Gubeikou is actually located in a pass, and its length is even similar to the pass where Juyongguan is located - Jundu Pass is forty miles long, and Gubeikou Pass is a few miles longer.
The width is also about the same. "It is steep on both sides and there is a road in the middle, which can only accommodate car tracks." That is to say, the width is only as wide as "car tracks." When Shao Shude climbed the mountain and looked down at the entire road, he couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
Such a dangerous place, if the Tu Tuan villagers were allowed to defend it, they would be able to keep the enemy at bay.
The terrain is just like this. If the enemy comes with hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, the effect will be the same. The troops cannot be deployed, and the contact area will always be limited to just a few people.
He couldn't understand why such a dangerous place had been attacked so many times in history? What kind of "god man" was guarding it?
Even if the enemy detours to the rear of Guancheng, it must be a small force, and they are advancing quickly with light armor, poor physical strength, many weapons that cannot be carried by the stomach, and only enough food to last for a few days. How can this not be eliminated and annihilated?
Perhaps this is not just a military issue, but also a political and economic issue, and it must be bad to a certain extent to have this effect. For example, the Shence Army collapsed at the first touch, and their combat effectiveness is not even as good as Xiang Yong.
"Border Fortress Army, Yang Qing needs to worry more." Shao Shude cast his gaze further into the mountains. The place was already in ruins and as quiet as a ghost.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, just leave it to me to take care of things." Yang Yue, deputy envoy to the Privy Council of Nanya, said with a smile on his face.
It has been a long time since Lao Yangtou came to Luoyang to serve as the deputy privy envoy. To be honest, his energy and energy are far worse than when he was leading troops on the front line in the war, so much so that Shao Shude even doubted whether he, who was nearly seventy years old, would fall ill.
It rises and passes away.
Some people, when standing on their favorite stage, are often radiant and energetic. But once they lose their stage, they will be unhappy all day long and never return to their former vibrant state.
Yang Yue is this kind of person.
Shao Shude has decided to leave it to him to complete the formation of the Yanshan area. This is much more suitable than leaving it to other generals, and the hidden dangers are much smaller - Yang Yue has very little friendship in the army, and he is obviously from a roots.
She is very popular, but because of her temper, bad words, and emotional intelligence, it is impossible to win the support of others.
Therefore, he is a person who does things, and it is very suitable for him to form the town army. "How do you solve the source of the town army?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Majesty, I think the service army is good." Yang Yue said: "They have been fighting for several years. Although they are not very powerful, they are not weak troops. They are enough to serve as a suppressing army."
"You are posing a problem for me." Shao Shude said with a smile: "How rich Wei Bo is in the river, are these sergeants willing to move?" "That is what you have to do, Your Majesty. I only need to build the army, train troops, and deploy defenses."
Yang Yue said: "Don't you think that the remaining members of the Zhongwu Army went to Yinshan to serve as soldiers?"
The town soldiers are also professional soldiers who are rewarded with military pay, which is different from the government soldiers. To be precise, they are border soldiers, and their homes are located near the border. However, their number is not large, and they are mainly responsible for the defense of key areas, such as
Important military strongholds, transportation channels, etc. The main force in border operations is still the government troops, who will engage in decisive field battles with the enemy.
If the government troops cannot solve the problem, then the rear will need to be mobilized to gather more state soldiers, local warriors, or even the imperial army to go out.
The main sources of the first and second towns of Yinshan Town Army are the strong soldiers of Xinquan Army and Zhongwu and Huaining. The former stationed in Feng Sheng originally had 8,000 people, and recently sent a thousand new soldiers of Lingzhou Academy
, Thousands of Qingtang Tibetans were strong and strong, and their number expanded to 10,000; the latter stationed in Rouzhou, originally there were 5,000 people. The court had just interrogated the Youzhou prisoners. Those who were willing to move their families to Rouzhou were given travel expenses and incorporated into the town army.
, a total of 2,000 people were obtained, so the department will soon be expanded to 7,000.
There are 5,000 people in the first town of Qingtang Town Army, most of whom are Weibo warriors recruited by Liang Huaijin himself. Shao Shude has just allowed the army to be expanded by another 3,000 people, recruited by Liang Huaijin in Weibo, and requested that his family move to the Qinghai area.
This kind of thing is the easiest thing for Weibo traitors like him to do. There is no possibility of Liang Huaijin rebelling in a short period of time. As for how to rectify the situation in the future, we will see.
