Chapter 69 The Great Military Training
Thinking about the difficulties of modern poor students studying, you will know that the saying "A penny stumps a hero" is a supreme saying. It is precisely from this aspect that Li Longji decided to waive all the expenses of the Royal Military Academy and give the students a good salary.
This caused a good response. Many people who had no money to study saw hope and joined the army. The Royal Military Academy's enrollment was very smooth and a group of students with good quality were recruited.
This matter has become a beautiful talk, circulated among the Tang people, and has become their topic of conversation after dinner.
The heat of this matter has not subsided, and another explosive news has spread, and the Tang Dynasty has begun to recruit soldiers.
"Do you know? The Tang Dynasty has begun to fight! The Tang Dynasty is about to attack Dashi!"
"Dashi, that is the strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty. I heard it is very impressive. If it can defeat Dashi, it will be a supreme beauty. The time for our men to make achievements! I want to join the army, I want to join the army."
"I want to join the army, too."
The news about Mobing made countless men in the Tang Dynasty excited and responded one after another, wanting to join the army.
Of course, it is not entirely supported, and some people oppose it, that is, their families, such as parents, wives and children.
"You can't go. This is going to fight thousands of miles away from a foreign land, and that will be very hard." Some parents stopped their son from joining the army.
It is certainly a good thing to defeat the big food, but it is too far away and it will be too hard. Can parents not love their son?
"Dad, mom, don't worry. We Tang men should attack the border and traverse thousands of miles away from foreign lands. Dad, when you were young, didn't you go to the border to fight wars and make great military achievements?" The son hurriedly explained and praised him.
"Is this a matter of saying? You don't even look at it. I am your father! If you don't make contributions in war, can it be your father?" My father was very proud.
"Dad, no one in our village can compare with you for making such great achievements. Don't you want me to make greater military achievements, so that they can't compare with you?" My son took the opportunity to speak out.
"Haha, what's wrong?" My father agreed.
"What will happen if you leave? That's thousands of miles away from a foreign land. How can we, mother and son live?" However, the wife came to stop him again.
"Damn, you don't think about it. What a good opportunity this is? My Tang Dynasty man has been afraid of death for so long? If he could die thousands of miles away from a foreign land, this is the best destination for a Tang Dynasty man." The husband hurriedly advised.
"That's not OK. Once you leave, our family's life will be sad. You are the master laborer of our family." My wife still was not sure.
"Damn, don't worry. The court will not ignore you. If I have a good or bad situation, the court will definitely give you a generous pension, which is enough for you, mother and son to live for many years. Besides, this time, this time I went to a foreign land to fight thousands of miles away, the court's salary was particularly generous. As long as we have to suffer for three or five years, we can live a good life for more than ten years after we come back." The husband was busy persuading.
"That's not possible." The wife still disagreed.
"Damn, think about it carefully. If I make great contributions, get promoted and get you and your mother and son to live thousands of miles away in the foreign land, can you also experience the exotic customs? This is a great thing." My husband hurriedly promised.
"Okay, then. You have to take good care of yourself." The wife finally agreed.
After much persuasion, my family finally understood, and then my husband rushed to join the army.
Such things are constantly happening in thousands of households in the Tang Dynasty.
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In Chang'an, a sudden military service point was already crowded with people and surrounded by people.
"Brother, are you here to join the army?"
"Yes. How can I lose my life-like beauty without such an eternal thing?"
"Well said! I, a man from the Tang Dynasty, should I fight thousands of miles away, and should be a traversing foreign lands! Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"
"We must work hard and defeat the big food!"
These men who joined the army encouraged each other, were extremely excited and energetic.
Not long after, he started to recruit Mo. Before recruiting Mo, the captain in charge of the Mo's military service delivered an exciting speech.
The captain was tall, bright and wise. He looked at the men who joined the army and saw their energetic appearance in his eyes, and was very satisfied.
"Brothers: I see the fighting spirit in your eyes! The fierce fighting spirit! Our men, who have to have such fighting spirit, are worthy of the men of the Tang Dynasty!" The captain nodded in admiration and began to speak, saying, "Sixty years ago, before the Great Food destroyed Persia, Persia sent people to Chang'an for help. Emperor Taizong thought about it repeatedly, thinking that the journey was long and it was not appropriate to send troops, so he had to refuse. Only then did Persia destroy the Great Food."
Speaking of this, his tone turned higher and he said loudly: "This is a regret for the Tang Dynasty! All the men of the Tang Dynasty regret it!"
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Persia sought help, which was a good opportunity for China to enter the Middle East, but because the journey was long and the Western Turks had not yet been destroyed, they had to give up.
This is not only a regret for the Tang people, but also a regret for China, because we missed an excellent opportunity to take over the Middle East.
The Tang Dynasty did not send troops to the Middle East or save the Persian Empire, which made the Arab Empire bigger. The Persian Empire was an old empire in the Middle East, with thousands of history and profound heritage. After obtaining the former land of Persia, the Arab Empire's strength increased sharply and achieved a qualitative leap.
