Chapter 17: The Great Song Imperial Field Army
In the early morning of the next day, in the Chongzheng Palace, Wu Cheng shouted with a sharp voice: "If there is something to do, play early, and there is nothing to retreat." ”
Under the leadership of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood neatly on both sides of the palace and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Zhao Yingying came out of the class and said: "Erchen has a book to play!" ”
"Quasi-play!"
"Your Majesty, Erchen once heard that the northern barbarians wanted to knock on the pass and invade the south, and offended the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but the border army was not good at field warfare, so they only defended according to the wall. However, if the northern barbarians can still invade the south of the city, then the people of our frontier are in danger! Today, Erchen wants to borrow the heavenly thaumaturgy to create new weapons, gather the elite of our Great Song Dynasty, organize and train an army that is good at field warfare, resist the northern barbarians outside the country, and restore the peace of the people. ”
As soon as Zhao Yingfu finished speaking, Wang Qinruo was the first to jump out and shouted: "The emperor thinks twice, my Great Song Dynasty is now at its peak, and the soldiers are strong and strong, so it is not appropriate to add new troops!" Moreover, the creation of a new army costs a lot of money, and it is really unwise to waste money and money. "Sima Fa" said: 'Although the country is big, the belligerent will perish', and I must not do this! The old minister thought that it was enough to urge the border army to defend strictly. ”
However, Wang Qinruo didn't know that this plan was discussed by Zhao Yingfu and Song Zhenzong, and now it is just a formality, this thing has made a living by shooting horses all his life, and this time he has photographed the horse's hooves.
Before Zhao Yingli could come out to refute, Song Zhenzong waved his hand and said to the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, the words of the king are not unreasonable, but the "Sima Law" also said: 'Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous'. There is no need to discuss this matter again, I have made up my mind, and I will build a new army to deter the Northern Barbarians. Now that I am rich in the Great Song Dynasty, it is a good time to build an army, and I am a big country in the Central Plains, how can I be forced by barbarians. I decided to lead a new army and form the Son of Heaven's own army, known as the Royal Field Army, which aims to fight the enemy in the wilderness and drive the enemy abroad. The crown prince Zhao Yingling was appointed as a superintendent, responsible for military equipment, and concurrently led the deputy commander, responsible for the formation and training of the new army. All the departments set up must work together to cooperate, and if there is any slackness, severe punishment will not be granted, and do not blame me for being unpredictable. ”
At this time, Wang Qinruo knew that the sycophants were not filmed well today, so he hurriedly stood up and performed, shouting: "The emperor is sage, the three emperors are ......" A lot of disgusting sycophants came easily, unambiguously, and he saw his skills.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Ying recruited Yang Jinhua, Wang Chao, Ma Su and other three, and said to them: "From today onwards, the three of you will follow this prince to form a new army, and the academy will hand over it, and in the future, use the training skills taught by this prince to train the new army, you know?" ”
The three of them were extremely excited to hear that they could get in touch with the formation of the army of their dreams. People in this era are relatively precocious, and they began to start a family in their teens, and they are at this age when they yearn for meritorious service. And under the cultivation of Zhao Yingying, their living standards have improved significantly, and now they are all strong and strong, not inferior to adults. Even Zhao Yingfu himself is also very tall, if it weren't for his childish face, he would have thought he was an adult. Of course, this is also related to the low standard of living in ancient times, which led to the general weakness of the public.
Subsequently, Zhao Huili issued a conscription order through Song Zhenzong, which was scattered throughout the country.
The order said: "My emperor is sage, diligent and loves the people, but the northern barbarians have repeatedly violated our dynasty, and the people have suffered from it, and the emperor is benevolent and can't bear the suffering of the people." The crown prince Zhao is now ordered to form a new army, called the Royal Field Army, which aims to fight the enemy in the field, annihilate the enemy outside the country, and protect the peace of our people. Those who are strong and concerned about the safety of the country can leave for the capital to participate in the assessment. Those who join the army will receive 2 copper coins per month, which will be doubled during wartime. 10 were wounded, 20 were killed, and the bereaved were raised by the prince. This decree is hereby hereby proved. ”
In the Song Dynasty, 1 guan was equal to 10 strings, and one string was equal to 100 wen, so it has always been 1000 wen, which can be understood as 1000 yuan now. It's just that at this time in the Northern Song Dynasty, the purchasing power of copper coins was very high, and the per capita consumption in the city was only 10 Wen, and it was about 300 Wen a month. Compared with later generations, the military can have this level of salary, which is very high.
