However, on the waterway to Jingzhou, Qiu Huan, headed by important officials, received another shocking news. All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion on the boat.
"Leading the establishment of the Taiping Army in Xiangzhou? He really became the Governor of Zhou Dynasty... but I don't know where Jiangdong Second Qiao is..."
"This is the chief governor, compared with the Northern Dynasty's Xingtai Shangshusheng, the old dynasty's marching chief..."
"Isn't that conquering self-employed, the commander-in-chief of Chinese and foreign military status... and what is the difference with today's General Marshal's Mansion..."
"But anyway, this is also a great opportunity and future for my generation..."
"I'm afraid that this news spreads, and those people who are still waiting in the local area will have another wave of going to cast effect..."
"It's a pity that I missed the initial reason and opportunity. Even if his generation wants to come now, the Taiping Army may not be willing to accept it easily..."
And Xie Wen, the academic officer who was also in the crowd who accompanied him to Xiangyang, was also grateful for his choice; at the same time, he couldn't help but cast his sights on the ship behind, a cabin carefully guarded by several strong female soldiers.
—I am the dividing line —
For Zhou Huai'an, the so-called Metropolitan Government was nothing more than a further upgrade and expansion of the functions of the original Cantonese government office, and completely extended to the corresponding new places in Hunan, Jingnan, Shannan, Jiangxi and other places. Control area.
Then, gradually merge and restore the military control status and the large and small administrative areas established in those special periods into the two groups that continue to exist side by side—collective farms (key areas) and towns and villages (peripheral areas). Level situation.
This requires a large number of grassroots personnel who have mastered basic calculations and writing, as well as experienced officials to fill it. This is also a disguised form for those at all levels who can persist in serving the Taiping Army. Reward and upside.
As long as there is no obvious mistake or serious mistake, it is normal to be promoted by one or two levels in the process of external adjustment; if there is an outstanding performance or outstanding specific matters, it is in the standard level. It is not impossible to be alone in two or three steps.
Then, let the vacant positions be filled by junior students who are still waiting for internships in the large training center; this is also a disguised balance and differentiation, which eases the military’s excessive involvement in local affairs, and thus forms a corresponding response. Potential disadvantages of interest fetters.
After all, walking on two legs in the army and local government affairs, coupled with a sensible brain center to supervise and direct everything, is the basic kingly way for a healthy regime to survive for a long time.
There are eight army prefaces (the six have been compiled), and six defense areas. There are ninety-three battle fronts and garrison battalions, totaling 110,000 troops.
The first military commander is the middle general, the deputy is the left and right generals, and the third is the general; the subordinates are divided into the left and right middle three compartments plus a straight-armed capital (battalion). .
The organization of the front battalion and the garrison battalion is roughly the same. They are both composed of five levels of battalion, regiment (290+20), brigade (135+10), team (40+5), and fire (9+1). At the battalion level, the front battalion is a large battalion (1100 members) of the first team of the three regiments, and the garrison battalion is a middle battalion (960 members) of the two regiments and one brigade.
The chief officers are all called Captains, but the former is Captain Zhechong, while the latter is Captain Guoyi, who is the second-ranked commander. It is analogous to other ranks. In this way, a military order full of soldiers is between 12,000 and 13,500 soldiers.
Among them, the higher the number, the better the equipment. The proportion of veterans in the army is the highest, and the proportion of front battalions and garrison battalions is inversely proportional. But under normal circumstances, these eight military orders are just the corresponding military management establishments; they reside in the corresponding areas.
The daily training duties and logistical management, disciplinary inspections, and personnel transfers also require full-time candidates dispatched by the governor’s office to assist the military chief in management and deployment. In addition, there are secret agencies (secret work committees) and taxi committees from the bottom as secret insurance measures.
Therefore, as the main combat force, only after receiving the order with complete procedures, can the corresponding military order be converted into a specific wartime command sequence on the spot, or be combined with other military orders to form a new offensive and defensive command sequence, and Compile the corresponding staff members and assistants.
Therefore, the battalion composed of troops is the basis for combat. Each battalion has a fire-throwing team and a pack animal team, and above the battalion, a team equipped with heavy weapons and firearms will be assigned to strengthen the corresponding independent tackling capabilities.
