Songjiang is nothing to us nowadays, it is just a county town in Shanghai. In history, Songjiang is famous and a historical city. At least in the Spring and Autumn Period, it became an important city in the southeast, an important throat at the junction of Wu and Yue, and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for. During the Wu and Yue hegemony, the prince of King Fuchai of Wu defended Songjiang to the north in order to prevent Goujian's army from heading north and eventually died here.

As a strategic location, all dynasties have spent a lot of effort to repair and strengthen it. It can be said that a strong city is a tough battle. Even Jiaxing has fought so hard that Songjiang has gathered Boyan's remaining troops, which is almost 200,000. It is really difficult to attack this difficult city according to the current forces of the Song army.

Originally, the army in Lin'an was only about 200,000, but after several major wars, they lost 50,000 to 60,000, and only 140,000 to 140,000 to 150,000. In addition, Zhao Liangchun brought only 250,000 to 260,000. In the past rescue battle, Li Jun lost another 50,000 to 60,000, and the army in Li Jun was only 200,000, and the troops were not superior. Besides, the equipment of the Lin'an army was only replaced. After half a year of consumption, combat effectiveness became a problem and became a tired army and urgently needed rest. Many soldiers did not have winter clothes and were fighting in the ice and snow in single clothes. This was the reason why Li Jun decided to suspend the attack.

But the Song army has one favorable condition, that is, it has just won a big victory and its morale is high, while the Yuan army has just been defeated and has a low morale. The possibility of taking it out in one go is not without. Gundam was still unwilling to give up and said, "Emperor, no matter how strong Songjiang City is, we have cast iron bombs, even if we have a copper wall, we will explode."

Li Jun nodded and said, "I firmly believe in this. But what should I do in the next street fighting? We will die many soldiers, and these are our treasures. We cannot bear such a high price."

The battle in Jiaxing proved that the Song army did not have the ability to quickly capture the city and urgently needed to cultivate new technologies and tactics. Improvement in urban tough battles is imminent and urgent.

Gundam recognized the ferocity of the Yuan army, but he still said unwillingly: "But, you can't watch Boyan's Tartars swaying in front of me."

He has already recognized Li Jun's analysis, and Li Jun tapped his chest and said, "You, you can think of it. Our truce is not for a simple truce. We can conduct a large-scale training on the army and replace the equipment. The most important thing is that we can take advantage of this short period of time to recruit troops and expand our army. Now we only have 200,000 troops, and by the spring of the next year, we can double or more. You, General Gao, don't think of being lazy, the new recruits are waiting for you to train." In the army, veterans usually call new recruits the new recruits the new recruits, and Li Jun said this very kindly.

"What the emperor said is right, but when I think of the Tartars in Boyan, I feel unhappy." Gundam glanced at the north with hatred and said, "Let the Tartars live more time."

"This sentence is correct. As long as we train the army, Boyan can't escape even if he wants to." Li Jun was full of confidence and reminded Gundam: "Is the artillery cute?"

Gundam stroked his white beard and said with a smile: "That's of course, that's of course. Artillery is the sharpest weapon I have ever seen. I would have liked more."

"Then we need to say, we will go back to build artillery and form our artillery troops. In the spring, we will set up artillery and bombard the Mongolian military camp. What will it be?" Li Jun looked at Gao Da and said with a smile.

"It must be a man who is overturned." Gundam replied without thinking: "That will definitely be satisfying."

In fact, one of the more important reasons why Li Jun stopped the attack was not expressed, that is, Kublai Khan would inevitably counterattack wildly. The victory of Lin'an was just the prelude to the war. If all the troops in his hands were consumed too early, what would he use to fight when the Mongolian army arrived again?

Li Jun has formulated a new military expansion plan, which is to recruit all men over 17 and under 40 to the army. Taking advantage of this period of time to train, the Song army in the south of the Yangtze River can soon expand to hundreds of thousands. Even if Kublai Khan wants to counterattack, he is not afraid. Facts have proved that Li Jun's judgment is correct.

Liao Shenggong nodded in agreement and said, "What the emperor said is what I think. I think that we can use the current army as seeds to train more troops. At that time, even if the Tartars come again, there is no need to be afraid."

His words made a lot of sense. Think about it, Britain withdrew more than 300,000 troops from Dunkirk due to its temporary good luck, and when it opened the second battlefield, it had millions of troops. The most important thing was to preserve the seeds.

After these wars, Liao Shenggong had already established his prestige in the army with his outstanding military talents. Gundam was very convinced and said, "General Liao said so. It would be too stupid for me to sway me. Emperor, is Songjiang still surrounded? According to my opinion, it is better to withdraw the encirclement."

There are 200,000 troops in Songjiang City. Even if Li Jun transfers all the troops in his hands, he will not be able to gain an advantage in military strength. If he sieges the city, he will have to worry about attacking Boyan. It would be better not to siege. Li Jun looked at Liao Shenggong, and Liao Shenggong nodded slightly and said, "General Liao will arrange this matter."

"After the order." Liao Shenggong received the order.

