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Chapter 1314: The Third Western Crusade Begins


The Ci Pei Army is still practicing intensely in the camp outside Xinjing City.

All the training subjects have actually been completed.

The reason why they are still practicing now is just to practice makes perfect, to make these soldiers of the Ci Pei Army cooperate more tacitly and to train them. of collaboration.

In addition, the changes in military formation drills are also extremely important.

From a broad perspective, there are mainly a few types of formations, but there are countless formations derived from these main formations.

It is not easy for soldiers who have formed one formation to switch to another completely different formation in the shortest possible time.

There is no trick to this, you can only practice more.

Zhao Ziliang's method is to practice constantly, so that the soldiers' familiarity with the formation and mutual transformation and adaptability can be drilled into their bones, and they can practice their instinctive reactions, so that they can be on the battlefield.

So that there will be no confusion.

The practice of various offensive and defensive tactics cannot be stopped.

It must be practiced every day, just like practicing martial arts.

If you don't practice for a long time, your martial arts will deteriorate and your skills will become rusty.

Zhao Ziliang would go to the military camp of the Jibei Army outside the city every day.

At least from the current situation, these Jibei Army can only be barely qualified.

They will need two or three months of training before they can be deployed on the battlefield, especially after they are reorganized.

The cooperation between soldiers and between soldiers and military leaders takes time to develop.

Half a month has passed since I returned to Xinjing.

In the blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

The temperature has dropped a lot, but Xinjing is still a little hot.

King Zhao Lei brought his brothers, sisters, concubines, children, grandchildren and other members of the royal family to the Ice Palace to celebrate the festival with Zhao Ziliang.

In the Ice Palace, Zhao Lei led the royal family members to salute Zhao Ziliang, and each of them presented the gifts he had prepared for Zhao Ziliang.

There have been four generations of royal family members.

Zhao Lei's generation alone has more than a dozen brothers and sisters, and the youngest generation has a large number.

They are generally under seven or eight years old, and the younger ones are just born.

There are too many great-grandchildren, and Zhao Ziliang is really lucky that his memory allows him to call each descendant by name more accurately.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, the children played separately.

Zhao Lei said to Zhao Ziliang: "Father, I have something to report."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Let's go to Wangtianya and play a game of chess with my father."

"yes" When the father and son arrived at Wangtianya, the waiter had already laid out the chessboard and prepared the black and white chess pieces.

Sitting face to face, the father and son came and went incessantly.

Zhao Lei said: "These days, I have been thinking about what my father said to me outside the city when he returned to Beijing half a month ago.

I need to have my own ideas and strategies to govern.

After thinking about it for so many days, I discovered that I The expansion of the Western Qin Kingdom is already in the hands of the father.

The war is almost completed, and soon the father will continue the Western Expedition.

It seems that the son has nothing better to do in the matter of opening up the territory and can only focus a lot of energy and thoughts on internal affairs.

In terms of stages, children can be in three aspects: Make a difference: first, improve the loopholes in the official political system, continue to develop the economy, improve the overall productivity and creativity of the Western Qin Dynasty, find ways to make contributions in agricultural skills and industry and commerce, and find ways to reduce the gap between rich and poor; second, in the country think among the tribes Methods can be used to further break down the barriers between various tribes and our Han people.

We can allow intermarriage between various tribes and Han people, and we can consider allowing people from various tribes to become officials or even enter the central government office of the royal court; thirdly, find a way to solve the problem of Ugu Sihe Huazizimo” After hearing Zhao Lei's words, Zhao Ziliang expressed his affirmation and said: "The fact that you can consider this shows that you still have an overall view.

These three aspects are ultimately a matter of cultivating internal strength.

I won't talk about the first two aspects.

These are all It’s a common question.

Please tell me about the third aspect, how to solve Ogus and Khwarizm.

You must know that these two countries are vassals of our Western Qin and have always been respectful to our Western Qin.

Why do you want to solve them?

What does resolution mean?”

Zhao Lei put down the chess piece and said: "Father, to solve Ogus and Huacizimo is to completely incorporate these two countries into the territory of our Western Qin.

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The royal court center will send officials to govern and send Western Qin's troops to garrison.

Erchen's idea is to slowly figure it out , first think of ways to weaken the prestige of the two royal families among the people, and then think of ways to install our ministers among the two countries, weaken the power and strength of the two kings, and then think of ways to isolate them, from a comprehensive political and economic perspective and military control , and finally incorporate the territories of these two countries into our territory of Western Qin.

As for the arrangement of the royal families of these two countries, it does not matter; the reason why I want to do this is because I think these two countries are sandwiched in our territory.

Among them, there is always a hidden Trouble, the people of Ogus and Khwarizm are not very civilized.

Their two generations of monarchs have been respectful to our Western Qin.

Who can guarantee that their next generation of monarchs will still be respectful to our Western Qin?

They can be solved once and for all, and never again.

Don’t worry about getting elbow and armpit injuries.”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said: "Yes, my father supports you to do it freely, but this matter cannot be rushed.

It needs to be done slowly.

Don't be too popular and it will be ugly.

It will be self-defeating and not beautiful."

