"Brother Yunqi, who do you think can win?" Li Xuanba squatted next to me, looking at the sand table curiously, as for my mother-in-law, now she has gone to the barracks to inspect again, this girl, there is no time for peace.

"I think it's hard to tell the difference between victory and defeat, although the Western Turks are slightly superior in strength, but the West still needs to face strong opponents, such as Persia, so it is impossible for him to come with all his troops. At most, that is, 300,000 people who control the strings, in addition, Xue Yantuo in the north is not good at it, if the Western Turks lure it to their advantage, I am afraid that 100,000 soldiers and horses can still be taken. ”

"But the Eastern Turks are definitely struggling for their lives, even if there is really a rebellion to seize the throne because of the death of the Khan of Chuluo, the Western Turks' move will make the Eastern Turks unite in this special period."

"What Brother Gongren said is right, but they have to fight for their lives." I nodded. I can't remember any contradictions between the Western Turks and the Eastern Turks in history, but I believe that the elder brother of the Khan, Jieli Khan, was not a good person.

This guy is fierce and brutal, warlike and murderous, but unfortunately, it can't affect the replacement of nomads for the time being. However, with this guy here, I think about it, the Western Turks' plan for the Eastern Expedition is afraid that it will only end up with a defeat for both sides.

The only question is whether the Chinese Empire can take advantage of the Turkic rivalry to make itself more powerful.

"Okay, everyone, let's put aside the small talk for the time being, let's have a good chat about the next feint plan and army reorganization plan." Wei Yunqi slapped his face, signaling these guys to focus their attention.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, I stood up: "At present, excluding reserves, the total strength of our army has reached 650,000 people, this number, compared to the territory we currently have, is too much, the important thing is that non-border areas such as Guanzhong and Guanbei are not necessary to retain too many garrisons in counties and counties......

"What I mean is that a part of the garrison army is eliminated and let them retire, and where they retire will become the guards everywhere, the original conscription, there are too many unsuitable ones, those people still retain the style of being an official in the past, and doing things worse than hooligans and ruffians, these people should all be dismissed, of course, not completely cut all at once, but starting from Chang'an, cutting from top to bottom."

"Of course, I also give these people the opportunity to choose, and wait for their crimes to be imprisoned, or to participate in various constructions."

There are more and more soldiers, and every time they occupy a place, they will increase by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and now, Guanzhong has a population of only 8 million, but it needs to feed more than 500,000 troops, which is really too big in my opinion.

The only thing that makes me more gratified is that there are more than 1.5 million reservists who do not need to be supported by the court, at most they are responsible for their military uniforms and weapons, but since they are compulsory military service, they do not need to spend any military salaries.

Unless they become a regular army or a garrison army, they will be paid by the court, which is equivalent to changing from amateur soldiers to professional soldiers.

At least 50,000 troops, that's my goal. This is of considerable benefit to the future, or to the Chinese Empire, if the number of soldiers is too large relative to the number of people engaged in industry, commerce and agriculture, then it will inevitably affect the development of the empire.

After all, the army is the most important factor in ensuring the stability and unity of the country, but an excessive number of troops will also affect the production and development of society.

After seizing Shuzhong, Qu Tutong, the first general of the Chinese Empire, expressed concern about this. This surprised me a little, but I really couldn't imagine that a military personnel in the Sui and Tang dynasties could keenly perceive this kind of problem.

However, there is a saying in the ancients that makes sense, the soldiers are in the fine but not in the wide. Nowadays, the army of the Chinese Empire, even if it is a garrison division, whether in terms of equipment or training, far exceeds the elite troops of this era.

It can be said that pulling a garrison division to fight, even if it is a strong army in Wagangzhai, or Wang Shichong's Praetorian Guard, in front of Ben Gongzi's garrison division, it is not the opponent of the Praetorian Guard of the Chinese Empire.

Okay, I'll admit I'm bragging again, but from the perspective of equipment and training alone, the armies of the Huaxia Empire at all levels are definitely the strongest in this world.

At present, the field army in various places is sufficient, and it is possible to expand it in the future, but the garrison army will be further reduced, after all, there is no need to keep too many troops. Because, for each place occupied, a certain number of locals would be conscripted into the army.

Whether it is Shudi, Western Qin, Hexi, or Lingnan, which is about to be conquered. In addition, there are still more than 50,000 troops under the command of Ben Gongzi in the land of Jiaozhi, so the number of troops is somewhat excessive, even if it is so rich in Guanzhong, supporting too many troops, the pressure on logistics is terrible.

