In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

"Your Majesty."

After coming out, Lü Yijian advised: "Killing generals without reason will make the army unstable. Don't make such an unwise decision at this time."

Zhao Zhen walked under the corridor. It has been raining in recent days. Today the rain is much lighter, but it still makes him very depressed.

Especially when he repeatedly heard that the Song Dynasty was a dynasty of castration, it was even more annoying.

But what Lü Yijian said was right. There must be a reason to kill the generals. Although the military generals of the Song Dynasty had a low status, they could not be killed at will. At least they had to find an excuse after they were defeated.

But the problem is that if Huang De and this kind of people are allowed to stay in the army, wouldn't that mean the Song army will be defeated?

So after Zhao Zhen calmed down, he could only say: "Then remove him. How can such a coward stay in our Song army?"

Lü Yijian said: "Zhao Jun said that Fan Yong is an honest official, and he has been meritorious in pacifying the people in the local area for many years. If he is demoted rashly, it will be difficult to convince the public. The government should also make careful arrangements."

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then move him back to Bianjing and govern Henan Prefecture."

Deputy Prime Minister Shengdu stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, Huang Dehe's death is not a pity, but Fan Yong is the Shaanxi Transport Envoy, in charge of Shaanxi's military and political affairs. If Zhao Yuanhao wants to start a war, he will be removed. Who should be replaced?"

This question stumped Zhao Zhen. Fan Yong was a Jinshi, and his previous performance was not so bad. It was because of this that he was able to become the highest military and political chief of Shaanxi Road.

But seeing that Li Yuanhao was about to attack the Song Dynasty, Fan Yong, an incompetent person, was removed, so naturally he should be replaced by someone who can fight, but who can fight?

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a while.

Deputy Prime Minister Cai Qi came up and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that we still have to ask Zhao Jun about this matter."

"Yes, ask him."

Zhao Zhen suddenly realized and hurried back to the house.

At this time, Zhao Jun was still talking to Yan Shu, and now they were talking about the second great defeat of the Song Dynasty, the Battle of Haoshuichuan.

"The reason for the failure of the Battle of Haoshuichuan was still the problem of poor command."

I heard Zhao Jun explaining: "After the Battle of Sanchuankou, Song Renzong sent Xia Song as the chief of the Northwest Army and let Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan be his deputies. Although Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan are famous today, I don’t think their military talents are that strong."

"Han Qi strongly advocated a decisive battle with Xixia, while Fan Zhongyan took the initiative to defend. Xia Song was hesitant and asked Song Renzong to decide. Song Renzong himself was an indecisive idiot. Wouldn’t it be nonsense to let him make a decision? The result was to fight or not, to defend or not. First, Han Qi's plan was adopted, and then Fan Zhongyan Dissuade him and compromise, let Han Qi attack and Fan Zhongyan defend. "

"Compromise is the stupidest way. It is better to attack with the whole army. If the barbarians fight, either you die or I die. Or defend like Fan Zhongyan. At least old Fan is smart, much better than Han Qi, the idiot. Go to the local area to strengthen the city defense, appease the people, eliminate the old and weak, train soldiers, and recruit talents. "

"On the other hand, Han Qi did not look at the actual situation, and did not know that the Song army was weak and the enemy was strong. As a result, Han Qi took the initiative to send troops and sent Ren Fu to attack, which led to Ren Fu's annihilation in Haoshuichuan, making Li Yuanhao more and more confident and more rampant against the Song court. "

"If it weren't for Di Qing, who fought bravely in several small-scale battles and saved the defeat with Di Qing's bloody battles, I'm afraid the Song Dynasty would have lost face."

"But overall, the Song Dynasty still had some national strength. Because of Lao Fan's policy of perseverance, the national strength of Western Xia could not support them to continue fighting, so in the Battle of Dingchuanzhai, Song General Ge Huaimin disobeyed orders and advanced blindly, and was annihilated by the Xia army. After Lao Fan personally led the army to rescue, Western Xia had to withdraw from the border and failed to achieve its strategic goal of occupying the Guanzhong Plain."

"Basically, this was also a turning point in the three kingdoms of Song, Liao, and Xia. Anyway, the Song Dynasty did not The ability to take back the northwest, Xixia was originally a small country with poor people. Even if it won three wars, it could not afford to waste its national strength. No one could do anything to each other, so naturally they could only sign an alliance to recognize each other. "

"And why do I think Fan Zhongyan is not very strong in military ability, but an excellent politician? That's because he can figure out the situation and know that the Song army is not good. He will definitely not be able to win if he takes the initiative to attack, so he stays in place to change the bad situation of the northwest army. On the other hand, Han Qi is no different from Zhao Kuo. If he really listened to him and attacked with the whole army, the northwest army would be finished. "

Zhao Jun was talking with saliva flying.

Zhao Zhen at the door had a face full of black lines, and his clenched fists were throbbing with blue veins.

I have been listening to history for two days now. Although I know that Zhao Jun has never had a good impression of the Song Dynasty and has no respect for the emperor of the Song Dynasty, when I heard him say that he was an indecisive idiot, I couldn't help but be so angry that my lungs almost exploded.

