Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1064

"The saint invites Jia Shuai to come over."

Lao Jia sat there dozing off, and a young servant woke him up softly.

"Oh, is Your Majesty finished?"

"Not yet, Xu Shuai, who is coming back from North Korea, is now, and Jia Shuai will be next."

Lao Jia then stood up, straightened his sleeves, patted a little charcoal ash on his body while warming up, and straightened his hat again, "Please lead the way."

In the palace of billions of years.

Xu Shiji, the right governor of Andong Road and the prefect of Fang County, was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, and was standing in front of a Korean sand table explaining to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, as long as you give me 10 people, no, three armies, and guarantee logistics and food, I can destroy Baekje within three years."

But the emperor just shook his head.

"Two armies are fine."

The emperor still shook his head.

"For an army, it will be a bit difficult, and Song Shuai must cooperate."

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Xu Shiji's shoulder, "Maogong, I know that you have worked hard and put your heart into the Korean peninsula for the past two years. When you were transferred to Daifang County, there was nothing there, only the remnants of Goguryeo. The performance in the past two years is remarkable. Not only has Seoul been the center, and Daifang County has been successfully stabilized, but so far, thirteen cities have been established and more than 100 immigrant forts. It governs five counties, has [-] garrisons, more than [-] immigrants, and more than [-] farm slaves, it can be said that it is all thanks to you alone."

Xu Shiji, who had grown a long beard, heard the words, and quickly said, "This is the result of His Majesty's well-planned strategy, the full support of the center, the care of Song Shuai at the front, and the hard work of the soldiers."

"Mao Gong, according to the news reported by Jin Yiwei, there are still many remnants of Goguryeo in Lelang and Daifang County?"

In the past two years, the imperial court has never stopped using troops on the Korean peninsula, but it has not been on the scale of the past. Only Song Laosheng and Xu Shiji will unite the army, one army guards the other army to attack, Song Laosheng stabilizes the rear, and Xu Shiji boldly advances , The two cooperated seamlessly without any contradiction.

The so-called post-Goguryeo and post-Joseon established by the Goguryeo people were all wiped out under Xu Shiji's siege, but until now, the Goguryeo people's resistance has not stopped, and even many Mohe people also contacted Goguryeo.

Not to mention, Baekje and Silla are always behind this.

"Some stubborn thieves, the minister will definitely exterminate them." Xu Shiji believed that it was Baekje and Silla's disobedience to the imperial court and secretly supporting these remnants of Goguryeo, which led to many remnants of Goguryeo refusing to give up resistance until now.

"It's normal to have resistance. My Daqin has long issued an order for these Goguryeo people to be taken as slaves. There must be people who don't want to be slaves, but the current situation is really unusual. Although these Goguryeo people have no land and cities now , but turned completely underground, fought a guerrilla with us, and even secretly contacted those slaves to make trouble."

"However, the last time the imperial court used troops in the west, it exhausted the treasury. This year, it all relied on the issuance of 5000 million yuan in bonds, including the money that you An Dongdao pulled out. This money was also used. When fighting a war, you need money and food, and when you use troops, you need to have supplementary armaments, rewards to soldiers, compensation for the dead and disabled, all of which require money.”

"Mr. Mao, I discussed with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War a few days ago to abolish the number of the Beiya Forbidden Army and the Neiya Imperial Army. The Beiya Imperial Army is now nearly 30, and it needs to be cut by more than half. The army only retains 2000 people. The sixteen army houses in the Neiya will also be reduced to 9000 people in each army house.”

Originally, there were more than 28 horses in the Beiya alone, but now there are more than 28 in the Beiya and Neiya combined, plus the Emperor's Habayashi Army of the emperor's disciples, the total is only 30.

"Your Majesty, the world is not settled, and the four sides are not at peace. Why are you in such a hurry to disarm the army?" Xu Shiji was surprised.

"Doesn't Daqin still have the twelve guards of Nanya in the formation of government soldiers?"

The government soldiers are also within the scope of this plan to reduce. Originally, Daqin set up military government offices in various places, with [-] military government offices, [-] military government offices, and [-] government soldiers.

