"Chongdao," General Xu stroked his beard and asked thoughtfully, "Even if crossbows, leather helmets, paper armor, and spears can be supplied by the Xuanfu Division's armory room, if the military governments of the states along the river don't have many militia armor available!" A few years ago, there may have been some, but since the imperial court implemented the government military system, Hebei Baojia has existed in name only. Now in a hurry, where to find the militia and villagers? ”

In fact, Hebei Baojia is useless, and even the forbidden army is waste firewood, so can you still expect to protect the armor?

And the reasons why Hebei Baojia is completely useless are, in Wu Haogu's view, nothing more than two, one is not to give money; Second, there are no weapons.

It's useless for the forbidden army to give so much money, and it can be useful if you don't give money? It is also a shame that Wang Anshi is a well-known reformer, and he actually has such a naïve idea, and he has made more than 6 million strong men on the books, but the result is useless except to provoke a lot of popular uprisings.

In addition to not giving money, not giving good weapons is also a reason. The forbidden army was heavily armored and equipped with a divine arm bow, and it didn't necessarily have much combat effectiveness. The weapons of armor are all of the "civilian" level, soft bows, short spears, wooden shields, blunt knives, and the number of paper armor is extremely rare. One can only have five collars, and if there are more, they will be questioned, and if they are serious, they will be hanged...... What does this mean? Do you treat armor as cannon fodder who doesn't want money? Think that ordinary people will not be enlightened if they have not read a book? Hell it would be useful to rely on such armor.

"It is not difficult to recruit township soldiers and militia." "You just need to let the local gentry and people understand that the township soldiers and militia are defending their hometowns and will not go out to fight." Moreover, the government will also exempt from righteousness, pay small taxes, provide food and clothing, and provide weapons and officers. ”

If you want people to work hard, you should always give some benefits! And you have to have a burning stick to beat a dog! If you want to fight with the Khitans, can you not give crossbows, spears, paper armor, and leather helmets? It's a must!

Wu Haogu paused and said: "Moreover, the organization of the township army and militia must be led by local officials with local reputation, and then with the same clan, fellow villagers, and classmates as the link, in order to truly organize the township army and militia. ”

This is not a township army, but a Hunan Yong training army! It is a famous way in history to suppress the Hunan army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In Wu Haogu's view, the only way to organize a truly useful militia is to copy the method of regimental training in the late Qing Dynasty.

The first is to give money! If the Hunan army and the Huai army have no military salary, all kinds of famous ministers will be in vain. Of course, the Song Dynasty forbidden army gave too much money, and the militia could not come according to this standard, so if they gave a little less, and then exempted from conscription, and reduced taxes, someone should come.

The second is to give weapons, and if the enemy has them, they must have them for regimental training, and if the enemy does not have them, they must also find a way to get them for regimental training.

Again, of course, we have to rely on the bureaucratic landlord class - Wu Haogu himself is also a member of the bureaucratic landlord class (he also has land), and he does not make peasant uprisings, does not rely on the gentry and the powerful, and can he rely on the poor and middle peasants?

Moreover, Confucianism is to engage in the blood relatives of teachers and students, the same clan, the same township, and one more classmate, which is a ready-made organization. Oh, in fact, the Khitans and Wanyan Gundam are also on this path. The Khitan people are either surnamed Yelu or surnamed Xiao, they are all their own people! On the Jurchen side, isn't it a big clan to press out the tiger water and complete the face? Fathers and sons go into battle, brothers in battle!

Even the positivist school of Wu Haogu, although it does not particularly emphasize the clan, but the set of teachers and students of the same sect is also very exquisite.

This is the way of social organization of Confucian civilization!

"Xu Xianggong, Bachelor Liang, Bachelor Ye, Wang Shuaisi," Wu Hao Gudao, "The four are all Shilin leaders, elders of officialdom, if they are willing to come forward to invite the township officials and powerful leaders of the military governments of the border states, I believe they will definitely be able to get the corresponding."

In addition, the Han University Scholar who retired to Xiangzhou has a higher reputation in Hebei. It is better for the four of them to come forward with the younger generation and Brother Yizhi, and ask him to go out of the mountain and lead a Hebei regimental training ambassador. This will surely be a universal response! ”

The Han scholar who retired to Xiangzhou is Wu Haowen's father-in-law Han Zhongyan, the old man is 71 years old this year, old and sick, and is retired in Xiangzhou. It is impossible to go out of the mountain to do things, but there is no problem with the false name of a regimental training ambassador.

With Xiangzhou Han taking the lead, there should be many famous families in Hebei. It should be possible to pull up a group training of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people.

And Wu Haogu can also take the opportunity to organize the regimental training in Cangzhou, Cangzhou used to be a poor place with a sparse population, there were no famous families, and later a large number of knights were placed, which was completely under the control of Wu Haogu.

So Cangzhou regiment training, of course, is the martial army!

"So how many township soldiers do the military governments of the border states need?" Wang Anshi's nephew Wang Yang opened his mouth at this time and asked the four most concerned questions to appease, "In addition, how should the eighteen generals and new troops in Hebei be deployed?" ”

"The township soldiers of the armies of the states along the border should be under the jurisdiction of the pacification envoys." Wu Hao Gu Dao, "Then distribute it according to the pacification envoy." The township corps training on Zhendingfu Road, Dingzhou Road, and Gaoyangguan Road is capped at 40,000 people. There is only one state on the coastal road, Cangzhou, and the number of group exercises is capped at 20,000. The Daimyofu Road is not along the border, but the Daimyofu City is not trivial, and tens of thousands of regiments are still needed. This is a total of 170,000 group exercises!

