Chapter 436: Reorganizing the Heavenly Army
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In the dense grove, the birds chirped, but no matter how they heard the call, they were a little panicked, as a little elf in the forest, what happened to the birds so panicked? Take a closer look, only to see a zigzag official road coming from the north, and there are rows of soldiers wearing colorful fish scale armor on the official road!
The first army of the Heavenly Army!
This place is the official road in the north of Pingxian County, only seven or eight miles away from Pingxian County, obviously, only Liu Tai's headquarters Jinyiwei can appear here, and the reason why Jinyiwei appeared here, I think Liu Tai is ready to attack Pingxian, well, if it is not necessary, in Liu Tai's thoughts, he does not want to kill each other with the princes of the Central Plains, as long as Zang Hongken bows his head, Liu Tai can not only be exempted from responsibility, but also be generous with his high-ranking officials, but is Zang Hong willing to bow down?
The official road is extremely narrow, and each row of soldiers can only be tied with about seven or eight people at most, so that the distance between the thousands of Jinyi guards on the official road can be imagined, and the most important thing is that at this time, there are not only the Tianci troops on the official road, but also the Xuzhou soldiers who have surrendered! Originally, Xuzhou, which had surrendered not long ago, was not suitable for the battlefield, everyone understood this, but Liu Tai's mind rose to peacefully solve the problem of Pingxian, and the Xuzhou soldiers could only be helplessly sent to the battlefield, after all, there were tens of thousands of Xuzhou soldiers in Pingxian County, and their old masters had surrendered at this time, so was it necessary for them to do the fishing net battle?
"Hansheng, how is the situation in the state recently?" The battle was about to break out, but Liu Tai's expression seemed to be very leisurely, and he glanced at Huang Zhong who was riding on the fiery red sweaty BMW and asked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOver the years, Liu Tai has been thinking about reducing the military power in the hands of the generals, after all, the scale of the Tianci army is too large, especially the power in the hands of the governor of a state and county like Huang Zhong is equivalent to a prince!
Although Liu Tai believes that it is impossible for Huang Zhong and others to betray him, as a superior, it is impossible to act with unwarranted trust, right? If the military power has been in the hands of these generals, a convention will be formed in the future, which will lead to the decline of Wu Shengwen, and even the people in power will be controlled by some well-intentioned people!!
Of course, Liu Tai also didn't like the military to be too weak, otherwise, he would follow the old path of the Han Dynasty, resulting in the military has been excluded from the central power, and some people with lofty ideals were unable to rise to the top when the country was in great trouble, and all the power was almost shared by eunuchs and scholars.
For so many years, the civil and military forces in northern Xinjiang have always maintained a good balance, the military generals are headed by the veteran Huang Zhong and Gao Shun, and the Wenchen is headed by Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, and the two sides each occupy half of the court, and no one has the ability to suppress each other, well, this is also the reason why Liu Tai is in power, if Liu Tai's descendants are born to inherit the unification in the future, then it is more difficult to maintain this balance.
Since ancient times, the reason why there will be chaos in the imperial court is because of the imbalance between civil and military, the civil and military forces are strong, and the military is suppressed, resulting in most of the military official positions in the imperial court being inserted by the children of the Wen faction.
And if the martial faction is strong and the Wen faction can't hold its head up, then the prospects of this imperial court will be even more unbearable, and even the emperor will not be guaranteed in the worse situation, for example, Dong Zhuo is a good example, in the strongest period of Dong Zhuo's power, the literati almost became spectators, the power was in hand, and the Son of Heaven was covered with dust!
Liu Tai naturally understands the important surnames of maintaining the civil and military factions, but the problem is that civil and military discord is an inevitable surname for the reproduction of the dynasty, even if the future constitutional monarchy is implemented, of course, the constitutional monarchy can reduce the civil and military contradictions to the freezing point, but Liu Tai is such a monarch, will it be possible to give up power? Obviously impossible! And the constitutional monarchy in this era, no one will accept it at all, even if Liu Tai set the system during his lifetime, I am afraid that it will be abandoned by unscrupulous descendants after death, in this case, why waste time?
