Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 462 Go to the Military Academy
After reporting Ying Yang's matter, Zhang Jun suddenly hesitated.He said to Wang Xiaolie: "Zhenfu, I have followed you since I was young, and I feel that I have made some contributions. It's just that there are many generals under Zhenfu now, and their respective responsibilities are clear. I feel that what I am doing now may be difficult to be promoted. gone."

Wang Xiaolie smiled: "How do you know it's difficult to get promoted? The current affairs are doing well, and the credit is no less than that of Dutong and Yuhou."

Zhang Jundao: "Don't coax me. The people you arrange on the enemy's side are mainly to collect information. What you want is to be bold and careful, and able to endure loneliness. I can be bold and careful, but how can I endure loneliness? ? White knives go in and red knives go out, what I want is a happy one!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "If it is not necessary, things like Ding Jin will rarely happen in the future. After getting rid of Ding Jin, Liu Yu will not only take precautions, but will strictly investigate the people around him. Even Zhai Xing, Xie Qian and Chen Gui around him , I’m afraid I won’t be able to sleep well for a long time. Some key people, I have withdrawn a few days ago. For the next time, I will leave the intelligence collectors outside.”

Zhang Jundao: "I think so too. After getting rid of Ding Jin so easily, who else is not afraid?"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Yes. Because of this, I have always advocated sending people to collect information as much as possible and not doing other things. After a shot, everyone was afraid, and even intelligence was not easy to collect. Sun Ziyun, know yourself and your enemy If you are not careful, how can you know the enemy? Get rid of a Ding Jin, and the entire intelligence system will be greatly affected, and the price is not small."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jun's expression faltered.Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "Whatever you think, just say it. You have been with me for three years, and you know my temper. No matter what you say, it doesn't matter."

Zhang Jun couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "The Zhenfu doesn't care about what we say. But when he mentioned something that shouldn't be done, the Zhenfu also resolutely refused to do it. Fortunately, I have self-knowledge and won't mention excessive things."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jun said solemnly: "I was thinking, looking at the current situation, if you want to be promoted, you have to lead troops to fight. But since I joined the army, I have never led soldiers. How can this be done? I went to the military academy to train officers. I thought that if the governor agreed, I would be allowed to study in the military academy for a year or two. After I have mastered it, I will come out and become a commanding officer."

"Okay, okay, it's best for you to raise this matter yourself." Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. "You're right. You're a member of the army. It's best to rely on military merit if you want to be promoted. It's not easy to make military merit for what you are doing now. If you are not careful, you will make mistakes."

Zhang Jun was overjoyed.As long as Wang Xiaolie agrees to this matter, there will be no more difficulties.With my ingenuity, others can learn it in the military academy, how can I not learn it myself?
Hastily said: "Does Zhenfu think so too? I'm afraid that Zhenfu will disagree!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's a good thing for you to want to make progress, how could I disagree! It's about Ding Jin, we have to live quietly in the enemy's forces for a while. The army has already produced artillery, and it is even more difficult to defend the city." Easy. During this period of time, I want to occupy Yingchang Mansion and build a military city in each of Changshe, Changge and Yanling counties, forming a corner. In this way, Chenzhou, Caizhou, and Yingzhou will be all for me All. The guerrilla zones established before have been pushed forward to Kaifeng, Yingtian and Bozhou. These places are closer to Liuyu, so you can no longer be as blatant as you were before."

Zhang Jundao: "The governor is wise! After Liu Yu took office, he had to clean up the interior for a while, and the forces have not entered the Kaifeng mansion for the time being. If the governor doesn't take the opportunity to go out, he will miss a great opportunity."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The opportunity was created by us, not given by the enemy. With artillery, we can defend the city without being tied down like before. That area is the ancient Central Plains, thousands of miles of fertile soil, which is incomparable to other places. In the second year of Jianyan, after Du Chong conquered the Yellow River, the river took Nanqing and went southward, forming a flooded area. In two or three years, it is not easy to march from the east of Chenzhou."

Du Chong decided the Yellow River, and the Jin army was raging, and now there are thousands of miles of uninhabited areas around Kaifeng and Yingkai.Without a strong rear, it is impossible to go beyond there to fight a big battle.Liu Yu's foundation lies in the area centered on Daming Mansion and Dongping Mansion.The area around Kaifeng Mansion and Yingtian Mansion, which were the most prosperous in the Song Dynasty, is basically a wasteland now.

