After watching Zhang Yong lead the army away for a long time, Wang Xiaolie let out a long sigh.
Cao Zhiyan on the side said: "Xiao Sheren, the thief has gone, why are you sighing?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "Zong Liushou wanted to rely on the rebels in the city to drive away the gold thieves. Although it was a good idea, he was afraid that it would not be possible. It is not surprising that Zhang used it to grab food. There are not many troops in the city now, and most of them are short of food. But he came With only three hundred men, he fought without courage and was ridiculed. If Zhang is doing this, how can the other troops in the city be any better? Most of them are probably incompetent like this."
Cao Zhiyan nodded, not knowing whether he understood or not.
Wang Xiaolie ordered the porters to pick up grain again and went straight back to his military camp. After returning to the military camp, people were arranged to guard everywhere and no idlers were allowed to approach. On days in Kaifeng, it’s better not to cause trouble.
After getting to know each other these days, Wang Xiaolie now has a general understanding of the army in Kaifeng City. In addition to the regular army of the left-behind government, other armies can be roughly divided into two categories. One type is formed by the Song army's defeat and taking advantage of the situation to recruit men. There is also a category where the leader is an idler who thrives in troubled times. Those with real combat effectiveness are mostly formed by defeated armies. Especially the leaders usually have military experience.
The most powerful ones are the Eight-Character Army led by Wang Yan, and the other is Kong Yanwei. Wang Yan originally came from the Western Army. After the army was defeated, he went to the Taihang Mountains to recruit rebels. After hundreds of battles, he finally formed a self-contained Eight-Character Army. Kong Yanwei was born as a rogue and joined the army in his early years. When the Jin army attacked Kaifeng Mansion, he was already under the jurisdiction of the East and West Roads of Beijing. His troops were defeated early, and later he recruited defeated troops and refugees to form his own power.
This is what caught Wang Xiaolie's attention. Leading troops at this time actually requires professional knowledge. Without professional knowledge, even if you recruit people, it will be difficult to form a strong army. I am also leading troops, so I understand.
There are now more than 600 people, how should they be organized, how many officials should be appointed, what kind of training should be done, and so on. How to combine peacetime management with wartime, how to handle military logistics, everything is actually a matter of knowledge. If you have no military experience and no one to teach you, it will take a long time to learn from practice. Where does Wang Xiaolie have all this time?
Zhang Yong is an example today. He has no strength and cannot command effectively. After all, he is a joke.
At night, the army cooked a chicken, and Wang Xiaoxue sat alone and drank under the night sky. There are many things that need to be thought about clearly.
As long as Zongze is still there, Wang Xiaolie will not leave the capital. In fact, not only Wang Xiaolie, but also many leaders in Kaifeng City thought so. How long can Zongze hold on? A month? Two months? Or three months? not sure. In these days, Wang Xiaolie could not stay idle in the capital. He needed to learn the knowledge of leading an army and build a strong army.
There is no moon in the sky, there are many stars, and the night sky is deep and mysterious. The evening breeze blows with a coolness, which makes people feel particularly comfortable.
Wang Xiaolie took a sip of wine and looked at the night sky with an indescribable feeling in his heart. Since arriving in this world, this is the first time that I am in the mood to appreciate the scenery of this world. The world is good, the time is not.
To the north of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains, all roads were under fire. How many families were destroyed, how many people were plundered as slaves, prosperity was like a passing cloud, and the world was in chaos. This is an era when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, and it is also an era when heroes are born in large numbers. A good man should stand up and rebuild the world.
Why not go to Zhao Gou? At the beginning, Wang Xiaolie had a natural dislike for Zhao Gou in his previous life. After so many days, I gradually figured it out. In these troubled times, are there any heroes in the world? The Song Dynasty was in a mess from the very beginning, and a dozen years later it was on the same level as the Jin Dynasty. Why? It wasn't because the people were unwilling to sink like this and raised up the Song Dynasty.
Just when the Song army was rising and gradually gained the strength to fight the Jin army, Zhao Gou sued for peace and ruined the good situation. From then on, as the Jin Dynasty's rule consolidated in the north, the Song Dynasty's own rule gradually became stricter, and there was no chance of the Northern Expedition.
There is no doubt that the Song Dynasty's army had big problems. In my previous life, people often said they were timid when talking about the Song Dynasty. This is a joke and cannot be taken seriously. If you have the strength, who will be timid? In the final analysis, it's just that you really can't beat others. There are many other arguments and various reasons, but they cannot defeat this army and defeat others. If you can beat him, who will be afraid?
Why can't I beat him? The most common saying is that the Song Dynasty respected culture and restrained military force. This cannot be taken seriously, it is just a scholar's statement, and why this statement came out requires a question mark in the first place. The person who brought it up knew nothing about military affairs at all. I can't put forward opinions from the military profession, I can only put forward this kind of generalization, I can find countless evidences, and I can't explain the reasons clearly.
Military issues must of course be analyzed and resolved militarily. Politics will affect the military, such as insufficient finances, leaders giving random orders, backward equipment, etc. This was obviously not the case in the Song Dynasty. Since the founding of the country, it has been unable to defeat the Khitan. In other words, there were big problems in the Song Dynasty from military system to execution. Moreover, after the Jingkang Rebellion, the Southern Song Dynasty did not resolve it.
Wang Xiaolie couldn't explain clearly at this time. He didn't have the knowledge to study these issues in depth in his previous life. In fact, research on China's military history has always been unsatisfactory. Solving problems can only rely on your own practice. But Wang Xiaolie knows that professional issues must be solved professionally and one cannot listen to the nonsense talk of laymen. Why does respecting civility and suppressing military force lead to military incompetence? From domestic to foreign countries, historical facts do not support this conclusion.
In military and political matters, the words of literati are not allowed to be heard. Most literati don't understand these at all. Either quoting scriptures, or imagining something out of thin air. In actual practice, it is of no use at all. Politics and military affairs both require practice. When literati discuss it, listen to what is useful and just laugh it off when it is useless.
At the turn of the Song Dynasty, at the most chaotic time, Zhao Gou himself was the biggest drag on Jin's war. Even if he really had the strength to fight against Jin, he would not be able to fight against him once he was under Zhao Gou. Not only did Zhao Gou himself lack the courage, but the military system of the Song Dynasty itself was also a big problem.
If you want to save the world, you must start from scratch. The official family of the Song Dynasty cannot be relied on.
After taking a gentle breath, Wang Xiaolie picked up the wine glass and took a sip. When I came to this world, I not only wanted to recover the lost ground, but also returned the world to a bright and prosperous future. Can it be done? Wang Xiaolie didn't know.
The stars twinkle in the sky, and a Milky Way hangs overhead, which is truly spectacular. The Milky Way, also known as Tianhan, is the source of the name Hanshui, which is also the source of the Han Dynasty. Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, from the founding of the country to the destruction of the country, the only one that could truly suppress its surroundings was the Han Dynasty. The Milky Way in the sky and the country of the Central Plains on the earth are closely related to each other.
Wang Xiaolie doesn't have much military knowledge. If he wants to make a great career in this world, he must learn and master it as soon as possible. After Zhang Yong made a scene today, Wang Xiao realized this.
This was the second year of Jianyan. Not only was the Song Dynasty beaten, but the Jin Dynasty was also overwhelmed by the huge victory. Wang Xiaolie still has time. Get familiar with this era, combine it with the knowledge of previous lives, train a truly strong army, and write a different history.
This road may be lonely and even boring at times. But for Wang Xiaolie, he must go on firmly.
