has lived for more than 30 years, Xiao Qi has not seen someone who pretends to be forced, but Xiao Qi can touch his conscience and say that he has really never seen someone who can pretend to be forced like this.

Forcibly resisting the urge to use a knife to cut people, Xiao Qi asked tentatively, "You people...... Is it particularly valued by the Emperor of the Song Kingdom? ”

Yelu looked at Xiao Qi with a confused expression and asked, "Why do you say that?" I am just a cavalry battalion commander in the Great Song Dynasty, with a total of 270 cavalry, plus the commanders and guards, and the full battle is 300 people. ”

Xiao Qi said suspiciously: "If it weren't for the special attention of the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, how could there be a gentleman who would teach you the art of war?" Also, we also heard the art of war from Mr. Sun, is that okay? To tell the truth, what Mr. Sun said just now is really good, I think I can go to expand the territory with an army now. ”

"You?"

Yelu glanced at Xiao Qi and asked, "If you are asked to go to a country, take Khorezm as an example, how many troops do you need to bring?" What kind of troop deployment is needed? How many people need to be requisitioned? How many weapons and ordnance are needed? How many animals are needed? How much grain and grass do you need? What is the national strength of Khorezm? What is the terrain like? What is the local customs? What is the trend of mountains and rivers?

If you aim to capture the whole territory of Khorezm, how long will it take? How long will it take to completely conquer Khorezm? And what should I prepare? And how do you do that? Also, what kind of Khorezm people are worthy of support, and what kind of people need to be suppressed? ”

After a series of questions, Yelu glanced at the dumbfounded Xiao Qi with disdain, and said mockingly: "I don't know if I don't know, you still expand your territory?" Have you ever heard of a saying that one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies? I'm telling you, if a fool like you goes out with an army, you can bury the whole army. ”

"Then you know?"

Xiao Qi said unconvinced: "What you said is a question that only the marshal should consider, I need to know these things as a big soldier?" ”

"The official family said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier."

Yelu laughed and said, "Let's take Khorezm as an example."

"To get the information that Khorezm needs, I can ask for the help of the Imperial City Division and the Eastern Compilation Factory, and they will definitely be able to get the map and national power data of Khorezm, the maps are detailed to the villages and rivers, and even more detailed than the maps used by Khorezm. Although the national strength data cannot be accurate to how many copper plates their treasury has, it can roughly know their income, annual output, garrison and military training. ”

"Based on this premise, if I just want to push quickly, then I only need 50,000 cavalry to crisscross the territory of Khorezm. If the purpose is to occupy, then I need at least 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 foot soldiers, of which at least 10,000 shield men, at least 30,000 archers and crossbowmen, and the rest can be ordinary foot soldiers. ”

"If you extrapolate based on the strength of the Liao State before, I need to prepare at least 300,000 people, even if it is replaced by the current Great Song Dynasty, I need at least 150,000 people. In other words, I need to prepare at least enough grain and grass for 300,000 people for a year, because Khorezm has a limited capacity to produce grain, and it is difficult to obtain food on the spot. ”

"As for things like livestock and ordnance, I need ......"

"If it is only for the sake of a quick occupation and only for short-term gains, then I will divide all the people of Khorezm into three types. One was the original clan of Khorezm, one was the original nobility and gentry, and the other was the common people and untouchables. ”

"And what needs to be wooed is the original aristocracy and gentry class, what needs to be cleaned up is the original clan, and what needs to be suppressed is their ordinary people and untouchables. This maximizes the benefits. ”

"On the contrary, if it is to be completely and permanently occupied, then it is necessary to win over the ordinary people and untouchables of Khorezm, and at the same time, it is necessary to move the people from the native land to come to the border, and use the fastest speed to clean up all the original clans, nobles, and gentry, eliminate their influence, and establish social science, and at the same time open the two systems of election of officials in the inspection and imperial examinations, not only to give those people the opportunity to get ahead, but also to achieve the purpose of assimilation and annexation in the shortest possible time."

The more Yelu Hou said, the more frightened Xiao Qi became.

It's terrifying!

Xiao Qi didn't understand all these things that Yelu Hou said, but the little thing he understood was also slowly explored by leading troops to fight all year round, and he was always in a vague state, how could he have summarized it so comprehensively and so clearly like Yelu Hou?

Xiao Qi felt that anyone who understood these should at least be the marshals who commanded the three armies, or those ministers in the court. But now it seems that everyone in the army of the Great Song Dynasty understands this?

"Everyone in the army of the Great Song Dynasty understands these things, and those who don't understand will be beaten into fools and ordered to be discharged."

Just when Xiao Qi was confused, Yelu continued: "This thing is nothing unusual at all, just like everyone in the Great Song Dynasty knows how to rebel." Although there is no rebellion. ”

"Everybody knows how to rebel?"

Xiao Qi asked with a confused face: "Then the emperor of the Song Kingdom is not afraid of the people rebelling?" ”

Yelu laughed and said, "In fact, our army has also taught ordinary soldiers how to rebel......

"In addition to the military, at the local level, from the beginning of the county school, there are gentlemen who teach courses on rebellion, including the cases of rebellion in previous dynasties, including why they succeeded or failed, including the purpose, form, and process of rebellion."

"Let's put it this way, as long as you study hard, as long as you can graduate from the county school, then you can pull up a rebellious team at any time."

"Of course, the Praetorian Army will crush you with much more speed. Maybe you don't need the forbidden army, just the box army can chop you up. ”

"Because the people know how to rebel, it doesn't mean that the people must rebel."

"On the contrary, the people are very supportive of the official family and have no idea of rebellion."

"I'll tell you a joke - the people of Bianjing City heard the rumor that every meal of the official family was four dishes and one soup, but they actually ran outside the palace and shouted to donate money to the official family......"

"In the Great Song Dynasty, you will often hear old farmers and the like criticize the official family, saying that the official family is a loser, saying that the official family is good for private visits, saying that the official family is easy to toss, anyway, there is anything to say."

"But! If you are seen to be not from the Song Dynasty and dare to come over to talk about this kind of topic, the best result will be that you will be sent to the official mansion by these people who are still criticizing the official's house just now. If you're unlucky, you might get beaten up by them – the kind that kills you outright. ”

Xiao Qi felt that his three views had completely collapsed.

Is there such an emperor in the world?

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