The result of Su Dongpo's investigation into the Liao delegation was disappointing. Wu Haowen was not crazy about gains and losses, and Su Che and Lin Rong were not teased by Zhang Jue.

The Heqing Army of the Liao Kingdom was indeed beaten by Gao Qiu!

Moreover, more than 500 armored cavalry of the Leather Crew Army died... According to Xiao Delidi, the Liao master Yelu Yanxi is now furious and must see Gao Qiu's head to calm down!

In other words, Gao Qiu's head is already at risk of moving.

However, the southwest side of the Great Liao Kingdom, the Zhaodaosi Department, has been surprisingly well-behaved these days, and he really didn't want Gao Qiu's head at all.

If we want to describe their attitude in one sentence, it is that national harmony is as great as the sky! Not to mention Gao Qiu's head, even the ordinary Song Jun's head would not dare to move.

Gao Qiu himself didn't know that there was a battle in Mingtangchuan, and he didn't know that his head was a little lingering.

After the Liao army retreated from Mingtangchuan, he also left Mingtangchuan, took away 10,000 combat troops and a group of knight officers, and at the same time, he allocated a group of Hedong Army to command Wu Haogu to complete the city building mission.

And he himself took 10,000 combat soldiers and knight officers and the warrior officers to Tongwan City, where the Shuofang Road Government is located.

He has to train a "Gao Family Army" to defend his head!

Because the "battle government soldiers" performed well in the Battle of Tong Wan, the court finally made up their minds to do a big deal. So they issued a major edict to Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, asking them to build the "battle government soldiers" that were originally under the jurisdiction of the three directly under the imperial fronts. Why would all the Shuofang government soldiers have to train tens of thousands of soldiers?

So Gao Qiu discussed with Wu Haogu and brought back 10,000 combat troops, plus a group of knight officers and warrior officers (many warriors were promoted to officers for their military achievements).

Just when the Censor Hou Menghou Qingtian led a group of Censor Taimen to the west.

Near Tongwan City, there are training troops in full swing.

The recruits from the brigade had already replaced them with brand new linen battle jackets, and put on heavy paper armor and rattan hats. They held wooden sticks, wooden shields, bows and arrows and other weapons. Tens of thousands of people were divided into several large formations and stood neatly on the school ground outside Tongwan City. In front of them, officers with neat uniforms and sharp swords hanging on their waists actually had an elite demeanor.

These new recruits were selected from the strong soldiers recruited from Shaanxi, Hedong, Henan (Prefecture) and other places, with a total of more than 30,000 people!

It's really a lot! It's not easy to deal with so many new recruits.

Fortunately, Gao Qiu also learned the method of Wu Haogu, and also selected a group of military academic departments from the imperial knights to form his own military command, and asked his confidant Yang Kebi to take charge of this military command.

Many of the military commands have participated in the training of the previous combat military soldiers and gained a lot of experience. On this basis, more reasonable organization and training methods have been formulated.

In terms of organization, the original level four, such as "Zhi", "Command", "Du", and "Ten Generals" were changed to level six, including "General", "Department", "Bank", "Team", "Team".

In addition, the "three-three organization" (this was proposed by Wu Haogu) was adopted, that is, one general was under the jurisdiction of three divisions, one unit was under the jurisdiction of three battalions, one battalion was under the jurisdiction of three teams, one team was under the jurisdiction of three fires, one fire was under the jurisdiction of three s, and one s had about ten war soldiers.

In other words, Yihuo has about 30 combat soldiers, a team of about 90 combat soldiers, a battalion has 270 combat soldiers, a unit of 810 combat soldiers, and a general has 2,430 combat soldiers. This is just the number of front-line combat soldiers, and does not include auxiliary soldiers and commanders at all levels and commanders.

One of them is the commander of the mansion (in the design of military command, the horse soldiers are only one level, higher than the superior soldiers). The fire chief, the deputy team and the chief team are at least miscellaneous military officials at the third level, and they are all military officers with official positions from the battalion to the top.

In addition, starting from the team level organization, there will be different number of auxiliary soldiers, guards, and commanders. These troops will have deputy positions at all levels, namely team deputy, prepared deputy, department deputy, and deputy general directly commanded.

The two levels of the department will be assigned to military affairs to assist the chief officer in command and training the troops.

At the first level, the plan is to be assigned to the light cavalry battalion for reconnaissance. Now that there are horses, there are fewer horsemen... The cavalry is impossible to find from the palace soldiers. Moreover, it is a bit late to start training now, and the work of the light cavalry is really difficult to master.

In addition to cavalry and the most basic spearmen, the war soldiers who are training (including the 10,000 old combat soldiers) also have two types of soldiers: swords, shields, bows and arrows.

The three types of soldiers with long spears, swords, shields, and bows and arrows will be organized in a "pure team" way. There is only one type of combat soldier at the team level, and the battalion is mixed. Each battalion is composed of a team of captains, a team of swords, shields, and archers.

