Chapter 173 Military Affairs

The season deepened day by day, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, it snowed, and Lu Junyi also came to Tokyo.

After Lu Junyi was settled, Zhao Tong began to prepare for troop training.

Not only training troops, but also practicing the art of war.

Meng De's new book may not be a first-class military book. There are many military books copied from the Song Dynasty. It is not necessarily worse than Meng De's new book. It may be better. Although ordinary people cannot see it, military generals and officials

It's still common among them.

The reason why Zhao Tong attaches great importance to Meng De's new book is not because he thinks it will be better than other books, but because the world doesn't know it.

None of the art of war circulating in the world is a real secret. As long as the Song Dynasty has it, the Liao Kingdom will basically have it, the Xixia Kingdom is similar, and the Jurchen Kingdom may also have it.

Everyone is familiar with it and knows it. Regardless of whether you have learned it well or not, you can always compare it with each other and deduce it. The power and effect will naturally be reduced by a few percent.

Although it is said that one master teaches two apprentices, some are strong and some are weak, but the routines are known to each other, so the competition is not only about various tricks, but also about the foundation and background.

In this way, apart from the basic method of marching and commanding an army, the use of military books will be greatly reduced.

Meng De's new book is different. It was lost at the end of the Tang Dynasty. After the turbulent times of the Five Dynasties and the Spring and Autumn Period, few people in the world understand the strategies and tactics of this set of military books. This is the biggest advantage.

If we were to face the troops above His Majesty's Rear Administrative Division, we would not be 100% sure of winning at most.

My strength, speed, energy and spirit are all much weaker than they were after a year or so. That is the result of training.

Zhang Xian looked at the Imperial Guards who were resting underground in the tent, and said, "At most, they are weaker than us."

As for the weapons of the infantry, the only weapon that poses no real threat to the cavalry is the Divine Arm Crossbow. However, the Divine Arm Crossbow is a melee weapon, and its usefulness in small-scale combat is not limited.

Emperor Daojun Long Yan was a little angry, and all the ministers shrank and said this, so he did not ask Tong Guan, the minister of the Privy Council, to come out, and recommended Zhang Xiandao to go to Hebei to quell the rebellion.

The main weapons of Xiao Song's infantry at this time are, in order, swords, guns, sticks, bows and crossbows, long knives, spears, clubs, bows and arrows, divine arm crossbows, and catapults.

"Attack the city and defend the city..." Zhang Xian narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and suddenly laughed: "I am good at that. He can't ask Wang Zhen, am I in the army?"

Everything was prepared according to a real war. The camps were set up directly opposite each other. There were many preparations for mobilization. Both sides even wrote letters and sent envoys to deliver them in a decent manner.

That time Zhang Xian was training the infantry. He and Tan Zhen each led a team. Zhao Tan was my deputy, and Zhao Tandao was Tan Zhen's deputy.

Jin'er was old and it was the time when she loved silence. Hearing this, this man said: "My lord, you go and call me now."

After going to court, Zhang Xian returned to his residence. He checked to see what was going on on his left and right, so he strolled to the front house.

If you want infantry to fight cavalry with equipment, the most feasible way is to rely on trenches, use bows and crossbows to clear the way, be fully covered in heavy armor, and hold heavy weapons such as axes and hammers. This is where Yue Fei and Han Shizhong used heavy armored infantry to fight against the enemy.

Main way.

Liu Zhengyan: "If the front is too long, it means fighting is not based on fighting. The attacking side will burn, kill and loot, while the defending side will fortify the walls and clear the country. At that time, we could not count on supplies from the front, so everyone had to rely on their own abilities.

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"Embroidery..." Zhang Xian thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with embroidery. It's quiet now that it's the New Year's Eve. I want you to wear thicker clothes. Then call Dalang and let's go for a walk to Zhouqiao together.

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When it comes to practical things such as military pay, supplies, and equipment, all are replaced by other things. In short, a complete set of post-war procedures are completed.

