Chapter 260 Interview

"Elder Suo, I don't know when the elder will summon me and others."

"Hu Feng, Xing Fang Zhuo, you two wait a little longer, the elder is in retreat, even if it is an old man, there are more than ten people who have not seen the president."

Xing Fang Zhuo sighed and said, "Elder Suo, since his subordinates returned to the general association, he has been waiting for further instructions from the elder, but unexpectedly, he happened to meet the elder's retreat, hey, the subordinates still have important things to report to the elder. ”

"It should be soon, in a few days it will be my annual meeting once a year, and I think the elder will definitely be out of the customs."

Hu Feng nodded and said: "I hope that the elder will be able to show up in time, in the past few months, the development of the association has been much slower than last year, and the development in various places has encountered resistance to varying degrees, and there are many things that the elder has to give everyone ideas." ”

"Yes, what's the resistance?"

Hu Feng said respectfully: "Suo Lao doesn't know, since the end of last year, after the new emperor of the imperial court ascended the throne, a lot of reform measures have been implemented, the current government is relatively benevolent, and does not dare to bully the people, and the people seem to see hope, so, the progress of subordinates and others in various places is slow, the most important embodiment is that when recruiting members, most of the people they meet are unwilling to join the association, and even some of the original members have the intention of quitting." ”

"Well, that's not a good sign." Suo Lao said in a low voice, "The chairman said that when the world is in turmoil, it is the opportunity for me to rise, and now it seems that the new emperor of the Song Dynasty is still a little capable, maybe I will have to delay the time." ”

"What Suo Lao said is true, then the subordinates will retire first."

"Well, after the president is out of the customs, the old man will convey your intentions."

"Xie Suo, old man."

"Timing." After Xing Fang Zhuo and the others left, Suo Lao said alone, "The master's prediction must have been wrong, alas, the Red Song Sutra, whether it is a blessing or a curse." ”

October 9th,

I sat on the main seat in the conference room in the apse and accepted the great salute of Jia Yidao and others.

"Ministers, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live, long live."

"Everyone loves Qing, don't be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

For this kind of kneeling etiquette I have gradually begun to accept, maybe this is the inferior root of human beings, as a traverser, I am no exception, just like Jin Yong's pen of the East undefeated high sitting, accept the worship of subordinates, whenever I sit on the dragon chair in the main hall, I also have a fluttering feeling, of course, I know this is not a good thing, but it makes my heart get great satisfaction, this is a bit similar to the drugs of the later generations, knowing that it is harmful, but I can't stop, so, I try to stay in the imperial study as much as possible, Because in the study, I really felt that I was from the Huyan East China Sea of the later generations,

Jia Rudao and others sat on either side of me, and the position opposite me was empty, which was reserved for Fan Wenhu and the other four candidates.

I said to Cao Shixiong, Fan Wenhu and others: "Ladies and gentlemen, I said yesterday that I would select two of you to serve as envoys in the Lin'an and Guangnan theaters, and the following evaluation team composed of me and several ministers will evaluate you, Cao Shixiong, you come first, and the rest of you will go to the next room to rest first." ”

I pointed to the empty seat across the conference table and said, "Cao Aiqing, sit down." ”

"Yes, thank you for your majesty."

When recruiting people in later generations, I often participated in this kind of interview, interviewed others, of course, I was also interviewed by others, but after the crossing, this is the first formal interview behavior, I hope that this interview method can become a way to select officials in this era, so I let Jia Yidao and others participate together,

"Cao Aiqing, let's talk about it first, if you become the commander of the war zone, what will you do."

Although Cao Shixiong is old, his words are still clear, and his thinking is also agile.

"Your Majesty, the minister Cao Shixiong has been in the army since childhood, and is very familiar with the military situation of our dynasty, as a soldier, the minister believes that the most basic element is to obey the military orders of the boss, any war zone is a reading power group, but this reading power is relative, it is the reading power under the entire environment of our dynasty, so as the top general of a war zone, the first thing is to implement the instructions of the boss to the letter, although the minister has retired for many years, but always pay attention to the movement of our army, yesterday, said, According to His Majesty's instructions, the military plan of our dynasty for the next few years is divided into three parts: first, the preparatory stage, which is mainly based on military training; The second is the defensive stalemate period, and the third is the counteroffensive stage of the Northern Expedition, if the minister is the envoy of the Lin'an theater, then the first and third stages should be the focus, because the second stage is mainly the task of the four major theaters of the front, so the minister will build the army in the Lin'an theater into an offensive force. ”

I saw that Cao Shixiong said so much in one breath, and seemed to be a little out of breath, so I said: "Cao Aiqing, there is enough time, just take your time." ”

"Your Majesty Xie cares." Cao Shixiong paused for a moment and continued, "After clarifying the main tasks of the Lin'an Theater in the future, the focus is to train troops in a targeted manner, as we all know, our dynasty has been mainly defensive in the past ten years, and it is passive, relying on the defense of the city, so the first thing the minister should do is to reverse the inherent thinking of the soldiers, instill in them the idea of attacking and then attacking, and then train according to the characteristics of the attack. ”

"Then, according to what Aiqing said, how to conduct attack surname training."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that whether it is attack or defense, first of all, we must improve the basic quality of the soldiers, that is, we must not lose to the Mongolian soldiers in the individual confrontation, and secondly, the method of training total, there are various different types of troops in the forbidden army of our dynasty, such as golden gunners, hook and sickle hands, shield players, etc., if these arms can be effectively combined, one plus one will be greater than two."

