By the time Cang Yi returned to his camp, everyone had already fallen asleep in silence, and the candles had been extinguished for a long time. The conditions in the camp were difficult at this time, so Cang Yi just took a quick wash and prepared to rest. But he didn't feel anything when he was lying on the bed.

Unable to sleep, I fantasized that if in the future it was true what Liu Baiqing and Kang Kui said, then I would have at least 500 super-strong soldiers similar to modern special forces in this era.

The more Cang Yi thought about it, the more excited he became. Before time travel, he was a military fan with an angry youth temperament. He often browsed various military websites, and also loved to discuss with other military fans in various forums, post bars, and Zhihu sections. Sometimes he would

Discuss with them how to improve the combat effectiveness and combat literacy of an army in the cold weapon era. In addition to team organization and tactics, the more important thing is to discuss how to train.

For Kong, there are Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Han Shizhong, Gao Huaide, Cao Wei, Di Qing, Yue Fei, Yang Ye, Wang Jian, Li Jilong, Wang Shao, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Yu Yunwen, Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Zong Ze, Liu Qi and many others.

The famous historical generals of the Song Dynasty lost their imperial seals twice due to the subjugation of foreign enemies. Many military fans felt sad when they mentioned it. They all expressed their opinions and discussed how to improve the combat effectiveness of the armies of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties. How to use them in the absence of excellent war horses.

Infantry arms and what kind of weapons to fight against the cavalry of Liao, Jin and Mongolia.

In fact, Cang Yi had no good impressions of the Song Dynasty in its previous life. Because it failed to counterattack the nomads like the Han and Tang Dynasties, it lived in the shadow of the northern barbarians from beginning to end. Historically, the Song Dynasty failed to regain Youyun from beginning to end.

In the Sixteen Prefectures, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyi even made two personal expeditions to Youzhou, both of which ended in failure. Therefore, in later generations, many people felt that the Song Dynasty was so poor in military strength that it could not attack the Xiongnu and Turks like the Han and Tang Dynasties, and established

A great empire spanning north and south.

Now Cang Yi has traveled to the world of the Yan Dynasty that replaced the Song Dynasty. Coincidentally, Zhao Kuangyi is also the emperor. The same first personal expedition ended in failure, and the second personal expedition has not yet begun.

At this time, he was lying on the bed, because he couldn't sleep, and he was thinking about whether the Yan Dynasty could escape the fate of the Song Dynasty in history.

Cang Yi had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and he thought about the fact that the Song Dynasty was unable to eliminate external barbarians in history, not only because of its weak military power, but also because the international environment and domestic situation between the Song Dynasty and the Han and Tang Dynasties were very different. Think about it again.

, discovered that the Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty actually had striking similarities: both dynasties were built on another unified dynasty, with the Han succeeding Qin Zuo and the Tang succeeding Sui Zuo. Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and ended the long period of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

The era of division; the Sui Dynasty pacified the north and the south, ending the Five Husties' chaos in China and the long-term division between the north and the south. Both the Qin and Sui dynasties ended in the second generation, and the problem lay in the succession of the second generation emperor.

At the end of the Qin and Sui Dynasties, the world once fell into chaos, but fortunately it did not last long and the country's political structure was not seriously damaged. Although they experienced several years of war, the Han and Tang Dynasties gained a relatively complete empire, and this empire was

Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty earned their wealth after decades of fighting. It can be said that the Han and Tang Dynasties got a huge advantage!

In contrast, the Song Dynasty did not have such good luck.

The Later Zhou Dynasty it replaced was only the largest separatist regime at that time. The process of establishing a country was not like accepting the legacy of a large empire like the Han and Tang Dynasties. On the contrary, when the Song Dynasty was founded, it was in the midst of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the world was in chaos.

At this time, local forces have been operating for a long time and have formed independent countries without any affiliation to each other. National unification is not as simple as the decisive battle between Chu and Han, and it is not as simple as the decisive battle between Chu and Han, and it is not as simple as the separatist forces in the late Sui Dynasty that were not stable and were divided by the Tang Dynasty.

Break.

National reunification requires long-term wars like those of the Qin and Sui Dynasties. More importantly, the international environment in the Han, Tang and Song Dynasties was different.

The main enemies of the Han Dynasty were the Xiongnu, the main enemies of the Tang Dynasty were the Turks, and the main enemies of the Song Dynasty were the Liao, Jin and Xixia Kingdoms. The problem is: the Xiongnu and the Turks are not real countries, they are just a powerful tribe.

They are nomadic people who live in no fixed place and rely on the weather for their livelihood. Tribal management is still at a relatively primitive level, with militarized organization, high mobility, and erratic comings and goings. These two nomadic peoples are truly international peoples, and their scope of activities is not

They are stationary and have no interest in production materials. When the weather is good in the desert and the cattle and sheep are fat, they will not pose any threat to the Central Plains. When natural disasters such as drought make their lives impossible, they will go to the Central Plains to rob food.

Their only option to survive.

Most of the agricultural population in the Central Plains area has settled settlements, and their residences are scattered, making it easy to plunder. If they encounter resistance, they usually fight if they can and run away if they can't. Therefore, the Han and Tang dynasties went through several relatively large battles.

