People who serve as soldiers in various places can be regarded as local gangsters.
After all, if you have soldiers and people in your hands, how many of them don’t want to bully others for personal gain?
And this is nothing but normal.
One sentence is good, and I have been fighting for a lifetime. Can't it make me happy?
But the happiness of these people is a burden that weighs on the people.
Therefore, Li Chengqian would never allow this situation to occur.
After all, even Li Chengqian himself suffered losses at the hands of these people once upon a time.
That time, the guy named Cai really caused him a lot of trouble.
Perhaps it was from that time that Li Chengqian made up his mind to change the current situation of Datang.
Li Shimin looked straight at Li Chengqian and said, "If we replace the generals across the country, wouldn't it mean that all the armies across the country have lost their leaders?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
The censor who had stood up before also said: "If this is really the case, it might cause chaos in the world."
"So what if it's chaos?"
"Only chaos can be cured."
Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin and said: "Father, the current era is no longer the era when my father could conquer the world with a long bow."
"We have steam engines, sky fire mines, artillery, percussion guns, and many, many more things."
"And these are enough to show that the age of firearms has arrived."
"If the generals cannot maximize the advantages of firearms on the battlefield..."
Li Chengqian said bluntly: "Then what's the point of having this general?"
Upon hearing this, before anyone else could speak, the censor turned to Li Chengqian and said, "Your Highness, your words are wrong."
"Does an army general have to be able to use firearms?"
"Does it mean that if you don't know how to use firearms, you can't win the battle?"
"Who is dissatisfied with the power of the Tang Dynasty wherever I go?"
Hearing this, Li Chengqian almost laughed out of anger.
This time he finally turned his head to look at the man. He asked: "What's your name?"
"Report to the Crown Prince."
The censor said with a righteous face: "I am the censor Yao Jian!"
"Yao Jian..."
Li Chengqian chewed the name carefully.
"Let me ask you, if our country, the Tang Dynasty, really has the power of heaven and is as powerful as you say, how could the Japanese invade?"
Hearing this, Yao Jian was choked, but he still said forcefully: "Of course those Japanese don't open their eyes."
"But my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty still killed them to pieces."
"And most of the people participating in this war are those who His Highness the Crown Prince said do not know how to use firearms."
This is actually true.
After all, there really weren't many percussion guns produced.
Out of the whole army, only Li Chengqian was equipped with 8,000 men.
Neither Li Ke's side nor Li Daozong's side has them.
The final result was that Li Chengqian also won, and Li Ke also won.
Doesn't this still mean that whether the percussion gun comes out or not, it doesn't actually improve much?
"That's right."
"What you said is so right."
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at Yao Jianqian and said, "But do you know how many people there are in our army?"
"this……"
Obviously, Yao Jian didn't remember it.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian laughed even louder.
"Since you don't know, let me tell you."
"Our army has dispatched a total of 100,000 troops from Liangzhou, 50,000 from Youzhou, 50,000 from Xiangyang, and 30,000 from Xuzhou."
"In addition to this, there are also the local army, as well as the Hejian King's naval forces who were subsequently sent to the battlefield by my father."
Li Chengqian stretched out three fingers and said: "Back and forth, our army has put into the battlefield more than 300,000 troops.
There are more than 100,000 people behind the scenes responsible for logistics.”
"But do you know how many Japanese soldiers there are?"
Li Chengqian raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Yao Jian, who was already speechless, and said: "Together, there are only 150,000 people in total."
"With over 300,000 people, we fought against 150,000 people. We won. Isn't it glorious?"
Li Chengqian looked around at the crowd and said: "Three hundred thousand people, we defeated 150,000 people, and were defeated by the other party and disabled two entire armies, leaving a hundred thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty dead on the battlefield."
"Do you really think it's glorious to fight like this?"
"I'm telling you."
"I, Li Chengqian, fought this battle."
"But I, Li Chengqian, am embarrassed to face the eyes of the Chang'an elders."
"Yesterday I entered the city secretly, for fear that someone would poke my spine and scold me."
Li Chengqian looked at Yao Jian and said: "You said firearms are not important, then let me ask you, do you need the heroic souls of a hundred thousand soldiers to tell you the importance of firearms?"
"Firearms are not good to use."
"Even General Li Jing, who is known as the God of War, was forced into desperation."
"Is there anyone who can compete with General Li Jing in a cold-weapon war?"
Li Chengqian looked up at Li Shimin and said, "I'm afraid, even my father can't say with any certainty that he can defeat Duke Wei, right?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin also fell into deep thought.
There is no need to go into details about how brilliant Li Ji’s record was.
When it comes to infantry combat among cold weapons, Li Jing is the only one in the world.
Li Shimin is certainly very powerful, but compared with Li Jing, the two are evenly matched, and it is not necessarily true that one will win and the other will lose.
However, even a figure like Li Jing suffered a big loss in the use of firearms and was beaten so painfully by the Japanese army. Isn't this enough to explain the problem?
At the moment, I didn’t wait for anyone else to say anything.
Changsun Wuji was the first to stand up.
"Your Majesty, I feel that Your Highness That makes perfect sense.”
"At present, this war against Japan is enough to illustrate the many shortcomings of our military system."
"And it is enough to show that many of our generals should adapt to the age of firearms."
Changsun Wuji cupped his hands towards Li Shimin and said, "So I feel that your Highness's remarks should be carefully considered."
Changsun Wuji had just finished speaking.
Wei Zheng on the side also stood up.
He said bluntly: "Although I do not agree with some of the words of His Highness the Crown Prince."
"But I know that many of the current generals are mediocre and incompetent people."
"Before, the imperial court has been scrutinizing the skills of civil servants, and now it's time to take a closer look at military commanders."
After hearing these two people speak, Li Shimin nodded.
Then, he looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Then what do you think should be done now?"
"It's exactly what I mentioned earlier."
"The reform of the military system will bring together soldiers from all over the country to register and register them, and hand them over to the Ministry of War."
"Then, we will look at the will of the people and recruit soldiers. From now on, the soldiers and the people will be divided. The soldiers will be soldiers and the people will be people."
"The two must not be confused, let alone mixed with each other."
"Soldiers are more valuable than their numbers. Even if we only raise 50,000 or 30,000 soldiers together, we can recruit more than 30,000 soldiers."
"Then we need to have elite soldiers, and we won't leave any worms waiting to die."
"In addition, all Taoist generals must be transferred back to Chang'an City one by one for examination training."
"If you can adapt to the age of firearms, you can be entrusted with important responsibilities."
"If you can't adapt to the new era, then I'm sorry, the court doesn't support idle people."
"As for the vacancies, new talents must be selected to fill them."
Li Chengqian straightly cupped his hands and said, "If my father gives me permission, I will draft a specific implementation plan and submit it to my father."
"So good."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Just write it down in detail..."