"Chapter to be systematized, Master Zhishen, Master Xuan Lone, Brother Xiaoyi...... Look, how is this armor? ”

Wu Haogu didn't seem to know that a huge storm was brewing in Kaifeng Mansion, and he was just busy with a lot of his own things on Yuzhou Island.

Today, a large number of people came to the island to discuss with him the equipment of the Great Religious Regiment. Including Zhang Yuan's four sons, Xuan Yuan, the great monk of Shaolin Temple, Master Zhishen of Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple, and Liu Wuji, the master of Wanshou Temple, all went to Yuzhou Island. When I arrived at the courtyard of the Yuntai Academy Society, where Wu Haogu temporarily lived, in an exquisite house, I saw Wu Haogu and a strong man in iron armor, Wu Chengjiu.

Wu Chengjiu is now a "model", wearing a brand new armor, a white robe on the outside of the armor, and a wooden shield painted white wrapped in cowhide in his left hand, but it is not in the shape of a Roman shield, but a fan-shaped shield, that is, a large and wide shield in the upper half and sharpened in the lower half. It was a shield commonly used by European knights in the 10th and 13th centuries.

The white fan-shaped shield held by Wu Chengjiu still has the word "Tianli" written with a black brush on the surface!

"The word 'Tianli' is not only the slogan of the Great Education Group, but also a symbol!" Wu Haogu pointed to Wu Chengjiu's shield and said, "Not only should the shield of the knights of the indoctrination regiment be written, but the word 'Tianli' should also be written on the banner of the indoctrination regiment, and the gossip flag and the 10,000-character flag should be added."

And this armor, shield, sword, horse pistol, and crossbow are the armor used by the knights of the Religious Order. ”

"Not worthy of a bow?" The great monk Zhishen understands military affairs, and interjected to ask Wu Haogu.

"No," Wu Haogu shook his head, "not a bow, only a crossbow." Because the knights of the indoctrination regiment were heavy cavalry, they only charged, not horseed, and were equipped with crossbows only to drive out light cavalry. ”

The crossbow mounted by the knights of the Indoctrination Regiment was the first to be assigned to the knights of the false child, and was equipped with a crossbow stock (butt) that could be placed against the shoulder to enhance stability. Although the knights could not put arrows on their crossbows when fighting on horseback, the lethal arrows fired by the crossbow could still deal a fatal blow to the enemy's light cavalry at a distance of dozens of paces - the light cavalry is a horse bow that can usually deal with a target thirty or forty paces away, and at this distance, the special triangular crossbow arrows fired by the crossbow are extremely lethal to unarmored or lightly armored targets. In this way, the knights of the Religious Order, acting in groups of 50 cavalry, had the firepower to defeat hundreds or more nomadic light cavalry.

And since the crossbow does not have sustained firepower, the heavy cavalry must cherish this arrow that can be used to save their lives, and will not use it until the critical moment. This ensures that they rely on shock for the most part.

"Da Lang, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to wear such an armor, right?" Liu Wuji, who was wearing a purple robe, looked at Wu Chengjiu, who was wearing armor, and asked, "And the armor is not easy to train, and you won't be able to become an army in a few years, right?" ”

Wu Haogu waved his hand, "It won't take a few years, but a year and a half is enough." It's not that you want to use crop men to train, and go directly to Lingzhou to hire ...... We just need to produce some PhDs. ”

Of course, it is difficult to train people who do not know how to ride horses into heavy cavalry - riding a horse is one thing for an officer, and another thing for a cavalryman! As long as the official can sit firmly on horseback and not fall down, he will be fine. Cavalrymen have to fight on horseback, and they must also know how to ride horses, be able to serve horses, be able to treat their illnesses and wounds, and of course, be able to train horses. If you start from scratch, you won't be able to do it in a few years.

However, in order to train Ding Zhuang, who is already able to ride horses and raise horses, into an impact cavalry, as long as he finds a more scientific method and conducts simplified and strict training, the difficulty is not very high. Therefore, accumulating a group of cavalry officers and settling a group of knight families in Hebei is the way to cultivate heavy cavalry. And there is a process for the big knight to raise the little knight, and he must stay at home and hold hands with his wife.

Therefore, Wu Haogu must let the knight group in Beicang Prefecture have time to recuperate, otherwise there will not be enough knights to use in the future - it is now 1105 AD, and it is only 20 years before the Xuanhe Northern Expedition.

If you don't give birth any longer, there will be no knights to use by then!

Therefore, in this time of the Western Expedition of the Enlightenment Regiment, Wu Haogu did not use the knights in the Northern Cangzhou area, but only dispatched more than 100 doctors from the Doctor Regiment led by Ma Zheng as the core of the Enlightenment Knights. Most of the educated knights have to go to Lingzhou to hire and train.

Because it was the Buddha and the Daoist group that went out to fight, the more than 100 doctors needed to train not only the educated knights, but also the monks and Taoist soldiers.

After showing off the knight's equipment, Wu Chengjiu, who was a guest model today, changed into a set of monk equipment and appeared in front of everyone.

