Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

Zongze bowed and said:"The training of the new army is also going very well. Now there are four camps in Yuncheng, Jeju, Qizhou, and Dengzhou. There are both infantry and cavalry here in Yuncheng. In Jezhou, infantry is the main force, and in Qizhou, cavalry. Mainly, Dengzhou is mainly water camp. The source of recruits mainly comes from Xu, Hai, Chu, De, Liao, and Bozhou, which are all states and counties around Liangshan. The land of Yanzhao in Hebei, and Huaidong, Huaixi is a place where elite soldiers are produced, and the quality of the soldiers is still quite good. Under the current high-intensity training, formation, formation, physical fitness, and internal affairs, these trainings will be completed in another month and a half. Then the cavalry master will train riding skills, and Artillery, infantry, crossbowmen, archers, etc. will be divided into different categories. It will take about four months to train technical and tactical skills, and then they can be assigned to various commands."

Speaking of this, Zongze said with a smile:"In terms of the quality of the soldiers and horses, their elite level , Our new recruits are not inferior to the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, they can become elites after just a few months of training."

Wang Lun nodded slightly while listening.

Just smile.

It does not mean that Wang Lun agrees.

From a common sense perspective, Zongze is right.

Bo, Liao, De, the Hebei and Shandong regions of later generations, the people of these places are the Yan and Zhao people who are serious about their promises, generous and tragic, and their body shape, strength, and courage are quite outstanding.

They are all burly men. In Bozhou and other places near Cangzhou and other places, the folk custom is martial, and there are really many people practicing martial arts.

Like northern Shaanxi and northern Shanxi, Hebei also has many bow and arrow societies.

Moreover, it is actually more than just the Bow and Arrow Club, the Bow and Arrow Club is just a name.

The name is"Arrow Club""，"Loyalty Patrol Society"，"stick club"，"Bawangshe"，""Desperate Society" etc.

""The Bow and Arrow Society" is one of such martial arts associations.

The history of the Song Dynasty records:"Since Chanyuan made peace, the people have united themselves into the Bow and Arrow Society. No matter the family fortune is high or low, there is only one person in the household. He also recommended among himself that those with family assets and martial arts skills who were admired by the people would be the head of the society, the deputy of the society, and the person who recorded affairs, and he was called the leader."

Everyone who joins the society is equipped with a bow, thirty arrows, and a sword.

According to the investigation of Su Shi, who was then the governor of Dingzhou, at that time there were only two prefectures, Ding and Bao, Ansu, Guangxin, Shun'an, and seven border counties. 05. The Bow and Arrow Society in Yizhai has grown to 588 villages, 651 groups, and a total of 31,411 people.

This shows the wide range of influence of the Bow and Arrow Society at that time.

Yuan Youba, Zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty Su Shi, the magistrate of Dingzhou, said:"Since Chanyuan made peace, the people have united themselves into a bow and arrow society... they carry bows for hoeing, carry swords for woodcutting, go in and out of the mountains, and their food and drink skills are the same as those of the enemy."

In addition to the bow and arrow society, From the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, rural people in various parts of the Central Plains also organized the"Loyalty Patrol Society", an anti-golden organization that combined soldiers with farmers. They often gathered to"put up guns, sticks, armor," and"teach martial arts.""

"Each united with the number of people in the village, and selected those who were feared and obeyed by the powerful and right-wing people as their chief and deputy, and assigned them spears, sticks, weapons, and armor."

Not only"farming according to the season", but also"teaching martial arts""，"To guard against thieves and prepare for war." The Zhongyi Tour Society spread throughout Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, and Fujian provinces at that time, and developed on a large scale. During the reign of

Renzong Jingyou, in Hebei and other places,"there were unsuccessful people who formed a friendship with each other, and they were called Stick Society. It is also called"Mingshe". In rural areas, there is also the term"she""、"fort"、"Martial arts associations that appear in the form of"cottage". For example,"Stick Club""、"Bawangshe"、"During the Xining period of Shenzong, there was the Bawang Society in Licheng and Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, which"gathered dozens of parties and ran rampant among the villages"; during the Chongning and Daguan years of Huizong, there was the Outlaw Society in Yangzhou that"served as a knight in Changli".

