I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 151 The generals who are looking forward to recruiting, the soldiers who are lazy and useless

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the sky was slightly bright.

Wen Yanbo and Su Liang led a Forbidden Army team to Beizhou, Hebei Road.

Tens of thousands of imperial troops besieged Beizhou for more than a month without being able to break through. It was a great shame and humiliation.

Don't say you will be laughed at by Liao Xia.

I am afraid that small countries such as Goryeo, Dali, and the Li Dynasty of Vietnam will once again despise the military strength of the Song Dynasty.

He even coveted the fertile land of the Song Dynasty.

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The eighth night of the first lunar month.

Wen Yanbo, Su Liang and others ran for more than five hundred miles and finally arrived at the military camp in front of Beizhou City.

Wen Yanbo and Su Liang had no personal relationship, but they had a good impression of each other.

In the Privy Council, there are three chief officials.

Xia Song is cunning and Pang Ji is old, but Wen Yanbo is the only one who is capable and has a good reputation.

From a distance, Su Liang and his party saw people waiting in line in front of the military camp.

present.

The officers in charge in the forward military camp were Yuhou, the capital of the Ma Army, and Wang Xin, the defense envoy of Xiangzhou.

Wang Kai, the training envoy of the Zizhou regiment, and Mai Yunyan, the training envoy of the Xiangzhou regiment and the inmate guard, can be regarded as his deputies.

Tian Jing, who was lucky enough to escape from Beizhou Tidian prison, was also in the military camp.

Wang Xin, Wang Kai, Mai Yunyan, and Tian Jing stood in front of the military camp. When they saw Wen Yanbo and Su Liang from a distance, they shouted in unison: "Wen Xianggong, Su Yushi!"

Military attachés have always been shorter than civilian officials.

Although an admonishment officer like Su Liang was not high in rank, he had great power, so the four of them were naturally respectful.

Immediately, Wen Yanbo and Su Liang both dismounted.

After Wang Xin and the other four introduced themselves, Wen Yanbo nodded slightly and said, "Go directly to the military camp to discuss matters!"

Immediately, everyone walked towards the camp.

At this moment, it is dinner time.

In the military camp, the bonfire was bright.

Su Liang looked around and found that many soldiers were having dinner.

Some were roasting steamed buns on the campfire.

Some lay beside the campfire and took a nap.

Some were dancing around the campfire and humming songs.

Not far away, several people were chasing a mouse for fun, and the atmosphere was very cheerful...

There seems to be no sense of oppression from the war.

If they weren't all wearing armored military uniforms, Su Liang would have thought it was a large group of idle people camping in the wild.

If the war is won, there is nothing wrong with this atmosphere.

But now, they have been attacking for more than a month but have not taken Beizhou, and no one feels ashamed.

The ability of the military camp generals can be seen from the status of these soldiers.

Wen Yanbo and Su Liang both frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this situation.

Wang Xin, who was following them, seemed to notice the displeasure of the two, and quickly explained: "After all, the war is in the first month of the year, and the soldiers cannot go home to reunite, so they will relax a little at night."

Upon hearing this, neither Wen Yanbo nor Su Liang responded.

Afterwards, everyone came to the camp.

Wang Xin smiled and said: "It's dinner time now, do you two want to use some food first?"

Wen Yanbo shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Let's discuss things first."

Immediately.

Wang Xin, Wang Kai, Mai Yunyan, and Tian Jing began to report one by one.

Su Liang's current military attainments can only be regarded as average, and he has no practical experience.

So he sat aside and listened quietly.

In some of the wars in the Song Dynasty, it was precisely because there were too many experts commanding by laymen that the combat effectiveness became worse and worse.

Su Liang would never make hasty suggestions without fully understanding the current situation.

Half an hour later, the four people finished their report.

Su Liang suddenly understood the reason why Beizhou City had not been captured after more than a month of siege.

First of all.

Wang Xin, Wang Kai, and Mai Yunyan did not regard themselves as the main force in conquering Beizhou City from the bottom of their hearts.Their positioning perception is: helping.

The so-called help means that if you win, you will have merit, and if you lose, there will be no fault.

