Looking at Wang Gongchen, Du Zhongxiao carefully said, and after a while, he said: "Nehan, what does the ministers in the court think the army does?"

Wang Gongchen said: "The emperor's hawks and dogs, the imperial court's minions. Gather the wealth of the world and raise them in order to prepare for something."

Du Zhongxiao said: "What are you doing to prepare for when you have something to do?"

"It is just a matter of external troubles. If there are external enemies and disobediences, then launch troops to attack. If there are internal thieves rebelling, then send troops to pacify them."

Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head: "So, what does the booklet in the Hequlu Army say? What's the difference?"

Wang Gongchen said: "The book of Hequ Road says that the army protects the family and the country, defends the majesty of the emperor, and protects the people from above. The army is powerful to face the four barbarians, and if there are unofficial ministers, they will raise troops to attack them, and the power of heaven is to face the four directions."

Speaking of this, Wang Gongchen also shook his head: "Jie Shuai, although he said differently, the army is actually that's the case--"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Nehan, it's not that true. If the army is regarded as a minion of a hawk or a dog, the more obedient the better. Whether it can be fought is second. Those who join the army do not need a good family. What kind of good family is willing to be a hawk or a dog? Since they are hawk or a dog, they naturally demand to be a vicious person, so they will inevitably be fierce outside and be equally fierce inside. When they cannot beat the outside, they will only be vicious inside and useless to the world."

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao shook his head again: "It seems that these are just two different sentences, but it is not. The booklets and regulations of Hequ Road were deleted and modified in the imperial guards, and some were chosen to implement them. The two armies looked the same, but they were actually completely different. To put it bluntly, why did the last martial arts performance in the capital be defeated so ugly? It is because of the military system, regulations, organization, command, etc. Hequ Road has many contents specially set up in order to change the nature of the army's hawks. But the imperial guards changed these mistakes that were deliberately prevented in the Hequ Road Army and the imperial guards returned to the imperial guards.

Go. Can Nehhan understand the feelings of the generals of Hequ Road when performing martial arts? The arrangements of the other party were all talked about by the military academy and generals every day. You can't do this, otherwise you will make any mistakes, and how the other party can catch your mistakes. From beginning to end, the soldiers and officers of the Beijing Military Academy were demonstrating to the generals of Hequ Road what was wrong. In the past, in the military academy, the coaches and generals said that they could not do this, and everyone could not understand why. As a result, the imperial guards of the capital demonstrated them seriously, and they could not win, so they would be a ghost!"

Wang Gongchen was stunned when he heard this. After a while, he said, "It turns out to be like this?!"

"What else?" Du Zhongxiao shook his head, feeling helpless. "This kind of battle result cannot be defeated on the battlefield. Even if the opponent gathers a thousand people at random, it is difficult to defeat or surround them. What is this called? A textbook-style exercise. It can only be achieved by relying on the seamless cooperation of the people of the Beijing Military Academy. I guess that after the exercise, Zhang Ji and the whole army will be happy. They don't even need to use their brains, and they will fight according to what they usually learn. - Nehan, after the martial arts exercise, have any old people from the Beijing Military Academy look for Hequ Road to review it?"

Wang Gongchen shook his head: "Jingshuai, what is a review?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's just to find someone to come over and follow the command of both sides to repeat the performance on the sand table. Which places are done right, what are wrong, and what places are good but can be improved. - This is something that must be done afterwards, and the capital hasn't done it?"

Wang Gongchen said: "I have never heard of it. I only know that after practicing martial arts, the emperor and the ministers were extremely angry, and all the generals were shocked."

"So I said, you come and ask me later, what can I do? The army in the capital has changed these things, and it must be that they think they are better than what I did before, right? I can't say it, how can the old people in Hequ Road in the capital say it? They dare not say it! The old people in Hequ Road, except for the artillery generals, don't understand it, others are mostly excluded when they enter Beijing. The military academy is better, it is amazing, they don't care about common affairs and become coaches. Most of the people assigned to each army cannot continue to do it, and they would rather get rid of the military and return home. Why is this? I don't believe that the ministers and generals cannot tolerate them, but because the army cannot tolerate them, they really cannot do it. This is the situation they face, and they don't dare to say it out."

Wang Gongchen looked at Du Zhongxiao, and after a while, he said: "Afterwards, Chao Shi did not ask the old general of Hequ Road, what do you think about this matter. However, there was a Wang Dexing next to the emperor-"

Du Zhongxiao waved his hand: "What does Wang Dexing do? He is just an ordinary staff officer in the commander's tent. No matter how good he is, he is just an ordinary staff officer. Why, Nehan thought that it was me, Du, who was blind and did not promote him?"

Wang Gongchen hurriedly said, "Jings coach misunderstood! Since Wang Dexing is in the coach's tent, his vision is very comparable. Can't we see these?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Why should he be able to see it? He is a staff officer, not a battlefield commander. There is no need to know these things. When one day he wants to lead troops and come out of the military academy, he will naturally understand it, but not now."

Wang Gongchen was a little confused. He thought he had seen the trick these days, so he talked to Du Zhongxiao for a while, but suddenly found that he had not understood anything in fact. He saw what he saw in the military academy, but in the end he found that the reason was not taught in the military academy at all.