Wu Haogu continued to explain: "This set is the armor of the monks, including rattan hats, leather armor, ring knives, robes, prayer beads, as well as spears and crossbows, which have not yet been sent to Yuzhou Island. ”

The so-called monk soldier is actually a variant of pikemen, and the equipment is similar to that of the pikemen in the Xinfu soldiers, except that there is an additional infantry crossbow produced by Jiehe Shang City - in fact, it is a riding crossbow, a kind of stepping crossbow with a rifle butt and lightweight. Because of the use of a composite crossbow arm imported from the Liao State with the horn as the main material, the power is still greater than that of the foot bow, but the rate of fire is slower.

The main reason for equipping the monks with crossbows was that Wu Haogu's military commander (Ma Zheng was the commander) believed that the monks had the duty of guarding the temple and were likely to fight alone without the support of knights and archers. Therefore, it is necessary to have a powerful and easy-to-master long-range weapon.

"Where are the monks going to be recruited?"

Master Xuan Lin of Shaolin Temple looked at Wu Chengjiu, who was wearing a robe and holding a ring sword, and he was always a little unaccustomed. Although Shaolin Temple has many warrior monks because of Song Taizu's permission. But the Shaolin warrior monks are just the level of armor, and it is okay to deal with the brawls in the rivers and lakes and drive away a few thieves who are worried about the property of the Shaolin Temple. How can there be such a complete armor and crossbow machine...... Who has ever seen a Shaolin monk take a crossbow machine to compete with people?

Therefore, the great monk Xuan Lin also knew that it was impossible for these monks to come out of the Shaolin Temple, and they would definitely have to be recruited temporarily.

"Monks and Taoist soldiers can be recruited in the Central Plains," Wu Hao Gudao, "the official family issued an edict, allowing the Great Education Regiment to recruit 1,000 educated knights, monks, and Taoist soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers...... The indoctrination knights will be recruited by the official to Lingzhou, monks and Taoist soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, or they will be recruited by Daxiangguo Temple, Shaolin Temple, Jinglin Palace and Wanshou Palace. This is a great merit, and there is still money to be made, and I think there will be many Ding Zhuang who are willing to fight. ”

After speaking, Wu Haogu asked Wu Chengjiu to change into the clothes and equipment of the Taoist soldiers. In fact, it is similar to the monks, except that they are not equipped with spears, but are equipped with a spear and axe that is less than a zhang long—a combination of a spear and an axe, which is equivalent to adding a not too big battle axe to the head of the spear. This spear axe can be used both to stab and to slash. The tip of the spear can be used against cavalry, and the axe can be used to cleave shields and armor. In addition, its length of less than a foot allows it to be useful in close-quarters infantry combat, and it can completely replace the arrow shield to protect the pikeman.

Of course, the crossbow also belonged to these "Taoist soldiers" who used guns and axes. In this way, they can also have a certain degree of independent combat capability.

"It's not a problem to recruit a few hundred strong men," said the great monk Xuanshan, "and they can be recruited from among the tenants of the Shaolin Temple, but who will train them?" Who will provide these devices? How do you calculate money? ”

Liu Wuji also said: "We can find a way to recruit people, but we can't train in Kaifeng Mansion, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan stroked his beard and said: "Yes, Wu Shuaisi, the three armies are easy to obtain, and one general is hard to find!" ”

"Go to Lingzhou," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "just raise people and go to Lingzhou empty-handed." Captain Gao is there, and I'm afraid that there is no way to train him?

As for the generals who lead the troops, when the time comes, the officials will be invited to select candidates from the new section right list of jinshi and forbidden army warriors...... The Great Sect is just a name, but in fact it is still a soldier and horse of the imperial court! ”

Zhang Yuan was puzzled: "Since it is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, why don't you directly ask for the forbidden army?" ”

"How can the forbidden army be stationed in temples, Taoist temples and academies? How can it be used to spread the avenue? Wu Haogu replied with a smile, "Even if King Xiping agrees, it will mess up the name system...... How can temples, Taoist temples, and academies drive the forbidden army? According to the system, it is necessary to announce the orders of the Fu Division and the general manager of the soldiers and horses. Of course, there is no problem in the Central Plains, but in the four towns of Anxi and overseas, it is not possible. ”

"Why not?" Zhang Yuan still didn't think it through, "The generals in the Northwest Army have a lot of power, so they don't have to ask the commander for everything." ”

"The general of the Western Army, even if he also leads a state, is still an official of the Great Song Dynasty." Wu Haogu explained, "And the four towns of Anxi and the academies, temples, and Taoist temples opened overseas are all Jiedu Division, and they are directly under the jurisdiction of the people of the land!" ”

Wu Haogu said that the "Jiedu Division" is actually not accurate, and the accurate name should be the feudal monarch or lord - the existence of academies, temples, and Taoist temples in an environment with a high degree of feudalization (referring to the feudal statehood) is a special kind of lord.

Since it is a lord, of course, there must be an army under the direct jurisdiction! If there is no army, how can a leader be? As for the emulator of the Central Plains and the establishment of a complete bureaucratic system, given the long distance and completely different social environment, it is better not to dream.

In fact, even within the territory of the Great Song Empire, there were quite a few fetters and counties.

"I see!" Zhang Yuan said this, but he still didn't quite understand it in his heart. Has his own great teaching, the great religion of the group, become a festival envoy? That's not big, is it? I'm a civil official...... Civilian officials can now take charge of the troops directly? When I returned to Puyuan, I must discuss it with my father.