"Phaseris is such a wonderful place."
In Bianjing City on the inside of the light curtain, Zhao Zhen was sitting in his study, looking through Li Ning's letters in recent days with a serious expression.
Since his birth, Li Ning has maintained a habit of introducing in every letter the customs and customs of the places he passed that day.
Zhao Zhen is also happy to follow Li Ning's footsteps and experience the scenery of Asia Minor. After all, everyone would probably get tired of reading his boring suggestions over time.
But this time, even with the relief of the melancholic scenery, Zhao Zhen still felt the boring marching process from those letters.
Because the place name Phaselis has appeared in Li Ning's letters for a month.
Although Zhao Zhen knew very well that the army that fought continuously must find a place for repairs, but the repairs lasted for a month, so the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty who believed in the speed of soldiers had long wanted to put him in a position to delay military flights. .
The only thing to be thankful for is. Li Ning repeatedly emphasized in his letters that Phrygia undoubtedly belonged to the Song Dynasty.
Although the Song Dynasty's army suffered a major defeat in Phrygia due to command errors and other reasons, and the opponent was a local landlord armed force that was not worth mentioning, and it also caused a reduction of nearly 1/3 of their personnel, this can mean that There were tens of thousands of casualties. For the national sufferers of the Song Dynasty, this pension alone was a huge expense.
The Guangmu Division, which was developing business, could hardly share this part of the pressure for the court. Therefore, all of this requires the central bosses to deal with it on their own. However, the rejection of these things by the central bosses made Zhao Zhen extremely disappointed.
Each of these people looked sanctimonious and spoke as if they were from the palace, but the emperor knew very well that when they faced a test, that was when their true colors were revealed. The ancients often said that the wind knows the strength of the grass. It is obvious that such words are not unreasonable.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen has also transferred his information from these important officials in the court to Li Ning, who is winning in the world.
To be fair, Li Ning should not bear this responsibility because his official position is low. Since the court did not give him corresponding anger, it is naturally inconvenient to trouble him in this regard. What's more, a low official position means that his social status is too low and his prestige is also low. Low, even if he can think of some way to implement it, he will encounter many obstacles, which makes him bear a lot of burdens for nothing.
But Zhao Zhen can't think of a better candidate. In other words, in recent days, the most trustworthy person in his mind is Li Ning, who is far away on Fujian Road or even outside the light curtain.
He was now extremely looking forward to Li Ning bringing him great news, but Li Ning kept asking about Phaseris's situation over and over again. How could Zhao Zhen not feel disgusted by this?
Sometimes he thought that Li Ning might be angry with him because he decided on the commander of the Eastern Expedition without consulting him. But the idea of the Eastern Expedition was first proposed by Tang Lining. At the same time, he, Li Ning, proposed and implemented the strategy of having better troops and simpler administration.
It was against this background that Shi Yuansun only brought 30,000 people to the expedition.
In the eyes of some people who do not understand military affairs, especially during the discussion after the defeat, this is definitely one of the important reasons for the failure of a group of military idiots. Since the opponent can defeat 30,000 people, So if we didn't listen to Li Ning's advice and brought 100,000 people with us, there would definitely be different results.
But the emperor knew that if there was a different result, then it should be a loss of 1/3 of 100,000 or 30,000 people, not 1/3 of 30,000 or 10,000 people.
The emperor is not easy to fool, but the emperor is not omnipotent, so sometimes he would rather be fooled and hope to get a solution to the problem, but now the minister whom he trusts seems to be far away from the world. Unable to help him deal with matters in the temple.
Therefore, the place Phaselis became his most hated name on the map, and it had even been painted over by him with various colors of ink.
It's a pity that this method cannot relieve the hatred. If possible, he hopes to wipe that place off the map and never see it again.
Some officials at Shumingyuan now hold the same view as him. The main reason is that Phaselis is too close to Perge, the destination Li Ning originally mentioned. There is no need to attack Pelge if we stop moving forward. It is really suspected of being a mercenary.
