No shortage of walls

When the two of them came out to guard the gate, they were nearly forty. He is nearly fifty now. He has been in the wind and snow for eleven years. Although he has few weapons, he still looks older.

Liu Xiong watched the master of the imperial kitchen for a while, but he did not dare to waste time to learn it. Although a new workshop was built next to the square of the palace hall; he only asked to see the emperor with hatred and waited for someone to be sent someday. Just go and learn.

But when I think about it, it won’t be long before everyone in the world knows it. The emperor has a purpose and anyone can learn it as long as they are not treasonous and traitorous. It is not difficult to learn it.

Song Xing met Liu Xiong and made the same arrangement as Wu Wei. Scatter his soldiers in nearby prefectures and counties so that they can go home easily, replace the original officers and soldiers in the prefectures and counties, and train those officers and soldiers. The two frontier armies totaled 45,000 people, which could ensure the safety of all the prefectures and counties in the northern half of the country. However, he arrived later and let Wu take care of the arrangements first. If there was overlap with the rest, he had nothing to do.

Such an arrangement was just like the Emperor's favor. He came late and suffered the consequences of being late, but it had nothing to do with the Emperor. However, the guards in the prefectures and counties could take half a month's leave to go home after three months. There was no problem, except for the long distance. ,all the same.

For decades, the northern and southern borders have fought and prepared for war. The army has defended the city for the government. On the contrary, the government has too few soldiers and the laws in the northern and southern borders are extremely strict. They have been preparing for war all year round, and the idea of ​​unification is deeply ingrained. On the contrary, the public security is better.. It’s just that we have been preparing for war all year round, the taxes are heavy, there are many refugees and beggars, and the people are suffering; it has been like this since the first minute. Before the partition, they were often bullied by their neighbors and became accustomed to it. What can ordinary people do? Fortunately, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were able to fight to the death. Although they were poor, they were finally safe. However, the northern border was exempted from taxes for five years. For a while, the people in the northern border were peaceful and peaceful. The pressure on the people has dropped sharply, and their lives are getting better day by day. Although it is actually the same all of a sudden, people feel relieved and have hope in their hearts. They have a new look. The soldiers are on standby in times of war and protect the safety of the people in peacetime. It is much better than the border army, but it has been guarding the border for too long, and it is inevitable that the troops will be uneven and their combat effectiveness will be low.

At this time, they were replaced, and it was time for rigorous training. The veterans quit and new recruits were added. The country would perish without soldiers, and Liu Xiong also shouldered the responsibility of recruiting and training troops.

It's just that after replacing the generals, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers. It is enough to form an army. Try to select those under forty years old from the second army to prepare for the war and see how many are left.

Song Xing estimated in his mind that there were 80,000 garrison troops in the four passes, 20,000 in prefectures and counties, and 45,000 in Wu Wei Liu Xiong, nearly 150,000. Adding in the 80,000 bombed at the original border, the imperial army, and the garrison of the capital, the original number of soldiers in the Northern Kingdom reached more than 250,000. The emperor was greedy for wealth, and you can imagine the lives of the people!

But if you think about it carefully, the same goes for the southern border. There are currently 80,000 garrison troops, nearly 30,000 garrison troops in prefectures and counties, 30,000 garrison troops in the capital, 30,000 imperial troops, 30,000 troops in the northern and outer gates, and two more troops preparing for war, totaling more than 60,000 troops. It was also more than 200,000; only for the third and fourth princes, he killed a few thousand of his own, and the northern cavalry entered the capital and killed the garrison. There were also more than 10,000 imperial officers and soldiers. He sent his father's old troops to the north, and prepared for the war and sent troops south to replenish them to prevent the border. There was a mistake, and now both the north and the south are in chaos.

Just how many soldiers there are and what the population structure is. We had to wait for the statistical report from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to come out and find out that with the Beacon Order, the royal family in the southern region had undergone tremendous changes and everything was in chaos. This calculation method was not true.

Now it seems that the newly returned north is more stable than the south. The most complicated army in the north is Cui Zheng's miscellaneous army. Fortunately, the old troops are available, there are 8,000 elite troops, and there are barbarians threatening the north. , although no troops have been sent yet, it has attracted the domestic pressure from the northern and southern borders of the Song Dynasty; and the northern border is anxious for peace; there is no problem. After Pingjing County is built, the original troops in the northern border can be changed to The two armies were preparing for war and gradually recruited soldiers to replace veterans.

