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Jingdong Fengming Chapter 310 Sanchuan Village [Part 2]

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    Chapter 310 Sanchuan Village [Part 2] Kaiping Fort is twenty-five miles away from the Zhenrong Army, while Sanchuan Village is thirty-five miles away from the Zhenrong Army, a full seventy miles away.  Even if he were to march in a hurry at the peak of his power, Zhao Juan would probably need two hours, not to mention that he had already been marching for five days carrying Wei's army up and down, including men and horses.  Both the body and mind are exhausted and have reached the warning line.  Although Zhao Juan is anxious, the only thing he can do now is Liu Jizong and the others don't be too stupid.  When Zhao Xun was on his way, he followed Zhao Xun on his horse. Seeing Zhao Xun's dusty and anxious expression, he hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, there are some things in the army. Maybe your Majesty doesn't know about it. Liu Jizong is the governor of the army."  The reason why the troops were divided into four groups was because of helplessness!" Zhao Juan glanced sideways at Zhao Xun, his cold eyes making Zhao Xun feel a little shuddering.  "What do you want to say?" Zhao Xun said hesitantly: "Li Yuanhao, the Xixia thief chieftain, retreats. I am afraid that many soldiers in the army will be tempted to beat up the drowned dog. It is good to unite the whole army, but who will be the vanguard?  Who will serve as the central army? Who will serve as the rear army? The vanguard will naturally have the best chance of taking the lead. Although the center army is slightly worse, it is better than the rear army.  Not to mention the soldiers, they also had to carry the baggage and do hard work along the way. Liu Dujian and the other three were all supervisors, and no one could do anything to them. The other side was the newly recruited Tibetan soldiers, regardless of the leaders.  The soldier is just a prisoner, but they all obey Liu Jizong's orders but not Xuan's." Zhao Juan frowned when he heard this.  What caught his attention most was not the compromise Liu Jizong made for the sake of military glory, and his troops were divided into four groups.  It was Zhao Xun's statement that the Tibetan soldiers listened to the instructions but not the propaganda.  Zhao Jian also commanded Tibetan troops on Guangnan West Road.  The Tibetan soldiers are indeed lazy.  But the combat effectiveness is not bad.  The most important thing is low price.  In terms of military discipline, not to mention comparing with the Forbidden Army, even the local warriors who are not regular soldiers are better than the Tibetan soldiers.  It¡¯s just that under Zhao Juan, there was no incident of the Tibetan soldiers obeying the instructions but not the propaganda. On the one hand, the number of imperial officers and soldiers controlled by Zhao Juan had an overwhelming advantage against the Tibetan soldiers;  Don't listen to the announcement.  But now Zhao Juan suddenly discovered that the number of Tibetan soldiers seemed to be too many.  There are currently about 200,000 official troops in Shaanxi, and in addition there are 70,000 Tibetan soldiers.  Although the official army had an overwhelming numerical advantage over the Tibetan soldiers, Zhao Juan knew that the Tibetan soldiers were basically in the border area.  There are about 150,000 officers and soldiers on the front line at the border.  In this way, the ratio of Tibetan soldiers to official soldiers would not be so disparate.  It was only two to one, and Li Yuanhao's many great victories could not help but change the sense of inferiority and fear that the peripheral Fan soldiers had towards the officers and soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty.  These marginal Tibetan soldiers are basically of three races: Dangxiang people, Qiang people, and Tubo people, and the composition of Xixia soldiers is actually these three races.  Therefore, they would think that since the Xixia Army could defeat the Song Army so easily, even if they were not stronger than the Xixia Army, they would not be too weak anyway, and naturally they would not be too afraid of the Song Army.  In addition, the Tibetan soldiers are unruly and unruly by nature and are not easy to discipline.  The generals of the Northern Song Dynasty were unable to discipline the Tibetan soldiers.  It's not a strange thing.  "But Zhao Juan thought a little deeper, now Shaanxi is very enthusiastic about Tibetan soldiers.  