More than ten years ago, the decline of national power caused by the three conquests of Goguryeo, as well as the surging wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, made the Turkic power swell.

As a result, the southern invasion of the Turks gradually had a trend of normalization, and every year the Turkic tribes entered the Great Wall from the north to burn and loot, but compared with the internal strife between the princes, the Turks were often just petty fights.

This time, Ashina Qiuluo led more than 30,000 cavalry to the south, which is a rare large-scale move, since the beginning of the two southern expeditions of the Khan, Ashnaqiuluo is still the first Turkic Khan to lead a large army to the south to hang around, and I don't know if he came to avenge his father.

It really answered the sentence, there is a father, there must be a son.

They all come in vigour, and they return in disappointment.

In such a contest, Li Po thought that if he could come a few more times and consume more grain and grass, he would be able to make the Turks return in vain.

The prestige of the leaders in the steppe and in the Turkic court will be greatly damaged, and they will not only lose food and grass, but will also likely cause political turmoil in the Turkic court.

"Wei Chigong, Li Nian, Xue Wanche used his troops well, and the soldiers who surrendered without a fight are meritorious, as for the number of merits, you can go back and discuss it."

Qu Tutong responded, and Li Po continued: "What you discussed before was to set up Zhichong Mansions in various key places to govern the soldiers of various prefectures, I think it is feasible, the Ministry of War will make a register, recruit, train, and then recruit by the generals of each Weifu to lead the battle, which is reasonable and responsible, and can be sent to the Zhongshu for discussion." ”

Qu Tutong nodded again and again, feeling a little excited in his heart, this is one of the rare major events he has encountered since he served as the secretary of the military department, and it is very important for the reform and implementation of the military system of the government in the future.

It is much more important than the previous ones that changed the name of Eagle Yang Mansion to Hussar Mansion, or the dispute between Hussar General and Che Cavalry General.

Once the Zhichong Prefecture was established, in Qu Tutong's view, it would make the government military system more concrete, because the previous control was too loose, and there were often situations when recruiting government soldiers, and it was extremely inconvenient to hold the local government accountable.

Some people even collude with the local government to destroy the roster of government soldiers, deliberately hide fugitives, and other evil acts, so having a government office like the Zhichong Prefecture that is responsible for the management of government soldiers will to a large extent put an end to the unauthorized interference of the local government in the military.

In fact, the idea of setting up the Zhichong Mansion was not the product of his impulse, but had this idea since the time when the Son of Heaven toured the world when he was the governor of the Guard.

At that time, it was seen that there were many defects in the military system, and some local officials even ignored the decrees of the imperial court and recruited the soldiers to serve as laborers, and some even put the land taxes reduced or reduced by the imperial court for the soldiers into their own pockets.

All of this made him quite indignant, so he had this idea.

Whether it was Yang Guang or Li Yuan when he was in power, he had written about this matter, but there was no response, Yang Guang was anxious to make meritorious contributions, and he was naturally not very concerned about consolidating the military power of the guard.

Li Yuan was even weaker, and he felt that before the world was decided, it was very thankless to do this kind of thing, so naturally he was not interested.

Only Li Po saw it, and felt that it was very similar to the later military region system, and after thinking carefully about the pros and cons, he felt that at least under the current situation, it could make the government military system easier to operate and can be implemented.

As for whether a yamen like Zhechong Mansion will gradually fall into decay, there is no need to ask, throughout the ages, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, no official yamen can escape this catastrophe, let alone a small Zhechong Mansion?

But Li Po also has his own ideas, once the Zhichong Mansion is established, the government soldiers in various places will have a clear destination, and the speed of the Wei Mansion to recruit government soldiers to participate in the war will be much faster than before.

And since he started the army, he has never enjoyed such benefits, because life is not good, and every time he recruits the government soldiers, it will cause substantial damage to the local area.

In other words, the foundation is too thin, and it can't give full play to the power of the government military system.

In fact, the government military system, coupled with the Okura system, were the two magic weapons of the former Sui Dynasty, which played a pivotal role in unifying the world, eradicating rebellions, and resisting foreign enemies.

Ironically, this has also become an important reason why the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty was so huge, and in Li Po's view, the establishment of the Zhichong Mansion is actually similar, and it may become the source of the disaster in the future.

Since there is a foresight, it is necessary to make up for it, how to make up for it? According to Li Po's consistent line of thinking, there are always more solutions than problems, and in this matter, propaganda and education are the first choice.

"The military department really won people, and what the secretary discussed is urgently what I need...... After many years of war, the government soldiers were scattered, and the various guards had their own appearances, and the embarrassment of the situation was really indescribable.

Today, the Zhichong Mansion can be cleaned up by the soldiers, so as not to fall into bandits and act as a tiger, but the former Sui Yinjian is not far away, once the matter is urgent, the soldiers do not want to devote themselves to serving the country, but devote themselves to the bandits, and do the things that add fuel to the fire.

If there is a folding and chong mansion, and the government soldiers are gathered in a good way, if you want to start something again, it will become a prairie fire, isn't it difficult to control? ”

It's hard for such a monarch and minister to ask the right question, but he is old, and his thinking is not as agile as back then, and he thought for a while before he said: "The Supreme is far-sighted, better than the ministers, but the ministers think that the government has been prosperous for many years, and the former Sui Emperor has unified the countries with it."