Therefore, the situation in the Song Dynasty was completely different from that in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The integrity of the country in the Song Dynasty was far less than that in the Ming Dynasty. However, the control of the people was loose but strict.

Especially during the period of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, people needed guidance when leaving the county. Taizu of the Ming Dynasty There are extremely cumbersome and strict regulations on folk house styles, robes, shoes, means of transportation, daily exchanges, commerce, and people's travel.

Only scholars and scholars are qualified to wield swords among the people, and they have special privileges..

It is difficult for ordinary people to go out, so let’s not talk about martial arts associations.

Lao Zhu’s character would not allow folk associations under his eyes.

Although the Song Dynasty was respected in literature and martial arts, it inherited the legacy of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the folk customs were strong and martial. , the inheritance of neglecting life and death and attaching importance to promise still exists.

In the Ming Dynasty, firstly, it was the strict control of the court, and secondly, it was the suppression of hundreds of years in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. Folk associations and martial arts have disappeared in most places.

Kitchen knives are owned by five households. Sharing, you still practice bows and arrows and swordsmanship?

The Song Dynasty court also discussed the practice of martial arts and bows and arrows among the people.

Some officials suggested banning it.

Despite the opposition of most officials, the Song Dynasty never banned it, and even many local officials did It is advocated to form archery societies among the people in order to maintain the stamina of officers and soldiers.

Even when recruiting troops, priority is given to recruiting from these martial arts societies.

After studying the folk archery societies in the Song Dynasty, you can understand that after the invasion of the Jin Kingdom, the number of millions of Hebei rebels was Where did it come from?

Without the tradition of martial association, it would have been impossible for so many rebels who could fight to emerge at once.

As for the Liao Kingdom entering Kaifeng and then retreating in embarrassment, apart from the fact that the vassal towns in various places were dissatisfied and unable to rule.

There were also hundreds of thousands of them. The sudden appearance of the rebels frightened the Liao people.

Of course, these rebels were also members of martial arts societies.

According to Su Dongpo's report, there were tens of thousands of men in Dingzhou.

They carried bows, hoes, and swords. And woodcutter!

The Han people are not weak!

The rebel army from the Jingkang period lasted until the Xiaozong period of the Southern Song Dynasty. The people of the Han Dynasty were no worse than those of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Unlike the late Ming Dynasty, when faced with the attack of braided soldiers, many people would just stretch their necks and wait for others to chop them. The people of the Song Dynasty just stood up to resist.

The Zhao family was not good, but it does not represent the Song Dynasty. Humans can't do it.

After losing the Yanshan and Hetao areas, there was no land to raise horses, and no beautiful place to defend against the nomads' attacks.

Didn't the Song Dynasty still survive?

In the two Song Dynasties, more than three hundred years ago, they also created a brilliant and splendid civilization. , if it were not for the existence of the Mongolian and Yuan dynasty, the Song Dynasty would have continued.

On the other hand, except for the brief expansion at the founding of the Ming Dynasty, its territory only included the Hetao and Yanshan Mountains, as well as Yungui, which was conquered by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

The economy, military, culture, mining, industry, and trade of the Ming Dynasty were not as good as those of the Song Dynasty. The imperial court was strong, but the people were a mess.

The civil servants were incompetent and the generals were despicable.

The people were unable to resist.

Although the rule of the Yuan Dynasty lasted only a hundred years, it had no impact on the Chinese spirit. , internal cohesion, and civil organizations were all dealt a devastating blow. The areas around Liangshan were the places where elite soldiers were sent out, and they were also the places with the most associations.

