Since defeating Wang Zhengjian and completely elevating it, Zhao Ziliang has completely controlled the military and political affairs of Beiting after more than half a year of operation, and some officials in Beiting who are aware of current affairs have served under his command, and some officials are dissatisfied with Zhao Ziliang's dissatisfaction with Wang Zhengjian's elevation and monopolization of Beiting's military and political power, these people are former Wang Zhengjian's cronies, but the situation is stronger than people, but they have no choice but to honestly do their official business well, for those officials who deliberately neglect, procrastinate, and obstruct the operation of the Yamen in Beiting, Zhao Ziliang was ruthless in attacking, at least dismissed, or at worst found reasons and excuses to be arrested and sent to prison. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a series of rectifications, the opposition forces were completely suppressed, even if some people were dissatisfied, but they chose to forbear because they were unable to fight, as long as Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ziliang's military power in Beiting were not lost, these kittens would not be able to jump up.

Zhao Ziliang is a soldier, whether it is in the past life or now, so he is particularly concerned about the affairs of the army, and the army under his command is completely different from the army in some other places in the Tang Dynasty, not only the style is completely different, but also the drill, attendance, military discipline, command system, etc. are also very different.

In terms of drills, Zhao Ziliang only borrowed a small part of the Tang Dynasty army today, and most of them were carried out according to their own intentions, especially the drill items, time, intensity and other aspects were quite different from other border armies of the Tang Dynasty. First of all, the training items have increased individual combat and coordinated operations, and while paying attention to the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers, we have not forgotten to increase the training of cooperative operations. The second is the training of courage and psychological quality, these two training subjects are extremely important in Zhao Ziliang's view, in the frontal battlefield large-scale duel, rows of cavalry or infantry like a mountain and a sea of pressure over, swords and guns like a forest, flashing cold light, murderous, if the soldiers do not have strong courage and strong psychological quality, the army is easy to collapse, in the training of these two subjects, Zhao Ziliang generally let the soldiers slaughter cattle, sheep, fat pigs and other livestock, or lock them alone in a small black house, no one pays attention to them for a few days, Let each of them deeply experience the feeling of loneliness and horror, or let them be in a bloody place, let them spend the night in mass graves, climb cliffs, walk on single-plank bridges with abysses on both sides, etc., so as to train their guts, courage and psychological qualities, and at the same time teach them to make self-psychological suggestion and overcome timidity.

In terms of attendance, Zhao Ziliang generally let his troops go out for morning exercises every day, conduct daytime training summaries at night, and often conduct emergency assembly training late at night, so that the soldiers are often in a state of vigilance, except for illness and vacation, there is no order, generally not allowed to go out of the barracks, there are two days of rest and vacation every month, but when Chinese New Year's Eve must return to the barracks within the specified time, after leaving the barracks, they must not do anything that violates discipline, and the soldiers who violate discipline are severely punished. Training during the day is generally full, except for the necessary rest and meal time, the soldiers generally do not have time to think nonsense, and the same is true at night, the soldier's thinking is too complicated, and the army is easy to lose control. In order to reduce the army's consumption of grain, grass, ordnance and equipment, the generals can train for half a day every day.

In terms of military discipline, Zhao Ziliang has made great painstaking efforts, and on the basis of this original military law, he has refined it, added many military law regulations, and also deleted a lot of relatively cruel military law contents. The soldiers of the army in this era basically did not have any patriotic concepts, and most of them served as soldiers to feed or support their families, and it is not impossible to say that there are no people who really join the army for the stability of the country, but there are very few. Therefore, when promulgating a more severe and detailed military law, it is also necessary to strictly enforce the distinction between rewards and punishments and the reward for meritorious deeds. If there is no clear distinction between rewards and punishments, strict military law will not only disobey the soldiers, but also backfire.

In terms of the command system, Zhao Ziliang used to feel that the command system of this era was very unreliable and had many shortcomings. On the other hand, if you are on a complex battlefield and have a huge momentum, it is difficult for military orders to be conveyed to the front generals and junior officers in a timely manner, so it often takes a long time to convey a military order, and sometimes it is very likely to be wrong. In addition, if the army marches or fights at night, the transmission of military orders is also troublesome, because the vision at night is not good, it cannot be seen, and it can only be conveyed orally or in writing, and it is obviously not enough to convey the military orders of the commander-in-chief orally, and it is impossible to effectively identify the authenticity of military orders.

On the contrary, Zhao Ziliang made a long period of exploration before deciding to reformulate a system for transmitting military orders, so as to effectively and accurately convey military orders to commanders at all levels of the army.

First of all, the orders of the Soldiers and Horses Embassy are transmitted to all military units at all levels, such as the army, the garrison, the city, the town, the E, the fort, and the post, and there must be an official official document of the Soldiers and Horses Embassy, a tiger talisman and a specific herald's order before it can take effect, and at the same time, the upper and lower levels must be put on the record for future inspection.

