The low combat effectiveness of the Great Song army was not caused by the "division of power". Rather, it is mainly affected by various external factors such as logistics supply, military salaries, and even recruitment and command. A good army will gradually degenerate.

The army's armor, weapons and equipment, salaries and supplies are all in the hands of civilian officials. The Song Dynasty was fortunate in the middle of the founding of the country, there were many loyal ministers and good generals, and there was never a shortage of equipment and materials.

But at the end of the period, Chaogang was corrupt, especially Song Huizong!

"It's like that piece of stinky shit landed in the world, appointing villains and persecuting Zhongliang. The traitors above the court are in charge, the situation in various places, and the army is chaotic," Han Shizhong directly said that the Son of Heaven was shit, which made everyone dumbfounded, and Chao Gai's face twitched, but he understood that this man was telling the truth.

Since Song Huizong ascended the throne, traitorous ministers have been in power, buying officials and selling knights, and the army has also been affected. More than ninety percent of the military salary and supplies will be deducted, the distribution of armor and weapons will be delayed, and even the necessities such as horses and medicinal materials will not be given, and even the Western army, which has been fighting against the Tangut people all year round, is also facing this situation. Not to mention the border army, the local forbidden army, the box army and other armies.

The monthly military salary is 300 yuan, and from the time of distribution, the civilian officials will deduct it, and the generals and officers will also reach out and make a profit, and at most half of it will be sent to the soldiers, which is not bad, and some are even only three or four out of ten or even less.

The most hateful thing is to eat empty salaries, even though there are only a few dozen soldiers who report but there are hundreds. The military salaries issued were directly divided and embezzled by the officers, and the weapons and equipment were sold. Han Shizhong had seen it with his own eyes in the Western Army, dozens of people impersonated and shouted more, and there were more than 300 people on the roster.

In addition to the corruption of officialdom and the rampant corruption of corrupt officials!

The imperial court imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the government controlled a large number of resources, and the recruitment system was strange. The people are poor, and in disaster years, the grain harvest is poor or even completely lost. can't survive, and the court is afraid that these people will be strongmen or rebel. Simply recruit soldiers, as long as the young and strong people who can't eat, they can eat enough to be a soldier.

This is the origin of the famous Song Dynasty "erecting the recruitment flag and having its own food eaters".

The soldiers only want to eat and eat, and they don't know who they are fighting for. Without faith and no determination to die, there will only be a good fight on the battlefield. When you encounter something, you will shrink back, and when you see that the situation is not good, you will run wildly.

What combat effectiveness does such an army have?

Han Shizhong finished speaking concisely, and finally sighed from the bottom of his heart: "If the Western Army is not a species, Cao, fold a few old generals to support and restrain the army." I am afraid that it has long been eroded and assimilated, and gradually loses its original combat effectiveness. ”

In fact, the internal problems of the Western Army are serious! Chao Gai said secretly in his heart, otherwise he would not have been wiped out in a battle with the Jin people a few years later!

He looked left and right and saw that everyone was full of embarrassment, and immediately smeared the emperor of heaven: "Chao once heard that the former left minister Zhang Duan said that although Zhao Ji is talented, his demeanor is frivolous, and he doesn't know how to be polite. He once forcibly opposed the enthronement with the dream of the queen Li of the Southern Tang Dynasty. said that he had the appearance of destroying the country and destroying the clan, and the disaster of chaos in the country, and now there are countless strongmen in various places, and it has indeed come true!

This person has great ambitions but low skills, and has little wisdom but no pattern. Go south to the flower stone gang, repair the long live mountain, build a garden, go north to bracket the field law, harm the people, and mess with the community. Employing people does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, pro-villains and distant virtuous ministers, and reuses Cai, Gao, Tong and other traitorous parties, so that the military equipment is lax and the political situation is erosive. Listening to the villain's words, Lianjin destroyed Liao, leading to the lure of wolves into the house......"

Chao Gai gushed endlessly, judging the mistakes of today's sons like historians. Bite the text and chew the words, one board and one eye, and what you say is reasonable, well-founded and modest. Han Shizhong, Guo Sheng and the others were dumbfounded, and looked at this spit in a daze. Several ladies looked at him with smiles on their faces and cursed.

"Zhao Shiyi is talented and can do anything, but he can't be made emperor. He didn't have that kind of means, but it was only a tragedy to sit in that chair. Stand higher and fall even worse, how tragic the fate of the country is! ”

Chao Gai didn't say much considering that the environment was inappropriate and the time period had not yet arrived, so he made a summary and sighed, and then shut up. Otherwise, the shame of Jingkang and the humiliation of the ancient tower can be said more and more expressively.

On the school grounds, no one spoke, and silence returned again.

More than 100 people stood with their heads held high, staring at the barracks and waiting for when the soldiers would come to train. The results were heart-wrenching, and the Hebei Frontier Army was also disappointing.

It wasn't until dawn that there were figures walking around in the barracks one after another, shouting and shirtless, carrying bowls and basins to the river to wash, gathering together to shout and brag about ......, chaotic and noisy like a vegetable market.

But there is no team to train on campus!

It wasn't until someone found out that Chao Gai and the others came over curiously to take a look. Seeing that they were all dressed in iron armor, everyone looked at each other angrily, and they didn't dare to get too close. After twenty or thirty meters, the number of people increased.

News of an unknown team on the school grounds spreads!

The already small barracks caused a sensation, and the soldiers quickly gathered, pushed and watched, stood in front and watched, stood in the back with their necks stretched out and stood on tiptoe, and some even climbed onto the tents, just to join in the fun.

