The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 31

"Xiangfu, what do you think of Duanping Ruluo?"

"My son, I was underage at that time, and I heard Meng Shuai mention it after joining the army. It seemed that Duanping's entry into Luo was too radical, but the commander seemed unwilling to go into details at the time. I also studied it carefully, and this battle was indeed too radical. Hasty."

"Then Xiangfu is against it?"

After a moment of hesitation, Li Tingzhi said: "Exactly."

I didn't express my position directly, but looked at the crowd and said, "Let's chat about Duanping's entry into Luo first. Let me ask you a few questions. Let's think about it together. What led to the invasion of wolves? Second, is it necessary to fight for the land in the Central Plains? Third, is our dynasty’s army weak in combat effectiveness? Fourth, what is the root cause of our dynasty’s final failure?”

After I asked the question, I drank tea on my own. Except for Yuan Ji Xiaoqi, all three of them were thinking about my four questions.

About a cup of tea in the world.

Seeing that the three of them hadn't spoken, I said first: "This first question is actually very simple and ridiculous. Even if our army doesn't enter Henan, wouldn't the Mongols themselves come? As a newly emerging nomadic people, Mongolia With Wo Kuotai's ability, will he have no ambitions and only destroy the Jin Kingdom? Of course not, his strong expansion and plunder ambitions do not require any undefeated alliance at all. The plan to invade the Song Dynasty has long been planned by the Mongols Among them. The second question is even more ridiculous. Henan belongs to the mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty. It has been occupied by the Jin people for a long time. After a major fundamental problem, it should be said that Duanping’s entry into Luo was strategically advisable and the only opportunity at that time. Taking advantage of the enemy’s short interval between two wars, there is nothing wrong with increasing one’s own territory and increasing the depth of defense Okay? Of course, as the opposition in the DPRK and China are attacking, although the strategy is desirable, it is not necessarily correct. Third, our Song army has not made any mistakes at the tactical level. It is said that our Song army is weak and will only Water battles and city defense battles, let's take a look at the battle of Luodong. Our elite Huaixi army fought for several days with the invincible infantry phalanx and the invincible Mongolian cavalry. The soldiers were also taken aback. So it cannot be said that our combat power was too weak. Fourth, the key to Duanping’s entry into Luo was at the battle level: logistics supplies and the coordination of the armies. If I remember correctly, it was when Marshal Meng In the winter before Jin (1233), the Jinghu war zone was able to transport 30 shi of military rations to the Mongolian army besieging Caizhou, but in the summer, it was unable to supply Kaifeng with military rations, and had to travel thousands of miles from Lianghuai. Transshipment. It can be seen that the lack of supplies is largely the result of the Southern Song Dynasty’s failure to coordinate its own internal contradictions, rather than an objective necessity. There is a problem, and as for the cooperation between the various armies, it is also in a mess, ordering and obeying each other, and refusing each other."

I looked at Li Tingzhi and continued: "To sum it up, we can make two decisions: If our army can coordinate the internal conflicts, then the two Huaihe Rivers and the Jinghu will march together to ensure the supply, win the three capitals, and build a complete Song army's main front line of defense, so as to increase the strategic depth and delay the attack of the Mongolian army; or go all out to defend, consolidate the three major defense areas of Sichuan, Xiangfan, and Lianghuai, and build a flexible or in-depth defense system, thereby blocking the Mongolian cavalry going south. Footsteps, at least half of the country can be preserved. It is a pity that the high-level officials in my court are like the monarchs and ministers during the Jingkang Revolution. They are undecided in battle, defense, and peace. Frustrated and hastily negated it completely, resulting in a strategy that was completely different, and in the end he could only swallow the bitter fruit. This cannot but be said to be a major mistake made by the late emperor. Needless to say, the previous decision was seriously wrong in the execution of the campaign; as for the latter decision, the defense was not good In place, the fronts in Sichuan and Xiangfan almost collapsed at the beginning of the Song-Mongolian War, but fortunately Marshal Meng Gong, Marshal Yu Jie and others turned the situation back.”

After I finish this long argument in one breath, Wen and Lu have long admired me, knowing that my point of view is comprehensive and pertinent, they nodded frequently.But Li Tingzhi, who was talking to me for the first time, was dumbfounded.

After Duanping entered Luo, the national strength of the Song Dynasty was gradually weakened, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers who were used to fighting were lost, so they could only turn to defense. It seems that even Li Tingzhi focused on defense, and did not even think about taking the initiative to attack .

If we follow the historical track, even though the turbulent Yangtze River is still rushing eastward, it will not know that in the near future, the blood of the Han people in the Song Dynasty will stain this river red?

Li Tingzhi's military accomplishments are far from comparable to that of Lu Xiufu Wen Tianxiang, so he naturally understands my remarks more profoundly.Li Tingzhi held the teacup in his hand, all his thoughts were in his thoughts.

Suddenly, Li Tingzhi shook his hand, spilled tea all over the table, ignored his gaffe, and said, "Your Majesty, ah, my lord, I believe it, you are truly a god, and I have no other person with such incisive and comprehensive views." Think about it."

I laughed and said, "There is no such thing as a god in this world."

Li Tingzhi said excitedly: "I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it. Jun Shi is right, you are a god-man."

"I'm not a god-man, but I have a set of methods for analyzing things."

"What method, young master, can you teach us?" Wen Tianxiang asked hopefully.

"Of course." I said, "You will all be the pillars of our Great Song Dynasty. In fact, this method is also very simple. I call it the method of the four images."

"The law of the four images?" Everyone asked in puzzlement.

The theory of the four images refers to the four images of earth, fire, water, and soil, and the four images are born of the two appearances.The theory of the four images has been elaborated in the ancient Book of Changes.

"The first image refers to the need to understand one's own advantages first, so this first image is called an excellent image, the second image refers to one's own disadvantages, which can be called an inferior image, and the third image refers to The most important thing is to find out the opportunities that exist. This image is called opportunity, and the last image refers to the risk of existence, which is called danger. The theory of the four images does not exist independently, and it also needs a reference. For example, the excellent image , My advantage is who I am comparing with. In terms of human height, I am taller than you, which means I have an advantage over you, but I am shorter than him. Naturally, for him, I am in the We're at a disadvantage."

This is actually the famous SWOT analysis method in modern sales. I just use the name of four images to explain it, which makes people feel mysterious and easy to understand.

Of course, in this era, SWOT is a very advanced analysis method.

"It seems very simple, but also very comprehensive and profound." Wen Tianxiang said after listening.

"Let's illustrate with an example. Let's take the current situation in the world as an example and analyze it according to the theory of four phenomena."

In order to get Li Tingzhi back to his heart, I have tried my best.

After all, Li Tingzhi's experience and knowledge are far superior to those of Wen and Lu. If I don't have the ability to use three axes, then Li Tingzhi will not be convinced of me, not to mention that Jia Sidao single-handedly pulled him out.