Secondly, the military envoy, the capture envoy and other level of the general to convey the military order to the next level of the general, in non-war time also must be the official document, tiger charm and specific herald to carry out the order to take effect, the same must be done for the record, but in the wartime, the main general is generally already a military envoy or the level of the capture envoy, the battlefield is changing rapidly, so the written herald, the tiger talisman these two things are exempt, only rely on the specific herald to carry out the order, which requires the subordinate generals to be more familiar with and understand the herald in advance, in order to determine that it is the military order conveyed by the superior, you can ignore the military orders sent by the heralds you have never seen and are not familiar with.

Thirdly, in the process of conveying military orders, especially on the battlefield, Zhao Ziliang retained some of the original means of transmitting orders, such as beating drums to attack, and Mingjin to collect troops, but this also depends on the object, drums and gongs are only effective for combat units that receive military orders. The function of the flag is to convey the orders of the commanders of a battle to the ministries, and the soldiers in charge of the heralds will stand on a high place to convey the military orders with the flag, and the personnel who are specially responsible for conveying the military orders in each ministry should immediately reply with the flag after seeing the orders of the flag, indicating that they have received the military order, and then convey it to the generals and colonels of the ministry, and then the generals of each ministry send the herald to the generals or officers at the next level to convey them orally, and the messengers are people who are very familiar with the generals and colonels of the upper and lower levels. After the herald has delivered the order, he must return to his life to confirm that the order has been delivered. This is a means of giving orders during the day, and the means of issuing orders at night is a combination of fire and verbal communication, so that military orders can be conveyed to the lowest soldiers.

After the brand-new herald system was officially promulgated and implemented by all military units in Beiting, the speed, accuracy, and effect of the herald system have indeed been greatly improved, and the generals and colonels at all levels are very satisfied with the use of this set of herald system.

Tingzhou.

On the eighteenth day of the ninth year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang had just returned from inspecting military affairs at the Tianshan Army garrison, and Wang Can came to report: "General, the eastward expansion of the Abbasid Dynasty has begun!" According to reliable sources, Huoxunguo and Anguo have fully fallen to the big cannibal, and Kangguo, which is closest to Anguo, has not moved much for the time being, after all, Kangguo still has 3,000 soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and the big cannibal should not dare to blatantly put his hand into Kangguo, and Kangguo should not dare to throw himself into the big cannibal when there is an Anxi army garrison in the territory, but he speculates that the big cannibal has just established a new dynasty, and the political situation may not be very stable, but sooner or later he will start to fight with Kangguo for control of the Western Regions. And it is estimated that this time should not be too long, at most they will go to war in a year! ”

Zhao Ziliang got up and put his arms in front of his chest and paced in the lobby, saying as he walked: "The Abbasid dynasty has just been established and is eager to expand outward. The Abbasids are afraid that they are not a good person, but fortunately we have already prepared! It's just that the Zhaowu Kingdoms are not under the jurisdiction of my Beiting, and we intervene rashly, Gao Xianzhi and the others are afraid that they will be unhappy, so let's keep an eye on the big cannibal for the time being! By the way, is there any sign of the power of the Great Food expanding northward? ”

Wang Can shook his head and said, "There is no news about this for the time being!" ”

After speaking, Wang Can walked to the wall next to the map and pointed to a large empty space on the west side of the Aral Sea (about the mouth of the Volga River and the Ural River on the northeast shore and north of the Caspian Sea) and said: "General, please look here, this area is not marked, but there is a tribe of Turkic people living here, called the Khazar Tribe, according to the information obtained by the lowly post, the Khazar Department was established last year, called the Khazar Khanate!" The Khanate had good relations with the Byzantine Empire, and the Emperor took the princess of the Khazar Khanate as his wife! Although the population of the Khazar Khanate is not large, but the men and women over the age of twelve are warriors, it can be said that all the people are soldiers, very brave, and they don't want to die in battle, and the Khazar Khanate is relying on the Khazar Khanate to contain the Great Food Country from the northeast, and the location of the Khazar Khanate is colder, and the people of the Great Food Country are not suitable for the climate of the region, so they don't want to find trouble to provoke the Khazars! After the Western Turkic tribes around the Aral Sea and east of the Aral Sea received the rule of our Beiting Protectorate and the officials we sent to supervise them, they boiled water to warn against the big cannibals, most of this generation are deserts, and the output is very small, the big cannibals are estimated to look down on this area, or feel that it is not good to make too many enemies, so there is no sign of expanding their power around the Aral Sea for the time being! ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the wall and looked at the map, nodded and said: "This area is indeed very barren, and only a few tribes of the Western Turks can withstand the severe cold there, the big cannibals are not interested in that area, but this area is indeed an excellent pasture!" The Great Cannibals believed that the Sogdian region, where the Zhaowu Kingdoms were located, was rich and prosperous, located on the Silk Road, and was not only rich in grain, but also a good place to raise horses, so they first took a fancy to the territory of the Sogdians! That's why they expanded eastward first! (To be continued.) )