Look at the beginning of May, the weather is getting hotter day by day. The wheat ears in the fields have turned yellow and will be harvested soon. Xiangyang and Dengzhou have entered the busiest season of the year and the harvest season.

There is a specialized breeding institution under Wang Xiaolie. After two or three years of hard work, relatively stable seeds have been selected and supplied to some villages. A few days ago, people were sent to the fields to check. Good land with no shortage of water can harvest two wheat crops. Shi Sandou is already very good.

After finishing the military affairs, he ordered his officials to take the official documents. Wang Xiaolian went to the courtyard and sat down under the ginkgo tree, watching slowly.

Last month, Empress Dowager Longyou died in the palace, and this legendary woman ended her life. In late April, Zhang Jun killed Qu Duan in Gongzhou, who had been appointed deputy envoy of Haizhou Tuanlian, and drew a close to the Battle of Fuping. Full stop. Yinliduo was in charge of Shaanxi. Unlike the previous Western armies, they no longer returned to the north to escape the summer heat. Instead, they sent Ulusaba to attack Monk Yuan. Wu Jie led his army to fight, and the two sides were at war with each other. The war was about to break out.

Wang Xiaolie remembered that the place name of Monk originally meant that Wu Jie should have won a great victory. In a short period of time, he could not care about the situation in Shaanxi.

The most important thing in the internal affairs under his rule is the approaching wheat harvest. The weather is going well this year, and bumper harvests are reported in various places. Local officials are trying their best to ensure the manpower for the wheat harvest. As long as the wheat is harvested smoothly, the army's food supply will be safe.

Last year, the Song army concentrated its forces to clear out the Huaidong rebels, but it did not go smoothly. Li Cheng, the governor of Shu, Qi, Guang, and Huangzhen, took the opportunity to rebel, and sent the deputy capital commander Ma Jin to lead his army across the river and attack the south of the Yangtze River. He quickly occupied several states. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses directly threatened Zhao Gou in the southeast. Zhao Gou ordered Zhang Jun, the commander of the Shenwu Right Army, to recruit envoys on the Jiangnan Road to relieve the siege of Jiangzhou and put down Li Cheng's rebellion. Zhang Jun's subordinates, except the former military commander Wang?, In addition to Chen Sigong, who was in charge of the rear army, there was also Yue Fei, the governor of Tong and Tai Town. From this time on, Yue Fei officially entered the regular army of the Song Dynasty.

In the past few years, Wang Xiaolie has always been concerned about Yue Fei's movements. He knew that he had made some military exploits, but it was not going well. In the fourth year of Jianyan, he was appointed as the governor of Tongtai Town like himself. He was appreciated by Zhang Jun not long ago. Received the subordinates.

Closing the official document, Wang Xiaolie sighed softly. Yue Fei entered the regular army and took to the battlefield, which heralded the end of the rebellion in Lianghuai, Jinghu, and Jiangnan. None of the leaders who are now famous are Yue Fei's opponents. With the southeast as the center, and from the inside to the outside, Yue Fei spent three or four years to wipe out all the heroes. By four years in Shaoxing, these heroes either surrendered or were destroyed, or moved to Beitou to puppet Qi, and the territory of the Song Dynasty was basically pacified.

But at this time, no one believed that Yue Fei was so brave. The imperial court in the southeast was still trembling with fear. At this time, the most powerful warlords in the world, besides Li Cheng, were Zhang Yong, Kong Yanzhou, and of course Yang Yao. In addition to Yang Yao, In addition, the other three people began to slowly gather around the core area consisting of Ezhou, Huangzhou, and Qizhou.

These states are located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and have important strategic value. The land is fertile and can support a large army. With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they can attack Xiangyang and Dengzhou at the top, and go east along the Yangtze River at the bottom, directly threatening the core southeastern region. Compared with Wang Xiaolie, these forces were too much of a threat to the court. Within two or three years, the court's attention was there.

The next three years were a gap for Wang Xiaolie's development. The Jin army mainly attacked Shaanxi, Liu Yu was weak, and the Song army was pacifying various places. There were no strong enemies around Wang Xiaolie. With the help of these three years of development, Wang Xiaolie became No one can stop it. If it cannot develop, things will become complicated.

How many troops are needed to pacify the world? In his previous life, Wang Xiaolie was affected by the Liberation War and always felt that an army of one or two million would not be practical. After arriving in this world, he gradually changed his view. Now he feels that as long as the army is excellent, an army of two hundred thousand is enough. After Taizu established the Song Dynasty, the imperial army was actually less than 200,000, and it was difficult to pacify the world. Later, the imperial army grew to 800,000, but no one could defeat it.