"yes" "In addition, the three aspects you just mentioned are all aspects of internal cultivation.

We cannot completely ignore external affairs.

We must always beat and deter neighboring countries, and we must always maintain an overwhelming advantage in military strength.

Honglu Temple is a very important yamen, and the position of Minister of Honglu Temple is very important.

The person who holds this position must have diplomatic skills."

"Western Qin now has a vast land and a long coastline.

Our current warships can only sail near the offshore and cannot penetrate into the depths of the sea.

We still don't know what is on the other side of the sea, and the navy still has Construction needs to be strengthened, and shipbuilding technology must be further strengthened.

Warships must be built larger, sail more smoothly, have a longer range, and can withstand strong winds and waves.

Our people must have a spirit of exploration and development, a spirit of adventure, and civilization.

Only in this way can we continue to make progress.”

"yes" Zhao Lei hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, but didn't say what he wanted to say.

Zhao Ziliang raised his eyes and glanced at him, then paused and said, "Don't be hesitant, just tell me if you have anything to say."

Zhao Lei gritted his teeth secretly and said: "At the last court meeting, a minister proposed that the construction of the king's mausoleum usually starts from the time he ascends the throne, but the father's mausoleum has not been started until now.

In front of the father's presence It seemed disrespectful to mention this matter in front of my father.

The ministers did not dare to mention it in front of my father.

To bring this matter up before the king, I can only tell my father about this matter.

If the construction of my father’s mausoleum does not start, the son’s mausoleum cannot be built either.

This mausoleum cannot be built in a day or two.

It must be done in advance.

Be prepared, if you die one day, you won’t even have a place to stay, and you will just make people laugh.”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can handle this matter.

You don't dare to mention it because you are afraid of offending your father's taboos.

My father doesn't have so many taboos.

You can let Yousi Yamen handle it."

"promise" Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said to Zhao Lei: "As for the 80,000 prisoner army commanders, Chu Ge, Bai Xiaode, Wei Meng, Bo Lehan and others came to see my father a few days ago.

They have all retreated now and are fine.

But, I want to follow my father to the west.

My father has thought about it for a long time and feels that taking these old guys away can save you a lot of trouble.

At least no one will cause trouble for you in the future, so you can let go."

Zhao Lei felt relieved and said: "Since they want to go to the west with my father to conquer, and my son can't stop me, let them go.

I don't know what else my father needs me to do."

Zhao Ziliang said: "In addition to the 80,000 prisoner army, if the father wants to bring a standing army, he can bring a slave army.

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With Li Sheng as the commander of the army and Wei Gao as the deputy prisoner army, the royal court does not need to be responsible for the military expenses.

The military expenses of more than 50,000 thorn troops brought by my father from the Tang Dynasty There is no need for the Royal Court to be responsible.

The Royal Court is only responsible for the military expenditures of the slave army.

In addition, logistics and supplies will definitely be very inconvenient for an expedition.

In order to solve the problem of ordnance and equipment, you have to prepare a batch of skills in various industries for your father.

Excellent craftsman” Zhao Lei couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Father, General Li Sheng and General Wei Gao are our famous generals in the Western Qin Dynasty.

There are not many generals in the active army who can compare with them.

You take two away at once.

If anything happens, There is something going on in the country, and I don’t have anyone capable of commanding the troops.”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "You kid actually learned how to bargain with your father.

After all, Li Sheng is in charge of the Military Academy.

If he leaves, the military brats will no longer be intimidated.

Leave him alone and take him away alone.

Wei Gao" In fact, Western Qin's national power was at its peak.

Not only were there many famous civil servants, but also famous military generals emerged in large numbers.

Although the older generation Li Siye and others died, and Chu Ge, Bai Xiaode, Bo Lehan and Wei Meng also grew old, the new generation also grew up.

Now, Li Sheng, Ma Sui, Zhao Hu and others are in charge of the affairs of the Military Academy, and Zhao Bei, Wei Gao, Murong Shengrui and others have become The younger generation has a better reputation, and there are also many generals who are not very famous, but are very talented in military matters.

Zhao Ziliang's decision to take away a few generals will not have much impact on the Western Qin army, but Li Sheng As the chief officer in charge of the Military Academy, if he was transferred, the Military Academy would have to undergo another power reshuffle.

Zhao Lei gave a subtle reminder.

Subsequently, Zhao Ziliang issued an edict from the Holy King.

Zhao Bei, commander of the Longwei Army, was transferred to the position of commander-in-chief of the Prisoner Army's First Army, and Fan Yong, deputy general of the Sixth Army, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Prisoner Army's Second Army.

Ge Shu Jingye, counselor of the Military Academy, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Prisoner Army's third army.

Others, such as Chu Ge, Bai Xiaode, Wei Meng and Bo Lehan, accompanied the army as Yamen.

Wei Gao was transferred to the commander of the slave army and led the slave army to participate in the Western Expedition.

In addition, Zhao Ziliang also found himself a marching Sima, Chen Qing, a former military general who had retired from service and was at home.

In this way, the Western Expedition Army will be completed and all the school officials will be in place.

On the eighth day of October in 785 AD, Zhao Ziliang ordered all his troops to set off from Xinjing to North Africa

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