As for the formation of the 'pirate' army, Zhao Yu does not have to do it himself, he only needs to explain his ideas and pre-achieved goals, and then transfer them to the bureau to do it. The bureau has a lot of experience in this area, and after entering Jiangnan, it also has a fleet engaged in smuggling activities to Mengyuan and taking on the task of collecting intelligence, so it can be quickly put into operation with only additional manpower and ships.

With the end of the war, Zhao Yu's main focus also shifted from the military aspect to the aftermath, and began to prepare to solve domestic problems in the near future. Therefore, recently, he has had frequent correspondence with several important ministers such as Lu Xiufu and Ying Jieyan, who had stayed in the imperial court, exchanging views on some issues of concern to the government and the opposition, and discussing personnel arrangements and the development and positioning of the two Huai.

And Zhao Yu was not in a hurry to return to Beijing, on the one hand, he was waiting for Meng Yuan's reaction, and then reacted in a timely manner according to the actual situation. On the other hand, I also want to see the attitude of the DPRK and China and reach consensus with important ministers on certain major issues, so as to prevent myself from being caught off guard after returning to Beijing. In addition, they are also waiting to see the progress of the Xiangyang and Sichuan-Shu battlefields, and then relocate and adjust the Eastern Corps and Huaidong according to the situation of the war.

After entering June, the weather in Huaibei became hotter and hotter, and it also entered the rainy season. In recent days, it has been rainy and rainy, and it seems that water can be wrung out of the air, which makes people feel very uncomfortable. Fortunately, Zhao Yu worked in the south in his previous life, and stayed in Qiongzhou for ten years in this life, so he has basically adapted to this, but he still hopes to go further north, where there will be no hot and unbearable summer.

"Your Majesty, since the Northern Expedition, our dynasty has won consecutive victories, and there are more than 100,000 enemy troops captured, most of whom are in custody in various states and counties, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. Not only did it have to be guarded by soldiers and soldiers, but it also cost a lot of money and food, and the local government felt a heavy burden, and it was also worried that if so many troops were gathered in one place, the consequences of a riot would be unimaginable. Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to deal with it as soon as possible and eliminate the hidden danger. "Wang Yinglin asked for an audience early in the morning to discuss matters with His Majesty.

"Well, I've been captive for months, and it's not a long-term solution to always be in a place." Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "Have these captured Mongolian soldiers been screened?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has worked with officials from all parties to conduct statistics and classification and screening in accordance with His Majesty's instructions, and all of them have been compiled for future reference." Wang Yinglin replied.

"Very well, I have conceived it this way, we will refer to each other to see if it is appropriate, there are some of my ideas in it, and the governor can refer to it!" As Zhao Yu spoke, he asked Zhuang Gongcong, who was accompanying him, to find out the relevant copywriting formulated earlier and hand it to Wang Yinglin.

"Don't dare, what Your Majesty thinks must be insightful!" Wang Yinglin stood up and respectfully took the aisle.

"It's not my credit, I just put forward an immature idea, mainly because Shikai sorted it out, and made some additions and subtractions to fill in the gaps, I have seen it very insightful." Zhao Yu waved his hand and smiled.

"Oh, Shikai is a talented person, and there will be nothing wrong with him." Wang Yinglin raised his eyes to look at Zhuang Gongcong and arched his hand.

"Don't dare!" Zhuang Gongcong also returned the salute, and said with a faint smile, "I'm just an attendant next to Your Majesty, it's okay to do some small things, it's not a big talent!" ”

"I thought that in this battle, although our army won consecutive victories, it also exposed some shortcomings, especially the use of cavalry compared with Meng Yuan, there is still a big gap. Among the enemy troops captured this time by our army, there are many Mengyuan cavalry soldiers, who are good at cavalry archery and cavalry tactics, and can be used by our army. However, when I was in the front, I mostly fought in the Jiangnan region with a dense network of rivers and waters, and lacked combat experience in the Jiangbei and Central Plains, and even in the grassland areas, where there were many plains, especially the cavalry was still our shortcoming, so I planned to take Mengyuan as a teacher and learn from his strengths. Zhao Yu continued.

"In order to adapt to future operations, I want to expand the number of cavalry divisions and a number of independent cavalry brigades, and prepare for the establishment of a cavalry academy to train cavalry officers and a military horse farm. Therefore, I intend to select the best of the captured enemy troops as a teacher, and those who intend to join our army will be supplemented by the original two cavalry divisions and the new cavalry division for mixed training, so as to improve the combat effectiveness of our army; In addition, some soldiers who are good at raising horses and training war horses are selected from among them and incorporated into the military horse farm to be responsible for shepherding and training war horses. ”

"In addition, there are many craftsmen accompanying the Mongol expedition, and there are many skilled craftsmen among them, especially the craftsmen brought back from Persia, Dashi and other countries, who have unique methods for smelting iron and weapons, forging waters, and building cities, which can be used by us. I want to select a group of skilled workers to enter the craftsman's prison, and the rest can be allocated to the armory workshop or enriched to serve in various departments. ”

"As for the rest, most of the young and strong can be incorporated into the original or build a few new engineers and the capital water army to build the Lianghuai water conservancy and dredge the canal to Bianliang. The old and weak were sent to various official villages and tuntian to atone for their sins. ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, it is right to make the best use of people and make the best use of their talents. It can also reduce state expenditures, free the people from forced labor, and benefit the people. The ministers will complete the matter as soon as possible with their colleagues in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. Wang Yinglin nodded yes. He knew very well that it was very cost-effective to make these prisoners do hard labor, and as long as they were provided with food and clothing, and did not need to be paid, they could undertake the heavy and arduous task of building and dredging cities. It can also reduce the time and number of people in the imperial court to recruit and transfer husbands and servants, so that the people can have more time to engage in production, and win the hearts of the people without having to bear any moral blame.

