Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 568

What Luo Cheng meant was that the situation is different now. The wars in the past were short-term wars. Soldiers were recruited, the army marched over, and after a few battles, everyone went back to their respective homes.

But it’s different now. It takes a long time to keep the frontier and digest those lands. It can’t be done in a day or two, and it even takes ten or twenty years.

Therefore, the frontier military town system under the Fubing system in the past is no longer feasible. After all, the large military towns are only one or two thousand, and the small ones are only 800 people. How can they effectively defend and fight? Even when the frontier reserve forces were mobilized, those town generals were not high enough.

Therefore, Luo Chengcai suggested that under the new situation, we should set up Jiedu envoys in the borderlands, set up towns, forts, and garrisons in the borderlands, and send more troops.Jiedu envoys ruled the frontiers and could guard the frontiers more actively, flexibly and effectively.

"Your Majesty, in today's frontier situation, after the annihilation of Tuyuhun and Goguryeo, the large state-to-state wars have disappeared, and they have been replaced by small-scale and continuous rebellion wars. It used to be that hundreds of people or even a 2000 people The deployment of garrisons based on human units is completely unsuitable.”

"We need to establish a large army town with a centralized command in the frontier. And such a large army town must be a standing type. If it is still composed of temporary recruits from the original guards, the reaction will be Too slow."

"When an army is pulled up, it takes too much time to recruit soldiers from various guards, to select generals from the generals of the capital, to mobilize, train, send troops, and to recruit and transport logistics supplies. Well, those rebellious enemies have long since fled, and those who came to loot have also changed places."

Yu Shiji objected.

"The foundation of our country in the Sui Dynasty is the government army system. The government soldiers farm in leisure time and serve as soldiers in wartime. If they are stationed in the frontier all year round, how can the government soldiers be willing?"

this is a problem.

"Your Majesty, I think that when the government soldiers are recruited to guard the border, they can plow and fight while farming and garrison the border. For the government soldiers, a rotation system or a transfer system can be implemented. Since the government soldiers can enter Beijing for rotation, they can also go to the frontier for rotation." Garrison. As long as the rotation is not too frequent, for example, once every two years, and then rotate again every few years. During the border rotation period, the imperial court can also give their families money and grain subsidies, while the government soldiers are on the border rotation, farming When guarding the frontiers, it is also possible to divide the output from the farmland into the army, and the rest can be distributed to the soldiers, or given other rewards."

"Hmph, what you said is easy, but if you want to give money and food, do you know how much it will cost?"

Luo Cheng ignored Pei Yun and spoke directly to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, in the land of Liaodong, I took three expeditions before and after the Sui Dynasty. It took millions of soldiers, millions of civilians, and countless money and food to win it. Is it necessary to waste it casually? If there is no permanent frontier army, Then I dare to say that not only may the five prefectures of Joseon Province never be recovered, but the four prefectures of Eastern Liaodong may be invaded again. We can't wait until we lose it to lament."

These words moved the emperor.

"Luo Cheng, do you have a corresponding plan?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I believe that in the border areas, it is necessary to set up a legion that can be unified in command. This legion may not command the whole area, but it only needs to command the border areas. Like Liaodong and Korea, this is a newly recovered land, so When stationing a heavy army, you can draw together all the fifty-one thousand government soldiers in Liaodong, but it is just changing the existing yamen to the Jiedushi yamen."

"And such as the land of Central South, the land of Lingnan, the land of Hetao, and the land of Qinghai, these border areas can all set up military envoys and garrison a heavy army. For example, the land of Central South has not yet been recovered, so the entire The four counties in the central and southern regions are all set up under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi, with [-] to [-] troops stationed there."

"And Lingnan can set up a Jiedu envoy in the three counties of Jiaozhi Jiuzhen and Rinan, and station [-] to [-] soldiers and horses here."

"The four counties of Qinghai can directly set up a Jiedu envoy to command [-] to [-] soldiers and horses."

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"Then according to what you said, the three southernmost counties in Lingnan Road have Jiedu envoys. Who is bigger between this Jiedu envoy and Lingnan's appeasement envoy?"

Luo Yi, who remained silent all this time, said, "That's pretty simple, you can divide Lingnan into two."

Xiao Yu then said, "For lands like Liaodong, Central South, and Qinghai where troops are used, they can be simply distinguished from other Dao. These Dao can set up Jiedu Envoys, which are above the appeasement envoys, or simply have appeasement envoys." , As for the observer, he is exercising the duty of supervision, and there is no conflict."