You are the idiot, your whole family is idiots.

Zhao Zhen cursed in his heart. If he hadn't been really good-tempered, he would have wanted to pick up a bench in the room and beat him.

Yan Shu glanced at Zhao Zhen at the door, and asked: "Then according to your opinion, if Fan Yongxia Song was replaced by Fan Zhongyan as the chief officer, there would be no defeats at Sanchuankou and Haoshuichuan?"

"I think so."

Zhao Jun had finished eating and leaned against the head of the bed thinking about the ancient history he was studying in class. He said: "Old Fan's strategy is actually a step-by-step turtle tactic. If he took the initiative to attack like Han Qi, he would definitely not win, but if Fan Zhongyan was in charge of the northwest, at least he would not lose."

"Can we win the battle?"

Yan Shu asked again.

"Win the battle? Are you saying that if you replace Fan Yong and Xia Song with Fan Zhongyan, you can win the battle?"

There was a bit of disbelief in Zhao Jun's tone.

"yes."

Yan Shu was confused. Didn't you say that Fan Zhongyan's tactics were good?

"Uncle Larri, are you kidding me?"

Zhao Jun suddenly became happy: "Fan Zhongyan is good, but he is not a god. With the system of the Song Dynasty, it is good to maintain half of the country, but still want to win the war? How is it possible?"

Yan Shu was unhappy and said, "Why not? Didn't you say that Fan Zhongyan can change the situation in the northwest?"

"That's true, but the Song Dynasty was rotten from top to bottom, especially the emperor."

Zhao Jun spread his hands and said: "As the saying goes, if a soldier is a raging soldier, a general will be raging in a nest. The emperor is a waste. He has made a country focus on civility and suppression of military affairs. How can it be possible to make the military virtues of the army prosper? To paraphrase General Fan's words, How many prime ministers have the main war faction changed in one term? Isn’t it a matter of changing the soup but not the medicine?”

"Wei Qing and Huo Qubing also have reasons to say, what kind of army do I lead? They are elite men of the Han Dynasty, and they are supported by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who advocates martial arts. Who are you people? What does the emperor do? Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng, Zhao Shu, Zhao Xu, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Zhao Gou, what the hell are they? Even Wei Qinghuo can't bring them back to life."

"Look at Li Shimin again. He is the Emperor Wu who was born in the war. In the Northern Song Dynasty, only Zhao Kuangyin has some ability in martial arts, and only Zhao Zhen is barely qualified in martial arts. Look at the others. What is the level of the Song Dynasty? There are only a few people like you, Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan is trying to be the emperor, can he be the emperor? You know he can’t be the emperor.”

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Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian and others remained silent.

It was a national policy of the Song Dynasty to emphasize culture and suppress military force. This was no longer a matter that could be solved at once. Even if the emperor wanted to change it, I am afraid that all the civil servants in the dynasty would have to oppose it.

After a moment of silence, Yan Shu said: "But aren't we talking about the period of Song Renzong? Didn't you say that Renzong was okay?"

"Oh, thank God. Renzong is okay, but the army is rotten, and Lao Fan has no way to save himself."

Zhao Jun spread his hands and said: "A country like this has no good foundation of martial ethics. It emasculated itself in the early days of the founding of the country. The number of troops seems to be quite large, but the combat effectiveness is not high and the fighting will is not strong. No matter how many people there are, It’s useless to have more.”

"Perhaps Fan Zhongyan can do a good job in military and civilian work when he goes to the northwest, but it will not take a day or two to train the army well and turn it into a strong army."

"Even if he can withstand Li Yuanhao's attack and prevent three major defeats, who can guarantee that he can win the subsequent Song-Xia War and Song-Liao War, and that the Jingkang shame will not happen?"

"So I think that under the general environment of the Song Dynasty that emphasized culture and suppressed military force, it was difficult to achieve complete victory in foreign wars."

"I can only advise the emperor of the Song Dynasty that if he wants to build the Song Dynasty into the world's largest country like the Han and Tang Dynasties, he should be more pragmatic. He must first understand his own tactics and the concept of war."

"Both Di Qing and Yue Fei have done a good job, why do they have to suppress him? Especially Zhao Gou. He has twelve gold medals and urges a defeated general to go back. It's shameless."

"How can such a country still want to win the war?"

"Fan Zhongyan is also good, but he is suitable for strategic deployment. He can be asked to do a good job in the military and civilian work in the northwest first, train the army, and then talk about winning the war."

"As for the tactical arrangement, we still have to rely on the Song army itself. Didn't Di Qing make a name for himself in these three battles? If Song Renzong was smarter, wouldn't he stop restricting the generals so tightly and let the generals fight according to the actual situation? ? Like Huo Qubing, he would only be happy if he trapped the generals to death? "

Yan Shu said helplessly: "The military generals of the Song Dynasty may not be able to serve as chief officers."

"So the Song Dynasty was a eunuch dynasty."

