After that, Zhao Xu chatted with Tang Ning about other topics.

This is mainly Tang Ning's question about Zhao Xu's words just now, his question is, since he is worried that Western Xia will be stabbed in the back when my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State are at war, then why not attack the capital of Western Xia in one fell swoop after the previous victory in the battle of Pingxia City?

Zhao Xu's answer is very simple and very true, two words, no money, is the best answer.

Since the reconquest of Qingtang six years ago, the Northwest Regions have been like vampires constantly taking money and food out of the treasury.

To this day, it still is.

The rebellion in the Qingtang area, coupled with You Shixiong's counterinsurgency, as well as the co-optation of the Qiang tribes and giving them some benefits, and the construction of walled forts in the Song-Xia border area, all of the above still had to be paid out of the treasury.

It's just that these things have to be done, even if you want to refuse, there is no reason. Spending money to buy stability, from the emperor to the county order, everyone felt that it was a good deal.

It was not until after the Battle of Pingxia City that the Song army occupied the Tiandu Mountain area, and at the same time occupied a salt pond in the nearby area.

The value of salt produced every month is about 140,000 yuan, which is enough to cover the expenses of some areas of Xihe.

In this way, the money in the treasury was not completely emptied, but some was left.

However, this money alone is not enough to start a huge war. Unlike defense, an offensive always requires a sufficient supply of troops and supplies, especially if it is fought deep into enemy territory.

So Downing's raising of this question shows to a large extent the man's short-sightedness. However, Zhao Xu did not blame him, just like Tang Ning fought a meaningless and miserable victory in Xiao Pass, which was not necessary to hold, Zhao Xu did not blame Tang Ning.

As a new-generation general in Zhao Xu's eyes, Tang Ning can be regarded as a cultivator of the wild fox. All his experience comes from his own accumulation, not from the education of his predecessors or elders.

For such people, suffering losses is the way to make them grow quickly. After the battle of Xiaoguan, I believe that Tang Ning will not fight meaningless battles in meaningless places in the future.

"If it's for money, Weichen knows a place and is so rich."

"Oh? How rich? ”

"Their royal palaces are all made of gold."

"Hmm...... Cochin? ”

"That's right, exactly there."

"If it's Cochin, indeed. Just after the Nong Zhigao Rebellion more than 40 years ago was pacified, the soldiers brought back a large amount of gold and dansha from Guangyuan Prefecture.

This is not yet a deep battle in Cochin, if you can break through the national capital of Cochin......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Xu shook his head again and said, "No, there are many forest obstacles in Jiaozhi, and the humidity is very heavy. When the soldiers who had been to Cochin came back, they said that they couldn't burn it if they put a fire in the forest of Cochin

Get up.

Moreover, the officers and men of our army were still plagued by epidemics when they arrived in Jiaozhi, and they did not fight, which caused a considerable part of the attrition.

So this proposal, I'm afraid it won't come true. ”

"As the official said, after the soldiers arrived in Cochin, most of them would be unaccustomed to the soil. Most of them are caused by diarrhea, mosquito bites, and poisonous bites.

The same situation has been common before. Not only in Jiaozhi, but also in the four years that Weichen fought against the party in Shaanxi, he also found that the soldiers in Shaanxi also had this situation. ”

When Tang Ning said this, Zhao Xu's eyes lit up and said, "Could it be that Tang Qing has a solution to this problem?" ”

"Yes. After Wei Chen's observation, it was found that the probability of this happening to the soldiers in the Zhenjiang army was extremely low, and most of them were soldiers in other units to have this kind of symptoms.

Wechen himself is also a little knowledgeable about medicine, and he is very puzzled about this situation. So after investigation, Weichen came to a conclusion.

The main culprit that caused the soldiers to have diarrhea and not adapt to the soil and water was raw water. ”

"Raw...... Water? Zhao Xu touched the handle and repeated in a low voice.

"That's right, it's raw water.

The Patriarch once put forward a hypothesis, that is, among the tens of thousands of substances in this world, there are countless substances that make up one substance.