The war basically solved the problem of Huns and Turks, some of them surrendered to the Central Plains Dynasty, and some of them migrated to Central Asia and Central Europe.

On the other hand, before the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty was already a major power in northern China. As early as the founding of the Later Liang Dynasty, Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, had already left the Tang Dynasty. When Abaoji became emperor, the Goryeo Uighurs and the Wuyue Kingdom in the south paid tribute.

Shi Jingtang cut off the "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun" and the Khitan in 936 AD. At that time, Yelu Abaoji had died, and his son Yelu Deguang took over as the head of the Khitan Kingdom. Shi Jingtang actually groveled and surrendered to the Khitan Kingdom, which was ten years younger than him.

Yelu Deguang, who was 20 years old, called him his father. When he presented a memorial to the Khitan, he called the Khitan ruler the "Father Emperor" and himself the "Son Emperor." In addition to paying tribute of 300,000 pieces of silk to the Khitan every year, he also paid tribute to the Khitan during the holidays.

He also sent envoys to deliver gifts to the Khitan leader, the Queen Mother, and noble ministers.

At this time, the Central Plains was still in the era of warlord separatism in the late Tang Dynasty. Regimes changed frequently and wars continued. During the rule of the Five Dynasties, the longest regime in the Central Plains region was only seventeen years, and the shortest was only seven years. In the fifty years, five dynasties changed, and ten

Several emperors. The Liao Kingdom took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to stir up dissension and then reap the benefits. The people of the Liao Kingdom usually played the role of helping the weak to resist the strong. This policy actually divided and weakened the Central Plains.

The main magic weapon of the dynasty.

By the time of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom had become the main enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty. Basically, the Liao Kingdom was often the attacking party, while the Central Plains Dynasty was often the defensive party. Although Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty made a Northern Expedition, he only defeated the Northern Han army, but

They did not conquer the Northern Han Dynasty and regain the territory, let alone recover the "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun".

When the Song Dynasty was founded, the Liao Dynasty had been officially established for fifty years and was almost a Confucian nation. First of all, they were already a true empire. Secondly, they were no longer a nomadic nation, but an agricultural and civilized country.

.Thirdly, they monopolized the most important war resource at that time: the horse trade. Therefore, whether it was the war between Song and Liao, or the later war between Song and Jin, the war between the two countries was no longer a simple battle to snatch food, but a battle for survival resources and living space.

Once this aspect of competition is involved, every inch of land must be fought over.

Therefore, the Song-Liao War and the Song-Jin War were cruel, long-lasting, and difficult to determine the outcome. It is not the outcome of one battle that can determine the fate of the war, but a comprehensive battle from all aspects. Looking at it the other way around, in fact, the Song Dynasty

It can also learn from the Liao State and support the weak countries around the Liao State, so that the Liao State is too tired to deal with these countries and has no time to invade the south. The Song Dynasty can take advantage of this to recuperate. But if it wants to go north to regain the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture, it must have

A large number of cavalry will do.

Cang Yi thought at this time, what if the Song Dynasty had a large number of good horses? The result would definitely be different! Unfortunately, the current situation, Cang Yi couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of this.

Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, the grassland area in the Song Dynasty was greatly reduced. The grasslands that originally belonged to the Han and Tang Dynasties were controlled by the Liao and Xixia at this time. The Hexi Corridor was also blocked by the Xixia. It was impossible to obtain good horses from the Western Regions, so it could only be imported from Dali, Yunnan.

Horses, but these horses are inferior to those in the north. It can be said that the Northern Song Dynasty was very backward in cavalry, which prevented it from expanding its territory like it did in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and could only take a defensive stance. This is a military problem

Reasons. There are also political reasons. As soon as the Northern Song Dynasty was founded, it formulated a set of methods to consolidate its political power. It released military power with a cup of wine, and transformed the original Jiedushi system from weak branches to strong branches, emphasizing civility over military power.

, the separation of soldiers and generals, and the remote control of the monarch, all of which weakened the combat effectiveness of the Song army.

At this time, the Yan Dynasty was a replica of the Song Dynasty, with the same emperor, the same international situation, and the same domestic policies. If you want to reverse the current situation, you can only settle Xixia first.

Either destroy it and surrender, or let it open the Hexi Corridor and trade with it to obtain a large number of war horses. The second and most important thing is to change the domestic policy of emphasizing civility over military affairs, attach importance to the training of military forces, and improve recruitment.

system, but in the final analysis, everything is still controlled by the supreme ruler of the current Dayan Dynasty, and he has the final say.

Cang Yi smiled mockingly to himself. Now he is just a son of an official who is neither civilized nor military. Unless he can become the emperor, he can reverse the current situation, replace defense with offense, and change the Central Plains dynasty that has been dominated by the northern barbarians for generations to come.

History of aggression. If you become emperor, then...

Cang Yi was lying on the bed at this time. He was suddenly shocked by the thoughts that came to his mind at this time and sat up. A lot of cold sweat began to break out on his forehead! He didn't know whether it was because he was scared or because he was too excited.

At this moment, he was sitting in the dark and quiet barracks, but the thoughts he just had seemed to have penetrated into his heart, and the beating became stronger and stronger...
Chapter completed!