Chapter 196: Heaven Collapses (2)

The system of supervising the army has existed since ancient times, and it was not the first of its kind in the Zhao Empire. Eunuchs supervised the army, and the Tang Dynasty also had it, but it was not the first of the Zhao Empire.

This system achieved remarkable results during the extraordinary period of the empire and played an important role in the unification of the northern Xinjiang region of the empire.

Zhao Taizong's generation of male lords can clean up the Central Plains homeland that has been lost for hundreds of years in one fell swoop, and such a monarch naturally waits for idle people from time to time. Not only is he good at leading troops in combat, but he is also proficient in mental skills and has a good command of his subordinates. Not only did Zhao Taizong send out the eunuchs to supervise the army more or less capable, but the key was that Zhao Taizong had a good command of his subordinates, and these eunuchs who supervised the army never got rid of Zhao Taizong's control.

And the monarchs of the Zhao Empire after Zhao Taizong were mostly mediocre and crippled. They followed the ancestral system and followed the example of Zhao Taizong in sending out the prison army to strengthen their control over the border town army guarding the border. But they all ignored one point, whether it was the eunuchs they sent out and the eunuchs they sent out, they were less than half of the Taizong period.

Most of these overseers are mediocre people, and as for the use of soldiers, they can't even talk about them on paper. What can they expect to do by sending such an overseer? The only thing these eunuchs can do is to add to the chaos. There are not enough things to achieve and more things to lose.

The eunuchs and the eunuchs are still in their mouths, and their words are the words of the Son of Heaven. Although the chief officer and general of the border town are disgusted with these eunuchs, they dare not be angry and dare not speak, who dares to provoke the people around the Son of Heaven. What's more, they even directly slapped the eunuch's sycophants. The command of the town army in one place fell into the hands of the eunuch supervision army, and it was not uncommon for the eunuch supervision army to become the de facto supreme commander of the local area.

There are also countless examples of defeats caused by the blind command of the eunuch and the supervising army.

The Miyun Guard Battalion General Hong Yu and the Miyun Supervisor Feng Bocheng are about to become the freshest examples.

That night, it was business as usual.

Miyun City was not originally a city, and the Great Zhao Empire did not use the Great Wall as the boundary of the empire in its heyday, and the area outside the Great Wall was also under the control of the empire for five hundred li or even a thousand miles away. Within 1,000 miles of the Great Wall was also the range of activities of the Han people, especially the area north of Jingshi City, and the area controlled by the Great Zhao Empire once penetrated nearly 2,000 miles deep into the desert.

At the beginning of the country, this expansion of territory was strongly opposed by the civil officials who left the country, who regarded the Great Wall as the dividing line between the civilization of the Central Plains and the barbarians outside the country. The Empire's recovery of the land within the Great Wall has been a great achievement that has not been achieved for hundreds of years, and expanding its territory beyond the Great Wall has cost the people and money, and it is suspected of being reckless.

Zhao Taizong withstood the pressure and overrode public opinion, integrating all the forces that could be integrated, including the four great families of Liaodong who had great influence in Liaodong at that time. While using the Great Wall as an important defense line, the strategic depth was expanded, and the unexpected areas of the Great Wall were used as fences to protect the defense line of the Great Wall, giving a certain buffer zone to the thin defense line of the Great Wall.

Facts have proved that this approach of Zhao Taizong is extremely effective, if Emperor Taizong founded the Zhao Empire, then the person who laid the direction of the empire for nearly three hundred years was not Zhao Taizu, but Zhao Taizong.

Later, the Menggu tribe led by Menggu made a comeback many times, because the Zhao Empire had a strategic buffer zone ranging from 500 li to 1,000 li outside the Great Wall. It also took some time for the Meng ancients to cross these areas, and it was with this buffer time that the Zhao army had time to deal with the invasion of the cavalry-based barbarians.

Several emperors after Zhao Taizong still enjoyed the blessings of Zhao Taizong, and the Saiwai barbarians never broke through the Great Wall. Even in the middle and late stages of the empire's weakening, this line of defense was still the lifeblood of the empire, riding against foreign enemies.

Knowing that later, the Zhao Empire was completely weakened, so he had to shrink his defense line and retreat to the Great Wall. Only then did the Great Wall officially become a clear dividing line between the Zhao Empire and the barbarians outside the Saiwai.

Miyun City, located near a section of the Great Wall at Gubeikou, has become a veritable border city.

Although it is said that the border city has moved north due to the strength of the ancient people, it rarely cares about the vicinity of the Great Wall, and the town army on the edge of the Great Wall has lived a very comfortable life in recent years. There was almost no such thing as an invasion by a foreign enemy.

The town army on the border of the Great Wall not only neglected to take precautions, but also did not experience the tempering of war for too long, or even ordinary drills. Many soldiers did not know how to deal with the sudden attack of foreign enemies.

The Miyun City Prison Mansion was brightly lit and noisy, and the courtyard was filled with more than 20 tables of banquets, and the heads and faces of Miyun City, including the main town army officers of the Miyun Town Army, gathered in the Miyun City Prison Mansion. Celebrating the birthday of Feng Bocheng, the supervisor of Miyun City, today is Feng Bocheng's fiftieth birthday, and being over half a hundred years old is a very important node in life, and now Feng Bocheng is a town supervisor, supervising the reorganization of a battalion of town army. Of course, in addition to supervision, Feng Bocheng was also able to mobilize the town army of this battalion.

can be mixed to this point, among the many eunuchs, Feng Bocheng can be regarded as getting ahead, who doesn't know that the prison army is generally a big celebrity around the emperor?

Except for a small number of local generals, most of the generals flattered these eunuchs to the fullest. Feng Bocheng has only been in Miyun City for five years to supervise the army, and the generals of Miyun City, large and small, flattered Feng Bocheng, and most of the middle and high-level military attachés, including the battalion general Hong Yu, recognized Feng Bocheng as his godfather. Calling himself a child in front of Feng Bocheng.

Out of vanity, Feng Bocheng happily accepted the title. Who said that eunuchs have no children, and the senior generals in a town in Miyun City all recognize me as a godfather. Feng Bocheng often thinks like this, and sometimes he feels that he has made up for the regret of having no heirs in the second half of his life.

Feng Bocheng was drunk, his cheeks were red, he squinted at the mountains of gifts in the courtyard, and his heart blossomed. Even if you count so many gifts, it will take some time.

Although it takes more time to work harder, no one will dislike having too many gifts.

The courtyard is staggered, and the sound of guessing and toasting is endless.

"Phew! In these days, in any world, people without eggs are thousands of times stronger than people with eggs. Wei Qi, a hundred households at the north gate of Miyun City, was angry in his heart, "These bitches are raised, they are good men, they don't do good men, but they think that a person with no male roots is a godfather, and they will be almost (dick)!" ”

"Boss, among so many officials, we admire you, and refuse to recognize eunuchs as godfathers, otherwise, with the leader's ability, don't say that it is a hundred households, even a thousand households can do it." Thinking about it, Wei Qi is also popular on weekdays, and there is a city guard who complains about Wei Qi at the moment.

"Be careful!" A cautious soldier looked around cautiously and reminded, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful to have ears." ”

The soldier named Wei Qiming was unimpressed, and his voice was still very loud: "Bird, the officials of more than 100 households in the city, except for our leaders who don't recognize the eunuch as their godfather, everyone else is drinking and eating good wine and meat in the eunuch's mansion, and instigating a bird!" (To be continued.) )