Chapter 1075: Post-war arrangements
After reading the military newspaper jointly sent by Shi Zhuang and Li Mi, he looked up at Li Anmin's somewhat unhappy face. Li Ze asked with a smile: "We have achieved the strategic goal before the war. Why does the second uncle look very unhappy?"
Li Anmin shook his head and said, "Shi Zhuang is too self-disputed. In fact, he can keep Liu Xinda's troops. He is blatantly violating the overall arrangement of the Ministry of War before the war. Li Xiang, this trend cannot be long. Although the strategic goals were generally achieved, it still leaves some hidden dangers for the future. I think the court should denounce this behavior in the following article."
"What does Mr. Gongsun say?" Li Ze turned to look at Gongsun Changming.
Gongsun Changming raised his head and said, "Li Xiang, the general is outside, and the king's order is not accepted. Under the overall strategic deployment, we must allow the generals leading the troops to have their own opinions and performance in tactics. After all, they are the ones who are on the battlefield. How to maximize their interests and minimize losses is no clearer than the generals on the front line. Although General Shi's actions were a bit big this time, I think they can give a reminder privately instead of publicly slandering. General Shi himself may not care, but I am worried that other generals will be bound by their hands and feet after watching it."
Li Ze turned his head and looked at Li Anmin and said, "Second uncle, I mean it. You have also led troops to fight wars. You know that sitting in the house planning and actually leading troops to fight are completely different things. Maybe a river, a hill, an unexpected rain, and an unexpected wind can all turn the pre-planning into a piece of paper. Therefore, we must give the frontline generals greater autonomy and give them more room to play when the overall strategy remains unchanged. Now our army is getting further and further away from the center. How can we take everything into account in the Western Regions, Tubo and other places?"
"Li Xiang, if this is the case for a long time, the generals will be more and more domineering." Li Anmin was a little uneasy.
Gongsun Changming smiled and said, "Does Li's Generals in each town and one side have the fear of becoming a new generation of military governors? This is too much of a concern. Nowadays, generals have no right to appoint and dismiss local officials, and cannot control the local area and cannot take root. What's more, the iron-killed camps and flowing soldiers, and now more and more generals from various departments are from the academy. Even those generals who have been promoted in actual combat need to study in the academy and return to their posts after completing their studies. It is basically impossible for a general to control the army in the hands of individuals. Don't forget that in addition to the Supervisory Office, we now have the iron gate of Yixing Society!"
"Uncle Second, I have something to make you feel better. You should also think about it carefully." Li Ze said: "After taking over Eyue, we will not launch a comprehensive and large-scale war in a short period of time. In recent years, we have been focusing on rest. Even Tubo will only support some serf uprising troops to resist. We will not intervene on a large scale. So, I am planning to rotate the chief officers of these troops in the Central Plains."
"Replace the generals of each division?" Li Anmin was stunned.
Li Ze smiled and said, "Why, wasn't the second uncle still worried that these generals would be in charge of one of them for a long time? Now we are preparing to conduct a large-scale rotation, why are you a little uneasy?"
"Is this kind of action too big?" Lee Anmin said silly: "Actually I don't mean that."
Li Ze said: "I have been thinking about this matter, not for the present, but for the future. Such rotation will be customized in the future. Now there is a few years of truce. At this time, the rotation will also make it easier for the newly-grown general to get to know his new subordinates better."
"If you really want to change this way, it will have a certain impact on your combat effectiveness!"
"There will be an impact in the short term, but it will be gone for a long time." Li Ze smiled and said, "You must know that the people who really lead the troops to fight are the generals of various battalions. When the general charges, there will be fewer and fewer future."
"I keep this matter in my heart. Let's discuss it within the Ministry of War first. At the same time, I will also release the wind to see what the generals react." Li Anmin glanced at Li Ze and said.
Since Li Ze told him this, the meaning was very obvious, and he could only raise this matter himself. Those generals would only vent their dissatisfaction at that time.
Look at the blame.
But there is no way!
Who is sitting on top of his nephew?
If you don’t carry it yourself, who will carry it?
He couldn't help but smile bitterly. When this matter was finalized, he probably would have to retreat from the position of Minister of War. Otherwise, how could a guy who was disliked by generals from all walks of life sit in this position?
But it doesn't matter. At that time, the nephew in front of him was probably already sitting on the throne of the emperor. Whether it was to avoid suspicion or other reasons, he would definitely not be able to sit in the position of Minister of War. It would be nice to be a free prince to go home to take care of his old age.
