Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 68 Time flies
In the first one or two days, some of the seventeen people might look down on Zhao Xin.

You are especially like Zhao Xun, who has great talent in military strategy but has nowhere to vent it.

of course!

This situation will slowly begin to change in just three to five days instead of three to five months.

after all……

Zhao Xin is a person with his own ideas.

Just based on his behavior over the past three to five days, it was enough to slowly convince these seventeen people.

If all seventeen people were reduced to the same age as Zhao Xin.

Then there is no doubt that at this time Zhao Xin has already become the king among the children.

Wherever he wants to go, others will follow him at all costs.

It took me ten days to finish the "Introduction to Military Affairs", which just gave me a rough idea of ​​how wars are fought. Next, I have to add some theoretical courses.

Things like "The Art of War" are all included in it.

But to be honest, grandson is too far away from us now, so it can only be said that it is not very practical. If we want to learn quickly, we still have to explain it in a practical way and with examples.

But...just use it for now.

Then, Zhao Xin arranged for Zhao Xun to read an article to them early in the morning every day.

After reading it, we analyzed it word by word together.

Then have someone copy down the 'key points' and give each of the seventeen people a copy.

For example, you can:
'Sun Tzu said: "War is a matter of great importance to a state, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction, and one that must be carefully considered.'

Zhao Xin's comment was: "It's just nonsense. Just delete it, or change it to... The war must be fought at any time!"

Another example:

'Sun Tzu said: There are five ways to attack with fire: one is to burn people, two is to burn accumulation, three is to burn carriages, four is to burn storehouses, and five is to burn troops. There must be a reason for starting a fire, and fireworks must be prepared. There is a time to start a fire, and a day to start a fire.'

Zhao Xin's comment was: "The fire man, fire storage, fire cart, fire storehouse, and fire team are still useful. You must remember them all. Write them down in your mind. As for the last four sentences, they are all nonsense. Don't you know whether it can be burned or not? Do you still need him to teach you? As for the latter part that says there must be wind, you all know it with your brains. If you want the fire to burn fiercely, it is best to have wind! Then the question is, do you know what kind of wind blows in what season?"

"…If you don't know, go ask the locals! Or go and blow it yourself. Blow it for a summer and you'll know."

Zhao Xun was a Confucian general after all. To be honest, Zhao Xun did not recommend Zhao Xin to be so brief and even dismissive of the classics of the sages.

In private, Zhao Xun mentioned this matter to Zhao Xin.

Zhao Xin also replied: "Of these seventeen people, except for you, the other sixteen are all rough guys. How can they remember what this grandson said? It's good to be a little vulgar like this."

Zhao Xun also asked: "Does the Duke of Shou intend to train them all to be generals?"

Zhao Xin said, "Let them see for themselves. Actually, I need to broaden my horizons. Anyway... they are sitting like this, so I will take them to learn together. After all... there is no harm in learning more."

The sixteen people here...

I think this way of learning is very good.

mainly……

It doesn't require much brainpower.

and……

They also felt that what Shou Guogong said was very vivid and interesting.

I used to think that studying was very difficult, but after learning this way, I feel that studying is not that difficult a thing.

May.

Have classes in the morning and make sand table models in the afternoon.

June.

I go to class in the morning and go out to inspect the terrain around Kaifeng in the afternoon.

To be honest, even Zhao Zhen was not very supportive of leaving the palace.

But there is no way!
How can you learn military tactics if you’re not allowed to leave the palace?

A very important point in military strategy is to consider the terrain.

So... Zhao Xin asked them to take Tokyo City as their target and think carefully about how they would take over Tokyo City.

cough!
To some extent, this is already a taboo.

Zhao Xin’s idea is a bit too scary.

Zhao Xin said: "Just think of it as looking for loopholes in Tokyo City."

If we hadn't brought in siege equipment and had used real weapons, it might have been a little scary.

Zhao Xin even wanted to make the siege equipment and try it out himself.

after all……

There is still a big gap between just looking and visually observing and actually operating it.

It took more than ten days to circle Tokyo City and simulate the scene of attacking various gates of Tokyo City. All I can say is... since it cannot be tested in reality, we can only continue to talk about it on paper.

finally……

The initial answer that everyone came up with was that as long as the defenders in the city had morale problems, it would be relatively difficult to capture a city that was surrounded by water on all sides and also had Yangma City.

of course!

It cannot be said that there is absolutely no possibility of breaking through.

This mainly depends on what kind of siege equipment the attacking side has and what level of loss they can accept.

War is not a game.

Once the elite troops die, they are dead. Moreover, it will take a lot of time to train a new batch of elite troops.

go back……

Zhao Xun was asked to bring sixteen people to build a model of the entire Tokyo city.

In the eyes of Zhao Xun and others, Zhao Xin was so unfilial that he even wanted to attack his own city.

But in Zhao Xin's view, he was just guarding against the future southward advance of the Jin army.

and……

This is reasonable. In terms of freight, especially shipping and economy, Tokyo City is really impeccable. But when it comes to war...

But in fact, the defense of this city has done the best it can.

Whether or not we can defend this city depends on people's hearts.

and so……

Zhao Xin directly assigned all seventeen people to guard the city, and then gave them homework, asking them how they would defend if they were asked to do so.
When Zhao Xin needed to go see his teacher or meet with the Jinyiwei, Zhao Xin would give them a day off, but they had to complete their homework.

Zhao Xun then had another problem!
Because as a subject, you should not think about these things. If you think about these things, it is equivalent to thinking about how to rebel in the future.

to this end……

Zhao Xun also said to Zhao Xin again: "Duke Shou, I think this is inappropriate."

Zhao Xin asked, "Why is it inappropriate?"

Zhao Xun said: "It is inappropriate for the Duke of Shou to let everyone simulate how to attack the city. If they are so familiar with Dongjing City, if something unexpected happens in the future... even if they run to the enemy side, it will be a very difficult matter."

Zhao Xin said, "Why do we need to be so cautious? Besides, the city is already here. Anyone with eyesight can see where it is difficult to attack and where it is easy to defend. There is no need to use any conspiracy or tricks. To capture such a city, what really matters is the people's hearts and your loyalty!"

"Your loyalty is this city's greatest reliance!"

"If someone really betrayed the enemy, it is definitely because I didn't do a good enough job."

"This country is gone, and that's it. What's there to regret?"

Zhao Xun stared at Zhao Xin with wide eyes.

But Zhao Xun still had to say, "Duke Shou, this country is not yours yet."

Zhao Xin: “…”

Zhao Xin really wanted to circle and cross Zhao Xun.

(End of this chapter)