After being silent for a while, Han Qi said: "This time I came to Jingyuan Road, I have no bottom in my heart. Before I came, I heard from officials in Shaanxi that the eastern officers were high-ranking and thick, but they had no education and discipline, and they were not as good as the western army. Now the Sanya forbidden army is gathered in the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing, as well as Hedong Road, Jingyuan Road only has two or three commands of the temple front division and the infantry division of the gods, and this road is mostly stationed in the forbidden army. Alas, everyone said that the Eastern Army could not fight, but this dynasty swept the world with the Sanya Forbidden Army, without them, how can I rest assured in the face of the elite of the thieves? The next big battle is likely to be fought on Jingyuan Road—"

The forbidden army was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Sanya, but in fact it was divided into two parts. One is the Sanya Forbidden Army located in the capital, which is really under the management of the Sanya, and the other part is the garrison forbidden army scattered in the counties of the world, mainly along the border three roads, these armies are actually in the hands of the commanders such as the Economic Strategy Division. When there is a big war, the Sanya Forbidden Army goes out, according to the plan of Song Taizu, the garrison of the forbidden army should give the Sanya Forbidden Army a hand at this time. But in fact, after decades of evolution, the Sanya Forbidden Army stationed in the capital has become increasingly decaying, but the strength of the garrison Forbidden Army has risen, and the status of the two sides has begun to flip. The landmark event in history was the defeat of Sanchuankou, and since then the Sanya Forbidden Army has never participated in the war as the main force, of course, this is also related to the westward movement of the front. Jingyuan Road has always been dominated by the garrison of the forbidden army, and there is basically no formed capital forbidden army.

The difference between the Sanya Forbidden Army and the Garrison Forbidden Army is that the Garrison Forbidden Army is mainly recruited from the local area, and the family members follow the army, which is also the history of the defeat of Haoshuichuan, why will there be military families in front of Han Qi's horse to throw paper money, the families of the Sanya Forbidden Army are in the capital, and only those who participate in the war will have this kind of thing. Another is that the command system is different, and the Department of Economic Strategy has a certain number of staff officers, and this has been gradually improved along with the war. Xu Ping's military reform is the same as the historical line, which is originally the need of the reality of the times, but he has gone further. Historically, the Sanya Forbidden Army was destroyed in the Battle of Song and Jin, and the Southern Song Dynasty military system actually inherited the system of the Forbidden Army stationed in the Economic Strategy Division.

These two differences have led to a huge difference in the performance of the two forbidden armies on the front line. However, people of this era believe that the first reason for this difference is that the Sanya Forbidden Army from the east is a guest army, and it cannot endure hardships and cannot contribute to death. Xu Ping, on the other hand, believes that the second reason is fundamentally a problem in the system, and that changing military strength should start with the military system.

How easy is it to reform the military system? Xu Ping also knew that the resistance must be great, so in addition to his fundamental Yongzhou old department was the Sanya Forbidden Army sequence, it was changed to the garrison forbidden army. The garrison forbidden army has close ties with the local government, except for the military registration book, which is in the hands of the Sanya, and the daily affairs are in the hands of the Department of Economic Strategy. The most important thing, of course, is that the garrison of the forbidden army is not systematic, and is actually scattered into a part of the states, and does not form a strong group of generals like the Sanya. And the Sanya Forbidden Army stationed in the capital can influence the government and politics, and the political energy of the Sanya generals is not comparable to the garrison Forbidden Army.

Han Qi felt that there were not many forbidden troops in the Sanya Forbidden Army on Jingyuan Road, and he had no bottom in his heart, which was a good thing in Xu Ping's opinion.

Looking at Han Qi's worried look, Xu Ping couldn't help but smile and said, "Zhigui, the forbidden army from the capital of Qinfeng Road is only two or three thousand, and there are two battles this winter, what do you think of the results?" ”

Han Qi smiled bitterly: "Yun Xingzi is in Yongzhou to break the toe, how many years have I been old in the army, how can I dare to compare?" A few days ago, Zhuoluo City was in a row, and the Qinzhou army faced the elite of Hao thieves and broke the enemy in a battle, and it was already a tiger and wolf army. ”

"It's also a forbidden army stationed there, most of the new recruits I have recruited from Sichuan and Shu are guest troops, they can fight, what else do you have to worry about? In the next big war, in my opinion, the key to victory or defeat is not here. ”