In other words, archers only account for one-third of the total number of soldiers in the palace, far lower than the other Song army.

Tong Wanchengtou, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Xue Sichang and others were all watching the training of the new recruits under the city from afar.

It is actually not completely new to say that it is a new recruit. In order to speed up the training, Gao Qiu's military command formulated a "broken old and mixed" method. He mixed 10,000 old soldiers and less than 15,000 new soldiers to form 10 temporary generals.

Because of the old and the new, there are a large number of officers and small martial officials as their souls and backbones, the new soldiers made rapid progress and have now adapted to strict training and can obey orders.

In the comfortable and cool breeze in summer, Xue Sichang said softly: "I really didn't expect that the soldiers of the palace can be trained like this... Ten generals! If the auxiliary soldiers and cavalry are equipped, there will probably be more than 40,000 people. If the imperial guards are used, the military pay alone will be more than 100,000 yuan per month! If the imperial guards in the country can be replaced with civilian soldiers, they can save more than 1 million yuan a month and 145 million yuan a year."

Gao Qiu said without looking back: "Of course, the military soldiers saved money. I wondered how many years they had entered in the early Tang Dynasty? They had to recruit soldiers but they would not have killed Li Shimin to death? However, the military system we are implementing now is also insufficient... The military soldiers only served for five years, and they started to calculate the days they came and went in the army in their hometown. The time they could really stay in the military camp was four and a half years.

This soldier must be trained quickly! Otherwise, I won’t be able to use anything. If I have to train new recruits frequently, it will be difficult for military officers and young martial officials. Everyone must be good, otherwise they will not be able to support the army.

Our military officers are free from soldiers and generals!”

Gao Qiu is still very smart. He has now seen the advantages and disadvantages of the "New Mansion Soldier".

The advantage is that it is "military province". If the whole country uses government troops to replace the imperial guards, it will save more than 10 million yuan a year.

You should know that the annual income of the Song Dynasty is only more than 60 million! After saving 14 to 5 million, it becomes much more relaxed in terms of wealth.

But while "saving military affairs", generals cannot save!

In order to support the ten generals in front of him, Gao Qiu had already drawn 3340 knights or warrior officers from Wu Haogu. In addition, 13400 veterans who had made meritorious service were promoted from the ranks to serve as team chiefs, team deputy, and fire chiefs.

Gao Qiu sighed: "The general is not enough now! The previous level of the Mansion Soldier Company was a student of the Military Academy. He had studied for four years and had been on the battlefield for at least one year. Some people had led soldiers before joining the Military Academy... It was not the same as the team promoted from the old Mansion Soldiers now. So there are no old Mansion Soldiers who can fight now, at least not at the moment."

"If you want to use the students of the Military Academy, wouldn't it take six or seven hundred?" Xue Sichang shook his head, "There are not that many in total, and you have to leave some for Wu Chongdao, right?"

Gao Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "If the imperial guards across the country are replaced with government soldiers, tens of thousands of military officers in the Military Academy are also required. Moreover, cavalry cannot use government soldiers. At least they will be recruited, and the knights will be better. In addition, the deputy and fire chiefs of the team must be miscellaneous military officials, at least 20,000! If there are still engineers, then there will be more military recruits and military officers. Where can I find them?"

Tong Guan nodded quietly, Gao Qiu really understood now!

If he could escape this disaster, he would probably become a famous general of the generation.

...

"Civil Secretary Hou, the camp of the three straight troops in front of the imperial army is right in front!"

Hearing the voice of the Yinzhou minor official leading the way, Hou Meng lifted the curtain of the car, poked his head out, and looked ahead of the official road.

I saw a yellow castle made of rammed earth that had appeared in the distance. The dusk sunlight shone on the castle, reflecting a trace of golden color. Around me was a green grassland, and some cattle and sheep were flowing slowly, showing that they were rich.

"Is this city always there?" Hou Meng asked.

"No," replied the Yinzhou minor official, "This is only built, the official name is not yet, and it is now called Mingtang City.

Taiwei Wu has been busy building cities these days. Not only did he build Mingtang and Mingchuan cities next to Mingtang River, but he also went deep into Dijinze to build Dijinze City. I heard that he had sent troops to Henan to build Shuozhou City."

"Henan?" Hou Meng frowned slightly, "Are he a little farther away? He is not afraid of the troops sent to be attacked by the Khitans?"

The little official smiled and said, "I don't know this little thing. The Censor Hou asked himself when he saw Taiwei Wu."

The minor official who accompanied Hou Meng to Mingtang City was sent by Su Chi from Yinzhou. At the same time, Su Chi also sent a quick horse to report the message to Wu Haogu. Before that, the messengers sent by Su Dongpo and Zhao Ji had arrived at Mingtang City and informed Wu Haogu of all the purpose of Hou Meng coming to Shuofang.
Chapter completed!