Man Tanghong

Chapter 396 The Role of the Preparatory Battalion
Hearing Li Yuanji's question, Quan Xu was ashamed, and said sincerely: "It seems that Your Highness really knows the subject, and it was the subject Meng Lang before."

Seeing that Quan Xu was convinced, Li Yuanji was very happy, and said with a smile, "Hahaha, you are not Meng Lang, you are just more honest."

When Quan Xu heard the word honesty, his ears blushed slightly, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your guidance."

Li Yuanji shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a guide, you are just blinded by a leaf. I just helped you remove the leaf that is blocking your eyes. I believe that without the blinding leaves, you will be able to flourish in the future."

Quan Xu hurriedly stood up, bowed and said, "Whether I can achieve success depends on His Highness' support."

Li Yuanji nodded in satisfaction.

As soon as Quan Xu said this, it was tantamount to entering the gate of Prince Qi's mansion completely, and there was no possibility of repeating it.

Although Quan Xu is still a little bit worse than Ren Gui, he is still a rare talent.

Li Yuanji was naturally extremely happy to have such a talented person come to work on his own initiative.

After Li Yuanji nodded his head, he said with a smile: "The commanding army of the Third Commander's Mansion on the right is temporarily vacant, how about you?"

Quan Xu was stunned for a moment, and then expressed gratitude.

The commanders of the six commanding mansions in Li Yuanji's mansion have high official positions and titles, such as Xie Shufang, Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin, etc., have already entered the ranks of the Dukes of the State, and Su Dingfang and Luo Shixin are still quite outstanding among the Dukes of the State. the kind of person.

When he first entered Qi Palace, Li Yuanji gave him a position comparable to Xie Shufang and others, which shows how much Li Yuanji appreciates him.

However, although Li Yuanji appreciates him, he really appreciates him, but he really can't agree to take up the post of commander of the third right army.

If he understands correctly, Kan Leng was previously the commanding officer of the right three commanding military mansions of Prince Qi's mansion.

Although Kan Leng has now been demoted as an official, he has also been demoted as a noble, and he has no way to hold the position of the commanding army of the Third Right Commanding Army.

But the soldiers of the Three Commandments of the Right were almost all the soldiers and horses that Kan Leng brought to Datang.

Except for Kan Leng, others may not be able to play well.

Moreover, he didn't want to offend his colleagues in the Qi Palace as soon as he entered the Qi Palace.

As far as he knew, the people in Prince Qi's mansion seldom participated in the big and small affairs of the court, and seldom showed up in public, so outsiders knew little about them.

He also didn't know if Kan Leng was on good terms with other people in the Qi Palace. If he first entered the Qi Palace, he would replace Kan Leng and seize the soldiers and horses that Kan Leng brought to Datang. If they are hostile to him together, it will be difficult for him to be a man in the Qi Palace.

So Quan Xu was grateful, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, but I was entrusted with important tasks by Your Highness when I first joined His Highness's command, and I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the public.

Therefore, I hope that His Royal Highness can appoint a small official and a small position first, so that I can show some skills to my colleagues.

In the future, His Highness will appoint another minister based on his merits and demerits, how about that? "

Li Yuanji nodded with a smile, he admired Quan Xu's temperament of knowing how to advance and retreat.

Quan Xu didn't forget that he had no foundation in Qi Wang's mansion just because he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Instead, he wisely proposed to make some achievements first.

That's fine.

When Quan Xu really made achievements, entrusting him with important tasks would not cause dissatisfaction among others.

On the contrary, it will make others believe in him and respect him more.

Speaking of it, Li Yuanji's appointment of Quan Xu as the commander of the Yousantong Army Mansion was also a temptation, and he didn't really want Quan Xu to be the commander of the Yousantong Army Mansion.

I just want to see how Quan Xu will react after being suddenly entrusted with important tasks.

Now it seems that Quan Xu has withstood his test.

Li Yuanji smiled and said again: "Then I will follow what you said, how about appointing you as the commander of the reserve battalion first?"

Quan Xu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Ren Gui who was beside him. Seeing that Ren Gui shook his head slightly in a daze, he couldn't help but said, "Preparation camp?"

Datang did not have the term reserve camp, so Quan Xu is very unfamiliar with the system of reserve camp.

Although he roughly guessed the role of the reserve camp through the name, he still didn't know the specific role.

He originally wanted to ask Ren Gui, but from Ren Gui's appearance, it was obvious that he didn't know the specific role of the reserve battalion, so he could only ask Li Yuanji directly.

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "The reserve battalion is specially used to reserve soldiers and horses for the six commanding army mansions. Simply put, the six commanding army mansions in my house do not recruit soldiers and horses from outside, but only draw the best from the reserve battalion." A group of people to supplement the troops of each government.

And the reserve battalion represents the six commanding army mansions, which uniformly recruit soldiers and horses from all over the place.

It is also to replenish the army with elite soldiers.

In addition to the daily transfer, every autumn, there will be a competition between the reserve battalion and the six commanding army mansions. If the soldiers and horses of the reserve battalion can defeat the soldiers and horses of the commanding army mansion, they can replace them.

If the soldiers and horses of the military mansion lose to the soldiers and horses of the reserve battalion, they will withdraw from the military mansion and enter the reserve camp to practice again. "

After Quan Xu understood the role of the preparatory battalion, he opened his mouth but was speechless.

