A Study Of War Mobilization In The Northern Song Dynasty

In Northern Song Dynasty,The War mobilization composes of military mobilization,material-support mobilization,mental mobilization and diplomatic mobilization.In officially-led wars,is mainly mobilization of the Jin Forces and the Xiang Forces.As the regular army of the government,the Jin Forces is always the mainly fighting forces the government relies on.In addition to undertaking all kinds of labor work,the Xiang Forces is also mobilized to cooperate with the Jin Forces for the war.The government attaches great importance to the mobilization of the folk armed organizations.In folk mobilization,the main part is the militiaman forces,among which,the archers and the soldiers have strong combat power,and they are valued more and more by the government during the war in the late Northern Song Dynasty.In order to protect themselves,the fork forces formed by spontaneous civilians were also mobilized to participate in the war.Among them,there were also squadrons composed of monks.In order to ensure there are sufficient weapons and food in the army,the government must prepare before the war starts in order to deploy in time.Before the war,the Northern Song Dynasty not only mobilize manpower from the folk,but also material resources,including grains and horses.The government's mobilization activities in the private sector often present a passive and compulsory situation,and sometimes even mobilize women and children.To a certain extent,the official and private mobilization has guaranteed the comprehensiveness of pre-war mobilization and brought trouble to the people.In order to mobilize the Jin Forces and the Xiang Forces,the government will organize a review to stimulate the combat confidence of the soldiers and maintain the morale of the army.The government also attaches great importance to the alliance with neighbor countries and mobilizes other countries to join forces with the Northern Song Dynasty,in order to avoid the attacks from neighbouring countries during the war.Full war mobilization is the guarantee of war victory.Inadequate war mobilization can easily lead to huge drop between the real situation and expectation and result in failure.From the failure of the Battle of Lingzhou and the Defense of the Kaifeng,the important position and role of mobilization in wars is evident.