When Meng Ping and Li Yanchao were talking to Yao Luo Ge Diyin outside Ganzhou City, Li Congjing was also talking to Li Shaocheng in Lingzhou about the current situation of the Tang Dynasty's forbidden army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

War is an art, and the more advanced the level, the more fully its artistry will be reflected, and when it comes to national war, the healthy operation of the huge machine of war has become so precise that ordinary people can hardly imagine.

Moreover, the higher the degree of development of civilization, the more sophisticated the war will be, and the more artistic it will be. The war of the Tribal Age and the war of the Cosmic Age can be said to be not one existence at all.

War has its own inherent costs, and Li Congjing wants to reduce the cost of attacking Hexi and the Western Regions, and in addition to "making careful calculations" for all components of the war, he must also seek a quick and clean victory. The cost of a crisp victory is not the same as the cost of a protracted stalemate.

In this sense, it is not unreasonable that the Hexi army, which mainly led the soldiers and horses to rush into battle and gather soldiers to attack and defend the city, was said by Meng Ping to "not understand war".

"A war involves all aspects of the whole country, and generally speaking, it is still three processes before, during and after the war, and the three subjects of the state, the military and the people. As far as the state is concerned, how much money, money, and grain reserves the state treasury has, and in the process of using money, money, and grain from the treasury to the battlefield, through the hands of officials, will be greedy for ink geometry, road transportation, and loss geometry, what is the 'conversion ratio' between this, how much time does the transformation process take, and how much materials can the state requisition from the people, how much can the states and counties near the battlefield supply, and how efficiently can it be transported to the battlefield...... All these things are for the war to win the victory over the country. ”

"As far as the army is concerned, whether the military discipline is strict, what is the quality of the soldiers, whether the spirit of victory is strong, whether the science and technology are proficient, how much the general knows the way of battle, how much strain does the general know when facing the battle, whether the armor is strong, whether the blade is sharp, whether the bow and crossbow are complete, the geometry of the stock of artillery and sharp weapons, whether the damage can be replenished in time, whether the wounded can be treated in time, and how much is the 'conversion rate' of new and old soldiers...... All these are for the war to win the victory over the army. ”

"As far as the people are concerned, when the country goes to war, how much tax is the people willing to bear, every household can send a few sons to the war, under the call of the state, from the rich families to the ordinary people, how much money can they donate to the war, and a few can give up their work and be willing to transport grain for the army to become auxiliaries. When the war is unfavorable, whether the people scold the country for its incompetence or stand up on the battlefield, when a strong enemy invades, can the people go to the city regardless of their death, and whether they have the ability to go into battle and fight. Once a big war starts, whether the people of the whole country are united, and how many people can become reserve troops, but whenever the country needs it, they can take up arms and go to the battlefield...... When the war consumes a lot of money and the people are struggling to make a living, are the people willing to tighten their belts for the sake of the country, or will they be bewitched by people with good intentions and do things that rebel against the country to bring harm to the place...... All these things are for the sake of winning the war over the people. ”

On this day, Li Congjing stood on the lecture platform of the Lingzhou Performing Arts Academy and personally taught the students in the classroom the way of war.

"All these things must be clearly understood, and even when there should be clear calculations, and there will be a national war only when there is such a foundation. Otherwise, 100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of people will be put on the battlefield like headless flies, and once they are careless, it will be a great turmoil and a catastrophe. ”

"The level of detail in the collection of pre-war intelligence is directly related to the victory or defeat of the army's conquest plan, and without detailed military information, there will be no dispatch of the army. The route of the march, the march route, the location of the camp, the deployment of soldiers and horses to attack the target, the input of large and small battles, the location of the granary, the defense of the grain route, the deployment of materials, the rules and regulations for attacking cities and plundering land, and the strategy of dividing and attacking together, must be clearly arranged. Thinking about victory, but also about defeat, thinking about advance, but also thinking about retreat, there is an offensive plan, but also a retreat plan. The art of war cloud "know yourself and know that the other is invincible in a hundred battles, and the cloud" and "the temple counts more wins", which is also said. With such a plan, even if there are changes in the battlefield, we will not panic in dealing with them, so that we will not harm the overall situation because of small defeats, and even if we do not win, we can be invincible. A stalemate, or a crushing victory, cost countless lives and money, let alone defeat? At that time, not only will human lives and money be greatly damaged, but the confidence and dignity of the people will also be damaged, and the arrogance of the enemy will be boosted and the strength of the enemy will be strengthened. ”

"After each battle, how to treat and resettle the wounded, how to garrison the land gained, how to pacify the people, how to gather money and then quickly apply it to war, how to adjust the strategic and tactical deployment in a timely manner......

