Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

Although Zhao Pu attaches great importance to the military and puts the military first, the training outline, the appointment of generals, and the life of soldiers are all extremely concerned. But he can only grasp the general direction and keep the whole without major deviations.

As for the handling of details, specific military training, etc., it is more for middle and lower-level generals to carry it out.

The same soldiers, the same military program, and the trained soldiers have different personalities and quite different combat effectiveness.

And Yue Fei joined the Yue family army three years ago, and he was only a squad leader, which is equivalent to a first-class squad leader; But with a great victory in Yangzhou, Yue Fei was promoted to captain; Later, when the Jin army went south and washed the south of the Yangtze River in blood, Yue Fei became the commander of the battalion.

At that time, Yue Fei led 3,000 Song army soldiers, and nearly 30,000 people helped him, and flexibly sniped the Jin army in eastern Zhejiang, so that the Jin army was mired in a quagmire, unable to continue south, and could only retreat.

This battle is Yue Fei's famous battle.

After the Jin army retreated, it even covered up the Jin army and recovered Jiankang. In fact, it could not be regarded as a recovery, at that time, the Jin army in Jiankang had already withdrawn, empty, Yue Fei just led the army in, and there was no fierce battle.

However, it is not easy to do this.

After the Jin army retreated, there were too few people who dared to chase after the Jin army's buttocks, conduct harassment wars, and dare to recover the city. More Song troops were like rats, panicked and let the Jin army leave.

The continuous combat made Yue Fei grow rapidly, from a low-level officer to a high-ranking general, and now he is a general commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

At this time, Yue Fei already had a trace of the demeanor of a famous general, but he was only a famous general. There is still a long way to go from becoming a marshal and becoming the famous Marshal Yue in later generations.

This is also the first time that Yue Fei has taken command, commanding more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the Northern Expedition is pseudo-Qi.

This move was beyond everyone's expectations, even Yue Fei was surprised. Today's Great Song Dynasty has cultivated a group of military generals, who are not inferior to him in terms of military achievements; When it comes to talent, it is not much different from him, but when it comes to cronies. There are a few people who are far more than him.

Yue Fei was confident that he was one of the best generals of the dynasty, and he was only one of the best, and there were several people who were on par with him.

No one would have thought that he would take command and become the marshal of the First Northern Expedition, but this task fell on him.

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"Your Majesty seems to be a little impatient!" Wang Wuyue said.

"The battle of Huai'an at this moment. It's already begun, and the battle is in full swing. Just at this time. I drink nothing but tea. Nothing can be done! Zhao Pu sighed leisurely.

"Your Majesty, Marshal Yue will definitely succeed!" Wang Wuyue said, "Besides, the opponent in this battle seems to be a little weak!" ”

Zhao Pu nodded and said: "Those high-level leaders of the Jin Army are smart, and they decisively raised the puppet army forces and used Han people to fight Han people. The mutual internal friction between each other reduced the casualties of the Jurchen soldiers and preserved the strength of the Jin army to a certain extent; But to some extent, the Jin army also made mistakes. constantly created a puppet army and acted as a whetstone for the Song army. ”

"There are no natural famous generals, and there is no natural strong army, famous generals are fought again and again, and strong armies are born out of bloody battles again and again. Bai Qi is a generation of famous generals, but this famous general also climbed up step by step from a low-level officer, and finally became the god of war; Of course, many people originally had the potential to become famous generals, but just after they appeared, they encountered strong opponents, defeated and defeated, dampened their self-confidence, and even lost their lives. ”

"Yue Fei is lucky, because the opponent he met is not too strong; And at this moment, the 200,000 troops of the Eastern Route Army are also lucky, the enemy they encountered is not too strong. At this time, in the battle of Huai'an, the main force was the puppet Qi army, mixed with a part of the Jin army, which was much weaker than the pure Jurchen soldiers. Just the right whetstone, avoiding the danger of breaking. It's just that the war is changeable, and no one knows how the battle will be until the last moment? ”

"Your Majesty, you have already used your hole cards to carry two thousand muskets, ten bronze cannons, plus 10,000 mines, the firepower is so strong, it may not be inferior to the main force of the Jin Army, and it is only a pseudo-Qi army!" Wang Wuyue was very relieved, thinking that this victory was counted at the tenth layer, and the difference was only how much it cost to pay.

