Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Su Xia and Xiong Hui looked at each other and nodded.

Su Xia: "I understand your worries. You were all children of the army in the past, and we didn't say we wanted to rebel.

The Song army is indeed very powerful. The local army (Xiang army) and the central army (Forbidden army) add up to more than 100 million! It looks powerful on the surface, but in reality?

Take the Dengzhou Guard as an example. According to the standard establishment of the Dengzhou Guard, there are as many as [-] soldiers. But as the military commander of Dengzhou, you should know how many actual soldiers there are in the Dengzhou Guard. Be a soldier! "

Sun Li shook his head, "The actual number of employees is only over 2000, and the remaining nearly 6000 people are living on empty wages!"

"Who among these soldiers can actually fight?"

"There is no one among the five who meet the age and can truly fight!"

"If you look at it this way, the actual strength of the entire Song Dynasty's 80 Xiang army is only more than 20, and those who can participate in combat are only 5 or [-]! The number of the Forbidden Army who can fight is estimated to be less than [-].

This is why the Song army failed in many battles against the Liao Dynasty, and even in the battle against the Xixia army, it was unable to fight back.

In terms of geographical advantages, it was because Shi Jingtang during the Five Dynasties gave the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun to the Khitan, which caused the Song Dynasty to lose the Great Wall defense line in the north when the country was founded.

So the early Song Dynasty was when the military was at its strongest. The two Northern Expeditions suffered a lot and both ended in failure. On the contrary, the Khitans were condescending and repeatedly sent troops to invade the south, and the cavalry was even more at home. Isn't this worth pondering? "

Listening to Su Xia's remarks, Sun Li couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction:

"The Song army lacks combat power, is greedy, and has poor combat effectiveness. This is true, but your Salmon Island..."

Su Xia did not answer this question directly, but directly asked Xiong Hui on the side: "Have Zhao Wenhui and the others gathered yet?"

"Yes, right under the island!"

"Let's go and see together!"

......

The main campus of Salmen Island was originally the location of the military camp of the Prison City Camp of Salmen Island. Since the comprehensive construction of Salmen Island, it has been turned into a large training ground.

When everyone came here, they saw the Song army that had been decorated for you as expected. The number on the flag was Ping Haijun.

Sun Li was stunned: "There is also a Pinghai navy stationed here?"

"The Second Corps of the Pinghai Navy, this is a force that is not listed in the order of battle of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty! It can also be understood as our private army on Salmon Island!"

Zhao Wenhui stepped forward on horseback, jumped off his horse and ran forward to report, "Sir, the Second Pinghai Navy Corps has been assembled. Please brief me, Chief Officer of the Pinghai Navy Second Corps, Zhao Wenhui!"

Su Xia nodded with satisfaction, "Start!"

The cavalry was at the front. Although there were only two to three hundred horses in sight, they were full of energy!

Su Xia explained; "Brother Sun Li, the general officer is the captain of the corps. This is the cavalry detachment of the Pinghai Navy's Second Corps. Of course, the number of people now is not satisfied with the establishment! Following them, the Pinghai Navy's Second Corps The infantry detachment of the general regiment, and the artillery detachment as well! The fire support detachment!”

Sun Xin was a little confused and asked, "What is the fire support detachment?"

"Yes, a main battle unit that specializes in weapons and equipment such as heavy trebuchets, long-range crossbows, and golden wheel artillery with hot weapons! The fire support detachment uses muskets, Weiyuan cannons, and rockets as its main battle equipment!"

A few people were discussing, and in the distance, the rumble of cannons came, and on the beach in the distance, there was a sea of ​​fire!

Even during the Lantern Festival in Bianliang, Tokyo, the fireworks were not so intense!

Sun Li was also shocked: "You use firearms as your main battle equipment?"

"Yes, these firearms are more than enough to defend Salmon Island. Even the pirates of Japan were lost to the pirates twice in a row. Coupled with the Pinghai Navy's original troops stationed in Dengzhou, my soldiers have been There are six thousand people!"

"6000 people?" Brothers Sun Li, Sun Xin and Sister Gu were both stunned.

"Cooperate. When you return to Dengzhou, you will take over the position of training envoy of the Dengzhou Guards. By that time, the entire Dengzhou Guards will be under your control!"

"Me, the training envoy of the Dengzhou Guards?"

Sun Li didn't understand.

"That's right, you will be the trainer of the Dengzhou Guards. Shi Qiantian is dead, and you can only take over this position!"

"It seems that we must cooperate..."

Sun Li raised his head, then lowered his head.

There is no doubt that the development of Salmon Island has added three more generals!

In the Dengzhou Wei magistrate's office, Sun Li stood solemnly.

Zhou Bin nodded, "Sun Li, there is really no other way. I have to call you back. You must have heard about the raid on your family's gambling house."

"Yes, sir, I have heard about it, and I don't know why."

"That was a misunderstanding. I don't know how Shi Qiantian, a loser, managed to accomplish this!"

Zhou Bin said dissatisfied, looked at Sun Li and said, "Shi Qiantian is dead, you know that."

"Back to my lord, my subordinates have heard something."

Zhou Bin snorted coldly and said, "What a joke. An upright regimental commander, luckily the alias on his head was not removed, and he died in a brothel."

Turning around, Zhou Bin continued to ask, "By the way, how is the situation on Salmon Island?"

When asked about this, Sun Li felt a little stuck in his throat.

He now has two choices. The first is to tell the truth immediately and tell the whole story about the current situation of Su Xia's Salmon Island!

The outcome is that Zhou Bin will immediately report to the court, and then the army will be dispatched, and a war will break out!

The second is...

Sun Li lowered his head and said, "Sir, nothing happened. Salmon Island is very dilapidated."

Zhou Bin nodded, feeling relieved in his heart, "You should prepare yourself for the position of training envoy of the Dengzhou Guards."

"Sir, thank you for your cultivation!"

After Sun Li finished speaking, he knelt down on one knee and couldn't help but marvel at Su Xia's grasp of the news.

What kind of person does this have to be to have such courage and ability?

Did you just go from being a leader to being a regimental trainer?

Good boy, Sun Li didn't dare to think about such good things. In the past, when Su Xia mentioned this to him on Salmon Island, he thought Su Xia was joking with him!

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a true prophecy!

......

The prefect Zhou Bin never dreamed that Sun Li would dare to lie to him!

And Salmon Island, right under his nose, was growing bigger and bigger like a snowball!

The population is growing!

He hoped to cultivate Sun Li as the leader of the Dengzhou Guards Army, hoping to use it to compete with Su Xia's Pinghai Army, but he never thought that Sun Li had become Su Xia's man.