Looking at Wang Gongchen's appearance, Du Zhongxiao said: "Nehan, the army originally had two faces. I call these two faces one side the rebel army and the other side the official army. What is the rebel army? It is the rebel army that silences the people and punish the people for the fire and water. What is the rebel army? It is what I just said, the eagle and dog of the emperor and the minions of the court. Everything in the Hequlu army comes according to the nature of the rebel army, and it is not in line with the official army. Why has the regulations on Hequlu changed so many times in the court? Because they think that the official army is going to be like that."

Wang Gongchen remained silent and fell into deep thought. There was no need to tell him about which army in history were the nature of the rebels and which army were officials. Wang Gongchen was much more familiar with in history than Du Zhongxiao.

Armed forces are tools for regime rule. Rule has two sides, not only suppression. On the one hand, it is to ensure the safety of people's lives and property. In the words of the ancients, it is to suppress the people's crimes and save the people from water and fire. On the other hand, it is to suppress the threats faced by the regime. If the previous side is lacking, it will lose people's hearts and not get support from the people. If the latter side is lacking, it will make hostile forces unscrupulous and do whatever they want.

When the new dynasty is established, it is often the mainstream of the people and the support of all the people. The dynasty is corrupt, and the latter side has the upper hand, becoming the ruling eagle and dog minions and enemies of the people. If the hearts of the people are lost, the armed forces will lose their foundation and finally enter the garbage dump of history in various postures.

The Song Dynasty was very special. The army never showed the rebel army side that was supported by the people. The only opportunity was to restore Youyan in the north and use national justice to establish a foundation for itself. Unfortunately, several opportunities were squandered by Emperor Taizong of Song. The Northern Expedition failed and completely transformed into an official army, accomplice of the regime. That is, the current ministers in the court have defined the imperial guards, hawks, dogs, and minions.

The rebel army of the Song Dynasty was among the people. At the junction of the two Song dynasties, millions of people in the north rose up. If Song Gaozong had a little responsibility, he could use the tide of rebel army to go north to restore the two capitals, and even complete the transformation of the Song Dynasty army. History was that Song Gaozong was addicted to the belief that the army had only the nature of officers and soldiers, but could not recognize that the rebel army defended the country, which was the real basic foundation of the country. He used various means to cooperate with the invaders to abolish the rebel army.

At the juncture of the Song Dynasty, two armies were nourished by the rebel army, one was the Yue family army, and the other was the Eight-Character Army under Liu Qi's army. These two troops were actually incompatible with the main force of the Song Dynasty. Shaoxing peace agreement could not kill Han Shizhong, but could kill Yue Fei. Once the news of killing Han Shizhong came out, not only Yue Fei went to protect him, but other generals also protected him. When killing Yue Fei, in addition to Yue Fei's family and friends

As for some civil officials, the entire army was almost silent. Yue Fei was killed, and Wang Yan, the leader of the Eight Character Army, changed from martial arts to literary talent, and no longer controlled the troops. Liu Qi was idle, and the Song Dynasty's official army resurrected the soul in the Southern Song Dynasty. The combat effectiveness advantage of the Song army over the Jin army was short-lived. By the time of Xiaozong's northern expedition, Liu Qi was old and the rebel army was gone. What was lacking was not only the generals of the Northern Expedition, but also the soldiers of the Northern Expedition. If there were soldiers, there were generals. If there were no soldiers, they would not exist. Where would Mao generals stay? Famous generals could only do nothing.

The nature of the army determines the upper and lower limits of the army's combat effectiveness against the outside world. For the army of the government, when attacking rich places, women with wealth can rob them, and they all strive to be the first. Attacking barren lands is more risky, with almost no gains, and the morale of the army is depressed. If you fight weak brigades, you will be stimulated by military merits. The more you fight, the more excited the army will fight. Once you encounter a strong army, you will be the first to save your life, and all kinds of messy things will come out.

The nature of the army determines the political principles of the army. Political principles determine the organizational principles, training principles, command principles and style of the army. The political principles are different. If you draw a cat and a tiger, can you not get out of a new army or an old army with new weapons.

The political principle of the New China army is to defend the country and serve the people, and its combat effectiveness and style are all derived from this. Heroic combat to the outside world is to defend the country and to rescue disasters at home, and to serve the people. The two complement each other and are inseparable.

Political principles determine the organizational principle. Subordinates obey superiors are the organizational principle of the army, and the political principle of defending the country and serving the people. Du Zhongxiao often heard a saying in his previous life, "The duty of a soldier is to obey orders." This sentence seems to be very pretentious, but in fact it does not conform to the political principles of the New China army. The orders are wrong, endanger the country, and what should I do if I oppose the people? Of course, it is not implemented. Therefore, in the official documents and regulations of the army, this sentence cannot be found, and it corresponds to the organizational principle "the subordinates obey superiors" and "all actions are obedient."

The army established by Du Zhongxiao was of course not the people's army in his previous life, so the political principles were different, and everything else was different. This army was more of a rebel army, only the first half, defending the country. It hardly participated in the internal situation, reflecting the deterrence of the political threat.
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