I am Da Song

Chapter 338 New Army Number
The Imperial Council, the Privy Council, the Political Affairs Hall, and the General Commander are all present.

The situation is extremely clear, this is the last military meeting before the personal expedition division returns to the Central Plains.

These generals in charge of the army will not have the chance to see the officials again for at least three or four years.Many local civil servants will also take root in the Northeast for several years.

Everyone is full of ambition, planning to leave a deep impression in front of the officials.This determines, for a long period of time in the future, who will be in the emperor's heart, who will stand out, and take charge of northern Xinjiang affairs.

During the imperial meeting, these civil and military officials were all waiting in the tent next to them. After waiting for everyone, they entered the imperial camp under the guidance of the female officer.

All the people lined up neatly and saluted respectfully: "The minister waits to pay homage to the official family, all blessings."

Zhao Huan was sitting on a soft couch on the top floor of the high-level class, with a huge sand table under his feet. The sand table was a military command tool developed by the Taiyuan Academy according to Zhao Huan's instructions.

It is not difficult to develop this thing, especially after the Taiyuan Academy independently developed a scale map, basically Zhao Huan mentioned it casually, and the Taiyuan Academy researched it for the Privy Council.

What is engraved on the sand table is the map style of the north of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.With the help of Xiao Zhonggong and Wan Yanchang, the surrendered ministers of the Kingdom of Jin, this sand table restores the appearance of the outside of the Great Wall.

Wan Yanchang is a representative of the capitulators in the Kingdom of Jin, and he is also the cousin of Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Kingdom of Jin.

After the Song army broke through the Huining Mansion, he took the initiative to lead tens of thousands of troops from the north to the south and surrender.

And the other Xiao Zhonggong was the old fence-riding faction. After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, he became the Khitan with the highest official position and status in the Kingdom of Jin.The Kingdom of Jin was destroyed, and because he had been in the inner circle early and had secret information about the military, he suddenly became the Khitan with the highest status in the court of the Song Dynasty.

But every time he changed his family, he did it logically and made outstanding achievements.He was highly praised by the new imperial court and given honors for him.

Reasonably speaking, if Lu Bu had his level, he wouldn't be scolded as a family slave with three surnames.

These two people are also in the queue of the imperial meeting now, and they are inconspicuous on the edge.

Zhao Huan went straight to the point and said decisively: "Exemption from courtesy. This imperial meeting has only one purpose. Arrange military and political deployments, properly consolidate the achievements of land expansion, and defend against Mongolian erosion."

"I know that this great victory has made Qing and others very happy. To expand the territory and expand nearly ten thousand miles at a time, it is comparable to the Sui Dynasty's destruction of Southern Chen and the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Turks."

"But it's not yet the time to rest easy. When the Liao Kingdom fell, the Jin Kingdom failed to fully take over the Khitan's sphere of influence, which led to the rise of Mongolia. The white mountains and black waters go west, from Monan, Mobei to the Western Regions. all."

"You have witnessed the combat power of the Mongolian cavalry. The [-] cavalry led by Huer Zahusi Khan, in the territory of Jin Kingdom, is like entering a land without people. It is as fast as the wind, and the invasion is like fire. The Jurchens have no The only way to fight back is to retreat to the deep mountains and snowfields."

"That's only 20 cavalry. If we repeat the mistakes of the Kingdom of Jin, fail to consolidate the borders, and make Mongolia erode the territory again. The number of people rises to millions, and [-] Mongolian cavalry are dispatched. Its combat effectiveness may reappear Rong Di is extremely strong, an unprecedented situation."

Are Mongolian cavalry strong?

That is naturally extremely strong, otherwise it would not be able to beat the Jurchens so badly.

But if it is said that Rong Di is extremely strong, it has never been seen in ancient times.

All the ministers in the imperial tent didn't care.

Mongolia?

How many armies do they have?

With the current martial arts in the Song Dynasty, if you transfer a main field army at will, you can fight Mongolia and complain to the sky.

The so-called Huer Zhahu Si Khan is nothing more than an eagle dog raised by Da Song.

So what if Mongolia has 20 cavalry?
At worst, the main force of the Song army was dispatched and all the 20 cavalry were chopped into pieces on the Huangsha battlefield.

No matter how strong Mongolia is, if 20 elite young men die in battle, they will be devastated.

So after Zhao Huan summarized the situation, Prime Minister Zhang Shuye introduced in detail to everyone in the tent: "The Jingsai Army fought dozens of battles with Mongolian cavalry, and they have recovered Qinzhou, the seat of the East Road Recruiting Division. Now An army of 40 gathered in northern Xinjiang, so Mongolia has been forbearing and has not rushed forward recklessly."

"Today's military deployment is to negotiate and decide how many troops will be left for defense north of Yanyun."

Everyone looked at the map. Da Song's land expansion this time is really too big.

The huge territory is an area that has not been ruled by the Central Plains since the Five Dynasties.

Its integration and consolidation are much more difficult than when the Sui Dynasty destroyed the South and the Chen Dynasty.

When Sui destroyed Nanchen, the two sides shared the same language, the same customs, and the same clothing etiquette. Jin Wang Yang Guang stayed in the south of the Yangtze River for many years, suppressing rebellions again and again.Only then has the national unity been maintained.

Moreover, Da Song's development of northern Xinjiang this time has an irreversible disadvantage compared to it.That is, Nanchen has a large population, as high as 2000 million, and rich taxes.

However, the territory of the Kingdom of Jin acquired by the Song Dynasty is sparsely populated, and the taxation is almost zero. Once the scale of the garrison is large, the logistics will almost all be provided by the Central Plains.

Facing the group of generals, Zhao Huan said: "Our ancestors guarded the inside and the outside, and made strong branches and weak branches. But in the past hundred years of our dynasty, there have been hundreds of thousands of Chen Bing troops in Hebei, and few generals have rebelled."

"In times of national calamity, warriors work hard to drive out foreign captives and quell internal strife."

"So I feel that the ancestral law can be changed a little bit. Give the frontier defenders some real power."

"Since the past few days, I have also thought about it. I plan to leave two main field armies outside the Great Wall. You can use this as a reference and talk about your thoughts."

If Zhao Huan doesn't personally change this policy of strong stems and weak branches, no one will be able to mention it.

But the area of ​​the Great Song Dynasty expanded so much at one time, and with the tradition of guarding the inside and the outside in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the Imperial Army sent troops from Tokyo...

By the time they arrived at the battlefield, the day lily was completely cold.

Especially in response to the iron cavalry that comes and goes like the wind in Mongolia.

The main army rushed from the Central Plains to the frontier, and couldn't even pick up horse manure.

Although Zhou was an old state, his life was restored.Earth-shaking changes have taken place in the Great Song Dynasty, both in terms of territory and national situation, and timely reform is something that must be faced.

It's just that all the generals were amazed. The main field army of the Song Dynasty was only the five armies of the Shenwu Army and the Jingsai Army.A total of 30 people.

The other armies are all kinds of guards mainly for defense.

Subject to the constraints of transportation and logistics, the basic combat idea is that a war breaks out in a certain direction. The country sends a main force there, and then supplements it with local troops to form a 10,000+ army to fight.

Now that two armies are deployed outside the Great Wall at once, this ratio is really too high.

And which two armies to keep really needs serious consideration.

Zhao Huan said calmly: "The biggest gain in this expansion of territory is the addition of countless horse farms and the capture of a large number of horses and mules. Therefore, I plan to build two more elite imperial troops on the basis of the original."

The biggest difference between the elite field army of the Song Dynasty and the guards from all walks of life lies in the transformation of mules and horses.

(End of this chapter)