Listening to Niu Gao talking about the battle, Chen Yuyi kept high-fiving in excitement. This battle was much more enjoyable than when we aided Shaanzhou. At that time, Wang Xiaolie had marched nearly a thousand miles, and the city of Shaanzhou was in great difficulty. Even if there was a victory, everyone's heart was in their throats. This time, it was so exciting that in less than half an hour, thousands of Jin soldiers were wiped out.
Wang Xiaolie said: "From this point of view, the Jin Army is not very strong. The reason why the war is like this is that the army of the previous court was too weak. There is no doubt that the Jin Army has many advantages, but it also has many shortcomings. The founding of the country was not long, and the organization is Not strong. For an army, organizational ability is its combat effectiveness, and the Jin Army is far behind in this aspect. The soldiers grew up in the grasslands and mountains, like wealth, and can sacrifice their lives in war. This is the Jin Army's characteristic Advantages. But the soldiers of an army should not be afraid of death. If they are afraid of death, it means there is something wrong with the army."
Chen Yuyi said: "Defense means——"
Wang Xiaolie said: "My meaning is very clear. If we want to defeat the Jin Army, we must work hard on organizational strength. This is our strength, and it is also the weakness of the Jin Army. Only by using our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses can we is correct."
Niu Gao and Chen Yuyi often heard Wang Xiaolie talk about organizational power, and their ears were numb. Although I don’t fully understand the meaning of this, I understand that it is the organizational ability of the military, which involves all aspects.
Recognizing that the organizational capability of an army is its combat effectiveness is an important step in the transformation of ancient armies into modern armies. At this time in the Song Dynasty, when talking about combat effectiveness, it often meant that the weapons and armor were excellent and the soldiers were brave and not afraid of death. As long as the soldiers are not afraid of death, the country can tolerate their greed for money, their robbery, and their evil deeds. As long as it can win the war, almost all of the military's mistakes can be forgiven.
In this sense, we can realize what a great thing it is that Yue Fei proposed that "you will not plunder to death, and you will not demolish your house to freeze to death." At the same time, the army still has combat effectiveness. Only then can we realize that Yue Fei's understanding of the army actually surpassed the times.
In the Yue family army, there were actually many military leaders who were incorporated, such as Dong Xian, Niu Gao, Li Shan, Li Dao and others. As for the generals who transferred from other armies to the Yue Army, there were more generals. These people are all good and bad, but in the Yue family, they are all brave and good at fighting. In other words, the Yue Family Army can fight because they are the Yue Family Army, not because the generals of the Yue Family Army are these people.
After the death of Yue Fei who was unjustly imprisoned in Fengbo Pavilion, there were very few generals in the Yue Family Army who defended Yue Fei. Not to mention inciting military morale and causing unrest. The Yue Family Army is an army of the imperial court and is not controlled by Yue Fei himself. Speaking of Yue Fei's death, some people always say that how many armies Yue Fei controls, how can Zhao Gou feel at ease. In fact, Yue Fei had already handed over his military power when he was killed. Zhao Gou was kicked in the head by a donkey and was killed as a general for this reason.
Wang Xiaolie remembered his previous life and saw a host on a video, proudly talking about the reasons why Yue Fei should die. Two points are particularly impressive. The first is to control military power. Qin Hui said that the soldiers in charge of Yue Fei deserved death, while Zhao Gou said that Yue Fei was a loyal minister. Qin Hui said that Taizu was also a loyal minister when Chen Qiao rebelled. Another point is that the great scholar Hu Shi and others, including many scholars, believed that the Song army at that time could not defeat the Jin army and had to make peace.
Needless to say, the first point is that Yue Fei no longer commanded troops at that time. The second point is even more outrageous. Who is Hu Shi? What was Hu Shi's attitude towards the Japanese invasion? Why did Hu Shi say that the Song army would be defeated? Are you talking about the situation in the Song Dynasty at that time, or the Anti-Japanese War? In a sense, it is this kind of so-called scholar who has a twisted mind and likes to use the past to satirize the present, but some people still follow him. It caused many jokes and confused many people's hearts.
Even Zhao Gou knows that he has an army of 200,000 men and there is no need to be afraid of others. The maximum mobilization capacity of the Jin Army is now 150,000 to 60,000 people. As long as the combat effectiveness exceeds that of the Jin Army, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the homeland are completely achievable. The Yue Family Army has an army of 100,000, and with the cooperation of other generals, why can't they win? In history, during Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, the Jin Dynasty's servant army had been frightened and faced the Jurchen army.
Because of the ancestral training of the Song Dynasty, the history of the Song Dynasty, and what Zhao Gou himself had experienced such as the Miao and Liu rebellions, and more importantly, Zhao Gou's own thoughts, he did not want military generals to take control of the military, especially he did not want military generals to have local control. Military and political power is a historical fact. But you cannot use this historical fact to arbitrarily arrange the government affairs at that time.
In the fourth year of Jianyan, the Jin army was blocked in Huangtiandang when it returned south, so that the Jin army never dared to cross the south of the Yangtze River. Then in the early years of Shaoxing, with the help of suppressing the rebel bandits and fighting against the Jin Army and the puppet Qi, several generals completed their internal integration, and their combat effectiveness was no longer weaker than that of the Jin Army. At this time, war and peace became the most important issues for the Southern Song Dynasty court. The final result was that the peace faction led by Zhao Gou and Qin Hui completely defeated the war faction.