Grain stalk

Simple arithmetic can tell you this. Soldiers eat a lot. Ordinary people eat one liter of rice a day, while soldiers need an average of three liters. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses need three thousand shi a day. Even if there is a supply of meat, oil, etc., they eat less rice. , the weight will not be much less. It takes three thousand shi of grain a day, and the weight of the ordnance and grain will more than double. How many people are needed to transport the grain?

In fact, according to Shen Kuo's calculations, three civilians supplying one soldier is the limit, which can only last for thirty-one days. If we count back and forth, there are only sixteen days. Even if the army marches and fights, a war ends in sixteen days, and the time is basically impossible.

Unless food is lost to the enemy, a 100,000 army will require 300,000 civilians, which is basically the limit of an army in one line. No matter how much there is, the troops must be divided. In a big battle, it is not easy to divide the troops into three groups. No matter how many lines there are, it is easy to make mistakes. Sending 300,000 troops would be a battle of annihilation for big countries like Song and Khitan. If we did not rely on the rear to transport grain, since the grain would be lost to the enemy, we would have to rely on looting. In the Song Dynasty, there were not many large states with 100,000 households, and they could plunder private grain reserves. It is not easy to get one-tenth of the army. A hundred thousand troops cannot stay in a large and prosperous state for a few days before they have to move.

After all, the 200,000 troops are guaranteed to have about 150,000 mobile troops, which is enough to sweep the world at this time. In fact, according to the current establishment of Wang Xiaolie's army, two armies are fully equipped, with more than 200,000 troops. It is enough for people to use.

After Shaoxing was basically pacified for four years, Zhao Gou had a conversation with his officials and said that he had never heard of two hundred thousand soldiers who were still afraid of others. The facts at this time were basically the same. More troops were actually of little use. Someone mentioned in the history books An army of hundreds of thousands to millions cannot be taken seriously.

For example, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Zhang Yong and others served as envoys in the fourth year of Jianyan. The maximum number of troops for each person would not exceed 50,000. In fact, no one believed that Wang Xiaolie expanded his army to more than 100,000. .According to the general level of governance at this time, with an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people, the people would be in dire straits under the rule. Everyone could see the prosperous scene in Xiangyang and Dengzhou.

Putting down the official document, Wang Xiaolie rubbed his eyes. He had never thought before that as a leader of a country, internal affairs were so important. If internal affairs were not repaired, the local area would not be able to realize its potential for war. It was impossible to conquer the territory of the ten states. Send out an army of 100,000 people. Forced recruitment will not be able to support them in the future. Only when the local government is well-connected and the people are harmonious will there be a strong army at the front.

After putting down these official documents, Wang Xiaolie rested for a while before picking up the documents from Yu Huan and Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun talked about Ding Jin's position with great interest and found it very novel. Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but smile. Not to mention Ding Jin, he was still building a headquarters in the army. In an army, only the person from the headquarters is the leader, and the rest are No matter how strong a person is, they cannot compete with each other. To a certain extent, these high positions are actually the headquarters of Ding Jin's army. Only when you sit on high positions can you become the leader of the army and participate in various major events in the army.

Ding Jin wanted to merge with him and asked which top position he could sit in, which made Wang Xiaolie amused. Wanting to sit in the top spot was Ding Jin's simple wish based on past experience. In fact, in Wang Xiaolie's army, he wanted to join

The Supreme Headquarters. With Ding Jin's quality, when he entered the headquarters, Wang Xiaolie didn't take the initiative to destroy the quality of his own army? He wanted money and power. Wang Xiaolie was not surprised. It was really too much to ask for the top position.

Seeing that his conditions were not high, Ding Jin wanted to vote for Liu Yu, but Wang Xiaolie didn't care. If he voted for Liu Yu, as long as he was still in the Songshan area, it would not be much different from before. But it was impossible for him to take advantage of Songshan.

He could only go to Lushi County. As for the pressure on himself, does Wang Xiaolie still care about the pressure from Ding Jin?

Finally, Yu Huan and Zhang Jun said they wanted to get rid of Ding Jin, Ma Xi, and Peng Tan, which made Wang Xiaolie think about it for a long time. If he did this, it would be much more convenient for him. But you can't hide this kind of thing from others. Others will

No matter what he thought, Wang Xiaolie didn't dare to make a rash decision.

At this time, General Wang Xiaolie's principle is to be ruthless against the Jin Army. If the Jin Army attacks, the counterattack must be resolute and ruthless. But towards other forces, try not to be aggressive and focus on cooperation. Wang Xiaolie needs time.
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