Chapter 5107: What is the role of a soldier as a general?
Liu Yu frowned: "Do you mean that we can no longer let generals lead troops in the future, and we want to reduce their military power? This is not in line with the ideas of the Beifu brothers, and it also violates the principles of the Eighth Party in Beijing."
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "This step must be taken sooner or later. If a person leads troops for a long time and has soldiers as generals, he will have the desire to separate his country and become self-reliant. The army, soldiers and horses, are the weapons to separate one side and cause chaos. If
For the sake of your brothers, you should not allow them to have the ability to rebel. Once they become successful, you should replace military positions with civilian positions, let them serve as officials in the court, and remove their military power. If they go out to control a large state,
You should also try your best to break up the local garrison and divide it into multiple people to manage. The field legions should be concentrated in important places in several big cities and managed by your son and the trustworthy people who assist your son. When going on an expedition, you must
Carry out the rotation of generals, just like you did today, you can choose generals to take command, but you must avoid having these people manage the army and conduct training. This is the experience of the previous dynasty, and it is time to mention it to you."
Liu Yu frowned: "If the general is not in the army at ordinary times and does not eat and live with the soldiers, wouldn't he become more and more alienated from the soldiers? What you are talking about, what the Tiger Talisman Army does, I
Of course it is clear, but this model will without exception reduce the combat effectiveness of the army and make the generals slowly lose control of the army. Don’t talk about far away, just talk about close. Isn’t that why your Xie family broke away?
In the end, the army can only be led by Liu Laozhi and someone like me who has been in the army for a long time, so will we lose our power?"
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "That's because the Great Jin Dynasty has its Achilles' heel and weakness, that is, the aristocratic families in the world and the lack of imperial power. From the beginning to the end, the emperors of the Great Jin Dynasty have not established a strong enough power to suppress the aristocratic family clans, but they can't suppress them below."
It is a powerful army that can pacify the bandits and grass bandits, and can also recover the lost territory in the Northern Expedition and make great contributions to the outside world. Even the Beifu Army, in the final analysis, is just because the court has no soldiers available, so the Xie family can only take the lead and unite with many high-ranking families to go out.
They only use money to provide food and hire private soldiers composed of northern refugees and Huaibei mountain soldiers."
"Although high-ranking families provided money and food, the people who formed the army were not citizens of the country or farmers, but refugees and leaders of mountain soldier groups who joined with their troops. These people had been fighting with the northern barbarians for many years.
On the border of the country, the refugee commanders who have been fighting with them for a long time are themselves strong men from the mountains who are half bandits and half bandits. Even the court is afraid of their ferocity and difficulty in controlling them, and has been unwilling to let them enter, especially not to cross the river. Therefore, we
The Xie family first established trust and relationships by supporting them by long-term funding to resist the Huru in the north, sending them enough supplies, medicinal materials, and even armor and weapons."
Liu Yu's expression changed. He remembered the first time he met Wang Miaoyin, when they went to Huaibei to meet Tian Qi. Now he finally understood why Liu Laozhi and Gao Su were so powerful.
, they all recruited them when the Beifu Army was formed. Even Liu Laozhi, who clearly had thousands of subordinates, was willing to be a general in the Xie family. It turns out that this kind of interest exchange relationship existed long before the Beifu Army was formed.
, has always existed. It is equivalent to saying that these mountain people in Huaibei are the non-staff farmers and tenants of the Wudi family. It’s just that they don’t have to pay taxes or farm. They only need to fight against the Hulu who have deep hatred. This is what they are.
The way of existence is also the meaning of existing in the world.
Liu Yu sighed: "I understand, the land in Huaibei is their fiefdom, and the result of the battle with the Hulu is the tax they have to pay, and their food, clothing, armor and weapons are all thanks to them."
provided by the family, but the problem this brings is that the officers and soldiers of the Beifu Army only know the refugee commanders like Liu Laozhi, but they know very little about the generals of the Xie family, such as Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, etc."
Wang Miaoyin sighed quietly: "Yes, the soldiers have been working very hard in the military camp for many years. This is a fact, so they only trust and rely on the officers who eat, live and train with them every day. This
The relationship between father and brother is to maintain the bond of life and death brotherhood between warriors. However, the side effect of this is that once these military leaders and generals want to rebel, then our Xie family’s decades of management and investment
, all my efforts will be in vain. This is a painful lesson from the decline of our Xie family. So, you must learn this lesson in the future and not make the same mistake again. That is, the legion must be nationalized. You must not
You can let a general lead the army for a long time, even if it is your son."
Liu Yu murmured: "Nationalizing the army? Does that mean recruiting troops according to the previous model again? But the reality has proved that the combat effectiveness of the army recruited in this way is not good. At least, they are not as good as the mountain people in Huaibei.
He can be summoned as soon as he comes, and he can fight as soon as he comes. He doesn't have the martial arts style of our Jingkou people, and he is simply an excellent warrior."
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "As for the source of the conscription, it is something you have to consider in the future. Liangjiazi from the six counties of Han Dynasty actually guarded the Guanzhong area. The brave and ruthless people of Qin and Han Dynasty became a natural and excellent source of soldiers. With the
We have eliminated Nanyan and taken back the land of Qilu. In the future, it will be difficult to have the steady stream of northern Han refugees going south and settling in Jingkou and becoming the Eight Brothers of Jingkou. After wiping out the demon thieves this time,
You need to carefully consider the issue of future military sources. This model of the Eight Brothers in Jingkou is unsustainable. Even if Jingkou can still produce highly skilled civilian masters, one Jingkou cannot support the entire empire's strong army.
What's more, with the warriors in power, will they be willing to return to Jingkou and live a pastoral life in the future?"
Liu Yu's heart sank suddenly. This matter hit home what he was most worried about. Yes, since the success of Jianyi, few Beifu soldiers who had become famous in Beijing were willing to return to Jingkou to settle down. In the past few years,
The level of the Jingkou Tournament has also declined rapidly. Who doesn't want to live a better life and live in a big city? Even in later generations, most ordinary people switched from working in small towns to settling in big cities.
It’s a child’s dream. The reason why I have always allowed the Beifu generals to have their own legions and station them in various places is because I want to use this model to avoid the rapid decline in combat effectiveness of the entire army due to entering big cities. The current methods that can be thought of are:
The only way to continue the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Beifu Army is by absorbing new forces such as Xianbei armored cavalry and light swordsmen among demon thieves. (End of this chapter)