As for the new army of the eighteen generals of Hebei, four generals were each assigned to Zhendingfu Road, Dingzhou Road and Gaoyangguan Road, and the defense of the coastal road was directly under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division, and two generals were arranged to defend the army.

In addition, there are two infantry troops and two horse troops for all kinds of reinforcements, which are also under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division. ”

The 18th General New Army had 90,000 soldiers and about 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, that is, 150,000 soldiers. Coupled with the 170,000 regimental training, the total land strength of Hebei Fifth Road can reach 320,000!

There are enough people. However, quantity alone is not enough to fight a war, quality and command are also essential.

Wu Hao Gu said: "The five-way regimental training plus the eighteen generals of the new army, if you count the auxiliary soldiers, the number is always more than 300,000." The seven states, three armies and one government along the border also had to extensively repair the city and fortress and reserve military food and military materials...... That's a lot of mundane work! If you don't have a military machine to help you, I'm afraid it's not easy to manage, right? Therefore, Zhendingfu Road, Dingzhou Road, and Gaoyangguan Road, should they also set up the same general army engine room as the coastal road? ”

At present, only the coastal road of Hebei No. 5 Road has set up a general army machine room, and it has formed a superior-subordinate relationship with the general army machine room of the Hebei Xuanfu Division.

That is to say, Wu Haogu can use the military machine to adapt this system, and the general orders can reach the various armed forces under the jurisdiction of the coastal road.

However, in Zhendingfu Road, Dingzhou Road, and Gaoyangguan Road, the military machine system does not exist. Wu Haogu's Xuanfu could not bypass the three-way pacification envoys, and the general's orders reached the generals, and even the actual situation of the generals was unknown.

Of course, none of the twelve generals arranged on Zhendingfu Road, Dingzhou Road, and Gaoyangguan Road were in the hands of Wu Haogu's Yuntai officers, and no one would necessarily obey his orders if they were conveyed.

However, there is a military order system, which can always allow Wu Haogu to grasp the real battlefield and army situation. Otherwise, he, Xuanshuai, would know the other but not himself, and he would be fooled to death by those old foxes.

"The general army engine room is naturally wanted." Ye Zuqia from Gaoyang Guan Road stroked his beard and said expressionlessly, "But Ji Yi is the official of the Shuai Division, and it is usually recruited by the Shuai Si himself!" ”

He is right, military opportunities are also opportunities, and Shuai has the right to recruit officials like Jiyi. Even if it is a military opportunity, this principle must be followed. Wu Haogu's Hebei Xuanfu Division's military opportunity was conquered by him on his own. And the military opportunity of the sea route commander was conquered by Wu Haogu by taking advantage of the opportunity of the sea route.

As for the military opportunities of the Northwest Xuanfu Division, Shuofang Shuaisi, and Hexi Shuaisi (Great Education Regiment), although it was recommended by Wu Haogu, the right to conquer was still in the hands of Gao Yu, Tong Guan and Zhang Yuan.

Only the main machine of the Three Ya and the Fourth Army and the Model New Army of Kaifeng Prefecture was formed by the Military Machinery Department of the Metropolitan Government.

"What Ye Shuaisi said is very good." Wu Haogu smiled, "Ji Yi is indeed a shogunate...... So how about the Xuanfu Division recommending a deputy chief military aircraft to you? The following generals and regimental training divisions also placed a deputy military aircraft recommended by the Xuanfu Division.

The Xuanfu Division will not interfere in the affairs of various armies, but with these auxiliary military aircraft, it will be able to know the situation at the front as soon as possible. ”

As he spoke, he gave Ji Yi a look. This is his bottom line, if he can't even insert the deputy military plane, the Xuanfu Division is empty, not to mention, even Ji Yi, the transfer envoy, will be difficult to grasp the first-hand military information of all directions.

"I think it's okay," Ji Yi said with a smile, "Why don't you send me a military plane too...... I, the Hebei capital transfer envoy, have the right to inspect the generals, so I should always know about the military affairs at the front, right? ”

"That's nature." Wu Haogu hurriedly replied.

There is no way for Ji Yi to meddle in military affairs! The military command of the Song Dynasty was like this, there were many political departments, multiple management, and no one knew which commander was in the middle of a war?

Anyway, in Hebei at the moment, Wu Haogu doesn't think that he can command the four appeasement masters below, nor does he think that Ji Yi is his "logistics minister".

Seeing that Ji Yi, the God of Wealth in Hebei, supported Wu Haogu, Xu Jiang, Liang Zimei, Ye Zuqia and Wang Yang couldn't refuse anymore.

However, they will not hand over the military power, at most, they will let Wu Haogu's ears and eyes intervene.

The four pacification envoys will not give up the power to give up military orders, and Ji Yi, the capital transfer envoy, will certainly not hand over the power to build cities, equipment, and food and pay in his hands.

Seeing that Wu Haogu was almost done, he smiled slightly, and then took over the topic: "Since all the commanders feel that they want to build a fortress in the seven states, three armies and one capital along the border, then let's discuss how to build this fortress first, right?" This is the duty of the lower officials! ”