Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 277 Military Name: Jingsai!
Zhe Keshi straightened his clothes, then reached out and knocked gently.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

There was a soft knock on the door.

A gentle voice came from inside: "Come in."

Zhe Keshi gently pushed the door open, and immediately a strong smell of books hit him in the face (well, the smell of ink was stronger in this era), and what caught his eyes were layers of stacked books, which were because they could not fit on the bookshelf and had to be stacked on the ground.

Zhe Keshi couldn't help but be amazed.

He had moved here from Suide Army with Su Yun before, and there were quite a few books there at that time. But how long has it been since he came to Yanzhou, and how many books have he added?
Su Yun smiled and said, "We have to train these days. I am organizing the training plan, so I need to refer to many books. I don't need to read all of them. I only need to pick out the ones I need, so don't be scared."

Zhe Keshi looked towards Su Yun in the direction of the voice. Su Yun's desk was placed in front of the window. The morning sun from outside shone in, covering Su Yun, who was wearing a long shirt. The autumn sun was gentle and not hot, giving Su Yun a golden edge.

He is truly a divine figure.

Zhe Keshi praised in his heart, and then hurriedly said: "My husband is indeed a first-class scholar in the world. Although I boast that I have been studying since I was young, I am thousands of miles behind you."

Su Yun stood up and said with a smile, "How can you compare like that? Every profession has its own specialties. You have something you are good at. Come on, Zunzheng, take a look at the training manual I compiled and see if there is anything that needs to be revised."

Zhe Keshi quickly took the thick bound manuscript that Su Yun handed over, and it actually felt a bit heavy in his hand.

Zhe Keshi apologized, then began to read quickly under the sun. His reading speed was a little slow at first, but it got faster and faster as time went on. He finished reading the thick manuscript in less than half an hour. After finishing it, he looked a little confused.

Su Yun put down the book and said with a smile, "What do you think? Tell me."

Zhe Keshi smiled bitterly and said, "This is not what I imagined. I have fought side by side with the Qiying Camp before. I thought what they showed must have been trained with extraordinary methods, but I didn't expect it to be so simple."

Su Yun laughed and said, "I modified this training manual based on our military training manual, and I'm sure you've figured it out.

In fact, our Song Dynasty army has so many talented people, and the army's training methods have been passed down from generation to generation since the Han and Tang Dynasties, so training is just like this, and the military training manual has long been made foolproof.

At a time when there is no breakthrough in the development of this type of military equipment, this training manual is already the pinnacle of cold weapons, so even I can't bear to change it too much, and of course, I don't have the ability to change it too much.

This is also the truth I realized after I really went to the battlefield and fought large-scale corps battles recently. In the past, I always wanted to win by surprise, but in fact, when it comes to real battles, ha, it is far from the time to compete with talent!"

Seeing that Zhe Keshi was puzzled, Su Yun explained, "I found that this world is just a huge makeshift team. Our Song army is weak, but I think the Xixia army is not strong either. I think the Liao army is similar..."

Su Yun smiled and shook his head, "...Yes, our Song Dynasty is not well-prepared, the best defense line is not occupied, and there is also a problem with the system of using civil power to control military power. But I am really surprised that the army is so weak."

Zhe Keshi suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Su Yun was merciless and said, "The Song Dynasty has the best weapons, the most abundant logistics and fodder, and the best manpower. Even if it lacks horses, can't it really form a cavalry team that can compete with them?
Well, let's take a step back and pretend that there is no such thing. If we use infantry to fight against cavalry, does that mean we will definitely lose?"

Zhe Keshi wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start. After all, the man in front of him was not just a scholar, but a brave general!

Well, he is qualified to say that.

Su Yun looked at Zhe Keshi's expression and said with a smile, "Don't you have any other ideas about the training manual?"

Zhe Keshi said quickly: "I can see something different, but I haven't figured out the benefits of doing this.

You were able to modify the military drill manual, revised some details, and also proposed a general direction, which is to build a learning army with ideals, discipline, and combat effectiveness.

This is mainly reflected in four aspects: first, literacy throughout the army, so that all soldiers can at least do basic reading;

The second is continuous improvement in business. This requires both soldiers and generals to continuously learn and improve the various technical essentials of their arms. For example, cavalry must be proficient in riding, archery, carbine, horse maintenance, etc.

