"Official."

After Lu Yijian came out, he persuaded him: "Killing a general for no reason will make the army unstable, don't make such an unwise decision at this time." ”

Zhao Zhen walked under the cloister, it has been raining in the past few days, and the rain is much lighter today, but it still makes him very depressed.

Especially when he repeatedly heard that the Song Dynasty was a castrated dynasty, it was even more disturbing.

However, what Lu Yijian said was right, there must be a reason to kill the generals, although the status of the generals of the Song Dynasty was low, it did not mean that they could be killed, at least they had to find excuses after they were defeated.

But the problem is that if Huang Dehe and this kind of thing are allowed to stay in the army, isn't it waiting for the defeat of the Song army?

So after Zhao Zhen was angry, he could only say: "Then withdraw him, how can such a greedy person who is afraid of life and fear of death stay in my Great Song Army?" ”

Lu Yijian said again: "Zhao Jun said that Fan Yong is an honest official, and he has been meritorious in pacifying the people in the local area for many years. ”

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then move back to Bianjing and know Henan Mansion." ”

Deputy Prime Minister Sheng Du stepped forward and asked: "Official, Huang Dehe's death is not a pity, but Fan Yong is a transfer envoy from Shaanxi and is in charge of the military and government of Shaanxi, if Zhao Yuanhao wants to start a war, he is withdrawn, who should be replaced?" ”

This question stumped Zhao Zhen, Fan Yongjin was born, and his previous performance was not so bad, and it was because of this that he was able to achieve the position of the highest military and political chief on Shaanxi Road.

But seeing that Li Yuanhao was about to attack the Great Song Dynasty, and Fan Yong, an incompetent person, was removed, so naturally he had to change someone who could fight, but who could fight?

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment.

Deputy Prime Minister Cai Qi came up and said, "Official, it seems that you still have to ask Zhao Jun about this matter." ”

"Yes, ask him."

Zhao Zhen suddenly realized, and hurriedly returned to the house.

At this time, Zhao Jun was still talking to Yan Shu, and now he was talking about the second defeat of the Great Song Dynasty in the Battle of Haoshuichuan.

"The reason for the failure of the battle of Haoshuichuan is the problem of inappropriate command."

I heard Zhao Jun explaining: "After the Battle of Sanchuankou, Song Renzong sent Xia Zhu as the chief officer of the Northwest Army, and let Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan be his deputies. ”

Han Qi advocated a decisive battle with Western Xia, Fan Zhongyan took the initiative to defend, Xia Zhu hesitated, and let Song Renzong decide, Song Renzong himself is an indecisive second fool, isn't it nonsense to let him make a decision? The result is that there is no war, and there is no defense. First, Han Qi's plan was adopted, and after Fan Zhongyan's dissuasion, it was changed to a compromise, allowing Han Qi to attack and Fan Zhongyan to defend. ”

"Compromise is the stupidest way, it's better to simply attack the whole army, a punch from the savages, or you die or I die. Or defend like Fan Zhongyan, at least Lao Fan is still smart, much stronger than Han Qi's idiot. Go to the localities to repair and consolidate the city defense, pacify the people, eliminate the old and weak, train soldiers, and recruit talents. ”

On the other hand, Han Qi didn't look at the actual situation, and he didn't know that the Song army was weak and the enemy was strong. As a result, Han Qi took the initiative to send troops and sent Ren Fu to attack, which led to Ren Fu's annihilation in Haoshuichuan, which made Li Yuanhao more and more confident and more rampant against the Song court. ”

"If it weren't for Di Qing's presence, he fought bravely to kill the enemy in several small-scale battles, and relied on Di Qing's bloody fight to save a little defeat, I'm afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would have lost his face."

"But overall, the Song Dynasty still has national strength. Because of Lao Fan's insistence on the policy, the national strength of the Western Xia could not support them to continue fighting, so in the battle of Dingchuan Village, the Song general Ge Huaimin did not listen to the order, blindly advanced lightly, and was completely annihilated by the Xia army. ”

"Basically, this is also the turning point of the Song, Liao, and Xia Kingdoms, anyway, the Song Dynasty has no ability to reclaim the northwest, and the Western Xia is already small and poor, even if it wins three wars, the national strength cannot be consumed, and no one can help anyone, so naturally they can only sign an alliance to recognize each other."

"And why do I think Fan Zhongyan is not very strong in military ability, but he is an excellent politician? That is because people will figure out the situation, knowing that the Song army is not good, and they will definitely not be able to defeat it if they take the initiative to attack, so they stick to the spot and change the bad situation of the northwest army. On the other hand, Han Qi's goods are no different from Zhao Kuo, if you really listen to his words, the whole army will attack, and the Northwest Army will be finished. ”

Zhao Jun said with a foaming mouth.

