Chapter 514 A bright future

There were about 20,000 military horses sent from Chang'an, of which 6,000 were given to the newly formed heavy cavalry, the Black Armor Army.

This also includes the fact that before this, the Xuanjia Army had more than 4,000 war horses, that is, a cavalry team of 4,000 people in the Xuanjia Army. Because of the existence of armored cavalry, 10,000 war horses were needed.

In addition, Zuowuwei and Zuoweiwei each received several thousand military horses, Xiaoguo Army and Shenwu Army each received one thousand, and the heavy cavalry Beiwei Army only received two thousand, but they were all top-quality war horses, because the Beiwei Army had no shortage of pack horses and running horses.

As for the other guards and armies, each of them was allocated several hundred war horses, which were basically used to supplement the horses used by scouts and the commander-in-chief's personal guards. Several thousand horses were left for the Herdsmen Department to reproduce.

"Your Majesty, how come the Right Guard and the Right Guard both have 2,000 to 3,000 horses, but our Left Guard only has 400? This is..."

In Qianyang Palace, Liu Fuwei was still arguing about the war horse.

After all, the Right Guard already had five cavalrymen from the Zhechoufu, three of whom were under Chang Yanheng and two under Zhang Jian.

This time, the distribution plan for the army horses added another 3,000 horses, which is the largest number among all the guards. You already had some, why are you given so many more?

As the saying goes, what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

Li Yuanhui asked Liu Fuwei a question, which made all those who wanted to ask for horses shut up.

"How many of you, the Zuowei Guard, can ride a horse?"

This question directly confused Liu Fuwei. Riding a horse? He didn't know, but he knew that there were definitely not 400. The troops under his command in Zuoweiwei had ten Zhechongfu, and now they could gather six of them at most. They were all from the Qingxu Yijun, and they were all farmers before. Riding a horse? Who can? Only a few dozen scouts can ride a horse. How embarrassing!
Liu Fuwei was killed, and many people were glad that they did not speak, otherwise they would be the ones who would be embarrassed.

And this time Li Yuanhui really distributed the troops according to need. In addition to the Right Wu Guard led by Chang Yanheng and Zhang Jian, there was the Right Wei Guard led by Murong Sanzang and Huang Junhan.

The cavalry of Chang Yanheng and Zhang Jian were the old cavalry of the 18th Battalion of Jianghuai Cavalry, while the more than 2,000 cavalry led by Murong Sanzang were the old subordinates of Wagang and Qi County, and they were also elite troops who had fought for many years.

As for you saying I can learn if I don't know how to ride? Who dares to say that? You don't know when the war will start. Who will give you the time to lead thousands of people who can't ride horses to learn how to fight on horseback? Is it enough to just know how to ride a horse to be a cavalryman?
The independent regiment seized the equipment of a cavalry battalion. Even if there was only one company left, Li Yunlong knew that the cavalry company would have no combat missions for three months.

Because he knew that your infantrymen were either mounted on horses or used as cavalry. That was just a cavalry company, about a hundred people.

The requirements for organized cavalry to be put into combat are even higher.

Although they had had a great time on the polo field before, when it came to the Qianyang Hall for the meeting, except for the usually rebellious Liu Fuwei who raised a little doubt but was quickly suppressed, all the generals looked at the distribution plan in silence.

Because on the polo field, they knew they could make a scene to show their needs, because they could talk freely on the occasion. But if they said anything sarcastic here, they would be dragged out and beaten with 200 military sticks, which would be the least of their punishment.

The problem of distribution of military horses was solved, and several appointments were announced in succession.

After Zhang Zhen'e, the left commander-in-chief of the Beiwei Army, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the left wing of the Imperial Guard, Luo Shixiang was transferred from the right commander-in-chief to the left commander-in-chief.

The person who took over as the right commander of the Beiwei Army was the royal family member, the fourth son of Emperor Xiaomin, Prince of Lanling Li Changgong.

Among the other six guards, Xie Shufang and Yang Xianguo served as the left and right commanders of the Tianwu Army, leaving two guard positions vacant.

The Guard House needs to add two guards.

Li Yuanhui also considered that the position of Guard General was easily confused with other Guard Generals, and the rank did not sound high, being just the Commander of the Guard Generals. Therefore, he changed the title of Guard General to the Chief Guard General, with the same rank as the General of the Guard Household.

Han Quan, Chief of the Left First Guard, Wang Fobao, Chief of the Right First Guard, Yuchi Jingde, Chief of the Left Second Guard, Duan Wuda, Chief of the Right Second Guard, the positions of Chief of the Left Third Guard and Chief of the Left Third Guard were vacant and were finally filled by Hou Mochen Ping and Qiu Xinggong.

Houmochen Ping was a Xianbei, and Qiu Xinggong was also a Xianbei. Both of them were former generals of Emperor Taizong and the six commanders of the Eastern Palace.

There are four other members of the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace, Zhang Jin is the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Black Armor Army, and Zhai Changsun is the Right Commander-in-Chief.

Taizong's brother-in-law Gao Daoyan changed his name to Gao Fengqian to avoid the taboo of Emperor Xiaomin. He was appointed as the Chief Clerk of the King of Shu, the Left Prime Minister of the Executive Office, and the Palace Attendant. Jing Junhong was appointed as the General of the Left Guard. All six of them were appointed.

