The ready-made army that Zhao Hao thought of was those captured Mengyuan soldiers, these people have been trained in cavalry and archery since childhood, skilled in bows and horses, and have received military training, as long as they can be subdued, they will get a cavalry army for nothing, and the surrender of troops for their own use is also a common means in all dynasties. However, there is also the problem of loyalty, after all, the saying that 'those who are not of my race must have different hearts' has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and even he is not sure if he can win their loyalty in a short time, but the current situation is pressing, and he can only try.

"Please come and see me!" Thinking of this, Zhao Yu instructed the little yellow door on duty outside the tent. Although there is a saying of Corporal Lixian, there is also a legend that the emperor's tiger body is shocked, the king's overlord is leaked, and the general's hem is attached. But he knew that it was also a legend, so he wanted Chen Shishi to test it first, if he couldn't convince him, he still had room to maneuver, and he couldn't just start the game!

"See Your Majesty!" On weekdays, when they are in the palace, several directors of the Imperial Front Office are also on duty in turn in order to deal with urgent matters. At present, the emperor is personally on the expedition, and the official documents come and go from all over the country, and they are undertaking the task of uploading and disseminating, and they dare not relax in the slightest, even at night, there are people on duty in the partial tent. Tonight was Chen Shishi, who was on duty, and immediately entered the account after receiving the command.

"Well, sit down!" Zhao Yu asked Xiao Huangmen to add two more candlesticks to illuminate the sleeping tent more brightly, raised his hand to let him salute, and sat beside him. Chen Shishi has been in the Imperial Front Office for several years, and he has always done things safely, and the two are still in-laws, speaking of which he is still his eldest brother, after Lin Zhiwu and Cai Qiao and others were released, Zhao Yu also relied more and more on him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Huangmen moved an embroidered pier, and offered a cup of tea, Chen Shishi thanked him again before sitting down, "Today's battle, Your Majesty is already a saddle horse, don't work too hard!" "Today's battle situation is tight, the little emperor personally led his troops to rush into battle, and fought with the enemy to stabilize his position, he naturally knew very well, in addition to worrying but also a little more distressed, seeing that his face was tired.

"It's fine!" Zhao Yu waved his hand to tell him not to worry, and then turned to the topic, "Now below Yangzhou City, it is a pity that Tuhuan escaped, so our army must take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to quickly capture Shanyang and Xuyi, so as to control the enemy's southward reinforcement route." The soldiers are very fast, so I plan to send an army to capture Shanyang by water transportation, and send another elite cavalry to quickly go north to attack Xuyi. But as you know, all the cavalry of our army has been transferred to Jiangdong, and the war there is now tight, and even if it is called, it will be too late. ”

"Your Majesty's intention is to use the captured horses to quickly organize and ride north, but there is a lack of good riders in the army, so I am worried about this!" Chen Shishi guessed his thoughts after a little thought, and said bluntly.

"Exactly! I don't know if there is a way to crack it? He guessed his thoughts at once, Zhao Yu was very pleased, nodded and sighed lightly and asked.

"Your Majesty must have already solved it, why do you need your subordinates to offer plans, although Your Majesty orders, your subordinates will do their best!" Chen Shishi has been with the little emperor for so many years, how could he not know his unintentional temperament, and asking himself is just a polite word, arching his hand and chuckling and saying.

"Hehe, those who know me are also people!" Zhao Yu also smiled and waved his hand, and said with a straight face, "I plan to use Meng Yuan's troops as a pioneer to form a surprise army to attack Xuyi." ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it too risky?" Chen Shishi knew that the little emperor often had unexpected wisdom in times of crisis, but although he was prepared, he was still taken aback, and his face tightened.

"I know it's a bit rushed, but there's nothing else to do at the moment!" Zhao Hao nodded and said, he did not deny that his method was a little radical, after all, he was an enemy yesterday, and today he became an ally who fought for himself, this change is too hard to believe and accept.

"Your Majesty, the Mongolian army has just surrendered, and it has not been able to complete the training, if it rebels again halfway, it will be a catastrophe." Chen Shishi saw that His Majesty was not completely sure, and he thought about it and expressed his worries.

"It doesn't have to be, you have to try it to find out." Zhao Yu was also forced into a corner, unwilling to give up, and said after a while, "After dawn, I want you to go separately to see Brother Du and Batu two thousand households and several thousand households, and probe their tone, as long as they are willing to join, then the matter will be half done!" ”

"It is also right to capture the thief and capture the king, but if the soldiers and generals below are not satisfied, they are afraid that they will scatter in front of the battle, and they will sigh in vain." Chen Shishi still felt that there was no bottom in his heart.

