The big bosses looked at the face of the youngest and couldn't help but show a hint of awe, but the outcome did not change.
With Shen Qi's perseverance, even though he was temporarily banned, he still fought resolutely.
Because he believes that going to war is not wrong.
It's just that this civil servant who can't control Cochin's rampage on the border has forgotten that Guangxi's current combat effectiveness is not satisfactory.
Long before the discussion, Huang Shang went to the military camp to inspect.
The soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty were divided into the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of soldiers were raised, and there was no retirement system for soldiers. By the time of Zhao Er, the soldiers were old and strong, and the soldiers were not uniform. Zhao Guangyi selected young and strong ones to form the elite. The remaining divisions are called the Forbidden Army, and the rest are called the Xiang Army.
Therefore, the Imperial Guards of the Northern Song Dynasty were not only the troops that guarded the capital, but many local and state capitals had Imperial Guards stationed there, especially at the borders.
Twenty-seven battalions of forbidden troops were stationed throughout Guangxi. They must have been sent to rescue Duan Yanqing.
The normal number of soldiers in each battalion is 500, which means that the total number of soldiers is only more than 13,000.
Already feel less?
No, the actual situation is much less.
Shangguan always cannot see the real situation when inspecting, and Huang Shang cannot get in touch with it, but there are people who can.
When he returned to the mansion, there were two people who had been waiting for a long time. The first one was tall, majestic and heroic. It was You Shixiong who was a disciple of Zhang Zai and was in the same class as Huang Shang.
Huang Shang showed joy: "Uncle Jing is finally here!"
You Shixiong was also very happy to meet someone from the same school, and even joked: "I can't bear it if I'm a low-ranking official!"
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Historically, after You Shixiong passed the Jinshi examination this year, he was awarded the title of Sihu of Yizhou to join the army.
Yizhou was located in Pingliang City, Gansu Province in later generations. When he went to work there, he and Zhang Zai happened to help each other.
After eight years of promotion, You Shixiong was appointed as the judge of the Qin Feng Lu Shun Army. He discussed border affairs with the generals and made many achievements to make the border trouble-free.
Later, the imperial court decided to abandon the four villages on the border. You Shixiong strongly advocated sticking to it, but his opinion was not adopted. As a result, Xixia continued to push forward, and there was no peace in the border.
Before Huang Shang came to Guangxi, he proposed to Zhao Shu and transferred You Shixiong to the military judge of Yongzhou, using his hands to rectify military affairs and check for vacancies.
Not only him, when Huang Shang entered the main hall, he also saw Master Zhong standing up and saluting with a smile.
The Zhong family attaches great importance to the leader of the Three Yuan Dynasty, but Zhong Shidao has no fame and is temporarily a staff member.
Zhang Zai's Iron Triangle gathered in Guangxi to fight.
"There are only 5,000 Imperial Guards left on Guangnan West Road? Is the deficit so serious?"
The three of them took their seats. When You Shixiong and Zhongshi Daojiang revealed the situation of their secret investigation, Huang Shang was shocked.
You Shixiong had actually left a long time ago. The reason why he came to see Huang Shang now was to investigate the true situation of Guangxi's military strength.
In today's Song Dynasty, it has become extremely common for the army to eat empty pay and drink soldiers' blood.
If the quota is full, these four words are a joke.
Huang Shang's hometown, many states on Jinghu South Road, have 50% short-term wages.
That is exaggerated enough, and Guangnan West Road has reached an absurd level. Some camps even have less than 200 people, and their pay reaches 70%!
Zhong Shidao explained: "This is not because the Forbidden Army has become corrupted to this point, but because it is unaccustomed to the climate. If the northerners are stationed here, when they go back, the ten Forbidden Army often cannot return half of it. Therefore, the Forbidden Army is afraid of the two Guangxi like tigers, and they call the Jinghu area If you are seriously ill, find a nearby state or county to recuperate."
Huang Shang asked: "The superiors don't care?"
You Shixiong smiled bitterly: "The princes in the court probably know about it, but this kind of thing is just allowed to pass by, and it will be difficult for anyone to handle it if it breaks out."
As luck would have it, You Shixiong was still relatively young. Originally, this assignment was not easy, but it was only possible because this was Guangxi.
