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It was undeniable that Yang Chun's 700 infantrymen were fighting with the 1000 soldiers led by Huazhou General Judge Wang Zhouxi.
Didn't Wang Zhouxi set up an inescapable net in Qushan Gully, letting the leader Yang Chun and more than 200 cavalrymen go over and annihilating the 700 infantrymen of Shaohua Mountain? Why was there a fierce battle at Niu Er Ridge?
Was Wang Zhouxi's scheme foiled, or was there someone capable among the Shaohua Mountain infantry? Let's reveal the mystery step by step!
There was a huge difference between the Xiang Army and the regular Imperial Army in the Song Dynasty. The Imperial Army was a field army that was directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. Its immediate superiors were the Palace Front Division, the Bodyguard Troop Horse Division, and the Bodyguard Troop Infantry Division.
The imperial guards, including the emperor's personal guards, were concentrated in the capital. There were the Sun Holding Guards, the Heavenly Martial Guards, the Dragon Guards, and the Divine Guards.
They were also stationed in various places, with the largest number, the best quality, and the best weapons.
The Sun Holding Army was divided into four levels: Xiang, Jun, Commander (Battalion), and Capital.
The Xiang Army was the army of each state during the Song Dynasty, while some were stationed in one state and several states.
The prefectural armies of the capital were under the management of the Xuanzheng Yuan, and the local prefectural armies were under the jurisdiction of the prefectures and counties, with dual leadership.
The strong and brave men in the army can be selected as the imperial guard, and the rest can be stationed in the city as the army, without any further garrison.
The soldiers of the prefectural armies were recruited and exiled criminals, as well as soldiers who were eliminated from the Imperial Army. They were mainly used for labor and to maintain local social order.
The income of the prefectural soldiers was meager, with the highest being 500 wen a month.
This was only a small portion. Most of the prefectural armies did not have this much. The worst ones could only receive some salt money.
The soldiers could only receive two stones of grain every month, which was about 125 catties per stone. This seemed to be a lot of grain, but it was the food for the entire family.
The meaning was obvious. The prefectural soldiers were people with families, not bachelors who could eat their fill and not starve their entire family.
The prefectural soldiers did manual labor, which was dirty and tiring. They generally earned 300 yuan a month and an average of 55 wen a day. This kind of salary couldn't be any worse.
Cai Jing's gatekeeper earned 80 strings of money a month. The income of a gatekeeper was almost equivalent to 240 soldiers.
When the gap between the rich and the poor in society was so wide, you would understand why Song Jiang, Fang La, Shi Bin, and the other heroes wanted to revolt. That was because he couldn't live anymore.
The Northern Song Dynasty was an extremely wealthy society, accounting for 80% of the world's gross domestic product. It was even more impressive than the Tang Dynasty. Why were the people and soldiers at the bottom so poor?
Of course, the problem lay with the officials. The emperor was focused on artistic creation, eating, drinking, and having fun.
The prime minister racked his brains to accumulate wealth for himself and his family. If the people and soldiers were not poor, then f * ck them!
The treatment of the prefectural soldiers was low, and the Imperial Army was not any better.
The imperial guards and prefectural soldiers of the Song Dynasty were allowed to bring their families along, and each person received ten strings of money as a settlement allowance.
If they were engaged in a fierce war with the enemy, the standard of settling down allowance would be higher.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the money was 770 wen, which was equivalent to 2000 yuan. One wen was equivalent to 2 yuan. The monthly income of the Xiang army was 500 wen, which was equivalent to 1000 yuan. It sounded okay.
The Northern Song Imperial Army and the Xiang Army issued silk but did not issue military uniforms. After receiving the cloth, they had to customize it themselves. The military uniforms were basically replaced in autumn and winter, but the phenomenon of stuffing their pockets was serious, and the Xiang Army often wore tattered clothes.
The monthly salary of a high-grade soldier in the Imperial Army was 1000 wen, and a middle-grade soldier was 500-700 wen. The income of a low-grade Imperial Army soldier was slightly better than that of a prefectural soldier.
The Imperial Army also distributed rations, which could be two stone and five buckets (about 300 jin) a year.
Imperial soldiers and prefectural soldiers could live in dormitories, even though the conditions of the dormitories were not very good, and the cost was generally around four strings of money.
However, at that time, the cost of an ordinary house was about ten strings.
It could be seen that the living conditions of soldiers were very simple.
However, the military was set up in a single room, which could be used by a single person or even a family.
