Five hundred and ninetieth chapters disarmament fifty thousand
Although Zeng Ziwen had threatened to withdraw from the negotiations, Bao Yifen remained unmoved, because the Army had said this several times. If it had withdrawn from the negotiations, it would have withdrawn long ago. Why is it lingering until today?
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But looking at Zeng Ziwen's demeanor, Bao Yifen also knew that 10% was probably the bottom line for the Army's concession. If he retreated further, Zeng Ziwen probably would not agree to it even if he was trapped to death, because once Zeng Ziwen retreated again, the surrender would be
The bottom line of the Army is that I am afraid that the position of the Chief of Operations Department is no longer secure, and a group of Army officers below will kill him.
Therefore, Bao Yifen thought for a few seconds and then said: "Thirteen percent, but our navy will refit many armed merchant ships in the second half of the year, and the gap in artillery is very large. If the army can support a certain number of artillery, our army can add more
one point!"
Zeng Ziwen, who just said that he would withdraw from the negotiations, said again: "Ten percent, there is no need to talk about this ratio, otherwise even if I agree, the army will not agree. As for artillery, our army will not agree in the second half of the year."
, I can free up ten five-pound artillery pieces for you!"
At this time, Bao Yifen also thought for a long time, and turned back to discuss with several naval colonels in low voices for a while, and then spoke again!
Bao Yifen said: "In this case, we and our navy no longer insist on it. The ratio can be lowered to 11%, but you have to add ten more seven-pound artillery pieces. In addition, the six nine-pound cannons purchased by the Ministry of Commerce from foreigners in the early stage will be lowered to 11%."
The heavy artillery belongs to us!"
Zeng Ziwen said: "It must be ten percent, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the army's 100,000 soldiers. There are not so many seven-pound artillery. Our army is in urgent need of it. Several artillery battalions are still short of manpower. Besides, you guys
Why is the Navy trying to steal these seven-pound field guns from us? Instead, we can give you the six nine-pound heavy cannons. Our army has recently purchased three nine-pound heavy cannons on its own, and those foreigners will be able to deliver them next month.
Give it to you!"
At this time, Bao Yifen thought for a while and then said: "You don't have to use the seven-pound artillery, or ten percent, but the army must support us with three thousand recruits. They must be recruits who have completed formal training, and let our navy go
Each recruit camp selects itself, we don’t want landlubbers in the Navy!"
Zeng Ziwen thought about it for a long time, and then said with a gloomy expression: "Deal!"
Then he stood up and said to a group of army officers behind him: "What are you waiting for? Let's go!"
Bao Yifen also stood up with a gloomy expression, and then went out: "Let's go back too!"
Immediately, several Imperial Academy ministers and palace guards outside the door saw more than twenty navy and army officers with unsightly faces coming out, and then they walked away, ignoring each other and leaving.
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The military expenditure distribution agreement between the Army and the Navy had just been reached, and someone trotted to report it to Li Xuan. After Li Xuan learned about the agreement reached by the Army and the Navy, he nodded slightly. Although the Army and the Navy were making a big fuss,
Finally, we didn't get too big a basket.
The army accounted for 90% and the navy accounted for 10%, which was also within his expectation.
After all, everyone in the army or navy has their own bottom line. In his opinion, the navy's bottom line is lower, because although the navy's expansion has increased its schedule, the navy itself also knows that the core of the Tang Dynasty is still the same.
It was placed on the army. After all, the more than 100,000 army soldiers were the core pillar of the Tang Dynasty.
The biggest role and task of the navy at present is to control the Pearl River Estuary and Xijiang River. Strictly speaking, this is not something that must be accomplished in a short time. The Pearl River Estuary is blocked. At most, trade is blocked and less money is made.
However, the pressure faced by the army is extremely great. With the lengthening of the front line, the Tang Army, which is fighting on multiple fronts at the same time, is now under great pressure.
Judging from the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, the strategic mission in the second half of the year is mainly to recover Shaozhou Prefecture, and then advance into the southern region of Huguang to concentrate the strength of the First Army, the Second Army, and the Fourth Army to fight with the Ming Army in Huguang
, and at the same time, partial division forces will be dispatched to Yunnan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places.
With so many fronts, the demand for Tang Army troops was also very large!
Especially because the front is lengthening, supply is more difficult. Not only is the distance long, but more second-line troops are needed to maintain the supply line.
At the same time, the expansion of the control area requires a large number of troops to maintain the rule of the Tang Dynasty in these places. In addition, because the strength of the bandit capture camp is too weak, judging from the performance of Guilin Prefecture in northeastern Guizhou, the bandit capture camp is also
It can only be used to maintain public security. When faced with the enemy, even ordinary guardsmen of the Ming army cannot defeat them.
And this is still based on the early stage of the city defense operation!
The weak combat power of the bandit-catching camps also made Li Xuan determined to reform the existing bandit-catching camps. These bandit-catching camps were of no use at all. It was impossible to maintain law and order in peacetime and support the regular army in wartime operations.