"Your Royal Highness, since the establishment of Mengzhou, Bingzhou has been surrounded in the inner frontier, in addition to the necessary local governance, hundreds of thousands of troops staying in the state is useless, the old minister has recently said that he is preparing to make a setback, I hope His Royal Highness can be dismissed to the post of the old man's governor, and the army of the state will be transferred to other states and counties, and the old man will go to the battlefield to make contributions to my northern Xinjiang!!" Looking at Liu Tai tightly, Huang Zhong didn't speak directly at first, but closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then said to Liu Tai.
Huang Zhong is not a fool, over the years, Liu Tai has continued to reduce the supply of Bingzhou, and even transferred several regiments of Bingzhou, the meaning is already obvious, since the establishment of Mengzhou, there is no need for seven or eight regiments in Bingzhou, especially after Hanoi County and Liangzhou became Liu Tai's governing land, it can be said that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Bingzhou are useless!
Looking at Huang Zhong, Liu Tai's expression was very flat, as if there was no surprise Huang Zhong's words, in fact, Liu Tai had secretly expressed his position several times, but Liangzhou was not subdued at that time, so he was not in a hurry to transfer the military power of the state, at this time, the northern Xinjiang was moving south, and the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the state can be said to be a complete waste of manpower and material resources, how could Liu Tai allow it to continue like this?
Although it is said that all aspects of northern Xinjiang have developed very well over the years, especially after the land expansion has nearly doubled, the eight or nine hundred thousand Tianci troops seem to be a bit small, of course, even if it is less, it is enough, as long as the soldiers and horses in idle places such as Bingzhou and Jizhou can be transferred, then even if the battle is multifaceted, Liu Tai is also confident.
When the Governor's Mansion was established, Liu Tai handed over to Huang Zhong's army of nearly 500,000, after the Qinglin Army was ruling, the number dropped to about 400,000, more than a year ago Wen Chou took away 100,000 troops from Bingzhou to the Western Regions, so that Huang Zhong actually commanded no less than ten legions, these ten legions were stationed in various parts of Bingzhou, of which fifty percent were distributed in Yanmen Pass and other borders, and three percent were included in Mengzhou, of course, even if it moved into the Mengzhou military system, it was still commanded by Huang Zhong, it can be said that so far, Huang Zhong's control of soldiers and horses is 300,000!!
"Han Sheng, you have been really tired for so many years, but the great cause of the widow has not yet been completed, the Tianci army still needs a veteran like you to sit for it, the widow wants to reform the military system, reorganize all the legions, and set up the most elite dragoon army and tiger army, the number of each army is initially set at 30,000, the position of the commander of the first legion of the dragoon army, the widow wants to hand it over to you, I don't know if Han Sheng still has the ambition to open up territory for the widow?" Liu Tai's eyes looked at the head of Pingxian County, where the silhouette faintly appeared in the distance, and said loudly to Huang Zhong on the side.
The reorganization of the Tianci Army is an inevitable move, over the years the Tianci Army can be said to have become a super behemoth, its internal military system is numerous, the command is disordered, completely deviated from the original purpose of the formation of the Tianci Army, in order to eradicate these problems, Liu Tai's only way is to split the Tianci Army into multiple legions.
Of course, there are as many as three or four hundred thousand cavalry in Northern Xinjiang, and it is impossible to form only one army, well, I want to explain here that the meaning of the army and the legion is not the same, for example, the military system in Northern Xinjiang stipulates that the maximum number of a legion is 30,000 people, but the Tianci Army is also an army in name, but the actual soldiers and horses are nearly one million, can this be confused?
There can be a legion under the army, and there is no limit to the number of armies, at least according to the military system formulated by Liu Tai, and the dragoon army after the reorganization of the Tianci army is naturally also a military number, and multiple legions are set up under it, of course, it is impossible to put all the three or four hundred thousand cavalry under the name of the dragoon, otherwise, wouldn't it become another Tianci army?
In the past two years, Liu Tai has been understanding the disadvantages of the Tianci Army, the reason why he has not ordered the restructuring, the main reason is the problem of the name of the Tianci Army, the original Tianci Army was given by the first emperor Liu Hongqin, if Liu Tai changed his name, wouldn't it be against the holy decree of the first emperor? Of course, at present, Liu Hong's holy decree has no influence on Liu Tai, even if the military name is changed, the turmoil caused will not be much, at least those princes cannot use this excuse to crusade against Liu Tai.
