After welcoming Liu Huai and his party to the military yamen, Yu Jingyang said, "You have come from afar and have a good rest in the back yamen. Today, the troops and horses of our dynasty outside the city defeated the Khitans. There will be no war in a few days. I will take the officials to prepare documents for the general to check."

Liu Huai said: "There are tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers outside the city, but our army only has cavalry. The remaining soldiers have not arrived yet. It is not a matter of relief for several days. The first thing to do is to defend the city is to have soldiers, and the second thing to have food. No matter how strong the city is, it is useless. He Dianzhi is the food officer in the base camp. Please let the officials and officials go with him to check the city's food and food stocks. This is the most important thing and cannot be delayed."

Yu Jingyang let out a secret breath, but fortunately he was greedy and blamed the price of grain outside for not being high and had not sold military rations privately. Otherwise, there would be problems in this investigation. He did not dare to neglect at the moment, so he ordered someone to take He Sanlang to check the food and grass.

After a dinner party was scheduled to greet him at night, Yu Jingyang retreated. Zhou Su said to Liu Huai: "I see that Yu Dujian has his eyes flashing, his words are vague, and he is not like a good person. Since the commander comes to take over the city's defense, why not seize his military power, train the army, and hold on to the city?"

Liu Huai said: "We only have one hundred people entering the city, so the defense still depends on the original troops here. If we seize the military power of the capital, we are afraid that people will be disturbed and unexpected. We have entered the city. As long as we are careful, what big things can happen? The city is the first priority, and the rest will be discussed later."

In the Song army barracks, Du Zhongxiao prepared a banquet to reward the soldiers who made contributions today. At the same time, he ordered all the soldiers in the army to add one more bowl of wine and one more piece of meat than in the past. All those who are above the camp commander and above will attend the celebration banquet.

Shisanlang raised his head and chest, and was very proud. Since he brought the corpse from the sea, he could no longer hide his complacent spirit. He knew that it would be different from now on. The military merits of killing generals and robbing flags, especially generals with such a high status, are rare in the Song army. With this military merit in hand, the position of the lord of the cavalry of the Tianxiang Army in his camp was probably a certain place. The sixth general of the Khitan army was the middle-level general, and it was not comparable to a small leader.

Everyone sat down, and Du Zhongxiao raised his wine and said, "Today, the first battle with the Khitan, the commander of the Wudu master killed the general and seized the flag, and led his army to enter and exit the Khitan army calmly. It was a great victory. Please drink a drink and congratulate the Wu general!"

Everyone raised their glasses together and congratulated Shisanlang.

Shisanlang picked up the wine in front of him, raised his head and drank it all, and said, "The guy who was killed today, and the Khitans who interrogated him to find out what kind of military general was, he had always been brave. He rushed towards me, intending to fight me. But I didn't expect that I took out a spear, took his life with one shot, and finally became a fool. I wanted to come to the underworld, but I couldn't tell how I died. I was not afraid of anyone in front of my Shisanlang formation, but who would fight with him even though he had a spear on his body? I was doing things with my head on my head, so naturally I had to be clean and neat!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, it should be like this! Why do we need to use swords and guns when we have guns? Why do we need to use guns when we have guns? They are all the same. When fighting with the enemy, we not only need to kill and damage the enemy, but also to save ourselves. Only in this way can we fight stronger and stronger, and the enemy will become weaker and weaker."

Shi Quanbin stood up, greeted Shisanlang a glass of wine, and exclaimed: "The country established its own country and fought with the Khitan several times. Although there was a small victory, it was difficult to hide the great defeat. Since the Chanzhou alliance more than 40 years ago, the two countries have calmed down and there is no war. However, the Khitans are brave and good at fighting, which is difficult to resist. To put it bluntly, this has become a dynasty of our dynasty. Today, the general killed the general in front of the formation and seized the flag, which was very refreshing. This great victory should be congratulated for the general and the court!"

Shisanlang thanked him with his hands crossed his hands, and looked at everyone with a smile, becoming more and more energetic.

Shi Quanbin sat down and said to Du Zhongxiao: "When you are in such a great victory, you should report to the court when the Pegasus reports it to the court. Not to mention the reward, the key is to boost morale and make the court feel at ease. With this first battle, I knew that the Yingtianxiang Army was definitely not an ordinary match for troops, and the Khitans were not unbeaten!"

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Yes. However, with this good news, we must defeat Yelu Chongyuan this time. As long as there is a slight accident, it will inevitably cause gossip. I originally wanted to fight for a few more battles, so I will be spared. When the infantry and cavalry come up later, the infantry and cavalry can defeat the Khitan."

Shi Quanbin said: "Why don't you let the artillery come first? Our artillery is the most sharp. With them, why fear the enemy!"

Du Zhongxiao said: "The regiment training is the brave cavalry and sharp artillery, which is true. However, when the two armies fight, the most fundamental thing is infantry. Without infantry as the Dinghai Shen Needle for the first army, other arms have defects and hidden dangers. Looking at the Khitan Army today, we have no choice but to do anything to our iron-armored cavalry, and we can fight with infantry to win. The vehicles and livestock in the rear must be assembled, and the transportation capacity is limited for the time being, and the artillery will have to wait for a few days."

Shi Quanbin said anxiously: "When the system is in control, why is the fundamental thing for combat infantry? Looking at it today, our cavalry can defeat the Khitan cavalry. If there is artillery support, why worry about not be able to defeat the Khitan in one fell swoop!"

