These are these three questions, Zheng Lang didn't want to talk about.

Zhao Zhen is definitely not clear now, that is, if he says it, Zhao Zhen may not adopt it, and even if he does, the minister may not agree. Even if he is an emperor, Zhao Zhen is benevolent, but compared with Song Shenzong, he lacks courage. Compared with the later Xining reforms, he does not have the status of Wang Anshi.

However, Zhao Zhen took out his heart, and Zheng Lang finally couldn't help but say.

Then he said: "Li Neishi, in this way, I will write a note and report my opinion to Your Majesty." ”

First of all, there are three.

The first is to be from the emperor, not the original meaning of Zhao Kuangyin, but related to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin is a genius conductor, and he will make some brief instructions and warnings before the general leaves.

Zhao Kuangyi learned archery and horses since he was a child, and Zhao Kuangyin has nothing to do with it, the Zhao family turned out to be a family of small generals, including Zhao Kuangyin's son, who also went to the battlefield, and repeatedly clashed with thieves, and the thieves fell in response. is a warrior, but in order to justify his name, he deliberately wants to appear smarter than his brother everywhere, including the imperial examination, sacrifice, system and military, and even the qin has to be changed to a nine-stringed piano.

So he carried forward this behavior of his brother, not only gave instructions and admonishments every time the general went out to fight, but also was very dense, and even gave the formation map, so that the soldiers could arrange the formation map in front. The same is true of Song Zhenzong.

Sun Tzu's Art of War requires the way of the general, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, and Song Zhenzong also personally system seven articles, cultivate himself, and have laws; shall not exceed their duties and intrude on civil affairs; are all selfless and selfless; train soldiers and practice martial arts diligently; appease the soldiers, share the joys and sorrows; Control the soldiers, and there is no prohibition to break the ban.

The most important strategy and bravery are gone.

The ancestral legal system of the Nakayo will be fully formed!

Tian Xi, Wang Yuyan and other important ministers, including Yue Fei later, all expressed their opposition and failed to do so.

In the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, there were also some ministers, including Zheng Lang, who successively put forward advice, especially Zheng Lang, a young man who had a conversation with Zhao Zhen in the palace, talking about the disadvantages of the alliance of Lanzhou, which left a deep impression on Zhao Zhen. Therefore, Zhao Zhen did not interfere too much with the command of the generals in front, and did not give any tips and formation diagrams on the immediate.

But the policy of the Imperial Court will remain.

This is not the emperor, but the Wenchen commanded in the front-line base camp, such as Fan Yong.

Sitting in the safe state city, he said to the generals What do you do, Han Qi also did something similar, which led to the defeat of Ren Fu.

However, the battlefield is full of changes, often a sudden gust of wind, a blizzard, a heavy snowfall, and the battle situation changes immediately. Therefore, Sun Tzu said that soldiers are impermanent, and even some famous generals do not look at the art of war at all. Because even if you read it, you can't copy it all.

Originally, Wenchen was not good at military affairs, and then used the policy of general from the middle court, so although the soldiers of the Song army were brave, it was difficult to achieve a big victory. Yes, but these great victories were all achieved by the front-line commanders, including Tong Guan, who did not even listen to the holy decree of Song Huizong.

Why this wacky national focus?

The reason is very simple, there are all kinds of strange ideas to control the soldiers, otherwise it will be detrimental to the imperial court if you think about it.

The military generals who fight in the war originally had very little power, and they lacked imagination, and they were completely puppets in command, so how could this battle be fought? For example, Di Qing's victory at Kunlun Pass, if he didn't kill Yang Ji and obey Yu Jing's arrangement, would he still be able to achieve the victory at Kunlun Pass?

The policy of the Imperial Court will weaken the military generals infinitely, but don't expect to win the battle.

The passive defense policy was completely caused by Zhao Kuangyi, and the failure of the Battle of Gaoliang River was not a big deal, victory and defeat were common military matters, but Zhao Kuangyi was afraid, and excavated Tangbo and planted crops to tree the city, including Yang Yanlang Sanguan is also a product of this policy, just a defense, not an attack.

