Kingdom of Heaven and Han

A banquet was held in the evening, and Yi Min, the county magistrate and other officials greeted Wang Xiaolie, Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan, and broke up happily.The next morning, Wang Xiaolie got up early.After washing up, together with Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan, they randomly picked a restaurant for breakfast.

After taking two fried dough sticks, another egg, and a bowl of millet porridge, Wang Xiaolie sat down at the table.To Yi Min who was by his side, he said: "Do the soldiers training here have breakfast like this every morning? Don't come because of us, you guys are doing a lot better."

Yi Min said: "Back to Xuanfu, it's like this every day. Sometimes it changes colors, but they're all pretty much the same."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "It's best like this. According to the rules in our army, whoever comes and changes the old habits in the army to cater to them is to be dismissed."

Yi Quandao: "Humble job understands, humble job understands!"

After eating two mouthfuls of fried dough sticks, Wang Xiaolie said to Wang Ruohai, "Although the food here is simple, it tastes delicious."

Wang Ruohai said: "Xuanfu didn't take the pickles. The cooks here pick the pickles well and they are very delicious."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I'm not used to pickled vegetables. By the way, please give me the menu from your daily restaurant after the meal. Whether an army can have enough food and eat well will have a great impact on morale. Big. We can’t be sloppy about these things.”

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After breakfast, Wang Xiaolie, Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan separated and wandered around the new barracks.It was not until late in the evening that I returned to my residence.

Under the ginkgo tree in the yard, the three sat and drank tea.

Wang Ruohai said: "Look at this new barracks. The management is well organized. Yi Quan is a talent. Shaanxi recruited 6 to [-] soldiers at once, but there was a problem with the new barracks. With one army, there will be no shortage of soldiers.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "Yes. There are 4 to 26 people in Shaanxi, plus [-] to [-] prisoners during the Xijing War, and it will be close to [-]. There is no need to recruit many new recruits from Henan Prefecture and other places, and the number is enough. Yes. If we expand our army to [-], it will be enough for a decisive battle with the Jin army."

Wang Yandao: "Under Xuanfu's rule, there are only Jingxi Road and half of Hedong Road. With these lands, I can't imagine raising 26 troops. How many people have to eat, and their families."

Wang Xiaolie said with some emotion: "In the face of the war of destroying the country, how can it be possible to recruit people as soldiers? The more fierce the war is, the less money the court has, and the less it can afford to support many soldiers. Without soldiers, they can only be recruited." The fight was even worse. If things go on like this, when will the Central Plains be restored? Therefore, our army is mainly based on conscription, and only the officers and utilities need to be paid for.”

Wang Yandao: "During Xining, Wang Jinggong reformed the law and implemented the Baojia system. He should have thought the same way. The army is all supported by the imperial court, and there is really not that much money."

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's not just that there is not so much money, the army is hired, and there is a problem with the positioning of the army. The army is to protect the home and defend the country, so what's the matter with the hired soldiers? As long as the court has money, the army There is no connection with the people. Once this connection is broken, it will bring great trouble."

What does the military do for the country?The regime must answer this question.Only by answering this question can a corresponding system be formulated.When the scale of the war is small and the intensity is particularly high, mercenaries are undoubtedly cost-effective.It doesn't need so many people, all those who participated in the war are veterans, and the country can achieve greater results with less money.But the scale of the war has expanded, and no rich regime can afford to support mercenaries. …

At the turn of the Song Dynasty, the strength of the Jin army did not exceed 15.But if several large armies of the Song Dynasty were defeated, the Song Dynasty's troops would be even smaller.In the Battle of Fuping, Zhang Jun lost 20 people in the first battle, and actually lost almost all the strategic mobile forces of the Song Dynasty.After that, the Song army could only rely on the Wu Jie brothers to guard the natural danger of Shukou, as well as the support of Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi's troops.These armies all add up to less than 10 people.