Who can help?
Help Beizhou to raise some punishment for Tian Jing.

Today, the most powerful combatants in Beizhou City are not the military thieves, but the prisoners in the city.

The prisoner was released, and Tian Jing was found guilty.

He is most eager to break the city.

Tian Jing was recruiting soldiers everywhere outside the city to attack the White Lotus cultists. He seemed busy, but in fact it had no great effect on relieving the siege of Beizhou City.

He knew that he was not capable enough, but he still had to pretend to be busier than the other three.

Second.

There was another main reason why none of the four people tried their best: they felt that the imperial court would definitely recruit people in the future.

This is the most common method used by the imperial court for decades.

If you can't surrender, you will recruit peace, and turn thieves into soldiers. Tried and tested without success.

They are also willing to go to the court to recruit people.

This is the easiest thing to do.

It is precisely because they have this idea in their hearts.

As a result, the soldiers below felt that maybe at the end of the fight, the court would suddenly recruit troops and the enemies would become brothers (colleagues), and then their efforts would be in vain!
Therefore, no one wants to attack desperately.

As for military merit, many soldiers don't care.

Military merit is not as important as life!

What's more, it's possible that he sacrificed his life in exchange for the military merit of officials above him.

The strength of these soldiers, the Western Army trained by Fan Zhongyan, and the Qingzhou Soldier trained by Fu Bi are comparable to that of Yunni.

Everyone thinks like this, but they are even more powerless in taking action.

Because the city wall of Beizhou is extremely high, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Wang Xin and others built a siege fortification called "Jijun" on the opposite side of the city wall according to the conventional siege method.

It is as high as the city wall, and once completed, it can be climbed up to attack the city.

The army thief king immediately built a war tent on the city tower. After the "Jujun" was completed, a wave of rocket attacks burned all of the "Jujun".

After repeating this process for nearly a month, the Beizhou city wall is still as solid as ever.

This is not about siege and defense.

It looks like a kid playing house.

Su Liang even suspected that these people were stalling for time.

Waiting for the imperial court to issue the recruitment documents.

of course.

Wang Xin and the others would not admit that they were stalling for time. They all found reasons for themselves.

For example: Wang Ze has too many followers outside the city, and the Beizhou military asset bank was robbed, which resulted in the rebels becoming stronger...

Wen Yanbo seemed to have expected this situation.

He didn't get angry at all.

After asking several rebels about their defense details, he slowly spoke.

"The King of Soldiers and Thieves lured the people with evil cults, proclaimed himself a king and established a country. His crimes were extremely heinous. The officials have made it clear that it is impossible to implement the policy of recruiting peace. I will not elaborate on how important Beizhou is to Hebei. If I can't win it again, I will personally At first, everyone is a serious sinner, I hope you can understand it too!"

"I understand!" The four of them raised their hands in unison.

Wen Yanbo thought for a while and added: "Tomorrow morning, I will give a lecture in front of the army. Please remember to give the order."

After that, Wen Yanbo waved his hand, and the four of them went down.

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Wen Yanbo and Su Liang were the only two people left in the military tent.

Wen Yanbo let out a long sigh and said: "Oh! It's not difficult to attack the city. The difficulty is that the soldiers have no morale. The court has too many recruits, which makes the rebels unscrupulous and the soldiers below have no fighting spirit. The roots and stems are rotten and the branches and leaves are difficult to fight." Save. Tomorrow morning we can only reward them with military merit as much as possible to boost their morale."

Su Liang nodded slightly.

If the soldiers have no morale, it will be difficult to capture Beizhou City no matter what means they use.

Suddenly, Wen Yanbo looked at Su Liang.

He said excitedly: "Jingming, military rewards may tempt the generals, but they are not enough to tempt the soldiers. Why don't you tell them again tomorrow morning after I finish my lecture? No, it's not a lecture, it's a scolding. You can wake them up by scolding them." confident?"

"Scolding?" Su Liang thought for a moment and understood what Wen Yanbo meant, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Wen, I'm not good at military affairs, but I am definitely an expert at cursing people!"

"Hahahaha, okay..." Wen Yanbo couldn't help laughing.

(End of this chapter)