Look at May, the weather is getting hotter day by day. The ears of wheat in the fields have turned yellow and will be harvested soon. The Xiangyang and Dengzhou areas have entered the busiest season of the year and the harvest season.
There is a specialized breeding institution under Wang Xiaolie. After two or three years of hard work, relatively stable seeds were bred and supplied to some villages. A few days ago, I sent people to the fields to check. Good land with no shortage of water can harvest two stones and three bushels of wheat, which is already very good.
After handling the military affairs, he ordered the officials to take the official documents. Wang Xiaoyou went to sit under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard and watched slowly.
Last month, Queen Mother Longyou died in the palace, and this legendary woman ended her life. In late April, Zhang Jun killed Qu Duan in Gongzhou, who had been appointed deputy envoy of Haizhou Tuanlian, bringing the Battle of Fuping to an end. Youliduo is in charge of Shaanxi. Unlike the previous Western Army, they no longer returned to the north to escape the heat in the summer, but sent Ulusaba to attack Monk Yuan. Wu Jie led his army to fight. The two sides were at war with each other, and the war was about to break out.
Wang Xiaolie remembered that the name of the place where the monk was originally was meant that Wu Jie should have won a great victory. For a short period of time, we can not care about the war situation in Shaanxi.
The most important internal affairs under his rule are the approaching wheat harvest. The weather has been good this year, with reports of bumper harvests everywhere, and local officials are trying to find ways to ensure manpower for the wheat harvest. As long as the wheat is harvested smoothly, the army's food supply will be safe.
Last year, the Song army concentrated its forces to clear out the Huaidong rebels, but it did not go smoothly. Li Cheng, the governor of Shu, Qi, Guang and Huang towns, took the opportunity to rebel and sent his deputy capital commander Ma Jin to lead his army across the river to attack the south of the Yangtze River. He quickly occupied several states and had tens of thousands of troops, directly threatening Zhao Gou in the southeast. Zhao Gou ordered Zhang Jun, commander of the Shenwu Right Army, to recruit envoys for Jiangnan Road to relieve the siege of Jiangzhou and put down Li Cheng's rebellion. Under Zhang Jun, in addition to Wang Jian, the commander of the front army, and Chen Sigong, the commander of the rear army, there was also Yue Fei, the governor of Tong and Tai towns. From this time on, Yue Fei officially entered the regular army of the Song Dynasty.
In the past few years, Wang Xiaolie has been concerned about Yue Fei's movements. Knowing that he had made some military exploits, but it was always not going well, in the fourth year of Jianyan's reign he was appointed as the governor of Tong and Tai Town like himself. Not long ago, he was appreciated by Zhang Jun and became his subordinate.
Closing the official document, Wang Xiaolie sighed softly. Yue Fei entered the regular army and took to the battlefield, which heralded the end of the rebellions in Lianghuai, Jinghu, and Jiangnan. None of the leaders who are now famous are Yue Fei's rivals. With the southeast as the center, from the inside to the outside, Yue Fei spent three or four years to wipe out all the heroes. By the fourth year of Shaoxing, these heroes either surrendered or were destroyed, or moved to Beitou to puppet Qi, and the territory of the Song Dynasty was basically pacified.
But at this time, no one believed that Yue Fei was so brave. The imperial court in the southeast was still trembling with fear. At this time, the most powerful warlords in the world include Li Cheng, Zhang Yong, Kong Yanzhou, and of course Yang Yao. Except for Yang Yao, the other three people began to slowly gather around the core area composed of Ezhou, Huangzhou, and Qizhou.
These states are located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and have important strategic value. The land is fertile and can support a large army. With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they can attack Xiangyang and Dengzhou at the top, and go east along the Yangtze River at the bottom, directly threatening the core southeastern region. Compared with Wang Xiaolie, these forces pose a much greater threat to the imperial court. For two or three years, the court's attention was there.
The next three years will be Wang Xiaolie's development gap. The Jin army mainly attacked Shaanxi, Liu Yu was weak, the Song army was pacifying various places, and there were no strong enemies around Wang Xiaolie. With the help of these three years of development, Wang Xiaolie became unstoppable. If it cannot develop, things will become complicated.
How many troops are needed to pacify the world? In his previous life, Wang Xiaolie was affected by the Liberation War and always felt that he would not be practical without an army of one or two million. After arriving in this world, my views gradually changed. Now I feel that as long as the army is well-equipped, an army of 200,000 is enough. After Taizu established the Song Dynasty, the imperial army actually numbered less than 200,000, and it was difficult to pacify the world. Later, the imperial army grew to 800,000, but no one could win.
