Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 347 Defects in the Imperial Military System
This breakfast was really hard to swallow, Fang Jun waved his hand: "You guys eat it!"

Several soldiers looked at each other, and Wei Ying, the youngest, said: "This... I heard from the brothers in the left guard that today's army is going to march in a hurry. If the young master doesn't eat breakfast, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain his physical strength..."

Fang Jun didn't want to take Wei Ying with him in this western expedition. This kid is really smart, but he is too young, so Fang Jun always has the feeling of hiring child labor...

However, she really couldn't stand this kid's soft-heartedness, so she had to take him with her. For this reason, Wei Ying's mother wiped her eyes and tears in worry, and kept begging Fang Jun to take good care of her.

Fang Jun asked with a sad face: "Is this stuff for people to eat? It's bland and tasteless, it doesn't even have any oil, so it can't be eaten..."

The few soldiers are all speechless, they have ignored the character of their young master in the past, he is good at making money and has a bad temper, but he has forgotten that this is a big dude, how can he suffer?
However, in Fang Jun's opinion, this breakfast is not much better than pig food, but in the eyes of soldiers, it is an excellent meal. Several people looked at each other, and Wei Ying found it from the package. He took the snacks brought by Mrs. Du, and then happily ate with a few soldiers, sharing the general's meals and eating them.

Fang Jun choked on two dry mouthfuls of pastries, and stopped eating, wondering if he really had too many good days, and he couldn't bear any hardships?
Enjoy when you should enjoy, this is indisputable, but you can't suffer when you should suffer, this is not a good phenomenon...

After a while, the horns burst out, the time has come, and the army is moving out!
Although the Shenji Battalion was arranged by Hou Junji at the end, together with the ordnance supervisor and the supply battalion who accompanied the army to repair ordnance, they were not in a hurry to set off, but Fang Jun still put on his armor and walked out of the camp out of curiosity about ancient marches. Witness the grand occasion of thousands of troops rushing to the battlefield.

Walking out of the camp, I saw Liu Rengui standing not far away, with his helmet on and his armor on, standing tall, looking at the troops marching in front of him, he was very excited...

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Fang Jun walked over to say hello.

Liu Rengui has long been accustomed to the titles and vocabulary that his admiral often pops up regardless of superiority or inferiority. He sighed: "With such a mighty army, why worry that the Tang Dynasty cannot win every battle and expand the territory? At that time, it is really a joy in life to be able to cast Xuanyuan with blood on the battlefield!"

"Ha ha……"

Fang Jun looked at the army in front of him, but he was a little disappointed.

At least from this time travel, which was deeply influenced by the military capacity of the powerful armies of the later generations, the mighty and majestic soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were victorious in all battles... are really not bad!

Except for the fierce physique and heroic blood of the Guanzhong man, that's all.

The sparse queue, the chaotic pace, the crooked military appearance, the chaos of talking and laughing while walking...is this called a strong army?
Feeling Fang Jun's disdain, Liu Rengui wondered, "Master Hou doesn't like Guan Zhongbing?"

Fang Jun glared at him: "Familiar is familiar, be careful to sue you for slander! Which ear of yours heard that I despise Guan Zhongbing? In the entire Tang Dynasty, the first-class soldiers are Guan Zhongbing!"

That's not really a compliment.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can compete with the soldiers of the highlands only from the Qin soldiers in Longxi and the Yan soldiers in the northern part of Saibei. Longxi Qin Bing was on him.

In other areas, although military mansions have been built in Jiangnan and Shandong, the number is still small, and it is not easy to maintain local law and order. If you go abroad to fight, you may only embarrass the Tang Dynasty. If you don’t talk about training, you will only talk about your health. The south of the Yangtze River is warm and humid, and the people are short and weak. They are not as strong as the northern soldiers, and they are not good at bowing horses.

The [-] soldiers of Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty went north to Hefei, but were defeated by Zhang Liao's [-] soldiers. Apart from Song Emperor Liu Yu, there really wasn't much record to show for it, so Datang has always been unsure about the matter of the southern soldiers going north, and the main combat force is still the Guanzhong soldiers.

