Outside Chang'an City, in the camp of the special guard, Li Junxian is having a meeting with the future special guard executives. On Li Junxian's left hand side are Mulan and Su Dingfang, two people who were transferred from the Yulin Army. And Li Junxian's right hand side has Ma Zhou, as well as Dugumou, who belong to themselves and are not from military backgrounds. Dugu Mou was confiscated because he committed a crime, so it is reasonable to say that he is not a soldier himself.

In fact, there are still some people, that is, the hundred grassroots soldiers brought by Mulan and Su Dingfang from the Yulin Army, and Dugu Yanyun also took the initiative to transfer thirty elite soldiers to support Dugu Mou. However, none of these people will be high-ranking military officers in the future, so they are not qualified to come in for meetings.

"Everyone, we are all here to form a special guard together, so we will all be comrades-in-arms in the future, and we must love each other like brothers! Let's get to know each other! Li Junxian said first.

Several people got to know each other and introduced themselves. And strictly speaking, they are all Li Junxian's cronies, and Mulan is Li Junxian's wife, needless to say. And Dugumou is Li Junxian's brother-in-law, Su Dingfang was pulled up by Li Junxian, and Ma Zhou is Li Junxian's protégé. Therefore, strictly speaking, this special guard is composed of Li Junxian's cronies. However, soon Li Shimin will send a prison army, so as to supervise Li Junxian and them, so that Li Junxian will not have any bad ideas. This Li Junxian also expressed sufficient understanding, after all, it was normal for the ancient emperor to send a supervising army. The better one is to send a civil official to supervise the army, and the worst one is to send a eunuch to supervise the army. And now that Li Shimin has promised to send a relatively young military attache as a supervisor, what can they not be satisfied with?

"Now, the soldiers have not arrived, let's discuss our tactics in the future." Li Junxian said.

Next, Mulan, as well as Su Dingfang, two generals with rich experience in war, began to discuss, as if they wanted to discuss the basic tactics of their army. However, neither Mulan nor Su Dingfang had a result, because they both believed that their tactics were correct. And Li Junxian looked at this result and shook his head helplessly.

"You stop me, you can't make a point of arguing so much." Li Junxian said.

Mulan and Su Dingfang looked at Li Junxian and said, "Please show the general!" ”

"I've heard you talk a lot about tactics, but you don't get to the point. I've listened to your tactics, and they all work, but why are you arguing? Li Junxian asked a question.

Mulan and Su Dingfang were speechless, and they didn't know why they couldn't argue, and they didn't seem to be able to convince each other.

"Actually, you didn't choose an imaginary enemy well, or you didn't have an imaginary enemy at all." Li Junxian said.

The so-called imaginary enemy is to assume a target as one's own enemy, and then carry out operations against the surname according to the opponent's tactics and operational ideas, as well as various organizational conditions. In later generations, China's imaginary enemies were Maozi in the north, dwarf in the south, devils in the east, and monkeys in the southwest. Therefore, the armies of these directions are grouped according to the imaginary enemy. However, in the discussion between Mulan and Su Dingfang just now, an imaginary enemy was not given at all, so it was natural for the public to say that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable.

"I can tell you that our future enemies are the Turks, and you will determine the enemy according to the way you deal with the Turks. What do you do? Li Junxian said.

After Mulan heard Li Junxian's method, she immediately said, "General, your linear tactics are the best way to deal with the Turkic cavalry. As long as three rows of pulleys and strong crossbows exhaust a row, then take turns to shoot, and it is almost impossible for the Turks to rush to the front. So, this tactic is a very good tactic. ”

Su Dingfang also agreed with Mulan's statement, because Li Junxian's version of the bow and crossbow modified according to the tactics of queuing and shooting in later generations is a very good tactic for dealing with cavalry. Although it can't deal with heavy cavalry like muskets, the Turks don't have heavy cavalry at all, so this kind of bow and crossbow is enough to shoot in line.

"Then do you think that if we use a new type of linear tactics, then our original establishment of Datang will still be able to play its due ability normally?" Li Junxian asked again.

"This?" None of the people present were speechless.

"General, we don't know, please make it clear." Mulan said.

"In fact, Datang's existing compilation method can't play this kind of linear tactics." Li Junxian said.

The so-called establishment, that is all decided on the basis of tactics. Each army has its own basic tactics, and the so-called establishment is decided on the basis of its own basic tactics. Different tactical detachments and tactical units are formed by different numbers of people, and even the final strategic group army is determined according to the different levels of the mission. In fact, the largest unit in Datang's current establishment is the battalion, and there are only 750 people. As for commanding the war, the soldiers from the Zhichong Prefecture in various places were temporarily transferred to fight. In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there was actually no large army, and those so-called Wei generals were all in the "remote lead", and there was no real army under them, and at present, the Wei who had a real army under his subordinates was Li Junxian's special guard. This is also the reason why Li Shimin sent a prison army, after all, this is the only standing army in peacetime, and Li Shimin has to be careful about the controller of this army.

Now Li Junxian's meaning is very obvious, that is, to re-establish the establishment. In later generations, the division, regiment, battalion, company, and platoon system was actually based on the linear tactics after the use of firearms, and it was the most scientific tactic. And Li Junxian's crossbow version of the linear tactics is actually not much different from the musket version of the linear tactics, so this division, regiment, battalion, company and platoon system can also be used.

"So, in order to adapt to our new linear tactics, we have to change our army structure, and we have to adopt a new type of army formation!" Li Junxian said.

Everyone hesitated, because it was a bit taboo to change the establishment. If the officers below changed the military structure without authorization, the emperor was likely to be suspicious. They all understood this truth, so Li Junxian said that he wanted to change the establishment of the army, but they did not agree. They are also worried about Li Shimin's jealousy. If Li Shimin is jealous, those heads are not enough to cut off his head.

"Who is going to change the size of the army?" A voice came. (To be continued.) )