The fourth official match of the new Cuju Competition is about to begin. This time the two sides are quite special. Let’s talk about the Goshawk team first. In fact, the Goshawk team should be the one that the audience knows the least among the eight teams.
Team. They just know that this team is led by Lord Han Qi, and Han Qi is the leader of this team. Everyone knows who Han Qi is. He is currently having some issues with Fan Zhongyan at the border over matters between Song and Xia.
The envoys sent by the Daxia Kingdom actually had the same purpose as Fan Zhongyan and others. They were secretly making military preparations in the name of peace talks. Both sides knew that a big war could not be compared to a mystery, so no one had the patience to negotiate. Although
On the surface, the two sides would meet every day to discuss some matters related to the peace talks, but they were also trivial matters. For example, Daxia agreed to make a confession to the Song Dynasty, but the prerequisite was that the Song Dynasty must recognize Li Yuanhao and Daxia
This is a paradox, and it is also the bottom line for Fan Zhongyan and others. Therefore, after so many days, the talks are just trivial matters. It can be said that there is no actual progress in the peace talks at all.
Regarding the fundamental issue between the Song and Xia countries, both sides avoided talking about it. It seemed that they both wanted to solve this problem through war. However, although everyone knew that a war was going to happen, they had to choose the right time, no matter what.
We have to wait until the peace talks, which have lasted for about a month, are over before launching a major war. After all, Zhao Zhen has given a death order, and force must not be used until the results of the palace examination are known.
No matter what, Lord Han Qi is always running around for family and country affairs. Regardless of his status and connections in the DPRK, the common people still have a good impression of this Lord Han Qi, and even to the point of praising him.
.However, all they know about the Goshawk Team is that it is a Cuju team composed of soldiers selected by Han Qi from the army. It can be said that the common people's impression of soldiers now is that they are afraid, but
Deep down in his heart, he doesn't look down on these soldiers very much. Even some common people who have money and status still look down on these soldiers in their hearts. The reason for this is very simple. In the final analysis, it is the result of Zhao Zhen's emphasis on civil service and neglect of military affairs.
As a result, everyone was thinking about passing the imperial examination instead of abandoning their writing skills and joining the army. Most people considered joining the court as an official as the only way out, instead of thinking about joining the military camp to protect their family and country. Indeed, this was similar to the military affairs of the Song Dynasty.
The system has always been weak, and it has a lot to do with the fact that military achievements will not receive many rewards. These people naturally pay more attention to practical interests. They still clearly calculate the benefits of joining the court as an official or serving as a soldier.
In order to prevent the separatism of vassal towns and the recurrence of the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the policy of "emphasis on culture over military affairs" during the Song Taizu and Song Taizong periods gradually took shape. However, this "emphasis on culture over military affairs" was in the form of "supervising the army" and "logistics" and other military forms.
These were all used in the Han and Tang Dynasties in order to prevent military generals from taking over the majority. For example, "eunuchs built the army" was often used during the Tang Xuanzong period, and even Yang Sixu, the eunuch who led the army. Song Taizu's "cup of wine to release military power" has always been regarded as
It is a model of "valuing civility over military power", but I have never agreed with it. "Release military power over a glass of wine" is a historical necessity. It is better than Liu Bang's "eradicating those in danger" and Zhu Yuanzhang's "one spoonful of stew". There are both
Song Taizu's helplessness also reflected his understanding of soldiers.
During the Five Dynasties period, all military generals were self-respecting. Below the generals were lieutenant generals, and below the lieutenant generals were junior generals. This is very similar to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty when the emperor had princes under him, the princes had officials under them, and the ministers under the emperor had their own roles.
circle. To a certain extent, Zhao Kuangyin is only "the most powerful one", not the only one. This is his helplessness.
The good thing is that the so-called "Ten Brothers of Yishe" (Zhao Kuangyin, Yang Guangyi, Shi Shouxin, Li Jixun, Wang Shenqi, Liu Qingyi, Liu Shouzhong, Liu Tingrang, Han Chongyun, and Wang Zhengzhong) have not had "two minds" yet.
This is a good way to prevent a few capable "glory and wealth" from becoming big. The root of the "emphasis on civility and disgrace on military power" in the Song Renzong era is not the "military generals who chaos the country" from the late Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty. The direct source is "Chanyuan"
Alliance". Because the "Chanyuan Alliance" caused the Northern Song Dynasty court to question its "rationality".
What is "rationality"? Rationality is not about legality, orthodoxy or not. The latter two are the dregs of feudal society. "Rationality" is applicable in any era, that is, whether your court has completed the task of "protecting the people and allowing people to live in peace".
The people live with dignity and happiness.”
The "degeneration of Confucian scholars" also happened step by step. During the period of Song Renzong, Confucian scholars had great power. On the one hand, Song Renzong was born freely in the royal family and had little experience and experience in the suffering of the people, understanding of war, and handling of government affairs.
