Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"Your Majesty, there are so many generals in the army now, sometimes we can't tell who our superior is! We also can't tell the official positions of the generals, so we are often confused!" Finally a soldier stood up and said.

The soldier was a bit dark and thin, but his eyes were bare. It seemed that after two days of trekking, he was still in good spirits!

"It's you! Wang Ying!" Zhao Chen couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that this dark and thin soldier was Wang Ying who had been standing for two and a half hours that day! Zhao Chen remembered his name at that time, but he did not expect to see him again in the army today!

"It's the villain, His Majesty remembered the villain's name, the villain is extremely grateful!" Wang Ying said excitedly.

"The problem you mentioned just now, General Yue and I are also discussing these days! Do you have a solution to this problem?" Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

What Wang Ying said was about the military system! The military system of the Song Dynasty was chaotic, and there were countless high-ranking officials in the army, such as economic envoys, system envoys, observation envoys, defense envoys, and recruitment envoys, as well as Lieutenant Zhaowu, Lieutenant Zhenwei, Lieutenant Zhiguo, and Lieutenant Yihui There are countless mid-level officers of different ranks, such as Lieutenant Xuanjie, Lieutenant Yuheng, etc., and there are countless junior officers! An army is often under the joint command of several generals, most of whom have unknown responsibilities! In the past, among the Kaifeng Forbidden Army, some generals didn't even know which army their subordinates belonged to, and many army soldiers didn't even know who their immediate superiors were! The reason why the Song Dynasty implemented such a military system was mainly to learn from the experience of the Tang Dynasty to prevent military generals from gaining too much power and chaos in feudal towns. In the Song Dynasty, there were almost no military rebellions. Unfortunately, the combat effectiveness of the army also declined infinitely. , is almost the worst military force among all Han dynasties. The Khitan people can bully the Han people, the Xixia people can bully the Han people, the Jurchens and Mongols can also bully the Han people, and the territory of the Han people is getting smaller and smaller until the country perishes! Of course, the military system of the Western Army is somewhat different from that of the Imperial Army. After more than a hundred years, the Western Army has formed countless families of soldiers and generals. The military system of the Western Army is slightly stronger than that of the Imperial Army, but it is still inefficient. There are still situations where soldiers don't know their generals, and generals don't know their soldiers!

At this moment Wang Ying raised this question, Zhao Chen asked back, Wang Ying said: "Your Majesty, I think the official system of the Jurchens is good! They have ten thousand commanders, one ten thousand commanders have ten thousands commanders, and one thousand commanders have ten thousand commanders. A centurion! In this way, the army will know who is big and who is young, and it will be clear at a glance, and there will be no situation where I don’t know the superior!"

Zhao Chen nodded, and said: "The Jurchen system is excellent, and it is indeed better than my Song army!"

When the Mongols rose up in later generations, they also adopted the Jurchen military system, and they also had systems such as ten thousand commanders, thousand commanders, and centurion commanders. Such a system seems simple, but it is extremely effective! In the era of cold weapons, such a simple military system is much stronger than the cumbersome military system of the Song people. This military system is also an important reason why the Jurchens and Mongols were able to oppress the Song people!

Wang Yingdao: "Your Majesty, why don't we adopt the Jurchen official system?"

Zhao Chen was taken aback, and said with a smile: "If we adopt the military system of the Jurchens, I am afraid that many ministers in the court will disagree first! Jurchen are barbarians. From the perspective of the ministers, how can we use the military system of the barbarians in China? ? But we really want to change, I have discussed with the generals of the Forbidden Army these days, and some results have been obtained!"

Wang Yingdao: "I don't know how His Majesty decides to change?"

Zhao Chen said: "The Forbidden Army now has a total of 60,000 people. I have decided to divide the Forbidden Army into six armies. The leader of each army will be the general! Each army will be divided into three divisions, and the leader of each division will be the deputy general! Each division will be divided into three divisions. Regiment, the leader of each regiment is the captain! Each regiment is divided into three companies, and the leader of each company is the deputy lieutenant! Each company is divided into three platoons, and the leader of each row is the warrant officer! Each row is divided into several teams , led by the corps commander! These are just some preliminary ideas. I have discussed with General Yue several times, but they still haven’t fully settled down! But at most one or two months, the army will inevitably implement a new military system! The current army The system really cannot continue!"

