Author: Uncle Long Legs

The next morning, in the Privy Council, which was considered the highest military institution in the Song Dynasty.

Because Hu Biao, who had been partying all night last night, was yawning loudly in his mouth and writing a memorial to Queen Maode quickly with his hands.

The specific content is to immediately form a new army of 50,000 people.

And during the formation process, many details such as the selection of soldiers, the composition of the arms, the configuration of weapons, etc. can be said to be quite detailed according to the situation.

Even a rookie who knows nothing will have a basic understanding of his new army after reading this.

So what! In fact, the actual situation of the new imperial court of the Song Dynasty is inconsistent with the many rumors in the vast countryside outside Kaifeng City and in the Jiangnan area.

After Hu Biao joined many netizens, he had the ability to control the court like Cao Aman.

But Queen Maode was not just a puppet like the unlucky Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty; in fact, she had considerable rights and freedom.

The two of them are more like like-minded collaborators.

In order to attack the Yellow Dragon directly and kill the Jin people to avenge themselves, they are collaborators with such goals.

The reason is that Hu Biao actually knows one thing very clearly in his heart:

It is impossible for these time travelers to stay in this mission world for a long time; maybe at some point, they will be sent back to the modern plane by the system.

So even though Empress Maode, Zhao Fujin, was pushed to the throne by them.

However, if you don’t want to leave a situation of crazy internal fighting between Queen Maode, Ma Kuo, Yue Fei and others after they leave.

Then it's best to explain the matter clearly to Queen Maud before everything starts.

Therefore, on the day when the Jin people withdrew their troops overnight.

At that time, Hu Biao and his party were still staying on Cubing Mountain. Hu Biao called AT and had a deep talk with his sister-in-law, Zhao Fujin, overnight.

In fact, the specific content of the conversation between the two parties at that time was a frank discussion about some plans that Hu Biao and others planned to implement in the future.

For example: kill the two emperors of Huiqin, push Zhao Fujin to the throne, and form a new army for the Northern Expedition.

The most critical point is that Hu Biao and others solemnly stated that the most they can wait for is the day when they go straight to Huanglong and the Northern Expedition is successful, that is when they leave the Central Plains and go to sea by boat.

As for how to establish education step by step, promote agriculture and commerce, convince local governments, and build an unprecedented huge empire in the following time, only some suggestions are left.

For the above purpose, Hu Biao and others may have some power in the early stage.

But please rest assured that Maode Diji, they have absolutely no intention of changing the dynasty or overturning the statistics of the Zhao family.

Don’t know? It was Hu Biao and others who saved Maode Diji’s life.

In the past few days, everyone was trapped on the Chubing Mountain in a small area, and we forged a deep friendship in the life-and-death battle.

Or maybe it was AT, a good friend who talked about poetry and music, who was swearing and swearing at the side, which played a good supporting role.

Or maybe Maode Diji herself didn't value the throne very much; and without the support of Hu Biao and others, she might die of illness again.

In short, before officially going down the mountain.

Maode Diji Zhao Fujin, she has fully accepted the plan of Hu Biao and others, and expressed her full cooperation with Hu Biao and others in the future.

So in reality, as long as it does not involve the formation of a new army for the Northern Expedition, Empress Maode has considerable autonomy and rights in other aspects of government affairs.

This is why Hu Biao and others considered the need for Queen Maode to be gradually trained and grown up in the government.

In order to avoid that in the future, if they suddenly leave, the new Song Dynasty court will not be in chaos.

They left behind some good policies that have been proven to be very necessary by later generations and can continue to be continued.

Therefore, even Hu Biao himself could directly make the call for such a new army reorganization plan, and it could be well implemented through netizens and his lackeys.

However, Hu Biao still strictly implemented some necessary procedures.

More importantly, it allows Queen Maode to understand the joints, so that even if they are not around in the future, they will not be fooled or deceived...

Just as Hu Biao was writing this memorial quickly, his cheap brother Ma Kuo walked right in.

With the current relationship between him and Hu Biao, there was no need to avoid or worry about superficial things; so seeing Hu Biao being so absorbed in writing, he simply walked behind Hu Biao and started reading.

Watching, watching, Ma Kuo couldn't help but frown.

After a slight hesitation, he finally said: "Yi Tong, your army plan for the first batch of new troops is to recruit 50,000 people at once. Is this feasible?"

Ma Kuo hesitated before speaking, not because of this issue, but because there was a question of whether to talk about it or not.

Between them, they have long been a grasshopper on a rope, so there is no need to worry about this at all.

