Just when Hou Junji was speechless for a while, Sun Shunde, the general of the Right Xiaowei, stood up at this time.

He bowed down to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, since Li Xiang believes that the ability of soldiers can be obtained from short-term training, the minister proposes to simply form a new army and hand it over to Li Xiang for training. ”

The proposal of the eldest grandson Shunde seems to support Li Jing, but in fact, what he secretly hopes is that Li Jing fails.

Like Hou Junji, his ultimate goal is to target Li Zhi.

The reason is that Li Zhi once suggested that Li Shimin reform the management of religion was inadvertently known to him.

Among those whose interests are affected by the reforms is his family.

The eldest grandson Shunde and Hou Junji have somewhat different views.

He believes that the ability of soldiers will definitely improve to a certain extent after training.

Otherwise, those veterans on the battlefield will not be able to fight more and more.

It's just that he thinks that the effect of this kind of training is not as obvious as Li Jing expected.

Therefore, he proposed to recruit new troops for training.

When the time comes, as long as you organize an experienced veteran to fight with it, you will definitely be able to defeat the new army.

At that time, Li Zhi's idea of interfering in military affairs will be completely broken.

Li Jing frowned a little after listening to the proposal of the eldest grandson Shunde.

Although he was able to conclude from experience that training according to the new method could improve the strength of the soldiers, he was not sure how much he could improve.

Just when he hesitated whether to agree, Qin Qiong, the general of Zuo Wuwei, spoke: "Your Majesty, the effectiveness of the new law is not yet known, and the minister suggests that the young Xiao in the army should be the backbone of the army, and the new soldiers should be used for training. ”

Qin Qiong's formulation is much more reasonable than that of the eldest grandson Shunde.

The training of new recruits is quite difficult, and it is difficult to quickly build up combat strength without some experienced people to lead them.

After listening to Qin Qiong's suggestion, the expression on Li Jing's face softened a little.

Li Shimin spoke at this time: "Do you have any opinions on Shubao's proposal? ”

Everyone including Hou Junji and eldest grandson Shunde shook their heads and opened their mouths in agreement.

So Li Shimin opened his mouth and said to Li Jing: "Since this is the case, this matter will be handed over to you, the pharmacist, and you can transfer the required grassroots generals from various armies at will, and the number of recruits will be tentatively set at one." (A house in the Tang Dynasty had about 1,120 people)

Li Jing bowed down and agreed.

At this moment, Hou Junji spoke again: "I wonder how long Li Xiang thinks it will take to train the new army?" ”

This question once again stumped Li Jing.

If it is only necessary to train an army that can fight, it will be enough for only two or three months.

But if he wants to get an army like he and Li Zhi imagined, he really doesn't know how long it will take.

When he was still hesitating, Cheng Yanjin, who had never spoken, spoke: "Since Your Majesty is asking for a strong army, the training time will naturally be longer, so I think it is better to set it for a year." ”

After listening to Cheng Yanjin's words, Li Jing glanced at him gratefully.

The eldest grandson, Shunde, objected: "Even if Your Majesty's requirements are stricter, why does it take so long if Li Xiang thinks that the new method of military training is more effective?" ”

Cheng Yanjin glared and said, "General Changsun won't know the standard of a strong army, right?" ”

With that, he glanced around the crowd again.

Then he continued: "You are all people who know the soldiers, and you should know that even if you fight on the battlefield all day, it will take more than a year for a strong army to take shape. ”

He faced the eldest grandson Shunde and asked, "Could it be that General Changsun thinks that training on weekdays can better cultivate elite soldiers than on the battlefield?" ”

The eldest grandson Shunde was asked by him, his face turned red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Eldest Sun Wuji glanced at Eldest Sun Shunde a little strangely, he was very puzzled by this uncle's performance today.

It stands to reason that he should have no contradiction with Li Jing on weekdays, why would he act like this today?

Thinking of this, he also said to Li Shimin on the side: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that a year is not a long time. ”

After listening to the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin said: "In this way, it will be for a period of one year, and I will personally verify it at that time." ”

This matter has been finalized at this point.

Li Jing also hurriedly found the military roster, wanting to select some available generals from it.

For these, Li Zhi doesn't have to interfere for the time being, but he is not idle because of this.

He personally designed several more practical weapons, and after drawing the drawings, he handed them over to Yan Lide and asked him to build them according to the number of more than 1,000 people.

In addition, he also designed two sets of military uniforms for winter and summer, and planned to use cotton cloth to make them after the cotton was picked.

The military armor of the Tang Dynasty is not only expensive but also very heavy, and the soldiers must not be able to wear it for a long time during training.

Ordinary linen clothes could not withstand too much wear and tear, so he just used the newly planted cotton.

Li Zhi not only has to be busy with these, but also has to pay attention to the manufacture of boilers at any time.

The brazing process of this period could only be used to weld small pieces of metal.

Larger objects need to be welded with pressure welding.

The boiler that Li Zhi wanted to build was two meters high, and it was very difficult for such a huge object, not to mention welding, to bend and roll the steel plate into shape.

Li Zhi specially designed a plate bending machine for this purpose, using water discharge as the power to roll the plate.

Don't look at the simplicity of the plate bending machine, but it takes a lot of effort to make pure steel gears.

On the one hand, it is necessary to repeatedly experiment with the raw materials that need to be added to the furnace, and on the other hand, it is necessary to make precise molds.

Li Zhi, with the help of Yan Lide and Bakken, spent a lot of manpower and materials to finally complete it.

By the time the boiler was finally able to start manufacturing, two months had passed.

After more than two months of preparation, Datang's first special forces were finally formed.

Li Jing transferred Zuo Wei Zhonglang to serve Su Lie as a thousand households.

Su Lie, who was brave and good at fighting, once made great contributions to breaking through the tooth tent of Jieli Khan as a striker in the war to destroy the Eastern Turks last year.

It's a pity that he was a little out of time, and he caught up with Li Shimin's fierce generals, so he has never been reused.

This time, I heard that Li Jing wanted to build a new army, so I took the initiative to find him.

Li Jing saw that such a fierce general came to the door, and accepted it without hesitation.

The adjutant and the ten centurions below Su Dingfang are also young generals with good force values drawn from various guards.

This facilitates the training of recruits for the nature of special forces.

The maximum age of more than 1,000 recruits is only 20, and the average age is only 18.

Such a low average age is unique in the entire Tang Dynasty's military system.

In addition to this, these recruits are recruited by recruitment, that is, professional soldiers in the modern sense.

Not only do they get a variety of weapons and equipment for free, but they also get a good monthly salary.

According to Li Zhi's suggestion, these recruits were paid a higher salary than those recruited elsewhere.

Therefore, when recruiting personnel, although the conditions are harsh, the places are still filled up quickly.