At the end of September of the second year of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the Goryeo Kingdom opened Beijing.

The royal fortress of Goryeo, which is like a forest park, has finally gained a lot of popularity at this time. Within the vast outer city, all the relatively flat depressions and valleys became the places where Goryeo soldiers from various provinces and states set up camps.

The so-called encampment is actually the construction of many adobe houses with thatched roofs. Cowhide tents, sheepskin tents and so on, don't even think about it, even if you slaughter all the cattle and sheep in Goryeo, it's not enough!

The soldiers recruited from the people of Goryeo looked as shabby as the adobe barracks they lived in, but they were actually a group of peasants who had been forcibly recruited. All of them were yellow-skinned, with hats, wearing the blue and gray robes of the old baba, and some of them were probably from South Korea and still wearing thatched grass to keep out the cold, looking like scarecrows. The guys in their hands look pretty good, and they are all guys from the Great Song Dynasty Weapons Supervision that Wu Haogu sold to the Koreans. However, no one wore heavy iron or leather armor, and even soldiers trained under the command of the Muban nobles of Goryeo did not wear armor.

These Goryeo soldiers who were training also looked terrible, the ranks were crooked, the swords and guns were in the posture of carrying a hoe no matter how they looked in their hands, and the long-tip bow (wooden bow) of eight buckets and nine buckets could only be opened to half or even a third - the strength of swinging a hoe is one thing, and drawing a bow is another, how can it be practiced in a hurry?

The armament of the Goryeo State, which relied on the military system, had to be built on the basis of relatively equal land, and with enough land, it was necessary to ensure that the daily training of the soldiers would not be wasted, and at the same time, it was indispensable to strictly supervise the military governments scattered all over the country, which was actually difficult to maintain. However, since the end of the war with the Liao people seventy or eighty years ago, the Goryeo Kingdom has not fought any more major battles, and its armaments have naturally been abandoned. And their two classes of nobles are also sparing no effort to annex land, and now these government soldiers are just landless tenants, and they can't eat enough, where is the spare energy to train martial arts? Not to mention bringing some weapons and food and livestock for yourself.

When more than 100 "Great Song Forbidden Army" wearing iron armor, carrying spears, shields, bows and arrows, luggage, and long swords at their waists, they appeared in front of these loose and crumbling Goryeo cannon fodder soldiers, and the shock and discussion arose.

"Is this the weak soldier of the Song State? They all look strong! ”

"With that much strength, I must have eaten very well!"

"Of course, they all eat small rice and kimchi twice a day......

"Really? Da Song is so rich? You can let the soldiers eat millet and kimchi openly! ”

"You can not only eat openly, I heard that there is still money to be made as a soldier in the Great Song Dynasty!"

"Money? What is money......

"Money is a good thing that can be exchanged for kimchi and millet!"

At present, there is no commodity economy in Goryeo, and copper coins have only just begun to be minted, and the number is very small, except for a small amount in Haeju, Busan, and Kaegyo. Therefore, most of the government soldiers gathered from the countryside have never seen such an evil thing as money.

Needless to say, Wang Hao, the king of Goryeo, who was a first-class martial artist, would not give money to his soldiers. Being able to give small rice and kimchi to eat is already Wang Enhao, and you still want money? It stands to reason that the military rations of the government soldiers should be provided by themselves!

Of course, the king of Goryeo Wang Hao and his command are not all such sloppy government soldiers. Otherwise, he would not have dreamed of rebuilding the prosperous kingdom of Haidong.

When Tong Guan, the envoy of the Great Song Kingdom to Goryeo, accompanied by Wu Yanzhong, the Mumu of Haizhou in Goryeo, rode into the inner city of Kaijing, it was no longer the sparse Goryeo soldiers standing on both sides of the street, but the elite of the six armies of Goryeo!

The so-called elite of the six armies is a standing army formed by the founding of the Goryeo kingdom in accordance with the specifications of the "Six Armies of the Son of Heaven", an army has about 7,500 people, but usually only four or five thousand people, and most of the soldiers are the sons of the wealthy heroes of the Goryeo Kingdom - the Goryeo Dynasty is based on the wealthy families, and the wealthy families of Goryeo implement strict differences in the number of nobles (the nobles are too many to even eat kimchi), while the sons can inherit the family business and it is easier to enter the court as officials, The son of the sin only has the opportunity to join the six armies of the Son of Heaven and seek meritorious service.

The Sixth Army, which was dominated by nobles and nobles, was naturally not comparable to the soldiers of the beggars' mansions, and could not only receive a little military salary (mainly in kind), but also help to buy some equipment at home, such as getting a set of leather armor, playing a few good swords, and then giving Zhang Buffalo horn as the main material of the Goryeo bow. Most of the good equipment that Wu Yanpet bought from the Great Song Dynasty was also given to them, so many soldiers of the Sixth Army also wore heavy armor, which looked majestic.

Now these elites of the six armies have appeared on both sides of the streets of the inner city of Kaijing, and they finally have the appearance of a prosperous country in Haidong.

Tong Guan, who had opened his eyes in the Northwest Army, saw the appearance of the Sixth Army of Goryeo, and he also had a number in his heart. The ones I saw in the outer city just now should be auxiliary soldiers, and now these are the regular soldiers who are really on the battlefield, right? Looking at their military appearance, they should not be under the elite of the Western Army, and there seem to be a lot of them, there are always tens of thousands, right?

With such an elite, it should not be a problem to defeat the Jurchen tribe - as long as these barbarians do not establish a state system, they are a plate of scattered sand, and it is great to be able to gather thousands of people, and there will be no discipline...... Just like the Tubo tribes in the northwest, they are not the opponents of the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers at all.

