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"The two hard-earned counties are handed over to others, are you deliberately angry with the widows?"

"Don't dare!" Gao Xun owed: "It is true that our country's national strength is limited, if it is not for the national strength accumulated in the past ten years, I am afraid that it is very difficult to eat the two counties, and now it occupies the grain and grass of Dekang, which is used to store the land of the four counties, supplemented by domestic nourishment, and the land of the four counties, it can still be reluctantly done. ”

"Then there is nothing else to do, there is no other way?"

"It's hard." Lu Gao said frankly: "If it weren't for the Marquis of Yongxing who occupied Dekang's grain and grass, otherwise, let alone the four counties, it would be good to be able to raise three counties." Moreover, the land of the four counties is already the limit that Zhiguo can tolerate, and the eldest grandson country cannot accommodate one county, and now that he has eaten the six counties, the eldest grandson country will never give up, unless the fighting fish dies and the net is broken.

It's just that the fish dies and the net is broken, and then the Jin Kingdom falls into the well again, and Zhiguo stabs him in the back, and Wei Guo may also use this as an excuse to wave his army eastward, which is the most suffering, and please think twice about it. ”

"Then can you let the royal guest intervene in this matter?"

King Xian proposed, and Gao Xun shook his head:

"This matter involves the princes fighting for hegemony, it is by no means a trivial matter, even if the royal guests have intentions, they will never dare to cross the bottom line of the princes. If he can do it, Yongxinghou must have considered it. Since it wasn't said, it was certainly not feasible. ”

"It's really infuriating." King Xian stood up, paced back and forth irritably, and said again: "This matter will be put on hold for the time being, and it will be discussed after the return of the Marquis of Yongxing, and it can be dragged first, and then we will talk about it later."

Now let's talk about the reduction of troops, the war has not ended, Yongxing Hou first mentioned the reduction of the army and the implementation of the new military system, Lu Aiqing thinks, how to handle this matter. ”

"King Qiyu, the minister thinks that disarmament is okay, but the new military system should be cautious."

"Why does Gao Qing think so?" King Xian asked

"Back to the king, the military system is the foundation of the country, and if you are not careful, you will break the existing jurisdictional dependence, so you should be cautious. At present, however, there are more than 200,000 newly attached rebels, and the total number of rebels and civilian armies that have been annexed one after another in various localities is probably no less than 350,000, and the more than 400,000 Xian troops are already overwhelmed. It is imperative to cut redundancy and turn it into a people. ”

However, Yongxinghou believes that the new military system and disarmament must be carried out at the same time, and Zhao Aiqing also came to play this second. Lu Aiqing, do you think it is necessary to carry out disarmament and the new military system at the same time? ”

Lu Gao thought for a moment and said:

"Back to the king, at present, all the ** systems follow the old system of the Liang Dynasty, and there have been major changes only a hundred years ago, and there have been no major changes in the last hundred years.

Now that the country has abolished slaves, abolished untouchable status, and implemented a new policy, the existing incentives and regulations are no longer appropriate, and a large number of firearms have appeared, and the new military system is urgently needed to be integrated into the army.

However, as Gao Changshi said, the reform of the military system is related to the fortunes of the country, and it is best to take it slowly, from the outside to the inside, from the bottom to the top. Although Yongxinghou proposed to introduce a new military system, he did not say that it would be fully implemented immediately.

Perhaps it will follow the example of Yongxing City, first implement it in one place, and then spread it to the whole army in a few years, so that there can be a buffer of several years, and if there is something improper during the period, it is very easy to make adjustments, and most of them will not be fully implemented in one step. ”

After the rebels surrendered, in order to maintain their combat effectiveness and make them continue to be used by the Xian army, Bailiyan retained the existing military system of the rebel army, so that the Xian army had two completely different military systems, and it was difficult for the two to be compatible, and there was no parallel leadership relationship, which was extremely unfavorable to disarmament and reorganization.

Taking the commander of a thousand as an example, the commander of the rebel army can lead 5,000 troops in a large number of troops, and the number of troops in the small number is only 500, and the number of troops is usually between 1,000 and 3,000 people, and the establishment is extremely flexible.

In this way, it was transformed into the Xianjun system, and the commander could go up to the governor on the left and right, and down to the chief, and completely lost the standard of service.

The introduction of the new military system will eliminate the imbalance in the number of commanders and the resulting rank and level of ranks, and the introduction of the military rank system and the system of stipends will make the army more fair, at least for the majority of the civilian class.

But this will lead to the collapse of the old military system and the end of the era of aristocratic power in the military.

Due to the abolition of slavery in Xianguo and the implementation of the new land law, there are no incentives for the goal of gaining freedom in life and winning the fortune of high-ranking officials, and at the same time, the development of agriculture, industry and commerce has greatly enriched the material needs of Xianguo, and the traditional existing military system can no longer meet the needs of the civilian class for incentives.

On the contrary, if the forced conscription system under the old system continues, after the material life is prosperous, it may also be damaged by the inert thinking of the soldiers, which in turn weakens the combat effectiveness of the army.

Therefore, the reform of the military system is consistent with the political system, and it is adjusted along with the changes in the social productive forces and production relations.

The improvement of productive forces and the abundance of material life are the inevitable results of the emergence of professional soldiers.

In an environment where everyone does not have enough to eat, eating enough is a huge incentive in itself, and while being able to eat enough, making contributions is undoubtedly the greatest desire of all commoners and slaves.

Now that the Xian state has deposed slaves and not sealed up land, traditional incentives no longer have room to operate, and will be replaced by fixed stipends, supporting preferential policies, and generous bounties and corresponding vain lords.

