The children of the Liu family are good at doing business, but there are still disciples who go, and there is a disciple who calls himself Liu Rulong who attracts extra attention, no wonder, there is a beautiful woman dressed as a man in a group of big bosses, and it is strange that she is not noticed by outsiders.

This Liu Rulong is the daughter of the Liu family, Liu Ruyan, she carried her grandfather and joined the army disguised as a man, although Liu Mingkai was unwilling to take this sister, but after being beaten like a pig's head, he could only consider himself unlucky.

Xiang Ziliang's Xiang Zifang and Xiang Ziliang went together, and even Zheng Yunyan's brother Zheng Yunjie also went. These dozens of people are not very easy to manage.

At this time, Zhao Ding, who joined the army, Hu Yin, and Sima Yu, who accompanied the army, entered Liu Zhenglong's eyes, and he didn't expect that these three famous figures in history are still depressed, and it seems that they are used to form a team for themselves.

Zhao Ding, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, finally died of hunger strike because he offended Qin Hui, only sixty-three years old, this is a high-spirited, talented, upright official, although he is now a positive seven products, but because he has no background, coupled with integrity, he offended Cai Jing, who was supposed to serve as Luoyang Ling, and finally could only join the army as a record, and this is still Bai Shizhong's extra pull on him.

Thirty-six-year-old Zhao Ding looks a little thin, his skin is pale and bloodless, his eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, he looks quite energetic, he is very tall, but he is a little hunchbacked. When he saw Liu Zhenglong, he seemed a little nervous, and his speech was a little stumbling.

Liu Zhenglong felt that there was nothing, and thought that Zhao Ding was depressed, so he was cautious, and he said with a smile: "Zhao joins the army, don't be too restrained here as an official, just do your job well." There is only one point that the official wants to make clear, although everyone is a civilian official, but this time it is mainly for the Western Xia war, so the discipline is in accordance with military law, I hope you can do a good job, if there is nothing to do, you go out first, many of the accompanying people are Yanei, Brother Gongzi, if you can't get them, just tell the official, in a word, in this team, no one can do special, Yanai violates the law and ordinary soldiers, and there is no preferential treatment for civilian officials, and mistakes are still played on the board. ”

"The subordinate will definitely arrange the work properly." Zhao Ding didn't want to say anything impassioned in front of this Shangguan, who was ten years younger than him, he just wanted to seize this opportunity to really do practical things.

If Zhao Ding is still a bit of a civil official pedantic, then Hu Yin, the founder of the Xianghu School, a generation of grandmasters, seems to be a bit of a literati arrogance, this is not tall, the premature guy is actually only twenty-three years old, but he looks as if he is more than forty years old, which has something to do with his dark skin, thin face with wrinkles, and scarce hair, but his eyes are bright, as if he can see people through.

Hu Yin obviously looked down on Liu Zhenglong, a protégé of the Son of Heaven, after all, Liu Zhenglong did not really participate in the imperial examination, and of course he would be looked down upon by this self-proclaimed Confucian scholar.

Liu Zhenglong was a little unaccustomed to Hu Yin's arrogance, so he decided to kill this guy's prestige, so he said with a smile: "The long history of our army will add a lot of powers, of course, the powers and responsibilities are equal, first of all, you have to set up an intelligence battalion, and secondly, you have to set up a staff battalion, these two tasks are done well, so that you can better carry out other work, is there a problem?" ”

"There's a problem."

It's not that there is a problem, but that the problem is big, Hu Yin said very arrogantly: "There is a scout battalion in the army, why do you want to set up an intelligence battalion, it is completely repetitive, and it has no meaning at all." As for the staff battalion, there are staff members under the adults, there are military commanders, there are sergeants, and there are generals and soldiers, and they can completely play the duties of staff officers, and there is no need to exist. ”

Pedant and arrogant, this is Liu Zhenglong's evaluation of Hu Yin, he said coldly: "It seems that you don't know the difference between the intelligence battalion and the scout battalion in this long history, so the official will say a few words, I hope you can remember the long history, because the official only said it once." ”

Liu Zhenglong was about to deliberately kill Hu Yin's prestige, and he said unhurriedly: "Scout, just to find out the news, of course, also to find out, sweep the enemy's stronghold, kill a small group of enemies, and carry out other combat tasks issued by the superiors." The intelligence battalion must not only have all the capabilities of the scout battalion, but also organize, direct, manage and control intelligence resources. It is necessary not only to collect intelligence on the enemy's army, but also to conduct internal surveillance, prevention, and review of our army. In addition to this, it is necessary to draw maps, classify and analyze intelligence, infiltrate the enemy's interior, train intelligence officers, and so on. ”

Liu Zhenglong spoke for half an hour in one breath, his mouth was dry, and Hu Yin was in a fog when he listened, and this arrogant literati immediately lowered his noble head.

