It was understandable that Song Taizu chose the path of "focusing on culture and neglecting military" based on his own political basics. However, in addition to the literati and official groups favored by the monarchs, they formed a suppression of the military general class on the national system framework, and relying on their control of public opinion, they established the image of "civil officials knowing military forces", which gradually fundamentally undermined the confidence of the military general group.

What about the military generals? Under the imprisonment of "emphasizing literature over military affairs", they gradually lost their energy and became sturdy martial artists. In the environment of "civil officials know soldiers", they became tool people to charge. The so-called "a good man does not serve as a soldier, and is good at sticking and not nailing". The best talent is to be devoted to the imperial examination and be unwilling to join the army. After all, the military position is limited and the status is low, which is really depressing.

But the world is good for reincarnation, and the decline of the Song Dynasty's military general group eventually led to constant national crises. After experiencing continuous wars with the three dynasties of Liao, Jin and Yuan, they finally broke down their families and died. The retribution finally fell on Zhao Bing, who had to ascend the throne as a child and struggled hard to restore the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Bing knew very well that the Song Dynasty's policy of focusing on culture and neglecting military over time for more than 200 years must be changed during the war period. It cannot be tied to the belt and killed people, and also regarded them as grandsons. Therefore, after the founding of the government, he tried hard to reverse this situation, which was not only reflected in treatment, but mainly in politics, in order to elevate the status of warriors.

It is not easy to continue to change the policy that has been more than 200 years. The concept of "light military" has already penetrated into the bones from top to bottom, and even the warriors themselves accept their fate. Zhao Bing proposed the principle of "matching civil and military" to change the current situation. Of course, it is not easy to change the formed tradition, especially when military generals rebelled one after another in the war.

Therefore, more than ten years since Zhao Bing ascended the throne, he has implemented measures such as the same level of civil and military, reducing the level of military ranks, separating military and political divisions, and reforming the official system, so that military generals can also have the opportunity to participate in national decision-making and enhance their political status. However, every reform will be boycotted by the civil minister group, either openly or secretly, and does not want to delegate power to the military group.

If the upper-level bureaucrats resist, it will inevitably be difficult to implement the situation below. Today, the unintentional arguments between the officials who are only the lowest level of the civil servant system after drinking are the general reactions in the hearts of the civil servant group. They still have the intention of using literature to control military power and usurp military merits. The poison left by our ancestors is still difficult to eliminate, so the words and deeds of these small officials are still revealed...

"There is a Han army, and the Western thieves were frightened when they heard it; there is a Fan in the army, and the Western thieves were frightened when they heard it." Zhu Yu saw that Xie Bin could not resist under Wang Qin's aggressive words, so he spoke out, "Han and Fan are the virtuous prime ministers of our dynasty. The Western Xia invaded them and led their troops to attack, and they were frightened when they heard it and did not dare to invade the boundary. His ability was not inferior to Zhuge Kongming!"

"Haha, it's better if they don't mention it, they are really two hypocrites!" Wang Qin said with a sneer.

"Han and Fan, two great wise men, can govern the local area and assist the king; Wu can stabilize the country and stabilize the border. These are all wise ministers recorded in historical books. How can the king's brother slander them? "Xie Bin said annoyedly.

"Don't be confused by the so-called classics, so he said that Han Qi was ordered to resist the attack of Xixia. He was very happy to make contributions and arbitrarily change the strategy of border security to send troops to Xixia. He also ignored the fact that food and grass were not enough, and insisted on Ren Fu's alone in the army. As a result, he was defeated in the ambush and more than 100,000 soldiers were buried in the good Shuichuan, but he blamed Ren Fu, who died in the battlefield, disappointed the soldiers of the Song Dynasty and had no intention of making progress. What is he if he is not a hypocrite?" Wang Qin retorted excitedly.

"It is obvious that Ren Fu is very happy with merit. Before sending troops, Prime Minister Han specially reminded him again and again, asking him to: If he violates the military, even if he has made merits, he will be killed!" You should know that Han Qi was prime minister for three dynasties and was a model for scholars of his juniors. He could not help but tell him that he was so defamed by Wang Qin. "On the contrary, Ren Fu won a few battles and underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and he was imprisoned. He not only died in battle, but also implicated more than 100,000 soldiers!"

"I am really a scholar. I am a good person who speaks cleverly and distorts the facts!" Wang Qin said angrily, "Han Qi's intention is to order General Ren to go deep into the territory of Xixia. If he can fight, he will fight, and he will not retreat. If he violates the order, he will be executed on the charge of disobeying the military order. Now that he has been misinterpreted by you, he will not be able to fight. There is no law of nature."

"This matter has been concluded long ago. Could it be that Renzong is also stupid and overestimated by others?" Zhu Yu said.

"Haha, how could Xia Xun be soaring? Han Qi is not surprised. The dragon and tiger in the river are still talking about their own weapons!" After hearing this, Wang Qin laughed dryly. He did not dare to argue again in the face of this, otherwise he would have given someone a handle and drank a drink and said in a muffled voice, "I just don't know what Han Xiang's thoughts would be when he returned to the army to see the wife and daughter of the soldiers who fell along the way wearing mourning clothes and burning paper money to summon the souls of the martyrs."