"What is war? Only the word plan. Great armies do not fight unplanned battles. With proper planning, every soldier can exert the greatest combat power, and every penny of money can play the greatest role, and every soldier and every penny on the battlefield is supported by the state at ten times the cost...... How can it not be an art to fight a war well, to fight a war that is just right, to fight a war that strengthens the country rather than weakens it? ”

In the end, Li Congjing concluded: "It is true that the way of the battlefield is the way of contingency, there are too many things on the battlefield that cannot be predicted, and they cannot all be detected in advance, and the war must be won by the blood of the soldiers, but this is not an excuse for the lack of planning in the war." In a word, the way to win a war is to increase the known and controllable factors of war, reduce the unknown and uncontrollable factors of war, and then fight every war with absolute superiority. ”

Teaching to the students of the Yanwu Academy, Li Congjing often did it as early as in Youzhou, and he also often went to the Luoyang Yanwu Academy. The Yanwu Academy is a battlefield for Li Congjing to propagate his military ideas, and it really cannot be ignored. It's just that after becoming an emperor, there are very few such times.

What Li Congjing did was actually to promote the early transformation of war into "modern" warfare, and to guide the military talents of the Tang Dynasty to deepen and refine the study of war. Only when we study deeply and meticulously can we do things at a deeper level and do a good job to the extreme, not only in war, but also in many things.

In Li Congjing's view, the war in this era is still "a little rough". And if Datang's way of war continues to progress like this, it will inevitably take the lead in the future. If he wants to build Datang into a Hengqiang empire, he must first ensure that Datang's military strength is unparalleled in the world - including both hard power and soft power.

Of course, in order to advance the war to the point of "modern times" at an early date, it is far from enough to rely on what he has just said.

The development of history has its inevitable basis, whether it is the "modern" of the country or the "modern" of the military, it is necessary to keep up with the material level, or in other words, the level of productive forces, and to put it more directly, the level of science and technology to keep up.

Li Congjing has been spending a lot of energy to do, Li Chongmei and Zhao Pu tinkered with the prototype of the "pressure cooker", after continuous improvement, under the intentional guidance of Li Congjing, they have been changing to the "steam engine", according to the current trend, the real "steam engine" will soon appear.

In other words, the first industrial revolution in human history will come ahead of schedule, under the sky of Datang.

The degree of civilization in the Tang Dynasty is very high, and Li Congjing is not worried that this move is pulling out seedlings to help grow.

As for the issue of so-and-so class so-and-so, he is not worried at all.

Coming out of the Yanwu Academy, Li Congjing received a military report from Ganzhou. The military newspaper said that Meng Ping, Li Yanchao and others had already begun to prepare for a decisive battle.

Back at his residence, Li Congjing summoned Li Shaocheng. The battle of Lingzhou has been over for a while, and Li Shaocheng should not have stayed in the rear all the time, Hexi is Meng Ping and Li Yanchao, and Li Shaocheng should also show his skills in attacking the Western Regions. The military merits are equally divided, so that there will not be a situation where the merit is the only one and the merit is high, which is also the way of the emperor.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of military talents in Datang, and Li Congjing does not have to worry, because he wants to share the merits, it will affect the victory of the war.

"This time, the army attacked Hexi, and the progress was quite fast, and the 'blitzkrieg' strategy I had formulated in advance had basically been realized. That being the case, Hexi and the Western Regions can be handed over to you, and I don't have to stay in Lingzhou to keep an eye on, and I will be able to leave for Luoyang in a few days. ”

After discussing everything with Li Shaocheng, Li Congjing leaned on his back and showed a rather relaxed smile.

Conquering the entire territory of Hexi is a task that the Tang Dynasty Forbidden Army must complete before the winter, and with the geographical conditions and complicated situation of Hexi, the Forbidden Army can indeed achieve such a result, which can indeed be called a "blitzkrieg" - Li Congjing also did refer to Hitler's tactics.