Now Beiping Prefecture, Jizhou, Pingzhou, and Guizhou areas also need to form a town army. Shao Shude's plan is to have 15,000
The majority of people were stationed in military villages, and the Beikou Guard City near Gubeikou was a major stronghold.
"Privilege Yang, please give me a hard time." Shao Shude did not feel dissatisfied with his attitude and just smiled and said: "You are targeting the Xijie Army so quickly."
"Actually, You're going north is not bad." Yang Yue added: "They are all Zhu Quanzhong's old supporters. I heard that in recent years, some Qi people, An people, and Huang people have been recruited into the army, but the skeleton is still there.
, with the old leading the new, the combat strength should be pretty good. If that doesn't work, forget about transferring the Weisheng Army from Yuezhou. Anyway, they fight on the ship every day, and they are not very active. It is better to transfer them all to the north. Anyway, Your Majesty will not
They will be organized into the Imperial Guard, right?"
Shao Shude burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Old Yangtou's words offended many people.
First of all, his attitude was not very good, and Shao Shude didn't sound very happy. Secondly, his immediate boss Zhe Zongben was also offended by him, and he actually had an idea for Wei Shengjun. There was also a hint of ridicule, ridicule, and sarcasm in his words.
Wei Shengjun’s combat effectiveness is low;
Thirdly, Ding Hui was inexplicably manipulated by him. In Yang Yue's opinion, all the 16,000-strong You *** should be dismantled or even dismissed.
However, what he said was correct. Shao Shude had indeed just revealed to the officials of the Privy Council that he did not plan to expand the Forbidden Army.
According to his original words, "nine" is the ultimate number, and there will never be ten. Currently, the Forbidden Army is divided into two parts: troops and cavalry.
Among them, there are nine troops: Tielin, Wuwei, Tianxiong, Yicong, Tujiang, Tiande, Jinglue, Longxiang, and Konghe. If all are reduced to 25,000 as planned, there will be 225,000.
people.
The cavalry consists of flying dragons, black spears, gold swords, silver spears, iron cavalry, Dingnan, flying bears, silver saddles, and nine cavalry, totaling more than 106,000 people.
Adding the two units together, the total number of the Forbidden Army exceeded 330,000, which was actually very large. Shao Shude even wanted to continue to reduce it.
All other troops are not the Forbidden Army, whether they are old or new troops. Since they cannot be the Forbidden Army, they need to be dealt with. They may retire when they are old, or become local state soldiers, or go to the border fortress to serve as town soldiers, or go to the government.
Soldiers, even used up in battle formations - of course, if they are willing to disarm and return to the fields, the court will also welcome them.
Of course, this kind of news cannot be hidden. Shao Shude had no intention of hiding it, otherwise he would not "blow the news" in public.
He fully understood Zhu Quanzhong's determination in history that he would rather offend the Central Plains warriors than reduce the number of the Forbidden Army from two to three hundred thousand to less than 150,000.
What he did may indeed have brought about some side effects, but it defused a big bomb for the following dynasties. All the backlash was borne by Zhu Quanzhong, and his dynasty also perished. The debt of death was wiped out, and the warriors had the energy to go.
It was enough to dig up his family's ancestral graves. However, the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and later Zhou were able to go into battle lightly. Those who remained in the Forbidden Army were all elites, and the court's military expenses could be afforded. Then they used this to coerce each vassal town and continue to reduce the vassal vassal.
In the final analysis, the expenses for raising soldiers in this era are so huge that they have never been seen since ancient times. Not to mention food and accommodation for a soldier, it is more than enough to feed the whole family, but this "support" is still a state of extremely high living standards. The expenses of county officials are about
At this level, it's really outrageous.
The burden of more than 300,000 forbidden troops was too heavy. When Zhao Dagang became emperor in the Northern Song Dynasty, his territory was slightly smaller than Shao Shude's now, with only 200,000 forbidden troops. The number of forbidden troops only began to increase rapidly by Zhao Er's time. Shao Shude's ultimate goal was
It is better to reduce the forbidden army to less than 300,000 people and more than 250,000 people, supplemented by state soldiers and town soldiers, which is almost enough - the number of state soldiers will be gradually reduced in the future, although their expenses are relatively low.
"You have to eat in one bite." Shao Shude glared at Yang Yue and said, "Some words should not be spread around with a big mouth. You will suffer a loss.
You're just suffering from this, you're old, why don't you change it?"