Han Qi hurriedly said: "Yunxing teach me!" ”

Xu Ping pondered for a while and asked Han Qi: "The thieves rebelled, the border is restless, how does Zhigui think this war should end?" ”

Han Qi said categorically: "This dynasty is a big country facing a small enemy, the army and the people are countless times the thieves, there are many people and a wide area, and the armor is excellent, so naturally we should quickly defeat the enemy!" Gathering a large army, hitting the heart of the thief, and capturing the thief chief is the fundamental plan! ”

Xu Ping nodded: "I think so too." However, what can be done to hit the heart of the thief? ”

It's not difficult to know what to do, vision is not so magical, as long as the time comes, it is normal for heroes to see the same, the key is to know how to do it to achieve the goal. Unattainable goals are useless to say that they are useless, and only by putting forward concrete steps and goals at the same time are valuable.

A quick decision, directly hit the hinterland of the party, it is best to solve Yuan Hao in one battle, this kind of thinking is common to many people, but how to do it? Xu Ping has his own strategy on how to achieve it step by step, but Han Qi only has determination.

Seeing Xu Ping asking, Han Qi said: "This year, I often pay attention to the war in the northwest, and I have watched the recital on Yunxing in detail. Every time you talk about it, the most convenient way to fight thieves from Guanzhong to the north is to go out of the ancient Xiaoguan and go north along the Hulu River, which is true. Looking at the historical books, from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the north attacked Fanhu, and the army all passed through here. This road is wide again, and water conservancy is available, along the road Tiandu Mountain is abundant, after going out of Sichuan is Lingzhou, the so-called God-given land. The imperial court sent me to Jingyuan Road, since the strong army of the road, the Tunzhen Rong army is close to the left, and when the time comes, the army will attack Lingzhou! ”

Xu Ping looked at Han Qi and didn't know how to answer him for a while. It sounds good to raise a large army and directly attack Lingzhou, but how can you mention the army and pass it? He seems to have said everything, but in fact he didn't mention anything about the key points.

The problem of the Song army now is that there is no way to raise tens of thousands of troops and directly attack the enemy. The battle of Zhuoluo City seems easy, but it is not Xu Ping, and now none of the generals along the border can do it. Not to mention the problem of not being able to fight, being able to quickly assemble an army of 50,000 is not something that any other commander can do. The Song army must defend every village and fort, and the troops are extremely scattered, not a matter of how much time it takes to assemble, but it is simply impossible to assemble. Forcibly assembling will cause a large number of walled forts to be unguarded, and there will be even greater problems.

Of course, it is very important to change the military system in Qinzhou in one way or another, to strengthen intelligence capabilities, military command, decision-making capabilities, and to strengthen marching capabilities, but the most important thing is the ability to quickly assemble and attack. Once a fighter plane appears, tens of thousands of troops can be assembled on the border in a matter of days to quickly defeat the enemy, which is far beyond the capabilities of any other way.

After thinking for a while, Xu Ping spread out his left palm to Han Qi and said to him: "The art of war, it is better to cut off the enemy's five fingers than to hurt the enemy's five fingers." On the other hand, for the defending side, it is not to give the enemy a chance to cut off his fingers. In order to achieve this, it is essential that all armies work closely together and be ready to assemble at any time. On the other hand, when attacking, if you want to cut off one finger of the enemy, it is obviously against the art of war to attack with only one finger. If you want to attack the enemy, you must clench your fists and hit the enemy directly! Zhigui, the first thing to do when leading troops to fight in the army is to be able to gather and disperse Ruyi. Don't think about this point simply, you should know when you really go to Jingyuan Road to lead the troops, it is easy for the soldiers and horses to disperse, but it is difficult to collect them again. If you go out, you will have a place to go, either to defend the fort or to get food in a certain place, and most of them will be when they are guarding the fort. When the enemy did not attack, he desperately built a walled fort, and where there were people, there were walled forts, and there were soldiers and horses stationed there. And when it's time to collect it, it's not that easy. The garrisoned fort can't be abandoned, do you want to keep people? How many people to keep? How many people stay and how many people move? When you are facing the enemy, can you count it? So Zhigui, the strategy you said is not wrong, in the next few months, first find a way to gather soldiers and horses on Jingyuan Road at will, not only to be able to stretch out your palms to hold the place, but also to clench your fists at any time to hit people! ”