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Chapter 68 Sand and Dark Clouds-3

"Is that right?" Yang Ren pondered for a moment, picked up the wine glass and clashed with Yu Zangyun, and asked, "He specializes in training troops, so he may not have the chance to go into battle, right?"

"I don't know this," Yu Zangyun took a sip and said with a smile, "Young people have been promoted too fast, so it's better to take a break. You don't know that Zhao De, the former Japanese general, was promoted to the title of doctor, even I was a little jealous. The younger generation is terrifying. This kid has only been in the army for a few years. How many years has it been taken for us to reach this level?" Having said that, with Yu Zangyun's status in the National Guardian, he would not really care about these things.

Yang Ren also laughed and said, "Who said it was not? He used three thousand people to resist the 200,000 army for three months. Even Zhang Shanfu, the old guy, would be a little scared!" The two laughed together, and Yu Zangyun laughed even more, "Fortunately, if he served for Guandong, the 200,000 army besieged Luoyang for three months, just transporting food and grass, the logistics department would not be able to bear it."

Unlike the Song army who liked to defend the city and the villages. The Xia army emphasized attack and field battles to win. Therefore, the generals known for defense were impressive. However, most lieutenants may not agree that defending the city could win. Could it be that those who defended the city could still wait for the siege to starve to death? If Nanshan City had not suffered so many siege troops and killed and injured the Liao army at the city, the battle of Nanshan was the greatest victory over the Liao Kingdom in 20 years. Otherwise, Zhao Xingde would not have been remembered as such a great merit if he had been defending Nanshan City for several years.

The two chatted for a few more words, and got back to the topic. Yu Zangyun put down his wine glass and said slowly: "God blessed our dynasty. His Highness, the Crown Prince, is wise and powerful, and has the capital of a wise king. The imperial family does not want to compete with the army for merit. Therefore, although the princes of all dynasties served in the Cavalry Army, their official positions have not surpassed those of the lieutenant. They have to wait until they succeed to the throne to serve as the commander of the Longya Army as the honor of a country. However, you and I know that it is just a false title. Your Majesty is in charge of a lot of things every day. The Longya Army has always been the deputy commander-in-chief. This military office transfers His Highness back from Mobei, and if he throws it idle before he succeeds to the throne, it would be a pity. Guanzhong will organize a training regiment and practice musket camp, and all the training regiments are under the jurisdiction of the Chang'an training regiments. This training regiment is a civil servant."

Yu Zangyun gradually lowered his voice and approached Yang Ren and said, "According to the convention, a few years before the prince ascended the throne, it would be better to go with the flow and go to Chang'an to go. You and I will join forces to recommend Your Highness as the Chang'an League Training Envoy. In the future, Your Highness will also remember the old feelings of the Andong Army." He looked at Yang Ren nervously, but Yang Ren frowned and pondered: "Longya is the emperor's personal army. I thought that Your Highness would be transferred back to serve as a captain in the Longya Army. We can still speak in the Guardian Mansion, but the appointment power of the League Training Envoy is in the Prime Minister's Office. How should we promote this matter?"

Yu Zangyun smiled slightly and whispered: "Of course there are people going to talk to the Prime Minister. However, the 50,000 regiment training not only practices muskets, but also receives military pay from the Prime Minister's Office, and Your Majesty also provides internal coins to help. Therefore, this regiment training is different from ordinary people. Although he is a civil servant, he will nod to the National Government at that time. In this military affairs in Guanzhong, Brother Yang said hello to his colleagues in Guanzhong in advance, which is the beauty of adulthood."

"Brother Yu is so serious, Yang doesn't have that great ability." Yang Ren smiled and said, "Every brother Yu said, the position of this regiment training envoy is a civil servant, but he holds 50,000 military power in his hand, which seems to be more important than the commander of the army. The regiment training envoy is not under the jurisdiction of the Guguo Mansion, so the crown prince is in charge of the army, would it be inappropriate?" If he said this in Guandong, it might cause a big disaster for himself. But it was an ordinary thing for the Captain of the Guguo Mansion. Yang Ren did not even need Yu Zang Yunxu to bend, so he expressed his attitude. At that time, the Guguo Mansion deposed the fourth emperor Chen Su on the grounds of "behaving an unworthy monarch", and changed Chen Su's younger brother Chen Yuan, who was the father of the current emperor.