But such words are undoubtedly coming from the mouth of a military idiot. Don't take it lightly. Even in the defense department of the Song Dynasty, such military idiots are not uncommon. After all, they are all civil servants who were admitted as Jinshi or even Enyin.
Sometimes the emperor really wanted to point his nose at them and teach them a lesson. He didn't even look at how many people Li Ning had under his command. There were only 1,500 people in total among the three commanders. Could such a person be able to support his troops and respect himself? Even if he could, even if he rebelled later, where would he be able to fight? First of all, the 100,000 people stationed near the light curtain will not let him take a step beyond the limit.
Yes, in order to highlight the importance of the light curtain, in external publicity, the Song Dynasty court always emphasized that a force of 100,000 forbidden troops was stationed nearby.
But what should actually make people find it funny is that there are now less than 100,000 troops there. Since Li Ning has always emphasized the importance of military training to the court, and at the same time used the Dingli garrison method from the Taizu period to illustrate the issue, there are The military strength is constantly changing.
According to Li Ning's idea, every part of the army should experience the most basic battle formations here to gain some battlefield experience, especially the cavalry. They originally lacked horses, but now they have this good place to raise horses. Of course you should practice more.
The military idiots in the imperial court immediately agreed to Li Ning's idea. A large number of cavalry were packed on boats and transported from canals and sea channels to Fujian Road. Of course, at least these people were not bumpy at first, but after taking the boat, it was miserable. Even on the road, a certain number of people died of illness. After arriving in Fujian and Asia Minor, which were unfamiliar places, the number and proportion quickly increased significantly.
The Privy Council later realized the seriousness and egregiousness of the problem, and successively urged Li Ning to find a way to solve the problem.
But at that time, Li Ning was under the city of Halicarnassus and Disha had no time to think about them. By the time he recovered, a large number of cavalry had already poured into the Asia Minor Peninsula, and many people participated. Operation Black Sea became the main force against the Scythians.
At that time, it was no longer practical to consider treating their illnesses and injuries, because they had already found suitable methods from the local economic departments. In fact, even if Li Ning was asked to think about it, he could only ask the Light Curtain Division. Prepare more medicinal materials and purchase other materials and commodities for medicinal materials, and then carry out local treatment and centralized management.
At the same time, it can also add some 21st century hospital management rules and give them to the old Chinese doctors, but I don’t know if they can accept them. Moreover, this kind of behavior also faces the risk of being copied. If the medical level of the surrounding competitors suddenly leaps forward for thousands of years and reaches the same level as the people of the Song Dynasty, then the problems that may arise may be unexpected.
But now the soldiers of the Song Dynasty used their strength to dispel his thoughts. If you can find a treatment method yourself, there is no need to entrust your life to others. After all, even those self-proclaimed gentlemen in the court do not care about their lives all the time.
As for the Li Ning soldiers who were just like him, but were actually just big-headed soldiers, they certainly wouldn't criticize his wonderful design.
The only thing that makes people feel uncomfortable is that the doctors on Greece.com are really unreliable.
Therefore, some soldiers being treated locally are eager to receive local medical support.
However, the level of medicine in the Song Dynasty was not that high, and there was a relative lack of relevant talents. After all, there were often only one or two pharmacies in a county, which could treat illnesses, save people, and support themselves and their families. Most of the people are unreliable oil mills.
And even if these oil shop doctors are willing to go to this unfamiliar place in Asia Minor, they may not be able to gain the trust of the soldiers. In contrast, the so-called military doctors who stay in the military camps all year round make them feel more trusted. After all, Illnesses such as bruises and injuries have long become commonplace for these people. Naturally, they have accumulated various experiences and are able to make more trustworthy judgments in new situations.
It's just that veteran Chinese medicine practitioners also face a thorny problem in Asia Minor, that is, the locally produced herbal medicines are simply not compatible with the ones they are familiar with, so some problems will inevitably arise in treating diseases and saving lives.
Of course, the local people are not even qualified to face these problems. They do not have the rich experience accumulated by traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, when dealing with injuries, many still rely on muddle-headed wizards and prayers to gods and ghosts.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty's army had certain advantages in the local area. Although this advantage was no different from martyrs to the Song Dynasty people, when they compared with their enemies, a sense of superiority slowly developed.