Zhang Xian saw your face turned red from the cold, and even the hoarfrost formed under your eyelashes. You smiled and said, "Why don't you wear less clothes when you come out to play?"

Liu Zhengyan: "Every soldier has to become an elite soldier. Some of them have bad personal conditions. No matter how hard they train, they will become elite soldiers. Some of them are dull by nature. It may take ten or four years to train. And

With thousands of soldiers, which coach can let me train alone?"

There are people in all the courtyards of the front house, which look warm and clear, except for the courtyard where Zhang Zhenniang is, and there is no sound of people at this moment.

Meng De's new book describes these in great detail, which is very similar to other military books.

Because theories may be wrong, but people will make mistakes sometimes. When people use theories, they need an unfamiliar process, which is worse than accumulating experience.

Zhang Xian glanced at me and said: "The temperament of the Forbidden Army has been formed for a long time, and the army does not have a set of battlefield life-saving experience passed down over the past hundred years. If you want to train us into elite soldiers, even if we are one out of ten, will there be two years?"

Everything is done, not to mention..."

More than ten days ago, we were training soldiers, and as time goes by, the new year is gradually approaching.

Zhang Xian walked away and saw a snowman piled in the courtyard. Jin'er, wearing a bright red jacket, was playing with a broom under the snowman's body, apparently trying to make arms for the snowman.

Tong Ying nodded in opposition: "The truth is that, but the number is strict. Maybe there are not seven thousand people outside the ten thousand people who can't, so let's practice seven thousand. For eight thousand people, let's practice eight."

Thousands, then it still depends on the general’s vision.”

Tong Yingwan: "Your Majesty, is it the difference between rural soldiers, Xiang soldiers, and forbidden troops?"

The training of individual soldiers on the battlefield is a complicated competition between two people in martial arts. While fighting, they have to respond to gongs and flags, flying arrows and horses, retreating or advancing, without any reaction.

Zhao Tong pondered for a moment and said: "But Your Majesty, where are the new recruits from outside the training? You heard from my father that the young men in the Forbidden Army are all inherited from outside the family, and father and son attack each other. I am afraid that those who have served in the army will know these so-called life-saving experiences.

However, every year, the strong men who have fled from famines in various places are collected, but few of them serve as retreat troops, and there are only a few who can be allocated among the Forbidden Army."

"How are they the same?" Zhang Xian asked.

Nowadays, the troops of each division of the Sima Infantry Army, the bodyguards, have not changed very much compared to the one year later.

When Tong Ying returned to the camp, he was no longer depressed. Liu Zhengyan said: "Dou Pian is a method of training elite soldiers, and it can't be completed in an hour and a half. This person can train an elite soldier in just a few days. In this world,

Everyone is a military god."

Zhao Tong was in charge of Shenwu's right wing, but found that training infantry based on this was something that could be accomplished overnight. The Imperial Army was already lazy, and if we wanted to accept so few things at once, it would be impossible to complete it in an instant.

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Lu Junyi: "Your Majesty, are the Western Army's soldiers so weak?"

The first preliminary chapter talks about the preparations and things that the monarch and the commander-in-chief need to do after launching the war, including internal support, internal communication, raising food, military pay, declaring war, etc., which means coming.

The second is not the long sword, the long sword can break the horse's legs, but because the infantry armor at this moment is still made to cover the whole body, the threat of the long sword is not limited. As for the gun, club and catapult, the same is true, especially the individual catapult.

, there is a constraint that the consumption of cannon stones is difficult to replenish.

If you want to be brave, you are afraid of death. In fact, apart from being born with it, you either have no faith or are tempered in the fire of war. The only thing left is like the disciples of the Ming Cult. They doubt that even if they die, they will be rescued by the Ming Zun and ascend to the Ming Realm.

, this is naturally why you are afraid of death.

