When Xue Yong arrived here, Luo Shixin did not let him go back first, but waited for Su Dingfang to arrive, discuss it together, and find out the right way to prescribe the right medicine. Trying to train a flock of sheep into tigers and lions that can produce wolves is indeed a chore. But at this point, Luo Shixin had no intention of escaping.

If you think about it carefully, if all the border soldiers are at the level of the Xuanjia Army, each of them can be ten with one and one with one hundred, what else does he need to go all the way to Gyeongju to do? As long as it is not a second command, with tens of thousands of Xuanjia troops in hand, it is absolutely light to be able to overturn the Turks. You must know that the Xuanjia Army is the best in the world, and the full strength is only 3,000 people, and it is a strong soldier selected from all the elites of the Tang Dynasty and formed by rigorous training. The Xuanjia Army lost one person, and when it was necessary to replenish the quota, ten representatives from each of the 12 armies in Guanzhong would be selected, and after competing with each other, the winners would be selected to replenish.

You must know that the 12th Army of Guanzhong is the core strong army of the Tang Dynasty, and the number of each army is around 20,000. The Xuanjia Army selected the best one from the 200,000 elite soldiers.

In terms of combat effectiveness, a casual Xuanjia army will not be inferior to a commander at the rank of captain.

In the battle of Tiger Prison, Li Shimin dared to rush Dou Jiande's army of more than 100,000 with 3,500 cavalry, and the 3,000-man Xuanjia army was his confidence.

If everyone in the border soldiers is a Xuanjia soldier, the Turks really don't need to be mixed.

Li Shimin, as a general of Tiance who holds the military power in the world, it is impossible for Li Shimin not to know about the situation of the border soldiers. arranged him all the way to come here, must be because he believed that he could be in a certain period of time. Train the border soldiers like wolves. It would be too embarrassing to just hold his tail and flee back to Chang'an in a gloomy manner. What's more, Li Jing and Li Shiji should have encountered similar situations. They are training hard, so what reason does he have to give up?

It's all a head, born by my parents, who is afraid of whom!

Luo Shixin pondered.

Because there is a Yanzhou between Suizhou and Gyeongju, the news is conveyed, Su Dingfang is coming, and it takes a day for each other. Xue Yong also stayed in the Governor's Mansion overnight until Su Dingfang arrived, and Su Dingfang was at noon the next day. The dust arrived at the Governor's Mansion of Rossin.

Sure enough, as Luo Shixin expected, the situation brought by Su Dingfang was exactly the same as what Xue Yong brought, not much different. All emphasized that the border soldiers had no will to fight. All of them are submissive. The style of eating and waiting for death is not at all the vigor of a soldier, and there is no spirit of a soldier.

Su Dingfang looked farther and more thoroughly than Xue Yong, and said, "General, in my opinion. Those soldiers are really not useless, and the soldiers who have been on the battlefield, whether they are victorious or defeated. Being able to live is a sign of strength. They may not be strong, far inferior to the Twelve Guards or the Twelve Armies of Guanzhong. But compared to those peasant armies who had not been on the battlefield, those who had not been trained were still better. It's just that most of them are used to indulgence, have no discipline, and have no goals. The general said a sentence that the general still remembers to this day, a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. This has a goal, and there is a yearning to fight. The soldiers in the Suizhou barracks gave me the feeling that they had no goal and no yearning, just like they had no soul. This army without soul will feel that it is not vigorous, and it will naturally be like a sheep, and it will be obedient. It's hard to imagine that this border soldier, who has always been known for his bravery, is like this. ”

"It's really strange in other dynasties, but it's not strange in my Tang Dynasty." Luo Shixin initially had the same feeling, and in his impression, the border soldiers should be strong. They are constantly threatened by foreign races, live in the midst of war, and protect the peace of the frontier. Therefore, throughout the ages, the border army has been synonymous with brave men, and in many dynasties, the strength of the border army is even far superior to that of the central army.

Because the Central Army is far away from the battlefield, it is easily eroded by corruption and bewitched by interests. As a result, the generals and colonels love money and cherish their lives, which affects the combat effectiveness of the whole army and is vulnerable. In history, because of the fall of the border, the central army was vulnerable. But in the Tang Dynasty, this situation was reversed.

This is also inseparable from the rise of the Tang Dynasty.

After the Tang Dynasty established itself in Guanzhong, it adopted the national policy military system of fighting the world in Guanzhong, and established the Twelve Military Offices in the Qinchuan generation in Guanzhong, which is the well-known Guanzhong Twelve Army. Luo Shixin was responsible for training in the past Tianjie Army is one of them, in addition to the Tianjie Army, there are Wannian Road for the Banner Army, Chang'an Road for the Drum Banner Army, Fuping Road for the Xuange Army, Liquan Road for the Jingyuan Army, Tongzhou Road for the Yulin Army, Huazhou Road for the cavalry army, Ningzhou Road for the Zhiwei Army and so on......

The Tang Dynasty expedition must transfer the 12th Army in Guanzhong, and it can almost be said that the vast majority of the entire Tang Dynasty was defeated by the 12th Army, and the strength of the 12th Army in Guanzhong can directly represent the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty.