Li Yuanji explained it very clearly, and he also understood it very clearly.

The role of the reserve battalion is to train soldiers and horses for the six commanding army mansions.

Every year the top soldiers drilled by the reserve battalion will be taken away by the six military commanders.

In this way, the reserve battalion will never be able to reach the level of the six commanding military mansions, and can only serve the six commanding military mansions like a subordinate yamen.

And as long as the six commanding military mansions are still healthy and able to fight, the reserve battalion has almost no possibility of going to the battlefield.

In this way, it will become very little for him to use the preparatory camp to seek credit and show his ability.

When will he be able to make his debut?

Seeing Quan Xu's mouth was open and silent, Li Yuanji guessed what Quan Xu was thinking, and immediately said with a smile: "Don't underestimate the preparatory camp in my house.

In the future, the six commanding military mansions in my family will be strong or weak, and whether they can take on great responsibilities depends entirely on whether the reserve battalion can continue to train elite soldiers.

It can be said that the strength of the Commanding Army Mansion in the future will be determined entirely by the reserve battalion.

Therefore, I developed another set of credit-recording methods for the preparatory camp.

That is to take credit for the number of elite soldiers trained.

Cultivating an elite soldier is equivalent to defeating the enemy on the battlefield.

And so on, there is no upper limit.

Do you still dare to underestimate the preparatory camp in my house? "

When Quan Xu heard this, he instantly understood that the preparatory camp was not for nothing.

Although the method of obtaining credit is different from killing the enemy on the battlefield, if you count the credit for training an elite soldier and remembering a leader, it is far easier to obtain credit in the reserve battalion than on the battlefield.

You know, Datang has just ruled the world, and there is no war happening for the time being.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had to try their luck and wait for the opportunity to get credit from the battlefield.

Even if there is a chance, it may not necessarily let the Commander's Mansion of Prince Qi's Mansion take action.

After all, whether it is the King of Qi or the King of Qin, they are all persons of status.

It's impossible for a small thief to come out and let them clean it up.

Therefore, the battle that can make King Qi and King Qin go out may be a battle where the strength of both sides reaches tens of thousands, or even more.

However, under the condition that the Great Tang ruled the world, the probability of such a war happening is extremely low.

It is possible to encounter such a situation only once in three to five years.

On the contrary, it will not take three to five years to train elite soldiers.

As long as the selection is a little stricter when recruiting soldiers and horses.

If you select a group of strong young men, or those who are proficient in some martial arts, with a little practice, and then find some bandits and bandits to practice more, you can easily train a team of elite soldiers.

Although there are no strong enemies in the Tang Dynasty, there are still many bandits and vassals who often repeat themselves.

As long as there are connections, it is easy to get the opportunity to hone soldiers and horses.

As Li Yuanji, there are many such connections.

So when the world is at peace, the reserve camp is a place where it is easier to get credit than the military mansion.

Quan Xu understood the benefits of the preparatory camp, and cupped his hands without hesitation: "I have absolutely no intention of being humbled by the preparatory camp. Since Your Highness trusts me so much, then I will be disrespectful."

Li Yuanji nodded and smiled: "It seems that you are very satisfied with my appointment, so it's settled. Later, I will order Ling Changshi to draft a document, seal it, and send it to you.

From now on, like Ling Changshi, you will belong to my family. "

Quan Xu clasped his hands again and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."

Li Yuanji nodded again with a smile, looked at Ren Gui who had been silently smiling for a long time, and said straight to the point: "How about Mr. Ren helping me to take over the important task of Hebei Road?"

Ren Gui was taken aback.

Li Yuanji didn't wait for Ren Gui to speak, and continued: "I will write a letter to my father, asking Mr. Ren to be the right servant of Daxingtai, Hebei Road. I hope Mr. Ren will not dislike him."

Ren Gui was a little moved, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but isn't it a little too high for Your Highness to look up to you?"

Although the servants of Daxingtai in Hebei Province are not as powerful as Pei Ji, they are not as powerful as Pei Ji.

But the official position and authority are far above many people.

It is more than a little bit bigger than Ren Gui's previous official position, and it is also more than a little bit bigger than Ren Gui's previous authority.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ren Gui was the biggest official in Daxingtai, Hebei Province when Li Yuanji could not come out and the left servant of Daxingtai, Hebei Province could not shoot.

For example, Wang Gui, Li Jing, Ma Zhou, Du Yan and others who are currently working in Daxingtai, Hebei Province, all have to obey Ren Gui's orders.

This shows how high the official position and authority Li Yuanji gave Ren Gui.

Faced with Ren Gui's humility, Li Yuanji waved his hands with a smile and said, "I am well aware of Ren Gong's ability, and he is more than enough to serve as the right servant of Daxingtai on the Hebei Road.

Ren Gong is not valued in my elder brother's palace, not because he is not capable enough, but because my elder brother always likes to appoint close ministers around him.

Mr. Ren has lived in Xuzhou for a long time and rarely gets close to my elder brother, so he was not introduced as a close minister by my elder brother and was not reused by my elder brother.

I'm different, I don't have as many close servants as my elder brother can use.

So as long as someone is willing to do what I want, I am willing to reuse it. "

(End of this chapter)