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"Weakness?!"
He Yu gritted his teeth and stared at Zhao Junchen. The Liaodong soldiers behind him also had the same expression, completely ignoring the status gap between the two sides.
The Liaodong Cavalry has always been the pride of Liaodong Town, but they were evaluated as useless by Zhao Junchen. Such description was simply a deliberate humiliation in the eyes of the soldiers of Liaodong Town.
Under the stares of everyone in Liaodong, Zhao Junchen's expression and attitude remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "Yes! It's just tasteless! It's not only a pity to throw it away because it's tasteless, but it's also a waste of a lot of money, food, efforts and results. Totally out of proportion!
General He, and all Liaodong soldiers, please don’t just stay angry. First, answer this question - by what means did your Liaodong Town repel Jianzhou Jurchen invasions over the years? Did the Liaodong cavalry defeat the Jianzhou Jurchen army? Wrong, it’s Liaodong Town’s strategy of ‘Strengthening the Wall and Clearing the Fields’ that has lasted for decades!
In the past few decades, whenever the Jianzhou Jurchens encountered a large-scale invasion, Liaodong Town would gather the people outside the city and strictly guard the cities and towns, so that the Jianzhou Jurchens could not plunder too much food and grass within the territory, and could only transport it from the rear. Food and grass to maintain army supplies!
In this way, the longer the Jianzhou Jurchens advance, the longer the supply line will be, and the more food and grass they will consume. Soon they will be unable to hold on, and will have no choice but to retreat, and your Liaodong Town can follow suit. Zhou Jurchen's retreat route allowed her to regain the lost ground easily, isn't it?
As for the Liaodong Iron Cavalry? This strong army is your hard work, so you are reluctant to waste and lose it. Unless there is a last resort, you will never let the Liaodong cavalry enter the battlefield to fight hard with the elites of Jianzhou!
In this way, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was obviously a field cavalry, but it could only defend the city like ordinary infantry. How much role did it play?
Hey, Shicheng Qianhu, as a member of the Liaodong Cavalry, just described his combat experience to this pavilion. It is certainly thrilling and admirable!
But He Zongbing just said that Shicheng has participated in all the battles of the Liaodong Cavalry in recent years. So after all, in the past five years, the number of direct confrontations between the Liaodong Cavalry and the Jianzhou Jurchens has only been this. Just three times, one of which was to defend the city, and only two battles in the wild. One of them was to join forces with Guan Ning's cavalry to face the enemy, isn't that so?
Therefore, in my opinion, the cornerstone of Liaodong Town's border defense is not the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, which is known as the world's most powerful army, but the ordinary and inconspicuous frontier soldiers who are responsible for the task of defending the city. They are also those who whenever they encounter the Jianzhou Jurchen In order to invade and plunder, ordinary villagers must give up their family property and land and take refuge in the city!
But at the same time, most of the money, food and materials provided by the imperial center were used by Liaodong Town to support and maintain the Liaodong Cavalry. The Liaodong Cavalry consumed more money, food and materials, but the effect was not significant...
Hey, such a Liaodong cavalry is not worthless, so what is it? Even if there is a powerful army in the world, what is the use if it cannot go into battle to kill the enemy? "
Following Zhao Junchen's words, everyone in Liaodong Town was speechless for a moment.
At the same time, He Yu's previous demonstration of righteousness and Ling Ran turned into a joke because of Zhao Junchen's words.
Xu Qingyan and Jiang Quan, who were standing behind Zhao Junchen, were shaken by He Yu's impassioned speech just now, but at this moment they both reacted after hearing Zhao Junchen's question.
Although the Jianzhou Jurchen threat is real, it does not mean that Liaodong Town's excessive consumption of money and food is fake!
It is true that Liaodong Town has repelled Jianzhou Jurchen invasions many times over the years, but it does not mean that Liaodong Town is indispensable, nor does it mean that Liaodong Town can take all the credit and threaten the imperial court!
In order to resist the Jianzhou Jurchens, Liaodong Town naturally worked extremely hard and sacrificed countless soldiers, but this does not mean that the senior officials of Liaodong Town have completely abandoned their selfishness and self-interest and gone all out to protect their home and country!
He Yu's previous impassioned speeches and righteousness were actually a replacement of these concepts, as if just because the Jianzhou Jurchens were a huge threat, the central court should allow Liaodong Town to continue to consume too much money and food; it seemed that just because Liaodong Town was a huge threat They have repeatedly defeated the Jianzhou Jurchens, so Liaodong Town should take full credit and threaten the imperial court; it seems that because Liaodong Town made a lot of sacrifices when resisting the Jianzhou Jurchens, it is a flawless military model!