After more than a year of campaigning, the Jin army suffered serious losses, especially the Jurchens, who suffered huge casualties, so they had to add Han people, Khitan people, etc., to serve as part of the army.

This inevitably led to a decline in the overall combat strength of the Jin Army.

The battle in the early stage is easy to solve, because it is mainly against the puppet Qi army, and it is the Jin army behind that is really difficult to deal with.

It's easy to beat a dog, but it's a little hard for the owner to hit a dog.

But it's only a little difficult, in fact, relying on the power of firearms, it is enough to destroy the Jurchen cavalry.

Two thousand muskets are not the kind of bird guns of later generations, but the thickness of an arm, firing projectiles the size of eggs, or scattered bullets.

And the ten bronze cannons are even more powerful, and if they are killed by one cannon, a large number of people will die. Once faced with the cavalry of the Jin army, they were sure enough to defeat them.

This is also a compromise.

Comparatively speaking, the conscienceless cannon has the lowest technical content and is also powerful, but the range is too short, only 200 meters, it is okay to defend the city and ambush, but it is too bad to use it in field combat. It can only be used to make bronze cannons to improve field strength.

I once wanted to design an iron cannon, but the quality of the steel manufactured was not very qualified, and it was often scrapped when firing five or six cannons, and it was used continuously, and the practical value was not high. It can only be made of bronze cannons, relatively speaking, bronze cannons are more suitable for combat and are not less powerful.

However, it is too much money, you must know that the Great Song Dynasty is the copper standard, the currency is mainly copper, and copper is used to make artillery, which has a bit of a taste of burning money. It's just that at this moment, for the sake of war, Zhao Puke can't care about this, and the so-called burning money has finally lost his life.

If the money is gone, you can earn it again; If there is no life, there will be no more.

And the bronze cannons, mainly small cannons, are mainly used in field battles and mainly to fight cavalry.

As if this was not enough, mines were developed again, which could be regarded as against the cavalry. It's just a pity that the quality of the mines is somewhat inadequate, the power is limited, and the failure rate is also high.

This time, for the Northern Expedition, in order to collect the Huaibei area, it is to move the hole cards and move the family.

It's just that Zhao Pu is still not confident!

"You've committed weaponism!" Zhao Pu said with a melancholy face, "These firearms are not omnipotent, as long as they are fought once or twice, the Jin Army also has a way to crack it, if you want to eat it all over the world, it is impossible!" On the contrary, after a few actual battles, the Jin army will also make these firearms, which will harm our army. These firearms are not high-tech, and the success rate of counterfeiting is very high! ”

Wang Wuyue chuckled in her heart, thinking that these weapons would be absorbed by the Jin army and attack the Song army, she felt that her scalp was numb, but she still said: "Your Majesty, Marshal Yue must be strictly guarded to prevent leakage, and if the Jin army wants to obtain firearms, it must be impossible!" ”

"Is it really hard to leak information?" Zhao Pu shook his head, "There are some important ministers in the court, who are already lackeys of the Jin Army, but I don't bother to pay attention to them." As soon as I laid out the battle plan on the front foot, they sent the information to the Jin army, lest the speed be slow and difficult to please the master, do you really think I am stupid, do you really think I don't know? ”

As soon as he thought of the courtiers in the court who were eye-to-eye with Jin Jun, Zhao Pu became angry in his heart.

It's just that it's easy to cut down these courtiers, but it breeds new ones.

The main reason is that in the Song-Jin duel, the Song Dynasty was not in an absolute advantage, but at a disadvantage, which naturally caused a large number of these courtiers to breed.

Instead of cutting down these courtiers and losing control, it is better to indulge like this and catch big fish with a long line.

"Don't be afraid of Jin Jun's imitation, just be afraid of going slowly!" Zhao Pu smiled slightly, "Don't play technical blockade, this blockade is not enough for the enemy, it will only block yourself, and you will fall behind step by step." In terms of artillery research, our dynasty has already walked ahead of the Jin country, and as long as it continues to research, it can still take the lead, and muskets, bronze cannons, and mines are already outdated. At this time, the Firearms Bureau is researching more powerful firearms, but some technologies still need to be checked! (To be continued......)

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