After the cart crossed a bridge over a small river, they arrived outside the camp in front of Xiliucang.
At first, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came here with his troops and was stopped by the military captain.
As the saying goes, ‘the army only hears the general’s orders but does not know the emperor’s edicts’.
To this day, there is still the site of "Taizong Fajia's residence" in front of the Xiliu Camp military camp.
This is the military soul of Xiliu Camp and the foundation of its establishment.
But when Liu Che looked at the ruins, he frowned and felt a little unhappy.
"If the People's Liberation Army doesn't follow me, I will go find the Red Army..." What Taizu Taizu once said echoed in Liu Che's heart.
Who is the military following? Such matters are extremely sensitive and cannot be provoked at any time.
However, Liu Che soon showed a smile and slowly stepped out of the car.
It is a chronic disease of the Chinese dynasty to have soldiers as generals.
Even the Qin Empire was unable to eradicate this trouble.
Otherwise, the Han Dynasty has only been sixty years old, and there will not be hundreds of rebellions, big and small, and constant rebellions by princes and kings with different surnames and the same surname.
Does the army obey the party's command and follow the party?
It's a joke here BC!
Relatively speaking, Xiliuying and Zhou Yafu were quite obedient, loyal ministers and loyal soldiers, and were direct descendants of the Han Dynasty.
"This military academy and staff headquarters must be established as soon as possible..." Liu Che thought to himself.
In the past, even if a military academy was established and a staff headquarters was established, it would not be of much use.
An army, in the era of cold weapons, wants to have combat effectiveness.
The first and most important factor is that everyone in the army, both large and small, must be the general's own people.
If you have absolute trust in your confidant, you can trust your opponent's life and death brother in battle.
If the army is filled with three religions and nine factions, the various factions will fight among themselves and become entangled.
Apart from other things, as long as this army goes to the battlefield, it will definitely be defeated by the enemy!
Anyway, looking through the history books, Liu Che has never seen that general who could win while withstanding the enemy's firepower while being held back by his own people.
Even in the 21st century, the whole world is shouting for freedom for the people. But in the military, it is still an absolute dictatorship with an iron fist, and military law is as strong as a mountain, leaving no room for doubt or discussion.
Therefore, even in the past, military academies were established and staff headquarters were organized.
But in the end, it may still be a matter of changing the soup without changing the medicine.
At most, the emperor's control over the army has been slightly strengthened. The officers' sense of loyalty to the emperor has been slightly strengthened.
Other than that, it's nothing.
Each army will still have the strong personal characteristics of its respective generals.
Just like Li Guang's army and Cheng Bushi's army in history, the combat styles and combat tactics of the two different combat units are simply like the armies of two countries.
But that's different now.
Now Liu Che saw that the future Han Dynasty army would complete an important change in Chinese military history.
The Han Dynasty will move towards an era in which cavalry is the main combat force, with infantry and crossbowmen as auxiliary forces.
Under such historical trends, the old military order and the old military mountaintops will be completely overturned.
Those who cannot keep up with the times will be deprived of their ability to make soy sauce.
Just like in the previous life, when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing emerged.
The famous generals and iron armies who were once famous and famous all over the world disappeared one after another.
Just like Li Guang is still a rising star in the new generation, in the era when Wei Huo shines, Li Guang can hardly even be the leader of the reserve team or the baggage team.
This is the inevitable development of the times.
Those who cannot keep up with the development trend of the times will definitely be eliminated.
This gave Liu Che an opportunity to take advantage of.
In compliance with the development trend of the times and the general trend of history, we extensively select and promote a large number of outstanding generals from poor families, and use their strength to consolidate the power of the army into ourselves.
Completely putting aside the constraints of the feudal lords, elders, and ministers who had occupied the political stage of the Han Dynasty for sixty years.
Just like what little pigs did in history.
Even if he is dismissed one hundred and five times, he will be ranked among the nobles.
The princes don’t even dare to fart!
The only problem is that when the old hills fall down, new ones will surely rise.
The only thing Liu Che can do is probably to watch them and supervise them while he is alive.
As for what happens after death?
Who can control it?
The Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty, a great lord who appears only once in five hundred years, has lost his power and his country has changed.
No one in this world can control the future, all they can work hard for is the present.
Thinking of this, Liu Che couldn't help but sigh.
Taking steps, Liu Che looked up at the war flag flying high in Xiliu Camp.
A rolling head with teeth and claws looming on the flag.
Yes, you read that right, it’s Gungun!
In ancient pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, the choice of military flag totems was very limited. Basically, they could not escape the category of tiger, leopard, bear, and dragon.