When the world is dark and the future is full of dangers, a lonely lamp in the darkness will give hope to all beings in the world who pursue light.

The so-called people are just enjoying what others don't have, and I have exclusive enjoyment, and now only Xianguo can do all this in the system and supporting policies.

In the final analysis, the people's identity and loyalty to the country, in addition to the cultural ties of the same culture, the sense of social material superiority, and the national pride of the country, to a large extent, have great appeal and identity.

Surrounding the countries of the Central Plains, there is no one who can change the law like the Xian country and make great efforts. On this point alone, the positive effects of the implementation of the new military system far outweigh the negative effects produced by it.

However, things were never smooth sailing, and in mid-to-late July, the final decision of the cabinet was sent to Xuandi, and King Xian unsurprisingly rejected all reforms.

In early July, due to the shortage of grain and grass supplies and manpower, the rebels turned into contraction on all fronts, and Shentong was busy harvesting summer grain in Shangguan and Xiaguan counties.

At this time, Ye Xin and Guan Longxiang led their troops to advance to Xiaguan County, continuing to maintain a situation of pressure without fighting, and at the same time taking advantage of the confrontation between Shen Duchi and Mo Yunfeng in Chaocheng, Xu Jin used cavalry to constantly attack and harass various places, so that the rebels had no time to take care of collecting grain.

By mid-July, the food and grass in the Shentong army were basically cut off, the morale of the army was fluctuating, the military discipline could not be restrained, and a large number of rebels and defenders surrendered to the Xian army for life.

At the end of the month, five days after the grain and grass of the Nanping defense line of Xiaguan County were cut off, the rebel general surrendered to Gongliangchen, and the Gongliang army entered the Xiaguan Plain in a big way.

Because Shen Duchi was blocking Chaocheng, Mo Yunfeng failed to enter the east in time to intercept the supernatural power, and the supernatural power was able to escape to Shangguan.

Thanks to the isolation of Wanchuan County from the world, the whole county of Wanchuan and Shangguandong County were collected smoothly in early August, and the remnants of the supernatural rate were replenished in Shangguan County.

However, at this time, there was a wave of surrenders in various places, Chen Hanxin was in Mengcheng anyway, and the county capital Tongbo surrendered in Kaicheng, but what Bailiyan did not expect was that he fled east in desperation, and did not flee north to join forces with Shengyan as expected, but kept going east, preparing to flee into Wanchuan County.

Hearing the news, Bai Liyan was shocked.

"It's bad, the supernatural power is to escape into Wanchuan, go out of Wanchuan through Dongping Guandong, and attack Pengyuan County!" Bai Liyan unfolded the map to find Wan Chuan, and continued to ask the comer: "Can Mr. Guan Long send someone to Pengyuan to warn Zhao Shuai?" ”

"Back to the deputy marshal, on the day I learned the news, Governor Ye sent a Jianbao to Pengyuan to warn."

"It's really a mistake, the magic power is going to break the net, you should retreat first."

"No!"

When the visitor withdrew, Bai Liyan looked at Zhao Anling:

"Mr. Zhao, what is the possibility that the supernatural power will go east to Wanchuan?"

"Less to say. Zhao Shuai had already invaded Sangnan County at this time, Pengyuan County was short of troops, and it was inevitable that Shentong would go east to Wanchuan at this time. ”

"Not necessarily!"

Zhou Kong said suddenly, Bai Liyan was deeply surprised, and hurriedly asked:

"How could General Zhou think so, and what is the basis?"

"Shentong fled all the way, the strength is less than 60,000, and the people's hearts are floating and the army is disheartened, if it rashly goes east to attack Pengyuan, and not to say that the pass is not facing the main force of the Xian army, but the city under the control of the Xian army, the Xian army only needs to defend all places, and the Shentong will not be able to defeat a blow under the strong attack, and the morale will be tired after a long battle, and the Shentong will not be ignorant of this reason."

"Well, that's right." Bai Liyan affirmed: "General Zhou continued. ”

"From the perspective of common sense, it seems inevitable for the supernatural powers to avoid entering Wanchuan and going east to Pengyuan, but it is not. If the supernatural power does the opposite, so that our army mistakenly thinks that it is going east to Wanchuan, and our army's military information is transmitted much faster than the rebels, so Zhao Xun has enough time to transfer troops and send generals, if the supernatural power first repairs in Wanchuan, wait until Zhao Xun leads the troops back, and then blows with all his strength, Zhao Xun is afraid that he will lose the battle.

Don't forget, Zhao Xun doesn't have cavalry in his hands, and Shen Duchi still has cavalry in Shentong's hands, so it's not difficult to get out of the pass and attack head-on.

Moreover, Ye Xin and Mo Yunfeng's main force is contained outside the West Sichuan Pass, if our army is expected to go east out of Wanchuan, at this time, the transfer of troops to the east needs to go around the lower pass, and re-enter Pengyuan through the territory of Zhiguo, it will be too late in any case.

Therefore, in a hurry, if you want to drag the supernatural power out of the east, the only way is to storm the Juxia Pass in western Sichuan, so that the rat trap is in its arms. ”

Zhou Kong's analysis is not unreasonable, Shentong enters the east of Sichuan and faces not Zhao Xun's main force, but the cities around Pengyuan, although there are not many defenders, but it is not easy to pull them out one by one, this point is often ignored by Bailiyan and Zhao Anling, and if you bypass the city, it is not safe behind Shentong, and the defenders of the city may go out of the city at any time to attack and disturb. I want to chat about "Empire Travel" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~