Li Congjing has been emphasizing the cost of the Battle of Hexi and the investment-to-reward ratio of this war, and there are few wars in human history that have a higher input-to-reward ratio than the "blitzkrieg". In order to realize the deployment of the "blitzkrieg," in addition to preparing and planning these tasks, what is needed is that the armed forces have outstanding hard power -- strong transportation capabilities and overwhelming superiority in military strength.

Datang's huge number of good horses and artillery weapons provided the necessary support for the "blitzkrieg".

Of course, at present, Li Congjing's "blitzkrieg" is still a weakened version compared to Hitler's "blitzkrieg", which is a limitation of the times.

"The victory in this battle is the victory of His Majesty's great talent!" Li Shaocheng said sincerely.

Li Congjing smiled, shook his head and said, "The war is so huge, how can it be won by one person's eloquence." ”

After that, Li Congjing said: "The victory of this battle is the victory of the Tang civilization!" ”

Yes, in Li Congjing's eyes, if this war is won, it will be a victory for the advanced Tang civilization over the backward Hexi civilization.

There is a paradox in Chinese history that cannot be ignored: China, which has an advanced civilization, has always been defeated by the backward northern grassland civilization.

The establishment of the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty is the most prominent and irrefutable evidence.

The Mongols, located in Mobei of Mobei, the Jurchen Manchurians, located in Liaodong of Liaodong, China has a splendid civilization and shines in front of the whole world, and they are still drinking blood in Rumao.

Once the other department takes off, in just a few decades, it will be able to sweep across the north and south of the river and enter the Central Plains.

This is also a pain that can never be erased from the hearts of Han people.

Why?

A simple sentence "the conservative nature of the agrarian civilization cannot resist the aggressiveness of the grassland civilization" undoubtedly cannot explain all the problems.

A simple sentence "the degree of development of agricultural civilization is not high enough to form an absolute overwhelming advantage over the grassland civilization" cannot explain all the problems.

The victory of barbarism over civilization is not inevitable, but helpless.

In Li Congjing's view, this reason is actually very simple.

It is true that China's civilization is very advanced, but China's military has not reached the height corresponding to that of advanced civilization.

The advancement of Chinese civilization lies in the economy, culture, politics, and even in all aspects of all industries and industries -- except for the military.

The one in his hand is still a sword and gun, the one riding under his crotch is still a war horse, the one he wears is still armor, the one on which the battle array relies is still a bow and crossbow, the one who lives and holds on is still the city, and the one who is in charge of thousands of soldiers and horses is still a big old man - sometimes, even a pure literati who is worse than the big old and coarse.

The Ming and Qing dynasties and the Han Dynasty, nearly 2,000 years have passed, is there an essential difference?

Does China have an absolute advantage over the grasslands?

No.

On the article, from the four and the sixth, to the Tang and Song poems, to the Ming and Qing novels, it has undergone transformation.

On the system, from the feudal well field, to the Han and Tang counties, to the Ming and Qing provinces, it has undergone transformation.

On the most fundamental force for defending the homeland and the country, military thinking, and army building, there is really no achievement.

China does not develop military civilization.

Occasional changes are also the current enemy, and they have to deal with it with a bitter face.

Never take the initiative to pursue progress.

The only Ming Dynasty musket artillery was still based on the Yuan Dynasty and soon disappeared.

If so, the grassland people are skilled in bowing and horse, good at riding and shooting, and fierce and light to death, once they become a trend, China cannot stop it.

Since China's military civilization is not as advanced as the grassland, and the quality of its soldiers cannot catch up with the Diao people who are "poor mountains and bad waters", the military materials that they rely on the most, war horses, cannot catch up with them.

The battles of Hexi and the Western Regions were a major testing ground for Li Congjing to improve the military civilization of the Tang Dynasty - soft power and hard power. Compared with the huge military civilization of the Tang Dynasty, the tactics of "blitzkrieg" are just a wave in the sea.

Li Congjing also knew that in order to improve the military civilization of the Tang Dynasty, these alone were not enough, and the most important point was to maintain the aggressiveness of the Tang Empire.

If the knife is not used, it will rust, if the grain is not eaten, it will become moldy, and if the army is not used, it will naturally rot.

War requires excellence.

The development of military civilization is never-ending.