Rise of Another World: I Have an Empire System

Goryeo, Tamna, Shinseong.

The Hunan Army, in 21 AD (the third year of Xianfeng), the Taiping Army left Guangxi and entered Hunan and Hubei. The Qing court felt that the Green Battalion and Eight Banners soldiers were not enough, so they ordered the provinces to hold regiment training to help "attack and suppress" .On January [-], [-], Zeng Guofan, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites who returned to Xiangxiang, Hunan Province due to his mother's death, was ordered to assist Hunan Governor Zhang Liang in organizing Hunan regiment training.Later, Zeng Guofan believed that regiment training was not enough, and decided to form a new army, which is the "Xiang Army" (also known as "Xiang Yong").

The Hunan Army generally imitated Qi Jiguang's battalion system in the Ming Dynasty, with the battalion as the basic unit, directly under the command of the "Marshal" (later, additional commanders were added, each commanding several battalions).Each battalion consisted of one battalion officer, four sentry officers, and 500 Yong Ding, and another 180 long husbands, totaling 680 five people per battalion.There are eight teams at each post, half of the firearms team and half of the sword and spear team.Firearms mainly include guns and shotguns.The whole battalion has the second Shanshan Artillery Team, which is directly under the battalion officer.The formation of the Hunan Army Navy Division was slightly later than the Lu Division.Each battalion of the navy is organized into one fast crab boat, ten long dragon boats, and ten sampan boats, a total of 21, with a staff of 440 and seven people (after 22 AD, the restructuring is as follows: cut fast crab boats, and reduce the number of long dragon boats to eight boats, sampan boats increased to 530, and the battalion has a total of [-] boats, each boat has the same artillery position as before, and the number of staff has increased to [-] people).Each dragon boat has seven cannons, and the sampan boat has four cannons, all of which are foreign cannons ranging from [-] jin to [-] jin.In addition, each ship is also equipped with muskets, knives and spears for close combat.In addition, the Hunan Army also has a battalion office and a grain platform to manage the military affairs and logistics of the entire army respectively.

The Hunan army has a brave fighting style and a strong will to fight. It believes that will and spiritual strength are much more useful than a few Western firearms. Shown vividly in the battle.After the Hunan Army put down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Muslim Uprising in the Northwest, it participated in wars against foreign aggression many times, including Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang, Zhennanguan, Taiwan's resistance to France, and the bloody battle of Niuzhuang in the Sino-Japanese War.

The Huai Army was a Han Chinese army recruited and trained by Li Hongzhang under the instructions of Zeng Guofan in the late Qing Dynasty. It was the predecessor of the modernization of the Chinese army and was the main defense force of the Qing Dynasty.

Because the soldiers and generals are mainly from the Jianghuai area of ​​Anhui, it is called "Huai Army".In 11 AD (the [-]th year of Xianfeng), the Taiping Army marched towards Shanghai. The Qing army defending Shanghai could not resist, and the foreign aid British army had not yet arrived. At that time, Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Hunan Army, was the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. Provincial military affairs, stationed in Anqing, Shanghai local officials and gentry sent representatives to him for help.Zeng Guofan had long used the Hunan Army system to compile and train Huai Yongding's plan. His capable aide Li Hongzhang took the initiative to ask for orders to recruit Huai Yong, and formed an army in Anqing in March [-] (February of the first year of Tongzhi). "Huai Yong", also known as "Huai Army".Afterwards, the Huai army took a British ship, broke through the territory under the jurisdiction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and went to Shanghai to cooperate with the British and American armies to fight against the Taiping Army.

The Huai Army was compiled from the Hunan Army.There are 500 people in each battalion, and more than 120 guns and shotguns are used.In 800, each battalion invited Western officers to serve as "instructors" in addition to the battalion sentry officers to train foreign exercises, and changed the teams carrying guns and shotguns into foreign gun teams;Because the use of new weapons requires more people, the number of people in each battalion, including the commander, has increased to [-].In [-] AD (the third year of Guangxu), the Krupp artillery team was established with reference to the German battalion system.Therefore, in the history of China's modern military system, the Yongying system established by the Hunan Army developed into a system that used Western law in the Huai Army.Although the Huai Army inherited the system of the Hunan Army, they used foreign exercises for training. The weapons were all foreign weapons, and Western military officers were employed as instructors. beginning of transformation.

It's just that the Huai Army has not changed the old system of Yongying, so there are various contradictions and drawbacks in the system itself!For example, it is difficult to command troops above the battalion level, and there is no distinction between commanders and commanders; the Huai army recruits Western officers only for peacetime coaching, and wartime dispatching is still commanded by generals.The commanders, battalion officers, and sentry officers of the Huai army had never practiced Western methods, and they made reckless dispatches during the battle, which made the army's usual learning all useless.

This point was fully demonstrated in the later battles of the Huai Army!For example, in the Battle of Keelung, under the leadership of the leader, Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan, the Mingming Army defeated the French invaders. However, the French, as great powers, could not achieve victory on the battlefield, but achieved peace through peace talks. Due to the weakness of Li Hongzhang, the leader of the Huai Army, and the corruption of the Qing government, the Qing Dynasty signed the Sino-French Treaty of Vietnam on June [-], [-]. As a result, the blood of thousands of Ming soldiers was spilled on every inch of Treasure Island!