This policy has endless troubles, like Zheng Lang put a bus in the north of Yanzhou City, the troops outside the city need at least more than 20,000 people, this is only one place, from Hebei to Qinfeng Road, how long is the border of the Song Dynasty, just a bus, at least two million troops!

Moreover, the troops are scattered, and the advantage of losing speed often allows the enemy to fight more and less, Zhang Xun said that the gathering of troops will be successful, and the division of troops will be a disaster, and the way to victory or defeat is obvious. As long as this policy is implemented,. Victory or defeat is doomed.

Zheng Lang is not excessive, put a bus, is a helpless move, but know that the concentration of troops into a limited number of villages, to keep each village strength of more than 1,000 people, has a certain defensive capability, and because the rear is not far away is Yanzhou City and the security army, and there are Qingjian City, Jinming Village, Qiaozi Valley Village three strongholds, can do each other, but look at the original Song Dynasty Zhai distribution, has been divided troops, and then infinitely divided, some of the Zhai Qi only one or two hundred garrisons, the defense is not able to defend, the attack is not to attack, If they can't mobilize their troops in time, they will lose a battle if they don't fight.

It can be clothed, and the layout should also be ingenious, which is to cloth a sky net that seems to have a large hole, but the silk is thick, rather than a weak and dense net that seems to be tight, and even small fish can't catch it.

The other is courage, and the front-line command has no motivation to expand the territory. It can't be opened, and if it is opened, it means that it will be replaced by someone else immediately, in case the power is high.

Of course, it is better than the political axe that only holds protests and coaxes the people, but this kind of policy also restricts the possibility of victory at the front.

Yihe Gou An and Zhao Kuangyin still have nothing to do with it, although they waved a golden axe on the Dadu River, in fact, there are many reasons, going west to the south, most of them are ethnic minorities, and they don't get much benefit, and they even need the continuous support of the imperial court, and they divide the troops.

There was the Southern Tang in the south, the Later Han and the Khitan in the rear, and the main enemy was the powerful Khitan, which could not focus on the remote south, so he swung this axe.

After the defeat of Zhao Kuangyi Gaoliang River, he was tired of military affairs, so he said, the way of quiet governance, the cultivation of virtue to Huaiyuan, the four Yi should be put out of the way, the external worries are not the side affairs, all can be predicted, but the evil is not formed, if it is an internal trouble, it is deeply fearful.

Whether it is the Khitan and the Tibetans or the party, the scourge is only the people on the border, and it will not destroy the country. From the internal turmoil, the scourge is endless. The Song Dynasty emphasized literature and overthrew the military, and the policy of favoring internal governance took shape. As a result, under the city of Lanyuan, Yang Yanlang offered a strategy to take advantage of the situation to take Yiyou and other states, not only to take advantage of the Khitan army to seize the sixteen states of Youyun, but also to force the Khitan to withdraw troops and ambush halfway, which is the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao. Song Zhenzong didn't listen, he wanted to negotiate peace, and after the covenant, he pretended to be a ghost and explained himself, and the monarchs and ministers of a country were crazy.

If he wants to win the battle, Zhao Zhen has to make mental preparations and defeat his father and grandfather first.

Zheng Lang wrote about most of the drawbacks and the negative effects of the formation. Finally, one thing was said, it is possible to prevent the rebellion of Anshi and the separation of the feudal town, but it must not be overcorrected.

Zheng Lang will meet these three systems for a while, and he does not expect Zhao Zhen to reform.

I wrote the following again.

The Song Dynasty attached great importance to military law, and the one who left the team first was killed, the thief army was far away from the battle, the bow was not as strong as the random shooting, the arrow was not exhausted, the arrow was reviewed and cut (not let the soldiers see it, and the intention of escape) was lost, the whole team was killed, the women and women who were annihilated entered the camp were killed, the thieves came to kill the people, and the people were worried, and so on. If all of them are implemented, even the military discipline of the Yue family army will not be as good as it.