Wang Xiaolie has been in this world for several years and has a clear understanding of the situation. Don't overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Song Army at this time. The Song Army is in the process of rebuilding at this time and has almost no strength to confront the Jin Army head-on. Don't overestimate the combat effectiveness of other armies except the Jin Army. Most of them can't even defeat the Song Army. On this basis, do not overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army. Their strategic ability is poor, their combat ability is average, and their soldiers in battle are very capable. Moreover, there were too few Jurchens, and once the Jin army was lost, it had no ability to replenish its troops.
Over the past year or so, Wang Xiaolie built a new barracks and then a military academy, and the army slowly got back on track. In terms of organizational capabilities, Wang Xiaolie's army far surpassed the Jin army. Coupled with the carefully selected soldiers and excellent weapons and armor, they were no longer at a disadvantage when facing the Jin army head-on.
Seeing that Wang Xiaolie was in a good mood today, Niu Gao asked: "In the battle with the Jin army today, I feel that the Jin people are not very good at fighting. Even if they are ambushed by our army, they will not be so bad. As soon as the army came out, the Jin army did not The power to fight back.”
Wang Xiaolie said: "This is the difference in the organizational strength of the army. When your army comes out together, although it cannot be arranged in a formation, it is not chaotic. They are all composed of ten or twenty people into small teams. These small teams isolate the Jin army and make them Fight on their own. Each Jin soldier has to face attacks from several people. In this case, how can the Jin army be your opponent? If you come out to form a formation and face off against the Jin army, it will never be so easy. "
Niu Gao thought for a while, nodded and said: "If you say this about defense, the general will understand. After being separated by our army, the Jin army is in chaos and at a disadvantage in numbers. How can it be an opponent? Organizational strength, so this is what it means."
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Yes, one of the manifestations of organizational strength is this. There is also the ability to form an army into a military formation and not be attacked lightly. The ability to organize oneself when encountering an accident. The army The ability to march in an orderly manner. Once a military order is received, the whole army can resolutely complete the military order. All kinds of things."
Chen Yuyi said with a smile: "When I talk about these, defense becomes very interested. All aspects of the war are analyzed clearly and logically."
Wang Xiaolie said: "As a general in charge of the army, of course you must be familiar with these. If you are not familiar with them, you must learn. If you have nothing to do today, let's talk about these war knowledge as a casual chat."
After speaking, Wang Xiaolie took away the documents on the table. Said: "The first rule of war is strategic capability. What is strategy? Strategy is to plan from the overall situation and strive to achieve the overall goal. With this overall goal, it is divided into military operations one by one. These divided military operations Actions are tactics. Just like last year, for the Jin Army, it was the Jin Army's strategy to cross the river south, capture officials, and destroy the imperial court. This strategy is divided into two parts. One is when Wushu leads his troops to chase the officials, and the other is The first part is about Ba Lisu leading his troops to pursue the Queen Mother Longyou. Obviously, Ba Lisu’s army is of little significance to the realization of the Jin Army’s strategy. So I say that the Jin Army’s strategic ability is actually very poor.”
Chen Yuyi listened thoughtfully. Said: "At the beginning, the Jin army was unstoppable when it went south. The imperial court was indeed in danger. However, after half a year of fighting, the Jin army gained nothing except looted property and burning and killing in the south of the Yangtze River. Now when I hear what the defense said, I understand what happened. .”
Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right. When the Jin army went south in the beginning, there was a lot of gambling. Yelu Mawu dared to attack Yangzhou with only 500 cavalry, and with a thousand people crossing the river, he dared to fight Du Chong's 60,000 army. If How could it be so if the Jin Army has strategic planning capabilities? Remember, a general's commanding ability, unless it is helpless, will always be to attack the weak with more and with the strong. If this cannot be done, the general's commanding ability will be worrying .”
Niu Gao said: "Defense is too absolute. Whether a general is strong or not depends on whether the two armies can hold on and not retreat when the two armies confront each other, and whether they can finally defeat the enemy. Defeat more with less, and defeat the strong with weakness. This is what it means. The ability of a general."
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "When a general is faced with the situation of attacking more with less, or even having to defeat the strong with the weak, it is because his superiors commanded improperly. Or the imperial court was so weak that it had to be like this. In addition to command, after the two armies were arrayed, they could Setting up a battle formation, targeting the enemy's weak points, and carrying out targeted attacks are a general's ability to command on the spot. Everyone is still far behind in terms of command, strategic planning, and tactical command."
In fact, not only Niu Gao, but also the commanding abilities of current military generals are still lacking. After the victory in rescuing Shaanzhou, Wang Xiaolie began to make strategic plans. Moving the people north of Shaanxi Province to the south and setting up a guerrilla zone in the east are all part of the strategy. Concentrating troops in new fields to form a larger military group to deal with wars in all directions is also part of the strategy. The overall purpose is to develop economic and military strength with Xiangyang and Dengzhou as the core areas. There can be no war in the core area, lest it affect its development.
Chen Yuyi, who had stayed with Wang Xiaolie for the longest time, had a vague sense of this strategy, but he couldn't explain it clearly. The rest of the generals have not yet clearly understood this and are still in ignorance.
