Ye An and Chen Lin's deduction was nothing more than a simple plan. In fact, it had nothing to do with professionalism at all. The information Ye An had was only preliminary, and it was more of a strategic plan.
As for the seemingly chess game with Chen Lin, in fact they were just trying to find ways to lobby.
It will definitely be difficult to get Chen Lin to support him with empty words. Although he has been secretive, one thing Ye An can be sure of is that Liu E, an "opportunist", has already done some things to Chen Lin behind his back.
Authorization.
Otherwise, Chen Lin wouldn't have greatly softened her attitude when she once again proposed the strategy of luring the enemy in, and would even be willing to conduct deductions with herself on the map.
As long as you let go, everything will be easy to handle. As for Cao Yi and Fan Yong, they are much more secular than Chen Lin.
Since the Battle of Chanyuan between Song and Liao Dynasty, it has never won a major victory in external military conflicts. The reputation of the Song army's weakness is no longer known to all outside the country, but even to the Song people themselves. The Song Dynasty's
The people also had no confidence in the Song army.
The Song Dynasty's attitude of emphasizing civility over military power not only caused the decline of the army's combat effectiveness, but also continuously weakened the existence of the Song Army. But even now, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty can find the importance of a victory to the Song Army.
Civil servants also have the responsibility to protect national security. There is no doubt about this.
That's why Fan Yong was so concerned about the situation in Huanzhou, and that's why Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng didn't trust the military generals and appointed civil servants to compete with the military generals for the position of Privy Councilor.
In the inherent thinking of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats should lead everything, including the Privy Council, the highest military official office of the dynasty.
Therefore, if Fan Yong was encouraged with a brilliant victory, Ye An thought that there would not be much of a problem. After all, even if he failed, civil servants would habitually use military force to throw the blame away.
As for Cao Yi... The Cao family are almost all generals through and through. Even Cao Can, who added Tongping Zhangshi, is also a military general. Yes, Tongping Zhangshi was originally a civil servant, but it is a pity that Cao Can is a military general.
He is the Jiedushi envoy, and the addition of Tongpingzhangshi is only a false title, not an actual duty.
Therefore, for generals like the Cao family, military merit is still their capital. The more military merit, the better, because since the founding of the Song Dynasty, generals can only be rewarded with titles through promotion through military merit.
In Ye An's opinion, this is quite contradictory. It not only gives the general the hope of promotion through military merit, but at the same time constantly weakens the general's leadership over the army, making it even more difficult for the general to obtain military merit than to reach the sky.
Especially during wars, military generals were constrained to the greatest extent by civil servants, and the emperor's internal servants also served as supervisors. Under the double pressure, it was difficult for military generals to let go of their hands in ordinary military conflicts, let alone external battles.
Once hesitates and hesitates on the battlefield, the most fatal result is to miss the opportunity and defeat the enemy. In order to combat this situation, some generals would rather delay the opportunity than march into danger, and use surprise troops to win by surprise, while others will
Greedy for merit and rash advancement, command is appropriate.
Looking at the wars in the Song Dynasty, it was almost impossible to escape this situation. Only those truly famous generals worked hard to reconcile the contradictions on the battlefield and won the final victory, but... Needless to say, the ending...
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Cao Yi was not a famous general, but he was a man with solid military knowledge and abilities passed down from his family.
In fact, compared to the literati's family education, which is the inheritance of knowledge from the family, the family education of the generals focuses more on the accumulation of bits and pieces on the battlefield.
How valuable is the experience on the battlefield? It was tried with human life! It is the hard work of generals of all generations passed down!
It is not something that can be understood by reading and understanding, so excellent generals and deep-rooted generals are even more precious and cherishable to the Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that the two old Zhao brothers chose the former in the face of the inheritance and security of the throne and strong military power.
After leaving the city of Tokyo, Ye An, the local state capital, rarely had the scene of a "city that never sleeps". The prosperity of Zhengzhou Guancheng had already subsided. Standing at the door of Guanyi, Ye An looked at the people on the street in the night breeze.
Deserted and quiet, I think this is what it looks like at night.
The soldiers went to bed early after a tiring day, and like a bull, they complained about the laziness of the soldiers while stuffing the bean cakes into the big yellow horse's mouth.
For him, horses are more valuable than cattle. Even a wealthy family rarely has a carriage, so he must take good care of the horse.
Ye An slept in the carriage, which made Tieniu very puzzled, but he also knew that his carriage was more comfortable than the bed in Guanyi. It was used by his wife before, and it was more sophisticated than the ox cart!
Opening the secret door in the carriage, Ye An took out the polished wooden handle, disassembled the iron pipe and oiled it carefully. In a certain sense, this thing is not a pistol, it can only be said to shoot shrapnel.
Just a gun.
However, he still feels that having this thing for self-defense makes him feel confident. It is simple but not simple. It shows the aesthetics of violence in its simplicity. It is a must-have product for home and travel!
At present, the firearms of the Song Dynasty are still at the combustion level and cannot achieve the ability to project killing fragments.
Gunpowder was a beautiful firework in the hands of the Chinese, but in the West it was made into a murderous weapon. This is quite ironic.
Ye An has always believed that what caused all this was the advanced nature of Chinese civilization. It was because of this advancement that the Han Dynasty rarely used scientific methods to pursue more efficient killings, so that it gradually fell behind in the wars of later generations.
Just think about it, how can a scholar who spends his whole day thinking about killing people efficiently?! Unless he is in a turbulent environment, an environment where competition and fighting are always going on...
The more advanced a civilization is, the longer it lasts, the more stable the environment it is in, and the more wisdom it has in its culture.
The civilization of the Han family was like this. The geographical location was so good that it could be completely self-sufficient in almost any era and had a complete production chain.
Therefore, the territory of the Han civilization rarely expanded after it was basically fixed. Unlike Western civilization, which has been experiencing human development in turmoil, once it became a little stronger, it began to expand crazily, and finally was overwhelmed by itself.
After assembling the hand gun, which is about a foot long, he cleaned the gunpowder trough, broke off the flint and lightly pulled the trigger, click...
The crisp sound and bright sparks made Ye An nodded with satisfaction. He had tested it and found that the ignition rate was very high as long as it was sunny. But looking at the heavy fire gun in his hand, he still smiled slightly. The reliability of this thing is not bad, but
The accuracy and speed are really worrying.
He sighed: "We still need gun cotton!" After saying that, he gently put the silk tissue paper wrapped with gunpowder into the barrel, and then loaded the conical lead bullet into it. Ye An gently rubbed the gun, and the gun in his hand could be used.
It is said to be the easiest killing weapon in this era.
Ye An doesn't plan to use it to smear people's faces, but hopes to use a single bomb to increase the range and progress.
But compared to the mysterious God Arm Crossbow, Ye An was still a little frightened. After all, it was the first thing the Dangxiang people came up with. The crossbow arrow had a maximum range of more than 340 steps. Ye An felt his scalp numb just thinking about it.
A step is a unit of distance. It is not a step forward by lifting your foot. It is only the distance of one foot. A step is two feet, which is about 1.2 to 1.5 meters!
If the average of three hundred and forty steps is taken, it is more than 400 meters! The effective range of Bayi Bar and Jiuwu is only 400 meters. Of course, the effective range of the God Arm Crossbow is unknown.
But who cares about accuracy on the battlefield of cold weapons? Bows and crossbows are all used to cover the enemy on a large scale. As long as they can shoot far enough, they are magic weapons!