Liu Che didn't quite understand why Zhou Yafu chose a rolling totem flag as the thin willow camp.
But at this time, Gungun in people's consciousness is not a national treasure that will kill people in future generations.
It has a nickname called Iron-Eating Beast.
In the consciousness of the Han people, this guy eats iron instead of bamboo.
Liu Che didn't understand why the Han people had this understanding?
Is it because of the billowing coat color? Or the cute and naive appearance?
Anyway, in his previous life, Liu Che had heard that the little piggy guy had captured several of them in Shanglin Garden and raised them in captivity, feeding them iron filings every day.
The results speak for themselves...(note).
Well, anyway, in people's minds at this time, distant relatives of bears like Gungun were ferocious beasts, and it was not unreasonable to use them as military flags.
But Liu Che couldn't help but laugh when he thought that Xiliu Camp was charging into the battle with a rolling gun.
"It seems that the ferocious side of our great national treasure is well known to everyone even in this BC!"
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"The last general, Captain Wei Chi of Xiliu Camp, pays homage to our emperor. Long live your majesty!" A captain who looked like an iron tower, wearing a suit of chainmail, led more than a dozen generals out of the camp gate and walked directly in front of Liu Che's carriage.
, hit the chest with the right hand in a military salute.
After being spread by the Huben Guards and the Yulin Guards, this military salute is now very popular among the field armies of the Han army.
The Han people are a very self-respecting and self-respecting nation.
Especially at this time, the humiliating etiquette of "kneeling down" is usually only used when the status gap is very large.
Most of the time, the Han people only kneel to the Lord of Heaven and Earth.
Others, even the Prime Minister, will not kneel.
As for the courtiers?
When they met Liu Che, they used salutes!
What is salutation?
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ministers worshiped the emperor, and the emperor worshiped the ministers.
Although most cases nowadays involve ministers bowing to their kings, it is not unheard of for a king to bow to his ministers.
Especially when the emperor wants to appoint nine ministers, generals, and county governors, he must do it solemnly and carefully, choose an auspicious day, bathe and fast, and then entrust the matter to his ministers.
As for kneeling?
Very few Han people will kneel down to others.
Even if you are a county magistrate, a governor, or even a prime minister.
If you bow your head deeply or bow in obeisance, you already have great respect for you.
Of course, it was different when facing the emperor.
The Lord of Heaven and Earth is my master. There is no harm in kneeling down.
But in the military, the situation is different.
Mr. Qiu Ba has a very big temper, especially the more capable the army is, the more arrogant it is.
Back then, when Emperor Taizong was marching to Xiliu Camp, not a single one of the proud soldiers of Xiliu Camp knelt down.
Zhou Yafu even more plausibly said: If a man in armor does not bow to you, please treat him with military salute.
Well, Liu Che also accepted this setting.
The hammer chest military salute was first implemented in the Yulin Guard and Huben Guard to avoid today's embarrassment.
Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you kneel or not.
Loyalty is not something you kneel down, but is cultivated.
Liu Che faced the generals, saluted with his right hand in front of his chest, and said: "No courtesy!"
Wang Dao beside him hurriedly came out of the queue and sang aloud: "The emperor sends his greetings to the Xiliu generals!"
All the generals were immediately stunned. The leader, Captain Wei Chi, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to you, but the generals are extremely frightened..."
"Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to enter the camp!" Wei Chi stood on the side of the road.
Soon two groups of heavy cavalry came out of the camp and lined up on both sides of the camp gate.
Liu Che looked at it and couldn't help but nod his head, praising: "The generals lead good troops!"
These soldiers, riding horses, lined up on both sides, motionless. You must know that they were wearing heavy armor, and their whole bodies were covered in an iron shell. What was even more exaggerated was that they were holding lances in their hands.
, weighing at least fifty kilograms.
It is very difficult for a cavalryman to maintain a single movement and stand on both sides of the road without strict training and iron discipline.
Especially in the feudal era, there were even fewer people who could do this.
In history, Qi Jiguang's military parade in the rain, with the three armies lined up motionless, shocked the world and awe-inspiring the world, becoming the last swan song of the Ming army.
It now appears that the discipline of today's Xiliu Camp is no less than that of the Qi Family Army.
Liu Che, surrounded by generals and accompanying ministers, walked through the iron tower forest composed of heavy cavalry and walked towards the interior of Xiliucang. (Note)
This barracks of the most elite army of the Han Dynasty is about to reveal its true appearance to Liu Che.
Luo Ying, who had been following Liu Che, lowered his head in fear and fear, not daring to look at the tower guards on both sides of the road.
As the heir apparent of the Minyue Kingdom, Luo Ying also saw the Minyue army in formation when he was young.