When practicing a martial art, the moves and routines are here, but even if he reads the boxing manual a hundred times, he may not be able to get it right the first time, and he may even hurt himself. He only needs to practice a few times to get it right.

will go wrong.

Those two chapters and the general outline were passed on to Zhang Xian, and a few days later Zhang Xian passed the eighth chapter to me.

The seventh chapter of the Military Chapter talks about what preparations the army needs to make after the war, including post-war mobilization, boosting morale, rewards and pensions, frontline supplies, etc., so that the spirit and psychology of the soldiers can reach the worst state. Is there any way forward?

Gu Zhiyou later went to participate in the war.

Zhang Xiandao is the son of Liu Fa, a famous general of the generation. Liu Fa is known as the first famous general at that time. He once served as the eighth general of Yanyan Road, under the jurisdiction of Qianyan Road, and as the guard of the Sima army in Yuhou, especially in the battle of Jishi Army.

He made great achievements in Hehuang, and served as an official envoy to Xihe Road.

Everything from the beginning to the end was decided by Zhao Zi, passed on by Zhao Zi, and was even supervised by Zhao Zi later. Tong Ying just sat back and watched everything.

When Jin'er heard this, she was startled. When she saw it was Zhang Xian, her face turned even redder and she hurriedly came over to salute.

Looking at Zhao Tong's back, Zhang Xian's eyes gradually narrowed. Wang Zhen had always been an officer in the Infantry Commander's Department, but just a month later, I promoted him to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Infantry Department.

Lu Junyi: "Your Majesty, how long will it take to train an elite army?"

When Emperor Daojun heard that he was the son of Liu Fa, he immediately approved the report and named Tong Yingwan Taizhong's young husband, Wei Shengjun Jiedushi, and later went to quell Tian Hu's rebellion.

However, it is still a battlefield, because no matter how you practice, true courage comes from practice.

As for the so-called arranging archers on the flanks to shoot the opponent's horse in the butt so that the opponent's cavalry can charge and break the infantry formation, that kind of thing is just a thought. There are problems with the logic and it is extremely difficult to implement. Compared with the paper

Even talking about war is fake.

Those eight military books were not enough for Zhao Tao to eat for a while, but even if he understood it and practiced it, it was still just a "theory" outside his head, and it had not evolved into real skills.

Although the snow under the main road in the palace had been cleared at that time, the snow on the eaves, roofs, rock gardens and other places formed a snowy scene that complemented the carved beams and painted buildings.

Zhang Xian looked at me and said, "Want to train new recruits?"

At this moment, the infantry heavy armor has not yet been fully formed, and the infantry wearing infantry armor can still be regarded as heavy armored infantry.

Liu Zhengyan: "Where is Zhenniang?"

"How?" Liu Zhengyan.

Moreover, it still has the most basic combat power.

Tong Yingwan: "Your Majesty, are you sure to attack and defend the city?"

"Your Majesty, please remember that the difference is small. Sure enough, nothing is actually done the same as what is written in the book." Zhao Tong thought.

"It's hard to decide between military pay and pension. If it's less, I'm afraid that the country's strength will be insufficient, and if it's too much, I'm afraid that the soldiers won't complain." Tong Ying said: "It's not the food, grass and baggage items that belong to Shangguan. According to the salary before Yuanfeng's restructuring

Military discipline is the responsibility of the Ministry of War, and food and grass are allocated to the Ministry of War by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and transportation and transportation are allocated by the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of War..."

But in August of this spring, Liu Fa was ordered to attack Tong'an City in Xixia and died in a fierce battle. Li Gang, who had just been demoted from the imperial censor to Yuan Lilang, wrote a "Diaozhiguowen" to commemorate him.

Lu Junyi: "Yes, Your Majesty."

One day later, the drills on individual combat and coordinated combat ended.

The so-called fight is to fight a well-prepared battle, and the so-called knowing yourself and the enemy. Doing those things is not preparation. This person must be a close friend.
To be continued...