Zhao Jun mocked again: "If you ask me, Song Renzong's two fools, stupid donkeys, and Di Qing, a commander at the ceiling level, can take back Xixia and Yanyun sixteen states even if they lie down, but it's a pity that he doesn't dare to use it. The Song Dynasty This is not good. The emphasis on civility and restraint on military affairs goes too far, and the military ethics are not sufficient. Song fans still claim that they have a high winning rate in foreign wars, but they have not yet unified the world. They have been destroyed by the northern nomads twice. It is really true. It’s funny.”

Are you calling me a fool again? And added a stupid ass?

Zhao Zhen's eyelids were twitching wildly, and he looked at the bench on the ground next to him. He gritted his teeth and resisted from throwing the bench over.

Before, he was said to be a rare and good emperor in the Song Dynasty, but it changed after just one day. Now Zhao Jun is talking about a fool and a fool. Who can bear this?

Fortunately, Zhao Jun found a reliable northwest chief. If Fan Zhongyan was allowed to go, at least the situation in the northwest would not be so corrupt.

Zhao Zhen came out of the room. His originally angry mood was also filled with political affairs. He hesitated for a while and said to Lu Yijian: "Prime Minister Lu, is our strategy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military force really wrong?"

Lu Yijian did not answer directly, but raised his hands and said: "Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, Southern Wu, Wuyue, Former Shu, Later Shu, Fujian, Southern Han, Nanping, Chu, Southern Tang, Northern Han. Military generals have full power over the army. I hope the officials understand the consequences.”

"I understand."

Zhao Zhen no longer hesitated.

Compared with having abundant martial virtue, how could the world of his Zhao family be more important?

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were many examples of military generals seizing military power and usurping the throne one after another.

Even Zhao Kuangyin himself started his career like this. When the Chenqiao mutiny broke out, he bullied the orphans and widows and took over the Hou Zhou Dynasty. Compared to having your country usurped by others, what if you lose?

Anyway, Xixia and Liao couldn't get in, so the worst they could do was spend money to buy peace.

Zhao Jun's statement that the nation should have a martial spirit is certainly correct in later generations, but in the Song Dynasty?

Haha, it’s just outrageous remarks.

"Then let Fan Zhongyan go to the northwest?"

Zhao Zhen said again.

Lu Yijian's face was expressionless, but he was secretly happy in his heart. He cupped his hands and said, "The officials are wise."

Zhao Zhen made this decision, but did not act immediately. Instead, he returned to the house and listened to Zhao Jun talk about the causes and consequences of the battle at Dingchuan Village.

In general, due to the Song Army's backward intelligence, contempt for the enemy, coupled with high-level vacillation, command dysfunction and other problems, the lower-level execution was chaotic. In the end, it was ambushed three times by Li Yuanhao and suffered three disastrous defeats.

These three major defeats caused a serious decline in the Song army's combat effectiveness in the northwest, which worsened the already deficit in finances and made the Song Dynasty unable to take the initiative to attack Xixia.

Xixia's national power was too weak. Although its combat effectiveness was relatively strong and it won three out of three battles, it was still defeated in several small-scale battles, such as Di Qing's victory in the battle of Jintang City.

So the two sides have been entangled with each other for several years, and when no one can do anything about the other, naturally they can only recognize each other by pinching their noses.

With Zhao Jun helping to summarize the reasons, Zhao Zhen and his team of prime ministers had a plan.

They wanted to nip Li Yuanhao in the bud.

In response to the problem of command failure, Fan Zhongyan was made the chief officer alone and fully responsible for the northwest war. There were also situations such as lax armaments and poor people's livelihood, which also led Fan Zhongyan to train the army and improve people's livelihood.

As for the fact that the internal intelligence of the Song Dynasty was about to turn into a sieve, they also planned to make comprehensive arrangements before Fan Zhongyan was officially given the appointment to manage the Shaanxi Road.

For example, you can deliberately provide some false information to Li Yuanhao, and at the same time tell Fan Zhongyan that Li Yuanhao will deliberately send some Xixia tribes to surrender as internal agents, so that he can deal with it carefully and never fall into the trap, etc.

According to Zhao Jun, the war with Xixia will not start for another two years. As long as Fan Zhongyan manages the strategy properly in these two years, he may be able to save the situation and even defeat Li Yuanhao, making Li Yuanhao surrender again. , dare not launch another rebellion.

So in the next few days, Zhao Zhen went to Zhao Jun to listen to the history, while studying with his team how to counter Li Yuanhao's self-proclaimed emperor.

Zhao Zhen couldn't even imagine that just when he was about to appoint Fan Zhongyan to go to the northwest, Lao Fan gave him a big job.

Thanks to Brother Yun for being the helmsman for the reward. From Conquest to Silver Fox, and now to the Song Dynasty, Brother Yun has been supporting me all the way. I am really grateful. I also remember all the other friends in my heart. There is no way to repay a favor, and I will try my best to write better works to give back to everyone. Not much else to say, I am begging for recommendation votes. Everyone, please keep reading. When the new book period is over, there will be updates soon!