Chapter 1421 Strong and Weak
Huyue has Wu Shisheng, and South Tibet has Liang Jianfang, and then let Xi Junmai sit in Yongchang Road. If there is something wrong on the front line, this ten thousand enemy can also be quickly reinforced.
Besides, there is Luo Tong staring in front of him. Luo Tong is not only Qin Lang's protégé, but also Qin Qiong's adoptive son. The generals in the formation are very close to the ministers of the Zhengshitang and the chiefs of the Privy Council. With him in the formation, there is no need to worry about Liang Jianfang acting recklessly.
"The key is the Western Regions. The Queen Mother and the princes both want to stop there first. At this time, it is indeed a bit worrying to bet two or three hundred thousand people to fight the national war. Tell me, can you stop? stop?"
Niu Er said bluntly, "Actually, I don't think it's necessary to stop. The Western Regions have been preparing for so long, and they are ready to go. It's not worthwhile to stop now. Of course, if Tianhou and the prime ministers think that we should stop first, that's not the case." No, but we have to take the initiative and not give in to those dog slaves from the Western Regions."
"The big cannibal first removed the siege of Jiling City and Mulu Town, this is the first."
"Secondly, the actual control line of our Tang army in Congling and Qianquanshan is used as the ceasefire line. As for the Dawan Basin, it is currently occupied by King Wu'an Qin Jun, so the entire Dawan Basin should belong to our Tang Dynasty."
"As far as this condition is concerned, if you agree, you can stop the army and make peace. If you don't agree, then continue to fight. Let's just decide the outcome. I have great confidence in Su Shuai and Qin Shuai. In a decisive battle, we might be able to take advantage of the victory Annihilate all the Zhaowu Sogdian countries in the river, and it will be a hundred."
Cheng Chu smiled silently.
"Let's follow the ideas of Tianhou and the princes. First, notify Su Shuai and Qin Shuai of the Western Expeditionary Army to prepare. Even if we don't fight for the time being, at least we have to draw the line according to the current actual control line. If we can't talk about it, we can continue." beat."
Although the Western Expeditionary Army has been gathering troops on the front line for a long time, the Tang Army has won enough victories before. Over the past six months, it has continuously accumulated advantages and is waiting for the most favorable opportunity for a decisive battle.
The conditions in the Western Regions are special. The decisive battle must wait until winter turns to spring, and the time is more mature in summer.
Anyway, the Tang army now has a complete advantage, and the western front is based on Suiye Junzhen, and it is defending on the front line of Qianquan Mountain. In the middle of the country, Qin Jun climbed over the snow-capped mountains last autumn, and his soldiers entered the Dawan Basin. The autumn wind wiped out the country of Bahana like fallen leaves, and took the entire Dawan Basin into his pocket. This also made the Tang army in the middle line, directly threatening the entire river. area.
Fighting along the Pearl River, the Sogdian countries are no longer in danger.
On the west side, Qin Gui and Li Xiu, these two mighty generals, with 10,000 partial divisions, showed their might in Congling. .
It is precisely because of the breakthroughs in the central and eastern routes that the current Tang army can be said to have the complete initiative in the confrontation in the Western Regions. Huo Luo, it is also the backyard that catches fire.
If it weren't for the cold winter and spring, and the difficulty of transportation in Congling and Tocharo at this time, especially the inconvenient transportation of supplies, the Tang army would have started fighting.
This kind of war involving hundreds of thousands of people in the entire region has extremely strong requirements for logistical supplies. Without sufficient supply capacity, even if they attack, they will not last long. Therefore, both Su Dingfang and Qin Jun chose to wait for the opportunity, just to be able to come out. , Once the lore comes out, not only will they be able to defeat the enemy troops blocking the front, but they will also have to attack Hezhong, Tocharo, and even recover Khorasan.
"I suggest that the Kunlun and Congling countries conquered by Qin Gui build a new Kunlun Governor's Mansion, set up a Kunlun Road camp, and give Anxi Sima Qin Gui the Kunlun Governor and Kunlun Road Marching Chief to command the troops and control the eastern front." Niu Jianwu proposed.
The Kunlun Congling line belongs to a very remote, difficult and backward mountainous area, but it is also very important in the military, especially in the current situation of confrontation. If there is no decisive battle for the time being, then this place is even more important. Support Dawan Army Town at any time, and can go down the mountain to go straight to Tocharo and the Hezhong area at any time, guard Anxi, and control the southern line of the Silk Road.
Now that the countries have been conquered, it is natural to strengthen the garrison and directly control it, so there is no need to restrain the rule.
