When Zhao Ji was squandering the national treasury and the inner treasury of Taifu Temple, he was still planning to wait until he defeated the Khitans before going to seal Mount Tai and observe the sea.

A battle training is underway near Jiehe Commercial City.

As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a moment. It can be seen that the soldiers must be raised in advance. When I think about raising soldiers and training them at the moment, it seems a little too late.

However, Wu Haogu, a tyrant capitalist, always has to do things carefully. Therefore, he did not raise troops for a thousand days, and only trained troops in the face of battle.

Of course, this is not a matter of money, but involves the trust of the government, checks and balances in the officialdom, and the internal balanced development of Wu Haogu's practical learning groups.

If it weren't for Yelu Yanxi's stationed in Xijin Prefecture City, Wu Haogu would not dare to let go of his hands and feet to recruit all the auxiliary soldiers of the six generals under his command. The six generals had a total of 30,000 soldiers! Because the engineers and cavalry auxiliary soldiers were also included in the auxiliary soldiers, the number of auxiliary soldiers reached about 25,000.

After the six generals were fully in full force, the number of people reached 55,000! No matter how many soldiers there were, the people from all over the country were under the jurisdiction of the empirical faction, it did not conform to the old rules of the Song Dynasty!

In addition to these 55,000 new army officers and soldiers, the regiment training in Cangzhou was also led by Jiehe Shangshi. At the "Damingfu Conference", Wu Haogu won a quota of 20,000 people for the Cangzhou League Training. After returning to Jiehe Shangshi, he no longer delayed his wait and see, but immediately held a Cangzhou Gentlemen and Business Conference and allocated the quota for the formation of the League Training to the following cities and counties. Including Jiehe Shangshi, Qingchi, Yanshan, Nanpi, Leping and Wudi County, a total of one city and five counties participated in the distribution of the League Training.

Among them, Jiehe Shang City assumed the quota for 10,000 regiment training, and the other five counties each allocated 2,000.

The 20,000 regiments have now been concentrated in Jiehe Shang City. With the new army officers and soldiers, under the threat of the Khitan cavalry, they have begun to receive strict and harsh training.

The recruits from the brigade changed into regular clothes chosen by Wu Haogu himself. In fact, they were linen short shirts often worn by northern farmers, linen pants that were closed, and a Fan Yang hat. The clothes were not dyed, and they were as strong and durable as possible.

These new recruits, in the battalion, were dressed neatly together, standing on the playground outside their newly built military camps. In front of them were new military uniforms, Fan Yang hat was also on their heads, and straight swords were hung on their waists, or small military officers without officials, so they naturally had a military demeanor.

It is not easy to bring these recruits out in a short period of time!

If it weren't for the Knights of the Yuntai Department, the former Privy Council Military Academy, it had been eleven years since this year. Not only did it train a large number of officers, but it also found a training method that focused on cultivating military officials of all sizes (i.e. officers, non-commissioned officers), and in wartime, it used small military officials and veterans to assist in the training of new soldiers. With the 55,000 new army alone, Wu Haogu, the Xuanfu Department, could not take down the military training department, let alone those regiments to train troops.

Of course, the regiment training in Cangzhou is not without any foundation. At least the 10,000 troops pulled out from Jiehe Market are quite good. Their foundation is the Doctoral Order and Jiehe Citizens, plus some employed utility soldiers. They also form two general infantry, and their equipment is almost the same as the new army, but they are not equipped with many wart armor. Most of the new recruits can only receive a piece of paper armor after the training is completed.

The practice of equipment for Jiehe Group is not because I am afraid that someone will talk with the weapons ban, but because I have no time to create so many wart armors in a hurry.

Even though there are many iron shops in Jiehe Shang City and JD Shang City that use hydraulic hammers, and two iron plants that use charcoal to smelify iron, there is still no way to completely arm the 75,000 army in the short term.

As a team training for the second-line troops, they naturally can only suffer some losses.

When Wu Haogu brought his staff to the camp south of Jiehe Shang City today, it happened to be the meal time. Because the people in the Shang City are relatively wealthy, they always eat three meals a day. Therefore, everyone, including the Six Generals of the New Army and the soldiers trained by the Cangzhou regiment, had three meals a day.

The soldiers lived in the camp and conducted daily training. At this time, in the thatched canteen temporarily set up in the camp, the chefs wearing white aprons were distributing food. They saw each of them guarding a large iron pot. Each iron pot had an attractive aroma. It was okay for the "urban soldiers" from Jiehe Shang City, but they were used to eating. Those group trainers from the countryside, let alone poor and lower-middle peasants, even children from the land and wealthy family who were hardworking and rich, could not stop saliva from seeing the pot of white flour buns and foods that looked a bit like the legendary meat.

Jiehe Market is indeed as legendary, and it is a good place that is rich in the world! Even if you can have a meal every now and then, this soldier (the regiment) is in charge!