"I can't change it, and I don't want to change it." Yang Yue said nonchalantly: "Your Majesty, the Yanshan Town Army should preferably have 20,000 people, at least 15,000 or more. Juyongguan is currently guarded by a section of the He Controlling Army. In the future, it will be
Fill up the town with troops. After the Qing Yi army leaves Linyu Pass, they also need people. There are two places on the north entrance side, one is Beikou City and the other is Dongjun City, both of which need soldiers."
Shao Shude nodded, approving Yang Yue's suggestion.
statement.
In fact, the small roads are ignored, and only three major roads can be used. Because only Juyongguan, Gubeikou, and Linyuguan can be "passed by square tracks", and the others are rugged roads that may allow people to pass people, horses, and carriages.
It would be too difficult. Even the carriage conditions at Juyong Pass and Gubeikou are very average. Linyu Pass is the thoroughfare and the focus.
This was also the defense strategy of the Tang Dynasty.
The Great Wall was built in the Northern Qi and Sui dynasties, but it was not built in the Tang dynasty. They only built forts and garrisoned troops at important locations. Even this city was built hastily, and its defensive facilities were far inferior to those in the Central Plains where feudal lords had been fighting for more than a hundred years.
This kind of military deployment obviously means giving up the small roads and letting you come. After you come, we will fight in the field to decide the outcome.
Back when Sanshou surrendered the city, there was a heated debate over whether to repair the barbican city. The reason was that some people thought that the improved city defense facilities would give the soldiers psychological support and not dare to go out of the city to fight with the Hu cavalry.
With this kind of iron-man mentality, you can't expect to build the Great Wall like other dynasties did. One Youzhou built dozens of military fortresses, fortified them layer by layer, and blocked them everywhere. It was impossible, and there weren't that many soldiers.
The Dongjun City mentioned by Yang Yue just now is called "Eastern Army Shouchuo City". It was originally one of the garrison strongholds behind the mountains of Youzhou Town, located in the Luanping area in later generations.
Starting from Beikou City, walk fifty miles north to pass Zhaixing Ridge, and then walk about a hundred miles to Dongjun Guards City. Historically, when Liu Rengong was in charge of Youzhou, he often passed Zhaixing Ridge to burn and kill on the grasslands.
They looted, and even burned the grassland after the frost - withered grass burned, the Khitan people could not store enough hay for the winter. They could only sue for peace, pretend to be cowardly with Liu Rengong, and silently wait for his capital to be exhausted by the Jin and Liang armies, and then find another
Return to the venue.
Twenty or thirty miles northeast of Dongjun City, there is Mo Dou Army City. There is another twenty miles further out, which is almost the default dividing line between Youzhou Town and the Eight Khitan tribes when Youzhou Town was strong. However, after Youzhou's forces were fully dispersed in Lishan
After moving into the rear area, the Khitans and their vassal tribes began to invade southward until the great war the year before last, when they were beaten back to their original shape.
"The defense in the area behind the mountain should be restored as soon as possible." Shao Shude said, "I will figure out a way to deal with the soldiers. You don't need to worry about it."
Shao Shude actually recognized Yang Yue's defense ideas. Everyone in Youzhou Town knew the importance of the area behind the mountains, and built cities, garrisoned troops, and vassalized tribes there for their own use. How could he do worse than the Yan people?
He always believed that it was very unwise for the Ming Dynasty to establish its capital in Beijing, but to allow the area behind the mountains to be occupied by Mongolian tribes and lose the buffer zone of the Yanshan defense line.
It is true that it is difficult and costly to deliver supplies from Youzhou through Yanshan. However, the agricultural conditions in the area behind the mountains are actually not that bad. In the Qing Dynasty, large areas of wasteland were reclaimed, and in the Tang Dynasty, the families of the garrison also reclaimed wasteland and cultivated land. If this was not possible,
There is always a way to get the vassal tribes to make offerings.
These tribes are also very realistic. If an enemy comes, you go out to fight in the city and help us drive the enemy away. We will provide you with cattle, sheep, horses and even soldiers to help each other and form a defense line together. You don't even have to repair the Great Wall, isn't that good?
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This has also been Shao Shude's thinking all along. To strictly defend behind the Great Wall and station an astonishing number of troops, the financial expenditure may be even greater.
The active defense strategy may not necessarily cost more money. Although it is not without its disadvantages. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Fan Yang, the general of Pinglu Town, was "good at starting side provocations". The Khitans did not want to rebel, so I will force you to rebel. But there are some things
, there should be no one more confused than Xuanzong.
