0668 Eagle Garden Leopard Fang, internal and external army

Because His Royal Highness King Yong also had to use the so-called Tang Muyi issue of the Tubo princess to report to the imperial court for instructions, or to say that it was entangled, the princess of the Tibetan Kingdom did not arrange any honor guards to welcome her when she entered Beijing, but just led and escorted her into the city by armored soldiers all the way.

After entering the city, Xingtai did not arrange any official residence for the princess of Fanguo, but chose a leisure residence in the east of Chang'an City for her to live in.

is so low-key that except for some prominent officials in Chang'an City, the vast majority of people in Chang'an City do not know that such an extraordinary dignitary of the Fan Kingdom has arrived in Chang'an City.

This is not to mention that His Royal Highness King Yong still intends to use the topic to play on this matter, and Tubo is now so-so in relations with the Tang Dynasty. Even the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian, a person who likes to boast of her majesty, did not do anything to publicize it when Tubo sent envoys to congratulate her during the revolution in the early years.

After the Tubo princess entered the city, her sense of existence became even weaker, except for the armor soldiers who were stationed in the mansion to protect and guard, Daxingtai seemed to have completely forgotten the existence of such a person. Even Guo Yuanzhen, who was introduced into the court, has completely disappeared.

The reason why Guo Yuanzhen did not come to visit, in addition to avoiding suspicion, was indeed because he did not have time. After returning to Chang'an, he was given a new position, that is, the chief secretary of Chang'an County.

Guo Yuanzhen was also quite surprised by this appointment. He thought that according to his career resume and His Royal Highness King Yong's dispatch to him, he would either continue to stay in Shuzhong or transfer to Longyou to join the Rong Brigade, but he didn't expect to be directly left in Chang'an as the chief bookkeeper.

Of course, no matter what Guo Yuanzhen thinks, since His Royal Highness King Yong has this appointment, he naturally only has to receive it. What's more, Chang'an County is the governor of Gyeonggi County, and this appointment itself is an over-qualified promotion.

Except for some nostalgia for the career of Jin Ge Iron Horse who led the Tibetan soldiers to fight the Tibetan Ministry in the Tubo Realm, Guo Yuanzhen was not half dissatisfied with this, and took office as soon as he received the order. Chang'an County has a lot of affairs, and now it is the busy season of autumn rent transfer, once it is in trouble, it is natural that there is no time and energy to ask about others.

What's more, His Royal Highness King Yong has his own opinions on how to deal with the Tubo princess, and no matter how Guo Yuanzhen can't think about it, he will never ask questions again.

Although Li Tong said that he wanted to meet the princess of Nabo first, once he got busy, this matter was left behind.

Not to mention the issue of negotiating with the imperial court, the handling of various military and political affairs has already kept him busy, and even welcoming his brother into Kyoto requires him to arrange affairs in advance and take time out.

Moreover, there is still a very important matter that he needs to deal with personally, and even pay attention to the whole process, that is, the soldiers selected by the border troops to be sent to Chang'an Suwei have entered Beijing one after another.

This is a guard army directly under his command, Li Tong doesn't even want Xingtai to interfere too much, and he has to do everything himself. From the formation of the battalion to the formation of each war horse and each battle armor, almost all of them must be inspected in person.

Although all the soldiers are out of the army, at present, the Tang Dynasty has not yet formed such a distinct border army armed group as in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and Li Tong does not intend to let such a trend develop in the future.

Although the government military system has existed in name only, its tradition of successive guards is still worth preserving, so for this army, which is very likely to become a real central janissary force in the future, he naturally hopes to leave his personal mark in all aspects.

For this reason, Li Tong did not even follow the original battalion organization of the Tang Army, but borrowed from the company and battalion establishment of the army in later generations, and carried out more detailed reorganization and distribution of the soldiers.

Of course, this does not mean that the organizational structure of later generations will necessarily be good, after all, there are great differences in the combat environment, combat methods, and armed levels, and the best is the one that suits it.

Although the duties of the Central Guard Army are very important, their military activities and combat environment are very simple. In particular, all kinds of honor guard actions take up a lot of guard time, Li Tong has been in the north and south, and he has a deep feeling about this, no matter how elite and brave the armor soldiers, if it is only like this for a long time, the combat effectiveness is really impossible to guarantee.

Moreover, because of its long-term proximity to the center of power, the forbidden army is particularly vulnerable to the influence of power, especially among the middle-level generals and colonels, and there are more uncertainties.

Li Chongjun, the crown prince of the Zhongzong Dynasty, staged a coup d'Γ©tat during the Jinglong period, although he attracted a group of high-level generals of the forbidden army such as Li Duozuo and Li Sichong, including Li Qianli, the king of the clan, but finally collapsed in front of the Xuanwu Gate.

During the Tang Long period when Zhongzong died, Li Longji, who planned the coup, made full use of the power of the middle level of the forbidden army, and even Zhong Shaojing, the palace director who did not belong to the forbidden army system, mobilized eunuchs and palace maids to participate in the coup. Although Empress Wei arranged for her Wei children to occupy a large number of positions in the two forbidden armies, they were still dealt with by the following.

In view of this, Li Tong did not plan to form too large a combat unit for the guard team he had formed.

The border overseers selected 1,000 people to enter Beijing, and the elite of the border army of 10,000 people was the core force of Chang'an City Guard, and the 10,000 people were divided into four armies, called the Fourth Army. On the basis of the Fourth Army, Li Tong set up four battalions of internal guards.

