Zhu Xiaotian didn't pay attention to anything else, just thinking about how the Zhao Guanjia could compare with Liu Che, and Taizu might be able to compare.

As for the use of trade to control a military power, it seems to him to be unthinkable and whimsical.

This was just a small talk between the two, he listened and said, "As you said, let go of trade, wouldn't the secrets of the Central Plains be stolen by the Liao?"

Lin Chao did not think so, and the big and small events of the mountains and rivers that happened in the Song Kingdom were spread to the Western Xia, Liao and Jin Kingdoms.

The Song Kingdom is full of other people's spies, but the Song Kingdom does not pay enough attention to the intelligence of other countries.

This is a common problem of the Central Plains Dynasty, always thinking that the Celestial Empire is rich in products, and the wild land is insignificant, let alone overseas.

He said: "Can it be stopped by blockade? The so-called money can make the devil grind, and Brother Zhu misjudged people's greed and bottom line. ”

Zhu Xiaotian felt that every time he discussed things with Lin Chao, his mind was like a storm.

It is not easy to do business with the Liao Kingdom and Jinguo, there is a special channel, and he feels that he has to focus on this matter with Zhao Huan.

Because this shows Lin Chao's political stance, if the stance is completely different, it will be difficult to communicate in the future.

He also found the error in Lin's nonsense, and said: "Doctor Lin, there is no shortage of horses in the Song Kingdom, and there are many horses in the official family, what do you want so many horses for?"

This time it was Lin Chao's turn to be stunned, he always thought that the young horses of the Song Kingdom were always forced by infantry and cavalry, so ten wins were better than one defeat, and he immediately said: "What?"

Zhu Xiaotian smiled smugly when he saw his reaction, because it was confidential.

The court's external propaganda has always been lacking in horses, and only people like them know the inside story.

"There are 300,000 horses in just one Yellow River horse farm, and there are five horse farms along the Yellow River, and this is just the Yellow River, not anywhere else. And every year you have to eat a batch of horses, otherwise it will be wasted. ”

After listening to Zhu Xiaotian's explanation, Lin Lan understood the key to the matter.

Originally, the Song State was short of horses at the beginning, but with the pacification of Hebei and other places, the trade between Song and Liao, the re-mastery of the Western Regions, and trade with other countries, the number of horses was no less than that of Liao, and it was far more than that of the Jin State and Western Xia.

However, the imperial court strictly forbade the emergence of a powerful cavalry group in the country to avoid the recurrence of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, just like a military general can only lead a maximum of 30,000 soldiers.

The Song State would rather fend off the enemy's cavalry with human lives than develop its own cavalry.

Expensive infantry armor, advanced chariot bows and arrows, large-scale forbidden armies, and the absorption of criminals into the army are all products of this policy.

Taking the current military system as an example, there are four levels: capital, battalion, army, and compartment, and only 800 cavalry are allowed in one compartment.

What can an army of 10,000 people, 800 cavalrymen do?

Lin Chao suddenly realized, no wonder the Jin State was like a tiger after hitting the Yellow River, and it turned out that the horse farm of the Song State was captured.

It is no wonder that the Southern Song Dynasty was able to gather 80,000 cavalry in the early years to fight a decisive battle with the Jin State.

It is no wonder that the famous general Yue Fei had 8,000 elite cavalry under him, and he was able to compete with the Jin army, and then was killed by Zhao Gou.

Later, these 8,000 piggyback troops were scattered and divided into various armies, completely losing their combat effectiveness.

What is the lack of horses, the breed of horses is not good, and the training of war horses is complicated, it turns out that it is all a lie.

The horses of the Liao Kingdom, the horses of the Western Xia, the horses of the Jin Kingdom, and the horses of the later Mongolia are all different breeds, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, but all of them beat the Song Kingdom.

With the rich armor of the Song Kingdom and the developed sea trade, it has not formed a strong cavalry group for more than 100 years, and the reason is here!

It was because he was afraid that the border generals would have a strong cavalry in their hands and become a feudal town separatist group, and there was only one reason.

