"Da Lang, look at this."

After taking a seat with Wu Haogu and Ximen Qing, Old Man Murong took out a few from a pile of manuscripts and handed them to Wu Haogu.

After Wu Haogu received it in his hand, he looked at it carefully, and the content of these manuscripts was about the establishment and equipment of the infantry. In Old Man Murong's vision, the main force of the New Army of the Great Song Dynasty must be the infantry. The infantry of the Great Song Dynasty should be simplified as much as possible, not counting auxiliaries, and all the soldiers are divided into four arms: spearmen, sword and shield soldiers, archers and crossbowmen.

Among them, pikemen must be equipped with heavy armor and spears that can withstand the onslaught of cavalry. On the battlefield, the main duty of the pikemen is to form the main body of the battle formation, which is used to resist the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry or launch a group attack to break through the enemy's battle formation.

Sword and shield soldiers should have at least leather armor, rattan shields, and well-crafted straight knives or blunt weapons such as iron whips and iron bones. If the opponent is equipped with heavy armor, then they will have to exchange their knives for blunt weapons that can pierce the armor. On the battlefield, the role of the sword and shield soldier is to cover the battle formations formed by the pikemen or act as the vanguard when filling the walled city.

Archers must be armed with powerful foot bows, feathered arrows, paper armor, and swords for self-defense. They must undergo rigorous training in order to reach a level where they can shoot continuously and accurately. Their continuous shots can be used to hit enemy formations and suppress enemy archers. Accurate shooting, on the other hand, is used to shoot enemy light cavalry at close range - light cavalry is not usually used to charge into formation, but they will use mounted fire to disturb the opponent's military formation, creating the possibility of heavy cavalry charging. Therefore, a high level of archery is very important for the safety of the infantry formation.

Crossbowmen are used against heavy cavalry and enemy hoplites, or at long range, to kill or wound enemy archers. Therefore, it is necessary to have the ability to move quickly, for which there is no need to wear armor, except for crossbow machines and crossbow arrows, with only a short knife or no one at all.

In order to facilitate the command, Old Man Murong believed that each branch of the army should be organized in separate formations rather than "flower teams". That is, a team of about 100 people (not including auxiliaries) with only one class. Therefore, the soldiers under each team only need to learn the tactics of one branch of the army to be qualified. The reason for this arrangement is that qualified infantry can be trained in a relatively short period of time, so as to facilitate the replenishment of troops in wartime.

However, as an infantryman, the team must be proficient in all four methods of foot combat. The current Privy Council Military Academy is the prototype of the military academy of later generations, and theoretically should also become the source of grassroots officers in the future Northern Song Dynasty army. Grass-roots officers, on the other hand, should be the guarantee of the combat effectiveness of the troops. Therefore, the requirements for them must not be lowered.

As for the allocation of each class in the first section, Murong Wangwu's suggestion was to assign a team of spearmen, a team of sword and shield men, two teams of archers, and a team of crossbowmen under the first section. And the general himself should also be the head of the pikemen, because the pikemen are the backbone of the entire battle formation, and once they collapse, the entire department may be destroyed.

In other words, in the "Book of Soldiers" that Murong Wangwu was writing, the department with 500 soldiers was the most basic combat unit.

Of course, in addition to the soldiers, auxiliaries are also indispensable. And the number of auxiliaries required by different classes is also different.

The pikemen need the most auxiliaries, not only because the pikemen's heavy armor needs the help of the pikemen to put on or take off, but also because the baggage of a "department" is carried by the pikemen's auxiliaries (the pikemen's team is also a general), so the actual number of pikemen is also the largest, more than 200 people, of which at least 100 are auxiliaries, and at least 30 mules and horses will be equipped with carts.

The auxiliaries of the other four teams are all less than 50 people, and there are only about 10 mules and horses in the carts. In other words, the total strength of a division can exceed 800 at full strength.

In addition, the auxiliaries were also equipped with short spears, swords and shields, and soft bows, which could also be used in battle when necessary. The carts allocated to the auxiliaries can also be equipped with wooden poles to form a chariot array, which can be used as fortifications.

"Mr. Murong, your 'Book of Soldiers' is almost ready, right?" Wu Haogu finished reading the manuscript and asked Old Man Murong with a smile, "It seems that it won't be too long before the Military Science Division will be able to open, right?" ”

"It's early!" Murong Wangwu shook his head, "Where is this?" There were marches, camps, formations, baggage, fortifications, sieges, oh, and cavalry! To be honest, although the old man has also been in the army and is still familiar with military books, he is only really proficient in cavalry, and he has to grope for other things. However, when the students of the Military Academy Division selected by Shaanxi Sixth Road arrive, they will be able to practice with them, and they will always find a way. ”

"It's not easy to find the way to train soldiers and educate generals," Wu Haogu put the manuscript back on Old Murong's bookcase, and said with a smile, "This dynasty has been pondering this matter for more than a hundred years since the founding of the country, and it's not helpless?" ”

In fact, this is Wu Haogu praising himself, training grassroots officers, and then having grassroots officers recruit and train troops.