For example, a squad leader must learn how to manage soldiers on a daily basis, command squad operations during war, boost morale before battle, and so on.

This business even includes medical soldiers, logistics soldiers, cooks, etc., who all need to be improved.

Third, we must continuously promote the improvement of military discipline and build an army with strict military discipline;

Fourth, we need to create an atmosphere of good summarization, sharing, and competition throughout the army, so we need to institutionalize military competitions and military performances! "

Su Yun nodded and said, "What's not clear?"

Zhe Keshi smiled bitterly and said: "If these things can be done, it would be good, but it is very difficult.

For example, regarding the issue of literacy among the entire army, there are not many literate people in our army. Even the captains may not be able to read, let alone ordinary soldiers?

Moreover, even if the soldiers can read, so what? They just follow orders and fight. What does literacy have to do with their combat effectiveness?"

Zhe Keshi's suspicion did not surprise Su Yun. In fact, even in later generations, there were still people who held this view.

Su Yun smiled and said, "A combat-ready army must be an army that loves to learn. Learning ability is survival ability and combat ability.

An army without culture is a stupid army, and a stupid army cannot defeat the enemy.

I think you will feel the charm of these in the days to come.”

Zhe Keshi was skeptical, but he did not oppose Su Yun's approach. Instead, he was very determined to implement the training manual compiled by Su Yun.

Su Yun conducted a large-scale selection from the imperial guards, wing troops and Qiang troops in Fuyan Road and picked out more than 10,000 people. These 10,000 people will be eliminated in the next first stage until only 8,000 people are left.

Sixteen battalion commanders, eighty captains, and the rest were selected from the eight hundred Qiying battalion cavalrymen to form a large-scale training regiment. Zhe Keshi and Wang Shunchen were the chief and deputy chiefs of the training regiment, and Xu Jin, Qiying, Lu Song, Sun Rui and others each led an army.

Su Yun organized three classes in the army.

A literacy class is aimed at all illiterate people in the army, including soldiers and team leaders. The basic requirement for the captains is to be literate.

The literacy class requires that students spend about a year to complete a literacy rate of 800 words and acquire basic reading skills.

The second class is called the Basic Command Class, and the courses include "Basic Knowledge of Squad Command" (this is for team leaders);

"Basic Knowledge of Commanding a Battalion" (this is for the Dutou), and there is also "The Art of Commanding a Battalion" for the battalion commanders.

The basics of squad command were taught by several experienced captains, while the courses for battalion commanders were taught by Wang Shunchen, Zhe Keshi and others.

There are also advanced classes for middle and senior officers above the rank of battalion commander. Courses include "Combat Command of Small Troops", "Combat Command of Large Troops", and "Logistics Work in Combat of Large Troops". They are taught by Su Yun, Zhe Keshi, Qi Keyong, Wang Shunchen and others.

A special daily discipline inspection team is also set up to monitor dormitory hygiene, personal hygiene, dress requirements and various disciplines.

There is a bonfire party every night, which is a special event for unifying thoughts.

These are considered to be relatively special things in the Western Army. As for drills, they are carried out strictly in accordance with the drill manual.

Su Yun named this cavalry unit Jingsai Army and expressed his high hopes for it.

The so-called Jingsai Army was a famous and elite cavalry of the Song Dynasty in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. This cavalry, which originated from a ragtag army, once defeated the Tielin heavy cavalry of the Liao Dynasty.

The Jingsai Army was originally just a garrison in the Yizhou area.

Yizhou is located on the front line between Song and Liao. It has horses and its people are brave and fearless, making it a powerful enemy.

The Liao army at that time had only "one regular soldier per army and three horses", but the Jingsai army was better equipped than the Liao army despite this background.

After the Yongxi Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty's elite troops such as the Longwei Army were almost completely lost, while the Jingsai Army became the elite of the Song Army.

One of the most famous battles in which this Jingsai Army participated was the Battle of Tanghe in the first year of Duangong.

At that time, Li Jilian and Yuan Jizhong ordered the Jingsai Army to "attack the front first" and split the Liao Army's heavy cavalry units, which outnumbered the Song Army. Then the entire army pressed forward and defeated the Liao Army. Yelu Xiu'ge had to retreat to Caohe River. In this battle, the Song Army "beheaded 5,000 people and captured 10,000 horses."

