No matter how elite the army is, once its military discipline is degraded to a certain extent, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Soldiers think about how to rob money and women every day, so how can they think about fighting.
You have to fight tooth and nail to fight, and if you lose your life, how can you still enjoy the good life, drink hot food, and play with women?
Knowing that the Western Army would be doomed if this continued, Tong Guan didn't care.
The Dawu Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, and various ills have become more and more serious.
The biggest drawbacks are redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses, which are referred to as the three redundancies.
More and more people are serving as officials and soldiers, and more and more miscellaneous expenses are incurred, resulting in a serious financial deficit for the imperial court.
Even for the elite Western Army, military pay was appallingly pitiful. Ordinary soldiers could barely afford food and clothing, and it was difficult to even support their families.
When they first arrived in the colorful world of Jiangnan, a bunch of poor people were so scared that it would be strange not to work hard.
If you want them to abide by military discipline and not harm the common people, just bring a lot of money!
It was too late for Tong Guan to get the money himself, so how could he give it to a bunch of stinky men?
What's more, the generals of the Western Army are very good at getting things done. Every time they get a benefit, they never forget Marshal Tong's share.
In Tong Guan's view, as long as he can win the battle and make money, killing some unruly people in Jiangnan is nothing!
So what does the Western Army’s military discipline fail?
The Western Army is useless, and it has a close relationship with Secretary Tong Shu!
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When Tong Guan was killing and making money in the south of the Yangtze River, a group of Jurchens walked into the prosperous Bianliang City.
This is a secret mission from the Jurchens.
They were invited by the Emperor of Wu Dynasty to negotiate secretly.
One year, Tong Guan, on behalf of the Wu Dynasty, went as an envoy to congratulate the Khitan emperor on his birthday.
Unexpectedly, because he was an eunuch, he was ignored and ridiculed by the Khitan senior officials.
There was only one northern Han named Ma Zhi who was very polite to Tong Guan.
Therefore, Tong Guan was very grateful to Ma Zhi.
Under Tong Guandi's introduction, Ma Zhi defected to the Wu Dynasty and gave the emperor an idea to unite with the Jurchens to jointly destroy the Khitan!
Emperor Long Yan of the Wu Dynasty was delighted.
The Wu Dynasty and the Khitan had been in love and fighting each other for so many years. If he, the emperor, could destroy the Khitan, he would be the emperor of the ages!
Even if you are under Jiuquan, your face will be humiliated when facing your ancestors!
Therefore, with the support of the Emperor of Wu Dynasty, Ma Zhi sent envoys to Jurchen many times, and finally facilitated this secret meeting.
Unfortunately, the main energy of the Dawu Dynasty was now used to deal with the rebels in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the negotiations with the Jurchens were successful this time, the time for the destruction of the Khitan could not be finalized.
The Jurchen mission was very dissatisfied.
Expressed deep disappointment with Wu Chao's efficiency.
In order to appease the Jurchen envoys, Emperor Wu of the Wu Dynasty waved his hand and decided to support the Jurchen brothers who were fighting desperately with the Khitan people among the white mountains and black waters with a batch of supplies.
Among them, there are ten thousand stones of grain, one thousand stones of salt, ten thousand pieces of linen, five thousand swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and one thousand pairs of armor!
Such a generous gift moved a group of Jurchens to moan and praise the Emperor of Wu Dynasty for his wisdom!
The Emperor of the Wu Dynasty was very happy. Listen, even the barbarians in the north said that I was a wise king through the ages. Some ministers actually said that I was a foolish king. I was really blind!
As soon as the emperor was happy, the reward was immediately doubled.
It turned into 20,000 dan of grain, 2,000 dan of salt, 20,000 bolts of linen, 10,000 swords, spears, bows and crossbows, and 2,000 pairs of armor!
It is impossible to transport such a generous gift back to the Jurchens' territory by land.
To return to the Jurchen territory from the Wu Dynasty, you have to pass through the Khitan territory.
When they came, the Jurchens could secretly sneak into the Wu Dynasty.
It would definitely not work if we went back with so many things.
The Jurchens were very smart and immediately gave His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty an ingenious and good idea. The Khitan people's sea power was not good, but the supplies that His Majesty the Emperor granted could be sent by sea!
The Emperor of the Wu Dynasty was very surprised. He originally thought that the Jurchens were a bunch of barbarians who only knew how to make children besides eating and sleeping. Unexpectedly, they actually knew how to use their brains. It seemed that they were not completely stupid!
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor personally issued an order, ordering the Dengzhou Navy to cooperate unconditionally and must deliver the poor and lovely Jurchens safely to the place where they live.
After enjoying the solid life in Bianliang City for half a month, the Jurchen secret mission set off with the heavy gifts from His Majesty the Emperor of the Dawu Dynasty.
Target - the northernmost tip of Qilu Peninsula - Dengzhou Port!
From Bianliang to Dengzhou, some roads are not allowed, such as Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture. It is said that it is not peaceful now. Although it has been recruited, it is best not to pass there.
Therefore, under the leadership of the Wu Dynasty army escorting the supplies, the Jurchen mission headed east from Bianliang City, bypassing Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, and prepared to go north along the seaside directly to Dengzhou.
Because the Jurchen mission came to Beijing secretly, the Yun Family Army's scouts in Bianliang City did not find out the news.
The Yun Family Army was okay in the Qilu Peninsula area. When they arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo, although they were not completely blind, their intelligence capabilities were not very good. They could not even compare with the intelligence capabilities of the Khitans and Xixia people.
This is not surprising.
After all, the Yun Family Army has been established for too short a time, and its strength is not as good as that of Khitan and Xixia.
Being able to stay in Bianliang City is already a sign of Yun Chao's foresight. If he wants to reach the level of Khitan and Xixia, he only has a few years to operate, so don't even think about it.
Therefore, the Jurchens have already left Bianliang City, and the Yun family army does not know yet.
As the top officer of the Yun Family Army, Yun Chao was still playing hide and seek with a bunch of beauties at home.
It's not that Yun Chao is lewd and lustful, it's mainly that he's been too exhausted during this period and needs to change his mind and take a rest.
During this period of time, Yun Chao has been busy. In order to light up more technology trees, Yun Chao's hairline has almost moved back.
Really, the hair that left Yunchao was really due to exhaustion from doing scientific research, not kidney deficiency caused by something excessive.
Although Lin Youniang is lovely, the young woman is charming, and Zhao Xiugu and Xiao Yuzhu are innocent, Yun Chao really doesn't put all his thoughts on them.
Women are only part of life, not everything.
If a person puts all his thoughts on women, he will either die of exhaustion or be disliked by women.
If you look at the many emperors in history and how many of them lived long lives, you will know how much harm women's sex can do to the human body.
As the saying goes, if you don't know what to do when you are young, you will end up with a cough when you are old.
Yun Chao doesn't want to age prematurely at a young age.
As a man of two generations, Yun Chao paid more attention to health than the natives of the Dawu Dynasty.
"Young lady, Xiao Yuzhu, all of you come with me, I will show you something good!"
