In order to defeat the Ming army in Fucheng, the benefit brought to the Tang Dynasty was not how many Ming troops were killed, or even how many Ming troops were captured, or how many swords and weapons were seized. The most important thing was to win for the Tang Dynasty.
It's time.
For the Tang Dynasty and Li Xuan, what they were most in need of was time, especially when facing the huge threat from the Ming army, nothing was more precious than time.
In this case, the first and most important thing Li Xuan wanted to do after repelling the Ming army was to integrate the forces of the entire Zhengtai County to expand the army.
There are 100,000 people in Zhengtai County, and at least 10,000 people of suitable age can be recruited. This means that if Li Xuan ignores all the consequences, he can forcibly recruit 10,000 people to join the army.
However, we can only talk about this kind of thing. If we really do it, the Tang Dynasty will be doomed without the Ming army to attack it.
Because it is impossible for all these young men to be willing to join the army. Even if they are willing, the Tang Dynasty cannot do this. Otherwise, who will cultivate so many fields?
If there are no young people and only some old, weak, women and children are left to farm, it is foreseeable that the grain output will be greatly reduced. In this way, it will not be long before there will be a large-scale famine in the entire Zhengtai County.
Under the condition of ensuring normal agricultural production, it is also necessary to ensure that the soldiers recruited are qualified soldiers. In this way, the number of soldiers that the Datang New Army can actually recruit in Zhengtai County is only a few thousand at most, and this is still
Without considering whether the Tang Dynasty could afford to support such a professional army.
Nowadays, in order to support an army of more than a thousand people, the Tang Dynasty relies on grain collection teams, which appear everywhere. But to be honest, this situation cannot last long, because grain collection is only an internal function of the Tang Dynasty.
Beautifying words, to put it bluntly, is robbery.
But before doing this, you could still take advantage of the enemy. But now, except for the two small places of Longhua Town and Zhengtai County, there is no military presence of the Ming army in the entire Zhengtai County. In the future, the Tang Dynasty will
Vast rural areas were gradually brought under rule, and very quickly.
And this also means that we can no longer continue to do things like "harvesting grain". To raise the army, we need to collect taxes.
However, the current taxation system of the Tang Dynasty is still in an extremely primitive stage, and even formal taxation has not yet begun. It only uses some abnormal means to collect some protection fees and the like.
The current tax system of the Tang Dynasty is absolutely unable to support an army of thousands of people. Not to mention the weapons and other things used, just the military rations are not enough.
To bring the entire Zhengtai County under the rule and expand the army, there is a lot of work that needs to be done.
This can be seen from the dozen or so memorials sent by Liu Bagou every day. There are too many things in the rear that need to be resolved, and then there are things that Liu Bagou and the others cannot decide on their own and need to be decided by Li Xuanlai personally.
Under normal circumstances, Li Xuan should have returned to Xikou Village to take charge of the overall situation, but it was impossible for Li Xuan to abandon the army and run back to Xikou Village when the army was outside.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty was not only the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty, but also the foundation of Li Xuan. They could ignore anything, but the army could not ignore it.
Although the fighting has stopped for a while at the Lanjiang Ferry, who knows when the Ming army will organize troops to attack again.
What's more, if I am not here to watch the army in person, what if Fang Dongquan and other frontline generals start an independent rebellion?
Today, the officer system in his mind has not yet been fully established. Only Hao Bainian has been promoted. Fang Dongquan, Wang Shanxu, Huang Xueren, Chen Tufu, and Cai Erhu are all still in power. To be honest, he doesn't feel at ease if he doesn't keep an eye on it personally. These bandit leaders.
Under such circumstances, the messengers would have to work hard to travel between Xikou Village and Lanjiang Ferry every day.
At the Lanjiang Ferry, in the Chinese military camp behind the hillside, Li Xuan had just finished processing the memorial sent by the messenger this morning, and was about to take a nap for a while when the personal guard outside walked in: "Your Majesty, General Chen wants to see you! "
When Li Xuan heard this, he couldn't help but frown. This butcher Chen had been running towards him every day these days. He didn't say anything else when he came over. He just said one thing, asking to serve in the artillery team.
This made Li Xuan a little annoyed!
When Butcher Chen came in, he saw the frown on Li Xuan's face at first sight, but he seemed not to notice it. After saluting, he said: "Your Majesty, that guy Xie Ziwei is so outrageous. I just want to He always stops me from firing a cannon!"
When he said this, Butcher Chen made an extremely aggrieved expression, which made Li Xuan speechless for a while.
You are a macho and strong man, and you have such a wronged expression, which is obviously not in line with your appearance and personality. Who doesn't know that just staring with your huge eyes can make Wang Wenhua's legs weak and make him pee?
Now I make an expression like a child who has been robbed of candy, which makes people uncomfortable.
Li Xuan sighed, and then said: "Chen Aiqing, this artillery is a weapon for the military and the country. It is normal for Xie Ziwei to be more cautious, and you don't know how to fire artillery. If an accident happens, it will be difficult to handle!"
Butcher Chen said: "Your Majesty is aware that I have been studying hard day and night recently. I dare not say that I am proficient in artillery, but it is not a problem to shoot a cannon!"
Looking at Butcher Chen's insistent expression, Li Xuan said, "Are you really determined to join the artillery team?"
At this time, the look of grievance on Butcher Chen's face disappeared instantly, and then he put on a serious expression and said: "Your Majesty, I fell in love with artillery at first sight, even if I am willing to become an ordinary artillery soldier!"
It was love at first sight. Why didn't you say you fell in love with the cannon? Without it, you would have died in love!
Li Xuan pressed his hand slightly and signaled Butcher Chen not to speak too sensationally. He, Li Xuan, was a normal person and couldn't stand this.
Immediately said: "Since Chen Aiqing insists on this, then you will go to the artillery team. However, I have agreed in advance that you can only be Xie Ziwei's deputy. Xie Ziwei will be responsible for all artillery combat training. I will give you three months." , if you can’t learn it, then go back to your sword and shield team!”
After hearing Li Xuan's words, Butcher Chen immediately looked overjoyed and immediately knelt down and said, "My lord, thank you so much for your kindness!"
"Get out!" Now Li Xuan is too lazy to see Butcher Chen wandering around in front of him. Since he is determined to play artillery, he will go. After studying for a few months, he will find that artillery is not as super as him. Illiterate people can play it.
When the time comes, he will naturally come back and be his charge general!
But Li Xuan was temporarily clean by doing this, but he threw all the trouble on Xie Ziwei. Butcher Chen's arrival gave Xie Ziwei a huge headache!
A super macho man talks about having sex every day, who the hell can't stand it!