Of course, in the Song Dynasty, there was only such a force that could drive such a high salary, like the Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army, which was only 1 and 5, and the border army was about 1 and 5, as for those box troops and township soldiers, it is estimated that it will be meaningful. Originally, the army could still make some money by fighting and plundering, but the army of the Song Dynasty didn't have this opportunity, and they all lived a hard time.
Speaking of the armies that could fight tough battles during the Northern Song Dynasty, there were only a few, such as the Yang Family Army, the Zhejia Army, the Chongjia Army, and the Gao Family Army.
The prestige of the Yang family army was a household name in later generations, and not many people knew about the other two armies. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the Yang family produced many talents, and there were not a few heroines, which created the name of the Yang general.
In fact, in the "History of the Song Dynasty", the Zhuang family army created by Chong Shiheng and the Zhejia army created by Zhe Zongben are more famous than the Yang generals and have a greater role than the Yang generals, but the Yang generals have stepped onto the stage and have been rendered brilliantly, while the other two armies have stayed in the history books and know very little.
During the 168 years of the reign of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were many heroes of the family army: the Shiheng, the Chong, the Doctor, the Friendship, the Pu, the Dao, and the Teacher. The children of the family have served in the army for five generations, and dozens of people have died on the battlefield.
The Zhejia Army is even more incredible, from the early years of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, throughout the entire Northern Song Dynasty. For hundreds of years, the Fold family lived in Fuzhou, and the "Fold Kexing Shinto Tablet" uploaded its "Inner Screen China, Outer Yidi". In order to alleviate the worries of the West, the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty all allowed their fathers, sons and brothers to pass on the inheritance.
The period in which Zhao Yingyi lived was the heyday of the Yang Jiajun and the Zhejiajun, and the founder of the Chongjiajun had not yet made a career.
Zhao Yingfu thought of the outstanding military exploits of these three armies in history, especially during the period when the combat effectiveness of the entire Song Dynasty army was low, and it was all dependent on these few armies to support the Great Song Dynasty. In this life, as a human being in another life, nothing can be said to humiliate these three armies, and they must be included in their new army system. However, the current Zhejia army is still guarding the northwest gate of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to transfer them all.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Yingfu decided to transfer the sixth generation of the Fold Army, Zhi Weizhong and Zhi Weixin, to lead five hundred elite cavalry to listen to the use, and there were also Zhi Weizhong's wives: Liu Yuyan and Li Miaoling. At the same time, he was also the fifth-generation descendant of Yang Zongxian and Yang Zonghuai from the Yang family's army, and his 500 elite archers.
Since the Seed Family Army had not yet been established at this time, Zhao Ying had to transfer its founder Chong Shiheng to listen to it.
Zhao Yingying was still a martial arts fan in later generations, and finally had the opportunity to return to ancient times, and he still wanted to find a chance to experience that little dirty wish in his heart. Youdao has the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it is outdated, and Zhao Yingyi also plans to take this opportunity to realize his martial arts dream.
So, Zhao Yingfu specially issued a peculiar decree, saying that it was peculiar because this edict was facing people in the green forest, and it was not common for the imperial court to directly recruit heroes in the green forest.
There are many people with a strong sense of justice among the heroes of the green forest, and Zhao Yingfu wrote a rather encouraging decree against them. For example, give them a series of reputations such as fame, fame, and righteousness. These super angry youths boiled after seeing this distribution, the imperial court has always had certain restrictions on them, worried that they would violate the ban by force, and this time they were blatantly recruited. The heroes all felt that their spring was coming, and they dared to go to the capital one by one.
Some famous factions, such as Wudang, Emei, Shaolin and so on, have also sent their own elite disciples to respond to the government's call.
