Under the city of Shouzhou, the Son of Heaven camped, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong made the second expedition to the Southern Tang Dynasty, listened to Ge Mingjiang's report, and asked who would break the Yongdao.

The second brother Yun'er Panlong Zhao Kuangyin and the third brother Qingyou Banlong Zheng En went out of the class together, roaring like thunder, and replied in unison: "The ministers are willing to go!"

Chai Rong immediately ordered: "Yuen Long and Ziming will go out together." Yuen Long led the vanguard of 5,000 forbidden troops, recruited people, and jointly broke through the road. Ziming led the 5,000 forbidden troops behind the palace, 20 miles east of Yongdao, to Chipushan to ambush, intercepting and killing the enemy who came to the aid of Purple Mountain and the enemy who fled eastward from Yongdao.

"After the second brother broke the Yongdao, he joined the third brother and went east to kill the Purple Mountain Lianzhu Village.

"The fourth, eighth, and thirteenth brothers each led 3,000 forbidden troops, and made a detour to the east, south, and north sides of Lianzhu Village in the Purple Mountain, and secretly set up an ambush.

"You three brothers waited until Yuen Long broke the road, and together with Ziming, they all listened to Yuen Long's moderation and smashed Lianzhu Village in four directions. Those who violate the order will be court-martialed!"

The second brother Yuen Long is naturally Zhao Kuangyin, the third disciple is Zheng En, the fourth brother is Cui Yanjin, the commander of the Crane Army, the eighth brother is the commander of the left wing of the Iron Horse Army, Hu Yanzan, and the thirteenth brother is Gao Huaide, the commander of the right wing of the Iron Horse Army.

As soon as these five arrows were issued, dozens of generals in the imperial tent were suddenly enthusiastic, and all of them who were not in turn to fight were emotional, and they were about to open the pot.

Chai Rong shouted: "The rest of the generals, step up the training of the people and horses of the headquarters, go straight to the south side of the Purple Mountain from the imperial camp, and prevent the Lianzhu Zhai soldiers from escaping south to cross the river."

"When Lianzhu Village is broken, Wang Huan, the general of the right Xiaowei, and the trained naval army will also arrive. At that time, land and water will advance together, and the widows will attack Haozhou and annihilate Li Jingda and Chen Jue. After this battle, the famous generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the elite of land and water were all lost, laying the foundation for the great cause of reunification. ”

Saying this, the royal tent generals breathed a sigh of relief, oh, the show is behind, so let's practice well.

According to Sejong's method for the formation of the forbidden army, the chamber has jurisdiction over ten armies, the army has jurisdiction over five battalions, the battalion has jurisdiction over five capitals, and each has jurisdiction over two teams. Fifty men in each team, one hundred men each, five hundred men in each battalion, five thousand men in each army, and fifty thousand men in one box.

With the battalion as the basic unit, mobilization, expedition, training, and recruitment are mostly counted by battalions. Chai Rong's forbidden army reached a maximum of 600,000 people, and the Northern Song Dynasty's forbidden army reached a maximum of one million.

This is very different from the military establishment of the Tang Dynasty, which is the military system of the Tang Dynasty since the war of the five dynasties, starting from Zhu Wen, evolving from the past dynasties, to the reform of the Chai Rong forbidden army, which is basically stereotyped. It also became the basis of the military system of the Song Dynasty.

The basic principle is still that in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers did not know the generals, and there would be no special soldiers. However, Chai Rong's forbidden army system added privy envoys to take charge of the military. As a result, the separation of powers in the military system was formed.

The privy envoy listened to the emperor's orders and managed the military registration and tiger charms. The decrees in charge of military affairs, military defense, border preparation, and military defense must be directly approved by the emperor and ordered in the name of the privy envoy. It is also in charge of internal and external shifts, internal and external prohibitions on military recruitment, parades, relocation, cantonment, rewards and punishments, and so on.

The three marshals of the palace, the horse, and the infantry army, are divided into the national forbidden soldiers and box soldiers. Each has three commanders, deputy commanders, and three officials. It has the right to administer, but it does not have the right to send troops.

The forbidden military camps and chambers either take turns to guard the Beijing division, or they are stationed in states and dangerous passes across the country. According to their different positions, each state has military attachés such as the governor, the envoy of the festival, the envoy of observation, the envoy of defense, the envoy of regimental training, and the sixth rank of assassin.

The above observers can manage the forbidden troops and box soldiers in several states, and be responsible for drills and garrisons. The defense envoy is below, and only one state soldier is in charge. But they didn't have the dual orders of the privy envoy and the three commanders, and these soldiers couldn't move, they couldn't do anything. This is the authority of the local administration.

