How important is the will of an emperor, Wang Ningan finally has a personal experience. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Daddy was full of energy, and he couldn't wait to go into battle to kill the enemy immediately, as if how many Liao soldiers were local chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning.

Even if he is like this, all the people in Hebei are like rainbows, and they are all gearing up and excited.

After the old general Wang Deyong received the holy decree, he burst into tears.

He is too old, when he was young, he participated in the Battle of Lanyuan, when the Liao State was catching up with the peak of a hundred years of national fortunes, Empress Dowager Xiao, Han Derang, Xiao Tart, all of them are once in a thousand years of talents, holding hundreds of thousands of heavy soldiers, all the way south, straight to the banks of the Yellow River.

At that time, the people of the Great Song Dynasty were panicked and had no fighting spirit, and even many people advocated avoiding its edge and retreating to the south of the Yangtze River, and some even planned to run to Sichuan.

If the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty really ran away at that time, perhaps another chaotic era of five dynasties and ten kingdoms would be inevitable.

When the news of the emperor's appearance spread, hundreds of thousands of Song troops immediately beat the blood, and all of them came to the momentum, not only did they unite as one, but they also opened up and killed Xiao Tzurin.

If the True Sect could be more resolute, maybe the conditions of the Abyss Alliance would be better......

Decades have passed, and he has been replaced by the son of Zhenzong, how much courage can Zhao Zhen show to fight against the soldiers of the Liao State?

Everyone is waiting to see!

After appointing the officials in charge of the war in Hebei, Zhao Zhen issued another decree to allocate 2 million guan to repay the arrears of military salaries over the years, and all soldiers who participated in the war, regardless of whether they were old or weak, would be paid food and wages.

In addition, Zhao Zhen took out another 1 million guan and went to Lingnan to purchase 3 million Shizhan Cheng rice, which was shipped in batches to support the central battlefield in Hebei.

I have to mention that Wang Ning'an's strategy in Lingnan is effective, after the establishment of the huge military tun, every year Lingnan plus Jiaozhi, can contribute 7 million stone of grain to the Great Song Dynasty, 800,000 stone of white sugar, although Zhancheng rice is not delicious, but how is it also rice, and the price is more than half cheaper than the japonica rice in the south of the Yangtze River, counting the freight, it is still a big piece cheaper.

With an adequate supply of food, we can give it a go and fight with Liao.

Pingxian's fleet went south, transporting grain, animal skins, horns, tendons, lacquer, wood, and iron ore to Pingxian, and the workshops here were in full swing, working day and night, turning these raw materials into deadly bed crossbows, making armor and swords, gunpowder workshops, and fierce fire oil workshops, and also stepping up production.

The entire Pingxian County has almost become a big factory.

Compared with other places, Pingxian County has a super high mobilization capacity, as well as crazy production capacity, 300,000 people, almost 100,000 workers, including more than 10,000 masters, which is a terrifying number that Bianjing City does not have.

Moreover, these masters are not engaged in art or luxury, they have ironmaking, carpentry, forging, shipbuilding, construction, furniture...... It's all the kind that can be converted into combat effectiveness.

After the order of the imperial court, after half a month's effort, 3,000 bed crossbows were provided to the armies of Hebei, and 2 million catties of gunpowder and 1.5 million catties of fierce fire oil were also taken out......

In the face of a large number of materials, the old general Wang Deyong is full of confidence.

Come on, no matter how many Liaokou, send them to hell!

Wang Deyong's heart is very high, but when he really pulls people out, the old general's face will darken, and his heart will be even colder.

At present, the number of forbidden troops in the Great Song Dynasty is about 400,000, of which more than half are stationed in the capital, about 200,000, Wang Ningan carried out a disarmament, the box army and the forbidden army around the capital have been cut, the box army has been directly reduced, and the forbidden army has also been reduced by more than 30,000 people, which can be said to be a rare achievement in the past years.

The forbidden army outside Beijing was mainly divided into two groups, one was the Hebei Army against the Liao State, and the other was the Northwest Army against the Western Xia, and the garrisons in the rest of the places were very limited, and the combat effectiveness declined even more alarmingly. Before the Lanyuan Alliance, Hebei was the main battlefield, with the largest number of forbidden troops and the strongest combat power. However, with the rise of Western Xia, the main battlefield became the northwest, and the combat effectiveness of the Hebei garrison fell like a free fall.

Even if Wang De spent several years of hard work to rectify, it was difficult to return, and if he wanted to reverse the decline, it would not be possible to do it overnight.

This time, in order to prepare for the Liao State, the armies had to pull out and slip around.

Wang Deyong first inspected the Tianxiong Army of the Daimyo Mansion, in its heyday, the Tianxiong Army had more than 100 commanders and 50,000 people, which could be called the first combat army of the Great Song Dynasty.

But in the past few decades, the Tianxiong Army has long since lost its bravery.

Of the 50,000 people, less than 30,000 could be pulled out, and Wang Deyong personally counted them, among which the infantry commander, that is, the battalion, was fully equipped with 500 people, but the actual number was generally less than 300, and some people were even less than 200, and among them there were even more old, weak, sick and disabled. The cavalry is even worse than the infantry, not to mention the shortage of half of the people, the shortage of horses is as much as seventy percent, and many donkeys and mules are counted, which is not enough for half.

Looking at the swords and weapons again, Wang Deyong wanted to cry even more, he counted carefully, many knives were rusty and rotten, and the armor was full of holes, unable to kill the enemy and protect himself. It is outrageous that many soldiers use weapons left over from the time of the True Sect, which have been decades and are reluctant to throw them away.

