Li Xuan has already had a lot of successful experience in winning over people, and the most brilliant one was poaching Wang Danxu.
Wang Danxu used to be Fang Dongquan's confidant. He was originally sent by Fang Dongquan to monitor Li Xuan, but after Li Xuan dumped a Guards commander, he abandoned Fang Dongquan without hesitation.
Of course, this can't be said that he turned to Li Xuan, Wang Danxu chose.
Becoming the commander-in-chief of the Guards is on an equal footing with Fang Dongquan and the others, which is much better than being Fang Dongquan's confidant. As for completely surrendering to Li Xuan, he can't say that, but as long as it does not endanger his own vital interests, he will still side with Li Xuan most of the time.
Xuan's side.
In other words, as long as Li Xuan does not oust him from the position of commander of the Guards, then he will remain effectively loyal to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan proposed the second plan, and also decided on the candidate for deputy coach, directly bringing the topic to the discussion of the candidates for each team's head coach, and suppressed the inner objections of Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.
But they thought that this commander was pretty good. At least they didn't have to worry about being sidelined by a few other people. As long as the teams below remained their confidants, they wouldn't lose their power.
They don't know now that when Li Xuan proposed this plan, he was already thinking about how to win over the captains and lieutenants. Again, there is no one who cannot be won over with an official hat. If there is someone
, then give him a bigger official title!
After considering the gains and losses, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren finally gave up their opposition and focused on another thing, which was the candidates for each team.
After the reform of the military system in the Tang Dynasty, there were only two armies, one was the integrated standing army, and the other was the Guards. The Guards were the emperor's own troops and were not included in the reform.
The standing army consists of nine teams, divided into three teams of spearmen, two teams of archers, two teams of light armored sword and shield soldiers, one team of heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, and one team of heavy baggage troops.
For these nine teams, even the candidates for the baggage team are crucial.
As a result, for the next full hour, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren and others fought fiercely for the candidates for the team leaders of these nine teams. Everyone wanted to make their trusted subordinate the team leader.
In this way, they can control the army below through their confidants.
Seeing them arguing fiercely, Li Xuan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, finally smiled. He is a good minister!
If these ministers get along well with each other and have arms around each other, then Li Xuan will have to worry about whether he will hear "Qingjun side!" when he goes to bed at night.
Now the ministers are fighting for power and profit, and even attacking and annihilating each other, so he, the puppet emperor, can fish in troubled waters.
The more fierce they fight, the better Li Xuan can divide and attack, and gradually gain control of real power.
In the meeting hall, Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, and Chen Tufu argued for an hour before finally deciding on the leader of the ninth team.
Among the nine team leaders, Fang Dong tried his best to defeat the others and win three team leader positions for his subordinates.
Huang Xueren followed closely behind and also won two team medals.
Chen Tufu, Bai Yunqi, and Cai Erhu each got a team captain, and the remaining team captain was the baggage team captain. They couldn't argue with each other, and in the end they took advantage of outsiders and were pushed out by Qian Mengjiu, the minister of the Ministry of War.
People took it away.
The nine team deputy positions were also divided among them. However, the authority of the team deputy is far less than that of the team leader, so they can basically be ignored.
The distribution of team leader and team deputy positions is actually similar to their previous strengths. Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren were the strongest before, so they reaped the greatest benefits. Others with average strength could only eat some scraps.
Li Xuan had already expected this result and accepted it happily.
He didn't expect to be able to put many of his own people there. It was already very difficult for Bai Yunqi to win a captain and two deputy positions for him and Empress Dowager Bai. No matter how many people there were, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren would not be able to do it.
I have to fall out.
As a result, Fang Dong took three of the nine standing army teams, namely two teams of spearmen and one team of archers; Huang Xueren's team was one team of spearmen and one team of light armored sword and shield soldiers; Chen Butcher's team
They are the first team of heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, Bai Yunqi's is the first team of light armored sword and shield soldiers, Cai Erhu's is the first team of archers, and Qian Mengjiu's is the first team of baggage troops.
Everyone has a share, and no one is in vain.
This also means that the military reform that Li Xuan has been planning for a long time has been unanimously approved by everyone and is about to enter the implementation stage.
However, although the reform of the military system has been passed and everyone has distributed power and interests, it is more difficult to successfully integrate and complete the adaptation and improve combat effectiveness.
It is not unusually difficult to integrate these more than 300 bandits who are used to being free and unorganized into an army.
Li Xuan could not force these young and free-spirited bandits to abide by military discipline, because they were not simple young men. All of these bandits were men.
You make them train hard and line up every day, and they can spit on your face. I am so awesome, uncle, but you still make me train every day like a fool? Is there something wrong with your brain or mine?
Furthermore, they were not soldiers, but bandits. Li Xuan did not give them half a cent of military pay. Whether they were training or fighting, they brought their own dry food and even their own weapons.
They only call you boss to give you face. When fighting, they wave the flag and shout one or two. When the wind is going smoothly, they step forward and wave their swords twice to mean it. But if the situation is not good, even if they give you face, they will definitely turn around.
Just ran away.
Maybe you are confused, they ran away when they gave you face, so what will happen when they don’t give you face?
If these bandits don't give you face, they will dare to run away when the enemy is not even seen, leaving the enemy unable to even find them, and in the end they can only cry out in vain!
It is not impossible to train these free-spirited bandits Youzi into qualified soldiers, but it is definitely more difficult than climbing to the sky. It is estimated that Li Xuan has already been captured by the Ming army before they can be trained.
, Ling Chi has enjoyed it many times.
Li Xuan didn't have much hope for these bandits. He didn't even expect them to become like the half-grown children in the Guards. He only hoped that they could form the most basic formation and obey when the situation was good.
Just an order.
After all, there are more than 300 people here anyway. Even if they only have the slightest appearance of an army, their effect will be much stronger than the original chaotic appearance.
After all, no matter how rubbish the army is, it is still an army. At least it can be pulled out to scare people!
As for the training of the troops, Li Xuan still focused on the Guards as before. As for the standing army, Fang Dongquan and the others were left to handle it themselves.
Just as Li Xuan was arranging his troops in Huangzhu Mountain to prepare for war, in a valley deep in the mountains, several men wearing black clothes and carrying swords were climbing with difficulty on the mountain path.
These men in black are obviously the men in black in Fengjiazhuang back then, but they are completely different now from the energetic and confident look they had when they were in Fengjiazhuang. Although they are still wearing black clothes, their clothes are dirty.
, and it was quite broken, and the knife in his hand turned into a cane.
A middle-aged man who was walking in front suddenly sat down and gasped: "We'll find a time to go there if we're looking for it!"
After saying that, he raised his head and looked blankly at the blue sky without any white clouds!