Fu Song

Chapter 705 Why We Win

Just as a faint whiteness appeared on the horizon, Zhang Ren and his group had already embarked on the journey again. Zhou Hong stood at the gate and waved his hands off.He waved his whip at Zhou Hong, Zhang Ren clamped his legs into the horse's belly, and with the sound of hooves, he was gone.

Last night, all the officers and soldiers were full of wine and food, and they had never been more refreshed.

When they left today, several bags were hung on the spare horses. They were all dried potatoes, potato chips and other rare foods that Zhou Hong had packed up.

In Zhou Hong's words, this is his condolences to the sergeants who worked hard on the front line.

After a few bags of small potatoes soaked in water, it is enough for thousands of people to eat.

"Commander, this week is really warm and generous!" Yu Hou Lu Wu said with a smile: "The food at home is really delicious, but it's really delicious to eat the can of fish sauce he brought to the table at the end. The knife scraped my mouth, it was too uncomfortable. At first I saw Zhou Lizheng's expression, and thought it was something good!"

Zhang Ren glanced at Lu Wuyi lightly: "You still don't admit that you are a country bumpkin. Do you know what the last can was made of? It's chili pepper. This thing is very rare now, except in the palace. Except for the Capital Prefecture, you can’t see it from the outside at all. I heard that the Si Nong Temple is planting seeds, and it may take some time before they can be planted.”

"The commander is joking. If only the palace and the first auxiliary mansion have them, this week Hong Xiaoxiaoli is..."

"Lu Wuyi, do you know how Zhou Hong made his fortune? Back then, he fled all the way to Qiao County. It was there that he met Shoufu who went to inspect, and a can of fish sauce in his house also made Shoufu Full of praise."

Lu Wuyi nodded a little confused.

Seeing his confused look, Zhang Ren shook his head with a smile and said, "Since the first assistant said it was delicious, will the Zhou family continue to supply it? Is this relationship just forged? Zhou Hong Of course, I can't flatter Shoufu, but will the housekeepers in Shoufu's family deal with Zhou Hong? Otherwise, how would this thing get into the mansion?"

"So it is!" Lu Wuyi suddenly realized.

"It must be Shoufu who wants to try the fish sauce made with this pepper, so Zhou Hong's family has something that can't be seen outside." Zhang Ren said: "This is what the Zhou family relies on! Otherwise, the Zhou family Why is the fish sauce here so many times more expensive than others, and why is the supply in short supply?"

"It turned out to be Zhou Fuzheng's favorite food. I did a poor job. I should have eaten a few big mouthfuls yesterday!" Lu Wuyi looked annoyed.

Zhang Ren laughed loudly: "It's just such a small can. If it wasn't for my sake, would Zhou Hong take it out? A dozen of us would be gone with a spoonful each. How many more mouthfuls do you want to eat?"

Lu Wuyi sneered: "Isn't this the food that Shoufu likes to eat, it must be a good thing!"

"Good things must be good things, but I can't eat them either!
"But I see that the conductor is full of praise from you!"

"I have to get used to it. Maybe I can also have a meal at Shoufu's house in the future? Familiarize yourself with Shoufu's taste in advance, and then there may be another topic!" Zhang Ren said.

Lu Wuyi gave a thumbs up: "The commander is far-sighted, but you have such an opportunity, we may not be able to look forward to it in this life!"

"Wrong!" Zhang Ren said with a smile: "The world of great struggle has arrived, and it is a great opportunity for our generation of warriors to show off their glory. Lu Wuyi, let me tell you, this battle against the Liao Kingdom It won't be over in a short time. When a warrior is promoted the fastest, it is naturally a time of war. The battle is always going on, as long as we keep winning, the road ahead of us will always be smooth."

Lu Wu nodded a little: "However, I really have no idea to fight against a guy like Liao Guo!"

Zhang Ren sneered: "Isn't it two shoulders and one head, how can we be better than us? Lu Wuyi, just wait and see, one day, we will be able to fight to Zhongjing, no, even Shangjing." Gotta clean them up."

"Is there really such a day?"

"Why do you think we lost so badly back then? Even Tokyo was broken?" Zhang Ren asked back.

"Of course it's because the emperor is stupid and the treacherous officials are in power." Lu Wuyi said without thinking.