Hebei, facing the pressure of the Liao Kingdom, was the place with the most associations and the densest membership in the early years.

Later came the Shaanxi roads, namely Kuangyan Road, Xihe Road, Jingyuan Road, Qinfeng Road, Huanqing Road, which were in northern Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Shanxi and other places, and they were also the front lines against Xixia.

In the past few decades, from Renzong to Shenzong and all the way to Huizong, the Song Dynasty has always used troops against the northwest. Therefore, many people in the northwest have established villages and associations. In terms of martial arts among the people, they are more powerful and tenacious than those in Hebei.

In addition to these two places, including Jingdong Road and Xuzhou, the two Huaihe areas, namely Huaixi and Huaidong, are also places where elite soldiers are sent out.

The Xuzhou soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were also famous, and several important events in the Tang Dynasty were related to the Xuzhou soldiers.

Including Pang Xun, the Huangchao Rebellion was a rebellion by thousands of Xuzhou soldiers stationed in Guangxi. They defeated countless imperial garrisons and military governors in various towns along the way. They grew to hundreds of thousands and traveled tens of thousands of miles, but the core never dispersed. This is why the core of Xuzhou soldiers has never been separated.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Chen and Cai soldiers in Huaixi were also tyrannical for a while, cruel and daring to die, and the towns were difficult to defeat.

The troop sources on Hebei East Road in the north, together with the troop sources in Xuzhou and Huaidong, can be said to be the best troop sources in this era.

Not just this era.

Including Liu Bang's Fengfei Group, the Danyang Army during the Three Kingdoms, the Beifu Army during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaixi Group in the early Ming Dynasty, the source of troops and the origins of generals are all in this large area.

Some people on the Internet later said that this large area was a base for entrepreneurship.

Although it is a joke, it is completely true.

After two thousand years of war in China, only this large area can finally reach the center of the stage.

The only one that could rival it was the Western Army in the northwest, which also had superior troop sources.

There are obvious gaps elsewhere.

But what Zongze didn't understand was that Liangshan's previous military sources, except for the last expansion to hundreds of thousands, had always been elite troops.

The most ordinary soldiers are also the minions of various villages who have experienced hundreds of battles. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Dozens of heroes, including Liangshan’s original minions, formed the Liangshan Army, which initially numbered tens of thousands.

It also includes people from the green forest who come to invest one after another.

Their abilities cannot reach the level of heroes, but they are far superior to ordinary people.

Courage, experience, bravery, and skill, the most ordinary person in the forest or a minion, against three or five ordinary people, even ordinary people in the bow and arrow club, will still win more than they lose.

But after several years of development, copycats from many nearby states have come to Liangshan, and the minions have kept all they can use.

The same goes for the people in the green forest. Those who are willing to commit suicide and can stay, all of them stayed.

Most of these people are now middle- and lower-level military attachés. In the early days, they were ordinary soldiers.

In terms of quality, even the elites from Lianghuai and Hebei cannot compare with these men from the green forest and elite copycats.

After all, the people in the green forest and the elite minions are all licking blood with their swords. They have experienced hundreds of battles and have experienced countless life-threatening battles.

Ordinary people, even if they have been practicing martial arts and practicing bow and arrow, these experiences and actual combat are two different things.

The people on the side, who knew the inside story better than Zongze, Li Gang and other civil servants, all shook their heads and smiled.

After six months, it can only be said that the training is almost the same as that of the elite.

Practical combat experience, courage, and blood, these must be learned on the battlefield.

"When we captured the various states in early summer, it would take two or three months for the imperial court to mobilize, prepare, and send out troops, but we can make up for it in time."

"An army of 200,000 people, commanded by forty soldiers, is not afraid of the imperial soldiers and is strong enough to fight."[]

"However, if we capture Bo, Liao, De, and Xuzhou in the south, Huaiyang Army, Chuzhou, Haizhou and other places, we will have to divide at least tens of thousands of troops to garrison them, and the frontal force may not be enough."

