Military structure

## Introduction

(If you want to see updated army composition, **Click Here**)

According to the military system, a soldier could only be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, leading a *platoon* of 50 soldiers.

With 10 platoons, 500 soldiers, an *unit* is formed, led by a major, which requires at least a basic general.

Five units formed a *regiment*, a total of 2500 soldiers, led by a colonel, which requires at least an intermediate general.

Five regiments formed a *division*, with another 1000 people under the major general, for a total of 13,500 people, which required a advanced general.

4(5 Post ch.474) divisions formed a *legion*, with 10,000 people under the commanding general, a total of 55,000 people. This was a massive army, and only special generals could possibly command them. If you put a number of legion together in an *legion corp*, then only a lord or lord-appointed marshal could do the job.

#### Navy (Chapter 565)

Based on the military organization, the *navy* was similar to a legion corps. The *squadron* was equivalent to a legion, while the *divisions* in the navy were like the divisions in the army.

##### Chapter 614

Hence, a warship had around six hundred men. Ever five warships would be called a post, and two posts would make a unit. Hence, each navy unit had around 5500 soldiers and seven hundred shipmen.

One division would have four units.

### Military System Update

Up to chapter 474, the current legions were made up of four divisions and each had 13,500 people and a total of 54,000 thousand men.

Ouyang Shuo decided to expand the four divisions to five, which coincided with the standard of five of the Shanhai City Military. He would also prepare a subordinate regiment for each legion.

With that, the strength of a legion would rise from 54,000 to 70,000, an addition of 16,000 people.

Legion

* The 1000/10,000 men under the General's command are his personal army (guards). I believe they do not enter the Military Corps. Maybe it's something more like a subordinate regiment. Or the author of the work simply wanted to remove this system.

## Military Rank System

The soldiers had 9 ranks to climb. Positions 1 to 3 were regular *soldiers*, 4 to 6 were *veterans*, 7 to 9 were elite soldiers, 10 to 12 were *elite war soldiers*.

Ordinary soldiers need to advance all the way to rank 9 elite before they can pass through an Advanced Barracks Class Change Chamber and transform into Basic Officers or Elite War Soldiers.

#### Navy

Normal sailors > Second Officers > Chief Officers > Captains > Generals > Admiral

### Updated Military Rank System

Based on the system, the ranks were split into General, Lieutenant, Officer, Sergeant, and Soldier, for a total of five stages and eighteen grades.

Generals were split into five grades, first being the highest and fifth being the lowest. Lieutenants, Officers and Sergeants were split into three grades, top, middle, and low grade.

As for soldiers, there were split into Top grade *soldiers*, 1st grade *soldiers*, 2nd grade *soldiers*, and private.

Apart from that, the private rank would only be given to soldiers, every newbie that reached rank 5 automatically earn the private rank.

Any soldier below rank 5 would be just called a *Newbie*; they would not have a rank.

 Soldiers
 Sergeant
 Officer
 Lieutenant
 General

## Military Salary System (ch. 474)

The system adjusted the various rank military salary standards. The basic principle was that they were eighty percent of the higher rank one. Which meant that in the same grade, lowering one rank would mean a twenty percent lower salary.

A grade 1 to 4 *newbie* would earn twenty silver. A grade *soldiers* 5 to 9 one forty silver. Grade 10 to 12 *war elite warriors* earned sixty silver.

A top grade sergeant *captain* received five gold, a middle grade four gold, and a low grade three gold. A top grade captain *major* earned twelve gold, middle grade fifteen gold, and low grade twelve gold.

A top grade lieutenant *colonel* earned fifty gold, mid grade forty, and low grade thirty.

Based on the rules, the generals received a yearly payment. A grade 5 *general* would receive one thousand gold, grade 4 two thousand, grade 3 three thousand, grade 2 four thousand, and grade 1 five thousand.

(Projecting that outward, a division's revenue dropped from 8250 gold to 7200 gold. A complete legion costs about 36,000 gold.)

### Military Reward System

They split the entire reward system into three tiers and nine grades, with grade 1 being the highest and grade 9 being the lowest.

Grade 1 to three were called top tier, grade 4 to 6 mid tier, and grade 7 to 9 low tier.

*Top tier* rewarded one with nobility titles, *mid tier* with military ranks, and *low tier* with monetary rewards.

**Monetary rewards**, this was the most basic and common reward type. Gold, silver, jewels, gems, silk, equipment, elite warhorses, cultivation methods, and the like.

**Military ranks**, each 1st grade general would have a specific and unique title. According to the rules, each general would be awarded a general manor in Shanhai City. Based on their ranks, the size of the manor would also differ.

## Uniform and Medal

### Uniform

Navy had a blue base, representing the endless oceans and seas.

The cavalry forces had red as its base color, representing a fiery red passion.

The infantry used yellow to represent an earth like solidness and resoluteness.

### Medals

The number of gems that the dragon spat out was used to differentiate the various grades. The higher the rank, the more gems. Starting from one to five for a grade 1 *great general* and six for a grade 1 *Commander-in-Chief*.

The dragon balls of the generals were white. Their golden dragons only had seven claws, four in front and three behind.

*Lieutenants*, *officers* and *sergeants* all had dragon medals of silver, iron and bronze respectively. Likewise, the number of dragon balls was based on their rank.

As the lowest rating, they had no right to use a medal dragon. Their medal was made of bronze, and the symbol depicted a Tang Blade and a heavy sword crossing each other. Bars were used to differentiate between the ranks.

Privates had one bar, Grade 2 soldiers two bars, Grade 1 soldiers three bars, and Top grade soldiers four bars.

## Itens

Name: **Soldier Mingguang armor (Gold)**

Type: Heavy Armor

Weight: 36 kilograms

Defence: 55

Toughness: 50

Evaluation: At each of the front and back of the armor, there is oval metal piece known as the round guard. Under the light, it will glisten, giving the Mingguang armor its name.

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Name: **Sergeant Mingguang armor (Drak-gold)**

Type: Heavy armor

Weight: 40 kilograms

Defence: 70

Toughness: 55

Evaluation: Compared to the soldier Mingguang armor, the sergeant Mingguang armor's crafting process is slightly more complicated.

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Name: **General Mingguang armor (Platinum)**

Type: Heavy armor

Weight: 45 kilograms

Defence: 85

Toughness: 60

Evaluation: Compared to the sergeant Mingguang armor, the general Mingguang armor's crafting process is slightly more complicated and more expensive.

Name: **Divine Martial Cape (Dark Gold Rank) (Ch-428)**

Stats: Raises morale by 40%, raises combat strength by 45%, increases movement speed by 25%

Specialty: Divine Martial (can revive once without any punishments)

Evaluation: The cape of the divine martial Guards. Limited to three thousand in number; it is the symbol of the Guards. Unique equipment, cannot be dropped, cannot be traded, cannot be removed, till death will they part.