Valley Emperor

In most parts of Lapp State, Datang actually only established colonial strongholds along some coasts and rivers, mainly armed garrison and supply supplies. If immigration and development were concerned, they were mainly concentrated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Lapp River.

In addition to Lapp State, the Tang Empire in South America, there is only one Chilean Principality left, but the Chilean Principality is special.

Although it is already one of the overseas territories of the empire, it is nominally the principality of Elizabeth, but Elizabeth still retains the title of Duke of Chile, and has greater independence in handling internal affairs.

In addition, according to the agreement between Datang and the Spaniards, Datang has the right to colonize and develop the central and southern regions of South America, and the Spaniards will not enter the above-mentioned areas, which theoretically include the entire Argentina, Uruguay and part of Paraguay in later generations. .

However, this agreement is only an agreement between the two countries to carve up South America. It does not mean that Datang has actually controlled these areas. In fact, large areas of the local area are still under the control of the local indigenous people.

Therefore, the colonial rule of the Tang Empire in South America did not really unfold.

It is North America that has really launched a comprehensive immigration development.

At that time, North America launched a movement to the inland that lasted for many years, and comprehensively helped the local indigenous people to move south into the Mexican area controlled by the Spaniards.

After years of continuous operations, except in the central and inland areas, where occasionally a small number of indigenous people can be seen, most of the other areas are also in the coastal areas, the Great Lakes, along the rivers and other areas where transportation is relatively convenient, and the people of the Tang Dynasty can reach them. Basically, there is no trace of the natives.

If there is, it certainly won't be around for long.

After all, the movement to the inland has not stopped until now, and when these new immigrants from Datang went inland, they all went with muskets.

This is also a feature of Datang's overseas immigration. In order to prevent attacks from local indigenous people, the Datang military will organize young and strong immigrants to form militia.

And to ensure that every village and town where migrants gather has a militia force to ensure the safety of the migrants.

At the same time, the militia units in these immigrants are also an important means for Datang to expand outward.

Simply using the regular army to carry out military strikes can at most defeat the native kingdoms, kill their armies, destroy their ruling institutions, and capture their cities.

However, it is difficult for even the elite regular army to completely clear every inch of the land.

This work can only be done by the imperial immigrants themselves, and the military will only provide them with necessary protection and support.

The militia of at least a million people in North America expanded around their immigrant villages and towns, expelling every native they saw.

The huge number of immigrants ensured a sufficient number of militias.

And the sufficient number of militia is the important thing to ensure the rapid expansion of Datang in North America, and it can even be said to be the only force.

After all, the number of troops stationed by Datang in North America is not large. The army has only about 50,000 troops, and the navy has about 8,000 troops. However, most of the navy is non-ground combat personnel such as sailors. If there is only one poor group of two, a total of more than 4,000 people.

Only relying on the regular army of more than 50,000 people, there is no way to completely clean up the huge North America, and it is impossible to even garrison every place.

Therefore, the military in North America, and even in all overseas territories, and even in the home area, adopts the mode of garrisoning in key places.

The main troops are mainly stationed in places with convenient transportation and important strategic positions. For example, the three major port cities of Sanhe Port, Xinnan Port, and Xinjinshan Port are the places where the Datang military is most concentrated in North America.

In addition, in other areas with convenient transportation, mainly small and medium-sized troops are stationed in riverside and coastal cities.

The mode of garrisoning in important places, coupled with the fast maneuverability of steam ships, allows Datang's army to maneuver to many places in a short period of time. Of course, it is only limited to places that steam ships can reach, and most small-scale towns , villages, their own tasks such as point guards and bomb pressures need local militia units to carry out.

In this way, it is possible to control a wider area with fewer regular troops.

After all, no matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty's national strength is, it is impossible to maintain an army that is too large without restraint.

At present, the three branches of the army, the navy and the Guards in Datang are added together, and the total force has reached more than 1.7 million. This figure does not include the civilian employees who are employed by the army but have no military status.

And this number is still rising, and the rate of increase is very fast. According to the current situation, it is estimated that in a few years, the regular army of Datang will be able to reach a huge two million.

Among the current total force of more than 1.7 million, the Guard troops occupy the least number, only about 100,000 people. This includes the guards dispatched by the Guards to overseas vassal kings. The 34th year of Xuanping At the time, the Son of Heaven officially reformed the royal guards of the various vassals.

The original **** was completely integrated into the army unit, and was transferred out of service.

At the same time, troops are dispatched from the local Guards to serve in overseas territories and serve as the **** of various vassal kings. According to the size of their fiefdoms, the degree of threat, and their strategic positions, each vassal king grants thousands to 3,000 people. The royal guards, etc., the royal palaces bear the military expenses of the guards. At the same time, under normal circumstances, they are directly under the direct command of the vassal kings. The premise is that they are limited to protecting the vassal kings and fighting the indigenous people, excluding the army and navy. , and other vassal kings' escorts to fight.

Because these royal guards are still under the jurisdiction of the Guards headquarters, and rotate every few years.

These royal guards are under the dual command of the guards headquarters and the vassal king~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The royal guards in various places are also within the guards system, which has led to the expansion of the total strength of the guards to ten About ten thousand people.

In addition to the guards, it is the navy.

The navy has more troops, with a total of about 200,000 troops.

The reason why there are so many in the navy is purely because the navy has too many ships. Even though the navy has few large-tonnage battleships, the navy has a huge number of small-tonnage warships, and these small ships also need to be controlled by officers and soldiers.

In addition, there is another reason for the large number of the navy, that is, the navy performs tasks overseas and often needs to be responsible for ground operations alone. Therefore, the number of marines in the navy has always been relatively large, from a few thousand in the early years to tens of thousands. People, coupled with the garrison troops of naval bases, coastal defense forts, and fortresses, led to a relatively large number of ground combat troops in the navy.

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