Therefore, after the soldiers adapted to the local climate and environment, they quickly established strong self-confidence. What many people did not notice was that it was this self-confidence that gave many generals, including Shi Yuansun, a kind of The tendency to be arrogant and arrogant led to the subsequent fiasco.
What's even more pity is that even if the officials of the Privy Council seriously reflected on the tragic defeat later, no one noticed this change in the soldiers' mentality. It was not until Pang Ji and Li Ning painted several times that they discovered Li Ning's influence on the army. His control was stricter, and he did not even allow the soldiers to brag about the power of gunpowder in the engineering process.
Since then, Privy Council officials have realized that the war outside the light curtain is not as difficult as imagined. Although it seems that a lot of human and financial resources need to be mobilized, the probability of victory is indeed as Li Ning expected. .
However, the probability of winning is so great that people lose their due vigilance. Therefore, leading troops to train like Li Ning may be the right choice.
Therefore, the later exchanges between Master Pang and Li Ning centered more on the topic of military training. Even the correspondence with the emperor emphasized this point over and over again, so much so that the emperor was tired of it. After all, the emperor was very interested in military training. Very little is known about the technical considerations.
What he would never have imagined was that Phaselis, a place that impressed him so deeply and disgusted him, would help him pick up these important letters again in the future, allowing him to slowly appreciate the importance of military training.
It's just that that happened a long time later. At that time, the Song Dynasty was already in turmoil, and he, the emperor, needed to personally overcome the thorns and thorns to stabilize the country.
But it is too early to consider this now. Li Ning's suggestion to Shumiyuan was implemented more firmly after Pang Ji understood the key tips, so soldiers from the Forbidden Army from different places began to gather here. Do exercises.
Every time he wanted to attack the landlord armed forces, he claimed to avenge the compatriots who were killed by the landlord armed forces. At the same time, their method of liberating slaves closely followed the existing laws of the Song Dynasty, and quickly won the love and favor of the Persian slaves. Thanks to this, many Persian slaves joined the Song Dynasty army and became their avant-garde guides as they galloped here.
As for why there was such a law in the Song Dynasty, it was mainly because some time ago, Empress Dowager Liu listened to politics behind the curtain. He thought about social issues with the brilliance of his maternal nature. It was inevitable that he would have a certain resentment towards the slavery system. In addition, the scholar-bureaucrats His humanistic feelings continued to burst out, so he brewed a rare heavenly order.
This is a decree published during the reign of Tiansheng. The most important content in it, of course, is the standard for future generations, which is the emancipation of slaves.
The Song Dynasty originally implemented a system of indentured slavery, and the personal clothing of slaves was not as high as in other dynasties. Therefore, it had the basis to implement this kind of law.
Even with this kind of social foundation and humanistic care foundation, even when the soldiers promoted similar policies in Asia Minor, they would not feel confused and panic because of this - these two emotions were completely abandoned by them the local landowner.
The landowners in most provinces, including Phrygia, were hurriedly preparing to unite together and organize their slave armed forces to resist. However, they did not want to face their slaves desperately for them, and the Song Dynasty wanted to rescue them. It is this kind of slave.
What stupid person would cling to the original stupid path when his destiny is about to be completely reversed?
Generally speaking, if there is such a person, then he must be facing other shackles, but since there are other shackles, he is obviously more willing to have this shackles broken. Since someone is willing to help them break this shackles, his determination to resist must be stronger. This has been confirmed countless times in the vigorous revolutionary history of the Republic of China.
Therefore, since that disastrous defeat, the situation in Phrygia and Hellespont has actually been reversed long ago, but this reversal was so shocking that these two places could not calm down and restore their original status for a long time. social production order.
That's why it became a place that Alexander now needs to pacify. Of course, even if Alexander went, there wouldn't be much work to do. Otherwise, Li Ning, who was actually defending his territory, would have been there long ago. Already nervous in Phaselis, he was leisurely mopping up in his own house and living a happy life with the female slaves.
