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  Chapter 160 The Western Army that Rotten to the End (5K)

   "Western Front"

  Hearing the term Zongze said, a complex look flashed in Wang Tie's eyes.

   But just when he was about to speak.

  Suddenly a servant’s voice sounded outside the door:

   "Several guests, your dishes are ready, can you allow the villain to come in and serve?"

  Wang reported that he quickly put away the wine bag.

   He drank down the half cup of distilled wine that he hadn't finished, and then he replied:

"come in."

"okay!"

  After receiving Wang Teng's approval.

  The servant immediately pushed the door open and entered, quickly took out several dishes from a red lacquer food niche he was carrying, and put them on the table one by one:

   "This is the Jade Sunflower Fan."

   "This is happiness taking the lead."

   "This is."

  The young man's eyesight was extremely high, and after realizing that Wang Teng and the others had something to talk about, his movements and speech speed accelerated a lot.

   Not for a while.

   Six dishes, one soup and a few bowls of rice were placed on the table.

   Then Wang Teng explained a few more things about the attendant table, and asked the servant to serve Zhang San and Zhang Yuan something to eat, then signaled him to leave.

   After the boy left.

  Wang Ting first took the initiative to put some food in the bowls of Zong Ze and Xu Yun, and guessing that the young man had gone far, he sighed and said:

   "Brother Zong, although Wang killed the enemy on the western front, there are some things he can't lie to you—everything on the western front can be summed up in one word, chaos!"

"chaos?"

   Zong Ze was slightly taken aback, and asked:

   "Brother Wang, on the way Zong went to the capital ten days ago, passers-by said that the Western Army had returned with a great victory, and that the Qingtang area would be recovered soon. Why did you say such words?"

  Wang Zhi sighed and shook his head.

  Take out the wine bag, pour yourself another glass of wine, and take a leisurely sip.

  Drink and drink.

   After taking a sip of alcohol, he was exhaled with foul breath:

   "Brother Zong, you don't know something. The chaos on the western front can be divided into two situations: internal chaos and external chaos."

  Zong Ze hurriedly pretended to be listening, and Xu Yun beside him also pricked up his ears with interest.

  Although he is a time traveler from later generations, much of the information about this era only stays at the macro level.

  For example, he knew that the Northern Song Dynasty would perish in 26 years, and that the Tamna Kingdom next door had just been ransacked by Goryeo.

   I also know that there is a country called the Holy Roman Empire tens of thousands of miles away. At this time, their emperor and pope are fighting for the succession of the bishop, even the dog's brain is about to come out.

  But when the target is refined to a certain area, a certain front.

  He will encounter extremely strong information barriers.

  Because the content recorded in history books is limited, it is impossible to describe many things in detail:

   Unless you created the Internet in the Song Dynasty, you can also train a bunch of coders who can type.

   So in the details.

  Wang Ting is undoubtedly a huge and brand new source of information.

   Then Wang Ting took a mouthful of food and suppressed the wine, and continued:

   "The so-called civil strife refers to the many ills within the Western Army. The first is the empty salary."

   "Brother Zong, let Wang ask a question--Wang's position in the army is Zhiguo Colonel, a seventh-rank official position, and he can lead a battalion of soldiers."

   "Now there are a total of 497 people in Wang's account. Can you guess how many of them are true and how many are empty accounts?"

   Zong Ze glanced at him.

   After thinking for a moment, he tentatively reported a number:

   ".Three hundred?"

   "Three hundred?"

  Wang Zhi shook his head and raised a mocking smile.

  The index finger dipped some wine from the wine glass, and wrote a few numbers in traditional characters on the table:

   One hundred and fifty nine.

   Zongze suddenly shrank his pupils and said in surprise:

   "Is this only one-third true?"

  Wang Jinzhong nodded emphatically:

   "That's right, you know, the place where Wang is stationed is along the border of Taoxi, and there is a small battle every ten months on average."

   "Such important places have been blocked, so what about the entire Western Front?"

  Zong Ze was silent when he heard the words, and Xu Yun also sighed heavily.

   Empty rate.

   This is also one of the topics he talked with Xiao Zhao before.

  The truth that Xiao Zhao confides after drinking at that time is also an important factor supporting him to make a certain decision.

  During the Northern Song Dynasty.