However, the three positions of local moderation, observation, and defense are on the same level as the prime minister. The regimental envoy is half of the prime minister, which is equivalent to the signing of the Privy Council of the imperial court. If it is a great meritorious hero, he will be awarded the title of governor and festival envoy, which is one-third higher than the prime minister's Yulu.

Chai Rong and the Song Dynasty gave civil officials the highest treatment in history, and the treatment of military generals was even better. Chai Rong and the Song Dynasty generals were firmly limited in their powers, but the treatment they gave was the highest in all dynasties.

After Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty was released from prison, he was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Huangzhou regiment.

Therefore, the military system of the Song Dynasty formed a tripartite balance between the privy, the three marshals, and the state. Someone asked, since this is all the case, what else can Chai Rong and the Song Dynasty's military department do?

There are three subordinates of the army: the front of the palace is in command of the envoy, the guards and horses are in command of the envoys, and the guards and the infantry are in command of the envoys. In addition to not being able to control the three marshals of the palace, horses, and infantry troops, the affairs of the three branches of the local army are still the affairs of the military department. Manage the national arsenal, intelligence, maps, pensions, retirement, personnel of military attachés below the sixth grade, and selection of military officers.

At this time, the commander of the palace in front of the palace Zhao Kuangyin is one of the three marshals, and his vanguard has 5,000 forbidden troops, and the general has five generals at the level of defense envoys and regimental training envoys, and there are several commanders, training officers, capital heads, and team leaders.

Qingyou Banlong Zheng En is the commander of the guards and the pro-army Ma Jundu, and he is also one of the three marshals, with the same level as Zhao Kuangyin, and they are all inspectors.

Qingyou Banlong Zheng Eun received the order and left, and wanted to lead the 5,000 forbidden troops of the headquarters to Chibusan to set up an ambush. With this move, he hung up his wife's potato flour dragon hammer Tao Sanchun's heart.

The eldest brother Chai Rong glanced at Yuhou and the potato flour dragon hammer Tao Stork, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with my brother and daughter-in-law? The third brother dragged your heart away? Two days later, I have a special task that requires you to go out, don't be busy yet." ”

On the morning of the next day, Zhao Kuangyin, the commander of Yun'er Panlong, and the township soldiers from all over the country, destroyed all the Nantang Yongdao. Killed 3,200 of his grain army, and Cen Feiwu led 1,000 remnants of the army to escape with a hard fight.

Qingyou Banlong Zheng Eun ambushed in Chibusan and encountered 5,000 troops from Purple Mountain.

Zheng Enqin led a thousand troops to challenge and crippled his forward general Grip Shenzhen. His younger brother held the god list to rescue, and Zheng En fought for more than 20 times, just about to win, his eldest brother held the spear and his sister-in-law Chang Dengzhu both killed, and saved the god hazel and the god list.

Jung Eun led his team in hot pursuit, killing 2,000 of them, but he escaped and failed to introduce the encirclement of Chibusan.

Zhao Kuangyin, the dragon of Yun'er, and Zheng Ziming, the dragon of the Qingyou class, settled down and camped their subordinates, and they all returned to the imperial tent to show the battle situation.

Zheng Ziming introduced: "This brave man who holds a magic spear is comparable to the top famous generals of the Great Zhou. He also made a large lance, and the weight was as much as seventy-two pounds. Although it is ten catties lighter than a certain family's jujube lance, it is a clam pole, and any weapon is constantly chopped. The fight is like a surging river, endless. ”

Chai Rong saw that he didn't finish speaking, and he didn't answer. Zheng En also said: "The wife who holds the spear is called Chang Deng, and his father is Chang Deng's soul. This female general is seven feet three inches long, with infinite strength, and is good at seducing the soul spear, and her gun weighs sixty-eight pounds. Trembling, the ghosts and gods are worried, and it is terrifying. ”

After summarizing the situation, even the brave and invincible Zheng Ziming said this, and there are really heroes and heroes in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Facing the full tent of Wenwu and asked: "Everyone, Aiqing, who knows the origin of holding the divine spear, Chang Deng, holding the divine hazel, and holding the divine list? ”

Wei Renpu, the military advisor and deputy privy envoy, went out and said: "Your Majesty, six years ago, when Taizu enshrined Yuan Bufu, I still remember Yuan Bufu's son Yuan Zhanghong, and there is a qin manwen. Qin Manwen called Yuan Zhanghong his eleventh brother and called himself the third sister. ”

Chai Rong suddenly remembered, stroked his palms and laughed: "The military advisor is really unforgettable. Yuan Shu, Yuan Fu brothers, Qin Xi and others, and their sons and daughters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sons-in-law who often hook souls, are the twelve heroes of Yum. How did Taizu canonize them at that time?"

