Song Mingyue

Chapter 254 The Responsibility of the Soldiers
With a flick of Zhao Hao's long sword, the stream of blood fell to the ground, and he said coldly, "You are not convinced?"

The faces of the imperial guards were obviously full of anger, you looked at me, I looked at you, and suddenly said in unison: "I will not accept it!"

Zhao Hao sneered and said, "Very good, those who are dissatisfied will stand in the middle!",

As soon as the words fell, there was another roar: "I don't accept it either!"

Everyone looked back, only to see a general who looked like a battalion commander striding towards him, and said with a look of resentment on his face: "In the land of Heshuo, there has been no war for a hundred years, and we have been coming here all the time, waiting to make noise and deceive the officials." Family, making trouble out of nothing, starting this war, wasting people and money, pushing us into mountains of swords and seas of fire, and now we dare to hurt people, aren't we afraid that we will all rebel?"

Zhao Hao finally understood Yang Weizhong's helplessness, he was not a soldier, he was simply a group of rascals like the national football team.

The Song Dynasty implemented a recruitment system, not a conscription system.

The evolution of the conscription system into the conscription system was originally a historical necessity. For the rulers, it can prevent "tough and rogue idlers" and "squatting together"; for direct producers, it can exempt most of the military service and Part of the labor is to "ensure the joy of the reunion of their flesh and blood".In addition, the implementation of the recruitment system makes the army professional and professional, which is conducive to the high quality of the army.

However, since the actual implementation of the recruitment system in the Song Dynasty, this has not been the case, and there are many disadvantages.

The disadvantages of the recruiting system in the Song Dynasty are "redundancy of soldiers" and "arrogance of soldiers".

The so-called military redundancy refers to the maintenance of a large and redundant standing army.The fiscal revenue of the country in the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Han and Tang, but the imperial court was unable to make ends meet for a long time because the military expenditure was too large.Almost seven or eight or five or six tenths of the country's annual fiscal revenue is used for military expenditures.Huge military expenditures have greatly increased the tax burden of the people, making it difficult for direct producers to get rid of poverty and suffering, and thus unable to further develop production.

The so-called arrogance of soldiers means that generals and soldiers of the army are "arrogant and lazy" and their combat effectiveness is weak.In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the soldiers of the border counties "may never meet an enemy with their white heads, and never experience a battle in their lives. They all sit on the army reserve and are fortunate to have enough food and clothing. In case of frightened by the crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs, they will not be able to rest their hands or distinguish flags with their eyes. If you ask for the power of defense, there will be no one or two."During the reign of Emperor Renzong, along the border of Hebei, "the soldiers were arrogant and the generals were lazy, the food was scarce and the utensils were rotten, and the main soldier was not a rich boy, that is, he was dismissed from the old school."

Especially in the time of Zhao Ji, the military and government of the imperial court were corrupt. There are not many soldiers available in the world", which finally led to the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. "The excessive raising of soldiers caused the Song Dynasty's long-term "accumulation of poverty" and "accumulation of weakness", which became an important factor for the Song Dynasty's "self-disaster" and "self-defeat".

In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, except for the elite soldiers of the Western Xia Army who fought with Xixia all the year round, the Forbidden Army in most other areas compared being a soldier to an iron rice bowl that waited to die, and had forgotten the purpose of being a soldier. Basic duties, and even less the blood and soul of a soldier.

The death of the Heshuo Imperial Army is not terrible, but it is like the national football team. I was justified when I died, and I was justified when I died. I was full of hostility, and I was full of anger. This is the saddest thing!
This is also why the Imperial Army of the Northern Song Dynasty had millions of company troops, which was about the same as the total population of the Jurchens, but they were swept away by the Jurchens, and within a few years they took down half of the Song Dynasty.

On the contrary, Yue Fei was able to achieve the effect of five million breaking one hundred thousand because of the high quality of soldiers.

This is the so-called good soldiers but not many, too many scumbag soldiers, once attacked and defeated, they will mess up their positions and have negative effects.

The sparks in Zhao Hao's eyes were about to burst out, but his face was still calm, and he said indifferently: "Those who are not convinced, all stand in the middle, and let the general see what kind of heroes they are!"

The commander of the battalion snorted coldly, and took the lead to walk to the side of Chen Yuhou in the middle: "Come out, I'm afraid of a bird, maybe he dares to kill us all!"

Under his instigation, three or forty people gathered around him soon, all of them with their necks stuck and their faces full of fighting spirit.

Zhao Hao looked at them coldly, then turned around and asked, "Who else?"

The rest seemed to see that the situation was not good, so they didn't dare to come again, but they heard the battalion commander laughing and scolding: "I'm afraid to come here, I haven't committed any crimes, at worst, I'll be punished thirty times with a stick, just tickle me!"

The crowd roared with laughter, and a few more stood up.

Finally, no one came over anymore, the battalion commander stared at Zhao Hao sideways, with a provocative expression on his face.

Zhao Hao looked coldly at the group of people who were cheering in front of him, and suddenly smiled cruelly: "Kill them on the spot, leave no one behind!"

Before he finished speaking, the long sword shook, and the head of a soldier in front of him flew up.

