Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 120 The Root of the Weakness of the Imperial Army

In the Forbidden Army camp, not everyone was asleep.

Several battalions have already started drills with their own officers.

These battalions were also the best-performing Forbidden Army battalions in this hasty march.

It's not for other reasons, but because these forbidden troops are all soldiers guarding the city of Bianjing.

There are also many people who participated in the battle of Chenzhou Gate, using their flesh and blood as a wall to force the enemy out of the defenders of Chenzhou Gate.

Soldiers who have seen blood are always more fierce than other soldiers.

The Forbidden Army camp was awakened by Zhao Huan's order, and Zhao Huan's order was quickly carried out. Many people walked out of the camp with their eyes rubbed, only to wait for the order to continue marching quickly after eating.

This order caused the whole barracks to complain.

The executive officers and soldiers of the imperial army had fierce faces, holding whips in their hands, and drove away the lazy sergeants, just like driving cattle and sheep, and drove them to the eating shed.

The cooks are all civilians, and the appearance of this group of civilians is much better than the lazy soldiers of the imperial army.

Zhao Huan did not intend to use any harsh methods to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

Even though he is in the military camp, the military order is like a mountain, and those who violate it will be executed.

However, can it all be blamed on this group of pampered domestic slave soldiers?

After the Song Dynasty signed the Chanyuan Alliance with the Liao Kingdom, the two countries have been at peace for more than a hundred years. Although occasionally a small group of soldiers from the Liao Kingdom went south to plunder, but the Liao Kingdom said it was a horse bandit. Hold your nose and bear it.

The lack of armaments brought about by a century of peace is also the crux.

Why did the Western Army beat Fang La and Song Jiang, Song Jiang and Yelu Dashi, and Yelu Dashi and Yan Zonghan and Yan Zongwang?

For more than ten years, running back and forth without a moment's rest?
Such a large-scale and high-intensity mobilization is because the Western Army is the last elite of the Song Dynasty.

The reason why it is an elite is because Yongding Army Road is a war zone.

They have hammered each other with Xixia for hundreds of years, and fought for hundreds of years, so there is this Western Army, and the last glory of the Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, even if Zhao Huan has the overall view and vision of 900 years later, it will not help.

Therefore, the Forbidden Army was extremely lazy, half of them blamed themselves for not living up to expectations, and half of it was blamed on the corruption of Song's armaments.

Zhao Huan tapped his fingers on the green bricks on the city wall, thinking about how to train a soldier who can fight a hundred battles.

After the battle of Yan Zonghan, the war in Song Dynasty dissipated?
Xixia, Xiliao, Tubo, Dali, Jin Kingdom, Li Dynasty, and restored Zhao Ji are all troubled!

Zhao Ying pushed Master Zhong to Zhao Huan's side. Master Zhong couldn't stand up and couldn't see the situation in the army village. However, Master Zhong, who had been in battle for a long time, could see Zhao Huan from the frown of the new emperor. Huan's inner anxiety.

Zhong Shidao reluctantly smiled and said: "Probably the reason why the Five Dynasties conquered the world was by soldiers. Where the military power is, it will prosper accordingly; where the military power is gone, it will be destroyed."

"Officials, Shi Jingtang donated the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to Khitan, and became Khitan's son-emperor. An Chongrong got the support of Tubo soldiers and horses, proclaimed himself king, lost to the Jin army and died."

"Although An Chongrong is dead. But the sentence "Tianzi Ning has kindness?"Those who are strong in soldiers and strong in horses will do so.But it became a prophecy. "

Zhao Huan nodded, he had heard this sentence before, and he had heard Zhao Kai say this sentence since the change of Zhao Kai's palace.

Looking back now, things are right and people are wrong.

Zhong Shidao fell into memory. He was 75 years old and had experienced four dynasties. As the elder of the four dynasties, he couldn't remember some things very clearly.

"From the first year of Kaiping, when Zhu Wen usurped the imperial seal of the Tang Dynasty and established the Houliang. In the first year of Jianlong, my Great Song Emperor Tai Zu established the Great Song End."

"For a total of 53 years, the Central Plains has been fighting endlessly. In just 53 years, my country in the Central Plains has experienced Zhu Liang, Later Tang, Shi Jin, Liu Han and Guo Wu."

"As for self-declaring kings, there are more than a dozen vassal states such as the former Shu, the later Shu, Southern Wu, Southern Tang, Wuyue, Fujian, Chu, Southern Han, Nanping, Jingnan, and Northern Han, etc., who fought endlessly. "

"Under internal and external difficulties at that time, my Emperor Taizu set the instruction of Xingwenjiao. It has been more than 160 years."

"In the court hall, set up official posts such as Privy Envoy, Sansi Envoy, and Sanya. Limit the power of the prime minister and limit the rights of the military officer."

"Every time a war breaks out, the officials will select ministers to lead the imperial army to go. At the local level, systems such as general judgment and military supervision are set up to curb the power of Jiedushi."

"Generally speaking, it is extremely effective in solving the problems left over from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms - the chaos of the world, the disaster of China, the usurping and killing each other." Zhong Shidao finished in one breath.

Zhao Huan nodded. This is "Historical Records of the Five Dynasties" compiled by Ouyang Xiu. It is a privately revised history, and it is also the only privately revised official history since the Tang Dynasty.

Because it is a private study, I write it myself, but it is more popular in the Song Dynasty. After all, some official history books have some unpleasant words, and it is really not very convenient to write them.

detrimental to decency.

Zhong Shidao shook his head and continued: "However, it has been 160 years since the first year of Jianlong and the founding of the Great Song Dynasty!"

Zhong Shidao didn't finish his words, but Zhao Huan knew the meaning of Zhong Shidao.

This is to say that Da Song's policy has gone too far.

Zhao Huan looked around, and there was no one else except Zhao Ying. Cheng Chu led dozens of relatives and officials, and stood far away.

After making sure that no one around could hear his conversation with Zhong Shidao, he said with a sad face: "I know very well what Zhong Shaobao said."

Zhao Huan has been in the Great Song Dynasty for more than a month, and the most important thing is the cause of this serious problem of emphasizing culture over martial arts, of course he needs to understand clearly.

It's 160!
The emperor went off in person, and Song Zhenzong wrote the "Poetry of Encouraging Learning" that has been sung for 900 years.

The family does not need to buy fertile land, but there are thousands of millet in the book.There is no need to erect tall buildings to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book.Don't hate to be unattended when you go out, there are so many horses and chariots in the book.Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book.

As for the stinky younger brother who was already dead, Zhao Kai also personally ended up gaining fame, betting everything on himself, getting a number one scholar, and winning countless political capital.

The man wanted to read his life histories, and read the Six Classics to the window diligently.

The entire Song Dynasty has become a culture where everything is inferior and only reading is high!
And this trend is getting worse!

The morality of the martial arts is weak, and the military equipment is not prosperous.

If this general environment does not change, it will not be able to change the corrupt status quo of the Great Song Imperial Army!

"Seeing that the officials are frowning, they must be worried about state affairs. What they are seeing should be that the imperial army's combat power is useless. And there is no good strategy to frown like this. Unknowingly, I lost a few words, the official Don't blame me." Zhong Shidao asked intentionally.

Zhao Huan was waiting for a theory on how to improve the situation, but it turned out that he wanted to stop talking about it?

This is also a half-spoken, infuriating person!

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