Facts have proved that the military system of the Song Dynasty failed completely. If this is the case, then those military systems can no longer be adopted, and everything must be started from scratch! The military system that Zhao Chen is talking about now refers to the army, division, regiment, company, and platoon system of later generations. In some respects, it is similar to the Jurchens' system of ten thousand commanders, thousand commanders, and centurion commanders, but the name has been changed. ! As for the former economic envoys, observation envoys, defense envoys, various school lieutenants and other official positions are completely abolished, and the corresponding generals will become army commanders, division commanders, regiment commanders, etc.! The reason why Zhao Chen took a month or two to implement this system is mainly because it involves the interests of many generals of the Imperial Army and the arrangement of powers of many generals, so we must be cautious! He and Yue Fei have to discuss it carefully before they can implement it!

This soldier named Wang Ying was very clever. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if you implement such an official system, our Han army will never be much worse than Nuzheng! We were not as good as before. Jurchens, many times it’s because we couldn’t find Shangguan when we were fighting, and Shangguan couldn’t find us, the more we fight, the more chaotic!”

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Train well. If you train well, you can become the leader of a platoon or a company! As for other high-ranking officials, they have to rely on their military exploits to be promoted!"

Wang Ying was overjoyed, and said: "What Your Majesty said is true? If you train well, you can become the leader of a platoon or a company? The villain is already a corps leader, and he will definitely train hard in the future and never fall behind!"

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "In the future, there will be exercises in our army, and those who perform well in the exercises will be promoted! I remembered your name when I first came to the Forbidden Army that day, so I have great expectations for you in my heart. You can clear?"

Wang Ying nodded, and said: "The villain understands! Your Majesty just watch, the villain will make His Majesty proud!"

Zhao Chen said: "I hope so! I hope to see that day soon! Everyone is tired today, so let's rest!"

On this day, everyone lay down to rest, but Wang Ying was so excited that she was tossing and turning, needless to say.

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By the third day, more and more soldiers were too tired to move around!

Many soldiers are supporting their comrades or carrying their comrades forward!

At dusk on the third day, Zhao Chen had already arrived at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. He turned his head and saw a long dragon-like team coming towards this side! Almost half of the soldiers were supported by their comrades and carried forward. When they saw the mountains ahead, the soldiers of the whole army cheered!

After the cheers, there was an overwhelming sound of long live!

This time Zhao Chen marched with them in a hurry. Many soldiers talked with Zhao Chen on the way and got encouragement from Zhao Chen! At this moment, there are kneeling times everywhere, and there are long live voices everywhere!

"Your Majesty, we succeeded! We only trained for a month, but these soldiers have achieved something that no Song soldier has ever done before!" Yue Fei said excitedly.

"It's just training now. In the future, I will lead them to win battles that I have never fought before! I will completely drive out the Jurchen, relying on them! Now I have a certain confidence in them!" Zhao Chen laughed.

"Your Majesty, I also have confidence!" Yue Fei nodded.

"Let's talk about the military system a few days ago. Also, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian of Hedong will also be included in the forbidden army! The infantry drills will be sent to Hedong, and they will follow the infantry drills in Hedong. They also want to change the military system and follow the new military system! They are all rebels on their side, there is no complicated relationship, and it should be relatively simple to implement these military systems!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes! I will arrange this matter!" Yue Fei said.

"It's getting late today! You send someone to inform Zhao Zhe in Dashanguan to come to see me. I have something important to discuss with you!" Zhao Chen said.

"Important matter? I don't know what it is?" Yue Fei asked in surprise.

"It's extremely important for future military and political affairs!" Zhao Chen said indifferently.

It was inconvenient for Yue Fei to ask more questions, so he immediately sent someone to inform Zhao Zhe, not mentioning it.