"The Spring Festival is coming soon, and we must also prepare for a lively Spring Festival, with a festive atmosphere, and be unique and make the people happy." Li Jun said in contemplation.

After such a big victory, this Spring Festival is of course unique. We should celebrate it well so that the people can be happy and take the opportunity to boost the people's morale. This is Li Jun's purpose.

Since the founding of the country, the Song Dynasty rarely won battles in front of foreign enemies. Bianjing has been surrounded several times, but it was eventually lost. It was still in the same place. The people were very disappointed with the court. If they took the opportunity of great victory to celebrate a carefully designed Spring Festival, it would indeed have an immeasurable effect on the people's morale.

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Li Jun sat on the dragon throne. Gundam, Wen Tianxiang, Zhao Qian, Liao Shenggong, Zhao Liangchun, Xu Guanghan, Huang Han, Huang Shengcai, Tengchong and a group of generals sat on the hatchback.

"I am very happy to tell you that in the just-passed battle of Lin'an, we wiped out more than 300,000 Mongolian troops. This is an unprecedented victory. Let's applaud and celebrate." Li Jun stood up and took the lead in applause.

Wen Tianxiang and the others stood up and applauded, with joy on their faces and were very excited.

Wen Tianxiang participated in this battle throughout the whole process. From the desolation of peace talks to the great victory now, the changes were so great that it was unimaginable. If it weren't for personal experience, it would be hard to believe that the camel of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was about to die of illness, had actually been revitalized and achieved such a great victory. Tears rolled in his eyes, turned his face and wiped them secretly with his sleeves.

After applauding, Li Jun pressed down his hands and signaled everyone to sit down, sat down, and said, "But don't think that we are invincible after a big victory, and the Mongolians are vulnerable. On the contrary, the Mongolian army is still very powerful and has not been damaged yet. They will mobilize more troops to launch a crazy counterattack. We still have many problems. There are still many tough battles after the beginning of spring. We must not take it lightly and prepare early."

Wen Tianxiang and others agreed with this point, and did not need to have too clever strategic vision. As long as there is no problem with IQ, you can see it by looking at the map. Not to mention the European part of the Mongols, even the Han area is larger than the Southern Song Dynasty. Not only does it have the Han area of ​​the Jin Dynasty north of the Yangtze River, but it also seized some areas of Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan in Mengge's great detour strategy. Their resources and populations have been greater than those of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although the people in the Han area resisted continuously, Kublai Khan could still mobilize the resources here to fight. This is beyond doubt.

"The emperor is wise!" Wen Tianxiang and the others admire Li Jun's far-sighted vision from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Jun continued: "We must summarize the experience and lessons, why do we win battles? What are the shortcomings that we need to improve. "Sun Tzu" says, "Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles." You cannot face your own shortcomings and your opponent's strengths. Such an army cannot win a battle."

Li Jun has a natural speaking talent, and his words made Wen Tianxiang and the others nodded.

"I thought about it, the main reasons why we were able to win were as follows: First, reinforcements arrived, attacked front and back, and caught Boyan off guard. Second, the operation was properly planned. General Liao proposed to approach the Mongolian camp and form an array, forcing the Mongolian army to line up in the camp. Because there were many tents and stoves in the camp, the Mongolian cavalry's movements were restricted and they could not sprint, which greatly reduced their power." Li Jun carefully summarized, Liao Shenggong stood up and said, "The emperor praised it, but I really dare not take it. This is all the emperor's wise wisdom."

Li Jun signaled him to sit down and said, "You don't have to be humble. Third, we used new cast iron bombs. After the bombing, we exploded the camp bars, which shocked the enemy's psychology. They felt scared and prepared to break into the camp for war. Fourth, all units cooperated well, and the special forces created chaos, and the black-armored cavalry cleared hard bones were remarkable. Fifth, we carried out the beheading operation. Although the artillery did not blow Boyan to death, it was regrettable, but it also paralyzed the command center of the Mongolian army, making the Mongolian army at a loss and enlarged the chaos."

Li Jun's analysis was very reasonable. Wen Tianxiang and the others were amazed from the bottom of their hearts and said together: "The emperor is wise."

In fact, Li Jun should add another one, which is that fortunately, Boyan was stunned by the cast iron bomb and actually forgot about preventing reinforcements. It was too late to remember it. This one was really lucky. Even if Boyan didn't forget, forming a good formation, he still couldn't avoid the fate of failure, but the difficulty would increase a lot.

"We must also face our own shortcomings, and we cannot love to pretend to be wrong or to whitewash our own shortcomings. I have summarized roughly that our own problems are mainly as follows: First, the general strength is insufficient, and we cannot gather all our strength after General Huang Han completes the division, creating an opportunity for Alahan to regain his strength. For this, the court will order that men over 17 years old and under 40 will be summoned to the army." Li Jun is a realistic person and is not afraid of exposing his shortcomings.

According to ancient conventions, under this situation, men over fifteen years old should be recruited into the army. Li Jun raised the threshold by two years old, which is a great merit. You should know that baby soldiers go to the battlefield and die, just to make up the number of people.

Wen Tianxiang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think that as usual, men over fifteen years old can be summoned to the army."

