Tomorrow will rise high and shed thousands of rays of light. Accompanied by the lights beside the table, this small world was illuminated brightly.
The food and wine were quickly brought out and placed on the table. There are not many tricks, this era pays attention to simplicity and affordability. One braised pork elbow, one stir-fried meat with celery, one stir-fried meat with mushrooms, one stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts, and one stir-fried meat with tender lotus root slices. There is also a plate of scrambled eggs with ground vegetables and an egg with chives. A carefully prepared squirrel mandarin fish, a carefully stewed chicken soup, and a spring bamboo shoot braised pork ribs.
The wine is brewed by the army itself. Divided into two types, two wine bottles are included.
Wang Xiaolie said: "Most people nowadays are good at drinking, and making wine is not a small expense. A few days ago, I found that there is still wine in the lees after making wine. I asked someone to steam it in a steamer, and a lot of wine was steamed out. Come on. It’s just that this wine is too strong compared to ordinary wine. I’m afraid I won’t be able to drink it if I’m not a big drinker. But the men in the army do like this wine.”
As he spoke, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass each for Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing. He said: "Try it for two people, do you think it suits your taste?"
Niu Gao is good at drinking and likes this kind of strong liquor the most. He picked up the wine bottle and poured himself a small bowl. He said in his mouth: "With those small cups, you can't taste the food in one gulp, which is really annoying. I'd better use a bowl, it's enjoyable to drink."
Everyone poured wine and drank it all.
After drinking, Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing both blushed. Before he could put down the wine glass, he started coughing violently.
Lu Qing fanned his mouth with his hand and said, "It's so strong! This wine is really too strong, how can I drink it!"
Niu Gao on the side said: "Lieutenant, if you are a wine lover, you will like this taste the most. After one bowl, it feels like your stomach is on fire. I don't know how comfortable it is! During the winter training, if you have some free time, drink a cup of wine." Wan, what a magical day!"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh together.
China's traditional wine, seriously speaking, should be rice wine represented by rice wine. Liquor, as a distilled liquor with unique craftsmanship, has only been popular among the people for most of the time. However, compared with rice wine, white wine is cheaper and can save food. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to special historical and practical conditions, liquor developed rapidly and became the representative of Chinese liquor.
The liquor that Wang Xiaolie saw in his previous life was already a product that had been developing rapidly for decades, and was completely different from the liquor in history. Where can the real historical liquor have such aroma and taste?
Liquor is steamed from the lees. In places where rice wine is popular, there is also a similar liquor called rice-flavored liquor. In southern China, there are also several kinds of rice-based baijiu, while most of the rest are in the north and in the mountainous areas of Sichuan and Guizhou.
The characteristics of Chinese liquor are solid fermentation and solid distillation. It is unique in the world and has little to do with the distiller. Some people think that liquor technology is foreign, and without exception they ignore this uniqueness in their analysis. Where can you learn the unique technology in the world? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to further reduce the cost of liquor, there was a method of using edible alcohol and solid distiller's grains to add aroma. The most typical one is the liquor made from sweet potatoes that is available in many places. Sweet potatoes are cheap, but they cannot be used to make Chinese liquor. They can only be turned into edible alcohol and then flavored. Later, the solid-liquid method of directly blending with edible alcohol became even cheaper.
Liquor has a high alcohol content and uses miscellaneous raw materials. Compared with rice wine, it is relatively cheap. For the working people at the bottom, drinking liquor is cheaper than rice wine. Wang Xiao's purpose of making liquor is to reduce the cost of liquor. Of course, as time goes by and more liquor is produced, good and famous wines will naturally appear among them. After all, even those who directly distill alcohol have expensive world-famous liquors.
They exchanged rice wine for Wang Ruohai and Lu Qing, and they drank and ate meat.
The food is home-cooked, but the chef has made it taste great thanks to Wang Xiaolie's adjustments. Moreover, in this era, even the dishes served with drinks in the palace were often soup cakes and the like. How could it be so exquisite?
After drinking for a while, Wang Ruohai put down his chopsticks, looked at the moon in the sky and said: "A bright moon, three or five friends, a few side dishes, and a few drinks. Aren't these days like a fairy? It's a pity that the country is unfortunate, and there are many people outside. The Jin soldiers invaded, and there were treacherous ministers causing chaos, which really made it difficult for people to relax."
