Late Yuan Dynasty: I am the true emperor

Chapter 117 Sixty Thousand Soldiers
Taking this group of new generals to watch the military drills has two purposes: firstly, to have a deterrent effect and make them put away their contemptuous and careless attitudes; secondly, to make them familiar with the tactics of the Shengwu Army.

At this time, Lu Jin pointed to a main force arrayed in the training ground and said, "Look, everyone. That strong army in the field is the group of soldiers who first broke through Kang Maocai's formation that day. Is it still impressive?"

When everyone present heard that this was the main force that defeated Kang Maocai, they immediately looked up. They saw a group of more than 4,000 people lined up in an orderly manner, motionless, with only colorful flags flying among them.

But even though the flags are of different colors, they still look very neat, and you can tell at a glance the size of the unit based on the different flags.

All units of the Shengwu Army used flags of the same specifications, shape, and color, with only the patterns and texts embroidered on them being different. In this way, no matter which battalion was transferred to another regiment, it could quickly integrate into the command system of the new regiment.

"It's truly mighty and powerful, a truly magnificent army!" Guo Zixing praised, stroking his beard.

"The army is in good order, not moving at all, the flags are in order, and no one is alarmed. It is a strong army!" Miao Daheng also showed a serious expression. Although he had never underestimated Lu Jin's army from the beginning, when he saw the Shengwu Army in formation, he still felt that this army was very powerful.

Lu Jin smiled and said, "All the battalions and regiments in our army use the same flags and tactics."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present immediately looked at him with higher regard.

Apart from anything else, this unified flag command system is enough to defeat more than 90% of the anti-Yuan volunteer forces. It is estimated that the group of people in Xuzhou definitely do not have a unified command system among their units, and their personnel organization is unlikely to be as neat as that of the Shengwu Army.

"Someone, hand out the books."

As soon as Lu Jin raised his hand, Feng Guoyong immediately ordered the instructor behind him to give each of the new generals a book, which was the latest revised version of "Gongshu Bingfa·Quick Training for Generals".

A new chapter on personnel establishment has been added, which includes how many people are in each level of troops and what responsibilities the generals and instructors at each level need to assume.

There are also chapters on flags, drums and signals, the temporary training outline for the Shengwu Army, military law and punishment, military merit assessment, combat methods, tactical methods, commonly used city-breaking tactics, minutes of marching and camping in various regions, disease prevention and control, methods for collecting temporary logistics support for war zones, battlefield intelligence collection and analysis, and strategic situation analysis.

Of course, there is also the most classic article in 101, "How to be a good commander."

There are 14 modules in total, all written in plain language. As long as you can read, you can study on your own, which greatly reduces the difficulty of learning the art of war.

After learning these, it will not be a problem to be a battalion or regiment-level commander. If you want to be independent, you still have to learn the traditional Sun Tzu's Art of War and other strategic-level military books.

"Please open the chapter on organization and flags, and then compare it with the troops on the parade ground."

Upon hearing this, everyone began to flip through the books. Most of them knew about the organization of the Shengwu Army, so they focused on the chapter on flags and compared them with the formation of a regiment. They soon figured out which units the various flags corresponded to.

Zhu Shou then began to use colorful signal flags to mobilize different battalions and companies according to drums and trumpets. The neat formations and rapid changes in formation opened the eyes of the newly arrived Dingyuan generals.

"This is what it means to have strict orders and to be able to use them as easily as one's own arms and fingers!" After watching the formation change, Mr. Miao immediately gave a very high evaluation.

Of course, this effect was also due to the fact that the group had the longest training time and was trained strictly under Lu Jin's supervision.

"Marshal, do we also have to train our troops according to what is written in this book?" Guo Zixing asked while flipping through the book.

"Yes, the reason why I asked you to come and watch the battle today is to make you familiar with our army's tactics as soon as possible. This book is not profound. You just need to train and fight strictly according to what is said in it, and you will be a qualified general." Lu Jin nodded.

