Shizhou is a state and county established after the establishment of the Western Xia by the party members, and Shizhou City is naturally expanded by the party members on the basis of a county seat that originally belonged to Yinzhou. Because it was used as a fortress to guard the border and the station of the Xiangyu Military Division, the castle was built quite strongly.

And now this fortified castle, along with several surrounding forts, has fallen into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty. Now it has become the seat of the Great Song Dynasty Yinzhou, and the name has been changed from Shizhou to Shicheng.

Today's stone city is full of traffic at the city gate. Cars and teams of soldiers and horses entered and exited several city gates. Most of the vehicles entering the city were piled up with grain and grass supplies, all of which were transported from the Suide Army and Yan'an Prefecture near Yinzhou.

The wagons, which were piled high with grain and other supplies, stopped in front of the well-renovated and fortified warehouses in the city, and immediately a strong government soldier stepped forward under the supervision of the officer, carrying bags of rice and grain materials, and piled them up in the warehouse with sweaty profusely. Orderly, not chaotic at all.

Those who left the city were well-formed and well-armoured soldiers, carrying spears and swords and bows, and went out of the city for training under the command of officers.

"I really didn't expect Brother Bochong to be so well organized here." Xue Sichang, the transfer judge of Yanyan Road, strode in from outside the Yinzhou Prefecture Ya, his face full of surprise, "It's only been a few days, not only are the granaries and horse farms in Yinzhou City all set up, but the roads along the way have also been renovated, and even everything is ready here in Shicheng." This ability, Si Chang is ashamed of himself, and only his father can compare with him. ”

Xue Sichang and Su Chi are very familiar, they are both from official families. Xue Sichang's father's name is Xue Xiang, known as a unique cadre, especially good at business. He used to be Wang Anshi's right-hand man to change the law, and he was also a genius of dry transshipment and shipping.

Now Xue Sichang compares Su Chi's transfer talent to his father, so he naturally has the meaning of touting, but he is somewhat admired in it.

This time, Su Chi did not establish a transshipment system on the inherent land of the Great Song Dynasty, but on the territory that had just been seized from the Western Thieves - the Western Thieves had already evacuated most of the population, and the bridges and warehouses that could be destroyed were also destroyed.

Now, it has only been more than a month, and not only have all the repairs been completed, but also a large number of government soldiers, chariots and horses used to transport materials have all been deployed in an orderly manner.

This is not all, on the way to inspect Shicheng, Xue Sichang also found that many temporary tuntian camps had been established on the north bank of the Wuding River, and there were already many government soldiers carrying hoes to sort out the land.

The efficiency of this work is really a bit ridiculously high.

"Brother Wen Huang praised the wrong person," Su Chi raised his head from a pile of account books, looked at Xue Sichang who was in the dust, and said with a wry smile, "The repair of Yinzhou, Shicheng, and the bridges and roads along the way are all under the command of the military machinery of the Sanzhi Forbidden Army, and they are the ones who set up warehouses and horse farms, and they are the ones who command the government soldiers to transport grain and grass." ”

"Military aircraft should be commanded?" Xue Sichang was stunned and stunned, "What is this for?" ”

"It is the staff of the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the three straights, and Wu Chongdao commanded the 30,000 army with their assistance."

"How can a staff member in the army meddle in a transfer matter? And the three straight Du Yu Housi can't take care of Yinzhou's affairs. Xue Sichang shook his head, took a bowl of hot tea, and took a few sips.

The three straight capital Yu Hou Si is equivalent to the commander of all the armies or the general manager of the whole road, and he is in charge of the army and not the people. Moreover, the Sanzhi Army was transferred from Kaifeng Prefecture, not from Yinzhou or Yanyan Road, so it was not in charge of transshipment and civil affairs.

Sitting down on a white billet chair made by craftsmen under the command of the engineers of the Sanzhi Army, Xue Sichang said again: "And when will those vulgar martial artists be able to take care of the affairs of the transfer division in an orderly manner?" He frowned, "Shouldn't those martial artists use harsh punishment and harsh methods to force the soldiers to transfer day and night?" ”

"Where are they, they're not vulgar warriors." Su Chi glanced at Xue Sichang. Originally, he also meant that the military should not be able to command and manage the transshipment and civil affairs, but he could not stand up to the fact that people had all the talents. "Wu Chongdao is the power to establish the Jiehe Commercial City out of thin air, and his Jiehe City Bosi ships 1.5 million stone wheat to Luoyang Baibo a year, and also transports hundreds of thousands of wood from the Song Dynasty to Kaifeng Mansion, and also builds so many houses in Kaifeng Mansion...... Do you think he has any capable people?

The group of people under him are all trained in the business sea, and they do not rely on coercion, but only on inducement. ”

The fact that people work hard is nothing more than a reasonable incentive mechanism, how can it be difficult to defeat the giant businessman of Wu Haogu?

Xue Sichang was silent for a moment, revealing an interested expression. He and Wu Haogu actually know each other, his brother Xue Shaopeng is a master of calligraphy and painting, and Mi Fu is the same, are good at appreciating forgery. Tongwu Haogu is of course a figure in a circle. Although Xue Sichang is not as good as his brother in calligraphy and painting, he is also a player, and his family is very rich, so he has bought many things from Christie, and he has also received authentic works of Wu Haogu.

