Chapter 345: On Military Development (I)
"The emperor has an order, and General Li Junxian will enter the palace to see him." The eunuch said with a decree at the door of Li Junxian's house.
Li Junxian immediately left with the eunuch, because he knew that his behavior reassured Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also wanted to repay Li Junxian and summon Li Junxian into the palace. And Li Shimin is afraid that he will temporarily leave Li Junxian in the palace, which can reassure Li Shimin. At least until Li Daozong took over the management and command of the special guard, Li Junxian would probably have to stay in the palace.
"Jun Xian, you're here!" Li Shimin said happily.
"Your Majesty, the minister has some information about the future development of the army, and I want to talk to the emperor. These things may have to be talked about for a long time, maybe they will have to stay in the palace for a long time, and they will ask the emperor for forgiveness. I wonder if the emperor can tolerate his ministers staying in the palace? Li Junxian said.
Sometimes, let the emperor say that it is better to find out directly yourself. And when smart people speak, it is easy to understand each other. Li Junxian offered to stay in the palace to put himself under Li Shimin's surveillance, so that Li Shimin could rest assured. As long as Li Shimin is relieved, everything is not a problem.
"Of course you can, Jun Xian is not an outsider, and there is no problem with staying in the palace." Li Shimin said.
Although the palace has a tradition of not staying with foreign ministers, the situation is special now! Since Li Junxian has taken the initiative to say it, there is nothing wrong with letting Li Junxian stay in the palace temporarily. Anyway, compared with the comfort of the Tang Jiangshan Sheji, this rule is not important, so Li Shimin quickly let Li Junxian stay in the palace.
Li Shimin and Li Junxian sat down, and then they were going to start discussing the future of this special guard and even the entire Tang army.
"Jun Xian, can you copy this special guard?" Li Shimin asked first.
What Li Shimin is most concerned about is whether this special guard model can be copied to other armies, and if it can, it can completely turn other armies into special guard models, so that the combat effectiveness of the Tang army is enough to expand a lot. Since ancient times, what emperor didn't want his army to be strong in combat? Although it is possible to worry about the army rebelling, it is still in the case of the army owning itself. The emperor still wanted his army to be strong in combat. Except for the strange era of the Song Dynasty, emperors of other eras wanted their armies to be more powerful.
Now that there is a template, of course Li Shimin wants it. And the reason why Li Shimin wants to transform other armies into a special guard model as soon as possible is that he hopes to be able to balance Li Junxian. If there is only one special guard for a long time, I am afraid it is not good. Li Shimin is the emperor, and he will not absolutely believe in someone's loyalty, even if it is the imperial family. And Li Shimin believes in maintaining loyalty with strength, if his strength is not strong, then don't expect his courtiers to be loyal. Now Li Junxian seems to be loyal, but Li Shimin still has to train the second special guard as soon as possible. In this way, Li Junxian's family can be avoided from being dominant, and Li Junxian's loyalty can be guaranteed.
"This Tyve can be copied, but the first step is to spend a lot of money." Li Junxian said.
The special guard does need a lot of money, and the cost of raising troops alone is more than ten times that of a normal army. If the entire army of the country is renamed special guards, I am afraid that the cost will be huge, and it is possible that the country's finances will go bankrupt.
"In other words, you can talk about how we can transform other armies into special guards." Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin is not worried about money, he is just worried about whether he can do it. If not, then Li Junxian will be the only one. In this way, Li Shimin is not at ease!
"Yes, but first of all, you have to prepare for talent. The combat mode of the special guard is a combined operation of multiple arms, which requires the cooperation of all major arms. Although everyone has trained infantry and cavalry in combination combat, or infantry and archers in combination combat, everyone has trained in this before. However, the combined operation of firearms is even more complicated. The average person can't do it. In addition, we use departmental collaboration, that is, each aspect has a related department to manage. This requires a large number of professionals, if there is no large number of professionals. That would also not be possible to form an army. Li Junxian said.
After Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but feel that this talent was also an important issue. Originally, Li Junxian trained these staff officers like this, and it took three years. It took three years to train a junior staff officer. If you want to be more advanced, who knows how long it will take! How to train staff officers next, that is the problem in front of everyone. This is a talent problem, and it is difficult to avoid it.
"Third, those former high-ranking generals, the emperor may also have to take care of their ideas!" Li Junxian said.
Li Shimin asked; "Why?"
"Your Majesty, the combat mode of the special guards has changed, and it is no longer the era of winning with individual bravery. I'm afraid that there are many generals who are reluctant to change, because they all use martial arts to get mixed up on the battlefield. If we change the way the military fights, will they be able to learn and adapt? If he can't learn to adapt, then I'm afraid he will be eliminated. Li Junxian said.
This is also a big problem, those generals who have achieved fame on the battlefield by relying on their personal martial arts may not be willing to change the mode of operation. Cheng bites Jin Qin Qiong Wei Chi Gong, rely on martial arts to mix on the battlefield, they are all brave generals. Even Li Junxian's body is the same, his mother relies on personal martial arts, but Li Junxian has successfully transformed.
If they change their mode of warfare, will they be able to learn how to fight with firearms? Even if they barely learn, will they be able to adapt to it? If they can't adapt, then I'm afraid they won't have anything to do in the future war. Without their business, then they are afraid that their lifelong achievements will be fixed, and they will not be able to achieve higher glory.
"This? Junxian, you can rest assured that I will solve this matter. When the time comes, they will change people if they don't change their minds! Li Shimin said.
Li Shimin is a generation of heroes, and those generals have studied the war mode carefully, but if they are not capable of the new war mode, then Li Shimin really wants to be replaced, and Li Shimin will not leave a waste in his position anyway. Maybe they had military exploits before, but Li Shimin had already been rewarded for their military exploits, so Li Shimin did not owe them anything. On the contrary, these nobles became a major problem for later emperors. If these nobles have always had great influence in the army, it will make the emperor feel uneasy. In this case, it is better to take this opportunity to remove their influence in the army and replace them with a new group of generals. The influence of these generals in the army could not be compared with that of the founding fathers, so the emperor was safer. (To be continued......)