In addition to the troops of the various frontiers entering the defense of Chang'an, there are also regimental training in the inner states, and 20,000 troops will be gathered in Chang'an City before this winter for military exercises, and this part of the troops will be organized into the Eighth Army.

Although each army has its own commander, it is only responsible for the distribution of sergeants and daily drills. All internal and external arches are mainly dispatched in battalion units.

As for the four battalions of the internal guard, it is more detailed, the battalion is divided into left and right battalion owners for the left and right drivers, in line with the soldiers, there are eight classes under the two drivers, each squad has 16 people, from the commander to the battalion pawn, the period is three months.

This so-called class is not a direct copy of the establishment unit of later generations, but comes from the prince's family office of 16 people and 16 people. A squad of 16 people is the basic combat establishment of the 4th Battalion of the Internal Guard. Every time King Yong stays or travels, each of the four battalions takes two shifts to drive left and right, or stay guards, or arch followers.

Of course, it is difficult to prevent thieves with good locks, and Li Tong does not think that such a detailed compilation can prevent all hidden dangers. In addition to strict prevention in details, it is also hoped that a group of loyal and brave generals can be selected and cultivated through such a system.

In addition to the Fourth Battalion of the Internal Guard and the Chinese and Foreign Twelfth Army, Li Tong also set up two new supporting places in the imperial city, an Eagle Garden and a Leopard Fang. The Eagle Garden explained the Tao Strategy and the Soldiers, and the Leopard Fang practiced the skills of bow and horse fighting. Officers and soldiers from inside and outside the country who enter the Yuanfang to study and pass the examination are excellent, that is, they can increase their capital and enter the qualifications, and the Daxing Taiwan Military Department will be given priority.

After the internal and external military systems were drawn up, Li Tong had something new to do, that is, the supply of armor and utensils for the guards of Chang'an City, and even the supply of ordnance to the armies under the jurisdiction of Daxingtai in Shaanxi Province.

During the reign of Gaozu Wude, there was a weapons prison in the court, but it was abolished soon after, and all things were divided into departments under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu, Taifu and the Ministry of War. At present, the relationship between Daxingtai and the imperial court is obviously not to expect the imperial court to continue to provide ordnance, and it needs to manufacture it itself.

Li Tong had the idea of creating the Xijing Weapons Supervisor, but he had been delayed by various affairs before. It is only now that there is no energy to deal with this problem.

The creation of the Ordnance Supervisor is not just as simple as a paper order, but also the raw materials, craftsmen, and standard standards, etc., are trivial and complicated. But fortunately, Li Tong did not need to deal with these matters personally, and put forward this idea at the regular meeting of the Xingtai, and signed a note to expedite the handling, and the relevant personnel of the Xingtai were supervised.

King Yong's thoughts came out one after another, which also made the people who worked in the stage feel quite miserable, and almost everyone had everything on their desks. But they also saw that King Yong was busy and forgot to sleep and eat, and they really couldn't complain.

However, when Yao Yuanchong saw the recital that King Yong had drawn up and was about to send to the imperial court, and about the belonging of Western Sichuan, his face couldn't help but be bitter, and he sighed: "Your Highness, can you delay the recital and then hand it to the Shendu?" Now that the winter market is imminent, the electors of the states have entered the capital, if they are ...... with the imperial court at this time. I'm afraid that the westward journey of talented people will be blocked! ”

Although Daxingtai has been absorbing fresh blood through various channels and ways since its establishment, Xijing has not been the center for a long time after all, even if King Yong's victory over Qinghai is exciting to the hearts of the people, but it will take a certain amount of time to wait for the feedback of the personnel to vote in a big way.

Yao Yuanchong and others worked hard to turn around, just looking forward to digging the foot of the wall from the imperial court on a large scale before and after the winter gathering of the divine capital, so as to attract talented people to join Daxingtai, so as to alleviate the overloaded state of Daxingtai now.

But King Yong is now handing over the book, and even if Yao Yuanchong looks at it with his eyebrows, he knows that King Yong's mind is not pure. That's why I said that.

After Li Tong heard this, he just sighed and said, "Do you want wealth or people?" ”

There is no choice for this problem, even if the talented people come to invest in a big way, they can't generate electricity purely with love, and the necessary money and grain reserves for the company must be there. But if you don't find a reason to play on the topic, there is no reason for Xingtai to withhold the autumn money and grain.

Why, just gave you a name, you plan to live with money and food?

Although Yao Yuanchong's worries are not unreasonable, they are not too serious, and the reason why Li Tong chose this topic to argue with the imperial court is that this issue of territorial sovereignty can attract Shi Liu's teeth the most.

Xingtai's attitude in this regard is clear and tough, naturally people admire, the state electors gather in the Shendu, if the imperial court is a little hesitant to express its position later, those who elect people with generous ambitions, maybe they will directly fight the sword to the west, generously guard the border.

Even if you can't join the army to kill Tibet, you don't need to make this trip to see how the Tubo princess is.

By the way, where did the Tibetan princess go?

Li Tong's thinking diverged for a while, and only then did he remember such a thing, and when he inquired in Xingtaizhong, the masses were also at a loss. Everyone had their own desks, and no one received a notice to pay attention to the princess of Tubo.

It was not until Wannian County ordered Wang Meichang to trot into the platform that he could tell His Royal Highness King Yong the exact situation of the placement of the Tubo princess.