"This is a very important point!" Zhang Rendao: "We didn't talk about him in the past, but now, what do you think?"

"Does it need to be said? The officials are sages, and my family has planted all the rice seeds cultivated, and the harvest is one or two hundred catties per mu!" Lu Wu said together: "The chief assistant is in power, and everyone's life is getting better every day."

"anything else?"

"Is there any more? I, I can't tell!" Lu Wuyi scratched his head, "Commander, you are a scholar, tell us something about it!"

"Commander, tell us!" A group of generals shouted.

"Okay, let's talk about it. To save everyone from being bored on the road. In fact, there are many reasons for this, and I can't explain them all. Let me talk about it from myself. I was selected as a scholar, very early, but I look down on soldiers." Zhang Rendao.

Everyone laughed.

"It's no wonder people look down on us." Lu Wu raised his hair, revealing the brand mark on his forehead, and said: "When we went to serve as soldiers, we always had to brand our faces. For me, my family spent money to manage it." , it was branded on this. You guys, good luck!"

"Lu Yuhou, we are not lucky. Those of us have been in the army for nearly ten years, but we have always been regarded as soldiers under the command of the first assistant. Since the first assistant entered Qiannan, he has directly abolished the soldiers' faces. The rules of tattooing."

These veterans were talking, but the recruits behind them listened with surprise on their faces.These things, now they are not clear.

"The strategy of using literature to control military in the Great Song Dynasty can not be wrong." Zhang Rendao: "Even now the chief assistant still pursues to use literature to control military, but the previous rulers took the wrong path and went to extremes. They really think that scholars I am omnipotent, thinking that reading a few books on military affairs will give me a good understanding of military affairs. In fact, I was the same way back then. I didn’t know until I joined the army and was refuted with facts by a few big-headed soldiers I looked down upon who didn’t even know a single word. I was nothing."

"The imperial court decides whether to fight or not, and where? The generals decide how to fight!" Lu Wuyi said excitedly: "I heard the general talk about this, but I didn't understand the key here at the beginning, and I always wondered how big it is." The generals are so excited!"

"Because after the imperial court makes a decision, it only cares about providing sufficient logistical support for the front line, regardless of how the generals fight." Zhang Rendao: "Of course, if the generals lose the battle under such circumstances, there is nothing to shirk. responsible."

"It is indeed much better now than in the past!" Lu Wu said together: "When I first joined the army, a battalion general was cut off by a seventh-rank civil official, because the civil official ordered our battalion to reach fifty miles away in one day. a point of concentration."

"Walking fifty miles a day is not high-intensity, is it?" A group of young soldiers shouted.Their current high-intensity march is a hundred miles, and if they are lightly loaded, they can also be completed.

Lu Wuyi shook his head and said, "That's fifty miles on the map, but the real distance is more than a hundred miles, and there are mountains along the way, and rivers have to be crossed."

The young soldiers all stared wide-eyed: "You don't know this?"

"Do you think the past is like it is now? There are special people who draw the map clearly? Even a small ditch is marked for you. It is clear how high the mountain is and how wide the road is! At that time Map, I’m bah!” Lu Wu sighed: “It’s pity that we were desperately rushing all the way, but how could we make it there? The civil servant cut off our battalion general without distinguishing between red and white.”

"and after?"

"What's the future?" Lu Wuyi sneered: "We were defeated by a group of rebels. That seventh-rank official was chopped into meat paste by the rebels."

Everyone fell silent again. It's hard to say how much of this kind of defeat was caused by man-made.

"There is a world of difference between the past and the present!" Zhang Ren continued: "The Chief Assistant has been working hard to improve our status as soldiers. Have you read the Jiangning Weekly? Those who cannot read have heard it read, right? Over the years, I have been doing this kind of thing silently. This is called moistening things silently. Soldiers have made meritorious service, and the court has greatly praised them. If these are all spiritual rewards, the tax exemption and corvee exemption at home of the soldiers who have made meritorious service are real things. If you are disabled, the government arranges work, and if you die in battle, your family can enjoy the treatment of martyrs in addition to receiving pensions. After so many years of accumulation, the status of being a soldier has been improved little by little."

"Yes, if it weren't for this, I would have quit!" Lu Wu nodded.

