Chapter 200: The Army Is a Machine of War (3)
After listening to Li Junxian's words, Li Shimin, a politician and military general, was the first to understand what Li Junxian meant. That is, the army does not have the same detailed division as the civilian officials, and everything is left to the commander-in-chief to decide on an ad hoc basis. Even, some of the chief general's staff are helping the chief general to decide, and this has not formed a custom at all. And this kind of arbitrariness, and without customized combat methods, is simply not durable. This method of warfare, in which the outcome of the war depends entirely on the chief general and his staff, is very dangerous.
And Li Junxian compared it with the civil official system, which illustrates the sophistication of the civil official system, and also makes the rule of the imperial court more and more strict. However, as the pillar of the country, the army does not have too sophisticated operating mechanisms, and the execution of the army completely depends on the ability of the chief general and his staff. Li Junxian told Li Shimin about the problem of execution, if it is like this, all the execution will be the main general, then if there is a main general, it will be very problematic.
"General Li, according to your system, the role of the chief general will be weakened. And different things have different institutions to deal with, so the master only needs to do a good job of coordinating the work of various departments and make a decision at some critical times. The rest of the matter will be handled by the departments that have become customized, so that the influence of the main general will soon be greatly reduced. However, in fact, the execution power is much greater, so that the combat effectiveness of the army has been improved, but it is difficult for the commander to have too high prestige. Because according to General Lee's system, there is a special person in charge of everything, and the chief general is only a person who coordinates. And, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have that kind of famous general in the future. Mulan said.
When Li Shimin heard Mulan's analysis, he immediately pricked up his ears. Because what the ancient emperors were most afraid of, what they were most afraid of were those military generals with high merit. Those generals are indeed talented, they are all some rare famous generals in the world, at least most of them are. And if according to Mulan, the role of the main general will be greatly reduced in the future. However, the soldier's execution has improved a lot, which means that the soldier's combat effectiveness has improved a lot. This kind of system, which can weaken the prestige of the main general and improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, is not what the ancient emperors dreamed of?
Li Shimin almost wanted to agree to Li Junxian's system on the spot, because this system can theoretically improve the execution of soldiers and weaken the role of the commander, so Li Shimin will not have to worry about the rebellion of the generals in the future. It's not absolutely impossible, but at least it's much less risky.
"Mulan, there's still one thing you haven't said. This system can reduce the talent demand of the commander. In other words, generals who could only command 1,000 people now have this system. Maybe you can command tens of thousands of people. Because this is to gather the wisdom of countless people with lower abilities, so that the effect of a super genius can be played. Thousands of troops are easy to get and hard to find, which means that there are not many geniuses who command the army. And we can combine a large number of ordinary people with their wisdom, and we will become a super genius. Super geniuses may happen once in hundreds of years, and ordinary generals may exist in every era. What we are pursuing is to gather ordinary people, which can produce an effect no less than Zhuge Liang personally leading the troops. I can guarantee it. In the future, it will be a group of ordinary generals under this system, and they will also be able to give full play to the combat ability of Li Jing, the god of our Tang Dynasty. Li Junxian said.
"Papapapa......" Li Shimin applauded.
After listening to Li Junxian's explanation, Li Shimin thoroughly understood the power of this military system. Not only can it prevent a certain general from having too much prestige in the army and making the emperor uneasy. It can also improve execution. And combine the wisdom of ordinary people to play a role no less than genius. Geniuses have been rare since ancient times, but ordinary people have them in every era. And according to the previous military system, once a certain genius general died. That country is in danger. And with this system, every era can give full play to the strength of genius generals, so what are you afraid of? And. It is best not to pin the prestige of the country on a certain genius. During the Three Kingdoms period, Shu had Zhuge Liang, and the whole country was pinned on Zhuge Liang, which made Zhuge Liang a powerful minister. And Cao Wei has Sima Yi, the structure is obvious, and Sima Yi is even more of a thief. This method of entrusting the entire national army to one person is very dangerous, and Li Junxian's system is a complete innovation.
Li Shimin even doubted whether this system could be imagined by human beings, as if it did not belong to the system of this era. If it weren't for Li Junxian right in front of him, I'm afraid Li Shimin would have thought that Li Junxian was a god, and only a god could come up with such an almost perfect system. And Li Shimin never dreamed that Li Junxian was a traverser, and his system was completely borrowed.
"Jun Xian, you can rest assured to experiment boldly, even if you fail, I don't blame you! As long as you can forge a path, I will support you! Li Shimin immediately patted his chest and promised.
Because if this system can really appear, then Li Shimin thinks that his Li family will be able to live in peace for a long time. For the long-term stability of the Li family, it is necessary to support Li Junxian and experiment with this system. As long as he can succeed, Li Shimin doesn't care how much money it costs. Isn't it money? As long as money can buy a long-term peace and stability, then of course Li Shimin will give money immediately. Li Shimin is no longer interested in this special guard's new army, but the military system proposed by Li Junxian, and this is what Li Shimin is now looking at.
Li Shimin is now completely relieved of Li Junxian, because since Li Junxian has proposed this system, this is to disperse the power of his own commander! If Li Junxian had any bad thoughts, he would not tell Li Shimin about this system at all. But since Li Junxian said it, it shows that he has no ambition at all, but is dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, the country, and the people. Although Li Junxian stated that he was not loyal to the emperor, he was at least loyal to the people. He did not want the people to suffer from the war again. Since ancient times, it has been warlords who have caused wars, and Li Shimin believes that Li Junxian is to prevent the emergence of warlords and caused chaos, so he proposed this system to restrict the emergence of warlords. Although Li Junxian is for the people, this can also bring great benefits to Datang, at least the army of Datang has stabilized a lot. (To be continued......)