Chapter 293: The Tang Dynasty is changing

The rebellion of Hou Junji's troops in Silla had almost no impact on the Tang Dynasty.

Yes, it's so magical, there has never been a precedent in history where a rebellion in one place has not had any impact on the rest.

But this time, this phenomenon has occurred.

There are many reasons for this situation, one is that the imperial court quickly suppressed this matter, and the other is that the place where the rebellion took place is located in Silla, separated from the Tang Dynasty by the sea and also separated by a Goguryeo, and the news is not easy to transmit.

But geographical location can only be regarded as a factor, unless the imperial court does not ask, as if this incident did not happen, otherwise as long as the imperial court decides to quell the rebellion, it will definitely have all kinds of impact on the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the convocation of the government soldiers, for example, the convocation of the people, and the imperial court's expedition to Silla, the manpower and material resources used will inevitably be millions, and in this way, it will involve one-tenth of the registered population.

Of course, there are some things that some people may not know very well, but Fang Xuanling, Li Daozong, Li Ji and others, as senior officials of Datang and confidants of Li Shimin, cannot fail to understand the current situation of Datang, or rather, no one can understand better than them.

Once the imperial court decides to crusade against Hou Junji, then the personnel and materials used will not be able to stop millions of people.

Don't underestimate that Hou Junji only has 20,000 garrisons, but the distance is far away, even if the imperial court only sends 50,000 troops to quell the rebellion, it will need at least 500,000 forced labor to serve, and there is another problem to consider, if you take the sea route to be responsible for logistics, the number of personnel requirements will be lower, but there are not enough ships to ensure the transportation of these materials.

If you take the land route, 500,000 forced labor is not enough at all, and the materials of the army are not enough for you to transport 500,000 people out at one time, but you need a steady stream of materials to replenish, to ensure that the materials of the army can never be at the critical value of interruption, and considering the road factors, it is basically the starting point of the material transportation road, and it is necessary to immediately arrange for people to be transported to the front line.

The distance from the starting point to the front line alone may not be enough for 500,000 people, and it is also necessary to mobilize personnel to transport materials from all over the country to this starting point.

The other most important factor is that there are not enough soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, yes, you are not mistaken.

The current number of powerful Tang government soldiers is only enough to maintain the stationing needs of various places, and the government soldiers are used to fight, and they are also the troops stationed in various places to ensure the rule of the imperial court.

At any time, it is impossible for the imperial court to withdraw all the government soldiers, and the battle to destroy the Turks at the end of the third year of Zhenguan and the beginning of the fourth year of Zhenguan requisitioned the government soldiers of almost all the state capitals in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and these requisitioned governments were not all attacked.

Instead, half of it goes out, leaving half of it to continue to be used for stationing, so what about the half of the less?

Recruit temporary combat troops, these are not bad in size and physical strength, and they have a certain combat effectiveness, but the family is very poor, and they can't choose the young and strong soldiers of the government.

The court of the requisitioned person is responsible for the distribution of equipment, and then you are paid for a few acres of land, and then the old soldiers will be trained and integrated one-on-one on the way to the front line, and after arriving at the battlefield, these old soldiers will also be taken to the battle.

However, the emergence of the Haizhou military camp has completely broken this unhealthy development model.

First of all, when the news of Hou Junji's rebellion came, the imperial court did not need to go to a large-scale conscription to prepare for rebellion, and the Haizhou army was a full-time army, similar to the form of the Praetorian Guard, so they could set off at any time.

Therefore, the imperial court only used part of the force to transport some materials and equipment to the Haizhou military camp, although people saw some unusual places, but then the Haizhou military camp announced that the reason was to go to sea for training.

The Haizhou army has been in Haizhou for half a year, and the locals have long been accustomed to all kinds of training every day.

And most importantly, after the departure of the Haizhou army, due to the shortage of ships, these ships had to be used for operations, so there was little time and energy to return to Haizhou to transport supplies and supplies.

In other words, the Haizhou army only received a supply before departure, and there was no supply after going to sea.

This model is also very unhealthy and has great hidden dangers, but Li Yuanjing cleverly chose to fight Tamluo first, and then go north.

Fang Xuanling was originally a little worried, but after seeing the storage of the Tamna treasury, his heart relaxed.

There is not much grain stored in the Tamna treasury, which is really not much for Datang, and it is only enough for 50,000 soldiers to eat for half a year.

In other words, it is enough to ensure that the 50,000 troops will not go hungry for half a year.

Fang Xuanling went out with the army this time, not to see the excitement, nor to despise Hou Junji on behalf of the imperial court, but to solve the problem first-hand.

Therefore, after sorting out the specific situation of Tamna, and finding someone to understand the situation of Silla and the Wa Kingdom, Fang Xuanling basically had a number in his heart.

So, Fang Xuanling directly found Li Yuanjing, at this time, Li Yuanjing, Li Daozong and Li Ji had just finished discussing the next battle arrangements, so Fang Xuanling was also happy to finish talking at one time, so as not to say it twice.

"After the war, the old man planned to divide the Silla army into three, stationed in Silla, Tamna, and Wa Kingdom, and the Haeju Army was divided into four, in addition to the above three places, the rest were then stationed in Haeju, and the families of the Silla Army would also migrate to Haeju and Wa Kingdom, in addition, at that time, it would be decided how many families to relocate according to the actual situation." Fang Xuanling directly said his thoughts.

This can be regarded as asking for Li Yuanjing's opinion, after all, he is the master of the Haizhou Army, if he agrees to divide the Haizhou Army into four, then Fang Xuanling can report it next, and the imperial court can also prepare for the migration of the population, just wait for the end of the war here to move immediately.

"That's a population of 100,000 people...... Li Daozong sighed, according to the statistics of the Wude period, the average number of people in the Tang Dynasty is 5.3, and 20,000 soldiers means 20,000 households.

"Let the imperial court prepare 100,000 households, as for the Wa Kingdom, it depends on the situation next, and the situation will allow it!" Li Yuanjing thought for a moment, then nodded directly and agreed.

The Silla army was all rebel soldiers, whether they wanted it or not, and that was the case.

If the court may not care too much about these in wartime, as long as you show your loyalty to the court, then you have basically obtained the status of cannon fodder.

But this is a time of peace, and even if there has never been a dynasty that has killed these rebellious grassroots soldiers, there is an unwritten tacit understanding among all dynasties.

The imperial court can not hold you accountable, and you can go home and live like an ordinary person, but I'm sorry, you don't have to think about some of the benefits of the imperial court, so if you have had the experience of rebellion, ordinary people are okay to say, especially these soldiers, who basically live a very bleak life in the second half of their lives, and they can't raise their heads at all.

For them, it is the best choice for the whole family to move to Tamna or Wakoku, at least here they don't have to keep their heads down.

And these people emigrated here Another advantage, that is, they can continue to be soldiers, which is equivalent to the direct and permanent relocation of 20,000 garrisons, with these people, the pressure on the garrison of the imperial court is much less.

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