But say one thing and do another, what Wang Quanbin did after breaking Shu was not beheaded, Huang Dehe's death has nothing to do with the Ganquan plunder, as for the women who are not allowed to enter the camp, they have already been thrown to Europe, and almost all the armies of the Song Army have military records.

Therefore, in reformulating military law, it is better to be simple than complicated, and it is better to make it easier than difficult. It can't be too demanding, there are too many military laws, it's too difficult, and it can't be enforced. Military laws were revised, but after the amendment, they must be enforced by the entire army.

Of course, the Song army had better military discipline than the Western Xia army, which is also the reason why although it was defeated several times, it was not the kind of shameful defeat, and it was almost the only place where the Song army could resist the Western Xia army. But it could be done a little better.

No matter how the Song Dynasty was defeated, there was no punishment, so the generals were not afraid of failure, but tried every means to save their lives, often like Huang Dehe, when he was undefeated, he took the lead in fleeing for his life, resulting in a big defeat.

Private sergeants, who regard their subordinates as their own servants, build mansions, cut down and burn charcoal, plant vegetable crops, weave satin mattresses, become puppeteers, embroider and play music, cause serious financial waste, damage combat effectiveness, and the army is even more smoky and lax.

Carved the soldiers' money, food, and clothing, privately released military debts, and bought workers. Most of the bad weapons that Zhang Zongzhu said were caused by this reason. Not only in the army, but also in the capital's weapons workshops, but also because of the phenomenon of greed for ink, or because of the exploitation of workshop workers, robbery, the weapons made are not refined, and even the arrows in Yanzhou City are coarse with iron, and the big bow cannot penetrate a layer of armor.

The first three are aimed at the national policy, and these three are aimed at the current disadvantages in the military.

If you want to fight a war, without a national policy with a clear theme, and without a strong army, no matter how good a strategy is, it will not work.

That's the strategy.

Some time ago, including Chen Zhizhong, he also wrote a book, but the content was vague and unrealistic. Only Wu Yu offered a strategy, which was slightly more useful, to unite with the Tibetan Uighurs and carry out a war against the Western Xia, but the Uighurs and the Tibetans had such and such problems, and they could be contacted, but they could not be expected to have much effect. At this time, Yuan Hao's founding was stable, but compared with previous years, even the Tubo people wanted to open up the Southern Silk Road because of the civil strife between the father and son.

Increasing the number of township soldiers is a step further than Han Qi.

But it is not Xia Zhu's strategy, Xia Zhu has regarded the township soldiers as a regular army, and there will be many scruples.

These township soldiers are stationary, and they are exempted from military service and given a slight subsidy when they are not allowed to farm in their spare time, and they are trained in their spare time.

Then there will be no dictatorship of the border ministers, the enemy will not invade, and there will be no right to collect, and there will be no Anshi Rebellion, and now Zheng Lang wants to vomit when he mentions these four words. An Lushan and Shi Siming are really powerful, and if you don't analyze the Song Dynasty, you don't know what impact these two people had on China.

The villagers have been in Shaanxi for a long time and are familiar with the local environment, climate and terrain.

The local recruit, the soldier is not leaving his hometown, so the soldier will not complain.

Although the taxes are abolished and the subsidies are a little, a township soldier can earn more than a dozen yuan a year, and raising more than 100,000 township soldiers is only about 1 million. If all the forbidden troops are replaced, Shaanxi will have to deploy at least 300,000 troops, and this number of troops can only cope with the defense, but cannot launch an attack. A forbidden soldier spends 50 guan a year, and the garrison alone costs more than 10 million guan.

But Zheng Lang also said that not all the township soldiers can be used, but the township soldiers and forbidden soldiers must be half old, so that there will be a permanent army and a smart army, which will also save a lot of expenditure and reduce the people's tax service and forced labor.

Long battle!

At this time, the Western Xia was a Ding Junjun, with a strength of at least more than 500,000 troops, and it was impossible to annihilate them immediately. Don't do that.

Prepare for a long battle, repair the village on the front line, and approach the Western Xia step by step, the Western Xia army came out, held the wall, and defending the city was also the strength of the Song army. Then the village will be approached forward, and it will be encroached on step by step in front of Hengshan and Liupan Mountain.

