"I said, Li Xianggong is reversed!"

"Which Lee Sang-gong?"

"Hey, which other Lee Sang-gong could there be? Li Zhongyi, Li Daxiang! ”

"Is that Li Xianggong, who broke the Khitans?"

"That's right, it's this duke."

"Oh, can the forbidden army of the imperial court beat Li Xianggong?"

"Well, who knows......"

"How many men does Li Xianggong have?"

"Since Li Xianggong dares to raise troops, how can the soldiers and horses be less than the forbidden army of the imperial court, right?"

You can't hold the fire in the paper!

The news of Li Zhongyi's army and the king of Qinqin, in the blink of an eye, spread all over the streets and alleys of Kaifeng City.

When Fan Zhen was having a headache, he suddenly heard that Li Gu had privately asked to see the Empress Dowager Fu, and strongly recommended Zhao Kuangyin as the handsome.

Li Gu brazenly crossed the prime minister and met the Empress Dowager Fu alone, this kind of unscrupulous and unruly behavior is tolerable to uncle, and aunt is absolutely unbearable!

Fan Zhen actually belongs to Zhao Kuangyin in his heart, after all, in addition to being loyal, Han Tong's ability to fight is actually very limited.

But the question is, Li Gu actually recommended Zhao Kuangyin with great fanfare, what will Empress Dowager Fu, who already has an opinion on Zhao Kuangyin, think?

As Fan Zhen expected, not long after Li Gu left, the envoy came to invite him to the palace for an audience, saying that the Empress Dowager had something important to discuss with Fan Xianggong.

Yang Jiong received Fan Zhen's eyes, and then stepped forward to secretly stuff a jade pendant for the envoy, accompanied by a smiling face, and inquired about the news in a roundabout way: "Look at your smiling face, I'm afraid there is a big happy event, right?" ”

The envoy nodded secretly, if Yang Jiong directly asked the Queen Mother about the Queen Mother, he would definitely keep his mouth shut and dare not say anything. In the palace, if there is no one to keep the door open, it will be a matter of time before you lose your head.

"Yang Gong, this ginger is still old and spicy after all." In line with the principle of taking advantage of others and always being kind to others, the envoy implicitly nodded Yang Jiong.

As for whether Yang Jiong can understand it or not, and whether he can taste the true taste of it, it depends on his own Taoism.

Sending the envoy back, Yang Jiong frowned when he saw Fan Zhen and was slowly pacing in the hall.

Yang Jiong is such a shrewd person, Fan Zhen should have a number in his heart, and the little tone revealed by the envoy hinted that Empress Dowager Fu had already set his sights on Han Tong as the commander of the crusade army.

How to say it, although Han Tong is often open-mouthed, Fan Zhen can see that he is a typical martial artist who does not have much scheming.

Although Zhao Kuangyin is much younger than Han Tong, in addition to Zhao Kuangyin's ability to lead the army in battle is much stronger than Han Tong, his popularity is also very good.

Just a few years ago, after Zhao Kuangyin's wife He died of illness, he wanted to marry the daughter of Wang Rao, the envoy of the Zhangde Army, but his home was empty, and he couldn't even get the bride price.

If it weren't for Zhang Yongde's help and funding 100,000 yuan, Zhao Kuangyin would not have been able to marry the Wang family at all.

Who is Zhang Yongde? He is not only the attached horse of the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom, but also the former palace of the former emperor Guo Wei, who is quite appreciated by Taizu Gaohuang Guo Wei, and the senior generals who have been promoted by him are all over the army.

The first emperor Chai Rong was very jealous of Zhang Yongde's huge influence in the army, and deliberately found an excuse to "check as the son of heaven", seized the military power in Zhang Yongde's hands, and abandoned it from then on.

However, the so-called tiger is not invincible, and the rotten ship also has three catties of nails, Zhang Yongde's potential strength must not be underestimated.

The close convergence of Zhang and Zhao has always paid great attention to Fan Qian, but he mainly focuses on Zhang Yongde, who has a huge potential force, but he doesn't pay attention to Zhao Kuangyin, who has not dried up and has little qualifications.

