Prime Minister

Chapter 960

That day, the whole army competed in archery from early morning until late. Some soldiers even stayed overnight on the school field, and the archery competition was not completed until the next day.

Zhang Yue read the data in the newspaper below. There were more than [-] soldiers who joined the army and were good at shooting bows and crossbows, but more than [-] soldiers who joined the army were unqualified. It was really shocking to see.

Most of these soldiers did not complete the five arrows within the specified time.

This was not a rule that Zhang Yue came up with on his own. The Song army had strict rules before entering the battle.In field battles, there must always be clear military laws and regulations in martial arts. When approaching battle, it is difficult to respond in a hurry. At most, it can only take three shots, and the enemy has already caught the enemy.

In other words, you are generally only given the chance to shoot three arrows.

At the same time, strict regulations were imposed on the crossbowmen when going into battle.

The thief is still far away from the formation. Anyone who shoots randomly will be killed!

Anyone who hears the sound of drums before the battle, closes the bow and crossbow without firing, or fires but fails to use all the arrows (most people shoot three arrows, but the opponent only shoots two arrows), or those who abandon the arrows will be beheaded!

Those who have already taken arrows to look back on the battlefield will be killed!

This can be seen.

Therefore, soldiers who could not complete the five arrows within the specified time were judged to be unqualified. However, in the past, the Song Army's review had not been so stringent, so more than [-] soldiers who entered the army were unqualified, which really shocked everyone.

Soldiers who join the team are also soldiers.

After the Song Army implemented the Art of War, unqualified soldiers who joined the team were eliminated as soldiers who did not join the team, and soldiers who did not join the team were eliminated as soldiers who did not join the team.

Some soldiers could not even draw the lowest seven-dou bow and two-stone one-dou bow.

After Zhang Yue saw this round of shooting, he couldn't help but shake his head. Do you want to eliminate 5000 of the [-] soldiers who joined the team?This disarmament effort is also too great.

Therefore, after the archery practice, many generals came to Zhang Yue's tent to complain.

After the implementation of the Art of War, the situation in which the soldiers did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers was changed. The generals trained the soldiers and horses with one hand and went into battle with the other. In this way, the responsibility fell on the generals.

Generals from all over the Daming Prefecture came over one after another to find reasons, such as the soldiers not having enough to eat and therefore lacked energy.

It was too dark to see clearly.

I was too nervous last night and didn't sleep well.

Or just flatten it out and say that you haven't practiced it yet. It depends on how you move. My grandfather went through life and death with Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong back then.My grandfather made great contributions to the imperial court back then, and he shed blood under the walls of Chanzhou City.

Zhang Yue looked at the last group of people and laughed directly. Isn't this the person who came to give away someone's head?

Directly dismissed!

Emperor Taizu and Taizong?

Now the world is ruled by the 'Shenzong' emperor, why are you talking to me about the old almanac?Upstarts like Zhang Yue, who came from a poor family, were sent by the emperor to avoid old friendships.If the emperor couldn't save his face, he would do it.

Of course, some generals said that Zhang Yue's approach was not 'scientific' and did not fully respect their opinions.

What's more, they are worried that Zhang Yue will gather power through this reduction of troops and horses, and then covet marginal achievements in order to seek undue rewards.Some people even threatened to go to Beijing to complain about Zhang Yue's imperial edict.

Once people touch their own interests, all kinds of opposition will arise.

Wu Chong suppressed these rumors directly on behalf of Zhang Yue without causing any waves.

Wen Yanbo chatted with Zhang Yue with a smile, and Zhang Yue said: "I understand what the generals mean. It is not enough to keep the strong without eliminating the weak. As the Duke said before, I only dare to talk if the soldiers can fight. No. War means we can't talk about it." "The Liao Kingdom knew exactly that our Hebei military preparedness was weak, so we dared to provoke such a provocation."

"But it's not easy to act too hastily!" Wen Yanbo was still conciliatory, "Liao soldiers are pressing down on the border, and the morale of the army is not easy to be shaken at this time."

