The season deepened day by day, and in the blink of an eye, half a month passed, during which it snowed, and Lu Junyi also came to Tokyo.

After placing Lu Junyi, Zhao began to prepare for military training.

It is necessary not only to train soldiers, but also to practice the art of war.

Meng De's new book may not be a first-class military book, and there are many military books copied by the Great Song Dynasty at present, which are not necessarily worse than Meng De's new book, and maybe it is even stronger, although it is not easy for ordinary people to see, but it is still common among generals and officials in the army.

The reason why Zhao Ta attaches importance to Meng De's new book is not because he thinks it will be better than other books, but because the world does not know it.

None of the art of war circulating in the world today is a real secret, as long as the Song State has it, the Liao State will basically have it, the Western Xia is similar, and the Jurchen may also have it.

Everyone is familiar with it, you know, it doesn't matter if you learn it well or not, you can always compare and deduce each other, and the power and effect will naturally drop by a few percent.

Although it is said that a master teaches two apprentices, there are strong and weak, but the routines are well known to each other, and the competition is not only a variety of tricks, but also a foundation and heritage.

In this way, the usefulness of the military book will be greatly reduced except for the basic method of marching and commanding the army.

After five dynasties of the Spring and Autumn Period, few people in the world now understand the strategy and tactics of this set of military books, which is the biggest advantage.

In addition to the first general outline and the last political strategy, the middle twelve articles are all about the art of war and tactics.

The first article talks about what preparations and things the monarch and the commander need to do before starting a war, including internal comfort, diplomacy, raising food, military salaries, declaring war, etc., to take the meaning of coming.

The second chapter talks about what preparations the army needs to make before the war, including pre-war mobilization, morale boosting, rewards and pensions, and logistical baggage supplies, so that the spirit and psychology of the soldiers can reach the best state and go to the war without worries.

These two articles and the general outline Zhao Ta were passed on to Zhang Xian, and just a few days ago, Zhao Ta passed on the third article to him.

The third chapter talks about how to improve the combat capability of the army, including individual combat, encirclement operations, large-scale regimental warfare, fighting with fewer people against many people, and how to improve the combat ability of each soldier in these battles and give full play to the combat power to the greatest extent.

These three military books are enough for Zhang Xian to eat for a while, but even if he understands it and does not actually operate it, he is always just a "theory" in his head, and has not evolved into a real skill.

Because theories may be correct, but people sometimes make mistakes, and when people use theories, they need a familiar process, like accumulating experience.

To practice a martial art, the moves and routines are there, but even if you read the boxing book a hundred times, you may not be able to completely practice it when you get started for the first time, and you may even hurt yourself, only by practicing a few more times will you not make a mistake.

The same is probably true for the war strategy in the military book, not to say it on the battlefield, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it must be moved randomly, and it cannot be rigidly copied, but the preparation before going to the battlefield can be practiced.

The so-called not to fight unprepared battles, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, doing these things is preparation, that is, to be a confidant.

Therefore, military training is not only to train soldiers, but also to train generals and commanders!

Of course, Zhao Ta also thought about practicing Lianjun, after all, there are not only handsome but also Juns who need to prepare in the next chapter, but this can only be thought of as a joke, although Emperor Daojun is so happy, but he is not interested in the real war at all, and even has some disgust, all he wants is the result.

Now the armies of the guards and the pro-army Sima Bujun have changed a lot compared with more than a year ago.

The strength, speed, and spirit are much stronger than they were more than a year ago, and this is the result of training.

If you don't say 100% victory against the army below the front division of the upper hall at the moment, you are at least 90% sure.

However, he still can't go to the battlefield, because no matter how he practices, the real courage can't be practiced.

If you want to be brave and not afraid of death, in fact, in addition to being born, you either have faith, or temper in the fire, and the rest is only like the disciples of Mingjiao, who believe that if you die, you will be rescued by Mingzun and ascend to the Ming Realm, so you will naturally not be afraid of death.

This time, Zhao Ta practiced the infantry army, and he and Tan Zhen each led a team, Zhang Xian was his deputy, and Lu Junyi was Tan Zhen's deputy.

He brought the left wing of the Shenwei, and Tan Zhen brought the Tiger Wing Army, so they confronted and practiced by the Yellow River.

Everything was prepared according to the real pre-war preparations, and the camps were directly opposed, during which there were many mobilization preparations, and even letters were written and sent to the two sides in a decent manner.

When it comes to practical things such as military salaries, supplies, and baggage, all of them are replaced by others, and in short, a whole set of procedures before the war is completed.

Then the scout spies, the horses returned, the vanguard officers marched around the Yellow River, and then camped independently, continued to scout and spy, reported to the camp, and reported to the commander's tent.

Inside the tent, Zhao Ta looked at the map and asked Zhang Xian, "How much do you remember?" ”

From beginning to end, the matters were all decided by Zhang Xian, and they were also passed on by Zhang Xian, and even Zhang Xian went to supervise the completion, Zhao Ta just sat in the town and watched all this coldly.

