Chapter 42 Military power

Today, I changed a few browsers and released them and couldn't segment them, so I'm depressed!!

"Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder what you think of yesterday's military exercise?" Above the main hall, Zhao Zhen asked the civil and military officials with a hint of a smile.

"The field army trained by the emperor is really mighty! In the past, there was a thunderous momentum to defeat the thieves of the party, and then defeated the forbidden army of our dynasty with one enemy and four enemies, which can really be described as a brave army! My Emperor Shengming! Wang Qinruo thought that Zhao Zhen was young and competitive, so he boasted about him vigorously.

"Really? Do you think the same way? Zhao Zhen asked in an extremely calm tone.

People like Kou Zhun who had more contact with Zhao Zhen and understood his temperament were silent at the moment. And those ministers usually don't have the opportunity to be alone with him, all the news comes from rumors in the palace, and they can't accurately grasp Zhao Zhen's habits, so they can only praise him one after another.

"Excellent! Very good! Zhao Zhenpi smiled and said loudly: "My Great Song really raised you good courtiers!" Can anyone tell me what the Praetorian Army is for? ”

"Defend the capital, prepare for the war!" As a top-level military official of the Great Song Dynasty, Xu Jun shouted the slogan first, but he blushed after shouting.

"That's a nice thing to say, but I want to know if you can hold on? Do you dare to ask for it? I've only been training for less than two years in a field army to defeat you who claim to be the strongest army, and I'm curious to know how you're usually training? Is there any training? With a forbidden army like yours, how dare I trust you? How dare I use you? Bang bang bang ......" Zhao Zhen, who became more and more angry the more he talked, finally failed to control his temper, and smashed the dragon chair with his little hand.

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty......" The Privy Council and the military attachΓ©s of the Sanya, seeing the angry Zhao Zhen, were silent one by one, just kowtowing vigorously and confessing.

After stabilizing his mind, Zhao Zhen tried his best to suppress his anger before he spoke: "Since you confess your guilt, it will be easy to do." Little Shunzi, declare my will! ”

"No!" Xiao Shunzi bowed and replied, and then opened the holy decree in his hand and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, after investigation, the three officials have divisions, greedy for pleasure, abandoned the military, negligent training, and the combat power of the unanimous forbidden army has plummeted, and there is a big more than Sheji, and now he has gone to the guard horse to command Wang Neng, the deputy commander to make Ge Ba, the guard step to command Dai Xing, the deputy commander to make Zhang Qi, the palace front division to command Xu Jun, the deputy commander to make Sangzan and other officials. ”

Xiao Shunzi took a breath and continued to read aloud: "The country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and the three armies cannot be without a commander for a day, hereby, the title of Yang Zongbao, the king of Pingnan, is the commander of the palace, Gao Jixun is the deputy envoy, Zhen Weizheng is also the commander of the guard Ma Du, Ma Su is also the deputy envoy, the kind of Shiheng is also the commander of the guard step, Yang Jinhua is also the deputy envoy, from now on, the forbidden army will be reorganized, its dross will be removed, its essence will be taken, the equipment will be changed, and the staff will be trained hard to restore the majesty of the forbidden army!" Chin this! ”

"The ministers obey the order...... the ministers hesitated for a while after listening to the will, and finally chose to surrender. After all, there was an unwritten rule in the Song Dynasty, that is, every emperor would find an opportunity to replace the commander of the Sanya Forbidden Army, but Zhao Zhen's steps were bigger. For the Song Dynasty, which was dominated by civil officials, this is nothing, military generals, if they are changed, they will be changed, as long as the interests of civil officials are not involved, everyone should not see it, and you can play whatever you want.

And why is the civil official group of the Song Dynasty so good? There are several reasons for this, first of all, when Song Taizu founded the country, in order to win the hearts of the people, he said the words of ruling the world with the scholars, and gave the scholars the righteous name; Secondly, the grassroots officials and gentry of the Great Song Dynasty were also the pawns of the scholar group, and they communicated with the people on behalf of the imperial court, becoming the only bridge between the imperial court and the people, so that the emperor had to rely on them if he wanted to pass on a message, and he had to compromise with them; Another important point is that the Song Dynasty scholar group occupied most of the resources of the Great Song Dynasty, formed a huge interest group, and dared to challenge the imperial authority. It can be said that the rise and decline of the Song Dynasty all originated from the Shidafu Group.

The reason why Zhao Zhen took the military generals first was also based on the above reasons, first easy and then difficult, which has always been the way to solve the problem.

The Command Department of the Sanya Forbidden Army was the nominal supreme command body of all armed forces in the Song Dynasty, responsible for the training and combat missions of all armies. Zhao Zhen replaced the generals of the forbidden army, and he also mastered the whole horse in disguise, and the Privy Council was only an institution used to balance the rights of the three yas, which had no impact on him.

"King Pingnan, you are so old, and you are tired of running around, I really can't bear it!" Zhao Zhen helped Yang Zongbao, who was almost old, to sit on the chair and said solemnly.

"Official, you're serious! I have such a big burden on the emperor and you, you are still young, and the old minister really can't bear it! But as long as my old bones are still of some use, you can just give the order, and promise to kill the enemy for the official family! Yang Zongbao, who was in his sixties, raised his fist and said excitedly.

