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"Western Front"

Hearing the term Zong Ze uttered, a complex look flashed in Wang Tie's eyes.

But just when he was about to speak.

Suddenly a servant's voice sounded from outside the door:

"Guest officers, your dishes have been prepared, can you allow the villain to come in and serve?"

Wang Baojian said that he quickly put away the wine bag.

He drank the half glass of distilled wine that he hadn't finished, and then replied:

"come in."

"okay!"

After getting the approval of Wang Ting.

The servant immediately pushed open the door and entered, quickly took out several dishes from a red lacquer food niche that he was carrying, and put them on the table one by one:

"This is the Jade Sunflower Fan."

"This is happiness at the top."

"This is."

The young servant's eyesight was extremely high, and after realizing that Wang Teng and the others had something to talk about, his movements and speech speed accelerated a lot.

Not for a while.

Six dishes, one soup and several bowls of rice were placed on the table.

Then Wang Ting explained a few more things about the attendant table, asked the servant to serve Zhang San and Zhang Yuan something to eat, and then signaled him to leave.

After the boy left.

Wang Ting first took the initiative to put some food in the bowls of Zong Ze and Xu Yun, and guessing that the boy had gone far, he sighed and said:

"Brother Zong, although Wang killed the enemy on the western front, there are some things he can't lie to you—everything on the western front can be summed up in one word, chaos!"

"chaos?"

Zong Ze was slightly taken aback, and asked:

"Brother Wang, on the way Zong went to the capital ten days ago, passers-by all said that the Western Army had returned with a great victory, and that the Qingtang area would be recovered soon. Why did you say something so random?"

Wang Ting sighed and shook his head.

He took out the wine bag, poured himself another glass of wine, and took a leisurely sip.

Drunk.

After taking a sip of alcohol, he was exhaled with foul breath:

"Brother Zong, you don't know that the chaos on the western front can be divided into internal chaos and external chaos."

Zong Ze hurriedly made a gesture of listening, and Xu Yun beside him also pricked up his ears with great interest.

Although he is a time traveler from later generations, much of the information about this era only stays at the macro level.

For example, he knew that the Northern Song Dynasty would perish in 26 years, and that the Tamna Kingdom next door had just been ransacked by Goryeo.

I also know that there is a country called the Holy Roman Empire tens of thousands of miles away. At this time, their emperor and pope are fighting for the succession of the bishop, even the dog's brain is about to come out.

But when the target is refined to a certain area, a certain front.

He will encounter extremely strong information barriers.

Because of the limited content recorded in history books, it is impossible to describe many things in detail:

Unless you created the Internet in the Song Dynasty, you can also train a bunch of code farmers who can type.

So in the details.

Wang Ting is undoubtedly a huge and brand-new source of information.

Then Wang Ting took a mouthful of food to suppress the wine, and continued:

"The so-called civil strife refers to the many ills within the Western Army. The first is the empty salary."

"Brother Zong, let Wang ask a question——Wang's position in the army is Captain Zhiguo, a seventh-rank official position, and he can lead a battalion of soldiers."

"Now there are a total of 497 people in Wang's account. Can you guess how many of them are true and how many are empty accounts?"

Zong Ze glanced at him.

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively reported a number:

".three hundred?"

"three hundred?"

Wang Ting shook his head and raised a mocking smile.

The index finger dipped some wine from the wine glass, and wrote a few numbers in traditional characters on the table:

One hundred and fifty nine.

Zong Ze suddenly shrank his pupils and said in surprise:

"Is this only one-third true?"

Wang Jinzhong nodded emphatically:

"That's right, you know, the place where Wang is stationed is along the border of Taoxi, and there is a small battle every ten months on average."

"Such important places have been emptied, so what about the entire Western Front?"

Zong Ze was silent when he heard the words, and Xu Yun also sighed heavily.

Empty rate.

This is also one of the topics he talked with Xiao Zhao before.

The truth that Xiao Zhao confides after drinking at that time is also an important factor supporting him to make a certain decision.

During the Northern Song Dynasty.

Everyone knows that the Zhong Family Army and the Zhe Family Army have strong combat effectiveness, and they can even fight against three with the same establishment.

