After Zheng San left, Zhao Ziliang sat down after returning to the imperial case, and said to Zhao Ting: "The main reason for recruiting you back this time is that there are more important things that you need to do!" ”

Zhao Ting hurriedly said: "Please ask my father to command!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Zhao Hu has not returned home for four years in the Khazar Protectorate, and his father can't bear to let their husband and wife be separated for a long time. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Khazar Protectorate is not only close to the Great Food Country, but also borders the Eastern Roman Empire, and the west is full of barbarians, it is also the frontier of our Western Qin's contact with the Western countries, and it is the most important transit station on the northern route of the Silk Road, the strategic position is very important, if Zhao Hu is transferred back, and he can't find a suitable candidate to replace him for the time being, he will think of you for his father! ”

Zhao Ting arched his hand and said: "Yes, the child will go to the Khazar Protectorate Mansion on the same day!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "What are you anxious about?" The family has just returned to Xinjing from the Jisu Protectorate, and they will have to stay for a few days, and if your mother knows that I have asked your family to go to such a far place as the Khazar Protectorate, I am afraid that you will cry and cry again. In this way, your family will temporarily live in Xinjing for three months, and spend more time with your mother! Three months later, I will leave for the Khazar Protectorate, and my father has already asked the Military Aircraft Institute to send a document to the First Army station, and let Zhao Hu wait for another three months! ”

Zhao Ting agreed: "Yes, father!" ”

"You go and see your mother first, and bring your wife and children over for dinner in the evening!"

"Yes, the retainers are retired!"

Unitary time, Thousand Springs Palace.

The candles lit everywhere will illuminate the Qianquan Palace, and there is no feeling for eating too much at this candlelight dinner, Zhao Ziliang still misses the era of electric lights in his previous life, but it is almost impossible to use electric lights to illuminate in this era.

The long dining table was flanked by more than 30 members of the royal family, and even the little Wang Sun, who had just turned three, had a seat, and the children were not attentive to eating, and they chattered while eating, not giggling and laughing.

The women talked more, and Zhao Ziliang didn't care about them, and talked about the affairs of the court with Zhao Ting, who was sitting next to him.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Do you know about the expansion of the army?" ”

Zhao Ting nodded; "Yes! I read it from the newspaper! ”

"It is planned to expand the army by 150,000, of course, these 150,000 are not all recruited at one time, about 30,000 are recruited every year, and the recruitment task will be completed in three years, and the remaining 60,000 will be selected from the conscripts. Since then, 30,000 people have to be called up and 30,000 people will be discharged every year, so as to keep the number of standing troops at a fixed number. After three years, each legion will add a group of soldiers, and after six years, the plan of each legion will be fully reorganized, and the total strength of a legion will reach 30,000, a total of ten legions of standing troops, and the guards, guards and dragon guards in the forbidden army are not counted among them! ”

Zhao Ting was puzzled and asked, "Father, the child doesn't understand, why don't you complete the recruitment of 150,000 people at one time?" Why delay until after three years, when the full strength of all legions will be completed after six years? Isn't it too much trouble? ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "You don't understand, if our Western Qin Army wants to maintain its combat effectiveness for a long time, or even improve its combat effectiveness, it must not only have sophisticated equipment, strict and systematic training, and qualified ideological education, but more importantly, it must maintain its combat state from time to time!" In addition, we need to retain enough veterans, if a one-time retirement of more than 100,000 people, and then add in more than 100,000 recruits, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, so the annual retirement of 30,000 people can basically ensure that the combat effectiveness will not be weakened, but also let the army retain enough veterans, veterans have rich combat experience, they can pass on their experience to the recruits, under the leadership of the veterans, the recruits will become veterans faster, even if it is a large-scale expansion of the army, we must also maintain that the army can have a large number of veterans, Don't let the veterans and recruits of the army have a fault in the expansion of the army! ”

Zhao Ting hugged his fists and said: "Father Wang is wise!" ”

After dinner, Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ting walked out of the Qianquan Palace and walked on the path in the palace, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to let the eunuchs and palace maids stay away, and when they were sure that they could not hear the two of them talking, Zhao Ziliang said to Zhao Ting: "Father considers waiting for all ten standing legions to be reorganized and full, and then start to take formal military action against the Great Food Country, during this period, we only instigate its internal turmoil and let it consume internally, and at the same time try to find a way to make the Eastern Roman Empire consume the strength of the Great Food Country, so that they can fight each other, If they stop fighting, we have to find a way to get them to fight again, and in order for the Eastern Roman Empire to be able to fight with the Great Food Kingdom with peace of mind, the task of the Khazar Protectorate appears, to contain the Bulgarian Khanate and the barbarian tribes in the west, you can often send cavalry on the border to harass them, and send fleets to harass the coastal presence of the Bulgarian Khanate. This would not only prevent them from going to the trouble of the Eastern Roman Empire, but also serve as a training force. Therefore, your mission after you arrived at the Khazar Protectorate is very clear, you don't need to take care of the matter of subverting the Great Food Country, your task is to be responsible for border security, Silk Road security, and at the same time find trouble with those barbarians, but you can't have a big military conflict with those barbarians, don't push them too quickly, you have to master the scale! ”

Zhao Ting agreed: "Yes, Erchen understands!" ”

"Father, Erchen heard that the barbarians on the Hexi and Longyou sides have rebelled again, how did the Eastern Expeditionary Army fight over there?"

