Junzhou is located in a valley with flat terrain. When the Han River reaches here, the river becomes gentle and open, no longer fast. In the Han River not far from Junzhou, there is a sandbar with lush vegetation and beautiful scenery.
Wang Xiaolie and Wang Yan rode together and left Junzhou City and arrived here.
When we stopped at the shore, there was already a small boat parked there. Cui Qing took a few soldiers, carried the wine and meat to the boat, and invited Wang Xiaolie and Wang Yan to board the boat. The boat left the shore and headed towards the sandbar in a leisurely manner.
At this time, it is the tail of summer, and it has caught the head of autumn. The sun in the sky is hot, but the wind blowing from the water is cool. Wang Xiaolie stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the sparkling water, with neither sadness nor joy in his heart.
Suddenly a row of egrets flew up from the sandbank, screaming across the water.
Wang Xiao felt something in his heart and chanted loudly: "The water in Canglang is clear, so I can wash my tassel; the water in Canglang is turbid, so I can wash my feet -"
At this time, there was an emptiness between heaven and earth, and there was no sound. The sound floated along the Han River and seemed to reach nine heavens.
After a while, Wang Xiaoxing said: "Junzhou is located in Wudang County, not far from Wudang Mountain. However, I am not interested in this Taoist blessed land, but I want to come and see this Canglang Island. Confucius listened to the children and sang , it is said to be Canglang, but in fact it may not be here. When Qu Yuan was released and listened to the Fisherman's Song, it may not be here. But later generations said it was here, so why not treat it as here."
Wang Yan said: "This is just an ancient folk song. There is nothing difficult about it. Why does Commander Ji like it?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "I have been thinking about some things recently and have some insights into this song. Confucius said, the boy listened to it: Qing Si Zhuo Ying; Zhuo Si Zhuo Ying is enough. You can take it by yourself. He also said, Tao is not good. , floating in the sea on a boat. The meaning of this is very profound."
Wang Yan smiled and said: "This is just a complaint from the old master. Jieshuai thinks too much."
Wang Xiaolie turned around, looked at Wang Yan and smiled, without saying anything more.
When we arrived at the sandbank, we got off the boat and not far away, we saw a pavilion in front of us. It has been abandoned for a long time and is overgrown with weeds. Dusty.
Wang Xiaolie said with emotion: "This is the most scenic spot in Junzhou. I don't know how lively it was back then. After the war, it is now abandoned like this. Alas, this war has brought countless sufferings to the world." "
Cui Qing and his soldiers hurried forward to tidy up the pavilion. Two high chairs and a square table were set out, and Wang Xiaolie and Wang Yan were invited to sit down.
The two sat down, served tea, and rested there.
After drinking tea for a while, Wang Xiaolie said to Wang Yan: "It's been more than a year since we said goodbye to Xiangyang. How are you doing in Zhenfu?"
Wang Yan said: "At this time of national crisis, we ministers should try our best to serve the court. How dare we think too much about ourselves."
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "I am so concerned about serving the country that I asked the wrong question."
Wang Yandao: "I was brought to the west by Privy Zhang to guard Jinzhou to ensure the safety of Sichuan and Sichuan. Fortunately, there is Commander-in-Chief in the east, so there has been no major incident since I arrived here. Only this time, Li Zhong suddenly came east, which caught me off guard. Thank you The Commander-in-Chief came to the rescue."
Wang Xiaolie said: "Li Zhong is just a mob. If I hadn't come, the governor would have been able to deal with him. Of course, if we fight a war, the governor will have to pay a corresponding price. Alas, to be honest, I have been in Xiangyang for three years. It’s been years now, and I really have no interest in fighting with people like Li Zhong.”
Wang Yandao: "The day before yesterday, I was outside Junzhou City and was really surprised to see Jieshuai's army. However, in three or four years, Jieshuai's army was completely different from the previous ones. It had a different look. Not to mention the sharp artillery. , one cannon blasted down the city wall. I saw that when your army entered the city, they commanded it well, cooperated tacitly, and their combat actions were very measured. I have been leading troops for many years. When I was in the Taihang Mountains, I fought countless battles with the Jin army, but never I have never seen an army like Rujieshuai. Your current army will not fall behind at all even if it is a head-on confrontation with the Jin Army."
Wang Xiaolie said: "I don't know how much effort I have spent in the past few years. I thought it was time to have a try with Jin Jun."
Wang Yan said: "They say you have an army of 100,000, why should you be afraid of the Jin army? During Jingkang, the Jin army surrounded Kaifeng Mansion, but only 80,000 men. We men from the Central Plains should be brave, aren't we as good as the Jurchens?"
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "The governor is one of our own, and he is not afraid to tell the truth. How could an army of 100,000 be like this? Only 20,000 to 30,000 people can handle it after many rounds of training. The training of other armies has been completed. It will take another year or two. Besides, the training is going well and the army of 100,000 is like this. How can I have so much money?"
Wang Yan smiled and said: "Who doesn't know that among the generals who lead troops in the world, you are the richest! I guard the three states of Jinjunfang, but it is very difficult to raise three thousand soldiers. Recruiting people to farm is just a guarantee that they will not go hungry. That’s it. You rule ten states and have an army of one hundred thousand, who can compare with you!"
Wang Xiaolie said: "But using some tricks is not a long-term solution."
