hsntnovel Chapter 1924: Borrowing troops.
Chapter 1924: Borrowing troops.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xue Rengui was not polite and sat down after bowing.
Chunxiang came over and poured a glass of wine for Xue Rengui.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you have summoned me here. Do you have any instructions for me?" Xue Rengui asked directly.
"There is indeed one thing." Li Shen recounted what had just happened and raised his own doubts.
"Your Highness, this matter must be thoroughly investigated, especially how this person entered the backyard." After hearing this, Xue Rengui also felt that the matter was somewhat serious.
“I have already sent people to investigate this, and I am calling you here now to discuss the protection of Prince Ji’s mansion.
Since the expansion of Prince Ji’s Mansion, the defense has not changed. I am wondering if someone wants to sneak into the palace.
The defense situation of Prince Ji’s Mansion will definitely be investigated, so I decided to redeploy the defenses.
And change the deployment from time to time.
There is also a guard battalion that takes turns to guard and maintain the guards' combat effectiveness and vigilance at all times.
I wonder what Rengui thinks?" Li Shen expressed his thoughts.
"This..." Xue Rengui fell into deep thought.
"What's wrong? Do you think there's something wrong?" Li Shen asked when he saw Xue Rengui's expression.
"Your Highness, there is nothing wrong with taking turns, but there is one thing. The newcomers may not understand the rules, and I am afraid that they may accidentally offend you."
The noble ladies Xue Rengui was referring to were Li Shen's wives and concubines.
This is also the reason why the profession of eunuch came into being.
Although the Prince Ji's Mansion is not an imperial palace, it is still a prince's mansion and belongs to the royal family, so they have some concerns in this regard.
If this leads to some scandal, the royal family will lose all face.
Li Shen was not worried that his women would change their hearts, because among his women, only Su Xiaoxiao and Liu Ruyan were outsiders.
The others had followed me since they were young, even Wu Meiniang had followed me for many years.
"Rengui, there's no need to worry about this. During guard training, we follow a fixed route, and there's no need to patrol every courtyard.
As for the garden, just avoid it if you see it.
We can just train the squad leaders in a different way in advance."
Just like the Imperial Palace, all guards patrol the public areas and do not patrol the palaces.
The patrol work was given to the eunuchs in each palace, whose main task was to guard the gates.
The emperor would only be protected by guards when he went somewhere.
What is a deep palace? If anyone can enter, what is the point of calling it a deep palace?
Li Shen was just taking precautions.
In fact, when he was sleeping, he was guarded by his personal guards outside.
"It would be fine if we could train them in advance, so that the guards who are replaced can go back to the guard camp for retraining.
Keep fighting." Xue Rengui nodded.
Staying in Prince Ji's Mansion for too long would indeed erase the wildness they had developed from their training in the Guards Camp.
Life here is too comfortable, it makes people depressed.
"Then do it this way. This is the floor plan of Prince Ji's mansion. Take it back and study it carefully. If you can't figure it out, go to the medical school and ask Lord Wei for advice."
Li Shen pointed to the drawing on the desk in the distance and said to Xue Rengui.
"Yes, I'll do it right away." Xue Rengui stood up and saluted.
"Don't be in a hurry. Have your meal before you leave, and tell me about the recent events in the Guard Camp."
Li Shen tried to stop him. It had been a long time since he knew about the Guard Camp.
Xue Rengui sat down and toasted with Li Shen.
"Rengui, is there anything happening in the Guard Camp recently?" Li Shen asked after taking a sip of wine.
"My Lord, nothing happened."
"Well, the training cannot be delayed. After I finish my business in Chang'an City, I may have to go out for a while.
This time we will take everyone away." Li Shen nodded.
He has too many things to do in Chang'an City now, otherwise he would have prepared to go out for a walk a long time ago.
"Take them all away? What about the guarded property?" Xue Rengui asked hurriedly upon hearing this.
