After Zheng San left, Zhao Ziliang returned to the imperial office and sat down, saying to Zhao Ting: "The main reason I want to recruit you back this time is because there are more important things that need you to do."
Zhao Ting hurriedly said: "Father, please give me your instructions."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Zhao Hu has not been home for four years while guarding the Khazar Protectorate.
As a father, he cannot bear to separate his wife and son for a long time.
The Khazar Protectorate is not only close to the Great Food Kingdom, but also borders the Eastern Roman Empire. , and the west is a barbarian forest.
It is also the frontier of contact between our Western Qin and Western countries.
It is also the most important transit station on the northern line of the Silk Road.
Its strategic position is very important.
If Zhao Hu is transferred back and no suitable candidate can be found to replace him for the time being, As a father, I think of you.”
Zhao Ting cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will go to the Khazar Protectorate to take up my post today."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Why are you so anxious?
My family has just returned to Xinjing from Jisu Protector's Palace, and we have to stay there for some time.
If your mother knew that I asked your family to go to a place as far away as the Khasar Governor's Palace again. , I’m afraid I’m going to cry again I'm crying.
Let's do this.
You and your family will stay in Xinjing for three months and stay with your mother for three more months before setting off to the Khazar Protectorate.
My father has already asked the Military Academy to send a message to the First Army Corps. , let Zhao Hu wait for another three months."
Zhao Ting agreed: "Yes, father."
"You go see your mother first, and bring your wife and children over for dinner tonight."
"Yes, I will retire."
Youshi, Qianquan Palace.
Candles were lit everywhere, illuminating the Qianquan Palace.
After eating too much of this candlelight dinner, I felt nothing.
Zhao Ziliang still missed the era when there were electric lights in his previous life, but it was almost impossible to use electric lights for lighting in this era.
There were more than thirty members of the royal family sitting on both sides of the long dining table.
Even the little Wang grandson, who had just turned three years old, had a seat.
The children were not paying attention to eating.
They started chattering while eating, and they were not making any noise.
Giggles.
The women talked more, and Zhao Ziliang ignored them and talked about the affairs of the court with Zhao Ting, who was sitting next to him.
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Do you know about the military expansion?"
Zhao Ting nodded and said, "I read it from the Di newspaper."
"It is planned to expand the army by 150,000 people.
Of course, these 150,000 people will not be recruited at once.
About 30,000 people will be recruited every year.
The recruitment task will be completed in three years.
The remaining 60,000 people will be selected from the compulsory soldiers.
After that, 30,000 people will be recruited every year. men, retire thirty thousand, in order to keep the number of the standing army at a fixed number, if not so, etc.
After ten years, 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers will be retired at once, and the shortage of soldiers will be too large.
After three years, each legion will add a group of soldiers.
After six years, all legion plans will be completed and fully reorganized.
The total strength of a legion will be Reaching 30,000 people, a total of ten legions of standing troops, excluding the Guards, Guards and Dragon Guards in the Forbidden Army."
Zhao Ting was puzzled and asked: "Father, I don't understand, why can't the recruitment of 150,000 people be completed at once?
Why delay it until three years?
It will take six years to complete the full establishment of all legions.
Isn't it wrong?"
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trouble" Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "You don't understand.
If our West Qin Army wants to maintain its combat effectiveness for a long time, or even improve its combat effectiveness, it must not only have sophisticated equipment, strict and systematic training, and qualified ideological education, but more importantly, it must always maintain combat status.
In addition, we need to retain enough veterans.
If more than 100,000 veterans are retired at once and hundreds of thousands of new recruits are added, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Retiring 30,000 people every year basically ensures that the combat effectiveness will not be weakened, and also allows the army to retain enough veterans.
The veterans have rich combat experience, and they can pass on their experience to the new recruits.
Under the guidance of the veterans, the new recruits will Become a veteran faster.
Even if we expand the army on a large scale, we must maintain a large number of veterans in the army to connect the past and the future, and prevent the veterans and recruits from becoming disconnected during the expansion."
Zhao Ting cupped his fists and said, "Father is wise."
After dinner, Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ting walked out of Qianquan Palace and strolled on the path in the palace.
Zhao Ziliang waved to the eunuchs and maids to stay away.
After making sure that they could not hear the two talking, Zhao Ziliang said to Zhao Ting: "Father, Wang considered waiting for all ten standing legions to be reorganized and full before he began to take formal measures against the Dashi Kingdom.
During the military operation, we only instigated internal unrest and consumed it internally.
At the same time, we also tried our best to find ways to make the Eastern Roman Empire consume the strength of the Great Food Kingdom and make them fight each other.
If they stopped fighting, we would We must find a way to get them to fight again, and in order to allow the Eastern Roman Empire to fight with peace of mind against the big food country.
In France, the mission of the Khazar Protectorate appears, to contain the Bulgarian Khanate and the barbarian tribes in the west.
You can often send cavalry on the border to harass them, and send fleets to harass the coastal existence of the Bulgarian Khanate.
They can't cause trouble for the Eastern Roman Empire, but they can also play a role in training troops. .
Therefore, your mission after arriving at the Khazar Protectorate is very clear.