Zhang Jundao: "Zhenfu, although I have never led a soldier, I still have a certain status in the army. If I enter the military academy, I can't be like ordinary students, right? Who dares to go in?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course. Do you think you are the only one who entered the military academy? All the old military officials who have never entered the military academy will have to take turns to study in the military academy. You will be organized separately, and there will be special instructors , and the time is relatively short.”

Zhang Jun asked curiously: "The middle and senior generals in the army have never been to a military academy. What should they do?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Officials above the control level will do the same. However, their time is precious, and the time will be shorter. Of course, the teaching is also slightly simpler. But I don't recommend you to do this. These people are all year round. Soldiers are very familiar with tactics. You are different, you have never led soldiers before, and many things are unclear. If you are lazy now, you will suffer in the future."

Zhang Jun said with a smile: "I heard people say that the general students in the military academy are taught the affairs of the battalion and capital level. These things can be done by the subordinates. Why do the generals above the command need to learn?"

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie shook his head.Zheng Se said to Zhang Jun: "Don't think that way! Our current army is very different from the former Forbidden Army. The different formations are not only different in numbers, but also in organization and command. I am not familiar with battalion and capital-level affairs. , it is difficult for more senior generals to do well. Middle and senior generals may not be familiar with the affairs of soldiers, and may not be a good soldier on the battlefield. But they must be familiar with the affairs of the battalion and capital level, and they must be able to be a good commander Envoy, Dutou."

Zhang Jun said: "What's the difference?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Our Great Song Kong has a million forbidden troops. We can't win against Khitan, we can't win against Xixia, and we can't win against Jurchen. Why? There are many theories and reasons. But The most fundamental thing, I think, is that the court's positioning of the army was incorrect, the organizational structure was extremely loose, the generals were appointed without rules, and the command on the battlefield was chaotic. In the battle of Sanchuankou, the main general was captured, and [-]% of the troops did not participate in the battle! It’s really an anecdote in the world! Is there a battle like this? The army is a well-organized group, but the imperial army doesn’t look like an army!”

Zhang Jun nodded: "Our army is indeed very different from the imperial imperial army."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I can't explain why the army has become like this for a while. What can be said clearly is that this kind of army is not good. The general has no military knowledge, and he doesn't know how to lead troops. How can it be possible to appoint officials for all affairs, big or small? So I require the generals under my command to understand military knowledge and how to command the army. Army command must start from the capital and battalion. This is not just the starting point of the rank of officer, It is also the starting point of their military command. In our army, it is the most basic battlefield command unit. How to deploy formations on the battlefield, how to command, and how to fight, must first start from the capital. When you arrive at the battalion, you also need to add how to march. , how to camp, and many other things. Only by familiarizing yourself with these can you become a higher-ranking officer. Don’t regard Duheying as an officer’s class, thinking that as long as you have been an officer of the same level, you can be promoted. That’s not okay. You can only be promoted if you have actually completed these two ranks of officers. Of course, when the system was first established, there is no way for the previous ones. Therefore, many short-term trainings are set up now, so that officers who have never entered a military academy have to learn the corresponding knowledge .”

Zhang Jun was stunned for a while, then he wanted to understand what Wang Xiaolie meant, and nodded.

Why can't the Forbidden Army fight?Zhang Jun couldn't explain clearly, so how could Wang Xiaolie make it clear?It can be said that various problems have arisen from the inappropriate positioning of the army by the imperial court.But what are the problems, it is easy to list them one by one.

In the previous life, Wang Xiaolie was deeply influenced by the saying of emphasizing literature over martial arts.Only after leading the soldiers did we realize that this statement was not reliable at all.It may be an exaggeration to say that emphasizing civility over military affairs has nothing to do with the combat effectiveness of the army, but it is even more wrong to say that it has any major influence.Some people say that in the past, the generals of the army were all generals and prime ministers. In the Song Dynasty, military generals could no longer be prime ministers, and generals had no goals to fight for.This statement gives people a very weird feeling.Similarly, officials cannot pass the imperial examination, so it is difficult to transfer to an official position, which also affects the efficiency of government governance.It all seems to make sense at first glance, but in fact it is completely imagined.

If you can't be the prime minister, the general will have no motivation?Why don't you say that you can't be the emperor, so you have no motivation?Not to mention being a prime minister, how many soldiers can be officers?After becoming an officer, how many can be promoted?The whole army has no motivation!
How could this be the case.

Wang Xiaolie's attitude towards the army was that he couldn't explain why the forbidden army couldn't beat him, so he didn't talk about it.How an army can fight, from the memory of the previous life to the current practice, is still roughly in line.As long as you do it in a down-to-earth manner, you can develop a strong army.

(End of this chapter)