Yang Zongbao fought for the Song Dynasty in all directions, and together with his wife Mu Guiying, he made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty, and was named the king of Pingnan, with the title of martial arts. Although he was pulled by Zhao Zhen to serve as the commander of the front division of the palace, it seems that he was demoted, but in fact, it is not, the commander of the front division of the palace is generally a second rank, but it is a real military position, commanding the whole country's soldiers and horses. And King Pingnan is only an honorary title, and has no real power.

Zhao Zhen thought twice and chose Yang Zongbao to take this position, considering that the Yang family has always been loyal and righteous in history, and Yang Zongbao has outstanding meritorious achievements, lofty status, and old age, all of which can seal the existence of the people. At his age, it is impossible for Zhao Zhen to really let him go to war, just be a good door god. The real burden of the forbidden army fell on the head of Gao Jixun, the deputy commander of the front division of the palace, and the commander of the two armies, although the forbidden army is collectively referred to as the three ya, but the rank of the commander of the two armies is the fourth grade, which is nominally to be led by Gao Jixun.

After the commanders and deputy envoys of all the divisions arrived, Zhao Zhen said to Yang Zongbao again: "Look, these guys are still young, and they are naughty and mischievous one by one, and you will have to worry more about it in the future!" ”

"Don't worry, the old minister will definitely take care of the forbidden army for you."

"Then there is Lao Aiqing!" Zhao Zhen turned his head and said to Gao Jixun and the others: "I summoned you here today, mainly for the reorganization of the forbidden army. I have been observing for many days, and I have found that there are many people in the forbidden army, and I want you to select elite soldiers from the forbidden army, and if there is a shortage, you can recruit them from all over the country to make up for the number of 100,000 forbidden troops. The infantry army uses the existing field army equipment, and the palace front division will replace the new equipment, and I will arrange for it to be delivered to you. In addition, I announce that from this day onwards, all participating armies will adopt the new military salute and new establishment as a permanent example. ”

"Yes!" The crowd replied in unison.

"Alright, you guys go back and hurry up and train the forbidden army for me as soon as possible!" Zhao Zhen waved at them after speaking.

"Official, the old minister heard that you used a new type of crossbow in the battle of Yan'an to severely damage the party thief, I don't know if you found out that the party thief used their divine arm crossbow, the old minister has fought with them, they have a crossbow that is more powerful than my god arm crossbow, within a hundred steps, our army infantry armor can not resist its power, it is very fierce!" When Yang Zongbao saw the others leaving, he talked to Zhao Zhen.

"You keep saying that, I really didn't notice it at the time! They seemed to only use bows and arrows, and they didn't find the god's crossbow. Zhao Zhen originally thought that only the Great Song Dynasty had a divine arm crossbow, but he didn't expect that the party members were also good at this, and he was very surprised.

"It is said that these crossbows are also very rare among the party members, and all of them are in the hands of a kind of person called the 'Iron Harrier', and they are all good at hiding, fighting, assassinating, and tracking. From this point of view, the party thieves defeated by the official family last time should only be small tribes, and they have no right to control the elite 'iron harriers'. Yang Zongbao saw Zhao Zhen's puzzled look for a year, so he explained to him the mysterious troops of the party.

When Zhao Zhen heard the "Iron Harrier", he finally remembered that there was a record in the history books that the party had such a mysterious special forces, so he nodded subconsciously.

Yang Zongbao continued: "The old minister heard that the official family had improved the weapons of our dynasty a few years ago, I don't know what the effect is, the old minister's heart has been itching, and now he finally has the opportunity to see it." ”

"Don't worry, I promise not to disappoint you, although I haven't seen the party's divine arm crossbow, but I dare to pack a ticket, and now our god arm crossbow is even better." Zhao Zhen thought about the power of his improved Divine Arm Crossbow, and said to Yang Zongbao with an oath.

"Then the old minister will wait and see!" Yang Zongbao said with a smile.

"Elder Yang, I have an idea now, please correct it. At present, the infantry equipment of the field army is basically spears, large shields, and repeating crossbows, and it is no problem to fight in the field, but it is not as good as it is in the city. The main defense of the palace is the capital, and the face is urban warfare, I want to remove the spear and the big shield, and replace it with the Tang knife and the round shield to increase flexibility. In addition, there is not enough space in the city, and the power of crossbow arrows is a bit wasteful now, so I want to increase the number of crossbow arrows appropriately, reduce the power of shooting, and increase the duration of shooting. With your experience of a lifetime, let's see if that's better! ”

After all, Zhao Zhen had not personally experienced many wars, although he had some ideas, it was better to find an expert of the time to verify them, so he told Yang Zongbao his thoughts.

Yang Zongbao pondered for a while before saying to Zhao Zhen: "Lao Chen has fought countless battles in his life, and he has fought field battles with the enemy, but he has also been forced to defend the city. Judging from Lao Chen's experience, there are indeed many field weapons that are not conducive to urban street warfare, which needs to be opened and closed widely, and small and flexible in the city. The old minister thinks that your idea is feasible! ”

"Although the theory is so, let's talk about the facts! Wait for me to produce some samples, Mr. Yang, you are taking it to try and evaluate, if you can, it will be produced in large quantities, do you see if it is possible? ”

"Very good! The old minister is waiting for good news! Now it's time for you to check out your improved weapons! Yang Zongbao said to Zhao Zhen eagerly.

"Please! Walk slowly......"

"Haha...... Your Majesty, please go back! The old minister can still ride a horse! Yang Zongbao straightened up and left with a smile.