With this set of methods, Wu Haogu can also be titled a "great bourgeois military strategist" in later generations, right?

Perhaps, the future "Heavenly Tribulation" of the Great Song Dynasty will be able to survive safely thanks to thousands of officers from the Military Science Department of the Privy Council - theoretically there is no problem, it is still the second year of Yuanfu, that is, 1099 AD, and there are still more than 20 years before the Xuanhe Northern Expedition! If the Military Science Division is not interrupted, it will be able to run at least 20 phases...... It is not a problem to train five or six thousand officers, and in wartime they can support at least a thousand units.

That's 500,000 soldiers! At that time, the entire forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty will be able to take on a new look! With so many elite soldiers, the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, and the Xia Kingdom are not all easily bulldozed?

Thinking that he had probably changed history, Wu Haogu was in a good mood, so he took Wu Yanen's book out of the recruitment bag and handed it to Old Man Murong with both hands.

"Sir, look at this."

"This is ......" Murong forgot to worry about taking the "book", and after unfolding it, he looked at it carefully, "Hehe, it's a little interesting." ”

"Is it possible?" Wu Haogu asked.

Murong forgot his worries and asked, "Feasible?" What do you mean? ”

"Can Goryeo win?" Wu Haogu wanted to test the old man Murong.

"Win?" Murong Forgetful shook his head, "It's a bit hanging...... Although Goryeo fought well with the Khitan during the Holy Emperor Dynasty, that was eighty years ago. In the past 80 years, there has not been a war in Goryeo, and the emphasis on literature and military force is heavy, and I am afraid that the whole country has long forgotten about the war. ”

The military performance of the Goryeo Kingdom is indeed much stronger than that of the Great Song Dynasty! They also fought three major wars with the Liao State during the era of Liao Shengzong and Empress Dowager Xiao, and the war lasted from 992 AD to 1019 AD, and they fought for more than 20 years, losing two and winning one. The first two major defeats, but in the third war achieved a great victory, in the end not only did not lose the country, but also received a large area of "land" south of the Yalu River.

However, after the Third Liaoli War, the Goryeo Kingdom did not fight with anyone again, and the wife passed peacefully for eighty years. And also learn from the Great Song Dynasty to play with Wen Yuwu, although the Goryeo Kingdom is the noble Jinshi in power, in terms of force than the Great Song Dynasty's Hanmen Jinshi dominated by the situation is slightly better, but it is not too strong.

"What if Goryeo wins?" Wu Haogu asked.

"Win?" Murong forgot to think for a while, "If this is the case, there will be a life-and-death battle between Liaoli." ”

"Will it?"

"Of course!" Murong forgot his worries and said, "If I want to restore the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I won't want the Goryeo people to restore the Goguryeo hometown?" ”

The relationship between the Goryeo and Goguryeo was studied by historians, not by politicians. Once the Goryeo were able to defeat the Wanyan Jurchens, though it was impossible, how could they settle south of the Yalu River? When the time comes, the restoration of the Goguryeo homeland will become the goal of the Northern Expedition of the Goryeo army.

"Okay!" Wu Haogu smiled, "Just have Mr. Murong's words...... By the way, who will the Bohai people help? ”

"Bohai people?" Murong forgot to think for a while and said, "It should be that the two will not help each other." ”

"Okay, that's it." Wu Haogu smiled, "Go back and hand over this letter to Master Cai, and let the officials and the officials discuss it...... They have a lot of good things to discuss these days, right? ”

"A good thing?" Murong Forget smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid it may not be!" ”

"What's wrong?" Wu Haogu was stunned.

These days, Wu Haogu is busy with the affairs of the family, and he doesn't pay much attention to the situation in the court.

Murong Forget shook his head, "The old man is also half an outsider, so he can't say it very clearly, I only know that there are many ministers who oppose the opening of the Military Academy Division and the Jiehe Commercial Market. ”

"It's okay," Wu Hao Gu said, "as long as the official family is still there, these things can always be promoted." ”

Some people objected to it as early as he expected, after all, these two major events are major reforms, and the pace of progress is very fast, exceeding the ability of many people to accept - this is actually a last resort, because the official Zhao Xu's health is getting worse and worse, and I am afraid that it will not last for a few years.

Once Zhao Xu dies, whether it is the Empress Dowager Xiang or the Empress Dowager Liu, it is not suitable to carry out major reforms under the situation of the heroine and the young monarch. Therefore, Zhang Dian and Zhao Xu both want to take advantage of the current time window to do everything that should be done.

And Wu Haogu also has the same idea, from now until next spring, it will be a critical period for the establishment of Jiehe Shang City!

In any case, this market must be set up in action.

Therefore, when Wu Haogu left the Murong family, his mind was full of the establishment of a business market...... This must be speeded up! It's already July, and it's only five months before the end of the year, if you can't sign a contract with the Liao people this year, it's hard to say next year.

When I was thinking about this, a familiar and very cheerful voice suddenly came to my ear: "Da Lang, Da Lang, is it you?" ”