Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 275 Lack of Talent
After leaving the restaurant by the river, Wang Xiaolie looked back, as if it was a lifetime ago.When I first came to Xiangyang, it was still a colorful building with two rows of prostitutes outside.But in a year and a half, it seems to have changed.

In fact, it's not just the riverside restaurant, the whole city of Xiangyang is quite different from before.

Since Jingkang, the Jin army continued to commit crimes in the south, and the Song people suffered humiliation.Wang Xiaolie garrison Xiangyang, everything is getting better.Especially this year, Shanzhou was saved in the first month, and the Jingmen army was saved a few months later.After two consecutive victories, the mood of the people has undergone tremendous changes.From fearing Jin people like tigers to now treating them like pigs and dogs, the spirit of the whole society has risen.

Now Wang Xiaolie's reputation is quite different from before.In the eyes of the common people, it is like a god coming down to earth, and various stories are told.Wang Xiaolie's usual personal preferences quickly became popular in urban and rural areas, and the common people followed suit.

Go back to Yamen and rest separately.In the evening, Wang Xiaolie called several main officials to discuss matters under the shade of trees in the courtyard.

After a few people were seated, Wang Xiaolie said, "I heard about Tieqier in the restaurant today, and suddenly realized that we are quite different from before. After I came back, I thought about it. Now there are more than [-] troops, and they are fighting against the Bazhou Army. We can be regarded as a big force under the rule of good governance and harmonious people.”

Wang Ruohai said: "In today's world, apart from Zhang Shumi in Shaanxi and his subordinate Qu Duan, there is no other general with such strength. Observed in the world, it can be regarded as very important!"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head with a smile: "Forty thousand troops sounds scary, and we can fight alone. But we know that if we can't cultivate and rule the next few states, it will be a dream. How many are the forces that claim to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and are running across several states? How many people are left now? A large army is not because we have so many people, but because we can really afford it. In addition, I can usually have enough food and clothing. When I go out to fight, there is no shortage of food and grass."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie said with emotion: "I have raised a large army in Xiangyang for a year and a half, and I have seen many things clearly. In the past, some people always said that there is nothing to be afraid of. For an army, how important is the base area. What can an army of 5 or [-] people do without eight state capitals under its rule? It’s okay to win a battle, but it’s good to have a capture. A few defeats , there is no food to eat. There is no food, why did the soldiers follow you? It disappeared in an instant."

Chen Yuyi said: "Observation, why do you suddenly say these words?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Because I realized today that we have reached such a point. Extensive management of the state capital under the rule is no longer possible, and everything must be finely managed. You can only support [-] to [-] troops. If you want to have more troops, you can’t do it anyway. That is to say, the number of our troops has reached the upper limit—"

Niu Gao said: "You can't say that by observation. In the past year, many households have moved from other places, and many of them are young and strong. It is not difficult for us to check the young and strong to join the army, and it will not be difficult to expand tens of thousands!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Du Fu has a poem called "The Official in the Stone Trench". Have you ever heard of it?"

Niu Gao scratched his head: "I only know a few words, how can I read poetry?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "After you go back, read it. Du Fu also has a poem "Soldiers and Chariots", which contains these lines." People passing by the road asked pedestrians, but pedestrians often travel. Or from the fifteenth north Fanghe, then went to the forty west camp field. When I went there, I was wrapping my head, and when I came back, my head was still white. What do you mean? I was 15 years old, and I joined the army when I was not in my prime. From north to west for decades, to Manchuria He has white hair and is still guarding the border. How does his family look like? "Even if there are healthy women who plow the plow, there is nothing to grow in the long acres." The army does not recruit people, but it becomes an army with weapons and guns. An army must You need to understand where the soldiers come from, why they fight, and what will happen if they don’t fight? Think more about these regimes.”

After hearing Wang Xiaolie's words, everyone was silent for a while.

Wang Xiaolie said: "I said just now that the foundation of the army is the people. Many people just can't understand the meaning of this sentence. Some people's ears are calloused by the words, and they don't understand why. There are always people I don’t know how many generals think like this, and I don’t know how many scholars who only think like this in future generations!”

Niu Gao said: "As long as you win every battle, you will be unstoppable. What's wrong?"

"Why do you always win every battle?" Wang Xiaolie shook his head helplessly. "You can think that you must win every battle, why don't you want the enemy to fall to the ground and die in front of you? Why don't you want to blow your breath, and the enemy will bow to you? Since you want to, then use your imagination and imagine better Some! Do you have horns on your head, or is it a god descending from the earth? What kind of divine power can guarantee you victory in every battle?"

Wang Ruohai on the side was thoughtful: "I understand the meaning of observation. The current army is actually not enough, with tens of thousands of troops, in fact, it will be exhausted in a few battles. If you want to remain invincible, you must There are fundamentals."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "That's right, it's the base area I was talking about. With a base area, even if there are setbacks in the army, it will recover quickly. If there is no base area, even if you lose a few battles, no matter how many troops you have, they will be wiped out!"

Of course, the role of the base area is more than that, but what Wang Xiaolie needs to do most now is these things.Without more than a year of experience, Wang Xiaolie would not realize how important a base area is to an army.I learned it in get out of class and after class in my previous life. I don’t know how many times I learned it, but I still can’t really understand why the army has a base.I always feel that having an army can fight a war, but protecting the base area is a drag.Now I finally understand that an army without bases is like duckweed without roots.

Wang Xiaolie said: "The weather is now in June, and the army has begun to reorganize. I estimate that there should be two or three months of peace. When the army is reorganizing, political affairs cannot be idle. Now that the economy has basically recovered, we must Make bigger plans."

Chen Qiudao said: "Now that the society has been printed and a bank has been set up, the market is extremely prosperous. It is better not to have too many changes in political affairs, and let the people do business safely. Ordinary people are most afraid of the rules of the yamen changing."

Wang Xiaolie said: "What has already been done, of course it cannot be changed. I mean, there are still many things that need to be done by the yamen. Apart from the promotion of education that was mentioned the day before yesterday, there are many things. Like today's iron cavalry, the yamen There should be a special person to take care of these. It's just that there is no one to take care of it for a while."

Wang Ruohai nodded: "It took more than a year to observe and do so many things, of course there is a shortage of people."

Wang Xiaolie said: "If you say that there is a lack, there is actually no shortage. Xiangyang is located on the north-south main road, and there are many scholars who have wandered here. If you can choose someone to educate for a period of time, you can appoint them. Also, govern the households There are so many, where will there be a shortage of people? It’s just that the selection is too difficult.”

Chen Qiudao: "What is your intention to observe? Please express it clearly. I will follow orders."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's always too late to cultivate talents by yourself. You people, it's best to recommend some people."

(End of this chapter)