Du Zhongxiao said with a heartfelt thought: "Whether the regiment training is sharp, whether it is a cavalry or an artillery, it has obvious weaknesses. Artillery is afraid of close combat, and once the enemy attacks it, everything will be stopped. Cavalry is afraid of antlers and equipment, and the terrain is complex. If one does not observe, it will easily lead to great defeat. Only when the infantry is stable, although the attack is insufficient, the defense is more than the defense. With infantry cover, the advantages of cavalry and artillery can be exerted. Khitan is a nomadic country, and every time he sends troops, there must be more infantry assistance on the side, otherwise it will not be enough to respond."

Although Shi Quanbin had once commanded the troops, he had never experienced war. He didn't understand what Du Zhongxiao said. He smashed his palm hard and sighed: "It's a rare victory. You can't take advantage of the victory to defeat the Khitan in one go. It's a pity! This dynasty has lost more and won less than the Khitan, and he couldn't do anything to Dangxiang a few years ago. This Khitan victory, to be honest, many generals are afraid of the Khitans. In the eyes of many people, the soldiers and horses of this dynasty are not as good as the Khitans. Not only are they not good at horses, but they can't even have soldiers and generals. The Han people in the Central Plains can't defeat the Hu people!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded slightly: "What's the solution? Who's going to be defeated so much that he can't get it back? In addition, regardless of the imperial guards, he was defeated repeatedly and defeated abroad, and his territory was very powerful. Many people believed that the Han people would not fight anymore, and even the Han people themselves believed it."

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Khitan has been a powerful power in the north. During the Five Dynasties, the Later Jin Shijingtang seized the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and called himself the son emperor to the Khitan. This situation was difficult to return. Yelu Deguang conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and entered Bianliang in the south. The vassal states of the world were summoned to come. Yelu Deguang recognized himself as the lord of China. If the Song army was strong enough, with the strong strength of the Central Plains, of course, he could restore Youyan to the north and defeat the Khitan. However, after the founding of the Song Dynasty, in view of the lessons of the Five Dynasties, he focused on weakening the threat of the army. After decades, the military strength was one year.

It is worse than a year. Since Emperor Zhenzong, facing foreign threats, he has to continuously expand the scale of the army and pile up numbers. With the advantage of numericality, large-scale wars can still rely on continuously consuming the enemy and dragging the enemy down, and ultimately letting the enemy retreat. This is the advantage of national strength, and there is nothing strange. A thousand years later, the difference between the combat power of the national army and the invaders is even greater than that now, and they are not delayed to the final victory. But there is no way to small-scale wars. There is no victory in small-scale battles.

This has nothing to do with respect to the civil and military commands. In essence, it is to eliminate the threat of military power to imperial power. The imperial guards basically no longer have senior generals. Senior generals only have treatment. There are many military governors among the military generals, and their treatment is not worse than that of the magistrate, but they do not have actual military command rights. The real commander of the military commander in the imperial guards is almost a false sense. The battalion commander who has the power to command military commanders is the battalion commander. Even if a person joins the army, even if he goes from a soldier to a military commander and reaches the extreme of a military general, he has neither the experience of leading large-scale corps nor the experience of commanding large-scale corps.

In order to stabilize the imperial power, Taizong then adopted at least two most fundamental methods. One was to buy. The treatment of military generals was stronger than that of civil officials, but promotion was slower than that of civil officials. However, once military achievements were made, it was faster than civil officials. The other was to turn the army that needed the most organizational ability into a mess. What people at that time said that soldiers did not know the generals, and generals did not know the soldiers, ultimately a matter of organizational strength. Above the battalion, the imperial guards had no organizational ability. It was not a problem of officers' ability, but there was no organization in the system. It was difficult for such an army to win a battle with the leadership of gods.

The fundamental reason why literati commanded soldiers is not to suppress military generals, but that military generals are blank at the level of command, and can only fill the vacancy with civil servants. At least civil servants still have the concept of organization, and most military generals do not even have the concept of concept. The court only teaches pictures in the last battle.

Why was Di Qing valued by the emperor? He believed that his ability to be a leader of the All-Road was a straw that proved that there was no problem with the military system in the past. Although in the northwest, Di Qing had never won a victory as the leader of the All-Road, and had done all positions in every position. Di Qing must be the head coach of the Southern Expedition, which means he had a record, proving that he was a qualified head coach, a head coach from a soldier to a Privy Councillor.

After taking the troops for a few years, Du Zhongxiao could see clearly about these things. He was not familiar with the military and knew that the combat power of the army first came from the strength of the organization. If the organizational ability is not good, how could the combat power be strong?

The Yingtianxiang Army set up the basic organization to about one thousand people, which is similar to the military strategy of the generals in history. They are both basic units. However, the battalion commander of the Yingtianxiang Army is not a battlefield commander, but should be the next level. The next level does not directly command the troops.

Shi Quanbin was obsessed with the authorities and still regarded the Khitans as tigers. He changed his expression when he heard it. Du Zhongxiao could not. Today, after watching the Khitans' war, he knew that he had thought of them too strongly before. This truth is just like the Sino-Japanese War in history, when the Kuomintang army had almost no victory in the face of the Japanese army. At that time, not only the army, but even the people felt that the Japanese army was invincible. When the other party's organizational strength came up, they realized how ridiculous this idea was. If it were the same weapon, the Chinese army could beat the Japanese army out.

It’s not that the enemy is too strong, but that oneself is too weak. It’s not that the Han people can’t fight, but that the imperial army cannot fight. These are two different things.
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