Chapter 32 Strengths and Weaknesses

"Let's analyze it together, and you can add any opinions at any time." I sorted out my thoughts and said, "Let's talk about the first elephant first. Our dynasty has gone through hundreds of years, the people's aspirations, even if the Han people in the north, first enslaved by the Jin, and then detained by the Mongols, although many places have been more than 100 years, but their hearts are always towards our dynasty, hoping that our soldiers can recover the Central Plains as soon as possible and save them from fire and water, this is one of them. ”

Speaking of this, I suddenly felt sour in my heart, and remembered the last words of He Quchen's mother, "If you have the opportunity, tell the emperor that the Han people in the north miss the emperor and have been looking forward to the emperor being able to rescue them." ”

I paused for a moment and continued: "Second, although my agricultural business has declined, it is still not comparable to that of Mongolia. Mongolia in addition to animal husbandry, other industries are basically vacant, Mongolia was founded only a few decades ago, most of its land is from our dynasty, the Jin country, the Western Xia and so on plundered, although these areas are very large, but are not developed agricultural and commercial land, and it takes time to re-plan the governance, naturally will not have a rich output immediately. Any war needs the support of gold and silver, especially a protracted war. As the Mongolian army grows larger, the military food and equipment it consumes will also increase, which is not a small amount, and at this time you can see the precipitation of the history of our dynasty. Third, the population of our dynasty is still larger than that of Mongolia, and as of the low of November of the fifth year of Jingding, the total number of households in our dynasty was 5,696,989 and 1,326,532 people. This is similar to the other two, after all, it is up to people to fight wars. Fourth, our dynasty has the Yangtze River and Huai River moats, and the naval army is relatively strong, although Liu Quan's betrayal of the country to the enemy, but for a while and a half the Mongolian naval army will be weaker than our dynasty. The strength of the naval army ensured that our dynasty was in a position where it could be attacked and retreated. Fifth, although there are a lot of ministers and mediocre ministers in our court, but more of them are loyal and ambitious, such as Xiangfu you, Song Rui, Junshi, etc., when it comes to the issue of the army's combat effectiveness, Xiangfu, you have been fighting the Mongols on the front line for a long time, and you should be the most vocal, so can the Mongolian iron cavalry really be invincible? I don't think so, let's put this point in the second elephant, and another point, that the Mongol Kublai Khan had just defeated his brother Ali Buge, and the national strength was very depleted, and he was unable to invade the south at this time, which gave us time, and the four khanates in the west did not recognize Kublai Khan's throne. ”

Of course, my greatest advantage as a traverser is that of all, but I can't say it.

Lu Xiufu added: "There is a sixth point, that is, the wisdom and martial arts of the childe. ”

I smiled and said, "Junshi has also learned to pat on the back." ”

Wen Tianxiang also said: "Childe, this is a fact, if it weren't for Childe's wisdom, we wouldn't have the confidence to revive our dynasty, so this is not the sixth point, but the first point." ”

Since ancient times, this sycophant will not be worn for thousands of shots, so I will enjoy it calmly.

I saw that Li Tingzhi still couldn't let go, so I said, "Xiangfu, if you have any ideas, just say what you want." ”

"The minister knows that what Gongzi said is very comprehensive."

"No, as the saying goes, three stinkers have competed against one Zhuge Liang, only brainstorming will not be self-righteous, Xiangfu must not have reservations, even if it is a wrong view, it can also make up for the loopholes in the correct view."

"Yes, Childe."

I nodded and said, "Let's talk about this bad image." ”

"Childe, let's have some tea." Xiao Qi next to me saw that I didn't stop, and handed over the teacup.

I took a big sip of tea, moistened my throat and said: "I think this bad phenomenon is mainly due to two points, first, militarily, Kublai Khan of Mongolia defeated Ali Buge, and his morale is at its peak. In the field, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian iron cavalry is naturally greater than that of our army, due to the lack of war horses in our dynasty, most of them are infantry, in the same number of our army is not its enemy for the time being, even if we can buy countless war horses, its horse ability is not as good as the Mongols who grew up on horseback, but this is not the key, the key point I think is that our army generally lacks a military spirit, there is no Mongolian iron cavalry that indomitable fighting spirit, perennial defensive warfare makes our officers and soldiers more and more dependent on strong cities, powerful equipment, and ignoring their own abilities. As the saying goes, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and it is precisely this kind of invincible courage that our army lacks to lose, which makes the combat effectiveness of our Korean army weaker than that of Mongolia. Second, it is the political system of our dynasty. It is precisely because of this that many correct ideas have gone out of shape, resulting in a huge bureaucratic system and a drag on work efficiency. Even worse, corruption has become commonplace, corruption has become commonplace, gangs and factions have formed, forming an invisible net, and those who are not in it will be hit, which will make the DPRK and China a miasma, and a few years ago, Liu Quan's defection to the enemy is a good example. This trend spreads to the people, causing officials not to look like officials, officials not to like officials, and eventually forming people and not people, which is called the world style and moral degradation. And the Mongols have always acted concisely, from top to bottom there are not so many nonsense things, once the order is given, it is immediately executed, and its efficiency is much higher than that of our dynasty. ”

"Childe has a high view and can analyze the problem comprehensively, unlike us who can only see a few of them, and they are always invisible." Wen Tianxiang exclaimed.

"Hehe, let's talk about this third elephant together, where is our opportunity? Let's talk about it. ”

After all, Wen Tianxiang's surname was more straightforward, and he said first: "Childe, according to the above analysis of the superior and inferior elephants, I think things will become very clear." Starting from our two disadvantages, we must first make the politics clear, so that we can achieve Marshal Yue's words, civil officials do not love money, military generals are not afraid of death, and the world is peaceful. However, since the first emperor annihilated Shi Miyuan, the dynasty did not lift, the tumor has been deep, jealous and jealous, and has never been able to appear a new atmosphere, which has to be a heavy medicine, but this thing is simple to say, but it is very difficult to do, presumably the son has a good plan. As for the construction of the army, I think Master Li should have more say in it, Master Li, tell me your opinion. ”

I smiled and said, "Song Rui, you are very good at kicking ball, and in a blink of an eye, you lost the problem to me and Xiangfu." ”

"Childe, what do you mean by kicking a ball?"

"Oh, it's kicking."

Li Tingzhi thought for a while and said: "Childe's words are extremely incisive, what our army lacks is the soul of the army, but I don't know how to give the soul of our army what Childe wants?" ”

I said: "In this army building, we should first pay attention to ideological building, and secondly, we should build capacity. Ideological building refers to letting officers and men know why they are fighting and for whom, and building capacity is to let officers and men know how to fight a war. Xiangfu, aren't there new homeless people in your Yangzhou soldiers? ”

"yes, Childe."

"The reason why these displaced people are willing to serve as soldiers is that they are hungry and have to eat well, and secondly, they are to take revenge, their hometown was torn apart by the Mongols, their relatives were killed, they were enslaved, and they have to take revenge, right?"

Li Tingzhi thought for a while and said, "That's right. ”

"Fighting as a soldier for food is the most basic matter of survival, and going into battle for revenge is the most simple and direct ideological complex. For the sake of the generals, these reasons should be magnified according to the soldiers' circumstances, so that they can understand the reasons why they are soldiers and fight, and they should magnify them step by step from the basic point, and finally let the soldiers understand the truth of defending the homeland and the country. ”

"This?" Li Tingzhi fell into deep thought again.