When these old antiques were made, they were made to deal with the Liao soldiers, so they were genuine, very strong, most of the weapons sent in the past few decades were unusable, the knife was very brittle, and there was a gap in a few cuts, and it was impossible to use at all, and the bow was also shoddy, and the nominal one-stone bow was actually only 8 buckets...... All in all, in a word, everything is foolish.

In the face of such men and horses, Wang De's eyes were red, what kind of joke, with them, how to fight with Liao?

What a bastard these years!

After a long time, the noble and the martial arts are cheap, and if the martial artist wants to be promoted, he has to befriend the civil servants and desperately give gifts and benefits, where does the money come from? It's not that ink is everywhere.

Eating empty salaries, drinking soldiers' blood, ordnance and weapons, everything can be discounted, as long as there is money, there is nothing they dare not do!

The big guys are gambling, betting that there will be no problems during their tenure, and then patting their butts and leaving, leaving the trouble to their successors.

To put it mildly, everyone has a bomb in their arms, just hoping that it can be passed on smoothly to others, and it is good not to blow it up in their own hands. No one thought to solve the problem at all, and they didn't have the courage to solve it.

In the face of such a bad situation, frankly speaking, everyone is responsible.

The emperor is inactive, the civil officials seize power, the martial artists are greedy for ink, and the soldiers are slack...... From top to bottom, it's all rotten!

Wang Deyong was extremely sad and indignant, "Brothers, you can't go on like this, if you are drunk and dream of death, the people and horses of the Liao Kingdom will be killed!" All of you, your family, relatives, friends, no one can run! ”

Wang De taught a lesson with bitter words, and he immediately ordered that all the people and horses should be immediately reorganized and all the old, weak, sick and disabled who could not participate in the war were laid off.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen gave money, and Wang Deyong was also generous, and dismissed these people if they could, and if they couldn't be dismissed, they were incorporated into the people, and waited until the future to arrange for them to work as logistics workers in the Daimyo's Mansion.

In this kind of rectification, there are only 15,000 of the 50,000 Tianxiong army left, and there are only 3,000 war horses.

Wang Deyong looked at the poor subordinates, his old face was flushed, and he pointed at this little bit of people, and he couldn't do anything.

Helpless, the old general could only go to Wang Ning'an.

From the Daimyo's Mansion to Cangzhou, Wang De ran for more than two days without stopping, and the old man was almost old, even if his body was tough, he couldn't bear it.

When I arrived in Cangzhou, the corners of my mouth were chapped and my lips were blistered, making me look particularly haggard.

"Erlang, the old man is here to ask for help!"

Wang Ningan still has great respect for this loyal and brave old general, and invited Wang Deyong to the mansion, and asked people to prepare ginseng soup, Wang Deyong drank half a bowl, and finally gasped.

The old general had a fever on his face, and told him about the situation of the Tianxiong Army, Wang Ningan listened to it in his ears, and his heart kept beating, he knew that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were rotten, but he didn't expect that it would be so rotten!

"The Tianxiong Army is still like this, and the rest of the Baoding Army, the Xin'an Army, the Qianning Army, the Ansu Army, the Guangxin Army, and the Jing'an Army, the situation is only afraid that it will be worse."

Wang Deyong nodded, "Erlang, the old man will give you a bottom, I estimate that the number of combatable soldiers that can be taken out in the entire Hebei will not exceed 50,000, and it is very likely that there will only be more than 40,000 people." If the Liao soldiers really move south, we may not be able to stop it. The old man can only find a way to find a way, if it fails, he can only ask His Majesty to send troops. ”

"It's hard!"

Wang Ningan waved his hand very simply, "Old general, how is the forbidden army in the capital, I know in my heart, although Di Shuai is careful to rectify, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is unrealistic to expect them." ”

"Then Erlang must have a way?"

Wang Ningan said: "Old general, Cangzhou is next to the Liao State, and the industry and commerce are prosperous, and it has gathered so much wealth, it will not work without enough force. If the old general agrees, these people can be added to the army...... However, they must refer to the treatment of the forbidden army, and they must not tattoo the letter, and they must sign a covenant, and they will serve in the army for a maximum of five years, unless they are voluntary, and they can be disarmed and returned to the field at that time. ”

Wang De frowned with his longevity, he has been in Hebei for many years, of course he knows what Wang Ning'an has done, but the old general does not know how thick the Wang family is.

"Erlang, how many people do you think you can add?"

"There are always twenty or thirty thousand, but half of them must be left in Cangzhou, after all, it is necessary to strictly prevent the Liao State from going south from Cangzhou." Wang Ningan replied simply.

Wang Deyong's eyes lit up, so he could pull away more than 10,000 people, plus the existing troops, he may not be able to fight!

"Erlang, can you let the old man take a look?"

"The old general will rest for a night, and then go tomorrow." Wang Ningan saw that the old man was tired, so he suggested, how do you know that Wang De waved his hand, "No, go now, if you can't see people, the old man can't let go of his heart for a moment!" ”

Wang Ningan was not easy to refuse, so he took Wang De to the nearest school field, and when he saw Wang Ningan coming, Li Wujian hurriedly ran over.

"I've seen my lord, we are recruiting people, and more than a dozen men from the nearby bow and arrow club have come to participate in the evaluation."

Wang Ningan nodded, accompanied Wang Deyong over, standing at the gate of the camp, the earth-shattering drum beat made his ears hurt, at this time, a man of medium stature and shirtless body grabbed a bow, squinted his eyes, and shot three arrows in a row at about eighty paces, all of which hit the target, and one arrow hit the bull's-eye.

Wang Deyong's eyes lit up, "Not bad!" In the Tianxiong Army, he is also a well-known good man! ”