"This area is too remote. Although there are dozens of large and small countries, there are not many people in total. Why don't we just set up a military town? Kunlun Military Town?"
"Just setting up a military town seems a bit weak. It's better to set up a military town, and then set up a Kunlun military town under it. It's better to be part of the Anxi Metropolitan Government." Niu Jianwu still insisted.
"That's fine, there is also a Dawan Governor's Mansion directly in the Dawan Valley, which governs the Dawan Army Town."
"If we can negotiate, then we will have 10,000 to 20,000 people stationed in each of the three frontline towns of Suiye, Dawan, and Kunlun, and the rest of the soldiers and horses can retreat to the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains to completely wipe out all the tribes of the Western Turks. , to solve the trouble once and for all.”
After all, the Dashi is very strong now, and if you bring the Sogdian and Tocharian people in the river, there is still a risk of a decisive battle, but if you turn around and wipe out the Western Turkic tribes that have been beaten and frightened at this time, there is no risk at all of.
The only problem is that these guys are panicking now, and flee as soon as they hear the wind and grass. Some have even gone far across the Yibohai, and some have gone directly west to join the Khazar Ministry.
"If we don't fight the big cannibals first this time, we must first completely solve the Western Turks, and we can't let these rebellious guys disgust us. After finding their tribe and defeating them, we will directly kill them." They move away."
"Where to move?"
"Scattered, some of the young and strong were directly demoted to slavery and sold, and the rest were scattered and moved to Liaodong, North Korea, Pyuyue, Yongchang, and southern Tibet."
"These Western Turkic people are nomads. I'm afraid it's not suitable for them to move to the southwest rainforest."
"Whether he is suitable or not, these Western Turkic people must not be allowed to stay in the Western Regions, otherwise there will be endless troubles, and there will never be peace. If you want to completely reform the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, you have to change your species. "
Compared with the Eastern Turks or the Mobei Tiele people, these Western Turks are indeed more troublesome. From Zhenguan to the present, for decades, they have been ups and downs, and the Tang Dynasty has also supported them. Many khans, but in the end there was no good result.
Since they are a group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, there is no need to be polite to them when Datang has the ability to erase them from the Western Regions.
Although the population of Liaodong and North Korea today is not as good as before the war, they are at least controlled by the Tang Dynasty and are no longer an uncontrollable enclave in the far east of Haidong.
The Western Regions are different from Mobei after all.
Although both are nomadic lands, Mobei and the Central Plains are separated by a desert, and further north is a frozen wasteland. The Western Regions are different. Although there are many Gobi deserts and snow-capped mountains and glaciers, they are an important place connecting the East and the West. This place Impossible to give up.
This is not only the benefit of trade, but also the security of Datang's western gate, not to mention that there are countless possibilities for expansion to the west.
Datang is still on the rise, and there is still a lot of power to expand abroad, so naturally it will not stand still. Since the Western Turkic people cannot honestly submit, they must be wiped out.
"Masters of the Zhengshitang plan to abolish the governor's mansions in the Central Plains, change some important places into mansions, and withdraw the rest. Only in the military areas along the border, retain the governor's mansion. This matter involves the military, and we in Luantai must also Come up with a charter first."
"more specific?"
"For example, the two capitals are now prefectures, Jingzhao Mansion and Henan Mansion. The chief of the mansion is the Fu Mu, who actually presides over the affairs of the mansion. It is from the fourth rank."
"Now there are Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, etc. in the mainland of the Central Plains. If the Metropolitan Government is removed and changed to a mansion, then the Liangzhou Metropolitan Government will be Liangzhou Prefecture after that. It is slightly lower than the two capitals of Luoyang and Chang'an, and the chief is the governor of the government, and there is no government shepherd."
Niu Jianwu immediately understood that the Fu Mu of the second prefecture of Luoyang in Chang'an was equivalent to the state governor, and the Fu Yin and Shao Yin were equivalent to the Governor Si and Sima. In the previous major governor's mansions, the prince was in charge of the governor's position, and he did not take the post of chief, but was actually presided over by the long history and governor.
If the governor’s mansion is to be withdrawn now, the governor’s mansion will be directly presided over by the governor in the future, and there will be no mansion minister or long history, and there will be no more governors.
Of course, the most important thing is not the name change, but the biggest difference between the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion, the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion and other prefectures is that the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion manages both the military and the government, so the Metropolitan Governor’s Office often returns cases and governors, with two brands for one yamen.
But if the capital governor’s mansion is withdrawn to set up a mansion or changed back to the state, it means that the military functions of the capital governor’s mansion in the Central Plains will be weakened in the future, and even the military towns and military cities under the governor’s mansion may be abolished and changed.