At this time, Wang Xiaolie's army was about 12, more than half of the Song Dynasty.It's just that the common people's opinion at this time is that they are not soldiers from the Central Plains or led by veteran generals, so their combat effectiveness will inevitably be doubted.The great victory in Shanzhou shocked the world. The biggest reason was that Wang Xiaolie proved that his army could fight.

It is impossible to look at the Song Dynasty army at this time from the perspective of future generations.Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court did not conscript soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River did not know how to fight.Until the rise of Yue Fei, Zhao Gou had more than 20 troops, and almost all of them came from the north.In the first 20 years of Zhao Gou's southward journey, his military strength has always had no advantage over the Jin army.

Under Wang Xiaolie's rule, the conscription system, the establishment of new barracks, and the training of qualified soldiers are subversive to the entire strategic structure.Jin Jun's southern crime must face Wang Xiaolie's superior force.The fighting power of the Golden Army is not enough to win in this situation.

The Song Dynasty has always used the recruitment system, which is related to the regime's positioning of the army.In the eyes of the emperor and ministers, the army is the minion of the court, the eagle dog of the emperor, and has no responsibility for defending the country.Facing the enemy, fight if you can beat it, and run if you can't beat it. The army does not have any psychological burden.

It is precisely this positioning that the Song Army has never had an advantage in facing the Jin Army, except for the short period of Yue Fei's rise.Without an advantage, Zhao Gou was afraid of the Jin army in his bones.This fear led to Zhao Gou's policy towards gold.

Wang Ruohai said: "The army of this dynasty has been inherited from the Five Dynasties. Naturally, there have been problems of one kind or another. From the time when Fan and Han Erxianggong were in northern Shaanxi, to when King Jinggong reformed the law, many ministers have seen the problems in the army. It's just that there are different opinions on where the problem came from. How to solve these problems, many people have thought of many ways, but in the end they are not successful. Only Xuanfu implements the conscription system and builds new barracks, which will stop the situation.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "How do I know what problems the army of this dynasty has? All I know is that the army of this dynasty couldn't fight at that time, and made a lot of jokes. If the army wants to be able to fight, it must first give the army an ambition. What ambition? Serving as a soldier is to defend the country, not for anyone. Only when you have a will, you can implement the conscription system. Civilian conscription is not just a touch of the upper and lower lips, and an order. The edict is enough. If you want to successfully recruit troops, you must make changes to local affairs. How to attract people to join the army? How can these people stay in the army with peace of mind after joining the army? What should these people do after they retire? Continuing, we must be careful. Since the time when we were in Xiangyang, we have started conscription, and the local government is still changing its governance. Up to now, we dare not say that our conscription system has been perfected. In a year or two, the earliest conscripts It’s time to retire. How are these retired people going? Let’s test us!”

Wang Yandao: "I have never heard of such a thing in the army that requires the cooperation of the local government. As soon as the army is raised, it is necessary to recruit people and food from the local government, and the local government is unwilling. How can they be willing to arrange it locally?"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "This is something that the local government must do. How well it is done is the performance of the local officials. The assessment is strict, and the local government naturally dare not slack off. That's why I said that changing the recruitment system to the conscription system is by no means a simple one. Orders are enough, but there must be corresponding measures.”

It is very troublesome to change the recruitment system to the conscription system. It requires a lot of policy cooperation and the contribution of local officials.It's not just an order. In the future, the conscription will be done, and the conscription system will be established.

People of later generations find it simple because they have a lot of experience and mature system references.In the Song Dynasty, facing the new social situation, everything had to be done from scratch.We must be down-to-earth, change little by little, and try little by little, in order to gain the support of the people.

For several years, Wang Xiaolie tried out a method to increase the enthusiasm of the people to join the army, so that the army has no shortage of soldiers.Next, it is necessary to face the problem of soldiers retiring and how to solve their worries.Let the people join the army without any worries, so that everyone can join the army enthusiastically.Instead of just facing difficult situations, let everyone join the army with only enthusiasm.

(There is only one change today. In the next few days of this month, it will take three changes a day to make up for the owed changes. Please supervise.)