At that time, his father once told proudly that it was the most powerful army in the Minyue Kingdom. It had defeated the Donghai people with one enemy against three, and had also resisted the attacks of the South Vietnamese. It was the mainstay of the Minyue Kingdom.
Luo Ying still remembers what he saw and heard at that time.
only……
Compared with the army of the Han Dynasty...
Luo Ying looked at the heavily armored cavalry on both sides, and then thought about the fact that the elite of his country were wearing cloth, or at most leather armor...
The difference between the equipment of the two is simply the difference between a rich man and a beggar.
In terms of discipline, the elite troops of Minyue were thrown back by the Han army in front of them. They could almost circle Chang'an a hundred times.
When the Fujian and Vietnamese troops lined up, in addition to constant chatter, there was also the sound of pushing and shoving each other.
At that time, Luo Ying saw that the army was neatly lined up and equipped with spears and spears, and he thought in his heart that this was one of the most powerful armies in the world.
But at this moment, the guards standing silently on both sides told him the truth.
Our so-called elites are simply rags like chickens and dogs, and ants.
As the prince of Minyue, Luo Ying certainly knew what it meant to have an army that enforced orders and was silent.
Seventy years ago, there was an army with the same strict discipline, which marched from China to Fujian and Vietnam.
The name of that army is Qin Army.
They only had 30,000 people, but within half a year, they defeated all resistance from the Minyue tribes, marched directly to Dongye, and established counties in central Fujian.
At that time, his grandfather Wu Zhu, the founder of the East China Sea Kingdom Yao, and the perished King of the South China Sea were all prostrate and trembling in front of the Qin army.
The pride of the Yue people, the dignity of Emperor Yu, and the great achievements of King Gou Jian were all thrown to Java.
Even at the end of Qin, the world was in chaos.
Qin's Poyang Order Wu Bin, with the power of one county, subdued the Yue people in central Fujian and made all Yue people obey his orders.
The Minyue Congress hid these things from its people, but it would not hide these things from the nobles, let alone the royal family.
It's just that there will be some euphemism in rhetoric.
It's nothing more than the late king enduring humiliation and bearing a heavy burden.
But this doesn't change the fact that as long as the emperor of China thinks that Fujian and Vietnam are a problem.
Then, the demise of Minyue is right in front of us!
Seventy years ago, the cavalry under the First Emperor of China crushed Mitsukoshi, crushing all resistance and dissatisfaction with overwhelming force.
The Yue people bled for hundreds of miles, but to no avail, so they could only choose to be Qin Shihuang's subjects and contribute to the great cause of his empire.
Today, if the Emperor of China orders his invincible iron army to enter Fujian and Vietnam to suppress the rebellion.
Can the Minyue Kingdom resist?
Luo Ying shook his head in his heart!
The Chinese army is nearly invincible!
The resistance of Minyue had almost no effect other than sacrifice in vain!
What's more troublesome is...
In the territory of Fujian and Yue, the Luo Ying family was not the only one who was canonized by the Han Dynasty as the king of Yue.
Not to mention the lackey of the Han Dynasty in Donghai Kingdom, there are also many tribal leaders in Minyue Kingdom who have seals canonized by the emperor of Han Dynasty.
Once the Han army comes, these guys will definitely rush to lead the way.
"No! Gu can't let such a thing happen..." Luo Ying swore in his heart: "The ancestral temple of the ancestors of Minyue and the country of Minyue cannot be cut off in Gu's hands. Gu must find a way to prevent such a terrible thing from happening.
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So what can be done to preserve Minyue?
Luo Ying's mind began to move violently.
"First of all, we must be respectful, surrender, and be consistent with Chang'an..." Luo Ying thought in his heart.
This is not difficult.
In theory, Mitsukoshi was a vassal state under the protection of the father of the Han Dynasty.
When the late king Wu Zhu was in power, he was highly praised by Chang'an.
To this day, the Han culture atmosphere in the Minyue Kingdom is very strong. Luo Ying's father, King Luo, also served in the Han Dynasty, and almost all the upper-class nobles are proud to learn Han culture.
There will be no objection to such a decision in Fujian and Vietnam.
"Secondly, we must vigorously encourage the South Vietnamese people to rebel against the Han Dynasty and make the Han emperor hate the South Vietnamese people. In this way, we, Minyue, will have the opportunity to serve the Han Dynasty..." Luo Ying rolled his eyes and thought of this important point.
An important key.
What should you do if you encounter a bear in the wild? Just run faster than your companions!
Although Luo Ying had never heard of this story, he probably understood the truth.
What if the tiger wants to eat people?
Then find him a target to hunt first! (To be continued.)