It's disgusting.

That is, Fan Zhongyan's strategy, but Fan Zhongyan did not do a good job.

But can not be densely covered with the wall, only in the place of the traffic fortress set up the wall, every not far away, there is a big village to do the side response.

Then clear the field on the front line.

If Yuan Hao's army attacks, let him attack, as long as there are many Dazhai guards, give him courage, and don't dare to go deep alone, otherwise it will not be good, and the back road will be cut off for him.

The defeat of Fan Yong and Li Shibin was due to ill-informed information, and they had to be widely disseminated. Elite soldiers were selected as rangers, and they were all over the front line to check at night, so that the enemy could not attack by surprise.

A long period of suspension.

The Western Xia and the Song Dynasty really traded, and the Western Xia suffered a lot, but the Western Xia people had no money, so the Song Dynasty became an importing country.

War horses don't matter, the main thing is private salt.

Xixia green salt was very famous in the Song Dynasty, and it used to be sold for more than 60 yuan per catty, which was equivalent to a bucket of the best rice, and the purchasing power was more than 30 yuan. Since the war, it has risen to more than 100 wen.

Not all of this money went into Yuan Hao's pocket, Western Xia also had private salt, and even some women went into battle for wealth and sought the benefits of private salt. There is also the loss of transportation, and the greed of the officials and soldiers of the Song Dynasty. But it was also an important financial revenue of Western Xia.

Not only Yuan Hao counted on Qingyan, but the Western Xia tribes also counted on Qingyan to exchange various materials for the Song Dynasty.

As long as it is banned for twenty years, Western Xia will collapse without a fight.

But how to ban it, only on the front line can not be eradicated, must be edicted, any people who eat Xixia green salt will be beheaded, smuggling green salt will be beheaded, and the whole family will be flooded into Lingnan.

Although the law is strict, it has a bearing on the state, and it must also be strict. Moreover, the Song Dynasty was not without salt, and its income did not need to be supported by the Tangut people, and fighting a trade war would benefit the Song Dynasty without harm.

One year is fruitless, as long as you persist for ten years, you will see results.

War horses, Zhao Zhi issued an edict some time ago to levy all kinds of horses.

The lack of cavalry was a disadvantage of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Zhen and many ministers ignored a problem, thinking that horses were not difficult, they could buy them from the Tibetan and border tribes, or even from the Jurchens. But if there are war horses that can't be raised, where can they be raised? The Song Dynasty lacked pastures, and even if there were, it was impossible to raise a large number of war horses. If it is placed in Jiannan and Henan, the weather and climate will change for a long time, and the running ability will decline.

As long as the number of cavalry is sufficient, you have to start with the infantry, and you can't hope to build a strong cavalry immediately.

Be cool-headed.

Khitan.

If you want to hit an island country, you have to think about another country. If you want to fight Western Xia in this life, you have to consider the Khitan.

History is strikingly similar.

Weak foreign policy, infighting, the divide between the rich and the poor, self-deception, and even the slight inferiority of wealth, morality, courage and corruption to the Song Dynasty.

Khitan and Lao Mei are also very similar, they are a behemoth, Lao Mei is afraid of sacrifice, and Khitan gradually loses courage. But it has to be noted that it is possible to continue to support the Jurchens from the sea with a batch of weapons, and if I am not mistaken, there will be a rebellion of the mature women this year. Once the Jurchens rebelled repeatedly, they would contain the Khitan.

But don't let the Jurchens be really strong, then it will be a tiger instead of a full wolf, and the harm is very serious.

A few years ago, Yuan Hao imprisoned and abused Princess Xingping, the sister of the Khitan Emperor, and died, and the Khitan Emperor did not dare to say a word, using this to mock the Khitan Emperor, arouse the anger of the Khitan people, and reduce the closeness of the Khitan people and the Western Xia.

As long as these things are done well, Western Xia will not be extinguished, and it will also decline.

Moreover, a long war will hone a group of talents for the country, and if possible, the sixteen states of Youyun......