Zhao Zhen at the door had black lines on his face, and his clenched fists were beating violently.

I've listened to history for two days now, although I know that Zhao Jun has always had no good impression of the Song Dynasty, and he doesn't have any respect for the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but when he heard him say that he was an indecisive second fool, he couldn't help but be so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

You're the second fool, and your whole family is the second fool.

Zhao Zhen scolded in his heart, if he didn't have a really good temper, he couldn't help but want to pick up the bench in the house and beat people.

Yan Shu glanced at Zhao Zhen at the door, so he asked: "Then according to your meaning, if Fan Yong Xia Zhu is replaced by Fan Zhongyan as the chief official, there will be no defeat of Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan?" ”

"Probably so."

Zhao Jun had already finished eating, leaned on the bedside and thought about the ancient history he had studied in class, and said: "Lao Fan's strategy is actually a turtle tactic step by step, like Han Qi who takes the initiative to attack, he will definitely not win, but if Fan Zhongyan sits in the northwest, at least he will not be defeated." ”

"Can you win the battle?"

Yan Shu asked again.

"Victory? Do you mean that replacing Fan Yong and Xia Zhu with Fan Zhongyan can win the battle? ”

Zhao Jun's tone was a little incredulous.

"yes."

Yan Shu was confused, didn't you say that Fan Zhongyan's tactics and strategies were good?

"Uncle Raj, you're kidding."

Zhao Jun suddenly became happy: "Fan Zhongyan is good, but he is not a god. The Great Song Dynasty system, it's good to maintain half of the country, and you still want to win the war? How could that be. ”

Yan Shu was not happy and said, "Why not? Didn't you say that Fan Zhongyan could change the situation in the northwest? ”

"Yes, yes, but the Great Song Dynasty is rotten from top to bottom, especially the emperor."

Zhao Jun spread his hands and said: "The so-called soldier bears a nest of bears." The emperor is a waste, how can it be possible to make the military virtue of the army prosperous? To paraphrase General Fan's words, how many prime ministers have the main battle faction changed one session at a time, and is it not spicy to change? Change the soup but not the medicine. ”

"Wei Qing and Huo Qubing also have a reason to say, what kind of army am I bringing, the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and there is the support of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who advocates martial arts. Who are you? What are the emperors? Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng, Zhao Shu, Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Zhao Gou, what kind of goods are they, Wei Qinghuo can't bring them back from illness. ”

"Look at Li Shimin again, he is the martial emperor who was born in a war himself, Zhao Kuangyin has some ability in the martial arts of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen is barely qualified for Wenzhi, you can take a look at the others. What level is Da Song? Just a few people, you Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan or something are all being emperors, can he be the emperor? I can't do it, I don't have the ability to know. ”

.....．

Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian and others were silent.

The Great Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and military suppression is a national policy, and this is not something that can be solved all at once, even if the emperor wants to change, I am afraid that the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty will have to oppose it.

After a moment of silence, Yan Shu said, "But aren't we talking about the Song Renzong period?" Didn't you say that Renzong was okay? ”

"Oh, thank goodness. Renzong is okay, but the roots of the army are rotten, and Lao Fan has no skills to return to heaven. ”

Zhao Jun spread his hands and said: "A country like this itself has not laid a good foundation for martial arts, and it has been self-emasculated in the early days of the founding of the country, and the number of troops looks quite large, but the combat effectiveness is not high, the will to fight is not strong, and it is useless to have more people." ”

"Maybe Fan Zhongyan can indeed do a good job in military and civilian work when he goes to the northwest, but it is not a matter of a day or two to train the army well and become a strong army."

"Even if he can resist Li Yuanhao's attack and defend against the three defeats, who can guarantee that the Song-Xia War and the Song-Liao War will be won, and the Jingkang shame will not happen?"

"So I think that in the environment of the Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and suppression of military force, it is difficult to achieve a complete victory in foreign wars."

"I can only persuade the emperor of the Song Dynasty that if he wants to build the Song Dynasty into the world's largest power like the Han and Tang Dynasties, he still has to be pragmatic, and he must first understand his own tactics and the concept of war."

"Di Qing and Yue Fei are both quite good, what do you have to suppress? Especially Zhao Gou, the twelve gold medals urged a victorious general to go back, and he didn't want his face. ”

"How can such a country still want to win a war?"

"Fan Zhongyan is not bad, but he is suitable for strategic deployment, so he can go to do a good job in the military and civilian work in the northwest first, train the army, and then talk about winning the war."

"As for the tactical arrangement, it still has to rely on the Song army itself, isn't Di Qing famous in these three battles? If Song Renzong is smarter, don't limit the generals to death, can't he let the generals fight according to the actual situation? Just like Huo Quai, he is happy only if he traps the generals to death? ”

Yan Shu said helplessly: "The military generals of the Song Dynasty are afraid that they can't be the main officials. ”

"So the Song Dynasty is a eunuch dynasty."

