The cavalry mansion soldiers are completely different from those of the Yuwen Tai period. Although the two have their own roots, they are very different in terms of organizational methods and the living conditions of the soldiers themselves.
The previous government soldiers were reorganized by recruiting powerful troops, so the core key to maintaining the government soldiers was the middle and lower-level supervisors and commanders. The first choice of the provinces is to take charge of the township soldiers, and the township soldiers are the government soldiers who have not been completely reorganized.
And so on, when the Western Wei army conquers new territory, it can also recruit local tyrants and their troops to become new government soldiers. This is the basic model that the government soldiers can continuously expand.
Although the upper class of the government troops maintained the personnel structure of the 12 generals of the Six-Pillar Kingdom for a certain period of time, the middle and lower classes were constantly expanding, and in this way they improved the military mobilization of the Western Wei regime.
Li Tai’s military construction in Shannan Road actually follows this model, by accepting and annexing local powerful troops to strengthen his military power. But in addition to this, he has always insisted on expanding the army directly commanded by the State Prefecture and later the Xingtai-Taiwanese, and these armies have always been the main force of their military.
Yuwen Tai defeated all the elite soldiers in the capital and had to recruit Han tyrants. If you want to make an analogy, Li Tai’s military strength is similar to Gao Huan, who holds the elite troops of the six towns, and absorbs new help while ensuring his strong power.
Even Li Tai’s army was cohesive than the Jinyang soldiers, because the team had been under the support and control of Li Tai since its establishment, and there was no so-called equal to the barbarians who could compete with Li Tai. This is also one of the reasons why he can maintain a relatively strong style whether in Shannan or elsewhere.
Li Tai did not intend to fundamentally reverse the expansion model of the government soldiers, because it could indeed ensure that the regime would strengthen its military strength at a small cost, and it would be conducive to the integration and management of the newly conquered areas.
The Cavalry Mansion is a new organization based on the original military system, and can also be regarded as an advanced state of the military.
In the Cavalry Mansion, the soldiers of the palace are no longer troops of military personnel who are highly dependent on the military leader. Each of them is an independent individual, owns land and is a military landlord who is engaged in military profession. Whether it is the individual’s social status or living situation, they have undergone essential changes.
Of course, if you want to carry out such a reform, you can’t complete it just by just slapping your forehead and dreaming, and the prerequisites are also extremely harsh.
Previously in Xiangyang, Li Tai took the merit of destroying the country and took a large amount of land from the local tyrants in Xiangyang in the name of rewarding meritorious people to teach the soldiers, but it did not spread to other regions, wantonly destroying the local order and resource allocation in the Shannan area.
Now in Guanzhong, it is because the original military structure of the Bafu was a mess with Yuwen Jue due to the failure of the Eastern Expedition.Almost destroyed, a large number of remnants and soldiers lost their original organization. Li Tai also returned to his country with great credit to create something on such a ruin.
If it weren’t for the collapse of the original Guanzhong military structure, even if Li Tai had such a thought, things would be difficult to move forward so smoothly. Even if he has a good relationship with the rich military leaders in Guanzhong, why should he hand over his troops and land industries to him for reallocation?
Now that the Military Office has been established, various management procedures still need to be continued to be run-in to discover and correct problems. For example, a basic recruitment of military soldiers requires a new system.
Originally, the soldiers of the palace were all gathered in the military city and camp, and the assembly could be completed immediately with the command of the general. However, after the soldiers of the palace were given land, they were scattered in the village. The soldiers of the cavalry palace in Xianyang were distributed among the three counties in the nearest areas, so it was difficult to complete the assembly in a short time as before.
Moreover, since you have given land to households, your selfishness will become stronger as you have private property. For example, a soldier did not line up to greet Li Tai because he had no labor at home. Of course, such a gift for welcoming and giving away is nothing, but what if it is a serious and urgent combat mission?
Therefore, reform has always been a problem that affects the whole body. Two elements that seem to be incompatible with each other are often closely connected by a line.
The convening orders pursued by the military administration are divided into three levels: small, medium and large. The smallest one is the regular gathering. Three hundred soldiers must come to the military administration to attend the service every day to be responsible for the daily maintenance of the military administration. In the three thousand cavalry mansion, every soldier in the mansion must attend one day every ten days.
CIMC has to complete a one-month guard and training task in units of one thousand armored soldiers every season. The big game is the highest-level war mobilization order. At least two-thirds of the armored soldiers must be recruited. If necessary, all the armored soldiers of the Union Palace must be sent to complete the combat mission. Of course, this highest level of mobilization has not been experienced yet.
Judging from such a convening order, the service tasks of the soldiers in the palace are quite heavy, with one month each season, and the regular attendance is one day every ten days, which means that more than five months each year must be in the convening state.