Simple arithmetic will tell you this. Soldiers eat a lot of food. Ordinary people eat one liter of rice a day, while soldiers eat an average of three liters. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses cost three thousand stones a day. Even if there is a supply of meat, oil, etc., if you eat less rice, your weight will not decrease much. It takes three thousand shi of food a day, and the weight of the ordnance and food will more than double. How many people are needed to transport the food?
In fact, according to Shen Kuo's calculations, three civilians supplying one soldier was the limit and could only last for thirty-one days. If we count the round trip, there are only sixteen days. Even marching into the army and fighting, a war will end in sixteen days, which is basically impossible in terms of time.
Without losing food to the enemy, an army of 100,000 would require 300,000 civilians, which is basically the limit of an army all the way. No matter how many, the troops must be divided. In a big battle, it is not easy to divide the troops into three routes. If there are more routes, it will be easy to make mistakes. Sending 300,000 troops would be a war of annihilation for big countries like Song and Khitan. If we don't rely on the rear to transport food, we will have to rely on looting because the food is not available to the enemy. In the Song Dynasty, there were not many large states with 100,000 households, so it was not easy to grab one-tenth of the private grain reserves. A hundred thousand troops could not stay in the wealthy state for more than a few days before they had to move.
After all, the 200,000 troops are guaranteed to have about 150,000 mobile troops, which is enough to sweep the world at this time. In fact, according to the current establishment of Wang Xiaolie's army, two armies with more than 200,000 people in full strength are enough.
After Shaoxing was basically pacified for four years, Zhao Gou talked with his officials and said that he had never heard of 200,000 soldiers who were still afraid of others. The facts at this time are basically the same. More troops are actually of little use. History books say that a certain person can command an army of hundreds of thousands or more than a million, which cannot be taken seriously.
For example, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Zhang Yong and others served as governors in the fourth year of Jianyan. The maximum number of troops per person will not exceed 50,000. Wang Xiaolie expanded his army to more than 100,000, but no one actually believed him. According to the general level of governance at this time, with an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people, the people would be in dire straits. Everyone can see the prosperous scene in Xiangyang and Dengzhou.
Putting down the official document, Wang Xiaolie rubbed his eyes. I had never thought before that as the hero of a party, internal affairs would be so important. If internal affairs are not repaired, the local government will not be able to realize its potential for war. It is impossible to recruit a hundred thousand troops from the territory of ten states. Forced conscription will not be able to support them in the future. Only when the local government is well-connected and the people are harmonious will there be a strong army at the front.
After putting down these official documents, Wang Xiaolie rested for a while before picking up the documents from Yu Huan and Zhang Jun.
Zhang Jun talked about Ding Jin's position with great interest and found it very novel. Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but smile. Not to mention Ding Jin, he is still building a headquarters in the army. In an army, only the people in the headquarters are the leaders, and no matter how strong the rest are, they cannot compare. To a certain extent, these positions are actually the headquarters of Ding Jin's army. Only after taking the top position can one become the leader of the army and participate in various major events in the army.
Ding Jin wanted to merge with him and asked which top position he could take, which also made Wang Xiaolie amused. Ding Jin's simple desire to sit in the top position was based on his past experience. In fact, in Wang Xiao's hunting army, one has to enter the highest headquarters. With Ding Jin's quality and entering the headquarters, didn't Wang Xiaolie take the initiative to destroy the quality of his own army? It's not surprising that he wants money and power, but it's really too much for him to want to sit in the top position.
Seeing that his conditions were not high, Ding Jin wanted to join Liu Yu, but Wang Xiaolie didn't care. After I voted for Liu Yu, as long as I was still in the Songshan area, there was actually not much difference from before. But it was impossible for me to take the road to Songshan, so I had no choice but to go to Lushi County. As for the pressure on himself, does Wang Xiaolie still care about the pressure from Ding Jin?
Finally, Yu Huan and Zhang Jun said they wanted to get rid of Ding Jin, Ma Xi, and Peng Tan, which made Wang Xiaolie think about it for a long time. If you do this, it will be much more convenient for you. But this kind of thing cannot be hidden from anyone. What other people would think made Wang Xiaolie afraid to make a rash decision.
At this time, Wang Xiaolie's principle was to be ruthless in fighting the Jin army. If the Jin army invades, the counterattack must be resolute and ruthless. But when it comes to other forces, try not to be aggressive and focus on cooperation. Wang Xiaolie needs time to consolidate his power.
