Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 235 Strategy
Listening to Niu Gao talking about the battle, Chen Yuyi kept clapping excitedly.This battle was much more enjoyable than when aiding Shanzhou.At that time, Wang Xiaolie marched nearly a thousand miles, and Shanzhou City was very difficult. Even if there was a victory, everyone's heart was in their throats.This time, however, he was very happy, and in less than half an hour, he wiped out a thousand soldiers of the Jin army.

Wang Xiaolie said: "From this point of view, the Jin army is not very strong. The reason for the war is that the previous imperial army was too weak. There is no doubt that the Jin army has many advantages, but there are also many shortcomings. Not strong. For an army, organizational ability is its combat effectiveness, and the Golden Army is much worse in this aspect. Soldiers grew up in grasslands and forests, love wealth, and can give up their lives in wartime. This is the golden army Advantages. But the soldiers of an army should not be afraid of death. If they are afraid of death, it means that there is something wrong with the army.”

Chen Yuyi said: "Defense means—"

Wang Xiaolie said: "My meaning is very clear. If you want to defeat the Jin Army, you must work hard on organization. This is our strength, and it is also the shortcoming of the Jin Army. With my strengths and the enemy's weaknesses, we can is correct."

Niu Gao and Chen Yuyi often listened to Wang Xiaolie talk about the word organization, and their ears were callused.Although I can't fully understand the meaning of this, I understand that it is the organizational ability of the army, which involves all aspects.

Recognizing that the organizational ability of the army is the combat effectiveness of the army is an important step in the transformation of the ancient army to the modern army.At this time in the Song Dynasty, when it comes to combat effectiveness, it is often that the armor is excellent, and the soldiers are brave and fearless.As long as soldiers are not afraid of death, the state can tolerate their greed for money, robbery, and evil deeds.As long as the war can be won, almost all the mistakes of the army can be forgiven.

In this sense, it is possible to realize how great it is that the army still has combat effectiveness when Yue Fei proposed "don't plunder to death from starvation, and don't demolish houses to death from freezing".Only then can I realize that Yue Fei's understanding of the army has actually surpassed the times.

In the Yue family army, there are actually many merged army leaders, such as Dong Xian, Niu Gao, Li Shan, Li Dao and others.As for the generals transferred from other armies to the Yue Family Army, there are more generals.These people are good and bad, but in the Yue family, they are all brave and good at fighting.In other words, the Yue family army can fight because they are the Yue family army, not because the generals of the Yue family army are these people.

After Yue Fei's death, there were very few generals in the Yue family army who complained about Yue Fei's grievances.Not to mention inciting the morale of the army and causing turmoil.The Yue Family Army is an imperial army, not controlled by Yue Fei himself.Speaking of Yue Fei being killed, people always said how many troops Yue Fei controlled, how could Zhao Gou feel at ease.In fact, Yue Fei had already handed over his military power when he was killed. Zhao Gou's brain was kicked by a donkey, so he killed the general for this reason.

Wang Xiaolie remembered his previous life, when he saw a host on the video, triumphantly explaining why Yue Fei deserved to die.There are two points that are particularly impressive.One is to control military power.Qin Hui said that Yue Fei deserved to die for being in charge of soldiers, and Zhao Gou said that Yue Fei was a loyal minister.Qin Hui said that Taizu was also a loyal minister during Chen Qiao's mutiny.Another point is that the university scholar Hu Shi and others believed that, including many scholars, the Song army at that time could not defeat the Jin army and had to make peace.

Needless to say the first point, Yue Fei was no longer in command at that time.The second point is even more outrageous.Who is Hu Shi?What was Hu Shi's attitude towards the Japanese invasion?Why did Hu Shi say that the Song army would be defeated?Is it the situation in the Song Dynasty at that time, or the War of Resistance Against Japan?In a sense, it is this kind of so-called scholars who have twists and turns in their minds and like to use the past to satirize the present, but there are still some people who pursue it.It caused many jokes and confused many people's hearts.

Even Zhao Gou knew that with an army of 20 men, there was no need to be afraid of others.The ultimate mobilization ability of the Jin Army is 6 to [-] at this time.As long as the combat power exceeds that of the Jin army, it is completely achievable to make a northern expedition to the Central Plains and restore the homeland.The Yue Family Army has an army of one hundred thousand, with the cooperation of other generals, why can't they win?In the history of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, the servant army of the Jin Dynasty had been frightened and faced the Jurchen army.

Because of the Zu Xun of the Song Dynasty, coupled with the history of the Song Dynasty, coupled with what Zhao Gou had experienced such as the Mutiny of Miao and Liu, and more importantly, Zhao Gou’s own thoughts, he did not want generals to hold military power, especially he did not want generals to be in charge of the military. Military and political power, this is a historical fact.However, such historical facts cannot be used to arrange the government affairs at that time at will.

In the fourth year of Jianyan, when the Jin army went south to return to the army, it was blocked in Huangtiandang, so that the Jin army never dared to cross the south of the Yangtze River.Then in the early years of Shaoxing, with the help of suppressing the rebels and fighting against the Jin army and the puppet Qi, several generals completed internal integration, and their combat effectiveness was not weaker than that of the Jin army.At this time, war and peace became the most important issue for the Southern Song court.In the end, the peace faction headed by Zhao Gou and Qin Hui completely defeated the war faction.