Dozens of tall female soldiers are mainly the object of discussion. There were even lewd, cheap laughs and greedy glances in the crowd. But no one dares to move, who dares to provoke those fierce men with big shoulders and round waists?

The little giant Chao Taishan's head is too terrifying!

These soldiers of the Hebei Border Army looked at Chao Gai and a group of people unscrupulously.

And Chao Gai was also scanning around, looking at these elite border troops. In the end, he shook his head in disappointment, most of the more than 1,000 people were disheveled, with incomplete armor, and they did not come to the school to train, such as the aunt who came to join in the fun.

With this kind of quality, the army is not even qualified for logistics. In Chaojiazhuang, at best, the farmer who built the city wall is even inferior.

"Phew, a bunch of crooked melons and cracked dates!" Han Shizhong, Guo Sheng was the first to say what Chao Gai thought. Lu Fang, Han Yong, Yu Tai and other generals and soldiers were full of disdain. Li Yi deeply realized that there was an obvious gap between the two teams. I also understood what my uncle said, the prince and the general, in the present day!

"Hey, which part are you from? Chao Jiajun's? There were shouts from the forbidden army, and the crowd quickly dispersed, and a group of big men dressed all over their bodies walked out of the crowd with a few generals wearing bright light armor. People come before they hear.

Chao Gai didn't even look at these guys, Han Shizhong led someone to stop him, didn't reply, and snorted coldly: "Where is your Zhao Dujian?" ”

"I said, you are ......" The bearded officer was a little annoyed when he saw that Han Shizhong had a bad attitude and did not answer his own question.

It's just that before he finished speaking, he roared Guo Sheng stepped forward with Fang Tian's halberd and asked, "Where did you get so much nonsense?" It is only necessary to answer General Han's question. ”

"Hmph, after the Duanyang Festival, you will follow the army to attack Liangshan! Where did Zhao Dujian go? Han Shizhong stared coldly at the bearded man.

These words were like a bombshell, and suddenly the surrounding noise disappeared and became quiet. Everyone's eyes widened and their faces were full of bad looks. As long as you are not stupid, there are basically guesses, and it is estimated that it is the chief of soldiers and horses to inspect.

It seems like I've been waiting here for more than half an hour!

It's over, it's over, it's over! The bearded man's eyes were straight, he was stunned on the spot, he shuddered, and his voice stammered a little: "Report... Report to the general, Zhao Dujian ... Last night... Returned to the city, but did not return to the camp. ”

"Hmph, the military commander is not in the barracks, what are you going to do when you go back to the city?" Chao Gai glanced at it obliquely, and his voice was indifferent: "Let these Hebei elites go to find it, and if you don't see the main owner for a cup of tea, where did it come from, and where did you go back?" ”

"Did you hear that?" Han Shizhong's eyes widened.

"I heard, I heard." The bearded man nodded repeatedly.

"Why don't you go find it?"

"Yes, the last general will go." The bearded man was resigned, turned around and ran.

"Stop, you help the team assemble!"

The other officers wanted to follow, but were stopped by Han Shizhong and Guo Sheng.

Many shirtless or disheveled soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to leave and dress up and come back to line up, but it was already too late.

Seeing the stunned expressions of these people, Chao Gai grinned like a demon: "Look at these soldiers, act according to the plan, and help them assemble and line up." ”

Han Shizhong, Guo Sheng and other generals responded, and each led the team to scatter and rush over! The roar of the assembly rang out. Groups of soldiers poured into the school grounds.

Tarzan lit the cannon and threw it into the sky with all his might, exploding fireworks in the air. Chen Hu, Zhang San, and Li Si, who were waiting outside the barracks, poured in with cavalry. happened to meet a lot of soldiers who wanted to slip away, and they were all driven back.

On the school field of the forbidden army barracks, the roar shook the sky, and the scolding was like thunder!

Under the pressure of the hordes of cavalry, more than a thousand forbidden troops quickly assembled. In addition to lining up according to the belonging of each command, it is according to the degree of disheveling. For example, standing bare-chested at the front, followed by those with open breasts, incomplete armor, crooked armor, and bare hands.

Whoever dared to disobey or sneak into clothes, immediately a cavalry rushed over and threw a whip. Some veteran oilers shouted loudly and were dragged out to punch and kick the public. In front of these fierce Chao family soldiers, they are all honest.

"People are bitter insects, they can't be beaten if they don't fight, people are wood carvings, and they can't be recruited if they don't fight." Chao Gai witnessed the beating with his hands behind his back, and nodded with satisfaction: "Coercive means, jade can't be cut into a tool, and people can't be successful if they don't fight!" ”

Behind him, several women had crooked mouths and slanted eyes, and Li Qingzhao corrected with a dark face: "The next sentence should be that people don't learn, don't know righteousness, and come from the Three Character Classic." ”

"I know! But people are cheap bones, and they can't be defeated if they don't fight! In the future, it is good to have children and education, and the stick is waved to show filial piety, and the loving mother is more defeated. Chao Hijab replied without looking back, and another classic ancient precept came out.

Li Qingwan. Master Li, Hu Sanniang and other women looked at each other angrily, but their faces were flushed. Only Li Qingzhao's expression was slightly gloomy when he heard the child.

Chao Gai felt that the woman behind him was not looking at her, but he ignored it. Looking at the forced assembly on the school field, waiting for the chess piece sent by Tong Guan, Zhao Dujian.

A cup of tea is less than time!

The bearded officer from before came running briskly with a large man surrounded by people. This life has a round head and big ears, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a burly figure, about thirty years old, fair skin, wearing beast-faced chain armor, majestic, steady and powerful steps, and a few martial arts strokes.

This is Zhao Dujian!