The real problem was that Ma Kuo felt that the scale of recruiting 50,000 new troops for the first time was a little unreliable, or that it was quite difficult.

In fact, Ma Kuo knew that for Kaifeng City today, recruiting an army of 50,000 people was not much at all.

Because after the Jin soldiers retreated, the tens of thousands of people temporarily mobilized in the city were disbanded, and now only a few thousand defeated soldiers of the Forbidden Army were left.

How could such a small number of people be enough to defend the huge city of Kaifeng?

You must know that at its peak, the Forbidden Army alone had 194,000 people stationed in Kaifeng City. A mere 50,000 people was nothing compared to that.

However, as Hu Biao's cheaper brother, Ma Kuo naturally knew more about this guy.

For example, the Xuange battalion that Hu Biao brought to Pingzhou for the operation had a total of more than 500 people.

The reason why he was able to have such strong combat effectiveness was that he achieved such brilliant results in the subsequent battles.

It's all made possible by sophisticated equipment and jaw-dropping training intensity.

In addition, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of these people, it can be said that a large amount of food is provided for every meal, and there is at least one meal of meat and vegetables every day.

The monthly military pay, post-war rewards, and pensions are also quite astonishing.

As a result, the soldiers in Xuan Ge's camp are naturally strong and strong, and their fighting morale is also amazing.

However, some of the disadvantages of doing so are also quite obvious, because the daily expenses incurred are also staggering in terms of consumption.

Even in the memorial currently being written by Hu Yitong, it has been stated that due to the lack of qualified war horses, a small cavalry battalion of at most 500 people will be formed at that time.

On weekdays, it is used to convey military orders and serve as a horse scout.

All the remaining army camp heads are composed of infantry; compared with cavalry, the consumption will be greatly reduced.

But Ma Kuo can still think of one thing: can the infantry of Yitong brother compare with the infantry of the Great Song Dynasty that he is familiar with?

In terms of equipment and daily expenses, the consumption is still very shocking.

Therefore, just these 50,000 new troops will need to consume an astonishing amount of money and food before they can finally form an army.

I am afraid that the cost of setting up a forbidden army like the Song Dynasty in the past, which cost 200,000 people, would be somewhat inferior to these 50,000 people.

If it were in the past, the problem of prosperity in the Song Dynasty might not be a big problem.

But if it were changed now, think about the actual situation that after being wreaked by the Jin people, many people in the city were already running out of food at home.

Ma Kuo suddenly felt a headache and sighed deeply.

In the end, I couldn't help but ask, and asked something like this.

Fortunately, after hearing this, Hu Biao continued to write memorials, and at the same time he was confident in explaining these issues:

"Brother Zichong, you don't need to worry.

In our army-building plan, all the weapons and armor needed by the new army were built by Lang Qing, the Minister of Industry, and a group of craftsmen.

The various materials and labor required are also prepared to be used as work-for-relief methods, hiring people in the city to mine them, and then transporting them back to Kaifeng City by ship.

As long as a large amount of grain is distributed, the amount of money required is actually not much.

By the way, it can also feed so many people in the city, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

As for the specific sources of grain and fodder, there are currently some ways to unify me. It may not be very generous in the end, but in general, there will not be too much~"

After hearing Hu Biao's explanation, Ma Kuo breathed a sigh of relief.

He still has considerable confidence in his unified brother, who has endless methods.

After letting go of his worries, Ma Kuo was replaced by a huge curiosity about the configuration of the new army explained in the memorial:

That one retained the formations of spearmen, sword and shield bearers, etc., but completely abandoned the large number of crossbow troops originally produced by the Song Dynasty.

But after switching to the unheard of "Fire Gunman" mode, I became very curious.

Can such an unprecedented new army defeat the golden soldiers with numerous cavalry and good mobility?

Immediately, I wanted to discuss it with Hu Biao.

Unfortunately, before he could speak, he asked more doubts in his heart, and some unexpected situations occurred, leaving Hu Biao no time to deal with him...

*******

Amidst the knocking of the door, a small imperial guard guarding the gate of the Privy Council appeared behind the door.

When he saw Hu Biao and Ma Kuo looking towards him, he immediately knelt on the ground and loudly complained:

"I have met Mr. Hu and Mr. Ma.

Four men came outside the door, claiming to be from Yanshan Mountain in the north. They said they had an important letter to deliver to Xianggong Hu.

The little people have already checked that letter, and there is no trace of inclusion in it, nor is there any poison smeared on it; it’s just that the words on it are really weird~"
To be continued...