After all the decrees were issued, Zhao was busy planning the army station, which was divided into infantry and cavalry according to the nature of the army. Zhao Yingfu took a group of dogs to observe around the capital, and finally decided to build a cavalry garrison on the plain fifty miles away from the north gate, and establish an infantry camp at the foot of the mountain west of the city.
Zhao Yingfu returned to the palace and handed over the planned station drawings to the Ministry of Engineering for construction, and then went to the general as a supervisor non-stop.
At this time, the Great Song Dynasty faced a group of strong enemies that were Liao and Jin were about to rise, and their main advantage was strong cavalry. In the era of cold weapons, if you want to fight against cavalry, it is generally cavalry against cavalry, and cavalry has a natural advantage over infantry, however, this is the shortcoming of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao's plan was to improve ancient weapons through modern technology and make up for the lack of cavalry with superior weapons. The weapons of the Song Dynasty army were mainly swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows and a small number of siege equipment, although there seemed to be many types, but the applicability was not enough.
Due to the limitations of the technological level of this era, many weapons in Zhao Ying's brain could not be prepared. After much deliberation, he finally decided to vigorously develop long-range weapons such as bows, crossbows, bed crossbows, and catapults, which were also influenced by the pursuit of long-range kills in later generations, and mainly improved the quality of weapons and battle formations in melee combat to improve the existing disadvantages.
Zhao Yingfu brought his improved drawings and came to the prison in a hurry. At this time, the general supervisor is mainly to make some fine games for the palace, although there are a large number of skilled masters, but they are not used for production, it is very wasteful.
"Weichen, I will be the master craftsman Duan Xin and meet His Royal Highness the Prince." As soon as Zhao Yingfu entered the workshop, he was startled by an old man.
"Duan Aiqing, please get up quickly, I didn't expect Aiqing to be so old, and her voice is still very loud!" Zhao Yingfu helped Duan Xin up, and by the way, he knocked on the side to express his dissatisfaction with frightening him.
"Your Highness, don't look at Wei Chen's age, but his body is honest. I wonder what His Highness has ordered when he came here today? Duan Xin patted his chest, and his arrogant expression was obvious.
"Duan Aiqing, please gather all the officials who will be in prison, this prince has something to announce." Zhao Yingfu ignored Duan Xin's arrogant expression.
Duan Xin walked out with a flying stride, and his body was really not covered. After a while, a group of people dressed crookedly in official uniforms followed.
Duan Xin looked at Zhao Yingying's brows and frowned, and hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, because the ministers are usually pondering the process, it is inconvenient to wear official uniforms, so I was in a hurry just now, please forgive me." ”
"Er, I see, pay attention in the future!" Zhao Yingfu waved his hand to signal that everyone did not need to be polite, and then directly announced his decision.
"I think you all know, now my Great Song Dynasty is going to form a new army, and the prince will be the supervisor in charge of weapon manufacturing. The quality of weapons will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the new army, so you should keep it in mind and work hard, understand? ”
"Your Majesty understands, please rest assured." The crowd replied in unison.
"That's good, this prince looks at it, those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have done it will be punished. Now, each of you will stand in line according to your own strengths. Skilled in ironsmithing, skilled in woodsmithing, skilled in ceramics, skilled in several craftsmen, skilled in weapon makers, each standing in order, if there is a master of more than one standing. ”
Under the command of Zhao Yingying, everyone slowly stood in several teams according to their expertise.
"Very well, this prince told you that you will not look at your official position here, but only your ability, and those who are capable will go up and those who cannot go down. As long as you do things well, this prince will not treat you badly. In the future, your income will be doubled, and if there is any achievement, you will be rewarded separately. Each of you chooses the most capable team leader for yourself, and the tasks assigned to you in the future will be completed under the leadership of the team leader. Duan Aiqing, in a while, you will sort out the list of each team and the basic information of the captains and team members and hand them over to Prince Ben. After Zhao Yingyi finished speaking, he took the lead and left.
After Zhao Yingfu finished speaking, everyone began to talk to each other, not only to discuss who to choose, but also to discuss the changes brought about by the gossip prince.