Su Chi said with a smile: "However, the most powerful place for military command is still in the battle training...... Do you know what kind of people are most of the people in the military command? Let me tell you, except for the stewards drawn from the Jiehe Commercial Market, the City Shipping Division, and the Republic Bank, they are all students from the former Military Science Division. They all turned knights and served in the palace in front of the palace. Wu Chongdao brought Zhao Zhongge, the professor of the original Military Science Division, to take office, and transferred many students from the former Military Science Department from Yuma Zhi, some of whom joined the military machine to command, and most of them went to take over the command of 20 government soldiers, and now they are training the 10,000 government soldiers day and night. ”

Xue Sichang was also considered to know a little about military affairs, and after listening to Su Chi's introduction, he was even more surprised, and asked, "Aren't those government soldiers only used for farming and transportation?" How can it be used to fight wars? ”

"There is a large camp of the Three Direct Army in Shizhou City, and they exercise every morning and afternoon, and sometimes they even go out at night...... When Brother Wen Huang entered the city, he should have seen them go out of the city to train. ”

One exercise in the morning, one exercise in the afternoon, and sometimes a night exercise!? Xue Sichang said in his heart: Could it be that those government soldiers also want to try the dragon warriors to take the house of Kaifeng Mansion?

He thought about it and it was wrong, "But the soldiers are all farmers who don't know martial arts, how can they be trained in a hurry?" ”

"I don't understand this," Su Chi said, "Brother Wen Huang can go and ask Wu Chongdao." ”

"Didn't Wu Chongdao go to Kaifeng Mansion to report on his work?"

"I'm back," Su Chi said, "I'll be back on the twenty-fifth day of the first month...... As soon as I came back, I was busy training and preparing for war, and I was busy working at the training ground outside the city. Let's take a look. ”

"Actually, in the training ground?" Xue Sichang was stunned, Wu Haogu is now the envoy of the West Gate to Linghai Prefecture. The military attache of Zheng Liupin also received Yao County! And he is also the chief general of the Three Direct Forbidden Army. The military attache at this level is not said to be the Kaifeng Forbidden Army system, that is, the Western Army system, and it has long been on top. How is it possible to pounce in the barracks all day?

"Right foot! Lift your right foot! Do you know that it is right? ”

"Look to the right, it's on par!"

"It's oblique, it's still oblique ...... the straight thief"

There were bursts of scolding in Wu Haogu's ears, all of them were the officers of the Dragon Warrior and the Dragon Inner Guard.

He was riding slowly through a large school yard, his gaze gliding over the rows of soldiers with long poles (spears with the heads of their guns drawn) or carrying swords and bows.

They're doing the simplest cohort training, which is to start walking, turn left, turn right and so on. The Northern Song Dynasty originally did not have this set of queue methods, it was Wu Haogu who introduced this set into his own false son army, and later was learned by Murong Forget and Zhao Zhongge to train the knight queue - that is, the cavalry queue - after Wu Haogu took charge of the front three straights of the palace, this method was used to train the spearmen of the palace soldiers.

Spearmen are actually the most particular about formation. They are not like sword and shield hands, who mainly rely on personal martial arts to mix the market, and they can make do with a so-so queue. The pikemen are the "walls" of the battlefield and are meant to be used to deal with the enemy cavalry charge.

If the formation is particularly well trained, they can even form a dense formation and carry out a spear assault. In the case of a spear assault, the more neat the formation, the denser the spear, and the more powerful it is.

And the pikeman's personal martial arts are almost negligible, as long as he can hold the spear and smash people with the spear.

Therefore, after the battle between the two sides in Layue last year, the "combat soldiers" who were incorporated into the Dragon Warrior and the Dragon Inner Guard have been training hard.

However, after more than a month of training, the effect is still disappointing, the team is crooked, and many soldiers are still left and right.

However, because there is a small competition every ten days, the winning spear can get a bonus, and the penultimate one will be punished, so the enthusiasm of the big guys to practice is still quite high.

"Brother Zhong, I'm going to go into battle in April at the latest...... Will it work? Wu Haogu turned around and asked Brother Zhao Zhong, who was half a horse behind him.

"It's okay." Brother Zhao Zhong said with a smile, "In fact, if you don't fight in the wilderness, these pikemen are just strong...... Xiazhou's fortification mainly relied on Shiro's sappers and dragon warriors. The Captain brought more than 2,100 dragon warriors this time! Now we have more than 5,000 dragon warriors, and Xiazhou City is iron-clad, and the lower officials can also take it. ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "I don't know if Xiazhou City can be our turn to fight?" After the weather is warm, the soldiers and horses of Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road and Hedong Road will gather over. There are not 100,000 but 80,000, but everyone is waiting for meritorious service! ”

"It's your turn," Zhao Zhongge smiled, "Siege!" Taiwei thinks that the Xiazhou City of the West Thief is as easy to fight? Call me to say, that is, we can fight in front of the three straights, and other soldiers can't even think about it. ”

As he was talking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then someone reported: "Captain Yu, Su Zhizhou and Xue Yunju have arrived." ”