Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 341 Adjusting the Military System
After being reprimanded by the emperor, the five tigers have become more honest. According to the news reported by Jin Yiwei, the five now go to the Imperial College to study and go home to copy "Sun Tzu's Art of War" silently.

Maybe the emperor just said it casually.

But they dare not throw it away!

Not to mention whether it is the crime of deceiving the emperor, but it is very likely to lose the grace of the current body, and this price cannot be made up for no matter how many times "The Art of War" is repeated.

Liu Yizhen saw that the five people were so well-behaved, so he reinvested his energy in state affairs.

Nowadays, in addition to taking advantage of the wave of imperial examinations to steadily encircle and suppress the power of the aristocratic family, it is to quietly develop national power.

Taking advantage of this great opportunity, Liu Yizhen can also readjust the biggest reliance in his hands - military power.

Most of the Central Army brought in after the capital was moved from Jiankang were southerners. Even if Liu Yizhen used various methods of appeasement, it was still difficult to completely calm down the anxious mood of the soldiers.

But it is impossible for Liu Yizhen to give up these troops.

The predecessor of these Central Army is the Beifu Army!At the same time, they are also the pinnacle of Liu Song's military capabilities. Disbanding these armies is almost like throwing away their own weapons on their own initiative. Helian Bobo and Tuoba Tao are afraid to wake up from their dreams.

"But if you don't want to change, it will be a little unsafe after all."

In addition to the powerful combat power of these soldiers, their age is also worrying.

Many veterans are already in their 40s and [-]s.

At this age, people's concentration and physical fitness are not as good as when they were young.

The super army that fought with Liu Yu invincible all over the world will not escape the ravages of time after all, Liu Yizhen must make plans early.

Now Liu Song Guozhong has more than 20 standing troops.

Counting state soldiers and county soldiers from all over the country, this number can barely exceed 30.

The most special ones are the two major government armies in Guanzhong.

The combat power of these two major government armies has been proven in the last Northern Expedition, and they are definitely worthy of trust.

Especially the Yong'an army led by Mao Dezu. After experiencing the battle of Xiaoguan, these soldiers all felt transformed, and their combat power was not inferior to the soldiers of the Central Army.

Liu Yizhen already planned to incorporate the two major government armies into the central army.

Calling Wang Zhen'e, Liu Yizhen expressed this idea to him.

Naturally, Wang Zhen'e had no objection.

He is also aware of the current problems of the Central Army.

The emperor was willing to think about change in advance, and Wang Zhen'e naturally strongly supported it.

"Your Majesty can grant land to soldiers over 30 years old and distribute it to the states."

Wang Zhen'e knew the importance of the old soldier, and also understood what a precious resource it was. If he let it go like this, let alone the emperor, even he would be a little bit reluctant.

Distributing these veterans to various places, and then using them as the core to implement the military system in various states and counties, will undoubtedly maximize the use of these veterans.

The veteran is not dead, but withered.

Letting them float all over the place and re-nourishing young and strong strength seems like a good choice.

By the way.

Doing so can also greatly increase the central government's control over local governments.

It just so happened that Gao Yun's work of clearing the whole country's land was about to be completed, and the land that the aristocratic family was forced to spit out was just in time to be used.

Under the supervision of Wang Zhen'e, it was finally decided to clear out 4 older soldiers from the Central Army.

Most of these people were meritorious soldiers in Liu Yu's era, and about 1 of them chose to return to the south.The remaining 3 people chose to stay in the north, waiting for the arrangement of the imperial court.

There are also some old soldiers who were moved by the conditions given by Du Ji, the captain of Jinyi, and joined the Jinyiwei, making this already terrifying organization expand again.

In line with the basic principle of strong stems and weak branches, the imperial court placed old soldiers mainly in Guanzhong, Hedong, Hebei, and Henan to form government troops.

These places are close to the center, and the government troops are scattered around, which can help the court suppress the Quartet very well.

However, it is naturally impossible for these government troops to maintain a terrifying scale of tens of thousands of people like the two major government troops of Changning and Yong'an. Most of them are 800 to [-] people per government.

With the departure of these veterans, the Central Army will naturally have to replenish them in time.

The internal and external military system implemented in Jiankang in the past is obviously not acclimatized in Chang'an.

In the end, under Liu Yizhen's decision, the Central Army was reformed into the Northern and Southern Second Armies modeled on the Han Dynasty.

The Northern Army is the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Yizhen maintained the organizational system and military title of the Yong'an Army, and transferred the original Central Army and Changning Army to form the Left and Right Yong'an Army, the Left and Right Longxiang Army, and the Left and Right Huben Army.

Each of the six armies maintains an organizational system of 1 people to guard the safety of Guanzhong.

The southern army is the three guards of the Suwei Army of the capital, and the three guards of the prince's three mansions.

This part of the army is mainly for the safety of Chang'an, and most of the tasks on weekdays are patrolling and assisting arrests.

In addition, it is Jinyiwei in the northern suburbs of Chang'an.

The Second Army of the North and the South and the Jinyiwei were like a big solid net, enveloping Guanzhong tightly.

As for this, as an insecure creature like the emperor, Liu Yizhen still felt that it was not enough.

He decided to select another 1 people from the former Central Army to form an imperial army directly under the emperor's orders.

These 1 people will be the hole cards of the emperor's defense, and the selected people must have a clean family background.

It just so happens that the children of the old soldiers who were sent to the local area have already entered adulthood, and what could be more loyal than the seedlings of the military family?

From the moment this army was assembled, Liu Yizhen never thought of handing it over to others.

Its owner can only be the Son of Heaven.

Even the name of this forbidden army, Liu Yizhen chose it very selfishly——

Habayashi Army.

"The wings of the country are like the prosperity of the forest".

Since Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty founded the Emperor's Forbidden Army, this army has been labeled as the Emperor's Pro-Army.

Liu Yizhen handed over this army directly to Fan Daoji's command, and chose one side of Xuanwu Gate as his garrison, and guarded the palace with Jin Yiwei as horns.

Among the 5000 Yulin Army, they were divided into two battalions on the left and right, each with [-] soldiers.

According to Liu Yizhen's plan, these 5000 people will be infantry and cavalry respectively, and cooperate with each other.

The cavalry were not in a hurry, so Liu Yizhen asked Fu Hongzhi to take [-] horses from his precious horse farm and send them to Chang'an for the Habayashi cavalry to slowly train and use.

But pawns can quickly form combat effectiveness!

Liu Yizhen found the chief of the Military Weapons Supervision and handed him a sketch.

I saw a weapon in the shape of a saber drawn on the sketch.

The difference is that its handle is longer, which has already caught up with the length of an ordinary gun shaft.

And its blade is also wider. Just looking at the drawings, one can imagine the cold light after it is cast, which makes people feel a chill down their backs.

"Chang'an now has the technology of forging steel with the help of water power, and the steel forged is much tougher than before. It shouldn't be difficult to make this kind of weapon, right?"

The chief inspector of weapons inspected the drawings for a long time, and finally nodded vigorously.

"Although the production method of this weapon is cumbersome, it is actually not difficult to borrow the method of hydraulic forging hammer invented by His Majesty in Chang'an."

The more he looked at the weapon, the more he liked it, and asked Liu Yizhen the name of the knife.

"Mo Dao."

Liu Yizhen's eyes were also full of yearning for him.

"Modao that can fight against cavalry!"

(End of this chapter)