Through the above analysis, we have clearly realized why the economic giant, the Northern Song Dynasty, was a dwarf in the military and was repeatedly beaten by the Liao and the Western Xia.
The reason was very simple. They implemented the national policy of " defending the internal and weakening the external, strengthening the backbone and weakening the branches ". They valued civil affairs over martial arts, invested little in the army, and regarded the soldiers as slaves. They wanted the horses to run, but they did not give the horses a piece of grass. Only a ghost would believe that they could win the war.
Wang Zhouxi was Judge Tong, the deputy of the Huazhou Prefecture Zhizhou, but his power was sometimes greater than the Zhizhou.
The Tongpan was the " eagle dog " sent by the imperial court to each state. If it was during the Republic of China, it would be a special agent sent by the central government to various places. Its position was not high and its power was great.
The general judge assisted the governor or prefect in handling government affairs. All state affairs such as soldiers and people, money and grain, household registration, taxes and corvee, prison litigation, etc., must be signed by the general judge to take effect, and have the right to supervise officials.
The general judge was in charge of grain transportation, household fields, water conservancy, litigation, and other matters. He had the responsibility of supervising the governor of the state capital.
The Tongpan was also given the power to report directly to the emperor about the situation of all officials in the prefecture, prefecture, and county.
At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to strengthen the supervision and control of local officials and prevent the Zhizhou from having too much power and acting arbitrarily, Song Taizu created the position of "Tongpan". Its purpose was to strengthen the central government's management of the local areas and consolidate political power.
Wang Zhouxi was a Jinshi of Xining. After the Jinshi examination, it happened that Wang Anshi's reform happened. He was from Shanxi, so he naturally stood on Sima Guang's side and opposed Wang Anshi becoming a new moon party.
After the failure of the Xining reform, Wang Zhouxi had been an official in the imperial court and was a hair's breadth away from being promoted to the position of governor.
However, after Empress Dowager Gao's death, Song Zhezong took over the government. The new party who supported Wang Anshi's reform became the prime minister and directly demoted Wang Zhouxi to Huazhou as a general judge.
Wang Zhouxi hated Zhang Dun and hoped that he could return to the court after Emperor Huizong of Song ascended the throne and then enter the prime minister or the prime minister.
When people were unlucky, drinking cold water would hurt their teeth. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty worshiped Cai Jing as prime minister. Cai Jing belonged to the new party that supported Wang Anshi's reform. Wang Zhouxi's dream of being an official in the capital was completely shattered.
The situation had undergone a fundamental change. Wang Zhouxi had to be a chameleon in order to survive. After all, he was well-educated and had the ability to control the municipal bureau.
Hence, Wang Zhouxi gave up on the stubborn and conservative style of the New Moon Party and began to flatter them.
Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Gao Qiu became the leaders of the times. Wang Zhouxi had no choice but to bow down to them.
Zhou Luwang took Jiang Tianlong's name card and came to the state government to ask for reinforcements. Wang Zhouxi felt that his chance to rise had come!
Wang Zhouxi had long known that there were four villas in Qingyang Village, the vanguard of Martial Saint Village, Baihe County, Huazhou: De Yun Manor, Bao Yue Manor, Lin Xi Manor, Long Xiao Manor.
This was the mansion that Cai Jing had built for his illegitimate son to avoid suspicion.
Cai Jing's illegitimate son seemed to be called Wei Wei, and his mother was called Wei Juan.
Wei Juan was Cai Jing's tainted maid, and she had given birth to a child for him, which was also worthy of celebration. However, after Wei Wei was born, Cai Jing was afraid that the censor would report to him, so he secretly built a mansion and villa in Qingyang Village.
The woman who met Wei Juan was called Xiao Mei, Jiang Tianlong's grandmother.
Xiao Mei was a maid that Cai Jing met when he was participating in the provincial examination. Cai Jing had a crush on Xiao Mei, and Xiao Mei's stomach grew bigger day by day. She hid in the wilderness and gave birth to a girl named Xiao Lin.
Cai Jing had passed the provincial, provincial, and palace examinations. In the third year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty had passed the Jinshi examination, but he had forgotten about Xiao Mei, the maid.
After Xiao Mei gave birth to Xiao Lin, she kept the secret that her father was Cai Jing a secret.
At the age of 13, Xiao Lin married a local rich family surnamed Jiang and gave birth to a son named Jiang Tianlong.