The soldier was still sneering, but suddenly he felt his neck was empty, and then felt dizzy, and then saw his headless body gushing blood, he was terrified and wanted to open his mouth to shout, but was caught by the boundless darkness. overwhelmed.

All the warriors in Jin Yiwei around were already eager to try. Hearing Zhao Hao's order, they all drew out their weapons and slaughtered wantonly like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.There were only cha-cha-cha and bang-bang-bang noises, and then there were screams, blood sprayed, and flesh and blood splattered everywhere.All the soldiers were unarmed at first, but what they encountered were first-class warriors. They had no power to fight back at all, and a large area fell down in a blink of an eye.

When the commander of the battalion came to his senses, there were only a few people left around, and the rest of them, who were standing beside them just now, were all lying in a pool of blood at this moment, and none of them survived.

The commander of the battalion opened his mouth wide, and his eyes, which were originally full of hostility, were instantly replaced by great panic.

Who is this young general, he is simply crazy!
Although the Song Dynasty treated scholar-bureaucrats preferentially and suppressed generals, this was only a difference in political treatment, but it was not bad at all in terms of other treatment, and military discipline and regulations were even looser. Generally, they are just reprimanded and demoted, and there is almost no phenomenon of Fa-rectification on the spot.

Therefore, even though this group of soldiers saw Zhao Hao angrily kill Chen Yuhou with their own eyes, they were not afraid at all, instead they united and resisted.The so-called law does not blame the public, they did not believe that Zhao Hao dared to lynch so many people, let alone killed them on the spot.

If they had known that standing in front of them was a ruthless man who dared to kill nearly a hundred scholar-bureaucrats at once, they would not be so arrogant.

But, it's too late to regret now!
puff puff~
Before the battalion commander could react first, the surrounding soldiers were already scared out of their wits, and they all knelt down on the ground, crying, "General!"

Zhao Hao had a lot of blood on his body, and a lot of blood splashed on his face, with a murderous look on his face: "Kill!"

It is better to kill dozens of people than tens of millions of innocent compatriots!

What's the use of keeping the people and the country's salary, but without the blood and soul of a soldier, without shame, but with confidence?

clap clap~
Several cold lights flashed again, and the remaining soldiers also collapsed in panic.

At this time, the commander of the battalion finally understood who the person in front of him was, and exclaimed: "Shou Anhou!"

In the 150 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there was never a single scholar-bureaucrat killed. However, in this dynasty, the Marquis of Shouan beheaded nearly a hundred people by one person in the west of Beijing.

Because for the generals who have been suppressed by the scholar-bureaucrats, this is undoubtedly a heart-wrenching matter, so it is also publicized. It seems that Zhao Hao is proud of them, and the commander of this battalion naturally knows about it.

He never expected that one day, the former Marquis of Shou'an would put the butcher's knife on his neck.

It's just that God gave him time to regret, but didn't give him a chance to regret...

puff~
With a wave of Zhao Hao's long sword, a huge head shot up into the sky, and the blood from the broken neck sprayed Zhao Hao's whole body.

"Heshuo Forbidden Army is ordered to gather all battalion commanders and above to gather here. I'm going to give a lecture!"

"Here!"

At this moment, even the battle-tested Yang Weizhong was shocked by Zhao Hao, and his voice became very respectful.

In less than half an hour, all the generals above the battalion commander, about two hundred people, gathered in front of Zhao Hao in a dense crowd, and stood beside the blood and corpses on the ground, standing awe-inspiring.

Everyone on the way here already knew what had happened, and also knew who the visitor was, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak out, and their expressions were trembling.

For a group of military generals like them, a ruthless lord who could disregard the legacy of the Taizu's oath tablet and brazenly behead hundreds of scholar-bureaucrats is really not dare to provoke them.

In the air, there was a strong smell of blood and death, which made the barracks, which was originally like a vegetable market, finally smell of iron and blood.

Zhao Hao's voice was colder than death: "From tomorrow onwards, all officers and men must be trained, unless they are unable to move, otherwise, those who fail to do so will be shot to death!"

"Here!" Everyone responded loudly in unison, for fear that their voices would be quiet and Zhao Hao would find them out.

"Train the troops for four hours a day, don't let yourself be slack!"

"Here!"

"Those who are not competent will be turned into auxiliary soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers will be turned into civilian husbands; those who disobey military discipline and bump into the peak will be killed on the spot!"

"Here!"

Finally, Zhao Hao turned around and looked at Yang Weizhong, and said coldly: "General Yang, the Duke of this county entrusts you to do something."

Yang Weizhong said anxiously: "Please inform the county government!"

"General, please write an article titled "Responsibilities of the Soldiers", and hand it over to the county government tomorrow. Once the draft is finalized, the commanders above the battalion command will be organized to read it, and then the battalion will be used as a unit to organize all soldiers to study !"

"Here!"

Only then did Zhao Hao slightly nod his head, motioning for the crowd to disband on the spot, and strode away with all the generals of Jin Yiwei.

Walking to the gate of the gate, I saw the guards standing upright one by one, holding weapons in their hands, standing awe-inspiring.

"See the county magistrate!"

The voice was obviously much louder and more powerful than before.

(End of this chapter)