Of course, there is the training effect of Lao Zhong and others.

But what also cannot be ignored is that these "X family troops" are basically full-staffed for a long time.

For example, the establishment of a thousand people is also on paper.

The old ones they take out are not full.

There can be at least 900 real people, and it may even be close to full.

But other combat modules that are paid for nothing have only three or four hundred people at the top of the sky. How can there be combat effects?

For example, when the Jin army attacked Bianjing later.

There are 200,000 sergeants registered in Bianjing. In fact, apart from the 30,000 soldiers brought by Zhang Shuye later, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers in the entire Bianjing city.

Nearly nine-tenths of the empty pay ratio, this tmd is the Imperial Army guarding the capital, can you believe it?

Then Wang Ting paused, and went to the window vigilantly to sense it.

Return to your seat after confirming that there is no abnormality, and continue to lower your voice:

"Apart from empty pay, another civil strife is the embezzlement of military merit!"

As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of official silver from his pocket, shook them in his hands, and said with a wry smile:

"Brother Zong may not believe it. Wang has fought dozens of battles since he was born. This is the first time he has seen so many rewards."

"In the past, all the official silver rewarded by the imperial court was packaged in twelve taels, and only one tael could be obtained in the end."

"Hmph╭(╯^╰)╮, how unreasonable!"

Zong Ze hated corruption the most in his life, and when he heard Wang Ting's words, he couldn't help it:

"Brother Wang, is it possible that no one in the army appeals for justice?"

Wang Ting shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at him with the eyes of "you are very naive":

"Avenging? How can it be so easy?"

"Those people are smart. They are never greedy for pension funds, but only for silver rewards. How do ordinary soldiers know how much reward silver they can get?"

"Whenever the sergeants receive letters from their homes, knowing that all the family members of the fellow countrymen who died in the battle have received all the compensation money, and know that their affairs after death are guaranteed, who would care about the rewards?"

"Even if there are non-commissioned officers who file complaints, the complaints will never reach the officials. Although my dynasty emphasizes civility over military affairs, there is no intersection between civil and military affairs. Those people have already arranged the top and bottom."

Xu Yun on the side heard the words, and suddenly thought of a name in his mind:

Li Gang.

Of course.

This Li Gang has nothing to do with the later Li Gang.

He is a character in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and also a typical representative of the contradiction between personal morality and ability.

Li Gang organized the defense of Bianjing, and also fought sharply with the surrender faction headed by Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan.

From a standpoint, he is a typical representative of the resistance faction.

In addition, he was also one of Zongze's staunch supporters, supporting Yue Fei's struggle against gold before his death.

From the point of view of contribution.

He is a well-deserved good minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the plan he put forward can even be regarded as a "strategy for ZTE".

But in stark contrast to his ability to contribute is his personal virtue.

Not to mention the slander of Lu Haowen, this person is also very greedy for money:

While supporting the rectification of military and political corruption, he promulgated the twenty-one new military system.

On the other side, 70% of the compensation money was corrupted in a blink of an eye.

When he was in charge of taxation in Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture, he also learned from the Western Army to engage in corruption, and embezzled more than 50,000 yuan in four years.

In fact, Li Gang's situation is not an exception.

The generals on the western front throughout the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Except for Liu Fa, Lao Zhong and Lao Zhe.

Even Wang Hou, a well-known veteran, has been involved in corruption of money

"Wealth touches people's hearts."

Zong Ze sighed and shook his head, met Wang Tin's glass of wine, and asked again:

"Brother Wang, besides the internal turmoil, what is the so-called external turmoil?"

This time, Wang Ting still did not directly answer his question, but instead asked:

"Brother Zong, you have been a county magistrate in the borderlands, so you should know where the foreign troubles of our dynasty mainly come from."

Zong Ze nodded.

The place where he first worked was Daming Mansion, which is also a frontier important place:

"I am facing Xixia on the west front, and the Liao people are watching tigers in the north. Apart from the two, the remaining Qiang people and Japanese pirates are nothing more than dead ears in the grave."

Wang Ting nodded slightly:

"Of course."

If you compare the territory of the Song Dynasty to a person.