"What do you think, Beaujo?" Fan Zhen suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Yang Jiong.

On the way to send the envoy away, Yang Jiong had already made a draft, so he said unhurriedly: "Don't hide it from the teacher, the student thinks that with Han Tong as the commander, the imperial army will definitely be defeated!" ”

"Oh, how so?" Fan asked Yang Jiong quietly, although Yang Jiong's sense of the overall situation is relatively poor, his eye for seeing people and things is not weak.

What's more, Yang Jiong is the only Fan confidant who has had close contact with Li Jiajun, and his opinion must be used as a reference.

"Teacher Yu, the student was once detained in the barracks by Li Wuyi for half a year." Yang Jiong made a fool of himself just now, which made Fan Zhen unhappy, and he must do his best to save his bad impression, "Although the student hates Li to the core, he has to admit that Li can repeatedly defeat the Khitans, and he is by no means a wasted person." ”

Fan Zhen nodded, looked at Yang Jiong with blazing eyes, and encouraged him to speak freely. Soldiers, the country's major affairs, the slightest carelessness, will overturn the community, and you can't play the slightest bit of falsehood.

"Teacher, Han Tong's command is extremely brave, but he lacks some strategy. Thinking that Li is not only cunning and cunning, but also has a wide range of iron horses, if Han Tong sticks to the strong city, he can still delay and wait for change, if he brazenly fights against each other, he will lose ten times without a victory......" Yang Jiong seized the opportunity of Fan Zhen's interest, and simply practiced Han Tong to the end.

Fan Zhen is a typical literati doctor, and Yang Jiong is a master-type literati, and the common characteristic of these two scholars is that they have never led soldiers to fight.

Yang Jiong and Fan Zhen didn't even look at the map, so they stood and talked about the military and martial arts. If the generals of the Li Jiajun knew about this, they would definitely laugh off their big teeth.

Hehe, this kind of sour Confucianism has mastered the military power of the imperial court, which is equivalent to giving thousands of miles of rivers and mountains to the lord for nothing.

Objectively speaking, the Li Jiajun personally organized by Li Zhongyi far surpassed any army of his time in terms of its thinking on army building, its military combat system, and the development of weapons and equipment.

The difference between the modern army and the ancient army is mainly efficient organization and strict discipline. As for the gap in armament, it fell second.

Today's Li Jiajun, under the constraints and organization of strict military law, no one dares to take a step back even if he fights to the point of being killed and wounded.

In the Li family's army, from the commanders to the ordinary recruits, everyone knows the serious consequences of taking half a step back.

In accordance with the ruthless provisions of the regulations, the maximum, and unusually cruel method of military joint sitting was adopted for those who escaped from the battle.

In addition to the deserters themselves, who must be punished on the spot, their family's land and all previous rewards will also be confiscated. Moreover, the parents, wives and children of the deserters will certainly be driven out of their homes and forced to beg and wander outside.

Even if the children and grandchildren of the deserters survive, they will definitely leave the notoriety of the deserters on the registered household register, and they will never be able to turn over!

It is better to die on the battlefield than to take half a step back, this is an iron law that everyone must abide by by the soldiers of the Li family's army!

If the deserters retreated timidly, the morale of the army was shaken, and the number of casualties exceeded 20,000.

Not to mention anything else, the aftermath pension alone is enough to completely bankrupt Li Zhongyi, who did not control the entire Central Plains regime.

In terms of weapons and equipment, including: naval warships, large transport ships, swords and guns, armored horses, bows and crossbows, artillery, stone cannons, four-wheeled carriages, etc., the Li family army already has everything.

What is particularly important is that the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters, which is a reproduction of the General Staff, is an epoch-making milestone. The General Staff Department has not only played the role of the brains of the armed forces, but has also realized the transformation from the "commander-in-chief decision-making" model of early warfare to the "officer corps decision-making" model of modern warfare.

The current Li Jiajun, in addition to not being equipped with muskets on a large scale, is infinitely close to the category of a modern army, and it is appropriate to describe the Li Jiajun as a quasi-modern army.