Chapter 1210 Young Marshal
But the Tang Dynasty changed it to a mixed army, which is a tactical unit. From at least 160,000 to 20,000 people in the past, it has dropped to a few thousand people to take on combat tasks alone.
This kind of tactical thinking is actually very similar to that of Lao Mei after World War II. Lao Mei was also above the regiment, and began to combine multiple arms, mixing brigades into divisions, and infantry and artillery.
Datang's thinking is very advanced, and it fully shows that the Tang army is very strong. Otherwise, without this confidence, thousands of people can form an army to stand alone.
Lu Song has become the imperial government's overseas governor's mansion, which can support soldiers and horses. Qin Lang is now setting up a military town, commanded by defensive envoys, and dominated by vassal knights' family soldiers.
"We sent five thousand troops. According to the Chinese military regulations, there are two thousand and eight soldiers, including one thousand cavalry, one thousand heavy infantry, and eight hundred light infantry. In addition, there are 1,200 engineers, artillery, and heavy soldiers, plus 1,000 sailors and sailors. Thousands, a total of five thousand."
In this way, an army is not called an army but a brigade. It has jurisdiction over the cavalry battalion, sailor battalion, infantry battalion, and auxiliary battalion. There are four teams of 200 people per regiment. One cavalry battalion governs five regiments, and the infantry is divided into light infantry. Two battalions, five regiments of heavy infantry, and four regiments of light infantry.
Engineers, Artillery, and Supplies each have two regiments.
For the sailors, Qin Jun's battleship Taiping and the frigate Wu'an are the main force. In addition, the frigate Shilong of Jiangwutang and the destroyer San Francisco will also join the battle sequence. Several transport ships and speedboats will also be called in. .
"We didn't just go around the enemy's rear to make a small fuss this time. We not only had to go around and attack, but also established our stronghold there, and built a fortress to defend it for a long time."
Qin Jun asked, "Does the martial arts hall only have a thousand students?"
"Call the knights to fight!"
Jiangwutang belongs to a military unit in Luzon, and its rank is quite high. Qin Lang divided Lu Song into several military towns, which were equivalent to a large military area, with military divisions underneath.
The lecture hall is equivalent to a large military area, and the military affairs of Shilong Island and the surrounding areas are under its command.
Qin Lang is concurrently the principal of Shilong Island. Currently, the head coach Qin Cunen is in charge of daily affairs. He is not only responsible for the teaching situation of the martial arts hall on the island, but also serves as the deputy defense envoy of Shilong Town.
The military forces in the military area of Shilong Town, the sealed knights and selected warriors, including the township militia, are all under its jurisdiction.
He can issue a call-up order according to Qin Lang's order.
According to the needs of the scale of the war, the fief knights, samurai, militia, etc. who are obliged to perform military service in the military town are required to dispatch a certain number of troops.
"We have pulled out all 1,000 apprentices this time, and there are still 4,000 people short. Excluding the soldiers and sailors on the two ships you brought, Dalang, we will give priority to recruiting knights for the remaining 3,000 or so soldiers."
The first-level knights, that is, Yuqiwei, need to send out one cavalry and two armored infantry. The approximate proportion of sending troops is based on their land property, one cavalry and two infantry for five hundred mu, and they will be recruited according to this ratio.
Knights are obliged to perform military service, and there is a prescribed number. For example, for a minimum feather cavalry captain, a maximum of one cavalryman and four armored infantrymen are required.
Of course, Qin Lang also stipulated that although this kind of military service is compulsory and free, it should not exceed three months and ninety days a year. If compensation is required, taxes can be reduced or exempted. And try to avoid recruiting troops during busy farming seasons.
When Cun'en sent the cavalry students to deliver the order, let them tell the knights in the military town, "Prepare the armor and dry food, and arrive at Shilong Island to assemble within five days. Anyone who misses the time will be dealt with by military law. If it is a armor If there is not enough troops, they will be punished.”
"Tell them again that this time the troops will not lose money. When we arrive at the destination, we will hand over one-third of the captured Barangay villages, family houses, population, property, livestock and other spoils to the next one-third. Once you stay in the military town, one-third will be shared with everyone.”
"If you destroy a village, you can capture hundreds of people. If you drag them to the port of San Francisco, you can sell them for three to five thousand yuan. Such a good opportunity is rare."
Qin Cunen's student cavalry went out to inform every knight in the town.
While waiting for the knights to assemble, the island also began to step up the loading of military supplies. The fleet gathered at the port and loaded a large amount of ordnance, food, etc. on board.
The time limit was five days, but before sunset on the third day, all the recruited knights had arrived with their men.
Originally only more than 3,000 people were recruited, but it turned out that more than the number of recruits came, and nearly 5,000 people came.
After receiving the call-up order, many knights brought more soldiers.
There are the lowest-level feather cavalry captains, and they only need to bring two more armored infantry by themselves. As a result, many of them brought more than two, and some feather cavalry captains even came directly with several cavalry.
Seeing this scene, Cun En did not refuse.
He no longer directly organized according to the 2,800 soldiers of the Chinese army, but changed it to the left and right two Yuhou armies, each with 2,800 soldiers, including 1,900 soldiers each, and 76 teams of 38 each. Team.