At this time, Zhu Shou began to command a group of people to change their formations, mainly practicing the three old tactics of the Shengwu Army: horizontal formation against the enemy, sharp arrow formation for attack, and square formation for defense.

After practicing the three basic formations, Zhu Shou began to command a regiment to carry out a simulated attack against Kang Maocai that day, with the battalion of Chang Yuchun, Han Qinglu and others acting as the 'enemy blue army'.

Seeing the auxiliary barracks pushing carts in the field to cover the archers and melee spearmen as they advanced, and after taking a few rounds of arrows, they opened fire at close range to defeat the enemy in one go, and the melee spearmen rushed into the gap, everyone was shocked.

Especially Chang Yuchun who was beside Lu Jin. Although he had seen the scene that day, the reappearance of the scene still made him excited and his blood boil.

"This is the tactic I used to defeat Kang Maocai's main battle formation that day. At that time, one regiment was responsible for attacking the enemy's right wing and was the first to defeat the enemy's right wing formation. After that, the cavalry rushed straight to the enemy's central army's banner through the gap, and the enemy's entire battle formation collapsed."

Lu Jin explained the battle situation of that day, so that many people who didn't know how the battle was won now knew the specific situation.

"This tactic is powerful. With this tactic, no wonder the commander-in-chief is invincible." Lu Ding immediately flattered him.

Guo Zixing asked, "General, do our regiments also need to practice this kind of combat tactics?"

"Yes." Lu Jin nodded, "Each regiment has an auxiliary battalion, which is responsible for transporting food and grass in normal times and pushing carts in battles. For the time being, each regiment is training in this kind of tactics."

"Temporarily?" Mr. Miao quickly grasped the key point.

"What do you mean? We won't use this tactic in the future? I think this method is pretty good." Chang Yuchun also reacted and asked in confusion.

He actually thought that this method was really powerful and ordinary enemy forces could not stop it.

Lu Jin explained at this time.

"We use chariots as cover to engage the enemy in close combat. This is because we have too little armor at the moment. We have no choice but to use chariots to make up for our lack of armor.

"But have you ever thought that a chariot is not that difficult to make. You can just find a large cart and modify it. Shooting with a bow and arrow at close range is not difficult either. The enemy will learn this tactic after seeing it once.

"Then when the enemy learns this and attacks you with a chariot, will you be able to stop them?"

"This..." Everyone began to think, and Chang Yuchun was also thinking about how to solve it.

Lu Jin said again at this time.

"If the enemy pushes their carts towards you, will you also use the carts to push them back? Wouldn't that make it a melee war of attrition between evenly matched forces?

"So, this method is just a shortcut. The next goal of our army's construction is to find a way to increase the armor coverage rate, and then create some weapons specifically used to break the chariot formation, so as to improve the hard power of the entire army.

"When the time comes, we will make sure that the enemy's cart cannot be pushed to our side, and then we will be the first to defeat him!"

Lu Jin turned around and faced everyone, and said loudly with a serious expression. "Warfare is the art of deception. There is no universal method of warfare in this world. Tactics must keep pace with the times and be flexible and changeable. If you don't choose the right tactics according to local conditions, you won't win.

"Since I started my army in Chaohu, I have won battle after battle without a single defeat. I rely on my endless stream of tactics and strategies, which make the enemy never guess how you will fight next time. Only in this way can you remain invincible.

"When you lead troops on your own in the future, you should also read this book more often, and use your brain more when facing the enemy."

"Yes, we will follow the Marshal's instructions!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Okay, let's stop here for today's observation. Go back and read this book carefully. Master the training and combat methods of the Shengwu Army as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. When you return to the Marshal's Mansion later, I will assign you to your respective troops." Lu Jin looked at everyone and said again.

"Yes!" The generals immediately responded.

After a while, when everyone returned to the Marshal's Mansion, Lu Jin took out a small notebook and began to assign troops and military positions to everyone.