Therefore, power must be delegated to Confucian scholars; on the one hand, because of the indulgence of Confucian scholars during the Renzong period of Song Dynasty, Confucian scholars increasingly suppressed military generals in the name of "serving the people" for their own ruling power. The value of military generals' existence is to "protect the territory"
, restore the country." Under the circumstances of the Song and Liao Dynasties, it is certain that the military generals intended to make another northern expedition and be tough on the outside world. Therefore, the main target of Confucian scholars was the military generals.
For this reason, "emphasis on literature over military affairs" became "emphasis on literature and disgrace on military affairs" during the Song Renzong period. During the Song Renzong period, the civil servant group benefited from the political development after the "Chanyuan Alliance". Therefore, it was not at all interested in recovering the Youyun area.
Care. Song Renzong began to consolidate his position with "filial piety" and solidified his abandonment of historical responsibilities after the "Chanyuan Alliance".
Taking the "Qingli Increasing Coins" as an example, the ministers in power at the time basically believed that since the "Chanyuan Alliance" was signed, it should be abided by. From this time on, the ruling class of the Northern Song Dynasty completely abandoned their traditional hometown. As for some people taking advantage of Song Huizong
The Northern Expedition at that time said that the Song Dynasty had never forgotten "recovering lost territory".
Here we might as well give an example to illustrate the problem of emphasizing literature over military affairs in the Song Dynasty. Speaking of this, we have to mention a general, Di Qing.
Di Qing, courtesy name Hanchen, was born in Xihe, Fenzhou (now Fenyang, Shanxi Province). He was a rare military wizard in the Song Dynasty. In the early years of Baoyuan, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Song-Xia war broke out. Di Qing was called to join the army to fight against the Xia Dynasty. Due to his bravery in the battle, he soon became
He grew up from a small soldier to a pioneer. He not only took the lead, shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, but also had both wisdom and bravery, and repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. Therefore, he was powerful in Xixia, and was also famous in the capital. He was relied on by the imperial court to serve as the Great Steel Wall on the northwest frontier.
The melee of the Five Dynasties was the result of military generals' rebellion, and Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was also a military general, and later took away the Chai family. Therefore, in order to prevent military generals from usurping the throne, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were extremely wary and suspicious of military generals, so they had the concept of "valuing civility over military affairs".
"Basic national policy, military generals were severely hit and suppressed, and were unable to display their abilities. This was also the fundamental reason why the Song Dynasty had always been weak and bullied.
However, Song Renzong was a very enlightened British leader. He greatly appreciated and valued Di Qing, a rare military genius. After the Song-Xia peace negotiation, although he was unanimously opposed by the admonishers, Renzong ignored it and promoted him all the way to the top.
Di Qing, who had repeatedly made military exploits in the Song-Xia war, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhending Road, Yuhou in front of the infantry palace, deputy commander of the infantry, deputy commander of the cavalry, military governor of Changhua, and magistrate of Yanzhou.
He was even promoted to the core of the supreme ruling group and promoted to deputy privy envoy, which is equivalent to the current deputy minister of defense, and his official position is similar to that of deputy prime minister.
Shortly after the Song-Xia Peace Conference in the Qingli Year, Nong Zhigao of Lingnan rebelled against the Song Dynasty. He defeated Song generals such as Yang Wei, Sun Mian, and Yu Jing, and captured nine state capitals in Guangnan, including Yongzhou and Guangzhou. At this critical moment,
At the critical moment, Di Qing took the initiative to ask Ying to fight, and quickly put an end to the war in Guangnan, turning the danger in southern Xinjiang into safety. Renzong promoted him to the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty's highest military and political officer, despite the strong opposition of all civil servants.
Ouyang Xiu, who was a Hanlin scholar at the time, wrote three memorials in a row, going to great lengths to frame and accuse Di Qing. The first memorial was "Shang Renzong begged to dismiss Di Qing as Privy Councilor". In this memorial, Ouyang Xiu tried his best to state
The history of military generals in the Tang and Five Dynasties who relied on their own troops and conspired to rebel and usurp the throne relied solely on subjective assumptions to describe Di Qing as a rebellious official and traitor who posed a threat to the Song Dynasty: he was said to be arrogant and lawless; he was said to have committed crimes with a group of local ruffians.
The soldiers who came out of the elements mingled together with sinister intentions; they said that strange phenomena had often appeared in his home recently, indicating signs of rebellion; they also said that he kept the soldiers in obedience and obedience. Once a rebellion was called for, many people would respond...
Obviously these were all false accusations against Di Qing, and they were purely based on rumors and rumors, but they also made Song Renzong begin to relax. Immediately afterwards, Ouyang Xiu used the capital Kaifeng and floods in various places to frame Di Qing, and wrote two consecutive letters to "Shang Renzong"
In the memorial "On Floods", the ferocious and unusual floods were described as abnormal celestial phenomena. God was angry because the court was unjust, and this was a sign of trouble for the country.
