The prosperous economy of the Song Dynasty gave the Song Dynasty a strong financial strength to support the construction of the army, and during the Kaibao period of Taizu, there were 378,000 soldiers in the country, including 193,000 in the forbidden army. During the period of Song Renzong, there were 1.29 million soldiers in the country, including 826,000 forbidden troops. In the early years of Huangyou, the army increased rapidly to 1.4 million.

The million-strong army was extremely terrifying in ancient China, and only the Qin Dynasty, which was the most heavily armed force, had such a scale.

However, the Song Dynasty had the size of the army of the Qin Dynasty, but its combat effectiveness did not even have a finger of the Qin Dynasty. It's okay to bully ordinary people, but in battle, it's often the champion of long-distance running, and the running is first-class.

The ordnance manufacturing of the Song Dynasty can be said to have reached the peak of the era of cold weapons, and the variety of weapons produced and the terrifying power made future generations amazed. However, the high level of ordnance manufacturing does not mean that the weapons of the Song army are good. In fact, in battle, the Song army often suffered losses in weapons, because of serious corruption, cutting corners in weapon manufacturing.

The weakness of the Song army was not because Chongwen suppressed martial arts, but because good steel was not used on the blade, and a lot of unjust money was spent. In addition, the war is peaceful, the move is indecisive, and there is a lack of a stable and implemented foreign policy, so they often get by and get by, and they are accustomed to cramming for the time being. Coupled with internal party strife, the national strength was greatly consumed, which gave the Song Dynasty an overwhelming strength, but it was defeated by the Liao State, the Western Xia, the Jin State, and even the later Mongolia.

If resources can be reasonably distributed, even if they worship literature and suppress military force, with strong economic backing, the military pressure formed is enough to crush the Liao State and the Khitan into pieces.

Just like the United States during World War II, the quality of the American military was far inferior to that of Japan, and it was a Taiping soldier, and in the early days of the Pacific War, it can be said that it was a series of defeats, and a large number of American troops were captured. However, the United States has money, and it can use that money to convert it into a powerful national defense capability, crush Japan, and finally take Japan down. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army surpassed that of the US army, but it could not withstand the strong economic pressure of the United States.

"The country is like this!" Song Qinzong asked, "Is there a way to crack it?" ”

"Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for ten years. I have heard of the rebellion of the warriors, but I have never heard of the rebellion of the literati. Emperor Taizu even proposed to govern the military with civilians and let civilian officials command the army, which eliminated the chaos of the country. Zhao Pu bluntly pointed out the huge shortcomings of the literati commanding the army, "The younger brother sometimes thinks that since only the literati dominate the army, if some warriors are unruly and set up civil officials, they can still cause chaos in the world." It is better to be more thorough, unify the civilian army and turn it into a civilian army! ”

"A civilian army?" Song Qinzong smiled, "If literati talk about poetry and painting, it's okay, but if they lead the army to fight, can they?" ”

"Literati can unify the army, why can't it be more thorough and become a civilian army?" Zhao Pudao, "The army has gone through several stages. The first stage was the Qin and Han dynasties, when all the people were soldiers, and every time they went to war, they would use most of their labor, and the soldiers of that era fought for survival, and once they were defeated, the country was destroyed. The second stage is the government military system, which is based on the uniform land system, with its own weapons, serving as soldiers in wartime and agriculture in leisure time, which can not only fully develop agriculture and mulberry crops, but also prevent local separatism, and maintain strong combat effectiveness. The strength of the Tang Dynasty is mostly due to the government military system. Later, Wang Xianggong changed the law, and the conscription law was borrowed from the advantages of the government military system, but unfortunately the times have changed, and the government military system is no longer difficult to implement. ”

"The third stage is the conscription system. The conscription system is conducive to selecting the strong and strong to form a strong army, but it is easy to appoint cronyism and form factions in the army. The conscription system began in the Tang Dynasty, which also caused the division of feudal towns and the chaos of the country. The chaos of the five generations is mostly due to the conscription system. Later, Emperor Taizu formulated the Law of War, forbidding the army to restrain each other, and using literature to control the military, in order to overcome the drawbacks of the conscription system. ”

"But the conscription system has too many flaws, and most of the soldiers are recruited, and the emphasis is on being a soldier and eating food. Such an army needs to be won over with money at all times, and once the imperial court is short of financial resources, the army's loyalty to the imperial court will decline. Such an army is the most faithless army, and a typical woman with milk is a mother. Today you can be loyal to the court for money, and tomorrow you can attack the court for money. The victorious army and the righteous victorious army are such examples! ”

It can be said that the army of the Song Dynasty was the most faithless army in all Chinese dynasties. The army of the Han Dynasty, the belief is to go out to conquer outside the fortress and divide the marquis of ten thousand households; The Tang Dynasty army, the belief is to protect the family and defend the country, and it will be famous for centuries; The army of the Ming Dynasty believed in killing the Japanese and killing the Tartars.

But in the Song Dynasty, being a soldier was just to make ends meet.

Before and after the disgrace of Jingkang, all the righteous armies and the divisions of the Qin King were all troops without faith, with poor combat effectiveness, and they also plagued the people, and some of them even became lackeys of the Jin army. Even among the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty later, in addition to Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, who had good military discipline, Liu Jun, Liu Shiguang and others had poor military discipline, and the phenomenon of the army surrendering to the enemy was extremely serious.

