Some people in the modern world claim based on historical materials that the winning rate of foreign wars in the Song Dynasty exceeded 70%, while the winning rate of foreign wars in the Tang Dynasty was only more than 50% less than 60%. Therefore, they claimed that the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty was stronger than that of the Tang Dynasty.

Yan Fei just wants to say that you are just illiterate groups.

Historical records show that there were more than 600 foreign wars in the Song Dynasty, and the number of victories was indeed far more than the number of defeats. However, the victory won by the Song Dynasty was generally small-scale defeat wars, or defensive wars rather than annihilation wars. Defeat and defense are relatively easier, and it is considered to be a winner when defeating the opponent.

During the battles that won by the Song Dynasty, most of them killed thousands of enemies, and even reported that they had won a great victory. Those who truly annihilated more than ten thousand enemies at one time were concentrated in the early years of the founding of the country and after Jingkang, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong and others.

Among these more than 600 wars, most of them were the Song Dynasty passively defending against the enemy's attack. Many of them killed 800 enemies and lost 3,000 of them. After the enemy could not afford to retreat due to insufficient food or other reasons, the Song army began to brag about its great victory all the way.

In the defeated war of the Song army, there were many people who lost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands at one time. For example, the Battle of Gaolianghe, where Zhao Guangyi defeated the elite Guang imperial guards, and the Battle of Qigou Pass, where the famous Yang family generals suffered a crushing defeat, all of which were lost by nearly 100,000 people.

In the famous Battle of Baigou River, hundreds of thousands of troops led by Tong Guan were defeated by Yelu Dashi, who founded the Western Liao Dynasty, and the entire army collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of troops almost disappeared.

Not to mention the disastrous defeat of the Jin Kingdom during the Jingkang period. The fact that tens of thousands of troops collapsed on their own when facing dozens of cavalry was scared, it was also a wonder in military history.

As for the battle of Yashan, more than 100,000 eunuchs and palace maids were sent to the battlefield to die, it would be better not to mention it.

Therefore, the winning rate in the Song Dynasty was high during the foreign war, but the actual cost was completely impossible to match this winning rate. Once the war was defeated, it would be a crisis moment when the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. This combat effectiveness was really an illiterate view compared to the Tang Dynasty.

Without further ado, let’s talk about a decisive battle between Gao Xianzhi and Guanzhong soldiers during the Tianbao period, led by Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Khorasan, Aibu ***, in Henglus. This was the only victory in the Arab Empire's confrontation with the Tang Dynasty. The result was that the Tang army lost 15,000 troops and the Arab army lost nearly 80,000!

What else should I say more about the comparison of the combat power between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty?

The main reason why the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty army was so low was that it used civil servants to control martial arts. It would be strange if it could win.

"Although this Northern Expedition only brought tens of thousands of people, you know the combat effectiveness of these tens of thousands of people, because you have always been training." Yan Fei looked at the soldiers who were moving in an orderly manner in the military camp and spoke out to Yue Wumu. "Those big turbans treat the soldiers as inconspicuous consumables. If they die, they will be dismissed at most a straw mat, and they don't even have a coffin. I'm not such a person."

"It is an honor to sacrifice one's life for the country as a soldier, and you must never treat this honor badly." Yan Fei looked solemn. "Soldiers risked death in battle and went to the battlefield for the country, so they must provide them with the best logistics support. All food, clothing and expenses must be the best. They can rebuild when they are used up, but if they die, they will not survive."

Yue Fei's eyes flashed, and he agreed with this statement that was completely different from the mainstream values ​​at this time. In this era, the soldiers of civil servants and even military generals were just consumables for promotion and wealth. If they were killed in battle, they loved soldiers like their sons, and they were unique in investing a large amount of supplies like Yan Fei.

"Don't arrange high-intensity training these days, let the soldiers have some rest." Yan Fei calculated the time and determined the date of departure. "We will set out in three days."

The number of soldiers and horses in this Northern Expedition was very small compared to the previous scale of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands. Only more than 10,000 were heavily armored cavalry composed of Han people from the northern region, Khitan people, Xi people and Bohai people. It was composed of about 30,000 main soldiers selected by Wang Yijun from various places and Yan Fei who had previously brought to Bianliang City, as well as 30,000 logistics and baggage troops selected from hundreds of thousands of imperial guards.

There was no way for heavy armored cavalry to use the surrendered auxiliary troops. After all, after the Western Xia rebelled, the Song Dynasty lost its horse-raising base and was extremely short of cavalry. Most of the cavalry were concentrated in the Western Army and could not form a scale.

The generals who went to the expedition were mainly Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Yang Zaixing and others. On the civil servants, Yan Fei led Zong Ze, Li Gang and others together. The military forces in Bianliang City were led by Zhang Xian, Wang Gui and others. On the civil servants, Li Ruoshui, Zhang Shuye and others were led by Li Ruoshui, Zhang Shuye and others.