Under normal circumstances, the First Army is also the guarding force in the key area where the Dudu Mansion is located; the exclusive bugle is "Chang Cong". The scale of establishment is also the first among all armies. Currently sitting on the front line of Xiangzhou for follow-up military operations against Shannan prefectures.
The Second Army is a cavalry unit with hussars and horses of various colors as the core, and its exclusive bugle is "Chifei"; because the source of horses is limited, it is also the smallest and most streamlined unit. At present, arrangements are made to stop at the junction of Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, where the aquatic plants are relatively abundant, for editing.
The Fifth Army is an organization of navy ships that mainly cooperate with jumping gangs and landing combatants, and its exclusive bugle is "Fubo". It belongs to the sequence with the largest number of equipment preparations and scattered berths. With Jingzhou as the main gathering place.
The other third, fourth, and sixth armies are standard mixed forces, and there is no military nomination for the time being. On the basis of traditional infantry equipped with knife platoons, crossbows, and long spears, the mule horses are equipped with a number of different riding battalions to enhance mobility, combat range and durability.
At present, it is mainly arranged to be stationed in the second-tier cities, in the relatively prosperous and prosperous Tanzhou, Yuezhou and Hongzhou, so as to obtain local materials for support and maintenance, and at the same time upgrade and replace the equipment in batches.
As for only a few actual battalions, the rest are empty seventh and eighth battalions, and they are more of a role in managing local supplementary battalions and reserve military service training; only when needed, only a small number of veterans Fill up the shelf camp with the officers.
Among them, the Eighth Army is stationed in Canton and the Seventh Army is stationed in Annan. Both are equipped with corresponding boats as a means of transportation, and at the same time serve as the task of protecting sea routes and canal navigation.
In addition, there are pro-direct battalions, teaching brigade, model brigades, combat engineering brigade, three brigades, and so on. Several special troops and technical troops ranging from hundreds to thousands of scales are directly under the jurisdiction of the capitol.
However, the defense zones under Yanbian's control against the enemy and even the suppression are somewhat more self-sustaining in terms of organization. Basically in accordance with the size of the defense area and the critical sequence, a number of simple garrisons are mainly used, plus some boats, ships, and horse teams directly under the special arrangement;
Corresponding military ranks are both generals, and often also serve as local state owners; in order to coordinate and deploy the human and material resources of local agencies in time to prepare for war or emergency needs.
Nowadays, the territory under the rule of the Taiping Army is wide, but the territory is also filled with large tracts of barren land and mountains and forests where barbarians and mountain barbarians live; that is, several larger plains, which can be regarded as the most elite areas of the rule. .
Among them, the Pearl River Delta, the Chaoshan Plain and the Red River Floodplain, and the Guilin Basin, which are divided by the Wuling Mountains and connected by waterways, are relatively stable and stable production areas.
In the Xiangzhong Plain, Jianghan Plain, Dongting Lake Basin, and the western part of the Southern Jiangsu Plain that have been occupied in the ridge, the specific development degree is not as high as that of later generations. It can be said that there are waters, lakes, and rivers everywhere. The main population and land are still Concentrate near larger cities.
Moreover, there are years of flooding problems, coupled with the aftermath of wars and the need for subsequent pacification and suppression of local resistance; it will take a period of persistent investment, perhaps to raise the control and influence to another level; and even achieve it. Output and consumption are flat, and even to the extent that there is a surplus.
Therefore, most of the current defense zones are located along the Yangtze River and Hanshui River, with Ezhou, Xiangzhou, Runzhou, Xuanzhou, Guizhou, and Jiaozhou temporarily set up. As for the original Jingzhou, it has become a direct jurisdiction where the Metropolitan Government is located. Ground.
At the same time, at the lower level of the state and county, there are correspondingly smaller garrison groups and semi-production patrol teams in cities and towns; the equipment mainly comes from the eliminated variegated equipment, with a lower maintenance cost and the jurisdiction of the subordinate places. Power constitutes the maintenance of public order at the middle and lower grassroots and the suppression of medium and low-intensity conflicts and riots.
In addition, there is a certain number of maintenance militarized management and regular operations, dedicated to the development of specific areas of construction (no fixed stationed engineering construction) and production forces (armed reclamation group).
In this way, under the banner of the Taiping Army's Metropolitan Governor's Office, the military management combat readiness system of three lines and one auxiliary was initially formed. It is almost a production capacity of two million strong laborers to support almost 130,000 full-time troops.