"The country will suffer unethical defeats, and Heaven will send disasters first to punish them." And the crisis he mentioned was that Renzong re-appointed the military general Di Qing as the central military and political officer, so he suggested that the first priority was to remove Di Qing from the post of Privy Councilor and replace him with others.
Expelled from the capital.
Not only Wen Yanbo and Ouyang Xiu, but also some civil servants with ulterior motives fabricated the prophecy that "the Han is like a beard, the Hu is like a Han, and the change of appearance is always ordinary, only on the banks of the Fen River", saying that Di Qing might be rebellious, so he urged Song Renzong to get rid of him.
Drop Di Qing.
Finally, after repeated deliberate false accusations by Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu and others, Song Renzong finally preferred to believe that he was there rather than believe that he was gone, so he dispatched Di Qing to serve as the general magistrate of Chenzhou. However, Di Qing did not know what happened at this time, as usual.
You also went to work in Zhongshu Province. After being told that you were transferred, you naively asked what happened. Wen Yanbo laughed slyly and said, "It's nothing more. It's just that the emperor is jealous of you."
This move is very sinister and vicious. It is the same as Wang Qian's "You have to have other ambitions" trick to force Yang Ye to death. In fact, it means that the emperor is worried that you will rebel. This is a serious crime that involves the nine tribes. Hearing this, he is immediately frightened.
Di Qing was half dead.
Wen Yanbo and others were still not satisfied. After Di Qing arrived at his new official residence, they deliberately sent messengers to "pacify" Di Qing twice a month. In fact, they were scaring Di Qing and constantly breaking down his psychological defenses. Di Qing was mentally persecuted by these civil servants.
Half a year later, he died of fear and panic at the age of 49.
In fact, the suppression of generals by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty was mainly due to the emperor's mentality of guarding against heroes, but later it gradually lost control and became the consistent value of civil servants as the vested interests of the ruling class. If military generals were in power, how could they listen to them?
As for civil servants, how can they have a foothold as civil servants?
Moreover, Di Qing, who was born in the military, was able to become the top military director of the central government in just ten years. This made those civil servants who had studied hard for ten years and still struggled in the officialdom extremely unbalanced. They could not tolerate a single person.
The oppressed class in turn oppressed them, even as these generals defended the country.
Therefore, the beginning of emphasizing civility over military affairs gradually led to a very abnormal civil-military relationship in the Song Dynasty. Civil servants, as vested interests in power, severely attacked and persecuted military generals, so that in the end all capable generals were almost dead. How could the Song Dynasty be like this?
Not dead.
Although there has not yet been a war between Song and Xia, everyone from high-ranking officials to ordinary people know that there is no future for soldiers. Therefore, it is not so much that they don't know much about the current Goshawk team.
It's better to say that they don't want to understand. However, the appearance of Gu Liang completely changed the situation.
In the first three official games, Gu Liang appeared as the captain of the team to maintain order, and he accurately guessed the outcome of each game. This made the people feel that this Goshawk team was under Gu Liang's control.
Under the leadership, we might be able to win easily in today's game.
As their opponent, the Lions, it is obvious that the people will love and support them more. Although the result on the field today is 50-50, most people have a wait-and-see attitude, but judging from the purchasing tendency of football lottery,
Basically, more than 50% and close to 60% of the people still buy football lottery tickets that the Lions can win the game.
The reason is very simple. It is not because the identity of Cao You or the Cao family played a big role in it. On the contrary, the reason is the two people on the field who are extremely familiar with them.
That is to say, through the new Cuju, I not only changed my body, but also changed the two living treasures of the Lions in my heart, Zou Kai and Chen Feng.
These two people have actually become very familiar people because of their strange figures. This is the reason why Cao You pulled them into the Lions team despite his objections. Cao You believed that this sport is
These two people can be changed. Facts have proved that now Zou Kai and Chen Feng have become the absolute core players of the Lions. Cao You wants to use the examples of these two to tell all the people that as long as they also practice Cuju, they can achieve the same goal.
The effect of these two people.
Of course, Cao You did this more to realize Lu Yao's original intention of holding this Cuju competition, which was to improve the physical fitness of the people. However, it seems that the audience is more concerned about how much money they can make through football lottery through this Cuju competition.
This made Lu Yao feel a bit dumbfounded.
It is precisely because of the personal friendship with Zou Kai and Chen Feng, and because these two people are usually people who can be seen around them at any time, it naturally gives the audience a sense of intimacy, so more viewers choose to support
The Lions have their reasons too.
"Lu Yao, who do you think you are more optimistic about in this game? The strength of the two teams cannot be the same."