Wei Renpu said: "Yuan beheaded Yuan Zhanghu was awarded as Fei Bo by Taizu, Yuan Fu and Yuan Zhanghong were awarded as Ping Enbo by Taizu, and Qin Shaqin Manwen was awarded as Bianhe Fairy by Taizu." If I remember correctly, holding a spear is a husband who often ascends to the cocoon. Why don't we find the souls of Chang and call them for my use. ”

The white stacked flying dragon Chai Rong asked the crowd again: "Which Aiqing can do this?"

Potato flour dragon hammer Tao Sanchun, drinking blood and cold Pan Mei, the two generals stood out of the shift, and shouted in unison: "The minister is willing to go!"

Chai Rong said with a smile: "Third brother and sister, tenth brother, you all tell me the reason, let me listen." ”

Tao Sanchun looked at Pan Mei and pushed him: "Lao Shi said first." ”

Pan Zhongxun said: "Your Majesty, the younger brother's sister Jiujiang is married to Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong is a continuation, and Jiujiang is also remarried, so my parents did not alarm many people to marry, and even I only found out afterwards. I can take Zhang Hong and Jiujiang with me, and go to talk about moving and hooking souls. And it can lay the foundation for the future subjugation of Lingnan. ”

Chai Rong was surprised and delighted, and said with a smile: "This is a real relationship, I will allow you to go." ”

Tao Sanchun then said: "The younger brother Tao Hu is very close to the Bianhe fairy, and he is about to get married. ”

Chai Rong laughed even more: "Okay, I will allow you to go with Zhong Xun, and Tao Hu will also go." Tell them to come back, and I will personally marry Tao Hu and the Bianhe Fairy. This time he went to the Baisheng Army, with Tao Sanchun as the main general and Pan Mei as the deputy. Tenth brother, beware of your third sister-in-law's pair of gold-painted dragon sledgehammers. ”

Tao Sanchun and Pan Zhongxun shouted in unison: "The ministers obey the order!"

The two generals came out of the imperial tent, and Tao Sanchun and Pan Mei were very curious about each other's rhetoric. Tao Sanchun asked: "Old ten, why did your sister Jiujiang marry Yuan Zhanghong?"

Pan Mei was asking almost at the same time: "Third sister-in-law, how did Tao Hu hook up with the Bianhe fairy?"

The two laughed and discussed how to go to the Yum Army, how to convince the Yum Twelve Heroes and the Yum Seven Eagles?

Zheng En ran out like crazy and shouted: "Old ten, your sister-in-law hasn't run far, take care of her." Sanchun has a bad temper and beats people at every turn, but don't go to Nantang to make any trouble? You have to see her to death. ”

Pan Mei hugged her fist at the third brother: "Third brother, with my sister-in-law's pair of gold-painted dragon hammers, even if she gets into trouble, the key is who can catch her." When you say that, you're not afraid that your sister-in-law will follow me, right?"

Zheng En came up and picked up Pan Mei, grabbed one of his arms with one arm, threw it up as high as he wanted, and yelled: "Pan Mei, even if you marry her, it's right." But Miharu must be guaranteed to return safely. ”

Pan Mei shouted: "Big brother, second brother, your third brother is beating someone." ”

The white stacked flying dragon Chai Maizhun and the cloud-eared dragon Zhao Yuanlang responded to the call, and the Son of Heaven Chai Rong said angrily: "The third child, what are you playing nervous about? ”

Zheng Ziming wilted all of a sudden, and put Pan Mei on the ground.

Zhao Kuangyin came over and twisted Zheng En's ears: "Third brother, don't you want the third brother and sister to go on the expedition?" Okay, big brother, ask Tao Sanchun to stay, so that the third child is not at ease. ”

When Zheng En heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded, and hurriedly grimaced his face, and gave the two elder brothers and the tenth brother a smile: "Big brother, second brother, Sanchun has never been far away, and he is almost suffocated at home." I didn't say anything, tenth brother, right? ”

Pan Zhongxun hurriedly made a round: "Big brother, second brother, third brother, don't worry, brother must bring the third sister-in-law back safely." Farewell, the three brothers take care. ”

Tao Sanchun also hugged his fists at Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin: "Big brother, second brother, take a good look at Ziming, and let him drink less." I'm gone with Lao Shi, it's okay, don't worry. ”

After Tao Sanchun finished speaking, some guards had already brought horses and brought a pair of gold-painted dragon hammers. With a sledgehammer in her hand, she flew on her horse and galloped away.