In Beiwu Town, Feng Hui and his subordinates secretly arranged the situation to find opportunities. Dong Ping wrote a letter to Peng Jinyuan to discuss tea industry transactions. Zhang Jun occupied Caikou Town in the south, and was careful not to be discovered by local forces. For a moment, the undercurrent was surging, and the surface calmed down.

Wang Ruohai received the news that Wanyan Zongbi of Liuhe began to rectify his troops and prepare to come to the west. He did not dare to neglect and went to Xiangyang City in person.

In the yamen of the Fushi Office, Wang Xiaoli reported that he urgently ordered Wang Ruohai to come to the official hall.

After entering the official hall, Wang Ruohai bowed and Wang Xiaohun gave him a seat and ordered someone to serve tea.

Wang Ruohai said: "The news I just got was that Liuhe's Wushu was rectifying his troops and preparing to come to Luoyang. Previous news: Wushu came to bring 20,000 elite cavalry, but this time he heard that he had brought 35,000 people to prevent the observation and went north."

Wang Xiaolei said: "He really respects me! Are you guarding me for 15,000 people?"

Wang Ruohai said: "The Yellow River is in the north of Luoyang, the Shaanxi Province is in the west, and the Ruzhou is in the south, and the surroundings of our army. Although we had no intention of heading north for a while, the Jin people might not think so. It is normal to station heavy troops in Luoyang."

Wang Xiaoli sighed: "Yes, if the two countries fight, I, Li and Zhai, should have observed and seized Luoyang together. However, we are not able to do anything, so we can only watch. It is easy to seize Luoyang, but it is difficult to defend it."

The two capitals were not the places where the Jin army focused on defending. Whether it was Luoyang or Kaifeng, there were very few troops in the Jin Dynasty. The Song army did not attack because there was no danger to defend both places. There were still dangerous passes around Luoyang, and there was a plain around Kaifeng. It was easy to capture the two capitals, but it was difficult to defend them.

Wang Xiao hunted 50,000 troops. If he went north to attack Luoyang, he would face the Jin army that was attacking a large-scale attack. Fifty thousand people were not enough to fight a decisive battle. Without enough troops, he could only avoid these strategic areas and avoid entering the decisive battle ahead of schedule.

Wang Ruohai said: "The two capitals are not comparable to other places. If they can recover a place, the morale of the military and civilians will be greatly encouraged!"

Wang Xiaoli said: "This matter can only be discussed from a long-term perspective. Once the army goes north, it is very likely to be attacked by the Jin army's vast army. Without more than 100,000 troops, you cannot take this risk. If you develop in Dengzhou, Xiangyang for a few years, you will be able to go north with sufficient soldiers and enough food."

Wang Ruohai said: "What should I do if I don't go north and Wushu's army comes?"

Wang Xiaoli thought for a while and said, "The 35,000 army, plus the signing troops of the surrounding prefectures and counties, are quite large. The war in Shaanxi is approaching, and Wu Shu dared not go south to Xiang Deng. However, Ruzhou is not far away, and he may not be able to try me. I had already ordered Xinye to prepare before, and I will lead the 30,000 army north to defend Ruzhou in August."

Wang Ruohai nodded. After a while, he shook his head again and said with regret: "If Xijing can be recovered, it will be enough to boost the morale of all heroes. I heard that there are many rebels around Taihang, and they can cooperate with them inside and outside, and they can achieve great momentum!"

Wang Xiaolei said: "If you want to do big things, you must understand the capital in your hands. How much capital you have and how big things you do. Otherwise, even if you gain momentum, you will have to hand over it in the original place. Now our task is to develop the local area and train troops. Only when the troops are good and the food is enough can you have the next idea. In two or three years, you can just watch other things."

Wang Ruohai said again: "Zhang Shumi has all the soldiers from Shaanxi, with more than 200,000. If Shaanxi wins a great victory, there may not be no chance!"

