Chapter 106: Controversy in the Army

Especially for this Hua Yue, Gao Huaiyuan found that after in-depth contact with him, Hua Yue can indeed be called an immortal talent in the military circles of the Southern Song Dynasty, and his knowledge of military affairs can be said to be several times beyond him, and he also read Hua Yue's early years of a book "Northern Expedition Record", which expounded Hua Yue's military thought in detail from three aspects. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

First, in terms of strategy and tactics, the main thing is to advocate that soldiers should not act lightly and not make rash moves; Inner repair and external strength, to bend and seek extension; Anti-customer-oriented, easy to grow in a short time. 2. In the construction of the troops, it is emphasized that public order cannot be left without soldiers, and generals should recruit heroes and heroes and improve the production of equipment. Among them, the idea of attaching importance to the building of systems in the production of weapons is particularly valuable. Third, in the construction of national defense, the main emphasis is placed on battlefield construction, military economy, integration of military and civilian use, and military laws and regulations, and emphasis is placed on administering the army according to law.

And these military thoughts, for Gao Huaiyuan, who has also been studying military books for many years, has also benefited a lot, Gao Huaiyuan started for a while, he took the money to reprint the book, and sent it to the generals of the Holy Protector Army to read, and also sent a batch to Fu Daquan, Zhou Jun and others in the Jingdong area, so that they could send them to their officers for study, and even Meng Heng did not forget to send some of them, like Huang Yan and others even made a copy of each, and asked them to study and eat the essence of it when they were fine.

Gao Huaiyuan was really overjoyed to be able to get Hua Yue's help, which was equivalent to getting a great talent, which played a very big role in his control of the Holy Protector Army.

It's just that Gao Huaiyuan didn't know that Hua Yue had also benefited from him before, and Hua Yue in history was later defeated because he secretly gathered people and wanted to get rid of Shi Miyuan for the country, and was later killed by Shi Miyuan in the city, and he met Gao Huaiyuan, which completely changed the trajectory of his life.

Since Hua Yue met Ji Xiancheng, he was entrusted by Ji Xiancheng to enter the Holy Protector Army to assist Gao Huaiyuan in rebuilding the Holy Protector Army, and in just three months, he won the extremely high respect of the Holy Protector Army, so that he also had a place to truly show his talents, and he and Gao Huaiyuan complemented each other, and quickly built the Holy Protector Army into a leading elite soldier in the capital, so that Gao Huaiyuan had a lot of strength left for this, and was able to take time out to be busy with some other things. Therefore, it can be said that Ji Xiancheng inadvertently did Gao Huaiyuan a great favor.

And Shi Miyuan, in order to show the importance of the Holy Protector Army, even personally accompanied by Xia Zhen and others, also went to the Holy Protector Military Academy to review the soldiers and horses, when these people saw the appearance of the Holy Protector Army, they had to praise Gao Huaiyuan is indeed a talent for commanding the army, and the Holy Protector Army under the leadership of Gao Huaiyuan, Shi Miyuan is also very respectful, which makes Shi Miyuan very happy, and feels that this move is not wrong, with the Holy Protector Army to back him, he has nothing to worry about.

Even Xia Zhen and Chen Lang, the chief generals of the front division of the palace, had to sigh secretly after watching the drill of the Holy Army, the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, Gao Huaiyuan, a young man, greatly exceeded their expectations, at least his ability in controlling the army and training troops far exceeded them too much, which couldn't help but make them secretly feel a little jealous.

In this way, the history of the apparent turmoil has entered the seventeenth year of Jiading from the sixteenth year of Jiading, since the death of Wanyan Xun of the Jin State and the succession of Wanyan Shouxu, Wanyan Shouxu completely abandoned the policy of Wanyan Xun as the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and began to reconcile with the Southern Song Dynasty, and sent envoys to communicate with Chuzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, and began to make announcements in the area of Guangzhou, informing the Southern Song Dynasty military and civilians that from now on there will be no more southern invasions, please rest assured that the military and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty will not invade the south.

In this way, it is also in line with the meaning of the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief, so the lord and faction led by Shi Miyuan on the Southern Song Dynasty immediately accepted it, and ordered the soldiers and civilians everywhere not to attack the Jin side again, so the Song-Jin War, which lasted for several years, once again came to an end, leaving only the Northern Army in the Jingdong area still confronting the Jin Army.

After entering the seventeenth year of Jiading, there was a new movement on the Western Xia side, Li Zunwei, the lord of the Western Xia State, finally because of his reign for many years, attached to the invasion of gold and the oil of the Western Xia Kingdom tossed out the lamp, the country was declining, and had to pass the New Year, the throne was passed to his son Li Dewang, and he went to be the only emperor in the history of the Western Xia Kingdom, no longer concerned about political affairs, and Li Dewang also changed his policy after succeeding to the throne, no longer attached to Mongolia, willing to be a pawn of Mongolia, and began to seek reconciliation with the Jin State. And the state of hostilities with the Kingdom of Jin was stopped.

