"For a general, you can only have the battlefield in your eyes, and you can only think about how to defeat the enemy, but to truly become the commander in charge, you must know that to win a battle, the strategy of war is important, but it is even more important. , But still something outside the battlefield."
Liu Zifang's whole body shook, as if faintly understood something, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Kuangyin, revealing a thoughtful look.
Zhao Kuangyin saw his reaction in his eyes, and he could not help but nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, sometimes wars require more than military morale, and more than bloody battles on the battlefield. In wars, sometimes it is the overall situation of the court and sometimes it is grain and grass. Military salary, as a general, you can only keep your eyes on the battlefield in front of you. You can just think about how to win. However, if you want to be a great man like Yue Fei and Liu Qi, then you have to listen and watch. , There are more and more things to consider, just like now!"
"In front of you?" Liu Zifang heard what Zhao Kuangyin said, every word, every word, he was talking about things that he had originally faintly noticed in his heart, but he had always thought about it, and he couldn't help but feel like a pot of tea for a while, but he was in a cold sweat.
"Yes, in front of me", Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly: "The current round is not about the victory or defeat of the moment, but even about the safety of our Da Song and the billions of billions of people in the north. There are many things involved in it. You If you don’t understand for a while, you can think slowly and watch slowly, but only in terms of the plan you mentioned just now, it is unrealistic. If you really follow your words, I am afraid that our army will not be able to escape and fall. The Jurchen Iron Cavalry took advantage of the opening of the pass, and it was possible to shake the Song Guoben. Do you understand now?"
"Yes", Liu Zifang raised his head, already sweating profusely: "The Garrison and the nearby army led by several generals have their own duties and supervisors. Some belong to the department of local management, some belong to the department of local management and management. Jing Si is under direct control. Although the sacred decree can adjust any army of the Song Dynasty, the various ministries are not unified. Even if they are ordered to move immediately, it is difficult to move like arms and palms, and they must be synchronized. There is procrastination and confusion, and although the Jurchen army has become a frightening bird, its overall strength has not been lost. As long as they are allowed to look at the emptiness, or even ascertain the reality, they can not only take the opportunity to get out of trouble, but they may also be angry. Counterattack, this is close to the garrison, it is full of pawns, and it is inconvenient to move and defend. Once... Once... The fruit is unimaginable, the final... The final is really too reckless!"
Zhao Kuangyin nodded lightly, but said in his mouth: "This is just one of them."
"One of them?" Liu Zifang frowned: "Finally, I will be so stupid, please tell me your majesty!"
Zhao Kuangyin smiled lightly, his eyes moved to those soldiers of the Song Army who were lying deep in the valley, as if they had melted into the space between the heavens and the earth, and said leisurely: "You think I will be in the army this time. Fifty airstrikes against the Jurchen army vanguard, and then with such a weak army, especially to separate the army into two ways, to lure the enemy into deep, it can be said that starting from the beginning, it deliberately took the dangerous road, but for what?"
Liu Zifang was stunned. Zhao Kuangyin used the emperor’s honor this time, but almost all he did was a dangerous move with his life. Although the generals who had been in the army for a long time were also one of them, they were dumbfounded, but the facts also proved it. The emperor's marshal's strategizing, tactics and tactics, step by step, there is nothing missing, but they have long since turned from surprise to admiration.
Self-employment, with the right combination, with a surprise victory, the facts have now proved that the emperor's military strategy is indeed an exhaustive strategy. Under such a situation of such a disparity between the strengths and the weak, the dangers are used to win. , It is not a strange thing, so when he heard Zhao Kuangyin's question for the first time, he couldn't help but was taken aback.
It's just that he now vaguely knows that the emperor's commander seems to be deliberately teaching his own strategy of war tonight. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized his mind and raised his head, but his face was already stunned: "So..."
"Not bad", Zhao Kuangyin nodded and smiled: "I am going dangerously this time. Although it is a strategy based on the time and situation, I want to see how the quality of these sergeants is, and what is the limit of these sergeants. where."
He raised his head, looked at the vast valley, and said with a faint smile: "Although you are born in the army, you should have heard stories about soldiers on paper. In the past, Zhao Kuo was very good at war strategy. I have read several of his conspiracy theories. There are many conspiracies, not all the incompetent people in the legend, but once they really face the enemy, they will be elbows and chaos everywhere. The fundamental reason is that he only knows the art of war, but does not know how to use it. "
"To be able to plan tactics and defeat the enemy with ingenious schemes is certainly for the purpose of success. However, no matter how detailed the plan, no matter how high the tactics, and the various arrangements, after all, each sergeant needs to execute it, and any mistakes in between are It may make the overall plan, do everything possible, and even change hands in an instant. It is also a matter of course."
Although Liu Zifang had faintly guessed it in his heart, it was not as clear as what Zhao Kuangyin said.
Zhao Kuangyin was independent, and he thought of many things in his heart.
He is the emperor of the bow horse. He rose from the sword and spear forest. He knew that the most important thing in the use of soldiers was not how to make suggestions, but how to control the soldiers.
Fighting is like chess. The battlefield is a big chessboard. The soldiers of the two armies should naturally be chess pieces.
However, the problem lies in the fact that sergeants are not just chess pieces. In theory, they should be ordered and prohibited by the army, but no one can deny it. At the same time, they are one after another with flesh and blood. They Either cowardly, or brave, or astute, or Luton, and their understanding of each point of the generals' orders, and every difference in execution may affect the entire battle.
A true commander must be able to use his talents to the best of his ability, divide different duties according to the different characteristics of the sergeants, and be able to understand how to control, and train all sergeants into an arm-like iron army in accordance with the required rules. .
In the past, famous generals in the past also knew how to constrain and organize according to the characteristics of sergeants in different regions. Kansai Han and Shandong have their own styles of ruling the army. But this way, it is possible to make a tacit understanding between generals and soldiers. , But in this way, it is easy to make the mutual dependence between the generals and the sergeants under the account too much. Once the generals are changed, they are replaced by some soldiers, or the sergeants are replaced by the generals of the generals. There must be a process of re-adaptation and re-adaptation, with a slight deviation in the meantime, it is often an invincible iron army, but its combat power is completely wiped out, instead, it becomes a weak army.
And if the generals are allowed to lead the soldiers under him for a long time, one general will eventually grow old, which is not good for generations, and the second will rule the army for a long time. It is easy to rule the sergeant only knowing that there are generals and not knowing that there are kings, as in the late Tang A large part of the chaos in Fanzhen was caused by this.
Zhao Kuangyin was born in the army, and he knew all the drawbacks of this situation. So after he established the capital and established the country, he set up his own system, pragmatically and impermanently general, the impermanence of the soldiers, his original intention was to let him The generals under the rule can adapt to sergeants of different characteristics and regions, and those sergeants can also adapt to the different styles of control of different generals. It is a pity that the military hastily, he has not had time to explain this meaning. , And the king of later generations inherited his system, but he only thought that this was one of the king’s intentions to guard against military generals. Zhao Kuangyin’s original intention was that these generals and sergeants of different styles should be trained and regulated by themselves. The prince was precautionary, but every time he saw that the tacit understanding between these generals and the sergeant under the rule was about to be achieved, he hurriedly moved them away. At the time of the enemy, instead of being able to unite and cope freely, communication was not smooth and chaotic. Before the enemy had hit, most of them were already in chaos.