Due to the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty in Shandong, there were almost no chickens crowing for thousands of miles, and the population was sparse. The Qingzhou army, which was once powerful for a while, has been depressed.

It's just that the Guanzhong soldiers who were glorious in the Tang Dynasty were a little disappointed in Fang Jun's eyes.

"But how do you think these government soldiers compare with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion?" Fang Jun asked.

"Of course the soldiers of Shenji Battalion are better!" Liu Rengui said proudly.

Fang Jun asked again: "What's the reason?"

"This..." Liu Rengui hesitated for a while, and replied, "Is it because the soldiers of Shenji Battalion can concentrate more on training?"

Fang Jun nodded and said: "Spells have specialization. Only by concentrating on doing one thing can you do your best. How can half-heartedness make things happen? The same is true for soldiers. One day you farm with a hoe, and tomorrow you go to the battlefield with a knife , Can you fight a professional soldier who has been practicing all year round?"

Speaking of the "fubing system", it is a feat to stabilize the world, but it is precisely because of the "fubing system" that the overall quality of soldiers is actually not high.

Do you expect a group of farmers who were plowing the fields with dung rakes and hoes yesterday to be invincible on the battlefield today?
The ultimate state of the army, of course, has to be professional.

The reason why the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were able to dominate the desert with a smile in the early Tang Dynasty was mainly supported by its honor transfer system!
With military merits, you can be called an officer, you can be exempted from taxes, and you can be called a master!

And these are based on the clear and clear administration of officials in the early Tang Dynasty. Did you not see the mid-Tang Dynasty, when the administration of officials in the court was made into a mess by the romantic emperor "Tang Minghuang", the military system collapsed?
Fubing also has a major flaw.

The government soldiers are taken from the local area and used on the frontier. They are soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time. They are not completely separated from the land, and a considerable part of the farm work needs to be done by the government soldiers.Once the Protectorate of the Western Regions is completed, it may not be feasible to set up a military mansion and an army there. They are all foreigners, and they are not of one mind with the Tang Dynasty. Even the people in Guanzhong are not willing to go there, right?
In this way, the defense time will be extended. Even if the government soldiers are rotated, it will inevitably have an impact on agricultural affairs, the construction of Guanzhong will be damaged, and the grain production will also be affected. At least tens of thousands of troops will be needed to defend the Western Regions. , how much arable land will be affected?

The national army of the Tang Dynasty is only 60, so how can we take care of it?
So after the early Tang Dynasty, the so-called Protectorate of the Western Regions could no longer be fully controlled, the reason being the lack of military resources...

Liu Rengui frowned: "The government soldiers have to prepare their own weapons and rations when they go to battle. The imperial court will only prepare part of the food for emergencies. After fighting, they will go home to receive rewards. If they die in battle, the imperial court will give them a pension. But if the imperial court spends money to support the world The army, this consumption is not generally large, so how much food will be spent every year? Moreover, if there is no war, the court must provide food and clothing. It is appalling, if the whole country is like this, it will not work at all!"

He is not a single-minded military general. He has been familiar with military books and war strategies since he was a child, and knows a thing or two about government affairs. Where did the court get so much money and food to support the national army?
If this is the case, the corvee tax will inevitably increase, and the people's livelihood, which is already difficult, will be even worse, and the people will not be able to live!
Liu Rengui swallowed and spit, but he knew the temperament of his chief, and said worriedly: "Master Hou, we can't make such a suggestion to His Majesty! Regardless of whether it will be successful or not, this method will inevitably increase taxes. But I will be poked in the back and scolded by the common people all over the world!"

Fang Jun rolled his eyes: "Do you think I'm stupid? Besides, it's no better than abolishing all the government soldiers in the whole country. Recruiting [-] troops is enough..."

Only then did Liu Rengui feel relieved, he was really afraid that Fang Jun would make a mess, and if he went up a memorial, he would definitely be bitten by those flies who had seen the blood of the censor...

"Get ready, let's go!"

Fang Jun patted Liu Rengui on the shoulder and said.

(End of this chapter)