Xia Song and Fan Zhongyan are even more representative.  He wrote to the court many times, proposing to replace Dongbing soldiers with Tibetan soldiers.  Dongbing soldiers are soldiers of the Forbidden Army. Soldiers of the Forbidden Army serve in the Shaanxi Army and are treated very well, especially now during wartime.  Not long ago, around June, Prime Minister Zhang Shixun wrote to Song Renzong, saying that the imperial troops in Shaanxi were very hard and very emotional. They were afraid that they would be in Shaanxi and no one would take care of them at home.  Song Renzong took out 100,000 pieces of silk from his internal funds as rewards to the families of the Imperial Guards in Bianliang City.  Moreover, the salary of the forbidden army in Shaanxi is also very high. Zhao Jian read this passage in the official document: "Each person is about five hundred for materials, two stones and five buckets of monthly food, six pieces of silk for spring and winter clothes, and one or twelve taels of cotton.  "Three thousand pieces of clothing money." In other words, each member of the imperial army has five hundred copper coins per month, two stones and five measures of food, six pieces of cloth each in spring and winter, twelve taels of cotton, and one thousand three thousand pieces of clothing.  This is just normal. In addition, there are special rewards every year during festivals such as Cold Food, Dragon Boat Festival, and Winter Solstice.  Each person is given almost the same amount of money as each reward.  During the war, there were various subsidies.  A Forbidden Army soldier in Shaanxi costs about 50 guan per year, and an ordinary family in Bianliang City only earns about 4 guan per month. Assuming a tax of 10%, it would take  Only about 11 ordinary households can do this.  ¡°And this is a big city like Bianliang City. In other places, the income is even lower. It is estimated that fifteen or sixteen households, or even more households, can support a Forbidden Army soldier.  The pressure of raising troops can be imagined.  And what about the Tibetan soldiers?  The Tibetan soldiers only gave the leader a salary??, it was time to start a war and send out troops, so I gave some special money, pickle money, and cloth. During the battle, how was a Tibetan archer treated?  "An archer's daily diet is two liters of rice, a horse's grain is five cents, and grass is seven cents." As far as food is concerned, it is two liters a day, only two dou on the tenth day, and six dou on the thirtieth day.  And what about the Imperial Guard?  It takes two stones and five buckets a month.  It also requires payment every month, while Fan soldiers only need to pay during wartime, and basically prepare their own weapons and so on.  Not to mention the Forbidden Army during wartime, even the salary of the Forbidden Army in peacetime is enough to support the Tibetan soldiers. One Forbidden Army can support five Tibetan soldiers!  In this case, there was no reason for Xia Song and Fan Zhongyan to write to the court and put forward their own opinions on increasing the number of Tibetan soldiers.  But now Zhao Yan suddenly discovered that things seemed to be slowly going to the extreme.  And when Zhao Juan was worried about his country and his people, as Zhao Juan expected, an attack broke out in Xiaogou.  Wang Bing led about 2,500 people from his headquarters to pursue Li Yuanhao. However, when he reached Xiaogou Village, the Xixia Army suddenly rushed towards him.  But Wang Bing's troops were confused by the traces of panic and escape deliberately caused by the Xixia army along the way.  By the time Wang Bing received the urgent report of the horse exploration, it was already a little late.  Wang Bing had no choice but to order the army to form a formation on the riverside between Xiaogou and Xiaogou Village.  Wang Bing was not stupid. He thought that relying on Xiao Gouhe could reduce the area subject to attack.  Although there are passages in Xiaogou Village, the passages in the countryside are naturally as narrow as ever. Even if the Xixia Army passes through Xiaogou Village to attack the Song Army's formation, they will not be able to deploy their troops.  Attacks can only be launched from the north and south.  In this way, it is equivalent to dividing the Xixia army into two, which is easier to deal with.  The idea is good, but unfortunately, the reality is cruel!  (To be continued)
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