Chapter 180: Hundred Thousand Army Killed Liangshan

Since he has become the commander of the war, he naturally has to meet the 100,000 soldiers under his command.

In fact, the total strength of the Song Dynasty's army was quite considerable. It was second only to the Ming Dynasty in all dynasties. At its peak, the total number of Song Dynasty's army reached more than 1.8 million. Among them, there were more than 800,000 imperial guards.

The Song Dynasty's army was divided into imperial guards, wing troops, rural troops and foreign troops. Among them, the imperial guards were the main field troops of the Song Dynasty. The number of imperial guards continued to increase. When the Song Dynasty was just established, the total number of imperial guards was less than 200,000. The imperial guards during this period were indeed brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions to the Song Dynasty's unification of the whole country. Please note that the predecessor of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards was the imperial guards of the Later Zhou Dynasty. After the Later Zhou emperor Chai Rong established the imperial guards, he achieved a series of victories. For example, he successively attacked the Southern Tang and Later Shu, seized 14 states in Jiangbei of the Southern Tang, etc.

The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were divided into: army (large army), xiang, army (small army), command, etc. Each had 100 people, similar to the modern company commander. Wu Song once served as Dutou, and 100 people were able to be the xiang army or the village army. Five of them formed a commander, about 500 people, and five commands formed a small army, with about 2,500 people in a small army.

The imperial guards are divided into the upper army, the central army, the lower army, and the "Pangri, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei". The four armies are the upper army, which are commonly known as the "Shangshi Army". They are the most elite troops among the imperial guards. They are mainly stationed in the capital, and only a small number are stationed in nearby prefectures and counties.

Although the upper Fourth Army is all elite, it has a small number of troops. According to the organization, the total strength of one army is 50,000, and the four armies should have 200,000 troops.

But the total strength of the Shang Fourth Army now is 80,000, which is considered too much.

Since it was the most elite force, the Song Dynasty's requirement was to be short of nothing than to be too bad. Therefore, none of these four armies were full, and the shortage was severe, and the total strength was less than half of the standard of the imperial guards.

According to Zhao Ji's order, the high-ranking officials were able to command 20,000 troops to support the Japanese army, plus 80,000 troops formed by the central army and the lower army, a total of 100,000 troops to attack Liangshan.

Fortunately, Ximen Qing, as the commander of the infantry commander, was the commander of the Imperial Army Infantry Division. In the past few months, the high-ranking officials have been training the group of people under their command, and now they can take these people to attack Liangshan.

Time flies in a blink of an eye, and three days pass soon.

During this period, the imperial guards in Bianliang City had almost been dispatched.

During this expedition, Ximen Qinghui led 100,000 imperial troops to set off. After arriving in Jeju, Jeju and surrounding prefectures and counties dispatched another 50,000 troops, and a total of 150,000 troops jointly fought against Liangshan.

As Gao Qiu and Tong Guan said, Liangshan is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Without heavy troops and no numerical advantage, it is indeed difficult to defeat.

Since he served as the marshal of the army in this siege, Chu Yuan will be fully prepared.

At noon, the official led Yang Zhi and others to the campground of the army.

This is the gathering place for the army to set off.

However, when Ximen Qing arrived at the school ground, he found that among the 100,000 imperial guards, many of them were still talking and laughing, and did not look like they were in the army at all.

Some even sat on the ground in disheveled clothes. Seeing this scene, Ximen Qing couldn't help but frowned.

In this era, the Song Dynasty was undoubtedly the richest country in the world. It can be said that no matter whether it is the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, or the Dali, or the Xixia Kingdom, the economy is not even a son in front of the Song Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that the economy of the whole world can barely reach one-quarter of that of the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, compared with the economic strength of the Song Dynasty, the military strength of the Song Dynasty was the same.

It can be said that the stronger the economic strength of the Song Dynasty, the weaker its military strength.

At this moment, as long as any country dares to fight, the Song Dynasty may not be able to fight.

There are now three countries that pay tribute to the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom and the Western Xia Kingdom.

Of course, Xixia is also very weak now, but no matter how weak it is, the Song Dynasty is unwilling to fight and would rather spend money to buy peace.

The fundamental reason for this phenomenon is naturally the national policy that Zhao Kuangyin left behind.

In order to prevent future generations from rebelling, Comrade Lao Zhao tried to mess with the group of generals.

Not only is he inferior to civil officials in terms of status, but the most important thing is that every military general can only stay in the military camp.

As soon as his term expires, he will be transferred away immediately.

It can be said that most generals have to linger in various places throughout their lives, and it is difficult to stay in one place for the rest of their lives.

The term of one term is only a few years. In many cases, those generals have no place to know the soldiers under their command, so they immediately run to another place to become generals.

Doing so can ensure that the generals cannot rebel to the greatest extent.

This also caused the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to have low combat effectiveness, and generals did not know their soldiers, soldiers did not know their generals, and sometimes even fought, they didn't know who they should listen to.

This is still good. What’s more serious is that when fighting, the generals have no autonomy and their rights lies with the military supervisor.

The military supervisor is usually eunuchs or civil servants. Although this is to prevent the general from gaining troops, he missed many opportunities.

What's even more nonsense is that if you win, the military supervisor will lose, and the general will take the blame.

Therefore, there are few generals who can fight now.

It can be said that whenever an enemy country invades, the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty thought about the first time, not how to repel the enemy, but how much money it would cost to send those enemies away.