Wang Xiaolie said: "There is no need to worry about the prison. The Miao and Liu people have not done much, and they will be put down soon. What we should worry about after all is the Jin soldiers coming from the north. To be honest, the current Jin Kingdom is thousands of miles wide. , with millions of people, is not comparable to the small countries of the past. If the imperial court cannot make up its mind to put the affairs of the country in order, how can it fight against it? "
Lu Qing said: "I think the Jin people are very hard-working, and they are not afraid of death. When the two armies meet, the Jin army often chooses elite troops, wearing heavy armor, and there are constant conflicts. Sometimes from morning to dusk, Dozens of them a day are really difficult to deal with.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "It is said that the Jin people can endure hardship and are not afraid of death in a fight. Are we Han people not the same? Speaking of hardship, the people have worked hard for a year, how can we not endure hardship? They say they are not afraid of death and are enslaved by the Jin army. If life is worse than death, shouldn't we be afraid of it at that time? In the final analysis, the military training is poor, the system is crude, and rewards and punishments are inadequate, which is why we are in today's situation."
After hearing this, Lu Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "Zhizhi, you can't believe this kind of thing. Even the imperial dynasty used to recruit troops from Shaanxi and Hebei. Why do we need people from there? They grew up in the border areas and are familiar with the geography. They are also good at horseback riding and archery. Can be trained into elite soldiers. In other places, even if they are recruited according to the military model, it is difficult to train into elite soldiers. This is the fact, what can be done?"
Wang Xiaoxing said: "During the two Han Dynasties, when the Western Regions were expanded to the west and the desert of Beiping was conquered, everyone in the world surrendered. At that time, why were the soldiers in the border areas useless? Even when the Jin Dynasty crossed south, the soldiers of the Southern Dynasties were still strong for a long time. Crossing the north, why? In the final analysis, I still can't train good soldiers. As long as I work hard, I can always train good soldiers."
After hearing this, Lu Qing couldn't help but shake his head. I have been a soldier all my life, how could I not understand this? Regardless of physical condition or the weapons in their hands, the Forbidden Army is no worse than the Jin Army. Even with a small number of horses, he still couldn't stop the Jin army from attacking when he was stationed in the city. After several years of war, this is already a fact. What’s the use of not admitting it? On the battlefield, he is just not as good as the golden man. Even if the soldiers have the intention to die, they are really dead.
Wang Xiaolie naturally had another idea. Due to natural and social conditions, people in different regions do have different characteristics. People in some places are really brave and fierce, and they are not afraid of death. But for the army, at this point, its combat effectiveness cannot be counted on.
Counting from the independence and rebellion against Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty has been at war for ten or twenty years. Their training may not be excellent, but their war experience is rich. The record of consecutive victories also gave the Jin Army confidence. With the Jurchens as the backbone, supplemented by various surrendered generals and conquered troops, the Jin Dynasty did have a very strong combat effectiveness. At this time, the backbone of the old Jin army was still there, and there was no shortage of money, food and manpower in the newly conquered places. This was when the Jin Dynasty was at its strongest.
so what? It is precisely to meet the Jin Army head-on and win when it is at its strongest, that is what Wang Xiaolie pursues. Just as New China had just founded the country, it sent troops to North Korea and fought a battle with the US military at its peak, which made the world get to know New China. By the time of the Vietnam War, the US military had begun to decline. If we fought with it at that time, it would not have the shock of the Korean War.
With strong mobilization, scientific training, and correct command, with the powerful national power of the Song Dynasty, there is no reason why the Jin Dynasty cannot be defeated.
The Northern Song Dynasty was defeated by the Jin Kingdom, the capital was occupied, and the emperor was captured. There cannot be too many reasons for this huge shame. The most important reason is that the army is not good and the Forbidden Army cannot defeat the Jin Army. Why not the army? There are reasons why the old and new parties are fighting, but more of them are the problems of the military itself.
It's not because the generals are greedy for life and afraid of death, nor because the soldiers are greedy for money and afraid of life, but because of the overall problem of the system. There are always people who attribute the combat effectiveness of an army to its soldiers or generals. Say they are cowardly, say they are greedy for money, say they are timid and fear death, and say they dare not fight the enemy. This is incomplete and not even the main issue.
At the turn of the Song Dynasty, many generals shed blood on the battlefield and refused to retreat. How many soldiers fought with the enemy to the death? How many cities were besieged and fought to the end with little food or drink? We should not only see those who fled and surrendered on the battlefield, but also those who fought bravely on the battlefield.
Wang Xiaolie remembered that the foreign war closest to him in his previous life was the Anti-Japanese War. Order, from Taierzhuang to Suizao, how many generals and soldiers died for their country on the battlefield without even frowning. But the result? However, China continued to retreat, and even when the whole world launched a counterattack against Japan, there were also major defeats in Henan, Hunan, and Guangxi.
No generals or no soldiers? Facing the exhausted Japanese army, they were still vulnerable. This is because the military as a whole is not good. No matter how hard the generals and soldiers try, they can only achieve some local highlights and cannot change the overall situation of the war.
At this time, if we want to create a new world, we must train a different army. Without an army that is good at fighting, there is nothing.