If there are no other sources of subsidies and adjustments, including the benefits of sea trade, collective production, organizational bonuses, and new agricultural technologies, even in this era, it would be a heavy burden on the military and civilian population.
In particular, the cost of providing for cavalry is several times that of ordinary infantry; in the south, the cost is even higher. Of course, most of them are only planning at present, and the corresponding personnel and resources must be gradually put in place before they can be fully deployed.
However, at least it can give most people a direction of hope and hope. Compared to the self-entertainment of shutting the door and calling a king, it's much more accomplished in one fell swoop.
During this period, other aspects of news were continuously fed back from the localities; for example, the three states of Xiangxi that were the source of turmoil and invasion this time.
The first place to be settled was in Langzhou. As a result of Lei Man coming out and losing his army to death by the lake; relying on the assistance of the Taiping Squadron and new vehicles and ships, Su Wuming quickly occupied most of the peaceful Langzhou;
It can be said that apart from the Wuling Mountains on the edge, on the plains west of Dongting Lake, there is nothing that can hinder the existence of the Taiping Army, and we will wait for the following three detachments to settle in and clean up from village to village.
Then, Qu Chengyu led the first divisional division in Lizhou, and the deputy envoy of Jingnan, Duan Yanmo, who had already occupied the state city, and his subordinate Taining army; they fought fiercely for several battles and each had their own wins and losses;
In addition, after the local leader Xiangzhu was able to lead the remnants into the upper reaches of the Lishui Mountains, there were also local wealthy surnames who took the opportunity to counter the chaos, making a mess of porridge in the local area. Therefore, Qu Chengyu is currently stationed in Anyang County, waiting for the next supplement and support.
Then there is Shaozhou, who has always resisted since Zhouyue, the governor, was attacked and killed by Min Xu before the battle. Under the attack of Zhao Yingong, who took the initiative to attack with Zhoucheng, he was smashed. The assessment is just around the corner. Things.
Without the encouragement and support behind the three states of Xiangxi, the water pirates and mountain bandits in Tan, Heng, Yong, and other states along the coast of Xiangshui have also been greatly eliminated and calmed down; but in order to solve them once and for all. The long-term problems, and subsequent piecemeal military operations continue.
In the process of the robbers, bandits, and robbers who flee between the mountains and forests in Qingjiao Hunan, the characteristic mountain camps formed by Lianzhou and Chenzhou, especially the local mountain people and mines belonging to Guiyang Jian, have fulfilled their expectations. Beyond the huge role.
They can bear hardships and stand hard work and are very adaptable to climbing and trekking between mountain dense forests, with only a small amount of supplies and corresponding sophisticated equipment, relying on the cooperation of three to five groups of battle groups, they can hide in the mountains and forests or occupy them. Dangerous bandits and the like, were defeated steadily or chased them all around.
Even the mountain villages and barbaric villages suspected of hiding, taking in and sheltering related bandits were not spared much; under these brave and fearless mountain soldiers raided and attacked, they only paid more than a thousand casualties.
The cottages and settlements within dozens of miles inland along the river were not obediently moved out and were forced to relocate to the management area of the mountain riverside for reconstruction; they were destroyed and burned to white ground after being broken, and then captured and filled into various new constructions. The mines, stone pits, and forest farms thought heavy labor.
In this way, even if there are still some fish that slip through the net in the interior, even if the shelter and supply are cut off, it will not be enough to pose a decent threat to the new order dominated by the Taiping Army.
However, as the war progressed, new problems were born. In order to control these newly-occupied areas, a lot of manpower is also needed; especially to fill the basic-level affairs staff.
After all, it is relatively simple to conduct trials and rob homes against the foundations of the old forces, but it is another matter to rebuild order and maintain subsequent dominance according to the needs of the Taiping Army.
Even if Zhou Huai'an has opened more fast-track training courses in key cities such as Xiangyang, Tanzhou, and so on, at present, it can only guarantee the emergency needs in these key areas, and for the time being cannot take care of the new edge areas. .
This is really a helpless annoyance. For this reason, he has issued a new order, so that the incumbent officials at all levels and senior practical personnel, as well as the subordinates of the generals who are not on duty in the army, must allocate time to these training courses and use them as corresponding courses. Lecturer. (End of this chapter)