What impressed Hu Yin the most was the establishment of the staff battalion, which was definitely an unprecedented line of thought, and this idea would certainly play a decisive role in the war. For the Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, due to the low combat effectiveness caused by civilian officials and military commanders, it is definitely a time to set things right.

Hu Yin saluted deeply and said, "I will start to set up an intelligence battalion and a staff battalion, and I will definitely not disappoint your expectations." ”

"I believe that you can do a good job, and the existence of the General Staff is to determine how a battle will be fought and how it will be won. This is very important for my future army to fight, so you can do it, and after the battle on the Western Front is over, this officer will appoint you to be the general judge of Hangzhou. ”

Liu Zhenglong really doesn't have the time and energy to attend the judgment of Hangzhou government, to put it bluntly, he is a general judge, and the judge will not take this position to heart at all, and now that there is Hu Yin by his side, it is normal to want to carry it.

It was much easier to meet Yuwen Xuzhong, this weak scholar who seemed to be polite and polite, and Yushu was in the wind, but he was actually a man with a strong iron backbone, he won Liu Zhenglong's respect, and the two had a very pleasant conversation.

Yuwen is gentle and elegant, humble and polite, but he has his own pride in his bones, and this time he went to the Western Front not to be promoted, but to realize his dream of fighting against Western Xia.

The Great Song Dynasty for the existence of the Liao State is to expect peaceful coexistence, and for the Western Xia, since the first day of the establishment of the Western Xia, the Great Song Emperor has wanted to destroy the Western Xia, but after more than 100 years, people still do not move, and harass the Great Song Dynasty from time to time. There were too many literati like Yuwen Xuzhong who dreamed of fighting against Western Xia, but only a handful succeeded in the end.

More than a dozen civil officials were quickly arranged in place, and as for those disciples of the family, they were all military attachés, which is understandable, these guys are too lazy to study, and their fists and feet are better. Of course, these yamen are just here to mix qualifications, civil officials and military attaches are not important, in fact, the road has already been paved at home, and Liu Zhenglong doesn't have to worry about it at all.

The battle against Western Xia is not a problem that can be solved by one or two big battles, it needs to be considered holistically, and for Liu Zhenglong, this is just a kind of drill before the battle against Liao. After all, Tong Guan still dominates the Lower Western Front, and he doesn't need to worry about big battles.

The top 20 new science and technology scholars are arranged by the imperial court, so they can move forward to the new science and technology scholars, and many of them are from the same jinshi, but these are enough for Liu Zhenglong, with these people as helpers, the work will be carried out much more logically.

Yang Zhi led a large army directly to Jingzhao Mansion to settle the Yamen in the three-way defense, while Liu Zhenglong took the mourning god Bao Xu and three hundred cavalry into battle lightly and went straight to Xihe Road.

These 300 cavalry don't seem to be much, but this is selected from the 100,000 forbidden army, which shows what kind of state the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty is.

Everyone went to Jingzhao Mansion by boat, why did we ride horses to Xihe Road? This question bothered Bao Xu, the god of mourning, and he didn't dare to ask Liu Zhenglong directly, so he had to ask Gao Chong in a whisper.

"It should be for a certain battle, it should be said that the adults want to participate in the war as soon as possible, instead of sitting in Jingzhao Mansion to remotely control the battlefield." Gao Chong's intuition told him that he must have an important strategic intention to go to Xihe Road this time, but he couldn't guess what it was, and he was even more embarrassed to ask Liu Zhenglong.

Liu Ruyan, who was disguised as a man, finally mixed in, the cavalry, and after hearing the conversation between Bao Xu and Gao Chong, she said with a smile: "You can't guess such obvious intentions, and you still call him brothers, I really don't know what to do." ”

Bao Xu was a little clumsy, and he didn't see that this guy named Liu Rulong was a woman dressed as a man, and he said unconvinced: "Liu Rulong, you are neither male nor female, can you talk like this, as if you know what's going on." ”

"And what would you do if I knew?"

"You can do whatever you want." Bao Xu didn't like this yin and yang weird Liu Rulong very much, and he said angrily: "If you know what's going on, I'll lose to you a hundred times, and if you talk nonsense, or don't know, I'll beat you up." ”

"Beat me up, can you beat me?" Liu Ruyan showed a treacherous smile on her face, and she said with a smile: "If you lose, call me the eldest brother for life." ”

"Okay." Bao Xu was ready to beat this somewhat feminine Liu Rulong.

Liu Ruyan seemed to like teasing Bao Xu, a stupid big man, she said slowly: "The contradiction between the Shengjie Army and the Western Army has been a long time, and Tong Guan's suppression of the Western Army has been the norm, especially the command of the Xihe Road Army has made Liu Fa even more disgusted, and the contradiction between the two has reached the point of irreconcilability. ”

"What nonsense? Tong Guan and Liu Fa have a conflict, this has a fart relationship with us going to Xihe Road, don't you just want to fool Lao Tzu? Bao Xu is not so easy to fool, this guy swung a huge fist and smashed it viciously at Liu Ruyan.