Fortunately, the whole territory of Guanzhong and even the west of the river and the land of Xiqin have been completely connected by the cement straight road, otherwise, the supply of more than 500,000 troops alone is enough to make the empire anxious, and the logistics of more than 500,000 troops, if it is all manpower, then at least 300,000 people must be maintained to be able to guarantee, if it is a war, then, for every 100,000 troops, at least 3 to 50,000 people need to be added.

And Yang Guangyuan, thousands of miles away from Goguryeo, the number of people needed is even more incalculable, and the land of Hebei and Shandong, which is the place of soldier recruitment and people's recruitment, is naturally unable to withstand such manpower consumption, and in the end, the Great Sui Dynasty is full of smoke and eventually collapses.

Now, if it is in the Guanzhong area, the consumption of 500,000 troops only needs 5,000 crossbow horses, 500 eight-wheeled carriages, and 2,000 horsemen, and three shifts of transportation can ensure the daily supply of materials for the Guanzhong army.

See how big of a difference this is? In the past, you used hundreds of thousands of people to transport food and materials, these people are not immortals, they need to eat, they need to drink, just the cost of the journey, I am afraid it is enough to make the army

The territory is large, and transportation is a big problem. Although the land of Bashu is more rugged than the road in Zhiguan, and most areas of the cement straight road have not yet been connected, fortunately, the water system here is dense, so with the help of water transportation, the transportation here can also be smooth enough.

In addition, there is another problem, that is, the West Qin and Hexi regions, as well as the Guanbei area brought by Yan'an, will be divided into a military region, with 12 garrison divisions, including three garrison divisions.

In addition to the Praetorian Guard, the original five divisions of the garrison troops, as well as the strength of my mother-in-law's Fourth Army and two newly formed armies, and three divisions stationed in Tongguan.

In other words, the number of troops in the Jingzhao region has exceeded 200,000. Of course, these new armies and my mother-in-law's Fourth Army will all go to the battlefield in the future. Even the Praetorian Guards may go out to fight, and only the Chang'an garrison and Tongguan troops will not be used.

However, the garrison of five divisions is too much for Guanzhong, so it is expected that the garrison of three divisions will be reduced, plus two divisions of garrison troops will be reduced from the Hexi area and the Kanbei area.

As for the Tongguan troops, in the future attack on the Central Plains, it would be enough to leave at most one regiment of garrison troops in Tongguan. Therefore, at this stage, only five divisions will be reduced, and the vast majority of the soldiers of these five divisions will be retired from active service, and some will become cadres of the local armed forces department, specifically responsible for reserve work.

The other part will be transferred to the local police, prosecutors, and court systems. It is expected that after the completion of these works, the local prosecutorial, court, and police systems under the administration of Motokoji will be at least fully rolled out.

It will not be like now, only the central region has courts, there are procuratorates, and newly occupied areas, such as the land of Bashu, although this system has been built now, but there is a shortage of personnel, and even in many counties, the court system is less than ten people, according to my idea and the original vision, each county will have at least three judges, five to seven prosecutors, and five to ten police chiefs.

Therefore, these 50,000 retired soldiers took up their posts after three to five months of training, and they knew far more about the law than those scribes of this era, after all, military law was established under the supervision of this son, and its implementation was far stricter than the official system of this era.

In addition, in the Bashu region, the number of the southward group army has reached 170,000. After the end of the war, a Bashu Military Region will be built in the Bashu region, but the number of troops will be about ten divisions, and they will be used to specifically target the native barbarians in southern Yunnan and the Indochina Peninsula, as well as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is still a pot of porridge.

On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, now, that Songtsen Gampo has just been born for a few years, and his father Langri Songtsen is now Zampu, that is, between kings, and now his father Langri Songtsen has done a lot of things, conquering Senbo, Tibet and other countries.

Now, he is still looking like he is going to do a big job, but in another eight or nine years, his father Langri Songtsan will be poisoned and killed by the traitors, well, so this son is already preparing now, and he has not yet moved the mind of Tubo. However, the dream of Songtsen Gampo, a little kid, to become the future Tubo Mingjun is unrealizable. Because, I'm here.

Time slowly grinded, and finally, New Year's Day came, at the beginning of the second year of the Chinese Empire, Wang Chongshi personally led an army of 200,000 out of Luoyang, and the soldiers pointed directly at Jingxiang.

"Wang Shichong can't pick a good day again for this spring goods, why do you want to send troops?" Han Shige, who had returned from Hancheng, was very indignant, well, Wang Shichong was on the first day of the new year, raised 150,000 troops, and went straight to Shuyang County, it only took two days, all the territory of Shuyang County, and without a breath, the troops went straight to Guiyang, and when Wang Shichong stormed Nanyang New Town, Nanyang County was too guarded by Zhang Luo to lead 30,000 troops to attack it.