Zhang Xian followed Yue Fei to be executed at Fengbo Pavilion in history, and he was absolutely trustworthy in terms of character. Although Wang Gui had flaws, he could be Zhang Xian's deputy. They would command Yan Fei's troops and horses to train the local kings and local imperial guards to maintain the security of Bianliang City.

Li Ruoshui and Zhang Shuye were both loyal people who were famous in history, and their opposition to Emperor Maode was far less intense than Zong Ze. It was just right to leave them to control the court.

More than 70,000 people were not large in previous wars, but their momentum and logistics were all the battles that had been going on for more than a hundred years ago. Not to mention anything else, the hundreds of heavy-duty trucks carrying large containers were the unique super supply lines of this era.

It’s not that Yan Fei couldn’t get more trucks, but that there was no place to refuel and maintain them from Bianliang City to the north. All the fuel was carried and consumed when they set out from Bianliang City. In addition, the official road that could barely be used could only be reached to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, so the scale could not be expanded any further.

In addition to heavy trucks, Yan Fei also collected thousands of large trucks. He had no way to make any high-tech transformations in a short time, so he simply replaced all the wooden wheels of the large trucks with rubber tires. As for the shock absorption system, four-wheeled large trucks have no time or mood to do it.

The number of logistics supplies of more than 70,000 troops was as high as tens of thousands of tons, which was unimaginable in the era of cold weapons.

The day of departure was held according to classical records. Emperor Maode, who was dressed in costume, led all civil and military officials out of the city to see him off. Although there were tears in his beautiful eyes, Emperor Maode did not make any extreme actions. In fact, Yan Fei had already comforted her last night and said that he would come back at most a few days apart.

A crawler trailer was dragging a tank, and the helicopter was left in Bianliang City by Yan Fei. Yan Fei could return to the modern world anytime and anywhere, but the beacon point of this time and space was set in Bianliang City. If he came here, he could only appear in Bianliang City. So he could leave the helicopter to catch up with the army quickly.

After celebrating the sky and reading articles for a long time, after giving out imperial wine and excretion fees to the soldiers who went to war, this army, which was not very large in number, finally started to move.

The first one to set out were the cavalry. These cavalrymen riding on the back of pack horses, carrying empty war horses and armored supplies, set out first to head straight for the floating bridge on the Yellow River under the leadership of the super fierce general Yang Zaixing.

After Yang Zaixing and Han Shizhong and others arrived at the order, Yan Fei re-divided the command of the army.

Yue Fei was promoted to the position of commander and was responsible for coordinating the overall situation. Han Shizhong was appointed as Yue Fei's deputy to assist him in his work. When the army was split in the future, Han Shizhong would also become the commander of the side.

As for Yang Zaixing, although this super general is extremely brave, his ability to command can only be said to be average. So he became the commander of the only cavalry in the Song Dynasty with the strongest combat power.

Most of this heavy armored unit with more than 10,000 troops was composed of surrendered northern auxiliary troops, and was composed of some brave men who could ride horses carefully selected from the troops from all over the country, the access guards of the capital, and the troops brought by Yan Fei along the way.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, and although they are so bad, the number of people is there. There are still hundreds of people who can ride horses and have the courage to choose.

These soldiers must have been submissive to Yan Fei. They have witnessed Yan Fei's strength that is far beyond ordinary people. Faced with the terrifying strength that is irresistible and like a god or a demon, even the bravest cavalry must kneel down.

After Yan Fei handed over the command of this army to Yue Wumu, these cavalrymen were convinced by Yue Fei. Yue Fei was not only a super powerful general, with outstanding martial arts skills, but also an extremely outstanding commander. These brave heavy cavalrymen were also convinced by Yan Fei.

However, when Yue Fei left and replaced Yang Zaixing, many brave cavalrymen were dissatisfied.

Yang Zaixing has a bad background, he is actually from the Green Forest. In other words, the Divine Condor Hero Yang Guo, a great hero who is so romantic that he will delay his life after meeting him, is a bandit.

Nowadays, both the Song and Liao countries attach great importance to their backgrounds. Even if they are not military generals, they are at least scholars, farmers, industrialists and commercial families. Those who are like bandits are really extremely despised. In other words, Yan Fei knew that this powerful general went to Hunan to find Cao Cheng, the local Green Forest General, who was threatened by threatening these bandits and then knocked him over with one punch and took him away.

Yang Zaixing was a thorn, and he always believed that he would listen to anyone with his fist. After being easily knocked down by Yan Fei, he admired Yan Fei and was sent to Yue Fei by Yan Fei. He was then sent to Yue Fei and then competed with Yue Fei and then admired Yue Fei again. When he took over Yue Fei to command more than 10,000 iron armored cavalry, it was his thorns' turn to disobey him.

In the face of this situation, Yang Zaixing's reaction was very simple, that was to fight. Anyone who was not convinced would come out to fight alone. As long as he could win, he would win, let alone the cavalry commander, he would take my life.

The result is naturally self-evident. All the thorns who were ready to beat were highly educated by Yang Zaixing, and since then he has firmly gained a foothold in this army.
Chapter completed!