Next, Wang Yinglin gave a briefing on the formation of the state armies in various localities, basically proceeding in accordance with the previously agreed proposals, with each prefecture forming a division, and the number of soldiers arranged in accordance with the principle of the first being more important and the latter being lighter, and the number of soldiers in the border state capitals and important military towns was relatively large, and even reached full strength, and the proximity to the hinterland, the small population, and the advantages and disadvantages of public order were to be increased or decreased according to the actual situation. Moreover, the troops are not all stationed in the prefectures, but are scattered in the counties and townships to strengthen the armed forces of the basic regime.

In fact, this arrangement continued the system of the previous dynasty, similar to the relationship between the border army and the forbidden army in the past, a small number of border troops were used to maintain law and order in the territory and deal with small-scale war conflicts, and to alert the movement of large forces of the enemy's various units, and to buy time for the arrival of the forbidden army before the outbreak of large-scale war. At the same time, this system also continued the idea of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's 'restricting the forbidden army with the world's Xiang army', once the forbidden army rebelled, it could dispatch the Xiang army from all over the country to Jingqin Wang to quell the turmoil;

However, Zhao Yu's arrangement is different, in fact, the current armed forces of the Song army are composed of the forbidden army, the box army, the township soldiers and the imperial front guard. The Imperial Protector replaced the position of the former Sanya Forbidden Army, responsible for protecting the security of Gyeonggi and Miyagi, accompanied the emperor's personal expedition, and was used as a strategic reserve, and at the same time used as a force to balance and suppress the forbidden army; As the most important armed force of the Great Song Dynasty, the forbidden army was responsible for defending national security and resisting foreign invasions, and was stationed in military important places, not all of them in the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi, and was recruited by the imperial court to participate in the battle in the event of a large-scale war, and its status was more similar to that of a modern war zone.

As the main armed force to maintain local law and order, the scope of operations of the Xiang army is more in its own prefectures and counties, and it cannot fight across borders, and is under the dual leadership of the Privy Council and the local road government. When war broke out, they were to be commanded by the imperial court to participate in the war, similar to the modern security forces. Township soldiers, on the other hand, are the product of the combination of soldiers and civilians, who are engaged in production on weekdays, are recruited for war, undertake transportation and detention tasks, and participate in direct combat when necessary.

Under this military system, there are naturally advantages and disadvantages to the formation of checks and balances among the various armed forces. The advantage lies in the development of the armed forces in various localities, which can be carried out in a way that is more in line with local military needs and social and economic development. But at the same time, in the face of large-scale operations, it is often necessary to mobilize troops from all over the country to participate in the war. And because the garrisons in various places often have differences in tactics and equipment, they have a huge negative impact on command and logistics.

This military system will also be constrained by civilian officials, which can be said to be one of the checks and balances made by Zhao Hao to deal with the emergence of military division. In dealing with large-scale normative warfare, these civilian officials tend not to interfere in the specific matters of the military, as they did in the past. But in terms of logistics, as well as strategic deployment, they need to be strategic. If the commanders of the military have a tendency to become militarists, they can cut off their logistical supplies and mobilize them through strategic arrangements to achieve the attempt to break up their separatism, and the role of civilian officials becomes more and more prominent.

"Bohou, if the Northern Expedition is stopped now, how do you think the government and the opposition will react?" At the end of the Northern Expedition, although Zhao Yu was secretly arranging the aftermath, it was still in a state of secrecy and was not reported to the imperial court, only known to a few cronies around him. And such a major event could not bypass the imperial court after all, especially a few important ministers, so he tentatively said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's ......" Wang Yinglin was a little confused when the emperor suddenly raised this question. At present, the Song army has won successive battles, recovered a large number of lost territories, annihilated a large number of Mengyuan living forces, and one step forward can realize the grand wish of the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty to recover the old capital, and the morale of all the departments participating in the war is high, and the desire for war is strong, it can be said that the situation is very good, at least in the eyes of ordinary people. If the Northern Expedition was abruptly stopped, it would take great courage and courage, and he couldn't figure out what the little emperor meant for a while, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Bohou, this is a private statement between our monarchs and ministers, there is no need to worry about anything, you can speak freely!" Zhao Yu saw that his eyes flickered, as if he was pondering the holy will, but he understood that although he was far away from the front line, he must be in contact with the court, and he would not be ignorant of the voice over there, so he smiled to dispel his concerns.

"Your Majesty, such a minister would be presumptuous." Wang Yinglin pondered for a moment and bowed his hand and said, "At this time, the Northern Expedition is over, and the ministers think that the whole court will breathe a sigh of relief!" ”