That is, military attaches like Wu Haogu who don't understand military affairs will take the Jurchen tribe seriously. Tong Guan thought to himself: On the battlefield, personal bravery actually has little effect!

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Kaikyo Miyagi, full moon platform.

At this time, Wang Hao, the king of Goryeo, was standing on the tower of the Lumen Gate built on the mountainside, and watched the "Great Song Forbidden Army" wearing iron armor pass by the road below.

Accompanying him were only the Privy Council member of the Goryeo Privy Council, Yoon Jong, and the Privy Councillor, Tuo Junjing.

"Great King, these forbidden troops of the Song Kingdom are all elite and abnormal, they are wearing armor, carrying spears and luggage, carrying swords, bows and arrows, and they don't need to rest when they travel hundreds of miles every day. And their archery skills are so strong that anyone can hit a clay pot with an arrow at a distance of seventy or eighty paces...... It seems that we underestimated the force of the Great Song Dynasty in the past! ”

The one who was talking was Tuo Junjing, who was bluffed by the "Great Song Elite". Wang Hao listened to his words and didn't say anything, but Yin Qian on the side frowned and said, "Tuo Beijia, is what you said true?" Song Jun is not known for his weakness, how can he be so powerful? ”

Carrying more than 100 catties of heavy loads for more than 100 miles, the archery can still hit a clay pot of seventy or eighty paces - this is still the Song army? Yin Qiang, who has been on many missions to the Liao and Song dynasties, said in his heart: It's hard to say whether the elite of the Khitan palace tent is so powerful......

"This is what the lower officials saw with their own eyes, and it shouldn't be bad." Tuo Junjing is very sure of authenticity. "Xia Guan also heard that the emperor of the current Great Song Dynasty is both civil and military, and he is a famous monarch and a male lord comparable to the Heavenly Khan, and he has been reorganizing his army for the past two years......"

Wang Hao said lightly: "If this is the case, it will not be a bad thing for my Great Goryeo, and when we subdue the birth of Jurchen, we can join forces with the Song State to defeat the Khitan and restore Goguryeo's homeland in the north." ”

He paused and said: "He Zhengdan's day is coming again in a blink of an eye, this time send some people who understand military affairs to take a good look at the effect of the Song State's army." ”

"King Shengming!"

Yin Qian and Tuo Junjing both gave their hands to praise. Tuo Junjing then said: "King Yu, the Song Guoguan military envoy Tong Guan told the ministers in Haizhou that the people who gave birth to the Jurchens were quite brave and should not be underestimated, and suggested that we build a city fortress in the place after subduing the Jurchen tribes of Haoladian, as a long-term plan. ”

Wang Hao turned his head to look at Yin Qiang, and Yin Qian said: "The minister thinks that it is not necessary to build a city fortress in the territory of Haoladian. With 100,000 people above thousands of enemies, and I want to build a city as a defensive position, isn't it a sign of weakness to the Jurchen tribes? ”

Wang Hao nodded slightly, and Yin Qian continued: "The battle between me and the Shengjuzhen and the battle of Song and Xia is different, and the Western Xia has already established a state system. The battle of Song and Xia was a battle between countries, and every inch of land was the foundation of the ancestors, and it should be taken together. And the battle between me and the birth of the Jurchen is the battle of Liwei! The gains and losses of the land of Haoladian are not important, what matters is who can dominate the Jurchen tribes between me Dagoryeo and the Hushui Wanyan Division. Therefore, there is no way to avoid it, and it should not be avoided. ”

Now the Jurchens have not yet established a state, and although there is a tribal alliance, the relationship between the various ministries is not close. If the Kingdom of Goryeo can take the opportunity to defeat the Hushui Wanyan tribe, which presides over the Jurchen tribal alliance, then it is possible that the Jurchen tribes will be annexed to Goryeo.

With the attachment of the Jurchen tribes, the Kingdom of Goryeo can become strong and challenge the hegemony of the Khitans!

In a sense, this Goryeo-Jurchen war was the battle for the founding of the Daejin Kingdom! In the process of defeating the Kingdom of Goryeo, it was only by pressing the Tiger Water Wanyan Department that it had the prestige to command all the tribes.

"Dingzhou Mu Li Risu sent an envoy to report," Yin Qian said at this time, "A few days ago, I found that many Jurchens were stationed outside the border of Dingzhou, and they were suspected of going to Koubian. The minister suggested a preemptive strike, designed to lure his chieftain, annex his tribe, and then concentrate the army in Dingzhou, and wait for the arrival of the Yan's troops according to the tiger water, and destroy it in one fell swoop! ”

Wang Hao thought for a while, and then asked, "Then who can lead the army?" ”

"According to the usual practice, it should be the subordinate squire, Pingzhang Shi Lin Gan to judge the northeast camp soldiers and horses."

Yin Qian immediately proposed a candidate for the coach. The squire and Pyeongjang were the prime ministers of Goryeo. Unlike the leaders of the Great Song Dynasty, who did not personally serve as the commander-in-chief, the prime minister of the Goryeo Kingdom still maintained the tradition of going out to the prime minister, and whenever there was a battle, he would often let the prime minister serve as the "judge of the camp and horses", that is, the commander of the three armies. This is completely different from the Song army's practice of not setting up a commander of the three armies when it sent troops, blindly emphasizing the control of all parties, and preferring remote control thousands of miles away.

Therefore, although the soldiers of Goryeo are not strong, they are still passable in real fighting.