Because three brothers in the Li family all became emperors in a short period of time, and although two of them were posthumously conferred the title, the scope of taboos was actually quite large.

Duan Xiaoxian changed his name to Duan Shao to avoid the taboo of Emperor Xiaomin.

Even the Chief Clerk Guo Fenghe changed his name to Guo Shoucun because the word "feng" (wind) and "feng" (phoenix) have the same pronunciation and are taboo, so the old man in his sixties had to avoid it.

Imperial family ministers were the worst hit. Prince of Linhuai Li Xuandao changed his name to Li Zaidao to avoid the current emperor's taboo. Prince of Hejian Li Xiaojie changed his name to Li Heng to avoid the emperor's taboo. Prince of Guangning Li Xiaoyi changed his name to Li Su to avoid the emperor's taboo. Prince of Huainan Li Xuanke changed his name to Li Chongming to avoid the current emperor's taboo.
Xiao, Yan, Feng, Qi, Xuan, and Qing are basically commonly used Chinese characters. There are too many taboo characters.

It really couldn't go on like this, but Li Yuanhui really couldn't have any more unpleasantness with his third brother over this matter right now.

Sooner or later, won't we have to go up there? When we are in charge, we can just change it to "if the two words are not connected, there is no need to avoid taboos" and that's it.

As for now, if it's inconvenient, then it's inconvenient. Just bear with it. What's the big deal about changing the name? We don't have to change it anyway.

At this time, Li Yuanhui could not help but admire his father for his foresight in naming his brothers. The four brothers' names were not arranged in the same order of generation, otherwise he would have to change his name no matter who he followed.
After completing a number of important personnel appointments and resource allocations, Li Yuanhui took a look at the page of paper raft in front of him, which was the personnel file of the winner of this martial arts performance.

Xi Junmai was from Guanzhong.

He was a captain of the Black Armor Army, won the championship in martial arts competition, could draw a six-stone strong bow, and was good at using spears and sticks. However, such a tough guy was only a captain.

Li Yuanhui knew this person because he had read an inventory of those brave men who had done all kinds of great deeds in the Tang Dynasty but had not even a legend about them. Among them were Wang Xuance and Xi Junmai. "The courageous and brave captain Xi Junmai led 120 elite cavalrymen to attack the Tuyuhun Prime Minister Xuan Wang, defeated him, and beheaded his three brothers." This was a brave man who dared to lead 120 people to attack Tuyuhun.

It will be difficult to find Wang Xuance in the future because he has to change his name to avoid the taboo of Li San. Who knows what he will be called.

However, this brave general must be promoted, Li Yuanhui immediately said: "Appoint Xi Junmai as the commander of Guoyi, and give him a sword, a horse, and a brocade robe."

Li Qinglian, the Sima of Tiance Mansion and the Central Guard, immediately said, "Reporting to the king, the Black Armor Army already has four Tiger Guards and twenty Fruitful and Resolute Commandants, and there are no vacancies."

Although the Zhonghujun, Zhonglingjun and Zhongduhu did not have direct command over the armies on weekdays, they were responsible for supervising training, monitoring the military appearance and discipline of the various departments, and regulating illegal activities of the various departments. They also managed the promotion and selection of military generals.

It can be said that the power is great.

Therefore, who Li Yuanhui wanted to promote and where there were vacancies were all directly appointed and responsible by the Central Guard General, the Central Commander-in-Chief, and the Central Protector-General.

But when I heard that there were no vacancies in the Black Armor Army, I remembered that I had just approved the list of appointments of officers and soldiers at all levels of the Black Armor Army sent by Zhang Jin and Zhai Changsun. There were indeed no vacancies.

But since we have entered the Tiance Mansion, we don't have to stick to the Black Armor Army. It just so happens that the newly established Imperial Guard Army is short of people.

"Then let him serve as the guard of the imperial army."

"Yes."

Zhang Jin felt a little pain when he heard this. After all, he knew Xi Junmai's ability and he was very brave in battle. This time, he not only won the championship in the martial arts performance, but also was the main hitter of the Black Armor Army on the polo field. Although he lost to the Shenwu Army this time, he also defeated the Xiaoguo Army, which was also a powerful force in Guanzhong. But because the Black Armor Army was full of old people who followed Emperor Taizong, Xi Junmai had just joined the army not long ago, and because of his outstanding performance in the Gaoping Battle, he captured a Turkic general and beheaded twelve people, and he went from a cavalry soldier to a squad leader and a sergeant. He became a deputy team leader and a team leader, and he has been promoted three levels in a row.

But Li Yuanhui's words directly promoted him to the rank of Cheng Yi Duwei.

The Tang Dynasty Guard Office was under the jurisdiction of the Zhechong Office, and the chief officers of the Zhechong Office were the Zhechong School Lieutenant and the Left and Right Guoyi Duwei. The Guoyi Duwei was the deputy chief of the Military Office and shared the command of the troops of the office with the Zhechong Duwei. The Guoyi Duwei of the Upper Office was of the fifth rank, the Sixth rank of the Middle Office, and the Sixth rank of the Lower Office, which were already considered middle and senior military officers.

Especially at the age of early twenties, he became a Guoyi Duwei, and even registered with the King of Qi, who personally promoted and appointed him.

There is really a bright future ahead.

(End of this chapter)