As I listened, I recorded Cao Shixiong's main point of view on paper, and this combination coincided with my point of view, but I was mainly a musketeer, supplemented by a combination of cold weapons.

"Well, what a good one plus one, Aiqing continues."

"There is also the military discipline style of the soldiers, and the prohibition of orders is one of the basic elements of victory.

I bowed my head slightly and said: "Aiqing's method of training soldiers is decent, in line with the way of the art of war, I come to ask you, my soldiers are mainly infantry troops, how to compete with the Mongolian cavalry in the attack." ”

Cao Shixiong thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that we should vigorously develop the cavalry army, and use the infantry army against the cavalry army, and when fighting in the field, there will undoubtedly be a big loss. ”

"Cao Aiqing, even if I buy a large number of war horses, I can't make the soldiers achieve the skillful horse skills and riding and archery ability of the Mongolian soldiers, not to mention that I can't buy enough war horses."

"Your Majesty, then we can only gradually eat away at the opponent's living forces, avoid field battles, and force the enemy to fight for the city with our army."

"Well, this is also a method, Shichen, do you have any questions that you need to ask Cao Aiqing?"

Jia Rudao said lightly: "Your Majesty, there are no ministers." ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Lord Cao, Lu has a problem, when attacking the enemy's city, it is necessary to go through the road in the field, if the Mongolian army is fortified on the road, our army is very likely to encounter the enemy army halfway, and cannot reach the enemy's city, so it seems that it is difficult to avoid the battle in the field." ”

"Yes, Lord Lu is right, this is the disadvantage of the lack of cavalry in our dynasty, if we meet in the field, we can only rely on the combination of our army to fight against the enemy's cavalry."

"Then Lord Cao thinks he has a good chance of winning."

Cao Shixiong was silent for a moment and then said, "If you train properly, you have a fifty percent chance of winning." ”

In all fairness, Cao Shixiong's idea is in line with the current status quo, but in this way, it is difficult to win in the field, after all, it is inevitable to defeat the invincible Mongolian cavalry army with an infantry army.

I saw that it was almost over, so I said: "Okay, Cao Aiqing will step back first, and the next one, Wang Anjie Wang Aiqing." ”

Wang Anjie is in his forties, and he looks polite and polite, not at all like a general who fights on the battlefield, perhaps he has been worried at home for more than a year, and he has washed away the lead in the army.

"The minister and the king are seeing Your Majesty on the festival, and I have seen all the adults."

"Wang Aiqing, no need to be polite, you can tell me your opinion."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang An said after the ceremony, "Your Majesty, my lords, since the army has been following his father, guarding the Diaoyu City, in the battle with the Mongols for many years, the minister believes that the strength of the Mongolian army lies in the impact and mobility of its cavalry, the Mongolian soldiers have grown up on horseback since childhood, and their equestrian and archery skills are far beyond the reach of our soldiers, if our army wants to carry out the Northern Expedition, it is bound to have encounters with the Mongolian army in the field, which is unavoidable, if our army wants to win in the field encounter, the minister thinks that there is only one way. ”

"Oh, Wang Aiqing, what's the solution?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that with the strength of our infantry army can not compete with the Mongolian cavalry in the field, therefore, if Your Majesty wants to go on a northern expedition, you must improve the structure of our army, add a new type of troops, the minister calls it the engineering army, with the widespread use of gunpowder, in the field, the engineer can dig deep trenches downward, pile up low walls upward, and use burning gunpowder as an isolation belt, so as to suppress the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry, once formed, you can return to the city defense battle that I am familiar with."

Wang Anjie has been fighting with the Mongolian army for many years, and knows the power of its cavalry, which is incomparable to the infantry army of our dynasty, so he came up with the method of using engineering troops to cooperate with the infantry army to crack the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry.

However, this method has two fatal weaknesses, one is that it requires a large number of engineers, and the Mongol army cannot wait for you to repair the fortifications before launching an attack, and the other is that the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can determine the opponent's offensive route in advance, perhaps occasionally, but it is not a long-term solution.

However, Wang Anjie can think of the application of gunpowder and the change of the structure of the troops, which can be regarded as very thoughtful, if he knows the advent of firearms, it is estimated that he will be ecstatic.

I approved: "Aiqing's idea is quite meaningful, I will consider it comprehensively, the next one, Yin Yinglei." ”