But this time the imperial court plans to reduce some military mansions, reducing the number of general mansions to about 50, and the most basic mansions will also be converted into battalions.

A battalion of 500 people, [-] battalions were established nationwide, and they were divided into twelve guards.The reform of the government to the battalion is also because the current military system of the Qin army is originally based on the combat organization of the battalion and regiment, and there is no garrison organization. Therefore, the basic unit of the government army is the battalion, which is also conducive to fighting.

Although there is also a regimental army above the battalion, the regiment army usually only retains some basic officers and does not command the battalions below. The army is formed into an army and sent out to fight.

There are three yamen, nearly 15 in the northern yamen, nearly 15 in the inner yamen, and 50 in the southern yamen, adding up to 80 troops, which is indeed not too small.

But now the border of Great Qin is extremely wide, and the border is not stable, and the need for combat is huge. If there are only 80 troops, most of them will be deployed in the border, and the other half will be deployed in important cities like Liujing. Not many people left.

This is inevitably a bit conservative.

"Your Majesty, if it's because of military expenses, why not reduce the number of soldiers in the Beiya and Neiya, and get more government soldiers?" Xu Shiji said. The government soldiers prepare their own equipment and don't need food and pay. They serve the people in their spare time and serve as soldiers in wartime. few.

"Although the government soldiers prepare their own equipment for fighting, they are awarded land for their meritorious service. If the court is full of government soldiers, after a few more battles, there will be no land to grant. In the future, this will inevitably become a big problem. At that time, there will be no land to grant, no official to get, who will be willing to be a soldier? How will Daqin maintain it at that time?"

At present, the Bei Yamen and Nei Yamen of the imperial court are mainly recruiting soldiers. It seems that they spend a lot of military expenses every year, but recruiting soldiers has an advantage, that is, they only need money and don't need to reward the land.

However, land is a non-renewable resource. Even if the imperial court continues to expand externally, the expandability is limited. After reaching a certain limit, it is difficult to expand.

Historically, the reason why the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty collapsed was because of the frequent use of soldiers and constant wars. So Fu Bing went bankrupt, and no one wanted to be a Fu Bing anymore.

"The Goguryeo people no longer have a city. Next, Andong Road will change from a wartime state to a normal state. Le Lang and the two armies led by Fang will be transferred to the Weifu garrison. The Ministry of War plans to give you 24 battalions. "

Xu Shiji couldn't help smiling wryly. Originally, he wanted to ask the imperial court to send 5 troops, but in the end, the two armies of Andong Dao had nearly [-] men, and the imperial court only left [-] troops.

"Your Majesty, although the Goguryeo people don't have a city, they are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and they have the secret support of Baekje and Silla, and they still threaten Andong Road all the time."

"I know, but if we destroy them, it will inevitably involve Silla and Baekje. Now that the imperial court doesn't have the money, if we fight a big war in the distant Korean peninsula and use troops against Baekje and Silla at the same time, it may still be a problem." You have to face the intervention of Dongying. Of course, the imperial court is not afraid of the three small Haidong countries, but in the Korean peninsula, it is impossible for me, Daqin, to send troops from the whole country to fight. I will give you [-] soldiers, choose the elite, and the rest The government soldiers withdraw to the Central Plains, or directly cancel the government soldier registration and return them to civilian households. You have to bear with it for a while, and wait for the Andong Road to have more household registrations and more money and food produced. Wait for the imperial court's finances to improve, and wait for the situation in other border areas Turn around, the imperial court will send troops to the east when the time comes, and before that, you will guard Anton for the imperial court."

"Song Shuai is getting old. After returning to Beijing Chaoji this time, I will let him stay in the capital as the deputy privy envoy. On Anton's side, I will leave it to you to take charge of the overall situation. You will be the commander of the Zuo Dudu."

Xu Shiji could only shake his head and smile wryly.

"Baekje and Silla, I will have a good fight with their envoys, and you should stop quarreling lightly."

(End of this chapter)