It has been several years since Wang Xiaolie came to this world, and he has a clear understanding of the situation.Don't overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Song Army at this time. At this time, the Song Army is in the process of rebuilding and has almost no strength to confront the Jin Army.Don't overestimate the combat effectiveness of other armies except the Jin army. Most of them can't even beat the Song army.On this basis, don't overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Jin army.Their strategic ability is poor, their combat ability is mediocre, and their soldiers in battle are very capable.Moreover, there are too few Jurchens, and once the Jin army is lost, there is no ability to replenish its troops.

Over the past year or so, Wang Xiaolie built a new barracks, and then established a military academy, and the army slowly got on the right track.In terms of organizational capabilities, Wang Xiaolie's army has far surpassed the Jin army.Coupled with well-selected soldiers and excellent armor, they are no longer at a disadvantage when confronting the Jin army head-on.

Seeing that Wang Xiaolie was in a good mood today, Niu Gao asked: "We are fighting the Jin army today, and I feel that the Jin people are not very capable of fighting. Even if they are ambushed by our army, they will not be so bad. Once the army came out, the Jin army did not Fight back."

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is the difference in the organizational strength of the army. When you march out together, although they can't be arranged in formation, they are not chaotic. They all form a small team of 20 people. These small teams separate the Jin army and make them separate from each other. For the battle. Every golden soldier has to face several people's attack. In this situation, how can the golden army be your opponent? If you come out to form a formation and confront the golden army head-on, it will never be so easy."

Niu Gao thought for a while, then nodded and said: "If you say so about defense, the general will understand. After being separated by our army, the Jin army is in chaos, and the number is at a disadvantage. How can it be an opponent? Organizational strength, that's what it means."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "That's right, one of the manifestations of organizational strength is this. There is also the ability of the army to be easily unbreakable after forming an army formation. The ability to organize itself when encountering accidents. The army Marching, the ability to be orderly. Once the military order is received, the ability of the whole army to resolutely complete the military order. All kinds of things."

Chen Yuyi said with a smile: "As soon as we talk about this, the defense is full of interest. Every aspect of the war has been analyzed clearly."

Wang Xiaolie said: "As a general, you must be familiar with these things. If you are not familiar with them, you must learn them. If you have nothing to do today, let's talk about these knowledge of fighting and treat them as small talk."

After finishing speaking, Wang Xiaolie removed the documents on the table.Dao: "The first thing in war is strategic capability. What is strategy? Strategy is to plan from the overall situation and try to achieve the overall goal. With this overall goal, it is divided into military operations one by one. These separated military Actions are tactics. Just like last year, for the Jin army, crossing the south of the Yangtze River, arresting officials, and destroying the court is the strategy of the Jin army. This strategy is divided into two parts. One is Wushu leading troops to chase officials, the other One is that Ba Lisu led troops to chase after the Queen Mother Longyou. Obviously, Ba Lisu's army is actually of little significance to the realization of the Jin Army's strategy. So I say that the Jin Army's strategic ability is actually very poor."

Chen Yuyi listened thoughtfully.Said: "At the beginning, the Jin army went south, and no one could stop it. The court was indeed in danger. However, after fighting for half a year, the Jin army had nothing but looted property and burned and killed in the south of the Yangtze River. Now, after listening to Defense say this, I understand what happened .”

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right. At the beginning, when the Jin army went south, it was a big gamble. Yeluma dared to attack Yangzhou with five to five hundred cavalry, and when he crossed the river with a thousand men, he dared to fight Du Chong's [-] army. If The Jin army has the ability to plan strategically. How can this be so? Remember, if a general’s command ability is not helpless, he will always attack the weak with the more, and use the strong to attack the weak. If this cannot be achieved, the general’s command ability will be worrying .”

Niu Gao said: "Defense is too absolute. Whether a general is strong or not depends on whether the two armies can stand firm and not retreat, and whether they can defeat the enemy in the end. Winning more with less, and defeating the strong with the weak, is exactly what it says. A general's ability."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "The general is faced with a situation in which he will attack more with less, or even defeat the strong with the weak. It is because his superior commanded improperly. Or the imperial court is poor and has no choice but to do so. In addition to command, after the two armies are in formation, they can Arranging formations, aiming at the enemy's weak points, and carrying out targeted attacks, this is the ability of a general to command in front of the battle. Everyone is still far behind in the ability of cattle control, strategic planning and tactical command."

In fact, it's not just Niu Gao, the current command ability of the generals in the army is actually still insufficient.After the victory in the rescue of Shanzhou, Wang Xiaolie began to make strategic plans.Moving the people north of Shanzhou to the south and setting up guerrilla zones in the east are all part of the strategy.It is also part of the strategy to concentrate troops in Xinye and form a larger military group to deal with wars in all directions.The overall purpose is to develop economic and military strength with Xiangyang and Dengzhou as the core areas.There should be no wars in the core area, so as not to affect their own development.

Chen Yuyi, who had been with Wang Xiaolie for the longest time, felt this strategy faintly, but he couldn't explain it clearly.The rest of the generals have no clear understanding of this and are still ignorant.

(End of this chapter)