It’s a pity that the eldest and second brothers will not be able to stay in the army by then, so they can only retire and go home. However, the youngest Li Yuan is now studying at the Political and Economic Academy of Wuwei Academy. In the future, he will have more prospects than his brothers.
Li Ze did not expect that his second uncle would have thought about so many circles of questions in such a little while. He patted the military newspaper in front of him and smiled: "Not to say, Shi Zhuang's move is really a stroke of magic. Jiangxi has been troubled since then."
"Liu Xinda is our enemy after all. Even if he arrives in Jiangxi, this will not change at all." Li Anmin said a little dissatisfied.
"Different, very different!" Li Ze shook his head: "Liu Xinda is just a military leader. This time he sold Xiang Zhen, who dares to trust him? So he can only take action first and occupy Jiujiang. Now we are under too much pressure on the Guangzhou court, and they have to join forces to keep warm. Once this pressure is weakened, there will be problems within them."
Gongsun Changming added: "In essence, Jiangxi still has a management model dominated by large clans. Liu Xinda is an outsider. Wherever he goes, he must plunder local resources to gain a foothold and develop military power. This is definitely a conflict with the interests of those local clans. These great families are connected with each other, and are incompatible with each other and are all connected. Once we no longer put pressure on them, they may find a way to get rid of Liu Xinda."
"Liu Xinda is also very smart!" Li Ze laughed and said, "He worked tirelessly to bring more than 10,000 young and strong men to Jiangxi. After these foreigners arrived in Jiangxi, they naturally had a gap with the locals, and the conflicts between the two sides were irreconcilable. Liu Xinda would inevitably indulge this kind of struggle so that these foreigners could only rely on him. In this way, he formed a relatively united military group. Therefore, Jiangxi will inevitably have a dragon-tongue battle, so we can just wait and see what happens."
"What is consumed by the enemy's power!" Gongsun Changming said: "Of course, we still have to fuel the fire when necessary. Liu Xinda's power is still a little weak. I think we might as well trade with him more to make his power relatively stronger, so that it will be interesting to fight."
"When we are so blatant, will they be fooled?"
"Is it right?" Gongsun Changming sneered: "If the tens of thousands of soldiers under Liu Xinda want to live a good life, they have to compete with the locals for food. Even if Liu Xinda knows that fighting like this is not good for the overall situation, he cannot support his subordinates in doing so, because once a military leader like him loses the support of his subordinates, it will be nothing. Moreover, he also knows that Xiang must hate him to the core now, even if he is humble now, when the time comes, people will still have to settle him."
"Why not surrender?"
"What can he get after surrendering to us?" Li Ze shook his head and said, "A guy like this is still illusory, thinking that as long as the two sides confront each other for a long time, he will have capital available for utilization and he will be free and easy. So, his struggle with the people of Jiangxi must be in full swing, but we must be determined to resist. Such a person does not have to spend more effort to surrender. He really agrees, but I am not at ease! There must be a ghost."
"I understand!" Li Anmin said: "Li Xiang, E Yue has already come down, but Xiangyang has fallen, and Jingnan is under great pressure. Next, we will make a series of military adjustments, and the Ministry of War has made a plan."
"Tell me!"
"The right guard of Shi Zhuang's troops entered Yueyang and used Yueyang as the stationing point. At the same time, it also facilitated the integration of the troops under Qian Biao, Yueyang. In this way, it can not only intimidate the Hunan Observer Ding Taiyi, but also support Jingnan Ding Jian at any time." Li Anmin said: "The Ministry of War predicts that the situation in Eyue has been decided, and after Yizhou Liang's army has taken Xiangyang, they will probably stop moving forward."
"Li Mi led the Right Qianniu Guard to station in Eyue, which threatened Jiangxi on the one hand, and echoed Shi Zhuang's troops on the other hand."
"Minrou leads the left guard and is ready to enter the Qinling Mountains, control the Qinling Mountains and exit the Sichuan Pass, and force Hanzhong! Lay a solid foundation for our future attack on Yizhou."
"You Yong's Zuo Xiaowei entered Zhejiang, and at the same time included Li De's Rangers under his command to intimidate Fujian Ronghong."
"Which Wang Sili's left Qianniu Guard is stationed in Chang'an and Liu Chenglin's right Xiao Guard is stationed in Luoyang."
"Li Han's Modao Guard is transferred back to Chang'an."
Chapter completed!