From Soldier To Emperor

The system soldiers under Richard's command were called the Guardian Battalion of King Daming, the infantry of the fifth army battalion was called the guard infantry battalion, and the fine cavalry of the 2000 frontier army was called the guard cavalry battalion.

Of course, these are all temporary establishments, which are different from the already finalized First Field Corps.

Richard's system soldiers can be expanded at any time, so naturally he will not be limited to just one guard battalion.

Richard did not consume Qiyun coins to expand the system soldiers on a large scale, but only to save food pressure.

After completing the reorganization of the First Field Corps, Richard quickly focused his attention on the weak combat effectiveness of the patrol houses in the local counties and towns. Richard was not worried about the rebellion of the mercenaries of the green-skinned mercenaries.

The Semu mercenaries are controlled by a group of greedy military leaders. They don't even have a unified leader. They are firmly controlled by the government and will not rebel at all.

The counties and towns can easily pull out thousands of Semu mercenaries, and I haven't seen these Semu mercenaries doing chaos in the place...

In this area of ​​the Western Regions, most of the Semu people who really mess up are ordinary Semu civilians and Semu slaves. Because Semu mercenaries have been pursuing green skin all the year round, and the attitude of the Han government to attach importance to military skills, they can all be satisfied. Meal.

Who can eat to rebel at the risk of decapitation?

However, the oppressed and exploited civilians and even slaves are living in very difficult conditions. As long as there is a disaster year, there will be a large-scale famine, and people will starve to death. Naturally, a wind will catch fire...

Therefore, as long as Richard does not change the system of rewards and punishments for the military merits of the Semu mercenaries, the local Semu mercenaries are very stable.

The mercenaries of the Semu people are in contact with greenskins, and they are not located in towns, and they rarely cause trouble.

However, if the Semu mercenaries do not have the pressure of the Han local garrison, it is easy to show that they are unable to work hard. On the battlefield with the green skin, there are not enough Han teams to supervise the team. It is really nothing to collapse at one touch!

Relying on the weakened patrol room, it is clear that the supervising team cannot afford large-scale warfare!

Therefore, after the establishment of the First Field Corps, Richard placed the fourth regiment of the First Field Corps in Shiguofu's suppression of the Semu mercenaries, and the fifth regiment in the Anguofu's suppression of the mercenaries.

These two regiments are the units with the lowest armor rate in the First Field Corps, and only the officers with the upper ranks of the team have iron armor.

Of course, if other soldiers have money to buy iron armor, Richard will not take care of it. However, relying only on the military expenses, deducting the living expenses and the Tang coins sent to his family, it is estimated that there is no ordinary field army for decades. Soldiers can't afford iron armor...

Naturally, the fourth and fifth regiments were not all stationed in the city of the two provinces. In fact, only one battalion of troops was stationed in the city.

The first field regiment is the organization of the regiment battalion.

The first field regiment has a total of 5 regiments. The first field regiment is the main force, with the largest number of troops, and all members are armored.

Only 10% of the soldiers in the second and third regiments were armored. This percentage of soldiers was mainly responsible for the phalanx soldiers standing in the front row during the battle. They were used to resist the line. The officers were 100% armored.

The second regiment and the third regiment had similar numbers, slightly less than the first field regiment.

The fourth and fifth regiments are the garrisons of the An Guo Mansion and the Shi Guo Mansion. Not to mention the soldiers' leather armor, even the officers are only eligible to wear light armor if the team is at or above the level.

Purchases at your own expense do not count!

Of course, the fourth and fifth regiments also have the least troops. The crossbows are all ordinary military supplies, which are no different from the original county crossbows.

The forces of these two regiments walked among the counties and towns of Anguo and Shiguo as a Han contingent that suppressed the mercenaries of the Semu people.

One regiment consists of four battalions, one battalion consists of five teams, one team has two teams, and one team has five teams.

Generally speaking, at most one battalion can be stationed in a city, and the rest are located in counties and towns.

Only the Han village can garrison one or two troops in village-level units. The villages of Semu can only rely on their own protection...

There are very few Han villages in Anguo and Shi Guofu. In the series of battles after the rise of Richard, a large number of young Han people died in battle. Some Han villages simply moved back to counties or towns because of the decline of their population...

In Han villages, Han people have multiplied too much, and only some of them have moved out to live.

Now that the Han people have decreased due to the war, naturally everyone is more willing to move back to live in a safe city.

It just complements the declining urban population.

In this way, the strength of the two infantry regiments became the main defense force of the An Guo Mansion and the Shi Guo Mansion.

These two infantry regiments are not responsible for local security and hunting thieves. They are only responsible for suppressing mercenaries and guarding against the possible emergence of Beastmen (humanity’s contempt for brutal beasts) and the green-skinned trend.

In fact, only the first three numbered field regiments will be taken out to fight in the first field regiment.

It's just that the fourth and fifth regiments are also the organization of field troops. When necessary, ~www.wuxiahere.com~ also needs to follow Richard on the battlefield!

After finishing the reorganization of the First Field Corps, Richard once again faced a problem-the military expenditure was greatly increased and his finances were overwhelmed!

In order to stabilize the military during the reorganization process, Richard paid a collective settlement fee in accordance with the standards of the field army. This is more than 10,000 soldiers, and the settlement fee for officers is even higher!

After the two wars between Anguo and Shi Guofu, there are not many treasury remaining. In addition, Richard has spent a lot of money to rectify the civil service system, and the cash in Tang currency is almost beyond making ends meet...

Because Richard needs to set aside a certain amount of money for army expeditions, the cost of army operations in the field and on the homeland are completely two concepts. In this era, there is no railway transportation system. Logistic transportation relies on manpower, mules, horses, camels, etc. The consumption of livestock pulling force during transportation is very huge.

This is also an important factor restricting the expansion of the ancient cold weapon empire. It is not that the enemy cannot be defeated, but the logistics line is too far...

Unless, like the nomads, you can take a piece of land and feed on the spot, and you don’t need to rely on the logistics line, but the basic plate is very unstable.

With huge military expenditures in the future, Richard finally came up with the policy he has repeatedly thought about-granting military merits to the field!

Richard took out the fields confiscated in the An Guo Mansion and Shi Guo Mansion, as well as all the official fields under the name of the official mansion, and awarded each soldier of the First Field Corps a military merit field.

For this reason, Richard introduced a whole set of military rank system by the way, which is linked to the field of military merit!

The military merit field is non-transferable and non-tradable. If a soldier dies in battle, only his direct family members can inherit it. If there is no direct family member, the military merit field will be taken back and a pension will be given to the beneficiaries of the inheritance established by the soldier during his lifetime. .

Obviously, this policy encourages the Han soldiers' subjective initiative in marrying wives and having children!