Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 40 Anyone who doesn’t listen to me will be killed!
can only say……

How can we talk about war on paper without a map?

Fighting a war without a map is impossible.

even……

Zhao Xin had to know clearly where the road was next and how wide the road was.

As for the proportion of Song Army cavalry, it was probably about 30%.

This is actually similar to the Tang army.

But it’s still 30%.

The cavalry of the Tang army was an invincible army, but the Song Dynasty...

Whether this can be fought, or whether there are any empty soldiers, the surface figure is 30%, but in reality it is not even that, so we have to put a question mark.

At this time, in the house.

Although it is just paper talk, we cannot just talk nonsense without any intelligence.

Therefore, Zhao Xin directly and bluntly asked his father to pick out all the reports related to the war with Li Yuanhao in the past two years.

Then he wants to read them one by one!

Zhao Xin's mature and steady performance also makes people feel that he is not like an ordinary three-year-old child.

It is quite similar to what is recorded in the "Records of the Three Kingdoms" - Cao Chong, a smart and perceptive man since he was young, and when he was five or six years old, his intelligence and wisdom were like those of an adult.

The good news is that Zhao Xin didn't notice anything from the report that some people said their war horses were unusable.

Because they were ambushed by Li Yuanhao, these cavalrymen were probably of no use and were completely wiped out.

The bad news is that they were always ambushed by Li Yuanhao.

And... every time they use more people to defeat fewer people.

How can we not fail?

Zhao Xin summarized all the information bit by bit, but most of the day had passed and he hadn't made any profound remarks.

Just keep asking there.

Moreover, after asking about generals, pacifiers, and recruiting envoys like Fan Zhongyan, Zhao Xin also asked what kind of generals they had under their command.

What are the characteristics of these generals?

For example, brave and calm ones can be classified into different categories.

By the way, how could Zhao Zhen know so much?

After all, he is not a worm in the stomachs of these generals.

Of course! If you say familiar, you must be familiar with some people.

Like Ren Fu, who was defeated in Haoshuichuan and hit by more than ten arrows, but stood up to fight and died in battle.

Before the war, Ren Fu had given him many suggestions, such as some mountainous terrain, which places could be used as military buffers, and which places could be built military camps and granaries, etc.

After listening to the other party's suggestions, Zhao Zhen felt that the other party was really reliable.

If I could hand over all my troops to the other side, I believe that the Song Dynasty will no longer have to worry about the invasion of Western Xia.

Who would have thought...

The more carefully a person speaks, the more miserable his defeat will be.

Who could have thought that Ren Fu would die in battle because he underestimated the enemy?

This is completely different from how he behaved in front of me at the beginning.

If this had happened before the war, Zhao Zhen would never have imagined that this would be the outcome.

It's like a person who talks big in front of you, and you think what he says makes a lot of sense and you feel that this person is reliable, but he ends up losing his life right at the start.

Can you imagine this scene?
If one's psychological quality is not good, he or she will probably not dare to make rash decisions or believe in these boastful people again.

Of course! After the civil officials in the court were defeated in the Battle of Haoshuichuan, they also found out many reasons why they were defeated.

For example: Ren Fu was too arrogant and believed in other people's plans to lure the enemy. Fan Zhongyan did not go to reinforce. Han Qi had already clearly told Ren Fu not to be arrogant. To put it bluntly, the more Han Qi said so, the more Ren Fu refused to do what Han Qi said.

There is discord between the upper and lower levels in the army.

After reading all this information, Zhao Xin could only think of one thing: Our Great Song Dynasty is good in every way. We have civil officials like Fan Zhongyan, who worries about the world before he enjoys himself. We also have military generals like Ren Fu, who at least dares to fight and would never surrender even if he dies.

But why can’t we win?

Zhao Xin felt that they all had too many personal ideas of their own.

of course!

Zhao Xin didn't mean that it was bad for someone like Fan Zhongyan to have his own personal ideas.

If Fan Zhongyan had not insisted, he might have followed Han Qi and Ren Fu. In that case, it would not only be the troops of Han Qi and Ren Fu who would be sacrificed, but also Fan Zhongyan's troops would have been defeated.

But according to reports, Li Yuanhao had 100,000 cavalrymen, who were well-trained and easy to command.

Looking at Han Qi and Ren Fu's group, at most they had only about 10,000 or 20,000 men.

If we can't bring together Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others, how can we possibly win this war?
Zhao Xin looked at the map for a long time but seemed to have no idea what it meant.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Why, you still have no idea?"

Zhao Xin also replied: "These hands and feet don't listen to me at all. I don't know what my hands and feet are doing. This battle is impossible to win."

"I know that there are still too few people like Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi."

"Not to mention the generals under their command."

"If I give them orders, how can I be sure that they will obey me?"

"As long as I don't solve this problem, I won't be considered the governor of Shaanxi, the governor of pacification, or the recruiting envoy."

"I must first use methods to turn them into my hands and feet, and make them obey my commands completely."

"Instead of fighting, things like some people not going to reinforce will happen."

In fact...

This is the problem Zhao Xin mentioned.

Some of the ministers outside have already raised this issue many times, but... this problem can only be said to be almost unsolvable.

This was because the envoys they sent out, including the generals, pacifiers, and recruiting envoys, had huge conflicts with each other, the generals, and other officials.

You even have to wonder if there is some feud between them?
of course!

The reason for this situation must have a lot to do with the system of this dynasty.

This is too complicated. Zhao Zhen is afraid that even if he tells Zhao Xin about it, Zhao Xin may not understand it.

Moreover, he found it a bit difficult to explain this clearly.

Zhao Zhen finally said: "Just tell me what you think."

Zhao Xin took a deep breath and said, "If I were the general manager, pacification envoy, and recruiting envoy of the four routes in Shaanxi, I would first call the general managers, pacification envoys, and recruiting envoys of the four routes, as well as their generals."

Zhao Zhen asked, "Why did you call him here?"

Zhao Xin: "Call him to discuss the plan."

Zhao Zhen: "What plan?"

Zhao Xin: "I will ask them to do something they would never agree to do."

Zhao Zhen: "And then what!?"

Zhao Xin: "If you don't listen to me, I will kill you!"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

(End of this chapter)