And the existence of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, such a powerful army in the world that makes Liaodong Town proud, is the biggest irony of He Yu's impassioned speeches and high-sounding words!
Just like what Zhao Junchen said before, what really allowed the Jianzhou Jurchens to retreat was the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing out the wilderness. The real sacrifices during this period were the ordinary people who were usually looked down upon by the senior officials of Liaodong Town. Unlike ordinary border troops, Liaodong Town stole all the credit and used it to repeatedly ask for money and food from the court, but invested most of the resources in the Liaodong Cavalry, which had very few chances to fight.
But in the final analysis, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is not the army of the imperial court, but the private army of the General Soldier of Liaodong Town. It is the greatest reliance and greatest capital for Liaodong Town to maintain its "independence" between the imperial center and the Jianzhou Jurchens!
Therefore, no matter how impassioned He Yu’s previous remarks were, and no matter how shocking the scars on Shi Cheng’s body were, they still could not change Liaodong Town’s nature of using the sacrifices of ordinary Liaodong soldiers and civilians in exchange for its own self-respect and self-reliance!
Under such circumstances, the more unquestionable the Liaodong Town's record in repelling the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the more shocking the sacrifices made by the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong, the more it makes He Yu, the senior officials of Liaodong Town, look selfish, cowardly, and despicable!
Thinking of this, both Xu Qingyan and Jiang Quan cast disdainful glances at He Yu.
He Yu also didn't expect that Zhao Junchen would be so sharp and easily expose his concept of secret exchange.
If he were an ordinary person, he would have been convinced long ago after hearing what He Yu said about using emotions, acting with reason, making people feel guilty, and acting both soft and hard.
He Yu had long known that Zhao Junchen was difficult to deal with, but he never expected that it would be so difficult to deal with him.
Noticing the disdainful looks from Xu Qingyan and Jiang Quan, He Yu's expression became even more ugly.
But He Yu was still unwilling to give in, and continued to glare at Zhao Junchen, gritting his teeth and said: "I thought that Zhao Gechen had made great contributions to Shaanxi and Gansu and was a man who knew soldiers, but I didn't expect that he would still say this Such an armchair scholar's opinion! It is true that the Liaodong cavalry did not play many battles, but without the threat and containment of the Liaodong cavalry, the defensive pressure faced by Liaodong when it was fortifying the wall and clearing the field would have doubled, and it could only be passively beaten, so Liaodong The value of the iron cavalry is beyond doubt!"
Zhao Junchen still shook his head and said: "It is said that the scale of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is between 12,000 and 15,000. If it is just a containment, the scale would be too large, and the investment and the harvest are still not proportional...More What’s more, isn’t there Guan Ning’s cavalry from Shanhaiguan?”
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, He Yu's eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were colder than ever before.
But at this moment, a Forbidden Army soldier quickly entered the room and reported loudly: "I would like to report to you, Mr. Wu Shilin, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, has sent an advance messenger, saying that he has led a group of Guan Ning cavalry to Hujiazhuang. Ten miles away, we will arrive in about half a stick of incense."
Zhao Junchen immediately smiled.
This is why Zhao Junchen deliberately pretended to be ill and chose Hujiazhuang to meet with various forces in Liaodong.
If Zhao Junchen goes to Jinzhou, where Liaodong Town is the most powerful place, the other forces will have no chance to compete with Liaodong Town.
But in Hujiazhuang, even if Zhao Junchen behaves tougher, the appearance of a Guan Ning cavalry is enough to make He Yu and others take action!
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Since the situation had been going on for several days, Chongzi thought he should explain it in detail.
Chongzi is from Shanxi, and everyone is well aware of the recent situation in Shanxi. Although the natural disasters and heavy rains have stopped, the cold wave is still there, the temperature has dropped again and again, the heating is not yet supplied, and everyone has to wear cotton clothes at home - so Chongzi's parents The children became ill one after another.
Therefore, since three days ago, the number of chapters updated by Chongzi has been continuously decreasing. In the next few days, I am afraid that I will still be unable to update large chapters. I can only write more and more, and I will make every effort to ensure that I will continue to update. Today is better than yesterday. Unfortunately, the new chapter only has 2,000 words, please forgive me!
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