Yang Guang has no way, abuses the people's power, and abolishes the law and discipline, resulting in today's disaster, and the crime of non-government soldiers.

The ministers decided to set up the Zhichong Mansion, aiming to collect the military power in the Wei Mansion, and then gather the military power of the Wei Mansion in the hands of the Supreme, and then go to war, up and down with one heart, such as the arm and the finger, and win three points before the battle.

Moreover, with the supreme wisdom, why worry about the government soldiers as a disaster place? ”

Qu Tutong is still Qu Tutong, and others will most likely not speak like this, and blame Yang Guang for all the blame to excuse the soldiers.

In fact, what he said was not bad, the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty was not caused by the military system and the Okura system, if Yang Guang can be his emperor well, why is the world like this?

Therefore, the most special thing about the end of the Sui Dynasty is that it should not have been so messy, but in the end it was so messy...... Yang Guang was deeply guilty, and he could not atone for his sins by dying.

Li Po didn't like the righteous army, but he agreed with what Qu Tutong said, because he also hated Yang Guang.

"What Qing Zhi said is very reasonable...... Li Po thought for a while, and swallowed back some of the words that were about to be spoken, "Then so be it, such a major matter will be handed over to the three provinces of Men, Zhongshu and Shangshu to discuss, and then send it to me when you have eyebrows." ”

In fact, after Li Po's pass, there is a high probability that the matter will be completed, and the rest of the discussion is the details, not whether to set up the Zhichong Mansion.

Of course, if there are important ministers like Xiao Yu and Wen Yanbo who strongly oppose it, then there are still twists and turns in the matter, and maybe they will have to debate in front of the emperor, and those who have a neat mouth and can get the support of the Supreme will eventually win.

After the preliminary discussion on the establishment of the Ochichong Prefecture, there were some other military matters.

Because the Liang State has been destroyed, Qinzhou does not need to be heavily guarded, so the right Yiwei general Yuwen Wok has joined forces with the left Yiwei general Zhang Lun, and is preparing to use troops against Hanzhong.

By the way, Li Jing had already arrived in front of the army at this time, but unfortunately he did not catch up with the battle to recover Jinzhou, that is, the former Sui Xicheng County.

In fact, it was not a war, seeing that the soldiers were under the city, and repeatedly hoped for reinforcements but did not come, Liu Yuanjin, the assassin of the pseudo-Tang Jinzhou, led the officials in the county to surrender and offer peace and health.

Since then, the door in Shu has been opened, and Yuwen Wok has been waiting for Zhang Lun's department in Ankang, and then he and Zhang Lun and Li Jing discussed the division of troops into Shu.

Li Jing has the right to speak in the war into Shu, because he has led the army to fight in Shu, and he is quite familiar with the terrain and the situation of various ethnic groups in Shu.

Yuwen Wok and Zhang Lun also respect him very much, because Li Jing is the emperor's father-in-law, and he was sent to serve in front of the army, so he must want his father-in-law to take some military merits back, and this point is not necessary, and Zhang Lun and Yuwen Wok don't have to be generals.

As for whether Li Jing has real talent and real learning, neither of them cares very much, anyway, Li Jing has no actual military power in his hands, and only hangs the official title of General Zuohou Wei, well, it is still the book of the military department of Shuzhong Xingtai.

It sounds scary, but in fact, it can't scare Zhang Lun and Yuwen Wok, Shuzhong Xingtai? As long as your brother is concerned, it is not as good as the name of General Zuo Houwei.

The two of them are interested in [Eighth District] together, and they both want to offer Li Jing as a Buddha, and then add the name of Pharmacist Li to it when they discuss the merits.

Li Jing also has "self-knowledge", before he came to the army, he did not compete with the two generals for merit, but to display his talents, but he could not be regarded as a Buddha.

He has Li Daliang and others around him to give ideas, but he can barely make up for his shortcomings of not being an official.

And when he discussed with Zhang Lun and Yuwen Wok to fight in Shu, that was his forte, and of course he could not point fingers unscrupulously in front of two battle-hardened generals.

In fact, he just told Zhang Lun and Yuwen Wok a few difficulties in fighting in Shu.

One, the two generals are serious northerners, and they have never been to the south to lead the troops to fight, so pay more attention to the weather in Shu, people say that the four seasons in Shu are like spring, but in fact, in winter, the cold weather in Shu is the biggest enemy of the soldiers in the north.

Therefore, before entering Shu, you must make preparations for the cold, such as asking the soldiers to pay attention to keeping warm, bringing more herbs and doctors, as well as the maintenance of wooden ordnance such as bows and arrows, etc.

Maybe the guide can also tell you these things clearly, but to be as detailed and organized as Li Jing said, it is not something that a guide can do.

The second is that the road in Shuzhong is rugged and difficult, and there are high mountains and dense forests everywhere, so the march is also a big problem, especially in the transportation of grain and grass, we must move forward with the army, otherwise we will not be sure what will happen if we fall behind.

The third is that there are many alien races in Shu who live in the mountains, forests and grasses, and the people of the time are collectively called barbarians, and they are full of hostility to outsiders, what are outsiders? Whether it is the Han people, or the Xianbei people, the Huns, etc., they are all outsiders.

And they called these strangers the flatlanders......