Li Jun shook his hand and signaled Wen Tianxiang to sit down, saying, "There is no need to say too much about the good. This is the only thing that is determined. Soldiers are more important than elites. As long as we strengthen our training and build our elite soldiers, our combat capabilities will be very strong. Besides, they are our tomorrow. Without these children, how can we fight in the future? We cannot do anything to fish in the end of the lake."

Liao Shenggong agreed with Li Jun's opinion very much and stood up and said, "What the emperor said is very true. I also think so. I think that building elite soldiers and forming a vanguard team is our goal. To be honest, I think that since ancient times, I have sent children aged fifteen to the battlefield, and their results have been very little. These children have not grown up, they cannot hold a knife, and they cannot dance a gun, and their combat effectiveness is a problem. On the contrary, it is better to let them do farm work at home and increase some taxes to the court."

"This man has a unique eye and can see everything further than others." Li Jun praised Liao Shenggong in his heart and said, "General Liao's famous sayings. I decided that from now on, under any circumstances, men under seventeen years old will be prohibited from joining the army."

From then on, at the age of seventeen, Cheng Zi walked the threshold for joining the army. Wen Tianxiang and the others said together: "The emperor is kind!"

Li Jun continued to say: "The second reason is that the new equipment has not been built and has not been equipped with the troops. Now, our army is equipped with special forces. The Xuan Armor Cavalry and General Gao are less than 20,000 troops, and the total number is less than 30,000. My plan remains unchanged. The entire army must be equipped with the latest style of chain mail and weapons to maximize our equipment advantages. In this regard, we need to do our best to cooperate with Huang Yongshan and Shen Bi."

"Prince, please rest assured, I will do my best." Wen Tianxiang received the order.

"The third reason is that our technical and tactical level is too backward and there are no advanced and applicable tactical theories to guide our training and combat. For this, I decided to set up a special institution and establish a special military magazine to facilitate everyone's communication. Any new ideas and new innovations can be published on it. Through communication and interaction, the purpose of improvement will be achieved." Li Jun looked at Wen Tianxiang, who was a little confused, and explained: "Jixia Academy is an academic institution used to exchange ideas and achieve the goal of common improvement. Our magazine is the written Jixia Academy, which can be published throughout the army, and every soldier can read it and express his own ideas." (Note: For the convenience of expression and for the sake of popular words, I used modern terms such as institutions and magazines. Friends should not blame me. I am already very impressed with similar accusations.)

Jixia Academy was an academic discussion institution during the Spring and Autumn Period when hundreds of schools of thought controversy were held. The famous scholar Xunzi served as a priest three times. The priest meant the person in charge, such as the dean of a modern research institute.

Regarding the problem of the backwardness of the Song army's technical and tactical technology, Liao Shenggong, a military genius with keen insight, deeply agreed and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think that with the use of new equipment into the army, especially the use of artillery, our army is about to face a new technological and tactical transformation, and it is urgent to study new technical and tactical theories. What the emperor said is that it is a good proposal to participate in the discussion. However, I think it will be very difficult to implement, because many of our soldiers are illiterate."

Liao Shenggong said a truth. The traditional policies implemented in all dynasties are: to win over scholars and officials, fool the small people, and show their titles to the so-called scholars and officials who are knowledgeable and cultured, so that they can be slaves. They can fool the small people if they can fool them, so that they cannot read, have ideas, do not rebel, and are at ease to oppress.

It is precisely based on this understanding that there is a very famous saying, "There is a Yan Ruyu in the book, the golden house in the book, and the carriages and horses in the book are clustered." The guise is to encourage learning, but in fact, it is to implement strategies of differentiation and disintegration, winning over the "literati and officials" so that they cannot incite the people to rebel.

No matter which dynasty, the soldiers were all from ordinary people and had not received cultural education, so of course they were illiterate. This is a very realistic problem. After Huang Yongshan mentioned it, Wen Tianxiang and the others understood it and nodded in agreement: "Yes."

Li Jun had already thought about this issue. It was his strength and he had no difficulties at all. He said, "Don't worry about this. I have thought about it. The doctors of the Imperial College will teach the army and teach them to read and write. The army will receive training in the morning, study in the afternoon, and receive training in the evening. It must be carried out twice a day."

"It's wonderful and wonderful, it's wonderful!" As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, Wen Tianxiang and the others agreed in unison, claiming it's wonderful.

However, this plan seems feasible, but it is a bit difficult to implement. The reason is very simple, which is that it lacks the teaching staff that satisfies Li Jun. Those corrupt scholars in the Imperial College spoke about the ways of Confucius and Mencius and kept saying the words of sages. The "Three Character Classic" was given to the soldiers, "At the beginning of a person, people are good in nature. Their natures are similar, and their habits are far away."

After learning about the situation, Li Jun almost burst into anger and cursed fiercely, "These pedantic masters are really pedantic. He thought I wanted a corrupt scholar? If the soldiers taught him so hard that they were no more murderous intent, or were they a bullshit army? Why not just wipe your neck and commit suicide."
Chapter completed!