   Everyone knows that the Zhong Family Army and the Zhe Family Army have strong combat effectiveness, and they can even fight against three with the same establishment.

   Of course, there is the training effect of Lao Zhong and others.

   But what also cannot be ignored is that these "X Family Army" are basically in a state of full staff for a long time.

  For example, a thousand-person establishment that is also on paper.

  The old ones they take out are not full.

   There can be at least 900 real people, and it may even be close to full.

  But other combat modules that are empty-paid only have three or four hundred people at most. How can there be combat effects?

  For example, when the Jin army attacked Bianjing later.

  There are 200,000 sergeants registered in Bianjing. In fact, apart from the 30,000 soldiers brought by Zhang Shuye later, only more than 20,000 soldiers can be gathered in the entire Bianjing city.

   Nearly nine-tenths of the empty salary ratio, this tmd is the imperial guard guarding the capital, can you believe it?

   Then Wang Ting paused, and went to the window vigilantly to sense it.

   Return to your seat after confirming that there is no abnormality, and continue to lower your voice:

   "In addition to empty pay, another civil strife is the embezzlement of military merit!"

   As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of official silver from his pocket, shook it in his hand, and said with a wry smile:

   "Brother Zong may not believe it. Wang has fought dozens of battles since he was in the army. This is the first time he has seen so many silver rewards."

   "In the past, all the official silver rewarded by the imperial court was packaged in twelve taels, and in the end, only one tael could be obtained."

   "Huh╭(╯^╰)╮, how unreasonable!"

  Zong Ze hated corruption the most in his life. Hearing Wang Ting's words, he couldn't help it:

   "Brother Wang, is it possible that no one in the army has appealed for justice?"

  Wang Jin shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at him with 'you are so naive':

   "Avenging grievances? How can it be so easy?"

   "Those people are smart. They are never greedy for pension money, only for silver rewards. How do ordinary soldiers know how much reward silver they can get?"

  "Whenever the sergeants receive letters from their homes, knowing that all the family members of the fallen fellow countrymen have received the compensation money, and know that their affairs after death are guaranteed, who will care about the rewards?"

   "Even if there are non-commissioned officers who file a complaint, the report will never reach the officials. Although my dynasty values ​​civility over military affairs, there is no intersection between civil and military affairs. Those people have already arranged the upper and lower levels."

   Xu Yun on the side heard the words, and suddenly thought of a name in his mind:

  Li Gang.

Of course.

  This Li Gang has nothing to do with the later Li Gang.

  He is a character in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and also a typical representative of the contradiction between personal morality and ability.

  Li Gang organized the defense of Bianjing, and also fought sharply against the capitulation faction headed by Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan.

  From the point of view of standpoint, he is a typical representative of the resistance faction.

   In addition, he was also one of Zongze's staunch supporters, supporting Yue Fei's struggle against gold before his death.

   From the perspective of contribution.

  He is a well-deserved good minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the plan he proposed can even be regarded as a "strategy for ZTE".

  But in stark contrast to his contribution ability is his personal virtue.

  Let’s not talk about slandering Lu Haowen, this person is also greedy for money:

   While supporting the rectification of military and political corruption, he promulgated the twenty-one new military system.

   On the other side, 70% of the compensation money was corrupted in a blink of an eye

  When he was in charge of taxation in Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture, he also learned from the Western Army to engage in corruption, and embezzled more than 50,000 yuan in four years.

  Actually, Li Gang's situation is not an exception.

   Throughout the Western Front generals in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

   Except Liu Fa, Lao Zhong, and Lao Zhe.

   Even Wang Hou, a well-known veteran, has been involved in corruption

   "Money touches people's hearts."

  Zong Ze shook his head with a sigh, and met Wang Tin's glass of wine, and asked again:

   "Brother Wang, apart from internal turmoil, what is foreign turmoil?"

   This time Wang Teng still did not answer his question directly, but asked rhetorically:

   "Brother Zong, you have been a county magistrate in a border area, so you should know where the foreign aggression of our dynasty mainly comes from."

   Zongze nodded.

  The place where he first worked was Daming Mansion, which is also an important border area:

   "The E dynasty confronts Xixia on the west front, and the Liao people look at the north. Except for the two, the remaining Qiang people and Japanese pirates are nothing more than dead ears in the grave."

  Wang Jin nodded slightly:

   "Of course."