Each army has ten regiments of five hundred cavalry, organized into the first regiment of heavy cavalry, four regiments of two hundred, and the second regiment of light cavalry, six regiments of three hundred.
Two regiments of the heavy infantry jumping regiment, each with 200 people, are the first-line assault heavy infantry.
Two regiments of light infantry and crossbowmen, each with 150 people, are forward multi-purpose infantry.
Two regiments of light infantry archers, each with 150 people, are the front light infantry.
Among the auxiliary troops, there are two hundred engineers in one regiment, two hundred in artillery regiment, and four hundred in two baggage regiments.
The total of the two armies was five thousand and six, and the soldiers were three thousand and eight thousand. Together with the naval personnel of the ships, the number finally exceeded six thousand.
Qin Cunen finally had to leave some people behind, and only took 6,600 people to set off from Longkou Port on Shilong Island.
For this legion, Qin Jun is the head of the march.
Cun En served as the commander of the marching army and the general manager of Zuo Yuhou, and Cunxian served as the marching commander and the general manager of You Yuhou. Although Qin Jun declined several times and felt that he was not suitable to be the general manager, Cun En believed that Qin Jun was the eldest son of Qin Lang. He is also the world-appointed governor of Wu'an, and he is also the Duke of the county. Since he participated in this operation, he should be the general manager.
Of course, Cun En can be responsible for assisting in the command of actual military operations.
To put it bluntly, it is just a false name.
Finally, Qin Jun reluctantly agreed to be the commander, and the positions of captains and team leaders of each regiment and team should be held by knights with military experience or instructors in the martial arts hall.
The equipment of this army is very good.
The knights not only had cotton armor on their bodies, but most of them also had iron chain armor. The retinue cavalry they brought generally also had cotton armor, and the infantry also wore cotton or leather armor.
In terms of weapons, the heavy infantry has two spears, a bow, thirty arrows, two strings, a horizontal knife, and a shield.
Light infantry, in addition to their own bow or crossbow, must also be equipped with a spear, a horizontal knife, and a shield.
The cavalry also have spears, horn bows, whips, shields, etc.
The equipment is not inferior to the Fubing at all. Among these equipment, the cotton armor and lock armor are all made by the Qin family's weapon factory in Linyi. Before that, they were mainly supplied to the Linyi queen's imperial guards and the Qin family's overseas soldiers. Mercenary.
Building weapons in Linyi has the relationship with the queen, and there is no restriction. The Qin family has trained many craftsmen and workers over the years, has reserved good technology, and its production capacity is also good.
After the establishment of the Dudu Mansion in Luzon, there were no restrictions, and Qin Lang immediately began to move some workers from Linyi to Luzon to build a factory.
In addition, Qin Lang immediately applied to the imperial court to purchase weapons and equipment after the establishment of the Dudu Mansion in Luzon, which is basically good.
The equipment is all built by the Qin family, or purchased from the imperial court, and then sold to the feudal knights.
The price of equipment is still relatively expensive, but compared to the cost of ordnance manufacturing in Europe, Rome, Persia, Franks and other countries at this time, it is still much cheaper.
At this time in Europe, a chain mail shirt is worth at least six bulls, and a set of full-body equipment costs at least twelve bulls.
The price of a big local bull is about half of a war horse.
The price of a war horse in the Tang Dynasty is about 20 guan. This is the result of its prosperity since Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty. It has a large number of horse-producing land and excellent pastures, and has good relations with many surrounding horse-producing tribes. , Through the trade of tea horses, silk horses, etc., a steady stream of cheap and good horses can be obtained.
Taipusi’s report last year stated that there were one million war horses in the state ranch in the 16th year of Zhenguan.
There is a saying that as many war horses as there are, the country will be as big.
During the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, a good war horse could even sell for 80 to 100 guan, but now the war horse only needs 20 guan, so you know this huge change.
If a set of warrior equipment with six horses is calculated, it costs 120 yuan now. For a knight, this price is not expensive. Even if the knight's equipment is doubled, it is still affordable. The few armored soldiers on the table cost about 700 yuan based on one ride and four steps of armor.
The equipment money for these five people alone is indeed worth the price of a manor.
Fortunately, on Datang’s side, horses only cost 20 guan, and equipment is even cheaper. A horizontal knife can even cost a few hundred dollars, and spears, bows and arrows are not too expensive.
In fact, the knights bought armor and equipment from Qin Lang, and Qin Lang also gave subsidies. After the subsidy, a set of knight's padded armor is 50 guan, a set of vest is 40 guan, a horse is 20 guan, swords and guns, etc. A set of equipment costs ten pennies.
The armor of a heavy infantry is thirty-eight coins, and the equipment is less than fifty. The armor of a light infantry is thirty-five coins.
The powerful military industry has created the excellent and sufficient military equipment of Datang today, and the production cost is very low.
The cotton armor of the Qin family is called iron cloth clothes. Two pieces of cotton are covered with a layer of iron, and two layers of cloth are sewn on the outside, and then connected with copper nails or fastened with cowhide. It's not a piecemeal piece that's complicated and cumbersome to wear.
This kind of iron cloth clothing is not only easy to put on and take off, but also lighter and thinner. It also saves a lot of iron materials, cowhide and other materials, and is warmer in winter and cooler in summer than traditional iron armor.
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