Otherworldly Castle Era

Chapter 217 Power of the times

Liu Ji continued to explain: “After the rotation of generals, in addition to avoiding private ownership of the army, it can also avoid the problem of unified command of the army, and it can also exercise the comprehensive capabilities of the generals.”

“Just as the military division said.” Seeing that Liu Ji had finished speaking, Li Jing seemed to have thought of something, and added: “After the last battle, the minister believed that a cavalry division composed entirely of cavalry could be very limited.”

“The role of the cavalry division is limited?” Yang Song heard Li Jing say this, and asked seriously: “Why didn’t you tell me the report after the war last time?”

After the last triumphant ceremony, Li Jing and other generals gave a special post-war report to Yang Song on the training-expansion war, but did not mention these issues. Even Li Bao of the navy explained that a land force is needed to enhance the navy’s comprehensive combat capabilities.

Yang Song knew that Li Jing only said it now because it was not necessary at the time. Now that he talks about the potential harm of the army, he is not afraid of those troubles.

The reason why Yang Song still asks Li Jing when he knows the reason is to ask if Li Jing is selfish, or if he knows it without reporting it.

“The king forgive me.” Before Li Jing could explain, Liu Ji hurried forward to report: “It was the minister who asked General Li to discuss a solution to the problem with the minister before proceeding to report to the king.”

“That’s the case.” Yang Song was relieved when Liu Ji said this, although Liu Ji was partial to Li Jing.

When Yang Song is where he is now, he sometimes laughs at himself about his own performance. He didn’t expect that Yang Song would one day become a suspicious person, a person who had never thought of it before!

After laughing at himself, Yang Song said to Li Jing: “Then tell me about the specific performance of the cavalry division and how it should be changed afterwards.”

“Xie Dawang! The minister obeyed!” Li Jing bowed his fists and replied: “In the battlefield, the cavalry division has unparalleled attack power and mobility in the vast plains, but cannot participate in the siege. In the western mountainous area, the constraints are huge due to the terrain, and basically they can only dismount to fight.

“In addition to the country’s just expanding territory, the minister dare to speculate that in the next ten years, the country will be in a defensive position, and an offensive, simple cavalry division with strong field combat will be a tasteless one.”

After listening to Li Jing’s words, Yang Song agreed. He had this feeling before, because the mobility of the cavalry was so outstanding that people could feel its powerful combat power.

Later, with the expansion of Xia State, Yang Song was also consciously reducing the number of cavalry in the army. From the previous brigade of more than 10,000 to more than 5,000 cavalry, it became a standard division of more than 46,000. There were only three thousand cavalry.

But even so, a complete army of pure cavalry remained, that is, the 40,500 cavalry division led by Huo Qubing.

Now with the further expansion of Xia State, it is reasonable to say that with the increase of the country’s land area, more mobile power is needed, but don’t forget that Xia’s army is not an army of the cold weapon era, but has initially entered the industrial age. Of an army.

In the industrial age, or the steam age that Xia Guo is currently in, the power of the steam engine is the greatest, and the power of pure manpower and livestock is far from enough.

Therefore, in the future within Xia’s territory, the railway will inevitably cross the east, west, south and north, and the dispatch and actions of the army will all be undertaken by the train.

Of course, it does not mean that the cavalry has withdrawn from the stage of history. After all, there are still many places that are not accessible by train, but that there is no need to form a pure cavalry alone.

Just set up a part of the cavalry unit in an army, just like setting up a separate cavalry battalion in a standard division like the first and second divisions.

However, if all the divisions become standard divisions, the number of cavalry will be seriously insufficient. After all, a standard division has only three thousand cavalry. If it needs rapid reinforcements, switch to attack, etc., it will be a little insufficient.

Therefore, Yang Song directly asked the two of them: “In your opinion, what is the adaptation of the cavalry division?”

“Return to the King.” Li Jing replied: “The cavalry ability is still needed, but the entire division does not need to be cavalry. The minister suggested that the cavalry division should be adapted into a heavy armored division according to the establishment of the King’s Imperial Guard.

“Reloading division?” Yang Song heard Li Jing say this, thinking about the formation of the Imperial Guard.

The Guards had three standard regiments, two cavalry regiments, two artillery battalions, and a command headquarters of 1,500 men. (A total of 45,300 people. Including 390 field artillery, 130 siege artillery, 16,500 cavalry)

Although the Janitor was at the same level as a division, its composition was completely different. Because the Janitor was also responsible for the task of the general reserve, mobility was still very important.

If the current cavalry division is also reorganized into a heavy-duty division with the same organization as the Janissaries, it is reasonable. After all, the Janissaries have about one-third of the cavalry, and the number of artillery has been greatly increased. Increased its siege ability.

Although the overwhelming number of artillery and cavalry of the Imperial Guard did not play a role because of the terrain when attacking war-torn areas, when fighting in other places, the Imperial Guard’s powerful integrated offensive and mobility were not available in the standard division.

Combat power is costly. The strong combat power of the Janissaries is built up of huge amounts of material and manpower. The Janissaries, namely Yang Song’s pro-army, can have this preferential treatment.

Now if a heavy equipment division is adapted to the specifications of the Imperial Guard if it is another caring monarch, I am afraid that neither Li Jing nor Liu Ji will mention this.

But having said that, the cost of forming a cavalry division with all cavalry is not low, and the horses and their logistical maintenance are not cheap at all.

If it weren’t for Xia Guo’s technology, economy, system, etc., it was strong enough, so many artillery pieces and war horses would be difficult for the forces of this world to support.

Yang Song had already agreed with the suggestions of Li Jing and Liu Ji in his heart. Thinking of reorganizing the army, Yang Song suddenly remembered that Yang Ren said that there should be a professional logistics army and the navy should have an army for land warfare. .

Thinking of this, Yang Song suddenly had a headache, so one by one, to put it bluntly, they all stretched out their hands to ask him for money!

“Okay, the widow agreed.” Yang Song waved to the two and held his forehead with one hand. He didn’t know if Zhang Juzheng, who was in charge of finances and taxes, would tell him about people’s livelihood, development, and lack of money after returning home. Topic.

When Li Jing saw Yang Song who was a little tired, he hesitated, and gritted his teeth for the last time.