The Great Battle of the Yellow Sea, if the Battle of Keelung could not clearly highlight the various contradictions and shortcomings within the Huai Army, then the Great Battle of the Yellow Sea that occurred in the 20th year of Guangxu's reign completely stripped the skin of the Huai Army's puppet modern army !

First of all, regarding the navy, Li Hongzhang appointed the army general Ding Ruchang as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, while Liu Buchan, Lin Taizeng, Ye Zugui and others who were born in a professional class could only lead an ironclad ship with the title of commander in chief, and could not really effectively command the entire Beiyang Navy. !What is layman commanding experts, this is called layman commanding experts!

Besides, Liu Buchan, although this guy has studied abroad and drank foreign ink, he is old-fashioned and arrogant. When he was in Hong Kong, he had a serious conflict with the head teacher of the United Kingdom, Lang Weili, just because of the flag issue, which caused a large number of foreign teachers to follow him. The former withdrew from the Beiyang Fleet, and then the Beiyang Fleet's training was slack, and military discipline went from bad to worse. He also has an unshirkable responsibility!After all, the Huai people military group headed by Li Hongzhang, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, has always believed in their own people. No matter how strict the foreign instructors are in the army, they are just outsiders. They don't care if you have professional ethics. Once there is a conflict, it is their own people who are partial to the side!

On the other hand, Japan is different. They not only carried out thorough reforms during the Meiji Restoration, but also put all their eggs in one basket to establish a modern navy and army. The most important thing is that they respect foreign advisors and really listen to their excellent suggestions. Go into my heart!Take the Frenchmen Bai Laoyi and Leonse Vergney as examples. The former was appointed by the Secretary of the Navy Junyoshi Kawamura as an advisor to the Japanese Navy Ministry, the chief supervisor of the Yokohama Naval Factory, and a special major general of the Ship Administration Headquarters as soon as he arrived in Japan; The shogunate was even more awesome. Not only did the shogunate offer him a salary of [-] silver dollars per year, but he was personally received by the Emperor of Japan after he made outstanding achievements!

Comparing the two, the judgment is judged!Therefore, in the Great Battle of the Yellow Sea and the later Weihaiwei Defense Battle, the Huai Army of Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang, or the Beiyang Army, did not complain about their defeat. At the same time, the Japanese government under the leadership of Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi also won. No luck!Without thorough reforms in the military, economy, people's livelihood, and politics, as well as decades of meticulous preparations, with Japan's size, how would it dare to provoke the Manchus who are as powerful as a dragon!

Well, stop gossip!Let's refocus our attention on the leader of Chiyang, who is also the guard of Tamra, Kang Lin Kang Yuanjing!After this guy built the consulate and confirmed the Russian Empire as his ally, he turned his attention to the upgrade rewards given to him by the imperial system!It’s impossible not to shift the focus. Since the consulate was newly built, the exclusive tea plantation was not put into production, so Kang Lin didn’t have any export commodities at hand, er, tea, and without tea, he hired Russian troops and buildings. It's useless to stay there for a long time. If you have this time, you might as well go to the small square outside the command post early to see what the system rewards you as a Hunan Army swordsman and a Huai Army Mini gunner.

"System, please help me realize the Hunan Army Swordsman and the Huai Army Mini Gunner you rewarded me earlier!"

Just do what you say, now that you have made up your mind, Kanglin Kangda did not hesitate to guard the moment, and soon brought a group of civil and military officials and cronies to the small square outside the command post!Next, as he gave the order to manifest, the imperial system immediately began to manifest the Hunan Army Swordsman and the Huai Army Mini Gunner!

It's still a familiar recipe, and it's still a familiar taste!As the light white mist continued to dissipate, the two teams of tuanlian Tuyong, wearing turbans, jackets, and cloth shoes, soon appeared in front of Kang Lin and others. They were the famous Xiangjun swordsmen in the late Qing Dynasty. , and the Huaijun Mini shooter!These simple or fierce peasants held their weapons tightly, immediately after seeing Kang Lin, they pushed the gold mountain, poured down the jade pillar, knelt down on one knee and gave the latter a thousand respectful blows!

"The villain Peng Yushu, Cheng Xuerui led the left post of the middle battalion of the Hunan Army Navy, and the Huai Army Kaizi Battalion front post. Two hundred and eight people have met the Commander. May the Commander have a bright future, and you will be a prince forever!"

"Brother Peng's surname is Peng, but Xue Shuai's relatives, and Brother Cheng, may I ask what is your relationship with Cheng Taibao (Cheng Xueqi), the number one general in the Huai Army?"

Looking at the simple, honest and honest disciples of the Hunan Army and the Huai Army kneeling in front of him to pay respects, Kang Lin's fat face, which was originally happy and smiling, immediately froze. Condoms almost!Although his historical knowledge is not very solid, he has heard of the names of Peng Yulin, a famous general of the Hunan Army, and Cheng Xueqi, a famous general of the Huai Army!The TV series "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", which cost [-] million RMB and was filmed and edited for [-] months, included Peng Yulin, the commander of the Hunan Army Navy, and Cheng Xueqi, the commander of the Kaizi Battalion, so I heard the appearance of the two sentry officers The guy from the school reported himself as Peng Yushu, and Cheng Xuerui immediately connected them with the famous Peng Yulin and Cheng Xueqi!

"Master Commander, he is Xueshuai's clansman, and this virtuous brother Xuerui is Cheng Taibao's younger brother..."