After Cai Jing came to power, he found out that Xiao Mei's three generations weren't having a good time, so he brought Xiao Mei, Xiao Lin, and Jiang Tianlong to Qingyang Village, Wusheng Village, Baihe County, Hua Prefecture, to live in De Yun Villa.
Wei Juan and her son Wei Wei had arrived earlier than Xiao Mei, Grandma, and Sun, and were staying in Baoyue and Linxi Mountain Manor.
Wang Zhouxi knew Cai Jing's background clearly, and his goal was not to capsize.
Wang Zhouxi immediately led the two commanders, Wang Xi and Gong Zhu, to light up the 800 soldiers and rushed towards Baihe County.
Zhou Luwang had asked for reinforcements at Longxiao Villa, while Wang Zhouxi had led Mao and Gong to lead 800 soldiers to Baihe County. Wasn't that a little different?
It was not going in the opposite direction, but following the rules. Because Zhizhou Jin Xinshu was in Baihe County, Wang Zhouxi had to get the Zhizhou's permission to send troops to help Longxiao Villa.
Hahaha…What a cunning old thief! Wang Zhouxi was around fifty years old, so it was not strange to call him an old thief.
Jin Xinshu saw Wang Zhouxi, Wang Xi, and Gong Zhu leading 800 troops from Huazhou Prefecture to aid Longxiao Villa, and he couldn't help but praise Wang Zhouxi after he received the report from Baihe County.
Wang Zhouxi was the sole authority in Huazhou Prefecture, so Jin Xinshu, who had the least trouble, was quite relaxed. He simply lived in Baihe County for a year and a half, eating, drinking, and playing.
When Wang Zhouxi saw Cai Jing's grandson, Jiang Tianlong, at the county office, he knew that this kid was only seventeen years old and was cunning. He sucked in a cold breath and thought," Jiang Tianlong was Cai Jing's grandson, and Wei Wei was Cai Jing's son. However, the name card that was used to call for reinforcements was Jiang Tianlong's, not Wei Wei's. Jiang Tianlong had already made his uncle a figurehead, and the power of his grandfather was a joke.
Wang Zhouxi admired Jiang Tianlong's plan of ambushing the bandits of Shaohua Mountain in Qushan Gully, but he couldn't watch Jiang Tianlong, a brat who was still wet behind the ears, order him around.
Therefore, she had indirectly suppressed Jiang Tianlong and even mocked him.
Jiang Tianlong was a shrewd brat. He didn't threaten Wang Zhouxi with his grandfather's power. Instead, he happily watched Wang Zhouxi walk out of the door.
Wang Zhouxi led 1000 troops to the cricket ditch, only to know that the ambush here was unique.
Wang Zhouxi admired Jiang Tianlong's intelligence and wisdom. He had 1000 soldiers lie in ambush in the bushes on both sides of Qushan Gully. Once the bandits arrived, two gongs would ring. They were not allowed to attack and could only shoot arrows.
They could only attack after the gong sounded three times, and they would be rewarded according to how many enemies they killed.
Commanders Wang Xi and Gong Zhu heard Wang Zhouxi say that he wanted to reward them according to their merits, but the standard was not the truth. The two of them looked at each other.
Wang Xi chuckled and said to Wang Zhouxi,""Your decision is wise. You have set a precedent for the Huazhou provincial army by rewarding them according to the number of enemies killed. However, this soldier has a few questions that are not clear.”
"Of course, of course! What's wrong with asking?" Wang Zhou raised his arm happily and said," Commander Wang and Commander Gong have been through many battles. I'm a civil official who only knows how to talk on paper. If I want to fight against the bandits, I'll need the help of the two commanders!”
Wang Zhouxi was right. He was a civil official, and he was better at talking on paper than in actual combat. He had not experienced many real battles.
Seeing Wang Zhouxi's sincerity, Gong Zhu said bluntly,""Is the judge telling the truth about rewarding according to merit, or is he just trying to motivate the army?”
Wang Zhouxi waited for a moment before he stared at Gong Zhu and said,""What does Commander Gong mean? It's better for you to be honest!"
Gong Zhu was tall and strong, and the weapon he used was a golden spear. He switched the spear from his left hand to his right hand and stabbed it into the ground."What I mean is, can rewards be given based on merit?”
He stretched his neck and swallowed a mouthful of saliva."For example, how much is the reward for killing a bandit? Is the reward money cashed on the spot or replenished after the battle is over?”
Gong Zhu's words were equivalent to giving Wang Zhouxi a hard time. The military's jokes were not only directed at the soldiers, but the jokes of the officials would also seriously shake the morale of the army…
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