For example, a drop of water may contain thousands of microorganisms. And a large part of these microorganisms will cause harm to the human body.

Especially in the jungle of Cochin, the carcasses of animals cannot be effectively disposed of, resulting in miasma harmful to humans due to dampness and heat.

The combination of the two, it is difficult for the soldiers not to get sick. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be your master. If he said it, it would have some credibility.

I see, this statement is similar to the Buddhist one-flower-one-world. Zhao Xu nodded.

Tang Ning smiled: "Yes, it's just that the ancestor came to a conclusion through experiments.

All in all, the master believed that as long as the water is boiled before drinking, it can kill the microorganisms in the water, so that the impact of the water on the human body is minimized.

Weichen has been implementing this practice in the Zhenjiang Army. It's a bit of a hassle, but the effect is obvious. The soldiers in the Zhenjiang army rarely have diarrhea, so ......"

Before the words fell, Zhao Xu stretched out his hand and interrupted Tang Ning's words. He asked with interest, "What kind of experiment did you just say, and what do you mean?" ”

"Oh, experimentation is testing an idea to test its reliability.

For example, Weichen thinks that the lethality of a bow is stronger than that of a crossbow, so you can place two armors of the same hardness, so that the best archer in the army can use the best bow, and the best crossbowman can use the best crossbow, so that the two are at the same distance.

Attack the armor.

According to the degree to which the arrows penetrate deep into the armor, the lethality of the bow and the crossbow are compared, so as to conclude whether the lethality of the crossbow is high or the lethality of the bow is high.

And, adjustments can be made. For example, ask the party with the highest lethality to step back a certain distance and see at what distance the two will achieve the same lethality ......"

"Understood." Zhao Xu nodded, this is actually a case of an ordnance test, but the things that came out later made Zhao Xu a little interested.

"It's worthy of your master, it's such a simple thing, but only he thought of it. The test of the prison is only according to the rules of death, and it is not as flexible as your method.

In that case, can we also do an experiment?

Take the raw water and cooked water you just said as an example, select some soldiers and divide them into two groups, in the same environment, one group can only drink raw water, and one group can only drink cooked water, so as to judge whether the water and soil adaptation situation of the soldiers in Jiaozhi is caused by raw water and cooked water.

What does Tang Qing think? ”

"The official family is really the smartest person in the world, and Wechen is just an analogy, and the official family can draw inferences from one another, and Wechen is ashamed."

"Okay, just the two of us, you don't talk like this kind of sycophancy, it sounds weird......

And then what? According to what you just said, the reason why the soldiers are not adapted to the soil and water is not only raw water and cooked water, right? And because of the miasma you mentioned.

So how to solve the miasma? ”

"Miasma is not a specialty of the Cochin jungle, it happens a lot in the mountains and forests of the south. Wechen believes that in the medical classics, or the knowledgeable and talented doctors, there should be a prescription for the miasma.

In this way, as long as before the expedition. Follow the recipe and prepare a large amount of herbs. Send one or two doctors to accompany the army on the expedition, let the soldiers take medicine to prevent miasma on time, and do not drink raw water and do not eat food of dubious origin. ”

"Hmm......" Zhao Xu touched his chin and fell into thought.

Tang Ning was not in a hurry to let Zhao Xu reply, Jiaozhi, that is, Vietnam, the Yankees in later generations suffered a lot in the war in Vietnam, let alone the Song people.

The above are also the solutions that Tang Ning saw on the Internet after he became interested in these things.

Whether it is reliable or not is another story. He just said it as a proposal, after all, Zhao Xu summoned him today, and it was very likely that he came to him to discuss countermeasures for the emptiness of the treasury.

"This matter is very important, and I will make a decision after discussing it with the second minister. If you don't do a good job, you just send me the soldiers of the Holy Dynasty into the mouth of the tiger.

Your proposal, I took note of it. If so, I'll send someone to let you know. ”

"Thank you, official!"

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