"If it weren't for the new policy of the chief assistant, you wouldn't be able to do it if you didn't want to, right? Back then, you had to be over forty to leave the imperial army!" Another officer laughed.

"The combat effectiveness of the army has risen, and it is not the same as in the past!" Zhang Rendao: "We can take out any army at random now, and its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Hebei Army back then. In terms of equipment, we are better than the Hebei Army back then. It’s much stronger. Without him, we have money, and the court is willing to invest money in the army. Lu Wuyi, have you ever thought that adding a magic arm bow is not the best thing in the army now?”

"I really didn't expect it!" Lu Wu sighed: "Back then, each of our battalions and teams fought so hard in order to earn more magic arm bows! As much as you want? But everyone wants something better!"

"Good things will definitely increase slowly." Zhang Rendao: "Like the god arm bow, it was a good thing back then, but now it is very common. Let's not talk about it, let's talk about people's hearts. This Along the way, how do you think the common people treat us?"

"It's really good!" an officer said.

"To put it bluntly, it's because these ordinary people hope that we can fight hard to defend their homes!" Zhang Rendao: "Most of the places we pass these days are refugees who were resettled in the past. They escaped all the way from the north and came here with nothing. And with the help of the government, all of them now have families and businesses, and those like Zhou Hong are living a prosperous and good life. These people, because they have lost in the past, have all lived in precarious conditions. desperate days, so they especially hope that the stable days in front of them can continue to be stable."

"But the Liao people don't want them to be safe!" someone said.

"Yeah, so these people also understand that if they don't defeat the Liao people, they won't be able to live a good life. They also know how those people in the north are living. They really can't even compare with their feet. , if we lose, they will not only have their property taken away, but also live the life that those people are living now, who would want to? So, everyone is very generous! Whatever we want, they will never be stingy. "

"But the imperial court doesn't allow it! It doesn't even allow donations. It is said that the imperial court has collected everyone's taxes, so it should protect everyone!"

"So you say, who doesn't support such an imperial court?" Zhang Ren said with a smile. "As soldiers, we are willing to shed our blood for the court. As ordinary people, we are willing to give everything we have to help the court. Tell me, why can't we win this war?"

"Even those who are officials want to fight hard to win, so they can all be promoted. The county magistrate becomes the magistrate, the magistrate becomes the governor, and the governor becomes the governor. If the Liao Kingdom is really going to be destroyed, the territory will expand several times. , now we have enough officials in Song Dynasty?" Someone laughed.

"You want to be a general, too?"

"I, if I don't die, I'll be satisfied to be a Marquis of Yu, General, I can't count on that!"

Everyone's atmosphere became lively in an instant.

To be honest, although they had a lot of confidence in winning the war before, if you want to say why they thought they would win, they couldn't explain why.Veteran Lu Wuyi thinks more because he has experienced failure.But Zhang Ren gave them such a detailed analysis today, and everyone suddenly realized.

This is called up and down, and its benefits can break gold!
Of course, more importantly, strength!

It is useless to have courage without strength.

You are brave enough to charge against an armored enemy holding a sharp knife with your bare hands, that is not brave, that is stupid, and you will have no pity if you die.

Courage and strength are matched, coupled with an efficient command system and logistics supply system, and a practical and time-paced combat plan, then no matter how bad the result is, it may just not win.

Xiao Cheng's years of hard work have not only improved Jiangning Xinsong's economic strength and military strength, Xiao Cheng has spent too much energy on people's hearts.

The feelings of family and country, the righteousness of the nation, these things that everyone didn't care about before, are being penetrated into everyone's hearts by him bit by bit through various channels.

Now, I can finally see a little effect.

At least in addition to people like Zhou Hong who had suffered before supporting the war, people in the south who had never suffered from a major war also began to feel that they should regain their homeland.

Once progress begins, it never stops.

Just like a wheel rolling downhill, he will inevitably get faster and faster. In the beginning, Xiao Cheng needed to find ways to push it, but as soon as he rolls up, he will run like a thunderbolt, which is impossible. block.

The first step is to defend and counterattack.

The second step is to regain the homeland.

The third step is to start the Northern Expedition.

The fourth step is to rule the world.

Every time a step is completed, the speed of the rolling wheel will be accelerated again.

(End of this chapter)