Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 597 A Little Temptation

Luo Youdu has always been concerned about the combat effectiveness of the army.

As a person with strong military theory, he has some experience on how to build a strong army.

A truly strong soldier, regardless of equipment: there are no more than two types, one is where the advantages lie, and the army is formed by relying on the evil of human nature.

Most of the professional soldiers of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were like this.

They are ruthless towards their enemies, and they are not merciless towards their own people.

On the battlefield, they are desperate lunatics. When off the battlefield, they will do whatever looting of villages and robbers does.

But the fighting power is really strong.

The Five Tiger Generals in Hedong: Zhou Dewei, Fu Cunshen, Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan, and Guo Chongtao really took Khitan as their experience bag.

If it hadn't been for Du Chongwei's selfish surrender to the Khitan with [-] troops, Yelu Deguang might not have been able to take control of the Central Plains.

There is also an army that relies on steel-like discipline and is blessed by faith.

Such an army is full of heroism than the previous one.

No matter how bad the environment is, they can overcome it with the will of steel; no matter what the enemy is or how big the equipment gap is, they have the belief that they will win.

Just like the heroic army that entered the dynasty in later generations...

The army that Luo Youdu took over was a strong army converted from the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Compared to before, Luo Youdu has strengthened military discipline and imposed countless terms and conditions. When it comes to the desire for battle, it is definitely not as good as before.

However, their own combat effectiveness is still there, coupled with the most sophisticated equipment and adequate food and wages, they still allow Luo Yuchao's army to maintain its peak combat effectiveness.

But people have no long-term concerns, but there must be near-term worries.

The overall strength of the Luoyu court is getting stronger and stronger, and the chances of mobilizing troops in the future will become less and less.

Once this group of veterans retires, the strength of the imperial court will inevitably decline and drop sharply.

Because there is no chance to train troops like the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms...

The most typical example...is still the Song Dynasty.

Since Zhao Kuangyi's two Northern Expeditions wiped out the elite of the Song Dynasty, even with the strongest cold weapons and equipment, the same military force will be defeated.

In just a hundred years, [-] Song soldiers were defeated by [-] Jin soldiers.

In the final analysis, the regular army of the Song Dynasty had no soul, neither the viciousness of the professional soldiers of the Five Dynasties, nor the discipline and glory of the regular army.

With the lessons learned from the past, Luo Youdu will naturally not repeat the same mistakes.

He publicized the hard work of the frontier soldiers and the heroic deeds of the frontier generals in the newspapers over and over again, just to spread a belief to the world.

It is a very honorable thing to join the army, and it is necessary to put an end to the ridiculous thought that a good man should not be a soldier, and a good man will not be nailed.

If you serve as a soldier and join the army, defending your home and country becomes an irony, and the country is basically hopeless.

Luo Youdu wants to bestow a special honor on the soldiers, so that soldiers with military merits can become role models in the villages and towns just like the scholars who have been admitted as scholars and scholars.

These are the things Luo Youdu is already doing.

Of course, the most critical thing is the soldiers' own thoughts.

Without the drive of profit, only by arousing their patriotic thoughts and personal glory can they maintain their due combat effectiveness.

Political commissars responsible for life and ideological work are indispensable.

Luo Youdu doesn't expect to be able to reach the level of the strongest light infantry in the future, but as long as there are [-] to [-]%, it is enough to deal with any enemy in this era.

Of course, arranging political commissars in the army can also greatly prevent the probability of generals rebelling.

Although political commissars don't care about the military, they are responsible for life and ideological work, and they can easily gain the trust of soldiers.

Without command authority, although they cannot command the army, they can form a unique force in the army to prevent the commander-in-chief from becoming a leader.

As far as the imperial court is concerned, the implementation of the administrative committee system is beneficial and harmless.

The only thing to pay attention to is the mood of the military, so as to prevent them from having uneasy thoughts and causing turmoil.

Shi Shouxin proposed this time, which is really a good start, and he can try the effect.

Luo Youdu said: "Brother Shi is loyal to the Xu country. He has no desires or demands. Sincerity is a model of military officials. I will make you the Secretary of the Central Committee and the Duke of Wei."

Shi Shouxin was a little confused, he didn't know why he was promoted again, and he was also promoted to a noble.

Shi Shouxin was originally Yao Guogong, but now he is promoted to Wei Guogong. Although they are both Dukes of the country, their meanings are different.

Seeing the ignorant Shi Shouxin, Luo Youdu laughed happily, and said, "Brother Shi, don't rush to leave, you wait for me for a while, deal with the things in hand, you and my brother have a good drink."

He just likes Shi Shouxin's character, who lives a free and easy life, as long as he can save face, he doesn't care about his own power.

He doesn't care about having an extra political commissar in the army, as long as this political commissar can help him solve his troubles and not affect his daily football and lead troops to fight in wartime.

Luo Youdu quickly found a political commissar, Fan Zhigu, for Shi Shouxin.

Fan Zhigu also has another name, Fan Ruoshui, a native of Chizhou in the south of the Yangtze River, whose ancestral home is Jingzhao Chang'an.

In history, he invented the Yangtze River floating bridge. This guy failed the imperial examination in the south of the Yangtze River, so he planned to abandon the Southern Tang Dynasty and return to the Song Dynasty. On a whim, he built the Yangtze River floating bridge and gave Jiangnan to the Song Dynasty as a meeting gift.Fishing on the Caishi River for several months, loading silk ropes in small boats, and calculating the width of the Yangtze River.

According to this allusion, Luo Youdu used the floating bridge on the Yangtze River to grasp the lifeline of the Southern Tang Dynasty, thus winning a big victory.

In this life, Fan Ruoshui did not have the merits of the Yangtze River Floating Bridge, but he became an excellent leader during Cao Bin's southern expedition, and provided Cao Bin with a lot of help. After the war, Cao Bin even made a special contribution to him.

Luo Youdu followed suit and arranged Fan Ruoshui to the Imperial Camp Division as the political commissar of the Party's Jinlong Army.

Fan Ruoshui also changed his name to Fan Zhigu.

Fan Zhigu is talented and courageous, he understands the true meaning of a political commissar, and has done a good job.

This time, when trying the political commissar system in the Dianqiansi, a person with work experience is needed, and Fan Zhigu is the best candidate.

Fan Zhigu also quickly entered the working state.

Fan Zhigu easily solved the chores that Shi Shouxin couldn't handle.

However, there are many deficiencies in the barracks. For example, individual military tents are old, some have holes, and some are rickety and dangerous.

In this case, generally speaking, as long as you report to the court and hand in the old military account, you can get a replacement immediately.

But even if you know a lot of things, you will be too lazy to do it because you are afraid of trouble, or feel that it is unnecessary.

There are holes in the military tent, just take a busese.The military tent was rickety, and it was propped up with a long gun casually...

But since Fan Zhigu came, these problems of making ends meet no longer exist.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, Shi Shouxin's department has been upgraded to a higher level in a way that is visible to the naked eye.

In addition to receiving patriotic education, Fan Zhigu would also send soldiers in the barracks to write letters, organize some activities, and invite some official prostitutes and nobles to sing and dance.

Of course, they sang patriotic songs and danced military dances like "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Battle"...

(End of this chapter)