"Lord Wang, I remember about the same, and sure enough, some things are really different from those in the book." Zhang Xian pondered.

"What's the difference?" Zhao asked.

"Military salaries and pensions, this is difficult to determine, more afraid that the national strength is insufficient and difficult to fulfill, less afraid that the army will complain." Zhang Xian said: "There is also the subordinate view of the grain and grass baggage, according to the military law after the reform of Yuanfeng, this piece should be responsible for the Ministry of War, and the grain and grass here are allocated to the Ministry of War by the Ministry of Households, and the burden of the car is allocated to the Ministry of War by the Ministry of Industry......"

"How?" Zhao Ta said.

"It's okay for a short-term campaign, but if the wartime and the front are dragged on for a long time, and the transmission of information from the front and rear is delayed, there may be some mistakes and affect the battle situation." Zhang Xiandao.

Zhao Ta thought for a while: "If the war drags on for a long time, it is probably to fight attrition, one to eliminate the other, the east wind to suppress the west wind, there is no mistake, victory is to consume the other party, defeat is not enough strategic planning, as for the battle line is too long, it is not a problem." ”

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, I don't understand much. ”

Zhao Ta said: "The battle line is too long is nothing more than to nourish the war with war, the attacking side goes to burn and loot, and the defending side is strong and clear, at this time it is no longer possible to count on the supply of the rear, it is necessary to rely on their own ability." ”

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, what if you attack the city and defend the city? ”

"Siege and defend the city......" Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, and he suddenly laughed: "This king is not good at it, you can go and ask Wang Yu, isn't he in the army now?" ”

Zhang Xian said: "It turns out that Lord Wang is good at it, so his subordinates will ask now." ”

Looking at Zhang Xian's back, Zhao Tan's eyes gradually narrowed, Wang Yu has always been an officer who commanded the infantry army, and just a month ago, he was promoted to the capital of the infantry division.

The next day, the practice of individual combat and cooperative combat began.

The main weapons of the infantry army of the Great Song Dynasty at this moment are knives, guns, sticks, bows, ballistas, long knives, spears, sticks, bows and arrows, divine arm crossbows, and slings.

At this moment, the infantry heavy armor has not yet been fully formed, and the infantry with foot armor is not yet a heavy infantry.

Among the weapons of the infantry, the only weapon that can really pose a big threat to the cavalry is the divine arm crossbow, but the god arm crossbow is not a melee weapon, and its role is limited in real large-scale combat.

The second is the long knife, the long knife can break the horse's leg, but because the foot armor at the moment can not cover the whole body, so the threat of the long knife is also limited, as for the gun stick and the catapult, the same is true, especially the individual sling, there is a shackle that the consumption of artillery is difficult to replenish.

If you want infantry to fight against mounted cavalry, it is probably feasible to rely on trenches, bows and crossbows to open the way, cover all heavy armor, and hold heavy weapons such as axes and sledgehammers, which is also the main way for Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to use heavy infantry against the enemy Jurchen later.

As for the so-called arrangement of archers on the flanks, shooting at the opponent's horse's buttocks, so that the opponent's cavalry cannot charge and destroy the infantry formation, this kind of thing is just a matter of thinking, it is logically fine, it is extremely difficult to operate, and it is even more fake than talking on paper.

According to the current equipment of the infantry army, whether it is against the Liao cavalry or the Jurchen cavalry, there is no chance of winning.

The training of individual soldiers on the battlefield is not a simple competition between two people in martial arts, and while fighting, they must also have a reaction to the signals of drums, gongs, flags, arrows, and horses, or advance or retreat.

The same is true for multi-person cooperation, siege warfare, offensive warfare, less battles, more battles, more battles, all have a different charter.

These descriptions are very detailed in Mengde's new book, which is different from other military books.

Zhang Xian was in charge of the Shenwu Left Wing, but he found that it was not something that could be done overnight if he wanted to train the infantry accordingly, and the forbidden army was already lazy, and it was difficult for them to accept these many things at once.

Moreover, this is not counting the most basic combat power.

When he returned to the camp, Zhang Xian was a little sullen, Zhao Ta said: "The fighting chapter is a method of training elite soldiers, and it cannot be completed in a moment and a half. ”

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, how long will it take to train an elite army?" ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him and said: "The forbidden army's temperament has long been formed, and there is a set of battlefield life-saving experience passed down in the army for a hundred and ten years, if you want to train them into elite soldiers, even if they are one out of ten, they can't be completed in two years, not to mention ......."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ta paused: "What's more, the so-called elite soldiers are the first elite soldiers, and then the soldiers." ”

Zhang Xiandao: "Lord Wang, what is the first refinement, then the soldier?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Not every soldier can become an elite soldier, some people have poor conditions, even if they practice again, they can't become elite soldiers, and some people are dull in nature, I'm afraid it will take ten or eight years to train, and thousands of soldiers, which commander may be trained by him alone?" ”

