The scorching sun in July is already like fire

Under the noon sun, even Chang'an City in Guanzhong, located in the Land of Abundance, was illuminated by the sun in the sky, and the road surface seemed to be lit with flames.

Hot air surges

Zhuque Street is located on the central axis of Chang'an City, corresponding to the palace gate of the Tang Dynasty Palace from south to north.

Pedestrians on the road in a hurry

Datang entered the 14th year of Zhenguan

Since the capture of Tuyuhun in the 9th year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty has experienced many things.

In the tenth year of Zhenguan, that is, AD 636, Empress, the eldest grandson of the Tang Dynasty’s mother, this historically deceased mother of the country, overcame her original fate and continued to live a happy life with Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty.

The famous historical attraction Yellow Crane Tower is written into history.

The daughter written by Li Mingda's mother's eldest grandson successfully missed the ticket due to the fact that some of her children were causing trouble and had no time to take care of it.

News came from Hu merchants in the Western Regions that the Arabs defeated the Romans and Palestine became part of the Arab Empire. A large number of Romans followed the caravans to the situation of the Tang Dynasty. They had some hope of regaining their fortune in this magical land.

newborn.

Some hope to regain their former glory through the force of the Tang Dynasty. The road from the Western Regions to Chang'an is long, and many people's bones are buried under the yellow sand. Only a few can reach the city of Chang'an.

Caliph Umar came to Jerusalem and signed the famous "Umar Covenant" with the local residents.

This person in history had his own great legend in the Christian sect, but he was later assassinated and died. There were too many things hidden behind it.

In this year, the Tang Dynasty revised the army system after many discussions. In the early days of Wude, a military mansion was set up, which was led by two generals, Hussar and Chachi. In the sixth year of Wude, the hussar was changed to the commander of the army, and the chariot was the special general.

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In the tenth year of Zhenguan, the army was renamed Zhechong Duwei, and the general was Guoyi Duwei. The military government was renamed Zhechong Prefecture. There were 634 prefectures in the country, and there were 261 prefectures in the pass, which were unified by the central government.

Each guard.

Under Li Mingda's suggestion, Zhechong Mansion was divided into eight military regions: northwest, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest of Dong'an.

The number of soldiers in each military region varies according to the location of the divided state capital. The main hostile areas are Tubo and the Western Regions, and the Liaodong region has the strongest military strength.

For example, coastal areas and the hinterland of the Central Plains are much weaker.

The Zhechong Mansion is divided into the upper, middle and lower mansions. There are 1,200 people in the upper mansion, 1,000 in the middle mansion, and 800 in the lower mansion. There are five people in a team to set up a team leader, ten people in a fire to have a ten-person team leader, and fifty people in a platoon.

A platoon leader is set up, a company of hundreds is set up a hundred-man commander, and a company of a thousand is called a thousand-man general. The thousand-man general is divided into three levels according to the number of soldiers in the palace, namely bronze, silver and gold.

Bronze, silver, and gold level 1,000 soldiers will have bronze, silver, and gold medals on their armor respectively to show that their treatment is slightly different but their rights are the same.

Each person brings his or her own weapons, food, and clothes. He joins the army at the age of twenty and is exempted from military service at the age of sixty. Li Mingda argued for the right to change it to immunity at the age of 50.

Every winter, thousands of people will lead their own troops to teach battle.

The soldiers of the government take turns to go to Suwei in the capital to repair and conduct military training. Those who are not in rotation training will be arranged separately in the Zhechong Fuyou Military Region.

Li Shimin did not agree at first. This kind of thing was tantamount to allocating military power. Then it was time for Li Mingda to use his eloquence to explain the pros and cons. In order to stabilize the morale of the military and increase the control of military power, it was implemented starting from the 11th year of Zhenguan.

And new official positions, instructors and pickets were added to the government troops.

The instructor is responsible for recording military achievements and imparting the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

The pickets are responsible for maintaining records of military discipline.

The selection of instructors and pickets is extremely strict. They must be clean at home and acquire a few words and have military literacy that must meet certain standards.

Those who have sufficient military literacy and moral character and cannot read can learn and teach later.

In fact, the Tang army already had such officers and generals, but Li Mingda strengthened them.

The first batch of instructors and pickets all went to Chang'an to study. After passing their studies, they were sent to various Zhechong prefectures to build units at the next level of the prefectural soldiers.

For this reason, Li Mingda took Murong Xue and racked his brains to arrange training courses and ideological education content.

I recite it three times a day in the morning, afternoon and evening, with occasional assessments and spot checks, and strive to carry out brainwashing education in a short period of time to meet the required standards.

Next is another position, the staff department. Staff officers are set up above the platoon. Each prefecture has a staff department, which is responsible for military law and the execution of military objectives in the operations of the prefectural soldiers.

In order to prevent power disputes, the position of the staff officer is not as good as that of the thousand-man general. He only has the right to make decisions and suggestions, but does not have the power to command the army. He is not allowed to interfere with the normal training of the army by the thousand-man general and the instructor.

Candidates for the staff are generally selected from ordinary soldiers with certain military qualities and military families. Their real role is to prepare candidates for the Thousand Generals. If there is an accident with the Thousands of Generals, their subordinates will take over according to their positions.

Li Mingda and Murong Xue wrote tens of thousands of words on the specific content and planned many rules and regulations to carry out the greatest reform to the extent that Li Shimin felt it was controllable, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty's army.

The ten years of Zhenguan have passed in such a busy way. What makes Li Mingda happy is that Changsun Wuji, the little black fat man, is once again worried about the failure of his new technology.

Li Mingda's three models of Tiance A were sold very well, allowing Li Mingda to make a lot of money, and he had the capital to continue researching steam boilers, high-yield steel furnaces and forging hammers.

Changsun Wuji was not only concerned about Li Mingda's technical failure, but also that his rights in the Tang Dynasty were divided again.

With the efforts of many parties, the samurai made a successful comeback and directly entered the Ministry of Industry and regained the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

This position was a nail in the coffin for Changsun Wuji in the gray field of ordnance, making him sleepless and eager to get rid of it.

However, he couldn't find any opportunity or excuse and could only swallow his anger.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, Hu merchants from the Western Regions brought news to Li Mingda and Murong Xue that the powerful Arab army encountered huge resistance when they captured the Persian capital of Ctesiphon.

A man named Bahram led a Persian army that appeared out of nowhere and fought against it. Both sides suffered casualties and the Arab army was finally defeated.

However, due to the large number of people on the Arab side, Bahram did not have enough soldiers to enter the palace and the Arab strength was there, and the two sides eventually came to a stalemate.

"My beloved, this is bad news."

"There is no such person in the history of Bahram my princess"

"Please call me husband"

"No"

"Hey, think about those gray bamboo rats."

"..."

Wu Xu, who was hiding in the corner, bit his lip: Charming Xiaobai, Her Royal Highness the Princess obviously fell in love with me first, Wu Xu, you have to work hard, you can't just watch your presence getting lower and lower.

The peaceful time of the Tang Dynasty did not last long.

In the autumn of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, the first large-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo broke out in Tuyuhun.
Chapter completed!