longer a traditional tradition.
An employment relationship, a conscription relationship, or forced recruitment into the army, a forced relationship.
The "Hunhe Army" currently has 3,000 people. It has a first bid and two second bids. One is directly under the scout post and the other is directly under the artillery post.
The configuration of generals at all levels is the same as that of the Ming army, but the names have been slightly changed.
According to the establishment, the organizational structure is temporarily divided into corps, shi, team, sentry, battalion, and standard. The generals and military officers are: corps commander, shi commander, small flag, general flag, general commander, and thousand commanders.
Currently, Wang Hongyu, Zhang Mingshi, and Qin Minping serve as generals and deputy generals, and Zhao Hannian and Qin Ling serve as generals.
The remaining three levels of corps commanders, commanders, and small flags are selected based on the original positions by the soldiers, soldiers, officers and counselors through discussion.
The general principles shall be agreed upon by the generals, soldiers, soldiers and counselors together.
In daily life, the soldiers, soldiers, officers and counselors have the greatest power, but when it comes to actions and wars.
The Soldiers, Soldiers, and Staff Council can only make suggestions, questions, and discussions on certain issues, but cannot directly intervene or deal with them. Of course, generals and officers also participate in the Soldiers, Soldiers, and Staff Council, but no one has the right to directly order and arrange the soldiers, soldiers, and staff.
meeting.
When the soldiers feel like they are in charge, their sense of responsibility for the "Hunhe Army" will be significantly strengthened. They will no longer regard themselves as inferior, and their relationship with the generals and officers will no longer be that of superiors, subordinates and opposites. They will feel that they are fighting for themselves. In this way
can give full play to their subjective initiative.
Wang Hongyu also used Yuan Yingtai's refusal to listen to the dissuasion of civilian and military generals to accept Mongolian refugees, recruit a large number of them into the army, and use the tactics of refueling to send reinforcements, but did not dare to fully rescue the Southern Army, and the waves outside the city were defeated.
Generals and military officials must listen to opinions on a daily basis, and it is best to refer to opinions during war. Tragedies like Yuan Yingtai's can be avoided.
“Not only are generals heroes, but every soldier who fights to the end is also a hero!
As you all know, our bloody battle against Jiannu for more than ten days ended five days ago. The 15,000 Confederate troops fought nearly half of them with casualties. We sacrificed 7,000 comrades and 5,000 injured comrades. Although we re-established Jiannu with the cooperation of friendly forces,
Nu, the number of casualties among the Jiannu was more than three times that of the Southern Army. But the other Ming armies were defeated and how many were scattered? It was much more!
Our only remaining elites are the veterans of the Confederate Army who sacrificed their lives for it!"
Everyone in the "Hunhe Army" had relatives and friends who died on the battlefield, and everyone had a blood feud with Jiannu.
After listening to Wang Hongyu's adaptation and speech, everyone wanted to become stronger and let Jiannu pay for his debt with blood.
"There are fewer and fewer veterans, and the court has also used up a lot of money and food. We need to replenish our troops, and we need to create and fight for money and food. We need to reorganize our troops, open up base areas, expand the army, train troops, and engage in economic development.
When we fight back in the future, it will not be 3,000 remnant soldiers, but 30,000 or 50,000 strong troops!"
Wang Hongyu took out the secret letter from Emperor Tianqi, but of course did not open it, but said loudly: "Your Majesty intends to support our revitalization, and has secretly promised to reward and allow us to develop!
Today the Hunhe Army is officially established! Please join me in encouraging us!"
"Support! Support! Support!"
The marching horn has sounded, and a new journey is about to begin.