Yang Guang is considering whether this step will affect his rule.

"Your Majesty, for places like Hedong in Hebei, you can set up envoys and governors to command one or several counties, but he needs to be controlled by appeasement envoys."

The emperor thought for a long time.

"I think this is feasible. Liaodong Dao and Chosun Dao can be combined into Andong Dao. Jiedu envoys, observation envoys, and appeasement envoys are set up. Appease envoys are in charge of administrative money, observation envoys are in charge of supervising the judiciary, and Jiedu envoys are in comfort and observation. Above, in charge of the army."

"Lingnan Road can be divided into an Annan Road, and the five counties of Yulin, Ningyue, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan can be included under its jurisdiction. Set up Annan Jiedu envoys, observation envoys, and appease envoys."

"The four counties of Zhongnan Road, as well as Zangke County and Mingyang County were compiled into Yunnan Road, and Yunnan Jiedu Envoy, Appeasement Envoy, and Observation Envoy were set up."

"With the four counties of Qinghai and Yiwu County, establish Qinghai Road, and set up Qinghai Jiedu Envoy, Appease Envoy, and Observation Envoy."

"With the four counties of Lingwu, Wuyuan, Yulin, and Dingxiang, set up the Monan Road, and set up Monan Jiedu envoys, appease envoys, and observation envoys."

In the four sides of the land, set up five roads, each with a festival envoy.

The emperor also bestowed bugles on the troops stationed in Sidao.

The garrison of Andong Road was given the title of Zhongwu, probably because the commander Luo Cheng had been given the posthumous title of Zhongwu by him.

"An Dongdao, bestow the title of Zhongwu, the military governor, Luo Cheng! The garrison is [-]."

"Annan Road, bestow the military title Jinghai, the Jiedu envoy Luo Yi! Garrison [-] troops"

"Qinghai Road, give the military title Zhaowu, Jiedu envoy Pei Renji! Garrison [-] troops"

"Monan Road, bestow the military title to Zhenwu, and the Jiedu envoy Yun Dingxing! Garrison [-] troops"

"Yunnan Road, give the army number to the south of the town, and the Jiedu envoy Yu Wenshu! The garrison is [-]"

There are five frontier towns with a total of 14 soldiers and horses.

Luo Cheng's Andong Dao Zhongwu Army has the strongest military strength, with [-] soldiers and horses alone.

In addition to these five towns, the emperor also decided to set up the governor of Yanmen in Hedong, commanding the frontier troops of Mayi, Yanmen, and Loufan counties, with [-] troops stationed.

In Hebei, the governor of Beiping was set up to command the frontier troops of Beiping, Yuyang and Anle counties, with [-] troops stationed.

In addition, Lingnan, Jiannan, Longyou and other border areas also established several governors.

So the world's 210 seven counties were divided into two capitals, three prefectures and thirteen provinces.

The general confers two guards, three Yins, five festivals, eight governors, thirteen appeasement and observation envoys, and 210 seven eunuchs.

Xiao Yu's wife is the niece of Queen Mother Hugu, and Li Yuan is the sister of Queen Mother Lonely, so he and Li Yuan are also relatives. He recommended Li Yuan to the emperor to take over the vacancy in Jianghuai after Pei Renji left.The emperor thought about it for a while, and finally looked at Luo Cheng, "Luo Qing?"

"I think that Wang Shichong has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, so he can be appointed as a pacifier in the south of the Yangtze River."

Yang Guang didn't expect that Luo Cheng would not mention Li Yuan, but Wang Shichong, and smiled, "Li Yuan is your uncle, so you don't have to avoid suspicion like this. In fact, not all the ministers in the Manchu dynasty are married."

Having said that, the emperor was still very satisfied with Luo Cheng's avoidance of suspicion, and then announced that he would grant Li Yuan Jianghuai appeasement envoy and Wang Shichong Jiangnan appeasement envoy.

"I recommend Feng Lun as Anton's appeasement envoy, and Li Baiyao as Anton's observation envoy!" Yu Shiji recommended two people to Anton, and Luo Cheng knew that these two people were both Yu Shiji's people and had served under him. Neishi Sheren, this is going to mix sand for him.

"Luo Cheng, what do you think?" the emperor asked.

"I dare not discuss this matter, but the emperor will decide on this matter."

The emperor smiled slightly, "Feng Deyi and Li Baiyao are both very talented, and they are both officials. I agree with them!"

(End of this chapter)