Wang Yan sighed: "Sometimes I really don't understand how you do it. You raise many times as many soldiers and horses as we do, and the people under your rule are not burdened too much, so they can live and work in peace and contentment. The generals who are leading the troops now , all worry about having few soldiers. When there are more soldiers, they worry about how to support them. Which one can be like an ordinary one? Not only are there many soldiers, but the burden on the people is not heavy."
Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Every family has its own difficulties, and there are many things that cannot be explained to outsiders."
Wang Yan shook his head and looked at the Han River not far away without saying anything else.
After a while, Wang Xiaoxue said: "Jingkang surrounded Kaifeng Mansion, and the Jin army only had 80,000 people. But we, the Song Dynasty, had millions of soldiers and horses, and there were also Qin Wang soldiers from all over the country. Ten people versus one person, so we should not lose anyway. But the actual situation is that the Jin army has never been defeated. Zhenfu said, why?"
Wang Yandao: "The Jurchens grew up in the white mountains and black waters. They lived a difficult life and suffered hardships. Therefore, the Jin army was extremely tenacious and endured hardships. We Han people have not had to worry about food and clothing since they were young, so naturally they can't compare. It is said that they are born in sorrow and die in happiness."
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "When we were in Hedong, seventeen Jin troops once defeated our Song Dynasty's two thousand army. We fought hard again, and seventeen people were drowned by the spitting of two thousand people. Zhenfu , you are wrong. Now my army of 100,000 people are still Han people. After they join the army, I will arrange for them to be fed and clothed, and not to be treated harshly. According to what the governor said, I will never be able to defeat the Jin army? "
Wang Yan couldn't help but hesitate after hearing this. After a while, he said: "Do you think, Commander-in-Chief, why we can't defeat the Jin Army?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "Without us. Since I brought my troops here, I have had many battles with the Jin army, big and small, and I have never lost!"
Wang Yan couldn't help but look at Wang Xiaolie after hearing this. Said: "Jie Shuai means——"
Wang Xiaolie said with emotion: "Actually, what the governor said is similar to the opinions of most people. It sounds reasonable, but in fact it is not the case at all. The Jurchens can't fight because they can endure hardships. To put it bluntly, it's just nonsense. Eight ways. Because I don’t recognize the problem and can’t think of a solution, I just find specious reasons to deceive others and myself.”
After Wang Yan heard this, he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Wang Xiaolie said: "I want to understand this issue recently, so I came to Canglang Continent. Whether an army can fight depends on whether the soldiers recruited are from rich families or from poor people? The Yulin Army in the Han Dynasty , all come from wealthy families, and I have never heard that they cannot fight. The Yellow Turban Army from all over the world is actually a poor boy, and I have never heard that they can fight. The facts are very clear, why are there any Jurchens who can endure hardships, so they fight against such invincible opponents all over the world? What’s the explanation? I think it’s just that most people don’t understand why, so they just make up an excuse.”
"It's not terrible to lose a battle, but it's terrible to lose in a confused way. Just make up any excuse and lie to yourself that it's because of this. It's not just that you lied to yourself, you also have to use this excuse to lie to others. Zhenfu, if you want to drive away Jinlu , we must be serious about restoring the Central Plains. We must seriously sum up the lessons of failure, correct our shortcomings, and build a strong army. The so-called knowing one's shame and then being brave is nothing more than this."
It is not terrible to lose the battle, but to be afraid of being defeated mentally and completely losing the courage to win in the future.
Why did the Song Dynasty lose to the Jin Dynasty? Wang Xiaolie didn't conduct any special research, so he couldn't tell clearly. But these years of practice have taught him that he must first find problems with the military. The country's positioning of the military, the system and organization of the military, and the command of war, all aspects of the issue. This kind of thing cannot be explained clearly in one sentence, it must be discussed in a long way.
Faced with such a complex problem, whoever comes out and says that he or she has figured it out can explain the problem clearly in one sentence. No need to ask, this must be empty talk, using big words to invite people to pay attention.
The Song Dynasty was so badly beaten by the Jin army, and no one made it clear why until the Jin Dynasty destroyed the country. To a certain extent, it can be said that a civilization is fooling around. With the population of the Song Dynasty, it is impossible for no one to think of the real reasons and even make changes, such as Yue Fei. But in the end it did not become mainstream. In addition to human factors, there are also deeper reasons.
Perhaps, by this time in the Song Dynasty, Chinese civilization had lost its aggressiveness and started to become confused.
Civilization cannot be fooled. The Southern Song Dynasty was confused about military issues. For more than a hundred years, it still perished in Mongolia and reaped the consequences.
When the People's Republic of China was first founded, teachers once told cultural staff that they should mobilize elite soldiers and generals to conduct research on why China has lagged behind the West for more than a hundred years and has been passively beaten at every turn. Unfortunately, the matter ended in vain.
To say that the military of the Song Dynasty was not good was because it valued culture over military affairs. This is a typical civilizational fooling around. To say that China has fallen behind in modern times is because of poor culture. Even if we go all the way back to the source of civilization, saying that culture has always been poor is just a fool's errand. It's just that I'm lagging behind, I don't want to find the real reason, I just come up with a specious explanation, and I just get over it for a while.
If you don't take this kind of thing seriously, how can it be done? Civilization cannot be fooled.
Thinking of this, Wang Xiaolie really felt tired. When I came to this Canglang Island, I wanted to talk about that little boy's song. The water in Canglang is clear, so I can wash my tassel; the water in Canglang is turbid, so I can wash my feet.