Until one day Alexander received news that the young soldiers who had rushed back to reunite with their new wives had arrived near the Helenpon with a brand-new legion recruited, and asked Alexander where they should meet up with the main legion.
The pressure was great, and of course he would not be stupid enough to let them go to the south of Asia Minor and then turn back to the north, so his order must be to go to Phrygia to rendezvous. However, to go to Phrygia to rendezvous, it would require him and Li Ning dealt with the problems in the southern cities of Asia Minor as soon as possible.
What else needs to be addressed about this issue? The answer is simple, clear and delightful. There is no one else but Pelg.
Perger is Li Ning this time. The ultimate goal of the attack has been hiding behind the mountain of Clemax. If you pass through Phaseris, although there is a road, you will definitely face the enemy's defense. After all, they appeared in Phaseris. The news has spread to many surrounding areas.
So what can the respected Alexander do?
Of course, he had to pass by the mountain range that was not very tall, but was enough to block them. The side outside the mountain was not a dangerous road, but a seaside that was even more dangerous than the road.
What can be called dangerous on the seaside? The white beach with waves and flowers is the perfect place for Li Ning to take his female slaves to play there.
However, the fact is that the beach here is very narrow, and the narrow beach road actually needs to be waded through, and once the sea tide rises, these places will soon be submerged by several meters of sea water.
If some stupid guy happens to be marching there at that time, I am afraid that what will happen will be a disaster in which the entire army will be annihilated.
But Alexander, who is smart and observant, had noticed this problem a few days ago, and through careful observation and recording, he found a safer way to pass here.
"It doesn't take too long to go to the sea from here to Perge, and I found that if the north wind blows, the sea water will be blown to the south. At that time, it is like the low tide, and the land will be exposed, although it is wet. It’s muddy, but we should be able to pass through it, so I want to lead the army there at that time. If everything goes smoothly, we can successfully attack Perge.”
The heroic king made this presentation to his subordinates in a secret meeting.
Countless generals began to worry about the end of the young king, but some people patted their chests and stood up, willing to follow the king on this dangerous road, and the first one among them was singled out It is Li Ning, the king's most trusted friend now.
The reason why Li Ning dared to do this was not only because of his trust in Alexander, but also because he cunningly learned from historical records that Alexander's sneak attack had achieved a complete victory, so his choice was absolutely safe.
And how could Li Ning be more bold than him? He took advantage of all the concerns around Alexander and asked Alexander to come to Yanggong Perge from the mainland, while he only needed to lead a resting force and quietly explore the coastal road he said. , and then attack from behind to successfully capture the city. The feint attack will undoubtedly make many old-school Macedonian nobles feel at ease, because it is undoubtedly in line with their inner understanding to leave dangerous things to their allies and let their past only undertake easy feint tasks.
But Alexander was reluctant. Although his so-called records and discoveries benefited from the help of many people, he also personally surveyed the road that was not actually dangerous. He knew that it was a good opportunity to promote his bravery. , it would be a pity if we missed it like this.
But in the end, he could not resist the persuasion of those veterans, and reluctantly handed over the task to Li Ning. Li Ning lived up to expectations and led Amyntas and Sopolis, who had followed him in the battle before, to prepare for this difficult battle. battle.
As Alexander speculated, the sea water retreated quietly when the north wind howled, but the crazy north wind also made the cautious soldiers feel dangerous.
In particular, there is a huge mountain standing next to it, which undoubtedly increases the speed of the north wind. Coupled with the cold and biting sea water, it is enough to make many soldiers feel uncomfortable.
But none of this stopped Li Ning's determination. He was like Poseidon splitting the water. Pass quickly through the land of Luo Lu. And appeared behind Pelger's defensive crowd that day.
In Alexander's later autobiography, he once lightly described the adventure he originally completed as crossing the Pamphilia Steps. Due to the language habits of the time, he did not use the first person in his autobiography but used the third person. This was common knowledge before modern times.
However, after Li Ning accomplished this feat, Alexander's autobiography may also change. Although he will use the third person to describe, the person being described is no longer the first person in the language habit, but the real person. The third person of being.
His name is Li Ning!