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Moreover, the cost of these pirate camps is actually not much less than that of the garrison. The soldiers in these pirate camps also receive military pay. Even if it is less than the soldiers of the garrison, it is not much less.
At the same time, given that some units in the garrison performed reasonably well, such as the 3rd garrison brigade, it was not appropriate to use this part of the garrison as cannon fodder, and it was easy to cause problems if the treatment was too low, so Li Xuan was already preparing to capture the thieves.
The battalion and the garrison were reorganized together.
The principle is to directly disband the robbery camps in various places, and some of the usable ones will be directly incorporated into local patrol police and changed to ordinary patrol police. After being changed to patrol police, their salary will naturally not be military expenses, but become local administrative expenses.
Expenses.
All the old and weak people in the pirate camp will be eliminated and demobilized, and they will be allowed to go home to farm!
As for the tasks originally undertaken by the burglary camp, such as maintaining public security, they are completely handed over to the patrol police in various places. This is the task of the patrol police in the first place.
As for the task of suppressing local areas, it is completely handed over to the military. According to military statistics, with the same cost, regular army troops can control a larger area because the regular army has stronger combat effectiveness.
At the same time, the garrison is also preparing to carry out reforms!
Now with the regularization of the Army of the Tang Dynasty, the officers and soldiers of the garrison have begun to receive military pay. Although the military pay is smaller, the number of the garrison is huge. This does not add up to a small amount. In terms of military pay alone,
The cost of the garrison is greater than that of the regular army!
At the same time, because the overall number of garrison troops and pirate camps is too large, they spend a lot of money, but their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the regular army. What is this, this is a waste!
In terms of military expenditures and functions, the military expenditures spent by the garrison army are actually almost the same as those of the regular army, but the functions they play are generally inferior to those of the regular army.
Therefore, Li Xuan has decided to reorganize the garrison. This time, it will not be called a garrison. It will be directly organized into a regular army. He is preparing to follow the model of the 3rd garrison brigade. The organization will mainly use cold weapons, but will be given certain
Firearms auxiliary force, a force with independent combat capabilities.
The previous adaptation of the 3rd garrison brigade was quite successful. Although its combat effectiveness is still not comparable to that of the regular army, it is still much better than the ordinary garrison. Li Xuan plans to continue this model and reorganize the garrison. The treatment of its soldiers will be comparable.
The treatment of the regular army, that is to say, the reorganized garrison will also be a regular army, it is just a regular army equipped with cold weapons.
Of course, not all soldiers in the garrison can become regular soldiers. In fact, according to the Tang Dynasty Army's plan, at least 50% of the existing garrison must be eliminated, because the quality of the average person is really
He is useless, he is not a qualified soldier at all, and even forced training is of no use.
In addition, the officers and men of these garrison troops are also local soldiers. After they retire and return home, they can provide a large number of young and strong labor force for the society, which is of great benefit to the restoration of agricultural production.
However, Li Xuan does not intend to let these retired soldiers return home to completely become farmers, because even if the quality of these retired soldiers returning home is poor, they have also been on the battlefield, and they are relatively good, barely.
Prepare soldiers.
Therefore, Li Xuan plans to let these demobilized soldiers continue to participate in the reserve forces under the leadership of the army after returning to their hometowns. According to the number of retired soldiers in each place, reserve regiments, battalions, teams, etc. will be established. These will be carried out in the next six years.
Demobilized militiamen who return to their hometowns must regularly participate in the adaptive training of reserve battalion troops during their leisure time. If they are drafted by the military within these six years, they must return to the military service.
After six years, you can no longer participate in reserve training and are no longer forced to return to the military!
This kind of system will be recognized by future generations at a glance as a reserve system.
In the garrison, in addition to half of the officers and soldiers who will retire and demobilize, only 20% of the remaining half are qualified and can be directly incorporated into the army to fight, while the remaining 30% are still
You have to go back to the recruit camp for at least one month of training again.
After passing the training, they will be incorporated into the regular army and serve directly.
The capture camp was dismantled, half of the garrison soldiers were demobilized, and the elite ones were reorganized into regular troops. In this process, the Tang Dynasty would disband at least 50,000 troops.
This is one of the most important military reforms of the Tang Dynasty in the second half of the year, and its importance is not much less than the preparation of the fifth infantry brigade.
However, after the garrison is regularized, although many people will be laid off in the process, the pressure on military expenditures will also be considerable. This is why the Army insists on more than 90% of military expenditures. There is no huge military expenditure support.
, it is impossible to complete these two military reforms.
After the distribution ratio of military expenditures was determined, although the army and navy were not satisfied with each other, since it was a foregone conclusion, they had no other way. They naturally thought about how to spend more of the military expenditures they had finally earned.
It’s valuable.
The Navy naturally built ships and bought guns, but the Army immediately reorganized the Third Garrison Brigade, starting a wave of reorganization of the garrison!