Why fight for things that can be solved with money?

This is the current attitude of the Song Dynasty court.

Of course, it is all for outsiders. When it comes to internal affairs, Song Dynasty is still very firm, that is, to fight.

Those who made the Zhao family rebelled like Liangshan were determined to be beaten to death.

If you kill, you will be welcome and find a way to kill him again.

Ximen Qing looked at the situation in the school grounds and said nothing more. He just said with a plain expression: "Beat the drum and click the soldiers!"

"yes!"

The next moment, a soldier will act as he ordered.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!"

The sound of the war drums quickly resounded throughout the school ground.

Ximen Qing stood on the stage, while Yang Zhi was standing on both sides of them with his people.

About a quarter of an hour later, all the soldiers were already here.

No one is a fool, and he will be a thorn at this time.

Those with backs will not come at all, and those without background will not dare to jump around.

Ximen Qing nodded with satisfaction, then raised Fang Tian Hua Ji high and said loudly: "The whole army listened to my orders and set off immediately to conquer Liangshan!"

After saying that, he rode his horse forward!

And behind him, 50,000 cavalry followed closely, looking so magnificent.

...

Six hundred miles southeast of Bianliang, an army of more than 100,000 people was moving on the official road like a long dragon.

At the forefront of the army was a majestic young man wearing golden armor and red robe. On his left and right, soldiers held high three red flags.

They are the Yellow Banner of the Song Dynasty, the Imperial Army Banner and the Ximen Banner of Ximen Qing.

This is the 100,000 imperial guards under Commander Ximen Qing.

"General, fifty miles ahead is Dongping Prefecture.

One hundred and fifty miles east of Dongping Prefecture is Liangshanpo."

In fact, the total strength of the Song Dynasty's army was quite considerable. It was second only to the Ming Dynasty in all dynasties. At its peak, the total number of Song Dynasty's army reached more than 1.8 million. Among them, there were more than 800,000 imperial guards.

The Song Dynasty's army was divided into imperial guards, wing troops, rural troops and foreign troops. Among them, the imperial guards were the main field troops of the Song Dynasty. The number of imperial guards continued to increase. When the Song Dynasty was just established, the total number of imperial guards was less than 200,000. The imperial guards during this period were indeed brave and good at fighting, and made great contributions to the Song Dynasty's unification of the whole country. Please note that the predecessor of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards was the imperial guards of the Later Zhou Dynasty. After the Later Zhou emperor Chai Rong established the imperial guards, he achieved a series of victories. For example, he successively attacked the Southern Tang and Later Shu, seized 14 states in Jiangbei of the Southern Tang, etc.

The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were divided into: army (large army), xiang, army (small army), command, etc. Each had 100 people, similar to the modern company commander. Wu Song once served as Dutou, and 100 people were able to be the xiang army or the village army. Five of them formed a commander, about 500 people, and five commands formed a small army, with about 2,500 people in a small army.

The imperial guards are divided into the upper army, the central army, the lower army, and the "Pangri, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei". The four armies are the upper army, which are commonly known as the "Shangshi Army". They are the most elite troops among the imperial guards. They are mainly stationed in the capital, and only a small number are stationed in nearby prefectures and counties.

Although the upper Fourth Army is all elite, it has a small number of troops. According to the organization, the total strength of one army is 50,000, and the four armies should have 200,000 troops.

But the total strength of the Shang Fourth Army now is 80,000, which is considered too much.

Since it was the most elite force, the Song Dynasty's requirement was to be short of nothing than to be too bad. Therefore, none of these four armies were full, and the shortage was severe, and the total strength was less than half of the standard of the imperial guards.

According to Zhao Ji's order, the high-ranking officials were able to command 20,000 troops to support the Japanese army, plus 80,000 troops formed by the central army and the lower army, a total of 100,000 troops to attack Liangshan.

Fortunately, Ximen Qing, as the commander of the infantry commander, was the commander of the Imperial Army Infantry Division. In the past few months, the high-ranking officials have been training the group of people under their command, and now they can take these people to attack Liangshan.

Time flies in a blink of an eye, and three days pass soon.

During this period, the imperial guards in Bianliang City had almost been dispatched.

During this expedition, Ximen Qinghui led 100,000 imperial troops to set off. After arriving in Jeju, Jeju and surrounding prefectures and counties dispatched another 50,000 troops, and a total of 150,000 troops jointly fought against Liangshan.

As Gao Qiu and Tong Guan said, Liangshan is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Without heavy troops and no numerical advantage, it is indeed difficult to defeat.

Since he served as the marshal of the army in this siege, Chu Yuan will be fully prepared.

At noon, the official led Yang Zhi and others to the campground of the army.

This is the gathering place for the army to set off.

However, when Ximen Qing arrived at the school ground, he found that among the 100,000 imperial guards, many of them were still talking and laughing, and did not look like they were in the army at all.

Some even sat on the ground in disheveled clothes. Seeing this scene, Ximen Qing couldn't help but frowned.

In this era, the Song Dynasty was undoubtedly the richest country in the world. It can be said that no matter whether it is the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, or the Dali, or the Xixia Kingdom, the economy is not even a son in front of the Song Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that the economy of the whole world can barely reach one-quarter of that of the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, compared with the economic strength of the Song Dynasty, the military strength of the Song Dynasty was the same.

It can be said that the stronger the economic strength of the Song Dynasty, the weaker its military strength.
To be continued...