In addition to having meat, you can’t lose money!

Now Yelu Yanxi is in Xijin Mansion! For his sake, Wu Haogu can also ask for the new army soldiers and regiment chiefs... They will soon fight against the Daliao Heavenly Soldiers, can they not pay? If they don’t pay, they will not work hard. If they lose the battle, the Song Dynasty will change its ownership, and Zhao Ji will no longer be able to be prosperous and Yu.

So now, the 55,000 new army and 20,000 regiments under Wu Haogu are directly under the jurisdiction of the 55,000 new army and 20,000 regiments, regardless of whether they are the 55,000 soldiers or not, are all paid by the northwest, which gives land to the northwest, and may not be able to do this in Cangzhou, where business is well-developed!

The standard for paying wages depends mainly on the position and level. The combat soldiers are divided into four levels of the upper and middle and lower levels to get money, and the auxiliary soldiers are divided into labor, baggage, and cavalry are paid in three levels. The cost of training regiments is less, and the same position is 20% off than that of the combat soldiers.

As for going to the battlefield, of course, I have to pay another bonus!

Anyway, Wu Haogu can now obey Zhao Ji's military expenses in his pocket, so there is no need to save money for him.

Wu Haogu rode his horse around the huge military camp, moving from the camp to the camp. From time to time, he would get off his horse and go into the soldiers' sheds to check, and would pick up peasant militia who looked honest and had some soil to ask a few words.

"What's the name?"

"If you go back to Xuan Shuai, your little one is Zhang Erdan."

"Where are people? Yinzitou Village outside the east gate of Nanpi County."

"What are you doing at home?"

"The little one farms."

“How is the harvest?”

"The harvest is OK, but the wheat has been too cheap in the past few years..."

"Will anyone eat enough in the camp? Is anyone bullying?"

"Eat enough, you will have a meal of meat in two or three days, but enjoy it, that's it..."

"It's just that the chief is too fierce. He always hits my board, and his butt is blooming."

"Why do you need to fight?"

"I can't tell the difference between front, back and left, and I can't keep my steps..."

"Oh, that's what you should do, but you need to apply some medicine after the injection. Don't smash someone's butt. If it's broken, it's not easy to get rid of it. You need to change some places to beat it."

"Here!"

A battalion from a knights academy was about to stand behind Wu Haogu, responding loudly, and swept the Nanpi Zhang Erdan from the corner of his eyes... as if he was looking for a place to start, Zhang Nanpi was trembling when he saw it.

Wu Haogu smiled and patted Zhang Erdan's strong shoulders, "Don't be afraid, this is how the new recruits come... Practice well. When you go into battle to kill the enemy, you will know that the things you are practicing now are useful. By the way, what kind of soldier is he?"

"Report to Shuai Xuan, this kid is temporarily a crossbowman!"

"Bandaman..." Wu Haogu nodded and thought to himself: No wonder he always gets beaten... In the "Infantry Classic" of the Knights Academy, the crossbowman is killed by being beaten!

Because the crossbowmen must have fear of superior officers more than their fear of Khitan soldiers. Only in this way can they fire arrowheads at close range under the command of the officers.

Of course, being a soldier and being beaten are inseparable in this era. Even in places like the Knights Academy, there are various corporal punishments placed there.

In addition, there are also many death penalty in the army! Not only do we need to kill individuals who disobey military orders and laws, but we also have to sit left and right, and even be in the army!

Without all kinds of unrestrained military and legal disciplines, how can the army go on battle and win a battle?

In terms of enforcing military law, the new army is much more brutal than the imperial guards. In many cases, the imperial guards have developed worldly soldiers. Grassroots officers and soldiers often get along with each other, so how can they do it?

This is not the case with the new army. The soldiers have only been in five years of service. The officers do not have such deep friendship with them, so they are cruel when they start! Moreover, the soldiers of the new army are basically young people, with thick skin and thick flesh that can resist fighting and learn quickly. Unlike the uncles and uncles of the imperial guards, they can't fight.

Wu Haogu came out of this shed, got on the horse again, and continued to patrol the camp with Ma Zheng, who had just returned from the northwest.

"Shisan Xuan, we should have known about the Khitans who are training without any concealment, right?"

When Wu Haogu heard Ma Zheng’s question, he just smiled: “How could he not know? Yelu Yanxi also had a spy.

But what can I do if I know? Will I cross the Border River immediately to attack? It’s still summer, and there’s no horse on the water surface of the Border River.”

"Maybe Yelu Yanxi will send troops to invade from Dingzhou Road." Ma Zheng expressed his concerns, "The four generals stationed in Dingzhou Road are not good. There are too many empty spaces and insufficient weapons, let alone training. Moreover, the group training of Dingzhou Road has just begun to recruit..."
Chapter completed!