Taking advantage of this expansion, the organization of the Shengwu Army was slightly increased again, from the original 4250 people per regiment to 4500 people, mainly to place training officers at all levels.

Each company-level training officer is equipped with four personal soldiers who are responsible for guarding, service and sending orders. The battalion-level training officer is equipped with a squad of 12 people, and the regiment-level training officer is equipped with a platoon of 50-man military law team, which can arrest and punish soldiers who violate military regulations.

However, another regulation was made that battalion-level training officers could only discipline platoon-level officers at most, and only regimental-level officers were qualified to discipline company-level officers.

An officer at the rank of Qianhuyingzhang could only be temporarily detained and imprisoned even if he committed a crime, but he could not commit suicide privately. He had to report to Lu Jin and let Lu Jin deal with him.

After all, the current battalion commanders of the Qianhu Battalion are all duke-level figures in history. For example, Chang Yuchun is now also the commander of the Qianhu Battalion. If Chang Yuchun is killed directly because he killed prisoners, Lu Jin will cry to death.
However, with the instructor watching, he should not have the chance to kill the prisoners.

In addition, the instructors can also do political work for the prisoners. The surrendered soldiers under Lu Jin should not surrender and then rebel like the soldiers under Zhu Yuanzhang in history.

The unstable generals among the captives should be killed, and the leading officers among the soldiers should be picked out, those who should go mining should go mining, and those who should be exiled should be exiled, leaving only ordinary soldiers, who will then be given opportunities to confide their grievances and share their hearts with them, and to divide up the land. Now that there are no leaders, they still get tangible benefits, and there will definitely be no farce of surrender and then rebellion.

Three trials and three investigations to pick out the reactionaries, and then have a heart-to-heart talk with the ordinary soldiers. This is our army's magic weapon for transforming prisoners. How could Lu Jin not know this?

However, the number of training officers is still insufficient for the time being. Currently, it can only cover the battalion level, and a small number of company levels can be fully equipped. The rest can only wait for recruitment in the future, or be promoted from literate soldiers.

Anyway, the cultural requirements for the instructors are not high, and they are not required to be all great scholars. Shop assistants, ordinary people who have attended private schools and know how to read will do. It will be fine if they can read, speak well, have a sense of responsibility, and can take the lead.

Even if you are illiterate, as long as you are willing to work and learn, you can be a disciplinary officer.

Then Lu Jin began to assign positions to everyone.

The First Regiment was recently reorganized and did not need to be moved for the time being. Yu Tingyu's Second Regiment transferred Zhao Yong out and made him the commander of the newly formed 11th Regiment. Then he assigned Guo Zixing's eldest son Guo Tianyou to the Second Regiment as a captain.

Liao Yongan transferred Zhang Desheng from the Third Regiment to serve as deputy commander of Guo Zixing's Eighth Regiment to contain Guo Zixing, and then assigned Guo Zixing's brother-in-law Zhang Tianyou to the Third Regiment as a captain.

Yang Jing's Fourth Regiment, currently stationed in Heyang County, transferred Cao Liangchen to Guo Zixing's Eighth Regiment, and then added Guo Zixing's second son Guo Tianxu to the Fourth Regiment.

Zhu Liangzu of the Fifth Regiment and Zhang Wen of the Sixth Regiment do not need to be moved for the time being, especially Zhang Wen’s Sixth Regiment, which is a new regiment that has been formed less than a month ago.

The newly formed Seventh Regiment is commanded by Yu Tongyuan, and the thousand-household battalion officers are Feng Sheng, Hu Hai, and Xi Guobao. This was decided beforehand, and now that Feng Sheng and Hu Hai are in place, the Seventh Regiment is fully staffed.

After the organization was completed, the 102th Regiment was transferred to Dingyuan and assigned to the nd Division of Zhu Liangzu in the Northern War Zone.

