"General!" After seeing the face of the old man with bright hair, all the ministers in the palace exclaimed, and then cheered.

In order to pacify the Song State this time, in addition to mobilizing 100,000 regular troops from the 20th battalion, Lü Di recruited 500,000 troops again. Its purpose is to prevent the footsteps of the Chu State and the Tian Clan's Qi State from destroying the Song Dynasty, since he wants to destroy the Song Dynasty, he will destroy it completely, and the countries that will be destroyed will not dare to let it go.

The conscription was divided into five columns, each of which was 100,000 men, and was carried out in five major areas.

The first column, from the first region: the four counties and twenty-nine cities near the Song State, mainly the Central Plains areas such as the old Wei Gu Zheng Gu Lu Gu Chen Cai; The second column, mainly from the second region: the area north of the ancient Yellow River, covering three counties and forty-five major cities; The third column came from the third region, mainly the land of the old Qi country, the ancient Shandong Peninsula area, covering six small counties, thirty-two cities and seventy-eight large cities; The fourth column came from the fourth region, which was mainly the old land of Wuyue, covering six counties and seventy-nine cities; The fifth column, from the fifth region, is mainly based on the Jingchu region, covering seven counties and eighty-one cities.

Of course, these five columns did not go to the Song State together, but assembled in turn according to the news, that is, the first column must be assembled to the destination in the first year, the second column must be assembled to the destination in the second year, and the third column must be assembled to the destination in the third year......

Lu Di's recruitment strategy is very powerful, because one will not waste manpower and material resources, and the other can ensure the continuity of the rear force.

As for the ills? Naturally! For example, if the Song State is captured and only the first column is used, then the interests of the Song State will be redivided, and the majority of the interests must be the nobles and soldiers of the first column. And the latecomers can only do it. It is not conducive to the re-disruption and integration of interest groups in the north, south, east and west.

After receiving the edict of Lü Di, the 20th battalion began to secretly assemble on the border of the Song State. The first column assembly order has also been transmitted to all counties and major cities, and now what Lu Di has to do is to mobilize grain, grass, weapons, siege equipment, and personnel arrangements.

Grain and grass, because the soldiers of the 20th battalion and the soldiers of the first column are mainly from the area north of the Guhuai River, so their food is mostly wheat and millet, bacon, salted duck eggs and eggs. What these Lu Di have is that ten years of recuperation and ten years of expansion of large-scale breeding gardens have allowed Lu Di to have enough food crops and meat and egg savings.

Weapons and siege equipment: Since the Battle of Zhongshan and the emergence of Korea's powerful bow and crossbow foot crossbows, Lu Di was deeply stimulated, and thoroughly reflected on his arrogance that he thought that the benefits of Qi State's armor were the first in the world.

Weapons:

In terms of bow loss: Qi improved the longbow, and after Korea, it created foot crossbows, hand crossbows, and car crossbows.

Bingge: Improved swords, spears, lances and other weapons to make them lighter and sharper.

Armor: The armor has been changed from bulky metal armor to leather armor.

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Siege equipment.

Nest car: also known as building car, is a long-range military intelligence lookout vehicle. The bottom of the car is equipped with wheels, which can be pushed, two long pillars are erected on the car with solid wood, the top of the pillar is provided with a roller shaft (pulley), a small board house is tied to the wheel with a rope, the board house is 9 feet high, 4 feet square, there are 12 lookout holes on all sides, and the outside is covered with raw cowhide, so as to prevent the enemy from destroying the arrows. The house can accommodate two people, and it can be raised several feet by roller cart, so that you can observe the enemy soldiers in the city during the siege. With this weapon, facing huge cities and thick walls, it is a great opportunity for the attacker to seize and reduce casualties.

Trench bridge: Shaped like a catapult, but not a catapult, also known as a "flying river" or "flying bridge", in fact, it is a mobile temporary bridge used by the besieging army to pass through defensive obstacles such as trenches or moats outside the city. The battles of the Song Kingdom were mostly battles of cities, and these siege equipment that transported soldiers to the city were indispensable.

Wooden Curtains: A weapon equipped with planks that can be used as cover during siege marches. During the siege of the city, the sergeant came up with a method to deal with the defenders of the city, such as arrows and stones. It is made of various materials such as grass, cloth, wood, and leather to make a large piece of things, which can be picked up and hung outside the city wall, which can buffer the projectile, which is conducive to ensuring the safety of the besieging soldiers and reducing casualties.

Coupled with the improved stone-throwing vehicle, these four items were praised by Lu Di as the four major pieces of siege machinery.

This is the transformation of large objects, as well as the transformation of small objects in terms of equipment, such as horseshoes, saddles and so on.

As for the grain and grass equipment behind the 20th battalion and the first column, they were mobilized by the crown prince Lu Qu and the minister of state Fan Li, who stayed in the court, and Lu Di did not plan to worry about these.

At first, Lu Qu did not agree, because Lu Di was old and not suitable to lead the troops to fight in person, and he was willing to go out on behalf of his father.

Lu Di's stubborn refusal was not that he was too old and dizzy to measure his strength, but that he felt that he could live for another decade or two without any problem, not to mention that Lu Qu, the prince, was still too brave and needed to continue to let him grind his temperament.

In this expedition, although Lü Di was honorary as the commander of the army, in fact Sun Wu was the actual commander of the army, which was the lesson that Lü Di learned from his defeat in the battle of Zheng Guo.

There are four new fierce generals under his command: Guo Fan, Wu Zhiming, Yuan He Ji, and Zi Yuanjie.

The 20th battalion commanders: Shi Qi, Xiong Yifang, Hua Bao, Ji Qin, Guoshu, Gongsun Xia, Lu Qiu Ming, Gao Wubi, Fan Chi, Sun En, Wu Xiu, Sun Chi, Yu Slippery, Lv Heng......

Joining the army with the army: Wuze at the east gate, Zhang Meng talked

Room: Zuo Qiu Ming

Logistics Chief: General Ran Qiu of the Town Army

There are countless lieutenant generals, partial generals, and lieutenant generals at all levels.

In this expedition, among the more than 100 sons of Lu Di, there were 18 sons and 10 grandchildren, and the youngest is now only 15 years old.

Most of these princes and grandchildren are distributed among the low-level officer ranks, the largest official rank is no more than a lieutenant general, and the youngest is a military commander.

It can be seen that Lu Di attaches great importance to this war.

Of course, in the eyes of other civil and military officials, Lu Di's training of his children and grandchildren has become, this is his own king, let his children and grandchildren make contributions, and prepare for the future unification of the world, and the division of the countries.

The princes and grandsons also noticed this wisely, so they were all full of energy. And this in turn drove the enthusiasm of other soldiers, who thought that as long as they made meritorious contributions, maybe the king would reward a country for him to play with as soon as he was happy?

The whole Qi country can be said to be united, like a creeping giant beast that has been hungry for a hundred years, slowly crawling towards the fat of the Song Kingdom.

The only thing missing now is an excuse for Qi to launch the War of Swallowing Song.

But it didn't take long for their excuses to come.

There was a civil strife in the Song Kingdom, and Song Wangqi was killed by the three clans and six Qings, and this time the whole Qi country was like a treasure, cheering one by one, shouting that the heavens were giving them luck.

Lu Di no longer hesitated at the moment, after gathering the army, he sacrificed to heaven and earth, and then swore to destroy the Song Dynasty and avenge the Song Dynasty.

The 20th battalion of 100,000 troops slaughtered towards the border of Qi and Song.

After this news came out, the whole world was shocked, and the world was shocked.