Didn't say.

But having said that, it is related to the Song Dynasty for thousands of generations, Zhao Zhen can't be soft-hearted, once he is reconciled, he is bound to go.

Later, Zhao Zhen's request for peace cannot be said to be wrong, the main principles and policies are wrong, and the peace is beneficial to the war.

But to make peace, the Xixia people are not Khitan, do not pay attention to faith, and can not expect to really be peaceful, originally Hebei has been stationed a large number of soldiers, and the northwest is stationed in the army, and the side is that the stronger the border army, the more troops in the capital, the Song Dynasty will enter the era of slow surname suicide, at most one or two hundred years, once there is a little inaction of the people, the country will perish.

Finally, when it comes to firearms, why did new gunpowder and related weapons not appear on the Northwest Battlefield?

It is not good to use it in field battles, but these weapons are good for defending the city.

If you think about it, even if gunpowder is made into a powder bag, and then an iron nail is placed in it and thrown down as a stone, the power is very amazing.

This gunpowder is not the gunpowder of the Tang Dynasty, not the gunpowder of the Song Dynasty, not the gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty, and the power is already equivalent to the early years of the Qing Dynasty. What kind of effect will it have if it is released in advance?

Blow dry the ink, lay the fire paint, and hand it over to Li Zi.

Li Zi said again: "Your Majesty asked me to ask you, are you better in Yanzhou or Hangzhou." ”

One is the employment of people in the front, and the other is the finance of the rear.

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty will know when you see this recital. ”

There is a lot to say, but the main strategy is to use the strong comprehensive national strength of the Song Dynasty to slowly grind the Tangut people to death. It was not an overnight effort, Zheng Lang did not have much power in the northwest, on the contrary, this required huge financial support for this strategy.

Li Zi said again: "Bachelor Zheng, before I came, I heard a news that Fan Lou wanted to support Yanzhou's 200,000 yuan silk and was escorting it to the northwest. ”

"Huh," Zheng Lang exclaimed.

The Fan family has this strength, but it's not a small number, why do you want to do it?

Do you want to buy an official position? Or let yourself support the Fan family in the future?

I thought about it for a while, but I didn't come up with it. But it's a good thing that I put up a bus in Yanzhou, and I spent a lot of money, and 200,000 yuan of silk arrived, which could partially enrich the Yanzhou state treasury.

……

Walking through the Hunzhou River, there are several mountain peaks connected, and in front of it is the Qiaozi Valley.

Finally, when Zheng Langlin left, the checkpoint here was repaired.

Standing on the wall, the river is full of smoke and green, even in Yanzhou, spring has arrived.

Zheng Lang looked at Di Qing, Wang Xin and Yang Wenguang, and said, "From now on, the northwest can no longer be peaceful. There is a lack of generals in the imperial court, and in the first battle of Wulongchuan, you performed outstandingly, and I will speak for you in front of the emperor when I return to Beijing. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zheng." The three of them were overjoyed.

Although the status of the generals is very pitiful, as the three generals, they still want to make contributions.

With Zheng Lang's kind words, it is equivalent to adding two or three miraculous skills out of thin air, and Feihuang Tengda does not dare to say that he will soon be added to the rank of knight.

But you have to remember my next few words. When facing the enemy, we must learn to adapt to the situation, and when fighting, we must abandon selfishness and cooperate with each other. A trace of hemp will break as soon as it is pulled, and hundreds of strands of hemp will be twisted together, and the knife and axe cannot be injured. ”

"But......" Wang Xin wanted to stop.

"As long as I can win, I will speak for you."

"Yes."

After Zheng Lang finished speaking, he looked at the smoke and green again and was silent for a long time.

He gradually played a role, not only the victory of Wulongchuan, but also this pass, which was an important pass, but Li Shibin neglected to ignore it.

The Northwest War began, aggravating the decline of the Song Dynasty. But it is also a good opportunity, if it is done well, not only will it not cause a crisis for the Song Dynasty, but it will be a good opportunity for prosperity.

Can you create a new era?