The newly formed 101th Regiment, commanded by Guo Zixing, deputy commander Zhang Desheng, battalion officers Cao Liangchen and Guo Tianjue, was transferred to Wuwei after being fully staffed and was assigned to Liao Yongan's st Division in the southern theater of operations, away from his ancestral home.
In addition, he left his younger son by his side to prevent Guo Zixing from thinking that Lu Jin was targeting him.

The newly formed 103th Regiment, commanded by Yu Tonghai, was transferred from the Navy. The battalion officers included Chang Yuchun, Lan Chun, and Hua Yunlong. After reorganization, they were transferred to Heyang and belonged to Yang Jing's rd Division in the East Line War Zone along the Yangtze River.

The newly formed 10th Regiment was commanded by Zhao Zhongzhong, who was transferred from the navy, and the battalion officer was Li Ruizhong, who was the renamed Li Pusheng, as well as Wang Bi from Dingyuan and Zheng Chao, the brother-in-law of Lu Ding.

After the 102th Regiment was fully staffed, it was transferred to Dingyuan and assigned to the nd Division on the northern front.

The newly formed 11th Regiment was commanded by Zhao Yong, who was transferred from the 11nd Regiment. The battalion officers included Lu Ding, Miao Youzhen, and Wu Guobao, who was Wu Liang in history and changed his name to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's courtesy name. After the 101th Regiment was fully staffed, it was transferred to the st Division on the southern line.

The newly formed 12th Regiment was commanded by Miao Daheng, and the battalion officers were Lu Xian, who was Lu Ding's cousin; Wu Guobao, who was Wu Zhen who did not change his name; Han Qinglu, who was a surrendered general from Wuwei of Kang Maocai's faction; and the remaining one was Miao Yi, who stayed with Miao Daheng as the battalion commander of the auxiliary battalion, and also left him with a little son by his side.

After the 12th Regiment was fully staffed, it was also transferred to the 101st Division on the southern front.

There are currently 12 regiments in the army, divided into four divisions.

The 101st Division was responsible for the southern front, with Liao Yongan as the division commander. It had under its command the 11rd Regiment commanded by Liao Yongan, the 12th Regiment commanded by Guo Zixing, the th Regiment commanded by Zhao Yong, the th Regiment commanded by Miao Daheng, and Hua Gao from the nd Navy Regiment, a total of four infantry regiments and one navy regiment.

The 102nd Division on the northern front was stationed in Dingyuan, with Zhu Liangzu as the division commander. It had the 10th Regiment, Yu Tongyuan's th Regiment, Zhao Zhongzhong's th Regiment, and Zheng Yong's nd Cavalry Regiment, a total of three infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment.

The 103rd Division along the river on the eastern front was stationed in Heyang, with Yang Jing as the division commander. It had the th Regiment under its direct command, Zhang Wen's th Regiment, Yu Tonghai's th Regiment, and Liao Yongjian's st Naval Regiment under its command.

There are three infantry regiments and one naval regiment.

Lu Jin's imperial guard division, Zhu Shou's regiment was stationed in Luzhou, Yu Tingyu's second regiment was stationed in Lu'an, Ye Sheng's cavalry regiment was stationed in Liang County, and Lu Jin also had a children's training camp.

A total of two infantry, one cavalry, and one battalion.

The total strength of the 12 main infantry regiments is more than . If they can be supported by more than a dozen counties, it would be okay.

In history, when Zhu Yuanzhang only had two cities, Dingyuan and Chuzhou, he had 70,000 soldiers under his command. However, he felt that there were too many soldiers and not enough food at that time, so he laid off the old and weak and carefully trained 20,000 elite soldiers. However, it was still a huge pressure to support 20,000 soldiers in two cities.

Lu Jin now has more than a dozen counties, with more than 70,000 infantry, cavalry and navy. It is almost at the limit. However, Jiang will basically not expand the army any further. If there is any expansion, it will be the second-line militia, those responsible for defending the city.

(End of this chapter)