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Suddenly, a rush of footsteps broke the silence of the hall, and then the figure of Li Ru, the regular attendant, appeared at the gate of the palace and trotted all the way into the hall.

"Your Majesty, Si Li sent an urgent report from the Flying Eagle." Running to the bottom of the stairs, Li Ru held two stacks of letters and silks with both hands, and said urgently.

Hearing this, Li Li put down the music slip in his hand, stood up unhurriedly, and said in a deep voice as he walked down the steps: "What should come will come after all, but the time is earlier than I expected." ”

When the words fell, Li Li stretched out his hand to take the letter and silk, and before he opened it, he saw that the light in front of the palace gate was dim, and Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang and the camp owners in Beijing would come together.

Seeing that they were coming so quickly, Li Li glanced at Li Ru, Li Ru's face changed, his cheeks were slightly red, and he was about to open his mouth to explain but saw Li Li shaking his head slightly, forcing him to swallow the words back to his lips again.

"Ministers, see Majesty!" More than a dozen civil and military ministers led by Li Xuna and Jia Xu bowed in unison.

Li Li bowed slightly, not in a hurry to open the letter, casually put the letter, and raised his hand calmly: "The ministers are exempt." ”

As he spoke, he walked down the steps and sat down on the left side of the hall: "Sit down." Wen You entered the palace with his front foot, and you arrived later, which means that you already know that something big has happened in Si Li. In that case, simply sit down and discuss countermeasures. The war is urgent, and we must agree on countermeasures as soon as possible in order to minimize losses. ”

Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others sat down when they heard the sound. Li Xuan and Jia Xu sat under Li Li, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang sat opposite, Lu Bu, the commander of the wolf cavalry battalion, Huan Fei, the commander of the Flying Bear Battalion, Dian Wei, the commander of the Tiger Battalion, Ma Chao, the commander of the Longxiang Battalion, Li Dian, the commander of the Wurui Battalion, Zhang Fei, the commander of the Vermilion Bird Battalion, Wu Yi, the deputy general of Jin Yiwei, and Wang Yue, the commander of the Eagle Eye Guard, and other battalion generals sat down.

After everyone is seated. Li Li said calmly: "The war is together, and all the burdens are on you. The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first. Yuan Zhong was responsible for raising grain, grass and baggage, and Wen He was responsible for mobilizing troops and horses. Feng Xiao and Kong Ming planned countermeasures. Therefore, the next assessment will be handed over to the public station and Wenyou to be fully responsible. ”

"Your Ministers obey." Li Xuan and the four replied. Immediately, Li Xuan said: "Your Majesty can rest assured. The grain and grass baggage has already been prepared, just waiting for His Majesty's order, Weichen immediately allocated grain and grass, and he can arrive in Luoyang within ten days. In addition, the armament baggage has been prepared, and the soldiers and horses of the battalions have entered Beijing this time to replace their weapons, battle armor, and baggage. Up to now, all the main battalions that were ordered to enter Beijing have all changed their equipment half a month ago. At present, adaptive training is underway, and the whole army can be sent out at any time. ”

After Li Li heard this, he turned his head to look at Jia Xu, and when he saw Li Li's inquiring gaze, Jia Xu immediately understood and affirmed: "What Xiangguo said is exactly right. All the horses and horses under the general's tent have been rearmed, and all the horses are equipped with stirrups and saddles, swords, and bows, and each cavalry has thirty arrows and short swords, as well as soft armor for the horses.

The infantry army is equipped with two types of troops: light armor and heavy armor. At present, only the camp under General Gao Shun's tent and the Wurui battalion defending Gyeonggi are all heavily armored infantry, and the rest of the infantry are light infantry. The infantry army all used iron weapons, equipped with repeating crossbow machines, and the shields and offensive and defensive ordnance were all replaced. The lethality and solidity are twice as high as before, and the combat effectiveness has increased by more than 30%. ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu paused. Then he continued: "At present, all the new equipment is only enough to equip 350,000 war cavalry and infantry troops, and it is limited to the main battle camp in Beijing. The main battalions stationed in other states and counties still use the original weapons and equipment, and the replacement weapons are issued to the county soldiers. ”

Apparently. Jia Xu's remarks actually implied that Li Li was affectionate to the generals of the other main battle camps for this change of equipment. After all, they were stationed on the border and faced sudden battles at any time, but they did not enter the first sequence of costume changes, but were excluded, so these border generals would inevitably complain and express their dissatisfaction. Jia Xu, the secretary of the military department, was their target of venting, and they wrote letters one after another to express their dissatisfaction, urging Jia Xu to replace them with new equipment, including threats and intimidation, threatening that if Jia Xu did not give them a satisfactory explanation, they would jointly denounce Jia Xu for abusing power for personal gain, favoritism, unfair handling of things, and so on, and there was a great posture of jointly impeaching Jia Xu.

However, these border generals did not know that the replacement of new equipment was a list set by Li Liqin, and Jia Xu and Li Xuan were only executors, and they had no right to decide at all. However, they had no excuses, and they could not inform the generals of the battalions of the truth, let alone betray Li Li. Therefore, this black cauldron belongs to the two of them, they can't hide it, and their responsibilities are related, so what can they do?