Wang Xiaoli was stunned for a moment. Wang Ruohai said this correctly. If Shaanxi wins, the situation will change. But he clearly knew that Shaanxi won't win, so how could he make such a deployment?

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolei said, "The Senator stays in Xiangyang for a few days. I will recruit Chen and Yi, Shao Ling and Niu Gao to come, and we will discuss it carefully with Chen Qiudao. This time, the matter is of great importance, and it will not be explained clearly, and it always makes people feel at ease."

Wang Ruohai said goodbye and went out. Wang Xiaoli sat alone behind the desk and thought for a long time.

I was unwilling to send heavy troops, after all, because I knew that Zhang Jun from Shaanxi would not win. If Zhang Jun won, the main force of the Jin army's Western Route Army would probably be destroyed, and the situation in the whole world would completely change. Only when I knew the result would I know that Zhang Jun would lose. But for everyone else, I had the fantasy of Zhang Jun's victory. If Shaanxi won, I would definitely have to go all out and cooperate with Zhang Jun.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolien sighed.

Even now, the Song Dynasty still has strong strength. If the army of 200,000 in Shaanxi has been through battle formations, it is enough to fight the Jin army if it really has combat effectiveness. Even if it gathers 50,000 or 60,000 troops in other places, it will have the strength to restore the Central Plains.

From the perspective of later generations, the Song army squandered the previous troops only after the great defeat in Shaanxi. Before this, the confidence of the Song monarchs and ministers in the Song Dynasty was actually well-founded in the face of the Jin army. However, the army did not compete for the number of people, but for combat effectiveness. If it were just competition for the number of people, the Song army should have won a great victory in Taiyuan. How could it fall into this stage?

To be honest, Wang Xiaolie believes that the Song army is now completely corrupt. No matter how many troops there are on paper, it is difficult to defeat the Jin army. If you don’t train a new army, you will not go through painful transformation and struggle, it will be difficult to fight head-on with the Jin army. In fact, if you train a new army, the war will improve, and the surrendered faction will gain the upper hand and kill Yue Fei, the Song army will soon lose its spirit. Twenty or thirty years later, Emperor Xiaozong was determined to fight the northern expedition, but returned in vain.

Later generations often said that Zhao Gou had generals to attack the Northern Expedition, but no ambition to attack the Northern Expedition. Xiaozong had ambition to attack the Northern Expedition, but no ambition to attack the Northern Expedition. In fact, this was unreasonable. How could an army lack generals if there was no problem? Yue Fei was a military genius who was born in the world, but it did not mean that an army without military genius would not win a war. A qualified army, even without excellent generals, should not make big mistakes. If it is strong enough, it should win, and it will not be defeated by others as weak.

Since the Han Dynasty, China has developed the Western Regions on a large scale and started a large-scale war with the northern nomadic peoples. Before the Han Dynasty, there were certainly such wars. For example, King Wuling of Zhao was a Hu clothing and a cavalry, and Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, many. However, the forces of nomadic people rarely threatened the death of the Central Plains dynasty. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty for nearly a thousand years, the war between the two sides began to gradually change. The advantages of the Central Plains dynasty gradually disappeared, and the nomadic people began to gain the upper hand. The Song Dynasty was the first dynasty directly destroyed by the nomadic regime.

Why is this happening? Fundamentally speaking, it is because there are problems in the Central Plains dynasty. There are many analyses on this issue, and some people have even formed theories and put forward various statements. But the most fundamental reason is that there are problems in the army. It is not only a problem with the army itself, but more importantly, there are problems in the court's understanding of the army.

Many people do not think that there was something wrong with the army of the Central Plains dynasty. For example, when the Ming Dynasty was established, it once defeated the Yuan Dynasty and swept the north of the desert several times. But what happened? In less than a hundred years, it lost its advantage in the north. Some people say it was the dynasty cycle law, and some people say that it would be like this after the dynasty was established for a long time. But why are other dynasties not like this? Even the Song Dynasty was not like this. When the Song Dynasty was established, it could not defeat the Khitan, but later it could not defeat the Khitan, and it was always weak.