Hearing this, Huang Zhong suddenly looked at Liu Tai with a stunned face, unable to speak for a long time, after reacting, his forehead couldn't help but overflow with a burst of cold sweat, although it is said that it belongs to the July day, it is the hottest time of the year, but it is nothing to Huang Zhong, who grew up in the south, can be scared into a cold sweat, indicating that the rearrangement of the Tianci Army really shocked Huang Zhong.
"The lord wants to reorganize the Heavenly Army? In this way, isn't it "swallowing his saliva, although he came back to his senses, Huang Zhong still couldn't suppress the shock in his heart, and at this moment Huang Zhong looked at Liu Tai's gaze indescribably strange!" Although Liu Tai sits on half of the world, he is actually only twenty-five years old, and in the eyes of the people and scholars in this era, he is only a fledgling age.
But what about Liu Tai? When he was young, he defeated the grassland eagle Tanshi Huai, single-handedly created the Northern Xinjiang regime, and then controlled the three major states in Northern Xinjiang, sitting on millions of people with armor, it can be said that if Liu Tai is in a hurry to ascend to the throne, there is no need to wait until now, he can overturn the mediocre court in the period of Emperor Ling, and a super king comparable to the first emperor grew up under Huang Zhong's nose, Huang Zhong's admiration for Liu Tai is simply immeasurable!
"Isn't it? Disrupting the existing distribution of power? Is it possible for unnecessary turmoil in northern Xinjiang? Liu Tai smiled coldly and glanced at Huang Zhong, a little meaningful. Then I saw Liu Tai shift his gaze, and glanced back at the rows of elite sergeants behind him, wherever Liu Tai's eyes passed, the eyes of the Jinyi guard showed an extremely excited look, from which it can be seen that the Jinyi Wei admired Liu Tai, Liu Tai had an incomparable position in the Jinyi Wei and even the entire Tianci army!
"No, that's not what it means" His face turned a little pale, Liu Tai's cold eyes went straight into Huang Zhong's heart, at this moment Huang Zhong suddenly felt that he had fallen into an ice cellar, so cold!! Huang Zhong understands Liu Tai's status in the Tianci Army very well, don't look at the current Tianci Army's various factions fighting openly and secretly, but as long as Liu Tai gives an order, not to mention Huang Zhong, the leader of the military system of the state, even Wen Chou, who is far away in the Western Regions, will die!
In Northern Xinjiang, no one can disobey Liu Tai's royal edict! Liu Tai is not only a monarch, but also a king who created a prosperous era with his own hands! The merits are comparable to those of Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu, and in the hearts of the Tianci Army and even the people of Northern Xinjiang, Liu Tai is a god, an incomparable supreme deity!
"Han Sheng" called faintly, as if Huang Zhong was dragged out of the abyss, only to see Liu Tai looking at Huang Zhong with an extremely indifferent expression and said: "The widow doesn't want someone to play some tricks underneath, don't think about getting something that doesn't belong to you!" ”
Liu Tai's words are very clear, implying that Huang Zhong and other military leaders use their power to seek some benefits or do something unspeakable. Seeing Huang Zhong's expression becoming more and more pale, Liu Tai continued: "It used to be because the widow didn't have time to deal with you, but if the unification war has started today, then these unnecessary struggles can also be stopped, the widow doesn't want to see the tragedy of cannibalism in the future, if that's the case, then the widow doesn't mind getting rid of some of the leaders!" ”
"Your Highness is humble, there is really no intention of disobedience, Your Highness is atoning for your sins!!" Huang Zhong, who was sweating profusely, looked extremely frightened, because of Huang Zhong's reasons, the entire marching army stopped, and the brocade guards standing in front of him all looked at Huang Zhong who stopped holding his war horse with puzzled eyes, wondering why Huang Zhong's expression suddenly changed drastically, and even stopped during the march!
"Let's go!" Looking at Huang Zhong's frightened look, the corners of Liu Tai's mouth hung a slight arc, in fact, Liu Tai didn't know Huang Zhong's thoughts? Huang Zhong's loyalty to Liu Tai can be said to be visible, although Huang Zhong has done some inauthentic things for the reproduction of the family over the years, but it is also within the scope of Liu Tai's acceptance, and the reason why Liu Tai said those words is just to knock Huang Zhong.