  If the territory of the Song Dynasty is compared to a person.

  Then the right hand side of this person is the sea, and the front is the Liao Kingdom.

  At ten o'clock is Xixia, and on the right are Tubo and Dali.

Among them, the biggest threat to the Song Dynasty is Xixia and Liao. Among them, there are fewer disputes between Song and Liao. Alliance.

  Some people think this is a loss of power and humiliation, while others think it is a wise move.

  In short, after the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the apparent disputes between the Song and Liao Dynasties were much less.

   Even developed a relatively prosperous cross-border trade.

   But peace be peace.

  Like the eagle and rabbit of later generations, in the eyes of Song people like Zongze, the Liao Kingdom is still a potential enemy.

  Listening to the resentment in Zongze's mouth, Wang Bao was silent for a moment, and said slowly:

   "So. Dare to ask Brother Zong, have you ever heard of the Jurchen clan?"

   "Jurchen?"

   Zong Ze was taken aback, pondered for a moment, and said with some uncertainty:

   "The Jurchen Brother Wang is talking about, could it be that they are from the Zhuyang people in the south of Liaoyang?"

   Wang Zhi nodded:

   "Yes, it is this family."

  Zong Zejian blinked his eyes and said in doubt:

   "Brother Wang, Zong heard that after the Liao Dynasty eliminated the Mohe people, the Zhuhe clan was divided into two."

   "The two tribes are named Sheng Jurchen and Mature Jurchen respectively, and they seem to be somewhat similar to the Qiang tribe who surrendered to our dynasty."

   "Why, according to Brother Wang, the Jurchens seem to be quite a threat?"

  Wang Ting shook his head lightly:

   "It's just a premonition. When Wang was fighting on the western front, he heard that there was a warrior named Wanyan Aguda among the Jurchen tribe. He was said to be unparalleled in martial arts."

   "In recent years, the Daozong Emperor of the Liao people may be on the verge of dying. Nine years ago, Yelu Yanxi was established as the successor of the Liao Emperor. Once Daozong dies, this person must be in power."

   "But this person is stupid and cruel, and it is rumored that the Jurchen tribe within the Liao people has quite a complaint."

   "At present, there seems to be some voices in the DPRK and China. I hope that the officials can give some support to the Jurchens and support them to cause some troubles for the Liao people."

  Xu Yun was obediently eating melons at the side, but was shocked when he heard Wang Ting's words, and couldn't help interjecting:

   "Master Captain, the court plans to support Jurchen?"

  Wang Zhi sighed, it can be seen that he is not very supportive of this plan:

   "It seems so."

  Xu Yun frowned suddenly.

  In his later life, the historians have never had an accurate conclusion on whether the Song Dynasty supported the Jin Dynasty—because there are too few historical materials for reference.

  Some people believe that Jurchen was completely supported by the Song Dynasty itself, and it is self-inflicted.

  Some people believe that the Song Dynasty only proposed cooperation after seeing the Jurchens gaining momentum.

  However, regardless of the above viewpoints, it is certain that Zhao Ji did a show operation:

  In the autumn of 1109, Zhao Ji gave Jurchen a large number of siege equipment, blueprints and craftsmen.

   plus an undetermined amount of grain and grass, they still took the Koryo waterway.

  Although there are no more detailed records to show that Wanyan Zongwang used exactly the same siege weapon when he attacked Taiyuan.

   But analyze from a logical point of view.

  When the Jin army attacked Taiyuan, as long as their brains were not distracted, they would almost certainly use these highly efficient Central Plains weapons, and no matter how bad they were, they would be an improved version based on them.

   Such a great gift, how can you not be sorry?

   "How difficult the situation is"

  Wang Ting seemed to be talking about the depression, and shook his head again:

   "Right now there are frequent battles on the western front, the Xixia bandit cavalry is strong, and there are many war horses, but the number of war horses in our dynasty is very small.

  Some war horses ran and fought for a long time, and their hoofs and feet were seriously damaged.

  Even if you have good physical strength, you have no choice but to retreat to the rear and act as a transport horse or even a draft horse.”

   "?"

  Before Wang Bao finished speaking, Xu Yun raised a question mark on his face:

   "The hooves and feet are seriously damaged? Captain, aren't those military horses on the front line equipped with horseshoes?"

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  (end of this chapter)