"You..." Zhu Yu knew that this poem was written by Zhang Yuan, a Shaanxi scholar who planned the Battle of Haoshuichuan. He used it to ridicule Han Qi, although he was the second best in the imperial examination, but he was not as good as his defeated son. It also implied that he was a sarcastic scholar on paper.

"Okay, drink, why bother with old things!" Zhao Bing saw that both sides were at odds, and quickly smoothed out the situation.

"Captain Huang, you can judge who is right and wrong!" Xie Bin pulled Zhu Yu and asked him to sit down, looking at Zhao Bing.

"Haha..." Zhao Bing also chuckled twice, but did not answer immediately.

Judging from Zhao Bing’s knowledge of later generations, the folk song praising Han and Fan’s hand is no longer verified today. Judging from the battle records with the Western Xia regime, Han Qi, who is the so-called “who is frightened when he hears it”, is actually a master of “sending off the heads”.

Logically speaking, in the face of the fierce offensive of nomadic peoples, most famous generals in Chinese history adopted the strategy of relying on the fortresses on the border to sluggish the opponent's offensive, waiting for the opponent's teachers and veterans to get tired, and then concentrate the already gathered superior forces to launch an attack. But Han Qi was just unwilling to follow such an "old routine".

In order to achieve personal achievements, Han Qi took office in Shaanxi, regardless of the situation of the Song army's repeated defeats, and formulated an attack plan of "together come out, take advantage of the arrogant and lazy bandits, and to break the enemy's laziness." Without waiting for Han Qi to formally send troops, Li Yuanhao of the Western Xia came to the door. Before the troops had completed the assembly, he ordered his general Ren Fu to lead his army to cut off Li Yuanhao's retreat.

Even if Zhao Bing now sees that he would not dare to use a local army equipped with a firearm to conquer the main force of the Western Xia army, mainly cavalry. Therefore, Han Qi's deployment can be called "creative". As for his advice before Ren Fu left, he thought that future generations took things out of context and distorted their original intentions, otherwise Ren Fu, who had been in the military for half his life, would not stand in the face of the superior enemy army.

In fact, it is likely that Ren Fu won several small-scale contact battles along the way, but this achievement obviously could not fully meet Han Qi's requirements, so he could only lead thousands of cavalry to continue to advance. Until he encountered the main force of Li Yuanhao's troops in that place called "Hao Shuichuan".

Many later generations of articles about that battle would deliberately emphasize that the Western Xia army deliberately left several large wooden boxes near the preset battlefield. At first, the Song army did not dare to move lightly when they heard something unusual in the box. Until Ren Fu arrived, he forcibly ordered the soldiers to open the box. As a result, hundreds of birds flew out at the same time, indicating the location of the Song army for the Western Xia army and sending a joint attack signal.

In this short story that is comparable to the "Pandora's Box", Han Qi successfully put the blame for the failure of the "Battle of Haoshuichuan" to Ren Fu. It seemed that if the Song army would not be discovered, nor would it be surrounded and annihilated without opening the boxes. But in fact, before arriving at Haoshuichuan, Ren Fu's troops had launched several days of forced marches to implement Han Qi's strategic deployment, and even had food shortages in the last few days.

Faced with an opponent who had the advantage of military strength and morale when he was transferred to the inside line to fight, Ren Fu did not leave his robes, but stood up with the determination of "I am a general, defeated, and serve the country with death." He finally died in the battlefield. Han Qi was simply transferred to him, but he was killed in a grand manner in just a few months.

As for the relatives of the Song army who died in the Battle of Haoshuichuan on Han Qi's must-pass path, they held old clothes and paper money to summon souls, and staged a human tragedy of separation from life and death, but what does it matter? As long as the battle report is well written and the emperor doesn't care, Han Qi is still the "Korean" in the army who "who is frightened when the Western thieves heard it."

Therefore, if Zhao Bing is asked to comment on Han Qi's merits and demerits, he is indeed a politician, not a military strategist, and is not even a qualified general. However, when facing the three people in front of him, it is difficult to tell the truth. You must know that there are some clarity in the wall. If your words are leaked, it means that the emperor denies the evaluation of Han Qi by his predecessors and places Emperor Renzong, wherever he places him, and may cause some uproar!

"Governing the country is like managing a family. If you farm, you should ask slaves, and you should visit maids. Your Majesty wants to attack the country and ask white-faced scholars to do it, so how can you help me!" Zhao Bing thought about it and replied.

"What does this mean?" Wang Qin was confused and looked at Zhu Yu and asked.

"What Huang Captain Zheng means 'the good ones do it'?" Zhu Yu was stunned for a moment before saying.

He knew that his words were from "Book of Song: Biography of Shen Qingzhi". During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Wen of Liu Yilong of Liu Song wanted to expedition the Northern Expedition again and followed Tan Daoji to participate in the first "Yuanjia Northern Expedition". Shen Qingzhi, who knew it was dangerous, quickly advised and persuaded Xu Zhanzhi, the Danyang Yin, beside him, and Jiang Zhan, the Minister of Personnel, to come forward to perform his skills. Seeing this, Shen Qingzhi could only say a sentence with a regretful attitude.
Chapter completed!