There were too many officials in other parts of the Song Dynasty, and the number of officials was extremely bloated. When it came to Guangdong, Guangxi, and Lingnan, no one wanted to come, especially the Jinshi with a bright future.
Since military strength was mentioned, Huang Shang took the opportunity to ask for advice.
You Shixiong has been traveling and studying for many years. He belongs to a family of Taoist generals and has access to a lot of news.
At this time, Huang Shang realized how exaggerated the degree of corruption of the Song Dynasty army was.
Decades ago, the strength of an army could be intuitively reflected by its number of people.
The more elite the army, the smaller the proportion of vacant positions.
If it is an elite force with strong generals, then basically only 10% of the vacancies will be available, which means there are about 450 people in one battalion.
Beyond this number, only the Upper Fourth Army in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.
But now, it is useless to look at the number of people. After decades of no war, the imperial army in the Beijing camp has become rotten.
That's really bad, not acclimatized.
"Nowadays, the Song Dynasty is said to have millions, but the real elites who can fight are only more than 200,000, with Shaanxi being the most elite!"
After Huang Shang calculated this, he felt shocked and couldn't help but shake his head.
Not only cowardly, but also weak.
If you don't change, you are waiting for death.
Fortunately, the Liao Kingdom and Xixia are not doing well now. The situation of all countries in the world is not to compare who is stronger, but to compare who is weaker.
When foreign enemies become stronger, such as when the Jurchens rise, everyone will be doomed.
Huang Shang knew that this issue should be dealt with slowly.
"Reform is essential, but Wang Anshi is too idealistic. I have to make adjustments!"
Huang Shang had an idea in his mind.
After the first batch of reincarnations left, the extra time of more than twenty years could be used to strengthen the Song Dynasty.
Regarding Wang Anshi's reform, many people from the Southern Song Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty adopted a critical attitude, believing that Wang Anshi's rebellion disrupted the laws of his ancestors, harmed the country and the people, and was responsible for the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Before Huang Shang came to this dynasty, he really didn't know who was right and who was wrong.
But as far as we can see so far, the Northern Song Dynasty was to blame for the collapse of the country.
Wang Anshi is an idealist. Many of his changes are indeed ahead of his time and somewhat unrealistic. He is eager for quick success and quick gain, but it fits that sentence.
I took too big a step and hit my balls.
But if you say that the Northern Song Dynasty collapsed because of his reforms, then you can’t do that!
The current situation in the Northern Song Dynasty is roughly that a person is seriously ill in the body and looks fat. In fact, he is strong on the outside and dry on the inside. There are several evil men around who are eyeing you with knives and want to chop you. Although they are different in height, short, fat and thin, but
They are all threats.
In this situation, if you still hope to live in a muddle-headed manner without thinking about change, if you don’t subjugate the country, who will subjugate it?
This is not alarmist talk. The top officials of Guangxi, who were eager to quell the chaos in Dali and made military exploits, were met with a bolt from the blue the next day.
They sent ten battalions of forbidden troops to the border of Luodian to defeat the rebels and welcome the prince. The result...
Miserable failure.
Without even seeing Duan Yanqing's face, thousands of forbidden troops were divided and severely wounded by the Dali rebels who had already ambushed them, and they fled separately.
Several of the commanders of the Forbidden Army were killed on the spot, but Shen Qi, the leader of the army, fought his way out of the encirclement despite the desperate efforts from the left and right, led the remaining soldiers to defeat, and fled back to Guangxi.
At the border of Yongzhou, Huang Shang came to meet him. Seeing Shen Qi covered in blood, his brows moved slightly.
There is something wrong with this number two man from Guangxi who escaped!
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Domestic in Dali.
"Hurry up! There is no replay of this, we can't miss it!"
Xiahui cut a melon from the Western Regions and handed a piece to the Taoist priest.
"Yeah, sweet!"
The Taoist priest took it and took a bite gracefully, without taking his eyes off the mirror.
They are also completing their tasks and earning rewards, but reincarnators also have to have time to rest. They cannot stretch their muscles all the time, otherwise they would have collapsed long ago.
So in their free time, the two of them sat in front of the mirror and watched this large-scale period drama "The Wise Man" which combines elements of fantasy, horror, thriller, suspense, ethics, and comedy, with no peeing throughout!