If this problem is not solved, how useful is it to just train an army that can fight and survive this crisis? Decades later? What a hundred years later? What a few hundred years later? It is necessary to wait until the invaders outside use a butcher knife to burn the land and blood flows all over the ground. They also have great luck to meet a group of people who are truly thoughtful, courageous and capable to correct all this?

Then what am I doing in this world? Faced with this situation, Wang Xiaolie could not forgive himself.

He saved Shanzhou at the beginning of the year and then won a great victory in Jingmen. Everything seemed to be going well. Wang Xiaoli won military achievements, gained fame, and won the hearts of the local people, and looked infinitely beautiful. But he found that there were many obstacles to the real reform of the army.

Since entering Xiangyang, the army gradually became regular, and there have been continuous deserters. The rectification carried out in the past few months, the deserters reached a climax. Now Wang Xiao hunted about 50,000 soldiers, and more than 3,000 people escaped for various reasons. Now, except for the Ruzhou King-supporting soldiers who were hunting with Wang Xiao at the beginning, and the local soldiers recruited later, most of the others have fled.

Wang Xiaoli had to pay attention to such a large-scale deserter. Why did he be loyal to the country, win consecutive battles, and have deserters? The salaries of officers in his army are not high, and they are just average and there are no rewards. But what he paid in his army is real money, no discounts or savings, and his real income is higher than that in other army. The soldiers' food and accommodation are all under the responsibility of the army, and there is a little allowance every month, which is also real money. More importantly, the local government has subsidies and various preferential treatments for the soldiers. Why do they still have to escape?

Wang Xiaolie couldn't figure it out. But he had to figure it out. If this problem continues to be confused, the future of this army is hard to say. Some people may think that the problem is not serious, and Wang Xiaolie couldn't figure out how serious it was, but they knew it was very serious.

A few days ago in Xinye, Wang Xiaolie intends to let Chen Yuyi do political work in the army. But I can feel that Chen Yuyi doesn't understand and doesn't want to do it. What should I do? Wang Xiaolie can't think of a solution for a while.

When he first led the army, Wang Xiaolie felt that political work was redundant. To be honest, if he had no memories of his previous life, he might not have thought of this. It was not until the army faced problems and could not think of a solution that Wang Xiaolie gradually understood the importance of military political work.

Political work is not only to ensure the loyalty of the army, but more importantly to ensure the nature of the army. Wang Xiaolie has always said that his army must defend his country, and soldiers join the army to defend his country. How to ensure this? It is far from enough to rely solely on commanding soldiers.

If the commanding officers are to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, political work is to ensure the nature of the army. Real political work is not the military supervisor that has existed in ancient times, nor is it the political department that exists in some armies, but a position that the army naturally requires. This position is not added out of thin air by some people, but the natural demand of the army itself. Without this position, the army lacks some functions.

After the Jingmen Army was triumphant, others saw everything going well, but Wang Xiaolie felt the crisis. Before this crisis was resolved, it was not suitable for large-scale military operations. It was not suitable for large-scale military expansion without completing the military transformation.

After the founding of New China, many reforms were like storms. But how was New China established? Why could that army deal with it when facing various difficulties? The time came, sweeping the earth like a rolling spring thunder? This question has not been studied clearly.

The rebirth of the red army really started with attaching importance to political work. According to traditional sayings, political work can be regarded as civil governance. When civil governance goes deep into the grassroots, a new army rose. But Chinese literati talk about Chinese history, the history of the Song Dynasty, and the history of the Ming Dynasty. They all say that civil governance is governing military forces, which leads to weak combat effectiveness and even the country's destruction. Why do these people say exactly the opposite of real history? Why did the military man have the highest status, such as the Five Dynasties and the Warlords of the Republic of China, kill literati like dogs, and the combat effectiveness of the army is not worth mentioning?
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