“This king has already thought about borrowing troops from the prince.
The prince will ascend the throne soon, so there is no need to hide these things in the palace from him.
This is also to show the prince my loyalty."
Li Shen explained.
"Borrow six rates?" Xue Rengui frowned.
"Do you think it's inappropriate?" Li Shen asked back.
Xue Rengui thought about it and reminded:
"Your Majesty, the Sixth Commander is a palace soldier."
The Six Rates adopted the system of military forces, and like the Sixteen Guards of the Southern Court, there was also the Zhechoufu under it.
In fact, the crown prince has more than six rates, there should be ten rates, but four of them, the left and right gate rates and the left and right inner rates, are responsible for guarding the Eastern Palace.
The other six rates were in charge of the Zhechoufu respectively, so those four rates were ignored.
The Prince's Ten Arms is an armed force controlled by the Prince, equivalent to a small Southern Ya Sixteen Guards.
But they are pitifully small. There are only a dozen or so soldiers in the Zhechoufu under the charge of the Prince's Sixth Command, who are responsible for rotation of guards.
The Southern Yamen was in charge of more than 600 Zhechoufu in the Tang Dynasty, which was a huge difference between the two.
According to Li Shen's understanding, the role of the Ten Commanders of the Eastern Palace is not only to protect the crown prince, but also to train a team of military generals for the crown prince in the future.
Many military generals and playboys that Li Shen knew entered the Prince's Mansion. For example, Li Chongyi, who was the first to enter the Prince's Mansion, was the inner general among the Ten Generals who was responsible for protecting Li Chengqian.
“Ren Gui, I know that the Six Guards are palace soldiers, but the Six Guards are the Crown Prince’s direct guards and the Crown Prince’s loyal armed forces.
I don’t think they will betray the prince.” Li Shen thought Xue Rengui had never been in the imperial army, so he didn’t know much about it.
“Your Majesty, the six commanders are stationed in their respective places and will not assemble without the Crown Prince’s order.
As far as I know, some of the Sixth Commander have nothing to do with our Prince Ji's Palace, and there are even some scion of aristocratic families among them.
Or maybe many of the lieutenants are sons of nobles who have a bad relationship with us, I am afraid that by then...”
Xue Rengui hesitated to speak, as he felt it was too risky to do so.
Li Shen was a little hesitant after hearing this. He didn't want to borrow too many soldiers. A thousand people would be enough for the Medical College, the Academy of Sciences, and the paper mill.
But what Xue Rengui said was not without reason. The soldiers in the six divisions were loyal to the prince, but the generals might not be.
Even if they are loyal to the prince, some of them who have grudges against him may steal his things, such as people from aristocratic families, who are also loyal to their families.
I thought things were a bit simple.
Li Shen frowned, somewhat undecided:
"Rengui, if you don't borrow soldiers, I will only have two thousand men when I travel."
“The prince has 2,250 men. He also has 100 personal guards and 150 sharp blades.
I can guarantee that within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, our force can defeat an enemy that is ten times our size.
Even if we are defeated, I have the confidence to protect the prince and leave." Xue Rengui said very confidently.
With their equipment and strength, it would be easy for two thousand to fight against twenty thousand palace soldiers. Even if they were equal in number to the Imperial Guards, they would not be defeated.
"Is there no other way?" I'm going far away, who knows how many people are on the other side?
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to borrow the six guards from the Northern Yamen instead of the six generals. They are not the palace soldiers, and..."
"Xuan Ce, you are asking me to die."
(The Crown Prince is indeed in charge of ten ranks, six of which are in charge of the palace soldiers, which is similar to the sixteen guards of the Xiaonan Ya.
It’s just that the prince’s six generals are stationed in different places, so there is no need to worry about the prince’s rebellion.
The crown prince only had the left and right inner rate and the left and right guard rate to guard the Eastern Palace and the crown prince.
Li Jiancheng failed to assemble the six forces.
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