Lin Lan couldn't help laughing, the so-called self-destruction of the Great Wall and self-destruction martial arts were really vividly interpreted by the Zhao family.

However, thinking that in later generations, there were dynasties that closed off the country and forbade trade, which led to the rebellion of the Japanese invaders, and that there were dynasties that would rather charge with broadswords and spears than develop muskets and artillery, which is actually not a new thing, but I didn't figure it out for a while.

Zhu Xiaotian didn't know what he was laughing at, and reminded: "Doctor, now that your holy family is in full swing, and there are few soldiers, the official family can tolerate it, don't expand the cavalry again." ”

He added: "But even if you surpass Captain Gao, you won't approve it, and it's okay to have fewer people and more horses." ”

Lin laughed and said, "I just think it's convenient to have more horses, whether it's reconnaissance, transportation or pursuit." I didn't expect Song Guo to have so many horses, so of course I was happy. ”

He thought to himself, then I won't have cavalry in the formation, and the infantry on horseback will not work, or the charioteers will not work.

How can there be a living person who is suffocated by urine, since there is no shortage of horses, receive more as food.

......

The military pay was not paid in full, and the training could not be sustained.

The generals were also upset, eager to drag out of the team to do something.

Lin Chao saw a piece of news but calmed down, and there was a riot in the south of the Yangtze River.

No one paid attention to the city of Tokyo, after all, there were no large-scale riots in the history of the Song Kingdom.

This pot has to be thrown on Song Huizong, he likes flowers, bamboo, and wood, and sets up Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.

Send people to all parts of the southeast, loot folk flowers, stones, bamboos and rare treasures, transport them to Tokyo City by big ships, and form a gang for every ten boats, which is called "Huashi Gang" at the time.

Qingxi County, Zhejiang, is prolific with bamboo and wood paint, which is the key place to be taken by the Bureau, so it suffers from exploitation and oppression, and farmers cannot survive.

Fang La's family had a lacquer garden, which was exploited, so he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people to secretly organize the poor and unemployed.

He used some of the teachings of Manichaeism to gather people, and last fall he started an incident in Muzhou.

The thieves had no bows and arrows or armor, but only instigated each other with the secret and unpredictable things of the ghosts and gods, burned houses, plundered gold and silk children, and lured good people to join the thief army.

The people of Jiangnan are content with the peace, do not know the military revolution, and when they hear the sound of the golden drum, they are bound to obey orders.

In less than ten days, tens of thousands of people joined the thief army, defeated and killed the Song general Cai Zun at Xikeng.

Whenever the rebel army captures the officials of the Song Dynasty, they will cut off their flesh, cut off their bodies, take their lungs and intestines, or boil them into anointing oil, pierce them with arrows, torture them in various ways, and repay their blood debts, so as to relieve their hatred.

The main force of the Song army is in the capital and the north, and now the peak of Fang Labing is flourishing, and the letter of help is flying to the capital like raindrops.

Lin Chao knew that Fang La would eventually take the fifty-two counties of the Sixth Military Prefecture, and it was the economic lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty, a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, which would cause the world to shake.

It can also be said that the breaching of Tokyo Castle five years later was the strongest catalyst.

He convened a meeting of the people to convey the matter of Fang La.

Yang Zhi looked at the fate of the official after being arrested by Fang Lajun, and said angrily: "This thief must be Ling Chi. ”

Huang Wenbing said confidently: "Captain Yang, before the army arrives, the official family will definitely issue an edict to appease you." ”

Lu Junyi also felt incredible.

"If such a thief has to be appeased, isn't it a murderous son?"

Huang Wenbing sighed: "This is the plan of the official family and the minister, I still have to wait to see what the adults plan." ”

Everyone looked at Lin Chao.

Lin Chao waited for them to finish their discussion before speaking.

"Poor Dao pinched his fingers, Fang La would not be surrendered, but would endanger the lands south of the Yangtze River with the power of burning the plains. Therefore, the Alchemy Army can't sit idly by, I want to ask to see Captain Gao immediately, and ask for battle the next time I meet the saint. ”

(End of chapter)