"No!" Looking back at Jinyiwei, who had stopped, Huang Zhong's expression was stunned for a moment, and he immediately followed Liu Tai's footsteps. When he turned his head, Huang Zhong felt two strange eyes, which belonged to Guan Yu and Yan Liang.
Guan Yu and Yan Liang are the second only to Huang Zhong in the military department of Bingzhou, since the original county and Zhenyuan County were merged into Mengzhou, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong's military power has been seized, and now the two can be said to have become idlers. En, that is, the general of the legion who does not have a direct affiliation.
In northern Xinjiang, veteran-level generals such as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and other generals have nominal commanders.
At the beginning of Liu Tai's military and political reform, he had already come up with a clear charter for the rank of generals, such as colonel, major general, lieutenant general, general, etc., each name corresponds to different powers, but this idea was shelved by Liu Tai after he grasped the real power of the two states, and the reason why it was shelved at that time was also for a reason, and where was the reason? That is the pressure of public opinion in the imperial court!
At the beginning, Liu Tai was not the god king above the tens of thousands of people today, and there was the Son of Heaven and a series of court officials supervising it, so in desperation, he could only give up the military and political changes that touched the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and only split the corps into each unit, and the title and rank of the generals were still subject to the original Han Dynasty system.
Although it is still said that the military and political system of the Han Dynasty prevails, Liu Tai has also made appropriate changes, such as Huang Zhong's group of generals, En, that is, Liu Tai's first northern expedition to the Southern Xiongnu, the status and rank are much higher than the new generals in the later period, and the privileges and titles they have are not comparable to the new generals.
Among them, the most prominent are Huang Zhong and Dian Wei, Huang Zhong has been in charge of the military and government of the state for seven or eight years as an auxiliary general, and Dian Wei has held the real power in the Northeast as a general of conquest, so the glory and power are simply incomparable to others, and at the same time, there are many reasons why Zhao Yun is a general, but also because Zhao Yun is the first batch of "privileged" generals!
"Han Sheng, the widow knows your loyalty, so he will give you the opportunity to restrain yourself from the precipice at this time, if it is someone else, hum!" Liu Tai's tone was very cold, but it revealed a strong trust in Huang Zhong, only to see Liu Tai look at Huang Zhong and continue: "When the widow was a fledgling, Jun was the first general to follow the widow, and the widow did not have any outstanding deeds at that time, but he had the identity of a Han clan, Han Sheng was willing to follow the widow to open up a territory, and this love will never be forgotten!" ”
"The widow is not Gaozu, he will not learn the trick of Gaozu's lackeys cooking, cunning rabbit death, in the future, there will be countless territories waiting for you to evaporate, so the widow does not want to compromise your future in a little thing." Liu Tai's expression was very sincere, the original cold attitude slowly disappeared, and the gaze that looked at Huang Zhong was a little emotional, and there were many indescribable tastes!
"Your Highness" saw that Liu Tai, who had always maintained the prestige of the king, showed such sincere feelings for himself, and Huang Zhong, who was over forty years old, couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. Huang Zhong finally understood what Liu Tai meant at this moment, Liu Tai was reluctant to attack Huang Zhong's group of veterans, I hope Huang Zhong and others can take it away in real time, put down the power in their hands, and do their part, otherwise, in the future, Liu Tai will attack Huang Zhong and these people sooner or later, after all, it is impossible for any monarch to allow his subordinates to have too much power, and the monarch will not see Wang Mang usurping the country, and Dong Zhuo will mess with power?
"Zhong understands, I hope His Royal Highness will let go, Zhong will never be the disloyal and unrighteous person, after the battle of Pingxian County, Zhong will give his subordinates some warnings, and strictly order his subordinates to wait for His Highness's edict, for the reorganization of the Tianci Army, Zhong will unconditionally support His Highness!" With tears in his eyes and gritting his teeth, Huang Zhong shouted at Liu Tai.
At this moment, Liu Tai once again saw the shadow of the year in Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong of the year, for loyalty, for the Han, for the people, he could throw his head, spill blood, hold the tiger's head and sword regardless of life and death, fight at the forefront of the two armies, be injured before the battle again and again, turn the tide again and again, and beat the enemy army to the north, and now Huang Zhong can still be ...
(To be continued)