Zhao Ziliang said: "Judging from the current situation, the situation is still relatively optimistic for the time being, Ma Lu and Bai Xiaode have led the army to Ganzhou and captured the city of Ganzhou, and the Hui forces in Ganzhou and Suzhou have basically been eradicated. In the eastern section and east of the Hexi Corridor and a part of the northern part of the area live the Dang Xiang people, this Dang Xiang people are also ferocious, and the power is also getting bigger and bigger, I mean let them and the Mobei Army work together to attack from the north and south, first solve the Dang Xiang people, and then turn the gun to deal with the Tuyuhun people south of the Hexi Corridor, and then march to the plateau! ”

Zhao Ting said: "Father, if you just open up the Hexi Corridor and solve the Dangxiang people, the Hui people, and the Tiele people, the two legions are enough, but if you want to solve the Tuyuhun and Tubo people, I am afraid that the two legions are not enough!" ”

"Of course this father knows that the counterinsurgency is not only carried out by my Western Qin army, and the imperial court will definitely send soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion!"

Zhao Ting said again: "If you say that, the problem is here again!" Since the imperial court will send troops and horses to quell the chaos, then there will be a problem of subordination between my Western Qin army and the Central Plains imperial army, who commands whom? If they fight on their own, there is a danger that they will be broken by the rebels."

Zhao Ziliang said: "This problem has also been considered by my father, and the best way is that we don't take the initiative to bring up this matter, because we don't know who the Central Plains Imperial Court will send to lead the troops. ”

Zhao Ting thought for a while and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Father, in the Central Plains Imperial Court, if you want to use a person with enough talent and prestige to command the counterinsurgency battle, now only General Guo Ziyi can do it, and others such as General Li Guangbi and General Lai Yao are no longer there, and the remaining generals are either lacking in talent, or lack of qualifications and prestige!" If the Central Plains Imperial Court sent General Guo Ziyi to lead the troops to take charge of the rebellion, and asked me to subordinate the Western Qin Eastern Expeditionary Army to its jurisdiction, I don't know how my father would reply? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "If the Central Plains Imperial Court really does this, my father is really not sure how to reply." Ma Lan, Bai Xiaode and Guo Ziyi and others were all my students back then, to a certain extent, their qualifications are comparable, Guo Ziyi because of his just right way of dealing with the world and attitude by the superiors, plus his age is higher than other generals with the same qualifications, so the emperor feels more old, and he is Han, the emperor is more at ease with him! Guo Ziyi never offends anyone, he has a way to treat traitors, so that traitors will not be hostile to him, and he also has a way to treat loyal ministers, he will make them feel that he is the same kind of person as them, which is also one of the reasons why his official position has risen so fast and so fast. If you want Ma Lan and Bai Xiaode to obey Guo Ziyi's command, I'm afraid that the two of them are not so willing! ”

Zhao Ting asked, "Axe King, do you think between them, who has stronger military talent?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "It depends on which aspect it refers to, if it refers to the commander's talent, Ma Lan and Bai Xiaode are really inferior to Guo Ziyi, this is determined by their character, Guo Ziyi has a strong ability to balance and coordinate the relationship between all parties, in this regard he is stronger than Bai Xiaode and Ma Lan, this is an extremely important ability, if you can't let the generals under your command twist into a rope and work hard in one place, how can you give full play to the maximum combat ability of the army?" No matter how strong your military talent is, what's the use of not being able to fully and thoroughly execute your strategic and tactical intentions? But if it refers to specific command, immediate response, and the implementation of tactics, Guo Ziyi is only afraid that it is not as good as Ma Lu and Guo Ziyi! ”

"According to what my father said, Guo Ziyi is a commander-in-chief talent, and Bai Xiaode and Ma Lu are tactical generals, so Guo Ziyi should be the coach!"

Zhao Ziliang asked rhetorically; "Can't Bai Xiaode and Ma Ling be handsome? Either of them is capable of commanding an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people! If their father ordered them to be under the command of Guo Ziyi, would they be willing? This time give them a signal, let them think that in my opinion, they are not as good as Guo Ziyi, they will definitely be unwilling in their hearts, and they will definitely resist Guo Ziyi's order, and things will be messed up! Father thinks about it, this matter is really difficult to deal with, and it will backfire if you don't get it right! ”

"Erchen believes that the Central Plains Imperial Court should reactivate Guo Ziyi, because no one is more prestige and ability than him, and only he can control the situation at present! Perhaps, in a few days, the Central Plains envoys will come to see my father and talk about the issue of unified command."