Hearing Xu Shiyang's words, Xu Muhe smiled and said, "Hehe, Shiyang, you are really unkind to the imperial court." ”

"After the demise of the Tartars, the contradictions between us will gradually become irreconcilable." Xu Shiyang shook his head and said, "In this case, I can't be polite in what I say. ”

"Well, it's useless to just talk about it, you have to rely on strength." Xu Muhe said solemnly: "Shiyang, do you have any plans to expand the army this year?" ”

The military department has not expanded normally for two years, but only some engineering, cavalry, artillery and naval units have been added, and now the standing army of Qi is still at the level of 100,000 people.

In contrast, military spending has been surging year by year, and some people in the household department have always questioned where the money of the military department is spent, and why in the past, military spending was only two-thirds of what it is now, when it was able to support 100,000 soldiers, now that there is so much extra money and food, it can only support 100,000 soldiers.

Xu Muhe suppressed all this kind of voice, and the officials of the household department questioned the problem of funding, but from the perspective of King Qi, it is definitely not possible to unify the world without a strong army, no matter how much money the military department spends, as long as it is within the range of affordability, as long as the army can win again and again, then it is worth it, it should be spent, and there is no doubt about it!

It's just that Xu Muhe always feels that it seems too thin to unify the world with only 100,000 soldiers, and if it is possible, even if the military department is allowed to spend more money, more soldiers should be raised.

"Father, don't worry, the soldiers are more expensive than the many, in fact, 100,000 field troops are enough."

Xu Shiyang explained with a smile:

"My current idea is to make the field army more professional and non-commissioned officers, and use this as a skeleton, and when necessary, mobilize reservists and militias to fill the grassroots units."

This is actually the hand that Erdezi played after the defeat in World War I: all the 100,000 national defense troops are non-commissioned officers, and once necessary, the soldiers have the quality to serve as squad leaders, and the squad leaders have the ability to serve as platoon commanders, and the platoon commander is competent enough to be company commanders.

In a matter of months, the 100,000-strong Wehrmacht was expanded to 800,000 troops.

Next, Xu Shiyang plans to take advantage of the opportunity of the firing rifle to improve the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers to carry out a major military reform of the military system of Qiguo.

According to his initial plan, starting next year at the latest, the navy and army will be completely separated, and the army will maintain a standing strength of 100,000 troops, and the navy will be limited to about 20,000 to 30,000.

Each division of the army has a strength of 7,000 troops (including two infantry brigades and units such as engineers, cavalry, artillery, baggage troops, and division command organs), plus independent artillery (including fortress artillery units), combat engineers, cavalry, and other units (including military academies) directly under the General Staff.

At the same time, the Blue Brigade and the Trap Brigade will be abolished, and the two cold weapons units will no longer exist as a field standing army, but will be converted into reserves and dispersed throughout the country.

In this way, after the completion of the military reform, the standing army of Qi State will be all firearms.

In order to be able to quickly fill the field forces when necessary, the reserve forces will be greatly developed after the military reform.

Xu Shiyang hopes to expand the number of first-class reservists (who have served in the service, maintain at least 100 days of basic training every year, and can go to the nearest garrison to report within three days after receiving the mobilization order, and enjoy one-third to one-half of the military salary of the field army) to 200,000.

The militia (all men and women of school age who are in good health, who receive only the most basic military training, but are trained to fire at least 10 muskets per year) has been expanded to 600,000 men.

The number of garrisons (common people, slaves and strong men who are mainly foreigners, and who are only equipped with cold weapons) has expanded to 100,000 people.

"In this way, once necessary, we can expand the 100,000 field army to a million army within half a year!"

Xu Shiyang probably explained his military reform plan, and painted a large and fragrant cake for Xu Muhe, and then said:

"Of course, in fact, I don't think there is anyone in this world who can make us fully mobilized, and my idea is just to spend as little as possible on military expenses while maintaining a strong army."

In addition, with the continuous expansion of Qi's territory, sooner or later the field troops of the Qi army will be dispersed throughout the country, and if the military reform can be successful, this system can be extended to the whole country, and then the military region system can be established to adapt to the bottleneck that the number of troops is always inferior to the territory during the period of great expansion.

"Once something happens, you can mobilize a million troops in half a year?" Xu Muhe asked.

"Yes, at most half a year, a million strong soldiers."

"Hehe, you can get a million strong soldiers in half a year, even if you are the enemy of the world, what do you have to worry about?"

The son's assurance made Xu Muhe complacent.

Xu Shiyang smiled and did not continue to explain the gap between the mobilizable million-strong army and the real million-strong army.

Anyway, there will be no possibility of general mobilization in this era, so it doesn't matter how King Qi understands the military reform.

……

At this time, the changes in the situation brought about by the fall of the Jin Kingdom had not subsided.

In northern Liaoning, the remnants of the forbidden army led by Wanyan Zonggan broke through the resistance of the Fifth Route Army of the Qi army, and arrived in the Molongjiang valley on the third day of the third month of the sixth year of Longdao, and built two wooden cities on the south bank of the Molong River: Aihui and Yaxa.

At this time, the remnants of the Jin army of the Zonggan clan had marched and fled all the way, and the troops that had actually arrived at the Molong River were less than 5,000, and they were exhausted and lacked farm tools, food, and salt.

When there was really no way, Zong Gan could only acquiesce to his armor soldiers to exchange weapons and even iron armor for some food for the local tiger fighters, and then melt down some weapons and armor to make tools for tuntian near Aihui and Yaxa.

As a result, the remnants of the Jin army had already lost almost two-thirds of their weapons and armor without doing anything.

Before moving north, Wanyan Zonggan did think that his troops would degenerate quickly, but the rapid degradation was still a bit shocking.

Originally, he also planned to gather some Shengjurchen to attack the wooden city of the Han people at the mouth of the Molong River after settling down, but now it seems that this is purely thinking too much.

……

At the same time, Wanyan Zongwang, who chose to migrate westward, still traveled long distances in the wind and snow.

His troops also fled along the way, but the good thing was that the route he chose actually passed through the traditional territory of the Khalkha Mongguls in Mobei, and the desolation was indeed desolate, but it was not uninhabited.

Moreover, Mobei Mengwu is very poor, and when he hid the white disaster in winter, he couldn't even get together five hundred strong men who could resist, so he was naturally not the opponent of Wanyan Zongwang's remnant army.

Wanyan Zongwang walked all the way, digging gopher all the way and relying on the tribe of the Khalkha people to supplement grain, grass, food, and Ding Zhuang, and actually went all the way to the Troubled River Valley, and Gurhan Zamuhe learned that the remnants of the Jin army were trying to cross his territory!

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

If it was the previous winter, Zamuhe might have let Yan Zongwang go like this, but this year, he had already gathered some men and horses in advance, preparing to take advantage of the collapse of the Jin State and the fact that the Qi State had not established a stable rule in Liaodong to grab some territory.

Now it's okay, he doesn't have to conflict with Xu Shiyang, as long as he catches up and slaughters Wanyan Zongwang, it will be enough for him to make a fortune!