In the subsequent Battle of Xuhe, Yin Jilin commanded the Song army to launch a surprise attack with lightly armed troops, and the Liao army immediately fell into chaos.

However, the Liao army was well-trained after all. If the Song army waited for the Liao army to react and launch a counterattack, the Song army would definitely be defeated.

At this time, the Jingsai Army, under the command of Li Jilian, took advantage of the chaos of the Liao Army and attacked the Liao Army from both sides together with Yin Jilian.

In the end, although the Liao army escaped with the advantage of cavalry, it still lost 5,000 men.

However, because the cost of cavalry was extremely high, the cost of supporting one cavalryman could support five infantrymen. Therefore, the Song army did not focus on developing cavalry and eventually lost the initiative in attack.

Therefore, the Jingsai Army, a famous cavalry of the Song Dynasty, gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

Su Yun named this cavalry unit Jingsai Army, which shows his high hopes for it.

Just as the Jingsai army was training intensively, the Western Xia and Liao envoys finally arrived in Yanzhou. However, they looked very miserable. Among the two delegations with more than a thousand people, there was not a single horse. Even the Western Xia prince Li Binglin and the Liao prince Yelu Ziming could only ride mules.

The gate guards of Yanzhou did not even believe that this was an embassy and asked the embassies of the two countries to produce letters of credence before they were allowed to enter.

Li Binglin and Yelu Ziming were treated like this, their faces turned pale with anger, but they did not dare to be arrogant after all, and they obediently lived in the houses arranged by Yanzhou. The houses were very simple. Although they were located in the northwest and not damp, they were narrow and dark, which almost made the two of them angry. The soldiers under them cursed loudly, and some even complained that the two commanders were incompetent.

Li Binglin and Yelu Ziming were not the kind of people who would tolerate being bullied, so they simply arrested the people who complained and whipped them, causing even more complaints among the delegation.

What made the two men even more angry was that they had been in Yanzhou City for two days, but Su Yun, the governor of Fuyan Road, was nowhere to be seen. Even the important generals did not show up. Only the civil officials of Yanzhou were entertaining them.

It couldn't really be called a hospitality. They would only come over to show some courtesy when Li Binglin and the other man came to look for them.

On the third day, Yelu Ziming finally couldn't bear it anymore and found Li Binglin and said, "It seems that Su Yun really doesn't want to negotiate. I'm afraid our expectations will be dashed."

Li Binglin's face turned pale. Before he set out, Empress Dowager Liang and Prime Minister Liang Yimei specially summoned him and told him to promote peace talks on this trip and to buy time for Western Xia to recuperate.

He was also promised that if he could bring about peace talks, it would be counted as a merit for him. Even if he had to give up the annual tribute, as long as Yinzhou could be saved, the rest could be abandoned. He could wait until he had recovered his breath and then take it back.

Liang Yimai also threatened him privately that if they could not reach an agreement, he, the so-called prince, would never have a chance to make a name for himself again.

Li Binglin couldn't help but feel extremely regretful at this moment. He shouldn't have thought about making great achievements when he was in Bian Jing. He had to keep the annual tribute and wanted to take back the lost land. The emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty could not accept this, so they pushed him to Yanzhou.

The current predicament is all my own fault!
However, Li Binglin still insisted, "Brother Yelu, don't worry. Su Yun is just holding on. I have roughly guessed what he is thinking. He first took away our horses twice, not to humiliate us, but to give us a warning, just to give us a false impression: he does not want to negotiate.

But in fact, the Song Dynasty was also exhausted. After the defeat of Yongle City, they no longer had the ability to launch another large-scale war.

So, this was one of his strategies. Facing the coercion from our two countries, he wanted to abolish the annual tribute, but also wanted to keep the territory he occupied. Therefore, he deliberately pretended to be a crude and greedy military general, wanting us to think that he did not want to negotiate.

Haha, how could a top scholar, a master of classics, and a rare military genius be so vulgar? So, he is just pretending!"

ps: My baby has had a fever for two days, so I had to take him to the hospital to see a doctor today. I started writing after he came back, so there are only 4,000 words today. I will update as usual tomorrow!

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