"Hmm......" Seeing that he was still puzzled, Zhao Yu took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "I have done some research on the temperament, life and behavior of the Mongols, now I will discuss it with you before making a decision!" ”

"My subordinates would like to hear His Majesty's teachings!" Chen Zhishi sat up straight and said.

"Everyone in the world says that the Mongol soldiers are invincible and invincible, and they are first-class strong soldiers, why is this?" Zhao Hao asked a question first.

"The subordinates thought that the barbarians had no king, they were cruel and barbaric by nature, they had no heart of benevolence and righteousness, and their behavior was like that of animals. At the time of the war, they slaughtered the city and destroyed the country at every turn, intimidating the Quartet, so that the people of the world were all frightened, and often the soldiers fled before they arrived! Chen Shishi replied.

"Yes, but I think it's too one-sided." In fact, there is nothing new in his answer, it is still a derogatory word among scholars, but Zhao Yu just smiled and said, "I think that the reason why the Mongolian army can attack the city and plunder the land, is like a bamboo, and the reason why everyone is good at cavalry and archery and is good at using cavalry strategy and tactics is mainly because their soldiers have good obedience and have a strict rank. ”

"The Mongols were more obedient to their lord than other tribes, had great respect for him, and never lied to their master; No matter what order the lord gave them, no matter what time, no place, no matter whether the order was to fight them, dead or alive, they were absolutely obedient, and there was not a word of opposition. Even if they were asked to give their unmarried daughter or sister, they would give her to them without complaining. ”

"I didn't expect the Mongols to be so tame and able to blindly obey the orders of their superiors. However, in this way, when fighting, orders and prohibitions can be carried out, and the upper and lower levels are like armies. Chen Shishi sighed, but he also understood that such a consciousness was needed in the army, and without such an extreme sense of obedience, it was impossible to win the war.

Of course, the extreme obedience of the Mongol soldiers was also guaranteed by the law. There are often people in the court who point out that the military spending imposed by us is too harsh and is the work of tyrants, but it is still far from the Mongolian military law. Zhao Yu said.

"The Mongols have a level of military discipline that is rare in the world. While they were fighting, if one of the ten, or two, or three, or even more of them fled, all ten of them were put to death. If a party of ten escapes, the rest of the centurion, if not all, will be put to death. In a word, unless they all retreat, all those who flee will be put to death; In the same way, if one or two or more of the ten men go forward and fight bravely, and the rest do not follow, they will be put to death. If one or more of the ten-man lieutenants are captured by the enemy, and their companions fail to save them, they are to be put to death. ”

"Oh, Mongolian military law is so cruel! But don't they know how to rebel against tyranny? Chen Shishi was surprised when he heard this. He did not expect that the Mongols were cruel to foreign races, and they were equally unkind to their own people.

"There are deep-seated reasons for their formation of such contradictory habits...... Zhao Hao took a sip of water and said again.

In the past life, many people had conducted a deep analysis of the reasons why the Mongols were invincible, and some people in Zhao remembered that they had studied the national character, and they thought that the concept of "obedience" was contrary to human nature because it itself had an element of compulsion. Under the cover of servility, mutual jealousy, resentment and suspicion are also very extreme, no less than those of other peoples, and even more serious.

This underlying emotion seriously reduces loyalty between people, and can also lead to a lack of tolerance, especially for losers, whose friends will leave him as soon as he fails. If you look at the history of Mongolia, when is there no frequent war and cannibalism on the Mongolian Plateau, any tribe is conquered, and the price paid is all torture or enslavement, and the cruelty is absolutely outrageous; If there was a brief period of peace, it was because there were stronger tribes that conquered all the weaker tribes.

A typical example is that after Temujin's father was killed by the Tatars, his people left him and went to other tribes. After the defeat of his battle with Wang Han, most of the retainers who followed him on the way to escape were not Mongols, but people of other nationalities. This result was not spared even in the era after Genghis Khan.

In fact, it was only because of the conventional hierarchical relations among the Mongols, among whom there were always leaders and authority figures who were either from noble families, wealthy, or simply capable of fighting. And once the so-called authority figure is lost, there is no thought, and it becomes ignorant and does not know how to do it until the next strong man is born.

"Your Majesty's intention is that as long as you subdue the leaders of the surrendered army, they can command their soldiers as before, and they will not have the heart of betrayal to use us!" Chen Shishi said with some realization, "But this is also risky, once we lose in the battle, then they will also switch to others!" ”

"Yes, so we need to do something else to prevent the betrayal!" Zhao Yu nodded and said......