Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 197 Reviewing the Army

The next day, accompanied by Song Junming, Zhi Shili, Liu Lan and others, Li Chengqian began to review the military appearance of the government soldiers brought by Song Junming.

They are all subordinate to the prefectures and counties, led by the sixteen guards and the tenth Donggong. They cultivate in the farming season and practice in their respective places in their free time.

In wartime, the imperial court temporarily appointed the marching chief to exercise command power.

The military government, local prefects and counties, the sixteen guards, and the marching chief restrained each other, so that no one could control the army alone.

Although the garrisons of the Tianxia Fubing are scattered, they are the central army that the emperor can directly control.

It completely solved the situation that the generals supported the soldiers and self-respect, which was a headache for the emperor.

The name of these government troops is Zhechong Prefecture, and the soldiers they belong to are collectively called guards.

Zhechong Mansion is the grass-roots organizational unit of the military system in the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, it was called Hushi Mansion, and the chief officials were General Huqi and General Cheqi.

In the third year of Daye's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty changed Hushi Mansion to Yingyang Mansion, and changed the chief officials to General Yingyanglang and General Yingjilang.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan changed Yingyanglang to be the head of the army, and Yingjilang to be the deputy of the mansion. Later, the old system of the early Sui Dynasty was followed and the Yingyang mansion was changed back to the Huqi mansion.

Later, in the seventh year of Wude, there was another change, changing the hussar mansion to the commanding army mansion, the hussar general to the commanding army, and the chariot general to the other general.

This name has been used until the tenth year of Zhenguan.

One day in the tenth year of Zhenguan, His Majesty Li Er suddenly had a whim, and felt that the current military mansion was called the Tongjun Mansion, which was not imposing enough.

So His Majesty Li Er had a flash of inspiration, and changed the commanding mansion in the whole world to Zhechong mansion.

Chong means to rush a chariot, which is a kind of siege equipment in ancient times.

Zhechong literally means turning back the enemy's chariot, which means defeating the enemy and winning.

The principal and deputy officers of Zhechong Mansion are Captain Zhechong and Captain Guoyi respectively.

Zhechong mansions are scattered all over the Tang Dynasty, and they will be abandoned at any time. The number of mansions in the entire Tang Dynasty will increase indefinitely. At the most, there were 630 three mansions.

Zhechong Mansion is under the leadership of the Twelve Guards and the Sixth East Palace.

This is the Weifu system of the Tang Dynasty.

The so-called Weifu system uses "Wei" to rule the "fu".Wei is the forbidden soldiers who guard the capital, and it is also the leading organization that commands the "fu soldiers" in the world.

The "Sixteen Guards" of the Tang Dynasty led more than 600 Zhechong mansions in the world.

Because the sixteen guards are located in the south of the imperial palace, they are also called "Nan Ya Fu Bing".

The "Nan Ya Fu soldiers" and the "Bei Ya Forbidden Army" composed of recruited soldiers guarding the north gate of the imperial palace intertwined and restrained each other.

There are sixteen guards in Nanya Mansion, each with a general, a general, and a general of Zhonglang.

Among the sixteen guards, except for the left and right prison guards who are in charge of the gate guards, and the left and right Qianniu guards who command Qianniu Beishen and other emperor guards and Yiwei, the other twelve guards are the leading organizations of the government soldiers.

The soldiers under the command of the twelve guards are called "foreign army". In addition, the left and right guards of the twelve guards also lead the "internal army", which is in charge of the five mansions and three guards.

Similar to the organization and functions of the sixteen guards are the ten ranks responsible for the guards of the East Palace. Among the ten ranks, the left and right inner ranks and the left and right prison gate ranks do not lead the Fubing, and the remaining six lead the Fubing.

The Zhechong Mansion is divided into upper, middle and lower classes. The upper mansion has 200 people, the middle mansion has 1000 people, and the lower mansion has 800 people.

Each prefecture has one captain of Zhechong, one captain of Guoyi on the left and one captain of Guoyi, and one each of Biejiang, Changshi, and Bingcao Canjun. This is an organization at the prefectural level.

Below the mansion, there are 300 people in the regiment, and the regiment has a school lieutenant and a brigade commander; 50 people are in the team, with the team leader and deputy;

Looking at the neat line of government soldiers in front of him, although Li Chengqian didn't know whether they were elite or not, it didn't matter.

He didn't understand, but Xue Wanche and Cheng Wuting beside him understood whether they were elite soldiers or strong generals, and they could more or less tell one from the other based on the standing posture of the soldiers.

Li Chengqian and others climbed onto the high platform, and the guards all focused their eyes on Li Chengqian.

They were notified yesterday that a big man will come to inspect them today, and this big man is the current prince.

Many of them left their hometown for the first time, except for the farthest place outside Chang'an.

Li Chengqian took the stage and delivered a speech first.Encourage everyone to fight the enemy bravely, make great contributions, win glory for the country, win glory for the family, etc.

In order to prevent Li Chengqian from making a fool of himself by accidentally saying the wrong thing, Liu Lan and the others prepared a speech for the prince, and asked Li Chengqian to read it according to the script.

After listening to the prince's speech below, there was thunderous applause, and the guards cheered for joy.

Liu Lan and the others behind the prince finally breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as Li Chengqian spoke, they knew that the prince did not read the speech according to the speech they gave.

They were even ready to put out the fire, but they didn't expect that the crown prince not only didn't make a fool of himself, but also controlled the audience.

"Song Dudu!" Li Chengqian shouted.

"The minister is here!" Song Junming stepped forward and saluted.

"Let's start!" Li Chengqian said.

"No!" Song Junming said: "Your Highness, please move to watch."

Li Chengqian nodded, and led Liu Lan and others to the rest and viewing area.

The next step is to watch the riding and shooting performances of these soldiers.

To see whether these guards are elite, in addition to looking at their military appearance, they also need to look at whether their basic skills are solid.

Due to the large number of guards, it is naturally impossible to show their basic skills such as riding and shooting one by one.

Song Junming asked the captains Zhechong and Guoyi from various prefectures to show the prince riding and shooting.

"Start!" Following Song Junming's order, the drummer beat the war drum, and Captains Zhechong and Captain Guoyi from each prefecture came on stage to show off their housekeeping skills.

Riding and archery is pretty good!

Judging from their movements and precision, they have put a lot of effort into it.

"How about these Captains Zhechong and Captain Guoyi?" Li Chengqian asked Xue Wanche about the situation of these people in a low voice.

As the saying goes, a raging soldier, a raging nest, looking at the performance of the captains Zhechong and Captain Guoyi of each government, you can more or less tell what the soldiers they lead are like.

"These people are not bad. Even if their soldiers are not elites, they are still pretty good soldiers." Xue Wanche said.

"Your Highness! I found out that among these Captains Zhechong and Captain Guoyi, only one can ride and shoot well, and he is the best among them." As soon as Xue Wanche finished speaking, Cheng Wu standing beside him spoke up.

"Oh! Which one is it?" Li Chengqian suddenly became interested and asked curiously.

When Cheng Wuting was young, he fought alongside Cheng Mingzhen and was famous for his bravery.

Ordinary people can't get into Cheng Wuting's eyes at all, but those who can make Cheng Wuting fall in love with him have some skills.

Datang is full of talents, and there may be talents who have been buried, or they may not have been discovered.

Li Chengqian believes that it shouldn't be too bad to get the person Cheng Wuting likes, otherwise Cheng Wuting wouldn't mention it to him.

(End of this chapter)