Chapter 197 A new stage
On July 22, the king Yang Song was able to relax and feel comfortable. The generals of the Xia army, hundreds of kilometers away from the north, were not so comfortable.
After the decisive victory, major generals such as Li Jing and Liu Ji were still busy with the aftermath, military meetings, post-war summary, and task arrangements... They were very busy.
After the daytime battle, the soldiers actually did not get much rest time. After all, cleaning the battlefield after the battle is essential. We must not let the corpses of both enemies and us be so irrelevant to the wild.
However, the soldiers were not busy for long, because the Xia militia behind them, the young and strong vassals arrived before dark. With the participation of auxiliary forces, the soldiers could rest peacefully after fighting.
The day after the final victory, Li Jing's "gentle" decision was to wait until after the afternoon to hold a military meeting, which allowed the generals who were busy until late last night to sleep for a while.
"Everyone, after this battle, the first phase of the training plan has been successfully completed. I believe the king will give you a reward." After the two sides met, Li Jing said something nonsense that was not considered nonsense.
The afternoon sun shines through the military tent gate and you can just feel the heat, and the heat inside the military tent is also not weak.
When Li Jing saw many generals full of pride, he did not rebuke because this pride was enough to bear with their achievements.
"There is no need to say too much about these words. Li said enough last night." Li Jing also knew that these words had little practical significance, so he had said what he should have said long ago.
Li Jing preached straight to the point: "The first phase of the military training plan has been successfully completed, and the second phase of the military training plan will be entered next."
The training plan originally formulated only takes two stages. The first stage is to gather large troops to engage in one or more major battles with the enemy to maximize the reduction of the enemy's vitality.
And the second stage of the battle in division and regiments took turns to achieve the goal of training with combat experience in the army level and individual troops.
The current situation is that after a decisive battle, the enemy had lost its strength to resist, and the forces united by the enemy were completely unprepared in front of the Xia army.
Even though there are still some defeated soldiers in the enemy army, there is not much difference for the Xia army. Therefore, Li Jing and Liu Ji decided that the first phase of the military training plan would end here!
The remaining defeated enemy soldiers will be left to the second stage to solve. After all, it would be bad if there is no target for practicing during the second stage of the rotation.
When Li Jing announced that the "military training plan" entered the second stage, it means that the army of hundreds of thousands of troops in Xia State would not have to be dispatched, and it would also decide who would be the "first base" in the rotation stage.
"Report to General, I am willing to be a vanguard!" As soon as Li Jing's voice fell, Di Qing stood up and clasped his fists first and said, "The First Division is waiting for the battle, and can go on a war again at any time!"
"Report to General, the last general is willing to be the pioneer!" Seeing Di Qing's first move, the remaining people could not sit still, so Huo Qubing, who had reacted first, then occupied it: "General Di had gained a lot before fighting with the First Division, and it should be given up this time."
"General Huo is right." Yan Ren also stood up. He first agreed with Huo Qubing's statement, but then he turned the gun and said to Huo Qubing: "However, General Huo is under his command, which is not conducive to siege, so this opportunity should be given to the Second Division of the last general first."
"Hey~, the two generals are so bad! In the previous battle, the Second Division and the Cavalry Division fought against the enemy in a field, and they were already tired. My First Division is at the peak of combat power at this moment. Don't lose the big picture for the two generals!" Seeing this situation, Lu Su knew that there would be a debate next. Although he had guessed that Li Jing and Liu Ji had already planned, he guessed that it was one thing, and whether to do it was another thing.
As Lu Su guessed, no matter whether the argument is possible or not, you must at least have an attitude. Therefore, in the military tent, the generals argue fiercely, and they all want to be the "first stick" and the opportunity to strive for performance and obtain honor.
When Liu Ji and Li Jing saw this scene, they looked at each other and smiled knowingly. They had already expected such a thing, and it was a good thing to have a fighting spirit, but it would definitely not be a solution to continue quarreling like this.
"Okay, everyone." Liu Ji stood up to stop everyone's quarrel, and then said: "General Li and I know the desire for war, but you should not forget the purpose of this expedition."
When Lu Su heard this, he knew that his guess just now was completely correct, and he had a rough idea of what Liu Ji was going to say next. I guess the quarrel between the many generals just now would probably be useless.
Sure enough! Liu Ji announced: "This expedition is for training, and the first phase is still over. Therefore, Liu and General Li decided to restore the command-in-chief and the second phase will be carried out in regiments!"
In other words, many generals here cannot directly participate in the second phase of the military training plan, and can only follow Li Jing and Liu Ji as a staff officer.
"As the Chief of General Staff said." Li Jing stood up at this time and ordered in a summary manner: "The commanders of each division, the chief of staff and their directly affiliated divisions were unified into the command and staff department, and each regiment will be unifiedly commanded by the command and staff department."
"I will obey the order!" Seeing this, the commanders and chiefs of staff could only accept the order in unison.
After all, military orders are military orders, and there is no room for negotiation and no power to refute.
Seeing this, Li Jing nodded secretly, while Liu Ji, who was standing beside him, continued to announce his next plan: "The entire army rested on the spot, the 12th Regiment, the 21st Regiment, and the 1st Cavalry Regiment entered the military camp outside the enemy city, the 11th Regiment, the 22nd Regiment, and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment entered the enemy city."
Although Liu Ji's words did not clearly state that the army was the "first stick" in the rotation battle, judging from its specific arrangements, it is actually not much different from Mingshu.
After Liu Ji finished his arrangement, Li Jing made an explicit order: "The three regiments stationed in the enemy city are responsible for perseverance. The three regiments outside the city choose to go on a day to go to war and continue to implement the training plan!"
Li Jing and Liu Ji basically arranged the second phase of the training plan in just a few words, and had no intention of discussing with the generals.
As for the specific aspects of the rotation targets of the second stage, combat details, command and dispatch, Li Jing and Liu Ji gathered the generals together. After all, the command and staff still have to play a role.
Li Jing and Liu Ji gathered the generals of each division and gradually the commanding generals did not mean to deprive the generals of their command, but to achieve the purpose of the training plan.
According to the results discussed by Li Jing and Liu Ji, the second phase of the training plan will divide the entire army into six parts. The first division, the second division and the five regiments of the cavalry division will draw one regiment to form five and three regiments, each with 24,600 troops (not counting the minion army and auxiliary personnel).
The sixth army is the commander-in-chief staff composed of each division. The commander-in-chief staff is composed of three divisions, with a total of 4,500 people, and will serve as the general reserve team to prevent accidents.
The first and second divisions have the same structure, with 1,500 people, consisting of three infantry companies, one cavalry commuter company, and one Jinyiwei Company (military military police, military supervisor).
Only the division headquarters of the Cavalry Division has different characteristics, and the Cavalry Division also has 1,500 people, and its composition is three cavalry companies, one cavalry commuter company and one Jinyiwei Company (also all cavalry).
The army formed by three regiments has a 24,600 force of more than half of the force of a division, which is enough to deal with most of the wars after the decisive battle with the enemy.
If it weren't for a rotational training plan, even if the army of three regiments had been like this, it would be a bit tiring compared to the rotational battle.
Chapter completed!