At present, there are nine main war camps gathered near Chang'an City, including six war cavalry battalions, about 230,000 cavalry, all of which have been redressed; There are four infantry battalions, about 180,000 infantry troops, only the trapped camp and the Wurui battalion have been replaced with new equipment, and only 30,000 infantry soldiers of the Wuwei battalion under Bocai's account have new equipment, and the remaining 20,000 infantry troops still use the old equipment, and the remaining 10,000 sets of new equipment are distributed to the palace guards.

It is worth mentioning that during this change of clothes, Li Li formed another heavy infantry battalion, which was the 30,000 first dead soldiers under Ju Yi's account. The Xiandeng battalion led by Ju Yi was originally the elite of the infantry army, experienced in a hundred battles, and the most brilliant record was to destroy the ace powerhouse under the command of Gongsun Zhan in one fell swoop - White Horse Yicong. In the Battle of Changshan two years ago, Ju Yi relied on 50,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers to resist the fierce attack of more than 200,000 Cao troops for a year and four months, and finally although he was defeated and returned to Merge Prefecture, there were still more than 24,000 Xiandeng dead soldiers who survived.

In line with the principle of good steel on the blade, Li Li decided to build the Xiandeng Dead Soldier Battalion into a hoplite, carefully selected and supplemented the soldiers, making it the second heavy infantry army after the trapped camp, a veritable ace infantry.

At this point, all the new equipment that Li Li had worked hard to accumulate for seven years was sold out, and there was no one set.

It is precisely because the new equipment has been distributed that Jia Xu has been overwhelmed by the generals of various battalions recently, but he can neither tell the truth, nor does he have new equipment for them, so he is miserable. In the final analysis, it was all caused by the position of the secretary of the military department, he sat in this position, and the generals of the battalions did not look for him for equipment, who else could he find? Even if he ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, the generals didn't dare to ask Li Li directly for equipment, so Jia Wenhe naturally became a scapegoat. In just one month, half of his hair had fallen out, and there was already a large area of hair loss on the top of his head; If this continues, it won't take half a year for him to become the first bald scoop in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, Jia Xu really felt that he, the secretary of the military department, was actually being grilled on the stove. seems to be a high and powerful position, holding millions of soldiers, and the power is comparable to that of Li Xuan, but in fact, this is not the case at all.

So far, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty has more than 20 main battle camps, and the main generals and deputy generals of each battalion are the best in the army. These generals are not good-natured characters, they can fight well, are unruly, and to put it bluntly, they are thorns. The reason why Li Li chose him Jia Xu as the secretary of the military department was because he was the first military division of the Xiliang Army, with outstanding military achievements and profound qualifications, and he could suppress these arrogant generals.

But in fact, Li Ligao looked at him Jia Xu. If he is allowed to make suggestions and strategize, it will naturally be no problem; But letting him manage the generals in the army is not what he is good at, and he can't do it, it's like chasing ducks to the shelves, it's too difficult for him. Especially at present, when the system of three provinces and six ministries has not yet taken shape, although there is still a military aircraft department above the military department, the daily work is all piled on his body, the secretary of the military department, and it coincides with the war years, and the military department needs to do too much, so much that he is out of breath and overwhelmed.

Just one change of equipment made Jia Xu sleepless, there were only so many new equipment, and only nine of the more than 20 main battalions could be replaced, and it was inevitable to lose one or the other. It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, it's really torturous!

For this reason, Jia Xu also thought about picking a son and quitting. Facing a group of arrogant generals all day long, it is reasonable to say that he Jia Wenhe is a literati, and he is a cultured and cultivated writer, and he can't talk to these unruly generals at all, he has no common language, and he can't communicate. He once thought that with his profound qualifications and incorruptible tongue, he could completely settle these martial artists who only knew how to shout and kill, but unexpectedly the result backfired, which was very different from his original idea.

After half a year of running-in, Jia Xu realized that he couldn't control these arrogant soldiers. The only one who can really suppress the generals of the whole army and the officers and men of the three armies is Li Li himself, and he is the only one, and there is no second candidate at all. He can't do it, he can't deter the more than 3,000 generals in the whole army, and he can't control such a big plate.

Jia Xu had nowhere to pour out the bitterness in his stomach, and at this moment he finally seized the opportunity to implicitly express the predicament and troubles he was facing. It's a pity that Li Li is not here at this time, he has the war in his heart, and he has no time to take care of Jia Xu's distress and difficulties, so he didn't hear the deep meaning of pouring bitter water in Jia Xu's words at all, or he heard it, but he didn't have the heart to deal with it. Because only Jia Xu is the best candidate for the secretary of the military department, if even he can't suppress the generals in the army, Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and Lu Su and others can't do it, their qualifications are too shallow, and their military exploits are not enough to overwhelm the generals. is that only Jia Xu is the most suitable candidate, and his qualifications and military exploits are sufficient, who else is it?

In the matter of distributing new equipment, Li Li was reluctant to say more, and Jia Xu's complaints did not work, he did not answer at all, directly skipped the question raised by Jia Xu, and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao is in charge of the war, let's talk about it, what is going on in the war of Si Li, and what are the casualties of our army?" ”

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