Song Xing gave them the same treatment as Wu Wei, but when it came to reforming the army, he had the opposite opinion. He only wanted to reform the army but not the government. You call me division commander, and I call you minister of household affairs! Seems a little weird.

Song Xing didn't think of this at first. He originally wanted to change the army to a name he knew, but Liu Xiong said it was difficult.

The military and civil servants are originally separate. This civilization is the same. It looks like two departments, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but the difference at the lower level is not big. It's just that I don't understand the subtleties of army commanders and provincial governors, so it's hard for me..

The newspaper was sent out, and the report had to wait until after the annual meeting; the news that Liu Gongquan has returned now is that the support from the north is mostly, and the support from the south is less, anyway, it is half.

There are two supporters: one is the chosen son of the new emperor, who means whatever he says.

Secondly, the rank is what matters. Is there any difference between a first rank or a ninth rank, a military commander and a governor? The military attaches great importance to military exploits to protect the family and country; ranks are there. If the emperor casually named himself A, B, C, and D, and his official position was the first rank, wouldn't the military attachés in the world strive to climb up to the ranks of A, B, C, and D with their military exploits? Are you proud to be A, B, C and D? If the minister is a minor official from the ninth rank, who will work hard to be the minister?

There are also opponents. First, the current name is still the same for thousands of years. It was like this before the Song Dynasty was divided. Therefore, the officials in the northern and southern regions have the same name and the same rank regardless of their literary and military skills. two is! You call me the doctor of the Ministry of War, and I call you the brigade commander. It's really weird.

Song Xing and Liu Gongquan discussed the issue of idle troops in the Northern Territory with Liu Guo. They were all middle- and upper-class figures in the old ministry. Now the main ones were, Wu replaced the 20,000 people for Liu Xiong. Cui Zheng actually had nearly 30,000 people there, who had just returned from the Northern Territory. At this time, Cui Zheng transferred all the excess and kept the danger around him.

Prince Jing's old subordinates were indeed very courageous.

But with this breakdown, it turns out that there are not 250,000 people in the northern border. It is just a matter of the army, which will have to wait until later.

Song Xing asked Liu Guo what he thought of the army. After all, they were more familiar with it.

Liu Guodao:"Yuzhou Long Quan led an army composed of the original northern imperial capital garrison and local troops, but the northern and southern territories have been preparing for war for a long time. Maybe there is dissatisfaction among the northerners in the army, but in the end it is the Song Dynasty or the Qi Dynasty. This point The late general was very confident and expected that they would not kill the main general and unite Qi to attack Song. The senior officers and soldiers in Kuang's army were all from the old corps, and no one took the lead. They were just low-level officers. No matter whether they united with Qi to attack Song or united with Hu to invade Song, even if they won It won't do much good. We, the Song people, hate traitors and traitors! The Qi people and the Hu people may not like them, and they may not dare to reuse them if they are taken under their account. Moreover, the Song Dynasty has been feuding with its neighbors for a long time, and the Song soldiers should know this very well. Therefore, there is no defense. The old troops of King Jing still have the same troops in the plains, with 20,000 elite troops guarding the pass. Even 50,000 barbarians may not be able to break through. Even if there is a slight difference, the northern army has been prepared and will always have time to react. Needless to say. Heishan Guan Yunshan was originally the chief general of Nanguan in the northern border. There were soldiers from the north and south. If he wanted to let the Hu people into the Song Dynasty, half of them would not want to. As long as the matter was not secret, he could not kill them all at once and let the Hu people into the Song Dynasty. Pingshan Er Ten thousand soldiers can also divide their troops into half and attack. The last general guessed that the emperor had this intention, so it was not a big problem. On the contrary, Tangshan Changsheng led the old army, which had been running the pass of Xia Kingdom for a long time, and the emperor killed his brother again, although he did not care about it. , but this may not be the case in his heart. Furthermore, he was deeply favored by the emperor in the north. Returning south at this time, he would inevitably be disappointed or afraid that the emperor would settle accounts in the future, so he did not dare to say for sure. As for Cui Zheng, there are three thousand out of ten thousand in the south. Border guard, eight thousand old troops, people have been stable for a long time, but they are defenseless. As for the arrangement, the general suggested that the emperor recruit Cui Zheng into the palace to inquire carefully! He knew better that the general in Pingjing was missing, and the general was going to take his place for half a month."