"At that time, we will have to recruit at least ten troops to command in order to defend the newly acquired territory."

"The main thing is that you are surrounded by enemies. Once you attack, it is like a punch, and you have to prevent others from counterattacking. Unlike here on Jingdong East Road, which is a clenched fist, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Zhu Wu's views are quite brilliant.

Attacking the Hebei states and the Huaidong states is all the staff's plan.

Manpower, material resources, and territory will all increase.

But at the same time, Liangshan and Tian Qing will be exposed. , Wang Hu is in a completely different state.

The imperial court will be extremely vigilant.

The elite crusade against Fang La has been resting for nearly a year. By then, the main force of the Western Army will be the main force, with troops stationed in various places and the Beijing camp. It will not be a problem for the court to dispatch two to three hundred thousand troops.

All states are facing attacks.

The development is too fast and the lack of military strength is Liangshan's shortcomings.

The important thing is that Liangshan should follow the route of elite troops and try to defend the enemy from outside the country. It does not use the lives of the people to fill trenches, nor does it want to lose its own territory. Beat them to pieces.

The pressure is placed on the military training departments.

In a short period of time, the number of people increasing from 200,000 to 250,000 to 250,000 to 250,000 to 300,000 is a big challenge for the Military Command Department and the Military Training Department.

In fact, the root cause is Wang Lun.

Divide fields for farming, construction, mining, trade, road construction... Liangshan's main material and financial resources in recent years have been consolidating its foundation. The twelve states are prosperous.

The states and counties are becoming more and more prosperous.

If it had been done two years earlier, Half of the financial resources are used to expand the army, and Liangshan's military strength has already exceeded 300,000. The

Liangshan army has a good image, good benefits, and scary high salaries. The land allocation also takes care of the families of soldiers, including the price of the residence, taxes, and job fields. Corresponding benefits.

After all, few people can refuse this temptation.

However, Wang Lun used most of his financial resources to consolidate the foundation of internal affairs, engage in trade, and construction, and spent most of his money on the army to develop elite soldiers, soldiers and horses. It’s normal for the number of people not to increase

"It doesn't matter, just train as usual."

Wang Lun smiled slightly and signaled everyone to relax.

With Liangshan's current strength, it is still difficult to sweep across the Song Dynasty, but self-protection and counterattack are more than enough.

He has not expanded the army on a large scale. The main reason is the number of soldiers covered by skills.

From pushing forward From the camp to the Baima Yicong, the trapped camp, the Bai'er soldiers, and then to the Beifu army and the Qi family army, the combined number did not exceed 100,000.

Although many elites are quite powerful without support, after a large-scale expansion of the army, new soldiers can train to It is good to withstand the state.

Large-scale military expansion will cause many recruits to be unable to even withstand the state blessing.

This is meaningless.

But there are hundreds of thousands of veteran elites, plus hundreds of thousands of rigorously trained elites, which is enough.Wang

Lun stood up.

His eyes were cast on one side of the wall of the meeting hall.

"Hebei East Road, no, the entire Hebei Road, must be won within this year!"

Capture the Hebei Road and face the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom directly, plus the strategy in the south.

The core is on Jingdong East Road, that is, Shandong. Liangshan is equivalent to two giant pincers, one in the south and one in the north. The Song Dynasty was firmly clamped.

The main reason why it was necessary to capture Hebei Road first was because the war between Jin and Liao was advancing fiercely.

Because a lot of food, cloth and medicinal materials were obtained from the Liangshan trade, the foundation of the Jin Kingdom increased significantly. , it seems that the Liao Kingdom can still hold on for two or three years at most. Unlike the original time and space, the Liao Kingdom can still hold on for seven to eight years and nearly ten years. Time waits for no one, which is why Wang Lunhui sent out a large number of troops at the beginning of this summer..

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