Zhao Jun sneered again: "If you want me to say, Song Renzong's two fools are stupid and stupid, with a ceiling-level commander like Di Qing, he can take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Western Xia and Yanyun while lying down, but unfortunately he doesn't dare to use it." The Song Dynasty was not good at this, and it was too much to emphasize literature and suppress martial arts, and it made martial arts not abundant. Song Fan still shouts every day that the victory rate of foreign wars is high, and he has not seen the domination of the world with a high victory rate, and he has been wiped out by the northern nomads twice, which is really funny. ”

Say I'm a fool again? And added a stupid donkey?

Zhao Zhen's eyelids jumped wildly, his eyes looked at the bench on the ground next to him, and he gritted his teeth and endured it so that he didn't copy the bench and smash it.

I used to say that he was a rare good emperor in the Song Dynasty, but it only took a day for him to change his taste, and now he is a fool in Zhao Jun's mouth, who can stand this?

But fortunately, he found a reliable northwest chief official from Zhao Jun's mouth, if Fan Zhong is allowed to drown, then at least the situation in the northwest will not be so erosive.

Zhao Zhen came out of the house, his original anger was also filled with political affairs, he hesitated for a while, and said to Lu Yijian: "Lu Xiang, is our strategy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force really wrong?" ”

Lu Yijian did not answer directly, but arched his hand and said: "Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, Southern Wu, Wu Yue, Former Shu, Later Shu, Fujian, Southern Han, Nanping, Chu, Southern Tang, Northern Han...... I hope the officials understand the consequences of the military generals taking full control of the troops. ”

"I see."

Zhao Zhen no longer hesitated.

Compared to what martial arts are abundant, how can he be as important as the Zhao family's world?

During the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, after the generals from all walks of life mastered the military power, they devoured the lord and usurped the throne.

Even Zhao Kuangyin himself started like this, and when the Chen Qiao mutiny bullied orphans and widows, he took Hou Zhou. Compared with the usurpation of his own country, even if he loses, what if he loses?

Anyway, Western Xia and Liao can't get in, so it's a big deal to spend money to buy peace.

Zhao Jun's remarks that the nation should have a martial spirit must be correct in later generations, but in the Great Song Dynasty?

Hehe, it's just a violent argument.

"Then let Fan Zhongyan go to the northwest?"

Zhao Zhen said again.

Lu Yijian's face was expressionless, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and said, "The official family is wise." ”

Zhao Zhen made this decision, but did not act immediately, but returned to the house and listened to Zhao Jun talk about the causes and consequences of the battle of Dingchuan Village.

In general, due to the backward intelligence of the Song army, the contempt for the enemy, coupled with the vacillation of the upper echelons, the imbalance of command and other problems, the execution of the lower levels was chaotic, and they were finally ambushed by Li Yuanhao three times and suffered three heavy defeats.

These three defeats led to a serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the Song army in the northwest, and even worsened the already deficit finances, making the Great Song no longer able to take the initiative to attack Western Xia.

The national strength of the Western Xia side was too weak, although the combat effectiveness was relatively strong, and it won three battles, but it was still deflated in several small-scale battles, such as Di Qing's victory in the Battle of Jintangcheng.

So the two sides have been entangled with each other for a few years, and no one can help anyone, so naturally they can only pinch each other's noses and recognize each other.

And with Zhao Jun's help to summarize the reasons, Zhao Zhen and his prime minister's team have a plan.

They want to nip Li Yuanhao in the bud.

In response to the problem of inappropriate command, Fan Zhongyan was made the chief officer alone, with full responsibility for the war in the northwest. There are also situations such as lax armaments and withering people's livelihood, which also allowed Fan Zhongyan to train the army and improve people's livelihood.

As for the fact that the internal intelligence of the Song Dynasty was about to become a sieve, they also planned to make all-round arrangements before officially giving Fan Zhongyan the appointment to Jingluo Shaanxi Road.

For example, you can deliberately provide Li Yuanhao with some false information, and at the same time tell Fan Zhongyan that Li Yuanhao will deliberately send some Western Xia troops to surrender as internal responses, so that he can deal with it carefully, don't fall for it, and so on.

According to Zhao Jun's meaning, the war with the Western Xia will not start until two years, as long as Fan Zhongyan has a good experience in these two years, he can save the defeat if he is not good, and even defeat Li Yuanhao, so that Li Yuanhao will bow down again and dare not start a rebellion again.

So in the next few days, Zhao Zhen went to Zhao Jun to listen to history, and at the same time studied with his team how to counter Li Yuanhao's self-reliance as emperor.

It's just that Zhao Zhen can't even think of it, just when he was about to appoint Fan Zhongyan to the northwest, Lao Fan gave him a big job.