Yu Zangyun's face changed slightly, and he smiled awkwardly: "Even if your highness is appointed as the tutor, he will return to Dunhuang to ascend the throne if he can't stay in this position for two or three years. Moreover, the tutor is to manage food, pay and train troops, and to mobilize troops, wouldn't he have to go through the General's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Chang'an Civil Guardian?"

Yang Ren smiled slightly and just used other words to break it away. Yu Zangyun had no choice but to stop mentioning this matter.

After leaving Huayuelou, Yang Ren found more than a dozen other Guanzhong lieutenants, first told the story of Yu Zangyun seeking a position as the prince, and then said: "It is related to the national system. I not only disagree with it, but also have to oppose it. This is also to protect the prince's prince. If he really holds military power, even if he has nothing, he will easily be exploited by traitors and leave hidden dangers. Since the corputenant army has received the military pay from the court, it cannot be left outside the control of the Guardian Mansion. Otherwise, the country will be in danger of overturning and the country will not be in the state. The corputenant should not directly govern the various musket battalions, but should refer to the system, and the ten officers of the corputenant battalions elected ten maskets. Each masket is responsible for the control of one army, so that there will be no accident."

Yang Ren looked over slowly and saw that no one objected, he said in a deep voice: "In addition, I plan to recommend Zhao De to be the training envoy of this training regiment."

"But, Zhao De is from Kanto." Someone whispered.

"Which one of us has nothing to do with Guandong," Yang Ren smiled. He paused and lowered his voice. "Take a step back. The centurion of the regiment trained the army is all soldiers of the Dragon Ya Army. The regiment trained the army is the people of my Guanzhong. Even if he has a different intention, what can it do? However," he paused and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince and Zhao De are both thousands of miles away. There are quite a lot of variables during this period. In the end, how to act in the end will have to wait until these two people come back to see the situation. After all, the appointment of this regiment trained the army must first pass the Prime Minister's Mansion."

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Prime Minister Liu Yi sent General Zhang Shanfu, the marching chief, and returned to the study. He took out the files of the training plan for the Musket Battalion and began to think about it carefully. According to his original intention, Zhao Xingde was the best candidate for the training of the Musket Battalion. However, Zhang Shanfu wanted Prince Chen Chong to take charge of the position.

Zhang Shanfu believed that the musket gun battalion was easy to train, could be close and far, and it was likely to replace other regiment training and become the main group of troops mobilized by Xia State in future wars. An emperor who was familiar with the operation of musket guns was more beneficial to the future of the country than an emperor who only knew how to ride a horse and rush forward. In addition, Chen Chong made great contributions but was transferred out of the Anbei Military Office for vain, which was also considered a compensation for the General's Office. Since he could no longer be sent to the border army to fight, only this subordinate had a large number of regiment training personnel with a position that was not satisfactory.

On the other hand, Zhao De was transferred to the Longya Army as a captain, and was promoted to the position of a doctor. The speed of promotion was already shocking. If he was allowed to serve as a regiment training envoy, it would be too criticized and would have harmed him. On the contrary, if Zhao Xingde served as a captain of the Longya Army for several years and trained and operated and commanded firearms officers for other troops, he could form colleagues in the army, and it could be said that the generals of this generation of future generations would have more or less friendship. And training officers for other troops could also build connections in the army. These years of hard work allowed him to return to the Xia Kingdom and lay a solid foundation in the army.

"It can be seen that Zhang Shanfu also has a love for talent," Liu Yi's index finger knocked on the training file, pondering, "But the situation in Guandong is getting more and more tense every day. This time, the Anbei Army Department was frustrated, and the Song State sent troops to compete for Xijing Road has shocked Guanzhong and mobilized the regiment training. If Zhao De did not use him as the regiment training envoy, just let him train officers, would he have time to train a regiment training army that can fight in this short time?" According to Liu Yi's plan, the musket guns that were used for the 50,000 regiment training army were only the beginning. If it worked, there were more Guanzhong regiment training army to use musket guns. At least in his opinion, this would be a trend.

However, Yang Ren's grudges about the military training and military pay collection was purely a temporary emergency measure for Prime Minister Liu Yi. Because the Song State cut off the trade in Hangu Pass, the work in Guanzhong was severely shut down. The worker and the apprentice had no place to make a living, so a group of strong workers and apprentices were recruited to serve as the musket battalion training and paid military pay to temporarily stabilize Guanzhong. When the tense situation eased, Guanzhong would not need to support these military training. The two countries reopened trade, and the workshop also needed a large number of people. These musket gunmen who received the money could be gradually cut off and allowed them to continue to work in the workshop.
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