Chapter 754: The Army's Ills

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Zhang Baoer signaled to Li Longji and asked him to agree to the military order he had made with Guo Yuanzhen.

Seeing this, Li Longji had no choice but to nod and say, "Quasi-play!" Bring pen and paper! ”

Zhang Baoer and Guo Yuanzhen each made military orders.

Li Longji ordered someone to prepare a copper kettle drip for timekeeping, and then asked Zhang Bao'er, "Bao'er, how is it?" ”

Zhang Bao'er smiled: "There's no problem with the minister, look at Guo Shangshu." ”

Li Longji asked Guo Yuanzhen again: "Guo Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty, you can begin." Guo Yuanzhen said without hesitation.

"Okay, I'll beat the drums myself and command the soldiers." Mr. Lee also appears to have been infected.

With the sound of drums, the army was in confusion, as if the armies did not expect such an order.

Guo Yuanzhen's face changed slightly.

Li Longji's face also changed a little.

Zhang Baoer seemed to have expected such a scene, and just watched with a smile.

As the drums became more and more rapid, the various armies reacted and began to move, but they were not in order, and the 200,000 troops made the scene even more chaotic.

Time passed little by little, and the chaotic scene did not change at all.

Seeing that the two hours were coming, Guo Yuanzhen's face became more and more gloomy, and he really couldn't understand why such an incredible result occurred.

Li Longji had long stopped beating the drums, and his face was pale. If it weren't for Zhang Bao'er and Guo Yuanzhen's military order to compete, he wouldn't have known that the seemingly powerful army would be so unbearable. This is just a camp, if it is really against the enemy, wouldn't it be ......

"Your Majesty, the hour has come!" Colliers stepped forward and reminded in a whisper.

Li Longji looked at the army that was still in chaos, and finally couldn't help it, he said angrily: "Guo Yuanzhen, the secretary of the military department, is not effective in governing the army, the army is not in order, and the team is scattered, so he was immediately tied to the banner and beheaded for public display. ”

The two prime ministers who accompanied Li Longji on the military parade, Zhang Shuo and Liu Youqiu, were taken aback when they heard this, and were about to admonish, but they heard Zhang Baoer say to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, Guo Shangshu is an old minister of the first dynasty, and he has contributed to the Tang Dynasty. ”

When Li Longji saw Zhang Bao'er speak, he couldn't help but give this face, so he said again: "Bao'er, don't forget, he made a military order." ”

Zhang Baoer shook her head and said: "It's no wonder that Guo Shangshu is in this matter, no matter who comes for it, it will be a result." ”

Hearing Zhang Bao'er say this, Li Longji eased up a little, and he muttered: "Since Dingguo Gong interceded, then remove Guo Yuanzhen from the post of Prime Minister and Secretary of the Ministry of War, and exile Xinzhou!" ”

Xinzhou is six thousand miles away from Chang'an, which is already a very heavy punishment.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Yuanzhen said with a decadent face: "Please ask Your Majesty for permission, the criminal minister wants to ask Dingguo Gong a few questions." ”

Li Longji looked at Zhang Bao'er, and Zhang Bao'er nodded.

"Quasi-play!" Li Longji said.

"Guo has thanked Dingguo for his intercession!" Guo Yuanzhen first gave Zhang Baoer a salute.

"Guo Shangshu is polite!" Zhang Baoer replied.

"Did Dingguo Gong already know about this result?" Guo Yuanzhen asked.

"Exactly!"

"Can Duke Dingguo tell Guo, what is going on?" Guo Yuanzhen asked unwillingly.

Zhang Bao'er sighed and said: "I said that the current army is no longer the army at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, from three aspects, I can deduce that it must be the current result!" ”

"What three aspects?" This time, it was not Guo Yuanzhen who asked the question, but Li Longji.

"Datang implements the government military system, men join the army at the age of 21, are exempted from military service at the age of 60, and farm in their hometowns on weekdays, do not accept conscription, and do not pay rent. When there is a war to be conscripted, when you go out to fight, you will prepare your own soldiers, armor and food, and the burden will be heavier. The government military system is associated with the uniform land system, and now that the uniform land system has been destroyed, many peasants have lost their land and cannot afford to provide their own food and clothing, so there is often a phenomenon of desertion. In particular, the evasion of military service by the rich landlords and wealthy households fell on the poor households. Under such circumstances, the combat effectiveness of the army will inevitably decline. This is one of them. ”

Li Longji lowered his head and pondered.

"200,000 troops, unified command, coordination with each other, how difficult it is. Datang has not had such a huge transfer for decades, not only do the generals in the army have no experience in this area, but there is no similar coordinated training between the various armies. This is the second one. ”

"Bao'er, what are these three?" Li Longji said.

"The third is that I have a coincidence, the training in the army is generally heavy cavalry archery and heavy formation, but most of them do not have much training for camping, or even have never been specially trained. If you try something else, maybe it won't be so chaotic, but how can so many people move and camp at the same time? ”

Zhang Baoer and Guo Yuanzhen made a military order, not on a whim. Since he became an auxiliary general, a lot of thought has been devoted to governing the army, and he has learned a lot from Xue Ne and Xie Wan. Not only that, Zhang Baoer also asked Wei Xianyun to give him a comprehensive explanation of the military books of the past dynasties, and realized many of his own insights from them. It is precisely based on the correct judgment of the military strength of the Tang Dynasty that he will have today's actions.

Guo Yuanzhen listened to it, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Guo has led the army for decades, but he is not as good as Dingguo Gong's soldiers, he is really ashamed, he lost in the hands of Dingguo Gong, Guo was convinced." Dingguo Gong, take care, Guo said goodbye. ”

Zhang Baoer opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't say anything, looking at Guo Yuanzhen's staggering back, she couldn't help sighing.

Li Longji's face was still ugly, and Wang Maozhong, who accompanied him, took the opportunity to play to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, now that the military is not in order, the person in charge of the arrangement of the military parade etiquette cannot escape the blame and must be severely punished. ”

Li Longji was angry, and asked without thinking, "Who is responsible for this etiquette arrangement?" ”

"Tang Shao, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites!" Wang Mao Zhong said.

Li Longji said hatefully: "Tang Shao, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, is not strict in the military etiquette, serious dereliction of duty, and he should be beheaded for his crimes, and he will be punished immediately." ”

Wang Maozhong glanced at Li Miao, the general of Jinwu on the right, and Li Miao understood, and turned away as promised.

Zhang Bao'er glanced at Wang Maozhong, and then said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, in fact, this matter has nothing to do with anyone, it has been a long-standing evil, and Tang Shao should not be blamed." Since His Majesty has spared Guo Yuanzhen from the death penalty, why bother to kill Tang Shao again? ”

Li Longji pondered for a moment and said to Gao Lishi: "Send someone to deliver the decree to remove Tang Shao from the death penalty and reduce him to the people." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Colliers hurried away.

After a while, Gao Lishi came in a hurry, and he hesitated and didn't know how to report to Li Longji.

"What's wrong?" Li Longji asked.

"Your Majesty, Don has been beheaded!" Colliers period Ai Ai Dao.