You don’t need to worry about subverting the Great Food Kingdom.
Your mission is to be responsible for border security and Silk Road security, and at the same time, you can’t cause trouble for those barbarians.
If there is a major military conflict with those barbarians, don’t push them too hastily, and you must have a good grasp of the scale.”
Zhao Ting agreed: "Yes, I understand."
"Father, I heard that the barbarians in Hexi and Longyou have rebelled again.
How is the Eastern Expedition Army doing there?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Judging from the current situation, the situation is relatively optimistic for the time being.
Ma Lin and Bai Xiaode have led their troops to Ganzhou and captured Ganzhou City.
The Uighur forces in Ganzhou and Suzhou have basically been eradicated.
In the eastern section and east and north part of the Hexi Corridor There are Dangxiang people living in different areas.
These Dangxiang people are also ferocious and their power is getting bigger and bigger.
What I mean is to let them and the Mobei Army attack from both sides from the north and the south.
First deal with the Dangxiang people, and then turn their guns to deal with Hexi.
The Tuyuhun people south of the corridor then marched towards the plateau."
Zhao Ting said: "Father, if we just open up the Hexi Corridor and deal with the Dangxiang, Uighur, and Tiele people, two legions will be enough.
But if we want to deal with the Tuyuhun and Tubo people, two legions will not be enough."
"Of course my father knows that our Western Qin Army is not the only one engaged in countering the rebellion.
The imperial court will definitely send troops to counter the rebellion."
Zhao Ting added: "In that case, the problem arises again.
Since the imperial court will send troops to quell the chaos, then there will be a problem of leadership between our Western Qin army and the Central Plains imperial army.
Who will command who will fight separately?
The danger of being defeated one by one by the rebels."
Zhao Ziliang said: "My father has also considered this issue.
The best way is that we don't take the initiative to bring it up, because we don't know who the Central Plains court will send to lead the army.
If they send a wine bag and rice bag to lead the army, they ask us, the Western Qin Army, to lead the army."
If you obey his dispatch and command, there will be no need to fight this counter-insurgency war."
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Zhao Ting thought for a while and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Father, if a person with sufficient talent and prestige is to be used in the Central Plains court to direct the counter-insurgency war, only General Guo Ziyi can do the job now.
Others such as General Li Guangbi General He Laiyi These people are no longer here, and the remaining generals are either lacking in talent, or lack of qualifications and prestige.
If the Central Plains court sends General Guo Ziyi to lead the army to take charge of countering the rebellion, and demands that our Western Qin Eastern Expeditionary Army be placed under its jurisdiction, I don’t know how my father will respond."
Zhao Ziliang said: "If the Central Plains court really does this, my father is really not sure how to reply.
Ma Lin, Bai Xiaode and Guo Ziyi were all my students back then.
To a certain extent, their qualifications are equivalent.
Guo Ziyi because His just right way and attitude in dealing with people are favored by the superiors.
In addition, he is older than other generals with the same qualifications, so he gives the emperor a more mature feeling, while Moreover, he is a Han Chinese, and the emperor is more at ease with him.
Guo Ziyi never offends others, and he has a way to deal with treacherous ministers so that they will not be hostile to him.
He also has a way to treat loyal ministers, and he will make them feel that he is the same as them.
They are the same kind of people, which is one of the reasons why his official position rose so quickly.
If Ma Lin and Bai Xiaode were to obey Guo Ziyi's command, I'm afraid they would not be so willing."
Zhao Ting asked: "Axe, who do you think has the stronger military ability among them?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "It depends on which aspect you are referring to.
If it refers to the commander's ability, Ma Lin and Bai Xiaode are really not as good as Guo Ziyi.
This is determined by their personalities.
Guo Ziyi has a strong ability to balance and coordinate the relationships between all parties.
In this aspect, he is worse than Bai Xiaode and Ma Lin.
This is an extremely important ability.
If you can't let your subordinates If the generals are twisted into a rope and use their strength in one place, how can they maximize the combat capabilities of the army?
No matter how strong your military talent is, what is the use if your subordinates cannot completely and thoroughly implement your strategic and tactical intentions?
But If it refers to specific command, emergency response, and execution of tactics, Guo Ziyi is probably not as good as Ma Lin and Guo Ziyi."
"According to what my father said, Guo Ziyi is a commander-in-chief, and Bai Xiaode and Ma Lin are tactical generals.
Guo Ziyi should be the head coach."
Zhao Ziliang asked back, "Can't Bai Xiaode and Ma Lin be commanders?
Either one of them is capable of commanding an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand to fight.
If the father ordered them to be under the command of Guo Ziyi, they would be willing to give them a signal this time. , If I make them think that in my opinion they are not as good as Guo Ziyi, they will definitely be unwilling to accept it.
They will definitely be in conflict with Guo Ziyi's orders.
Things will get messed up.
Father, after thinking about it, this matter is really difficult to deal with.
It can't be solved.
It would be counterproductive” "My son believes that the Central Plains court should re-appoint Guo Ziyi, because no one has greater prestige and ability than him.
At present, he is the only one who can calm the situation.
Maybe in a few days, the Central Plains envoys will come to see my father.
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