After this news reached Gao Huaiyuan's ears, Gao Huaiyuan gathered Hua Yue and several other generals to discuss the matter in his account, and Hua Yue immediately shook his head and said, "It's too late!" Although Xia and Jin have changed their heads now, their qi is probably approaching, and the Mongolian side will not sit idly by and ignore them, I am afraid that their time is running out! According to what I see, it is really unwise for me to cease war with the Jin State at this time, it is better to gather a large army now, wave the army to the north, and take advantage of the declining national strength of the Jin State and have no time to look south, to recover the old land of the Central Plains, this is a God-given opportunity! ”

After listening to Hua Yue's words, Zhao Futang, Chen Zhen and others also nodded yes, feeling that this was the best time to go north to recover the old land.

Only Gao Huaiyuan didn't speak, and a few of them were there to discuss the matter, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but feel a little sad, even a talent like Hua Yue couldn't see the crisis faced by the Southern Song Dynasty in these things, and they all wanted to take this opportunity to recover the Central Plains in the north, but how could they have thought that once the Jin State was destroyed, there would be no buffer between the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia at all, and then how could the Mongolians let go of the Southern Song Dynasty? And now there are basically few people in the Southern Song Dynasty who are aware of this, and the magnates in the court are even less concerned about this matter, but all their attention is focused on the current throne.

To a certain extent, Shi Miyuan did not experience paying attention to this matter at this time, which can be said to be a good thing for the Southern Song Dynasty, otherwise, he would focus on this matter and start a war with the Jin State, maybe the end of the Southern Song Dynasty would be even worse! After all, the Southern Song Dynasty has not yet made any preparations for the restoration of the Central Plains in the north, and at this time it is just a help to the Mongols, how similar it is to the eve of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty!

"Lord Gao told me to wait for this, I don't know what Lord Gao thinks?" Just when Gao Huaiyuan was secretly pondering this matter, Hua Yue asked Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan collected his thoughts, shook his head and said: "What you said is right, it's a pity that now we can only talk about it out of thin air, for the Xia and Jin countries, I also think that they may not have much time, but for their demise, I don't think it's a good thing for our Great Song!" ”

"What do you mean by this? You must know that our dynasty and the Jin country are enemies of the same day, and the two countries have been enemies for more than 100 years since the Jingkang period. Hua Yue couldn't help but wonder at Gao Huaiyuan's words.

After Gao Huaiyuan smiled bitterly, he shook his head and said, "No, no, no!" I'm not sad for the Xia and Jin countries, as a foreign race has occupied our Great Song Dynasty territory for more than a hundred years, I also have the same feelings for the north to recover the Central Plains as you do, but now you can see how similar the current situation is to the difficult time before Jingkang!

Back then, we reached a maritime alliance with the Jin State, and the two sides attacked the old Liao, but what was the result? It's not that the wolf was lured into the house, but after destroying the old Liao, he had to face the strong Jin State, so that our Great Song Dynasty was defeated for thousands of miles and lost almost half of the rivers and mountains!

And you also think about it, now, the Mongols are constantly invading south, although they are dealing with the Jin country, but the territory they occupy, once upon a time, wasn't it the territory under the jurisdiction of our Great Song Dynasty? If we and the Mongols flank the Jin State now, even if the Jin State is destroyed, then in the face of the half of the old land of the Central Plains that the Mongols have occupied, will the Mongols be kind enough to spit out the fat in their mouths again?

This is exactly what I'm worried about, the Jin Kingdom will not be destroyed, and we don't have to face the Mongol army, but once the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, how can the Mongols meet each other? With the current military strength of our Great Song Dynasty, how can we be the opponent of the Mongol army, and the only thing we can rely on at the moment is the current Jianghuai moat! That's why I say that! ”

After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, Hua Yue, Zhao Futang and the others all suddenly fell into deep thought, and several people quickly showed a look of sudden realization on their faces, Hua Yue exclaimed: "Why didn't I think of this layer?" Our Song army is still strong enough to deal with the declining Jin army, and if we encounter the Mongol army that comes and goes like the wind, won't there be only one way to defeat the army? It's dangerous, it's dangerous! ”

Zhao Futang also nodded and said: "Lord Gao's words are reasonable, no wonder when it comes to this matter, Lord Gao will be preoccupied!" For the Mongol army, with their sharpness, the Jin State can be said to have been defeated in successive battles for so many years, losing cities and losing land, how can our army be their opponents, relying on the Jianghuai moat can still be a naval army to resist the enemy, if they meet their iron cavalry in the Central Plains, how can our army have a chance of winning? ”

Gao Huaiyuan saw that after everyone listened to his words, he was hit hard, so he waved his hand and said: "We can't be arrogant, although the Mongolian army is powerful, but we are people who are in the army, how can we grow their ambition and destroy their own prestige?" Now we just have to do our part and build the Holy Protector Army into an iron army, if we really use us into battle one day, we must not let the world laugh at our incompetence! You are all the generals of the humerus of the Holy Protector Army, and I hope that you can work hard to train your troops diligently to ensure that our Holy Protector Army can become a victorious army that the Great Song Dynasty can rely on! Let's work together! ”

After hearing this, the generals immediately got up and praised together: "Please rest assured, I will do our best, and we will definitely train the Holy Protector Army into an invincible army!" ……”