Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Liu Zhang conquered the Quartet, there were few wars in Guanzhong, and the number of people gradually increased.

It is not a problem at all to feed millions of people with the fertile land in Guanzhong.

The population in Guanzhong is far from being saturated. Some of the aristocratic families who originally migrated to Yizhou slowly moved their families back.

As the seat of the Liu Zhang Group, Chang'an City has natural advantages.

The aristocratic families under Liu Zhang, in order to closely follow Liu Zhang and occupy a favorable position in the group, moved their families here one after another, and Chang'an City became more and more prosperous.

Although the population of Chang'an City is only 30, there is still a long way to go from the population of 100 million in the peak period of the Han Dynasty, but the gap is gradually narrowing.

Unknowingly, more than half of 196 has passed, and soon the autumn harvest is over, and people everywhere harvest grain and pay grain taxes.

After the grain tax is put into the warehouse, both the common people and the government have a period of leisure.

The common people keep food rations, and then sell the excess food in exchange for cloth and five baht coins. In order to balance the price of food, the government will also purchase the price in the market and regulate it.

Under Liu Zhang's command, the power of aristocratic families was greatly restricted and controlled.

However, with the increase of Liu Zhang's territory, the number of grassroots officials needed also increased.

These grassroots officials used to be Xiaolian from various counties and counties, but the number of Xiaolian was far less than the number of officials. Grassroots officials were often divided among the wealthy families in each county.

This is also the reason why the imperial power does not come down to the countryside.

In order to silence the aristocratic family, Liu Zhang did not ban Xiaolian, but the control of grassroots officials was much stricter.

There are village chiefs and pavilion chiefs in the village, and three elders in the township, guerrillas.

There are small officials such as headhunters and clerks in the county.

These small officials used to be decided by the county magistrate, or directly elected by the lower officials.

But Liu Zhang's territory was conquered step by step by him, and he killed all those who refused to accept it.

Therefore, his control over local officials is still stricter than that of other princes. Small officials at the village, township, and county levels need to be inspected for a period of time even if they are recommended.

As for the county lieutenants, county magistrates, and county magistrates whose value is higher than 400 shi, they all need to be appointed by Chang'an State Shepherd's Mansion.

There were so many vacancies for officials, and Liu Zhang didn't want the aristocratic family to grow bigger, so he established Chang'an Academy a few years ago, and specially selected children from innocent families to study.

Such as rich peasants, poor families, good families and down-and-out nobles.

Through Chang'an Academy, these children are recruited and specially trained to be officials, so as to dilute the proportion of officials from wealthy families under his command.

As a new force, Liu Zhang has mastered the military power, and his voice in the group is extremely important.

There is nothing going on everywhere, Liu Zhang is interested and wants to hold a military parade outside Chang'an City.

Military parades have existed since ancient times. One is to demonstrate national strength, and the other is to frighten the world. Although it consumes a lot of money, no one among the officials objected.

After half a month of preparation, on a certain day in late October, a military parade was held outside the South Gate of Chang'an.As the news spread, all parties in Chang'an City worked carefully and secretly contacted to pass the information back. They paid close attention to Liu Zhang's military parade, but no one wanted to sabotage it.

In the early morning of that day, Liu Zhang and his wife Wu Wan boarded the tower under the protection of a group of personal guards.

The tower of the south gate of Chang'an City is higher than the city wall.The tower has two floors, the first floor is wide, and the second floor is slightly narrower, and people can stand on both floors.

In wartime, archers and sentries could climb higher than this, but now it has become a place for Liu Zhang and others to observe.

In order to protect Liu Zhang's safety, the county magistrate of Chang'an ordered the yamen guards to check around the south gate to ensure that there were no assassins in ambush.

Liu Zhang and his ministers climbed to the second floor of the south gate tower, while the envoys of various princes and minor officials were on the first floor.

On the city wall and around the tower are guarded by elite soldiers.

However, in order to show his strength, Liu Zhang also allowed the people to climb the city wall and watch the military parade.

Chang'an City is huge, and the south wall is also very long. Usually, there are only a few soldiers patrolling on the city wall, but today because of Liu Zhang's permission, it was crowded with people just after dawn.

Moreover, as time goes by, there are more and more people on it.

After Liu Zhang settled down on the second floor of the tower, he asked his left and right: "What time is it?"

Left and right replied: "It's almost nine o'clock!"

The original plan was to start the military parade at nine o'clock.

"Is everything sent out?"

"Send it down!"

As soon as Liu Zhang waved his hand, the left and right confidantes immediately stepped back a few steps and stood aside to wait.

Although the second floor is narrower than the first floor, there are many fewer people. Not only are there several rows of cushions, but also tables with fresh melons, fruits and fine wines.

The first floor seems to be spacious, but there are many more people than the second floor, so there are naturally no cases.

At this time, on the top of the city tower, many people with status were issued a booklet by the soldiers.

This booklet records the start and end times of the military parade, as well as the order in which the military parades are reviewed.

Under Liu Zhang's command, it can be said that there are a lot of talents, and there are hundreds of generals.

Since ancient times, there has been no first in writing, and no second in martial arts.

Everyone wants to be the number one general under Liu Zhang, and everyone wants to lead elite soldiers.

The military system under Liu Zhang basically continued the military system of the Han Dynasty.

Five people make up one team and set up a team leader, two teams make up one team and set up a team leader, five teams make up a team and set up a team leader, two teams make up one village and set up a team leader or general, and five villages make up a song and set up a song leader or military marquis. , the two songs are divided into one, with Sima or army Sima, and those who can lead the army alone can be called other Sima.

This is the basic military system, and on top of that, there are battalions and troops.

It is more complicated for officers to go up, but when they reach the captaincy level, they can lead troops to fight alone.

However, everyone knows that to judge the status of a military general, one should not only look at his military position, but also the quality and quantity of the soldiers he leads.

Generals who have been under Liu Zhang's command for a long time know how many elite troops Liu Zhang has under his command.

First, Longxiang heavy cavalry, tanks on the battlefield, can crush all arms.

Second, Huwei light cavalry has fast charging speed and strong pursuit ability.

Third, Sunset Archers have a long shooting distance and a fast rate of fire.

Fourth, Tiger Riflemen, famous for field battles and positional warfare.

Fifth, Gale Shield Guard, famous for attacking fortifications.

Sixth, the Iron Wall Shield Guard, famous for its extremely strong defense.

Although the number of each unit is small, its elite is unparalleled.

These six troops are not only powerful, but also equipped with enviable equipment.

Seventh, the Xiliang iron cavalry is mainly composed of Qiang cavalry, and there are also a small number of Han and Qiang hybrid descendants.

Eighth, the Huns cavalry, mainly composed of the Southern Huns tribe, with light armor, come and go like the wind.

Ninthly, the forest soldiers in the Shu region used crossbows and hatchets as weapons to run across the mountains and forests, walking like the wind.

Tenth, the heavy armored infantry, the elite of the infantry, was trained by Liu Zhang after sorting out Gaoshun's relics, and was weaker than the trapped camp.