Then the sea is on the right hand side of this person, and the Liao Kingdom is directly in front of him.

At ten o'clock is Xixia, and on the left are Tubo and Dali.

Among them, the biggest threat to the Song Dynasty is Xixia and Liao. Among them, there are fewer disputes between Song and Liao. Alliance.

Some people think it is humiliating and humiliating, while others think it is a wise move.

In short, after the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the disputes between the Song and Liao Dynasties were much less on the surface.

Even developed a relatively prosperous cross-border trade.

But peace for peace.

Just like the eagles and rabbits of later generations, in the eyes of Song people like Zongze, the Liao Kingdom is still a potential enemy.

Listening to the resentment in Zongze's mouth, Wang Bao was silent for a moment, and said slowly:

"So, dare to ask Brother Zong, have you ever heard of the Jurchen clan?"

"Jurchen?"

Zong Ze was taken aback, pondered for a moment, and said with some uncertainty:

"The Jurchen Brother Wang is talking about, could it be that they are people from Zhulu in the south of Liaoyang?"

Wang Ting nodded:

"Yes, it is this family."

Zong Ze blinked his eyes when he saw that, and said doubtfully:

"Brother Wang, Zong heard that after the Liao Dynasty eliminated the Mohe people, the Zhuhe clan was divided into two."

"The two tribes are named Sheng Jurchen and Mature Jurchen respectively, and they seem to be somewhat similar to the Qiang tribe who surrendered to our dynasty."

"Why, according to Brother Wang, the Jurchen family seems to be quite threatening?"

Wang Ting shook his head lightly:

"It's just a premonition. When Wang was fighting on the western front, he heard that there was a warrior named Wanyan Aguda among the Jurchen tribe. He was said to be unparalleled in bravery."

"In recent years, the Daozong Emperor of the Liao people is afraid that he is about to die. Nine years ago, Yelu Yanxi was established as the successor of the Liao Emperor. Once Daozong dies, this person must be in power."

"But this person is stupid and brutal. Rumor has it that the Jurchen tribe within the Liao people complained quite a lot."

"At present, there seems to be some voices in the DPRK and China. I hope that the officials can give some support to the Jurchens, and support them to cause some troubles for the Liao people."

Xu Yun was obediently eating melons from the sidelines, but after hearing Wang Ting's words, he was shocked and couldn't help interjecting:

"Master Captain, the imperial court plans to support Jurchen?"

Wang Ting sighed, it can be seen that he is not very supportive of this plan:

"It seems so."

Xu Yun frowned suddenly.

In the later generations after he came, the historians have never had an accurate conclusion on whether the Song Dynasty supported the Kingdom of Jin-because there are too few historical materials for reference.

Some people believe that Jurchen was completely supported by the Song Dynasty itself, and it was self-inflicted.

However, some people believe that the Song Dynasty proposed cooperation only after seeing the popularity of the Jurchens.

However, no matter which point of view is above, it is certain that Zhao Ji has indeed done a show operation:

In the autumn of 1109, Zhao Ji gave Jurchen a large number of siege equipment, blueprints and craftsmen.

Plus an undetermined amount of grain and grass, it was still the Koryo waterway.

Although there are no more detailed records to show that Wanyan Zongwang used exactly the same siege weapon when he attacked Taiyuan.

But from a logical point of view.

When the Jin army attacked Taiyuan, as long as their brains were not distracted, they would almost certainly use these highly efficient Central Plains weapons, and no matter how bad they were, they would be an improved version based on them.

Such a big gift, how can you not be sorry?

"How Difficult It Is"

Wang Ting seemed to have mentioned the distress, and shook his head again:

"Currently there are frequent battles on the western front, Xixia bandit cavalry is strong, and there are many war horses, but our dynasty has very few war horses.

Some war horses ran and fought for a long time, and their hoofs and feet were seriously damaged.

Even if you have decent physical strength, you have no choice but to retreat to the rear and act as a transport horse or even a pack horse."

"?"

Before Wang Ting finished speaking, a question mark appeared on Xu Yun's face:

"The hooves and feet are seriously damaged? Captain Captain, aren't those military horses on the front line equipped with horseshoes?"