Zhang Yue said: "Those unqualified soldiers must be retreated first, and then they can be challenged. At the same time, those who are not of the same age must be eliminated. For generals who are unqualified in the first round, they must always be dismissed and punished by three or five." Only if I can teach them to restrain themselves and train more than ten generals effectively, I can guarantee that they will be promoted to the first or second level."

Seeing that Zhang Yue had given him face, Wen Yanbo was also very happy and said: "Good."

Zhang Yue said: "The 37 generals of the Hebei Fourth Road are all organized in this way, and the thirteen generals of the Hedong Road are also organized in this way."

When Zhang Yue was on Xihe Road, he had [-] troops and three generals. However, on Hedong and Hebei Road, there were fifty generals, with each general ranging from ten thousand to several thousand.

Later, Zhang Yue issued another document, asking Zhang Zhi, the magistrate of Daizhou, to concurrently serve as the judge of the Xuanfu Division of Hedong Road and be responsible for the training of troops and horses on Hedong Road.This is how father and son go into battle, brothers fight against tigers, and do not shy away from relatives when promoting virtuous people.

After that, Zhang Yue sent Cai Bian, Xu Xi, and Chen Guan to Gaoyangguan to appease the envoys, Zhending Mansion to appease the envoys, and Yingzhou to appease the envoys to conduct troop reduction and training respectively.

As for the weapons supervisor, Shen Kuo sent the latest [-] divine arm bows and various crossbows and arrows to Hebei.

After Shen Kuo was sentenced to military weapons prison, he appointed craftsmen as officials. At the same time, he carried out reforms in the prison, which really improved the efficiency of work.The officials also ordered the Ordnance Supervisor to give priority to replenishing Hebei's military and horse needs. Zhang Yue also urged him urgently, so Shen Kuo asked the Ordnance Supervisor to work overtime to rush the ordnance production to Hebei.

The use of cavalry and chariots to defeat the enemy is of no use now.

Using bows and crossbows to control the enemy has always been the kingly way of the Song army.

After the latest divine arm bow was equipped to the Hebei Song Army, everyone in the Hebei Song Army was particularly excited.You must know that in the past, these divine arm bows were used first by the Shaanxi Song Army.

Now with the arrival of Zhang Yue, the Divine Arm Bow has also been deployed to the Hebei Song Army.

Even the Jin people were afraid of this weapon. Jin Wushu said that he was most afraid of the two weapons of the Song Dynasty. One was the heavy axe, and the other was the divine arm bow, especially the divine arm bow. The rest were not of concern.

General Zhang Yue directly equipped the three or five best generals with the divine arm bow in this training. At the same time, the war horses were given priority. This is to strengthen the stronger and the better.

Rewards without punishment are useless.

For the top three or five generals with poor training performance, not only will they not receive any rewards, but they will also be challenged twice. The generals will be demoted, demoted, or even dismissed. At the same time, some redundant soldiers will also be eliminated.If they don't take care of themselves, I will take care of it for you. If you don't train your troops, I will help you train your troops.

This is to grasp both ends and promote the middle.

The area of ​​attack should be small to avoid making too many enemies, and kindness should not be given indiscriminately, otherwise it will have no effect.

After sorting out these things, it took Zhang Yue more than three months, and news came from Han Zhen's negotiations here that the Liao Dynasty had a very tough attitude towards negotiations, and at the same time it had lost patience with the Song Dynasty's procrastinating progress.

Zhang Yue told Han Zhen that he would arrive at Zhending Mansion for further discussions with the Liao Kingdom.

At the same time, Zhang Yue ordered the construction of Guancheng and fortresses in Xiongzhou and other front lines.

You must know that this was the clear content of the Song Dynasty in the Song-Liao negotiations last year, that is, the Song Dynasty could not build guancheng in prefectures and counties close to the Liao Kingdom's front line.

However, Zhang Yue took the initiative to change the agreement and said that he would hold negotiations with the Liao State in Zhending Mansion.

The Liao Kingdom also seemed to know that Zhang Yue was the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty and the most trusted minister of the Song Dynasty officials.

So at the end of the eighth year of Xining, the Liao Kingdom also sent a team of extremely high-level envoys to Zhending Mansion to negotiate with Zhang Yue.