Zhang Xiandao: "Lord Wang, is there a difference between the township soldiers, the box soldiers, and the forbidden army?" ”

Zhao Tan shook his head and said: "Don't talk about the township soldiers, as for the box soldiers, there are many people in the Western Army who are stronger than the local forbidden army, and I am afraid that many local forbidden armies are not opponents." ”

Zhang Xian said: "Lord Wang, are the soldiers of the Western Army so strong?" ”

Zhao Ta looked at the forbidden troops outside the tent who were resting on the ground, and said, "At least it's stronger than them." ”

Zhang Xian pondered: "I understand, what the prince means is that he really wants to train elite soldiers, and he can't practice together without distinguishing between good and bad, but he must choose from them, 10,000 people choose 5,000, 5,000 people choose 3,000, 3,000 people or another 1,000, and practice accordingly." ”

Zhao Tan nodded approvingly: "The truth is this truth, but the number does not have to be rigid, maybe there are 5,000 people out of 10,000 people who can be qualified, then 5,000 people can practice, 3,000 people can, then 3,000 people can practice, this still depends on the vision of the general." ”

Zhang Xian nodded and said, "The subordinates remembered." ”

Zhao Ta thought for a while, and then said: "Recruits are always easier to practice than veterans, just like a blank piece of paper, you can draw whatever color you want, and the veteran's piece of paper has long been smeared in a mess, just like these Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, although they can barely draw a picture, but it takes more effort and more labor." ”

Zhang Xian pondered for a moment and said, "But Lord Wang, where did the recruit drill come from?" I heard my father say that most of the forbidden army is inherited by the family, father and son, I am afraid that I don't know those so-called life-saving experiences before I became a soldier, but every year the strong men who flee from disasters and famines in various places are mostly filled into the box army, and there are not many people who can be distributed in the forbidden army. ”

Zhao Ta looked at him and said, "Want to train recruits?" ”

Zhang Xian said: "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, there will be a chance." ”

More than ten days later, the training ended, and as time passed, the New Year gradually arrived.

The flavor of the New Year in Tokyo has gradually become stronger, not only the Great Xiangguo Temple, Kaibao Temple, Kannon Temple, these places sell more peach charms, that is, the state bridge, the market where the horse street is wrapped, some down-and-out scholars also set up small stalls, selling new peaches, while writing spring stickers.

Spring post, is the Spring Festival couplet.

Zhao Ta went to the court on this day, it was originally Hebei Tianhu rebellion, the momentum was huge, and he had occupied Weisheng Prefecture and the four subordinate counties, and now he is attacking Zhaode Mansion.

Emperor Daojun Long Yan was furious, and the ministers were silent, so he led the Privy Council to go to Hebei to quell the rebellion.

Liu Zhengyan is the son of a generation of famous generals Liu Fa, Liu Fa is known as the head of the current famous generals, once served as the third chief general of the Yan Yan Road, the jurisdiction of the Yan Yan Road, and the guard of the pro-army Sima Jun are all Yu Hou, especially in the battle of the Jishi Army, he made great contributions in Hehuang, and the official went to the Xihe Road to pass through the envoy.

But in March of this spring, Liu Fa was ordered to attack the city of Tong'an in Western Xia, and died in battle.

When Emperor Daojun heard that he was the son of Liu Fa, he immediately played it, crowned Liu Zhengyan as the Taizhong doctor, and Weisheng Army was the envoy to quell the Tianhu rebellion.

After getting off the court, Zhao Ta returned to the house, saw that there was nothing to do, and walked to the back house.

At this time, although the snow on the path in the palace has been cleared, the eaves roof, rockery garden and other places are thrown in the snow, but it is a snow scene, and the carved beams and paintings are interesting.

There are no people in many courtyards in the back house, and it looks deserted, only the small courtyard where Zhang Zhenniang is located, there are some voices at the moment.

Zhao Ta walked in and saw a snowman piled up in the courtyard, Jin'er was wearing a small red jacket, and was fiddling with a broom on the snowman's body, apparently wanting to make an arm for the snowman.

Zhao Ta saw that her little face was red from the cold, and her eyelashes were full of white frost, and she couldn't help laughing: "Come out to play, why don't you wear more clothes?" ”

Jin'er was shocked when she heard this, and when she saw that it was Zhao Tan, her little face turned even redder, and she hurriedly came over to salute.

Zhao Ta said: "What about Zhenniang? ”

Jin'er said: "The lady is embroidering in the building. ”

"Embroidery......" Zhao Ta thought for a while and said: "What's so good about embroidery, it's almost time for the New Year to be lively outside, tell her to dress thicker, and then call Xiaolang to go to the state bridge together." ”

Jin'er was young, and it was the time when she loved to be lively, so she said happily when she heard this: "Lord, I'll call the lady now." ”

(End of chapter)