Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1418 Double-edged sword

Daqin's army is strong and numerous.

The Qin army was invincible with millions of troops on land and sea, and the number of the three army was astonishing. How many surrounding barbarians have been conquered and destroyed in these years, there are countless victories.

An army of hundreds of battles is invincible.

This is the sharpest sword, but now, what the emperor began to consider was no longer the sharpness of the sword, but the safety of the sword.

Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Dongying, Liuqiu, Linyi, Buyeo, Turkic, Tuyuhun, Tubo, Xueyantuo, and the countries of the Western Regions, etc., have become historical terms.

Daqin's troops are all over the world, and they are all elites in all battles.

These armies basically belong to the Sanya, and a powerful knight class has emerged in recent years. Together with those military nobles who have been awarded military titles, it can be said that this is not weaker than the imperial civil service group that has emerged in these years. .

In the borderlands, there are thousands of feudal lords, large and small, most of whom are military nobles, from kings to barons, and ninth-class titles spread all over the east, west, north and south.

And in those newly conquered and pioneered areas in the frontiers, the imperial court relocated and awarded tens of thousands of knights. These core backbones of the Great Qin army were the most powerful combat officer corps of the imperial court.

It is no exaggeration to say that these military aristocrats and knights have indeed made great contributions to the Great Qin's ability to conquer such a large territory in recent years. Moreover, after they divided the border lands, they also made great contributions to defending these border lands for the imperial court.

But now the emperor had to think in another direction, would such a powerful military aristocratic group be too powerful, could it be loyal and reliable all the time, and after he died, would his descendants be able to obtain the loyalty of these people?
Or, sooner or later, these people will become the frontier army of the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty?
The emperor is not sure, he only knows that these people have made great contributions over the years, but the current military status of Daqin is not very good.

"I want to readjust the military deployment of the empire."

Xuanzheng Hall.

It is rare for the emperor to summon the imperial officials. In the past few years, even if something happened, the emperor usually sent someone to tell the prince first, or summoned the prince, and then asked the prince to preside over the Xuanzheng Palace meeting on his behalf, and discuss with the ministers. .

The emperor held this meeting unexpectedly today. Everyone didn't know the content before coming, but they also knew that the matter was not simple. Who knew that the emperor said that he would adjust the military deployment from the very beginning.

State affairs, in the sacrificial and military.

Soldiers and horses are military affairs, which is a major military event.

Moreover, they believed that this was by no means a simple adjustment of the deployment of soldiers and horses, because if so, there would be no need for the emperor to preside over the meeting himself, and an imperial decree from him, or an order from the prince, would be enough.

This is bound to be a far-reaching adjustment.

The emperor's temples had some gray hair, and some ministers were startled to realize that the last time they saw the saint was a few months ago, and the saint was still full of black hair at that time, why are the temples gray now?

Luo Cheng tapped the imperial case in front of him lightly with his fingers, and the prince sat on the side, sitting upright.

"My Great Qin inherited the Sui Dynasty, and also inherited the Sui system in terms of military system. At the beginning, the country was established with soldiers. Later, it was slightly changed, and the imperial army was added to recruit soldiers. Later, the inner government was separated from the Weifu and integrated into the inner government army. For many years thereafter, this system was basically maintained.”

The emperor spoke slowly.

From the Fifth Zuo Army that conquered Goguryeo in the Sui Dynasty, to the Liaodong Army outside the pass, and then entered the pass to seize the world, and then shocked all directions, the Qin army became stronger as it fought.

"Nowadays, the imperial army is divided into three yamen. There are twelve armies in the northern yamen, twelve mansions in the inner yamen, and twelve guards in the southern yamen. The number of guards in each mansion is different."

Although it has only been 20 years since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the military system is actually changing slowly.

For example, at the beginning, the soldiers of the Nanya Mansion also had to go to the Beijing guard in turn, and the guards and pro-armies of the Beiya and Neiya also took turns on duty, each with their own responsibilities.

But up to now, the soldiers of the Nanya Mansion have basically stopped serving as guards. They are mainly deployed in the four sides of the Central Plains, with a battalion of 500 people, a regiment of 2000 people, and an army of 2000 people. The frontier military region system was formed.

Basically, there will be one or two troops stationed in each Dao. These government soldiers are immigrant frontier troops who have already moved with their families and brought their families here.And in each guard mansion, those elite non-commissioned officers and sergeants are basically conferred as knights, have more permanent fields in the border areas, and at the same time have more sophisticated armor and equipment mounts awarded by the court.

Regiment and battalion officers are only responsible for commanding the troops, while knights are responsible for managing and training the government soldiers. Only when they receive orders from above will they have command authority, and knights and government soldiers will be drawn from the various regiments and battalions of the military region below to form a field army to fight.

The left and right governors and commanders of each province are more responsible for the conscription, logistics, equipment, etc. of one province, and they also have no right to deploy troops.

But at present, this set has not yet formed a system.

But relatively speaking, the soldiers of the frontier military region have high combat effectiveness, especially those knights as the core, with strong combat effectiveness and high fighting will.

But in comparison, the Forbidden Army and Internal Army stationed in Liujing, Jiufu, and some core pass towns are much worse.

The internal army was transformed from the original three guards and five mansions. In the Sui Dynasty, twelve of the sixteen guards commanded the mansion soldiers, including the outer mansion soldiers and the inner manor soldiers.The inner mansions commanded by the left and right guards have three guards and five mansions of Qin Xunyi, while the other ten guards only unified one Yi mansion each, with about a thousand people in each inner mansion.There are nearly 5000 people in the five prefectures led by the left and right guards alone.

As for the inner three guards, there are actually 5000 prefectures in total, with about [-] people, all of whom are selected by the descendants of second-rank to fifth-rank noble officials, with good background and strong martial arts.

After the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, Emperor Luo Cheng simply separated the fifteen inner palaces of the three guards and five mansions, and set them up as the inner government army, and established twelve mansions. Up to now, each mansion actually has an army of 2000. 14 people, the pro-army has a total of 4000 people.

The pro-military is no longer limited to the children of noble officials, but also the children of martyrs who died in the royal affairs. He has been stationed in Liujing for a long time and is responsible for tasks such as the emperor's and the prince's entourage. He has fought less, which has caused the current combat effectiveness of the pro-army to drop drastically.

They are well-equipped and have good promotion channels, but they are becoming less and less able to actually fight. This is a big problem for the emperor.

This means that in the near future, the regiment battalion of the frontier guards will fight fiercely, but the internal yamen army in the center of the central government will become idiots.

The Beiya Forbidden Army, which mainly recruits soldiers, is sometimes ordered to go out to fight, and its combat effectiveness is slightly stronger than that of the pro-army, but it is also weakening.

The army does not fight, and it always stays in a prosperous place. It will be a matter of time before it becomes weak.

As for the frontier army of the Weifu, they have those entrusted veteran knights leading the training. Facing the complicated frontier situation, they even often have to fight, suppress rebellions and suppress bandits, and their combat effectiveness is maintained very well.

At the beginning, the Beiya Forbidden Army was established separately because it was considered that the government soldiers were soldiers and farmers. At the beginning of the founding of the country, wars were frequent. If the government soldiers were frequently recruited, the farming and production of the government soldiers would be delayed, and the burden on the government soldiers would be extremely heavy. As a result, no one wanted to be a soldier in the government.

For this reason, the imperial court set up another Beiya Forbidden Army, recruiting soldiers, responsible for guarding the capital, and guarding important pass military towns. Because of the recruitment, there is no need for rotation, and they can always be guarded.

"I have drawn up a new military system, let's take a look and discuss it."

(End of this chapter)