The referee Zhan Zhao was about to blow the whistle for the start of the game. Pan Wen asked. The other leaders present all looked at Lu Yao, and even Wang Da and Wang Yi came over.
, I want to follow Lu Yao’s ideas. After all, as an event organizer, Lu Yao’s analysis has always been very insightful.
Lu Yao looked at the players on the field and said: "If the Lions focus on overall tactics to organize offense and defense, then they will undoubtedly be more of a tactical team. In fact,
In addition to the team's formation, we might as well divide these teams into a category. Taking today's game as an example, the Lions can be regarded as a tactical team. Their core personnel are not on the field.
players, but the coach Cao You on the sidelines. As their opponents, it is obvious that they are a more powerful team. All their players are soldiers, so in terms of physical aspects, such as confrontation and speed
They must have the upper hand, and the most important thing is physical strength. I dare say that with the eleven people starting now, if there are no personnel adjustments due to some reasons in the battle situation, then this lineup can definitely last forever.
By the end of the game, it’s the type of team that makes the difference.”
Pan Wen nodded, and Chen Chen on the side said: "I probably understand, if you say so, among the four teams that have advanced to the next round, the Fanlou team is a midfield control team, and the Wenyuan team
The style is more offensive, so they should be an offensive team, and the Huangtian team should also be an offensive team."
"Yes, but the two teams need to be refined. The Wenyuan team is a midfielder team, while the Huangtian team prefers to focus on the two forwards." After Lu Yao said this, he did not forget to look.
Let’s take a look at Wang Da and Wang Yi.
"So," Han Wenyuan said, "As far as the current game is concerned, the Goshawk team has the advantage in physical strength and strength, but after all, like the grassroots team, they do not have a coach on the sidelines, not to mention Gu Liang
I planned to start from the beginning, I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.”
Zhe Katsuyuki said: "Yes, but the Lions team is obviously more reasonable. It can be seen that their players are very obedient to Cao You's command. The overall tactics are very strong, but can they be achieved through team cooperation?"
Making up for the gap in players' individual physical fitness is also a problem."
"I think I still appreciate a team like the Lions that plays the game with tactics as the core." Lu Yao still gave his own advice, "After all, this is not a real battlefield, and this is an eleven-person team.
In team events, some wonderful coordination can actually make up for the physical fitness gap of the players to a certain extent, but..."\
Wang Da took over the words. Obviously, his understanding was clearer than the other leaders present. Wang Da said: "It's just that this kind of tactical lead cannot last for the entire audience. Even if Cao Yu continues again,
How awesome, after all, he was not the one playing Cuju on the field, and he could not fully take into account the psychological changes of the players. The most important thing is that the Goshawk players, who have an absolute advantage in physical strength, will not worry at all about entering the game.
to overtime. And once it enters the penalty shootout, I dare to say that it is definitely not a good situation for the Lions. Therefore, it seems that the Lions must end the game within regular time, otherwise their overall tactical
The advantage cannot be brought into play. It can be said that every minute the game goes on, it will be more disadvantageous for the Lions. They still have to strive to gain the initiative on the field quickly and score goals to relieve the pressure."
After listening to Wang Da and Lu Yao's explanations, every leader present made their own judgment on the situation on the court. Some were more optimistic about the Lions, while others naturally supported the Goshawks.
On the field, the two sides have already begun to choose sides and attack first. Cao Yu took advantage of this very thoroughly. You know, during the warm-up match, Cao Yu used these so-called off-field factors. He once played
The Wenyuan team was caught off guard and even lost the ball. However, the weather today was sunny and windy, and the sun was shining high. It could be said that there was no wind. The method of using the weather and wind direction was not suitable for this game. So,
In the eyes of everyone, Cao You chose to attack first. He did not choose Shunguang's side, but chose to get the power to attack first.
If it were before, Pan Wen, Chen Chen and others would be surprised by Cao You's choice, but now their understanding of Cuju has risen to a higher level. If they were Cao You, they would also choose
Attack first instead of choosing a side. Although it is in the direction of backlight, time is passing, and not every part of the field will be exposed to direct sunlight. Cao You's tactical ability is extremely strong, and he naturally has ways to deal with the direction of backlight.
For the offense, even though he chose a good direction in the first half, he lost the initiative and became a situation where he had to respond to the opponent's offense. This is obviously not the formation that Cao Yu chose with five centers.
One thing he wanted to see was that he wanted to maximize his formation, so he finally chose to attack first.
As his opponent, Gu Liang of the Goshawk team did not compete with Cao Yu for the right to attack first. After all, his formation was more defensive and counterattack. Moreover, Gu Liang was very confident in his players. He felt that no matter what the opponent did,
No matter what tricks you use, it is impossible to score a goal in a short period of time.
As a result, the two reached a consensus to some extent, and this physical vs. tactical game began.