Because the 12th Army of Guanzhong was too strong, the development of the Tang Army was also towards the 12th Army of Guanzhong. A qiē excellent equipment first satisfies the 12th Army of Guanzhong, rewards are given to the 12th Army of Guanzhong first, and glory is also the 12th Army of Guanzhong. In the long run, the 12th Army of Guanzhong became stronger and stronger, and the border army lost its fighting spirit due to various imbalances in their hearts.

It also caused the Turkic army to come, the border army shrank and protected the main towns from the Turks, and the wolf-like 12th Army of Guanzhong rushed to the frontline battlefield under the deployment of Li Yuan.

In this way, a vicious circle was formed, and Datang relied too much on the Twelfth Army.

This kind of thing also happened in history, Li Yuan felt that the world was settled, and there was no need for the 12th Army in Guanzhong to exist, so the establishment of the 12th Army was revoked. As a result, the Turkic army attacked, and the Tang army was defeated, so that the soldiers were terrified, and the three armies were terrified and did not dare to fight.

Li Shimin had to personally lead the Xuanjia Army to sweep the formation, and led the 100 people to call out in front of the Turkic army of 50,000 to boost morale, which forced the Turkic army back.

Li Yuan also restored the establishment of the 12th Army after this war, which shows the dependence of the Tang Dynasty on the 12th Army in Guanzhong.

Because of the appearance of Luo Shixin, Li Yuan did not revoke the 12th Army of Guanzhong, nor did he have any incident of 100 cavalry plundering the formation, but the Tang Dynasty's dependence on the 12th Army of Guanzhong is still the same.

This is also the reason why the border soldiers are as weak as sheep.

These are all the reasons why Luo Shixin thought about them after a night of hard work, and explained these to Xue Yong and Su Dingfang in detail.

Xue Yong and Su Ding looked at each other before they understood.

"I see!" Xue Yong bowed his head and said: "What the general said should be good, the Twelfth Army is too strong, so that the border army has been robbed of the limelight and has been treated unfairly." This army is uncertain, the people are absent, and in the long run, it will become today's unmotivated border army. ”

Su Dingfang answered: "Because they feel that even if they are working hard, the general who is far away in the court can't see it, and they feel that the civil and military forces in the court are all focused on the Twelve Armies and ignore their existence." The more they think about it, the more unsatisfactory they are, and the worse they are, the more they don't get a soldier's reputation. Directly degenerated into today's border army, not knowing how to advance, not thinking of progress, eating and waiting for death. ”

"In this way, a vicious circle has been formed, and if it continues to develop, the border army will be abolished!" Luo Shixin pondered for a moment and said, "Now that you know what the problem is, give me the right medicine and change the atmosphere for me." I will apply to the above for a new batch of weapons and armor, so that all the soldiers have a refreshing feeling, and let them know that their treatment is the same as that of the 12th Army in Guanzhong. As for the two of you, no matter what, I'll pull the military up for me and let them look like soldiers. From the most basic grasp, we have time, even if it is a group of pigs, we have to cut off their fat and paste tiger hair. As for them to regain their military glory, I have some ideas on that. But now is not the time, you pay attention. I believe that there are still materials that can be built in all the border armies, and there are still good soldiers who are talented and unwilling to go along with the same stream, and I will be of great use to bring them out early and take special care of them. ”

Xue Yong and Su Dingfang said in a deep voice: "The last general is ordered!" ”

"When you go back, it's up to you whether you train a group of screaming male soldiers, or retreat to Chang'an in a gray way." Luo Shixin smiled and patted the shoulders of the two, encouraging his subordinates.

Xue Yong and Su Dingfang only felt that their shoulders were as heavy as a thousand catties, and their eyes were also solemn and firm.

They can have today, all of them were pulled up by Luo Shixin, and now Luo Shixin needs them, and they each tell themselves that they must not live up to their high expectations.

The two of them hugged their fists and retreated.

Luo Shixin didn't have any worries about them, needless to say, Su Dingfang was a first-class general. Xue Yong's reputation in history is indeed not obvious, but he is calm and serious, and after getting along for many years, he also knows that he is an object that can be trusted.

Compared to them, Mo Hu'er still needs him to put more effort into it.

In terms of ability, Mo Hu'er is clever, and he has learned a lot of things with him over the years and has the ability to take charge of himself, but his age is a hard injury, but he is in his early twenties, which is younger than him.

Although ability has nothing to do with age, there will still be a little rejection of any person who accepts the dispatch of a person much younger than himself. After all, unlike him, Mo Hu'er lacked the strength and prestige that he despised as a qiē.

However, Luo Shixin didn't think about intervening directly and letting Mo Hu'er toss by himself. This does not attempt to fall and will never walk.

"Maybe Mo Hu'er overcame the difficulties by herself, not necessarily!" Luo Shixin still has a certain amount of high hopes for Mo Hu'er, but also because he is the governor and holds the important military and political affairs of the three states, so he can't be the same as before. Mix one step here, mix a little there, and meddle in everything. Delegating power to his cronies to deal with, he grasps the overall situation is something that his identity must learn.

While Su Dingfang, Xue Yong, and Mo Huer were learning to be independent, Luo Shixin himself was also learning how to be a metropolitan governor and do what the superior should do. (To be continued......)

PS: First update!