"The establishment of the Governor's Mansion in the Central Plains was at the beginning of the establishment of the country, and the world was still unstable, so it was transformed from the General Manager's Mansion. Now the Central Plains is safe and stable, and there is indeed not much military demand. It is not suitable for the present. In fact, it is normal to cancel it.”
Yangzhou, Guangzhou and other important towns are now prosperous cities. After the withdrawal of the Dudu Mansion, it is normal for the state to be upgraded to a mansion.
"Bing, You, and Yi all belong to the frontier areas, right? Withdraw too?"
"Bingyouyi is not a border area. Outside Bingzhou there is Mobei, outside Youzhou there is Liaoxi and Liaodong, outside Yizhou there is Xichang. Now it is no longer a marginal land, it belongs to the interior."
"Jiaozhou is still a border area, so it will be retained, but the old name of Annan may be restored."
Obviously, it is impossible to just change those governor's mansions into government offices, and change the governor's mansion into states. This will inevitably involve a series of follow-ups related to the Privy Council and the military, such as the abolition of military towns and soldiers.
"One thing, for example, after the Guangzhou Metropolitan Government was changed to Guangzhou Prefecture, the governor of Guangzhou no longer has jurisdiction over the military, but commanded the state troops, so it is impossible for the Guangzhou Town Navy and other town garrisons under the former Guangzhou Metropolitan Government to be abolished, right? Such important towns will always keep some soldiers and horses. Who will command these soldiers and horses in the future? They can't be directly under the command of the economic and strategic envoys of various branches, or directly under the command of the Privy Council? What's going on? , is it too far away?"
This is a problem. Without the Dudu Mansion, it would be best to hand it over to the Economic and Strategic Envoy, one of the four divisions of each province, to be in charge. Dao Jinglue makes the authority relatively weak, generally in charge of local united troops, conscription selection, roster ordnance, etc., and cannot directly command the garrison troops.
If the military power is delegated to them now, then the military power of the various military envoys may be greater than that of the previous governor.
"Even if the economic and strategic envoys are in charge of all the soldiers and generals, they only have the power to control the troops at ordinary times, and they don't have the complete right to deploy troops, command power, etc., only when encountering battles, etc., the emperor and the Privy Council will form a camp, and the camp chief will get the military talisman Only by transferring orders and so on can the economic and strategic envoys verify the transfer of troops, and besides, no matter whether it is the future economic and strategic envoys or the general managers, they will not be able to manage local civil affairs, nor can they manage money, food and finance, so there is nothing to worry about." Cheng Chumo felt that according to the trend, there would be fewer chances of war in the Central Plains in the future.
So it is inevitable to abolish the governor's mansion and the military and political governor. Even if in the future, the economic and strategic envoys of each province will manage the military, but each will have four divisions, which are not under the control of each other. The economic and strategic envoys will only be in charge of the military, and they can neither manage civil affairs, nor have financial powers, and have no supervisory judicial power. The power is great, and there is no need to worry about the economic strategy making the military power too large.
After all, judging from the current situation, in the future, even if the military commander is a soldier of the Unified Dao, he will be equivalent to a high-ranking captain of the Zhechong Mansion. For the Construction Bank camp, the general manager of the camp is assigned to command the troops. Once the war is over, the camp will be withdrawn.
The general manager of the camp and the envoy of the Dao Jinglue are the same as Zhechong Mansion and the camp.
"Actually, I think this is a good thing. The large and small capitals in the Central Plains will be abolished, and some garrison troops will also be abolished or transferred, and the military strength of the border areas will be strengthened, especially some newly conquered border areas."
The Tang Dynasty has enough troops. There are 800,000 government soldiers, and 200,000 forbidden troops.
As the frontiers continue to expand and conquer lands, the imperial court needs to garrison troops and maintain them. It is impossible to expand the military infinitely. Now the military expenditure is increasing every year, which has become a huge financial expenditure. Once said to control military spending, cut the budget.
The soldiers in the mainland of the Central Plains have not fought for a long time. Over the past few decades, many soldiers have been abolished, and the only ones who can fight are the forbidden army and the frontier army.
"But in this way, wouldn't it become a strong branch and a weak trunk? You don't know the hidden dangers at this time, do you?" Niu Jianwu reminded.
"Isn't there still 200,000 imperial troops in the central government, plus a small 100,000 foreign soldiers and inner soldiers? With these 300,000 elite soldiers sitting in the town, it can't be said that they are strong and weak?" Cheng Chumo replied.
"I'm afraid that the Forbidden Army will slowly become another army of the Mainland Governor's Mansion in the future."
(end of this chapter)