"An army that has milk is a mother, it is extremely harmful, just relying on the past policies, it can no longer reverse the national situation!" Zhao Pu's eyes flashed with a bright light, "Therefore, we must form a new army and save the crisis!" ”

"The new army can't be achieved overnight, and it can't solve the crisis of the Jin army's soldiers coming to the city?" Song Qinzong said, "Besides, what does this have to do with the literati army!" ”

"The war will not end overnight, this time the Jin army is so coerced and asked me to sign such a humiliating treaty in the Great Song Dynasty, how can I give up like this, and not beat these barbarians to the ground, how can I be worthy of the tens of millions of people of the Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Pu said hatefully, "Although the Jin army is powerful, it still can't break through Bianliang City, I estimate that in a few months, the Jin army will retreat." Then my Great Song Dynasty should recuperate, organize and train the new army, and then wait for ten years, when I am in the Northern Expedition, it is the time to destroy Jin! ”

"And the new army is different from the previous Song army. This Song army is not large, at most 100,000, and the initial construction is only 5,000. This force is a cultural army from top to bottom. Soldiers must be literate and understand why they are fighting, middle-level officers must understand the art of war and tactics, and upper-level officers must understand the overall changes......" Zhao Pu kept talking.

Although it is said a lot, the essence remains the same, and that is to become literate. All levels of the armed forces must have education, knowledge, and ideals, and become a "three-have" army.

Song Qinzong was a little impatient when he heard it, but he still listened patiently, and said lightly: "The ancients said that soldiers are noble and foolish, and generals are wise." This seems to contradict the ancient sayings! ”

"Soldiers are noble and foolish, so generals can fool soldiers to send them to death, but they can also use them to fool soldiers and rebel for them. The ignorance of the soldiers is the basis for the dictatorship of the warriors and the division of the feudal towns. If everyone in the soldiers knows the truth and knows the way to be loyal to the king and defend the country, even if the warriors want to rebel, no one will follow. Zhao Pu expressed his opinion.

Song Qinzong himself was a person without opinions, and when he heard that it made sense, he immediately nodded.

"Instead of letting that group of Tai students be instigated by some villains in the court to make trouble in front of the palace gate, it is better to organize them into the first batch of the new army!" Zhao Pudao; "Brother Chen's request to train a new army!"

"It's just that now, there is a great shortage of weapons, and there is not enough equipment for the new army!" Song Qinzong agreed in his mouth, but his heart was full of vigilance against Zhao Pu. The royal family is in power, which is often the basis for seizing the throne. The reason why Emperor Taizong was able to seize the throne back then was because he was the governor of Kaifeng Mansion and held part of the military power, so he couldn't help but be suspicious and asked: "In the early days of the new army, how many people were recruited!" ”

"It's useless to have too many people, in the beginning it was about 1,000 people. There are also ministers who are just idle princes, and it's okay to let the ministers talk about it, but it is not enough to let the ministers train the new army, so it is better for the emperor to send some officers! Zhao Pu proposed.

Only then did Song Qinzong give up the suspicion in his heart.

The number of thousand-strong troops in the huge Bianliang is too small, almost setting off a trace of waves. Besides, the officers were sent by him, and with the mixed sand, it was difficult to cause a trace of waves.

"How can it be so easy to train a new army!" Song Qinzong shook his head gently, how can a strong army be so easy to train, this training of the new army, most of it is this younger brother's whim, he just wants to have fun, and he has the right to play a game.

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" Zhao Pu said happily in his heart. Song Huizong, or Song Qinzong, is a waste, with a large number of hole cards, and finally became a slave to the country. They were not a qualified emperor, but they were good people. He was good to his courtiers, to the people of the city, and to his sons and brothers.

After they were captured, it was sympathy that was gained, not blame.

All this is, because they are good people, even though not a good emperor.

These thousand-strong troops were very few, very few, and in the huge battle for the defense of Bianliang, they could not stir up a single wave. But this is the beginning of his army, and with a force loyal to him, he can have the capital to live in peace in troubled times.

………

Humming songs and laughing, Zhao Pu sat in the car and felt extremely comfortable.

When you dare to think that others dare not, you are half the battle;

When you dare to do what others don't dare to do, you succeed the other half.

In the eyes of that royal brother, he was joking, a game to pass the time when a prince was bored. But who knows that this new army has placed too many ideals on him, and this new army will become a strong army like the Yue family army and the Qi family army in the future.

Back in the palace, Zhao Pu locked himself in his room, kept thinking in his mind, constantly recalling those strong armies in history, absorbing this advantage, constantly integrating, deleting, and adjusting, and writing the plan for the new army.

The iron-blooded Qin army, Gao Shun's trapped camp, the white horse Yicong, the Xiliang iron cavalry, Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, Ju Yi's Xiandeng dead soldiers, Wang Ping's Wudang Fei army, Li Shimin's Xuanjia army, Chen Qingzhi's white-robed army, Yuan Chonghuan's Guan Ning soldiers, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, Yue Fei's Beiwei army, Wushu's iron tower soldiers, the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners Army, the Qi family's army, Mongolia's cowardly Xue army, Yue's Beiwei army, and the People's Liberation Army of later generations......

These strong armies in history flashed in his mind one by one, giving him a lot of reference significance.

These strong armies have their own characteristics and are equal.

If you think about it carefully, the most powerful is the iron-blooded Qin Army and the People's Liberation Army of later generations.

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