This laid the root of disaster for the subsequent decades of wars. After the Arab Empire's strength increased greatly, it advanced eastward and met the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia. After decades of fighting, it was bloody and corpses piled up like mountains.
Once, the Arab Empire's army came to Xinjiang, China and was repelled by the Tang Dynasty.
"It's a pity!" All the men who joined the army were flickering in their eyes and shouting loudly.
"Now, Your Majesty wants to defeat the Great Food and make up for this regret! Are you willing to contribute to the country?" the captain asked loudly.
"Will!" the men shouted in unison, shaking the sky.
"Would you like to see the customs and customs thousands of miles away in foreign lands?" the captain asked loudly again.
"Yes!" the men yelled.
After asking several questions in a row, they received satisfactory answers. The captain became more interested. He raised his voice and asked loudly: "You are willing to fight thousands of miles away from the foreign land. Do you know what's going on there?"
"I don't know." These men have only heard of it. I don't know the specific situation.
"I know! Because I followed His Majesty to participate in the battle to destroy Tubo, defeat Tianzhu, and conquer Pakistan and Afghanistan, I also participated in the battle to defeat Dashi!" The captain was very proud, his face was red, and his voice was raised and he roared.
"Really? Sir, have you really been to thousands of miles away in the foreign land?" The men's eyes shone and stared at the captain with anticipation on their faces.
There are many rumors about Li Longji's three-year battle. They can tell a lot. However, rumors are rumors after all, and they cannot compare with those who have experienced them personally. They cannot help but be curious.
"Of course!" The captain raised his head and chest, proud, like a crowing rooster, and said: "If you don't say anything else, just talk about women thousands of miles away from the foreign land. They are hot and unrestrained and enthusiastic. Riding them is like riding a fierce horse, with a unique flavor."
"Hehe." The men let out a burst of knowing laughter that men understand.
"I didn't let you do bad things. You should think of your beautiful wife." The captain joked in a slight way.
"Hehe." The man who had already started a family and started a career made an awkward laugh.
"It's okay, I haven't gotten married yet. If I had a beautiful girl I like, I wouldn't mind marrying ten or eight." The man who had not gotten married looked expectant.
"Can you bear it?"
"Do you want us to help?"
A burst of laughter sounded.
"Okay! I've been joking, we should do the job." The captain stopped the men from making fun of it and began to fight.
The matter of Mobing was carried out according to the established requirements and was extremely smooth. Li Longji's request was that this was the first time that Mobing was, first 200,000, and he would train.
Although it takes more than 500,000 troops to defeat the Arab Empire, you can attack and train in batches. You can't just fight 500,000 troops at once, and train in a short time.
However, Li Longji underestimated the enthusiasm of the men of the Tang Dynasty. They actually joined the army so enthusiastically, and suddenly attracted 300,000 yuan. This was the result of repeated selections.
If it were according to the original standards, a total of 500,000 people would meet the requirements.
"Three hundred thousand?" Li Longji was also surprised after receiving Zhang Shuo's report, and half of it was added.
"So much?" Yao Chong, Wang Xiaojie and the others were also surprised, a little unbelievable.
"Your Majesty, this is the result of repeated selections from me. If we follow the initial requirements, there will be 500,000 people." Zhang Shuo stretched out his five fingers and sighed: "I really didn't expect that the men of the Tang Dynasty would have such a strong desire to join the army."
"This is enough to prove that it is the will of the people. We will definitely be able to defeat the Great Food." Li Longji was stunned at first, then he was happy.
"Yes." Everyone agreed with this.
If the men of the Tang Dynasty were not so strong, they would not have participated so enthusiastically.
"This is a good thing, which greatly alleviated our soldiers." Li Longji smiled and said, "When he attacked the Turks, his grandmother could not even bring out the 400,000 troops. After Zhang Shuo's innovation, he replaced the mansion soldiers with Mo soldiers, and there were more soldiers at once. We can train more troops."
This is indeed a great thing. Thinking about it, in order to gather 400,000 troops, Wu Zetian racked his brains and pieces it together, and finally got a 400,000 troops. Now, there are so many people willing to join the army, and Li Longji can train more troops.
Anyway, after the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded, more troops were needed to be stationed, and it was necessary to train more troops.
"That's right." Everyone agreed in unison.
"Zhang said, then start training troops." Li Longji officially issued an order to train troops.
As soon as this will was passed down, the training began. The Tang people were as enthusiastic as fire, as if they had endless strength. No matter how hard or tired they were, they would grit their teeth and persevere.
"Do you want to fight thousands of miles away from the foreign land?"
"think!"
"Do you want to traverse thousands of miles away from a foreign land?"
"think!"
"Do you want to make great contributions? I will shine your ancestors!"
"think!"
"Do you want to be as enthusiastic as a fire and as unrestrained as a horse?"
"Ha ha!"
Such questions and answers and jokes rang out from time to time on the training ground. Tang Jun's training went very smoothly because they worked very hard and never complained about being tired, even if it was hard or tired. To be continued...
Chapter completed!