These days are really tiring, my heart has been hanging, and there is no moment of relaxation. Now that the camp is basically set up and the military supplies are in place, all that remains is for the new troops to come and meet and start training together.

With a fixed station, logistics support can keep up, and there will be basically no problem in the management of the entire Xuanwei Army. The next few months were almost all training, with the teaching group led by General Zhao and his uncle, and they were in charge of the training.

When the Xuanwei Army officially began training, it was the time for him to leave temporarily.

In the evening, in the brightly lit conference hall, Yang Congyi and Zhao An sat on one side, and the seven people opposite sat in a row in no particular order.

Zhao An said loudly: "Let me introduce to you, this is our Xuanwei Army Yang Jian Army, which has been recruiting troops in Huaixi before, and just came to Changguo today to send us military supplies." ”

"I've seen the Overseers!" The seven people on the opposite side stood up and clasped their fists and saluted.

"You may be seated." Yang Congyi smiled and waved his hand to let everyone sit down.

"At this time of disarmament, it is not easy for the imperial court to agree to form the Xuanwei Army. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you the reasons for this. Yang Congyi paused and looked at everyone.

"As you all know, the name of our army is Xuanwei, but why is it called Xuanwei? To whom? It is not only to promote prestige, but of course to promote national prestige. If it is stable today, there has been no war for many years, and there are no invincible countries around, the name of Xuanwei is really impossible to talk about. However, the world is so big that we can't imagine it. Some surrounding countries, such as the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Xia Kingdom in the northwest, the Dali Kingdom in the southwest, the Annan and Srivijaya Kingdom in the south, the Wa Kingdom in the east of the open sea, the Goryeo Kingdom in the northeast, etc., must have heard of it, in addition to these countries, there are dozens of nomadic tribes in the grasslands in the north of the Jin Kingdom, and there are Western Liao countries established by the Liao people in the west of the Xia Kingdom, and then you can go to the black clothes and food, white clothes and green food, hundreds of large and small countries, and the big food country to the west, and the Roman Empire, which has been established for thousands of years, has a vast land area, countless city-states, and then goes westThere are many small countries, and there is more land in the south, and there are countless cities.

The Great Song Dynasty is in this world, although the land is also vast, but it can not be compared with the whole world, there are countless countries in the world, now the north of the Great Song Dynasty is blocked by the Jin State, the west is blocked by the Xia Kingdom, the Western Liao, the Great Song Dynasty can be contacted, less than 12 of the 12th, we have been in the East for thousands of years, hundreds of years ago also had a reputation for more than 100 countries in the Western Regions, now the land route is not passable, the east-west connection is interrupted, the imperial court formed a new army, called Xuanwei, is to go to the Western Regions to promote the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, and reproduce the grand occasion of the Han and Tang dynasties. The Xuanwei army is fortunate to be entrusted with the important task by the imperial court, and soon we will take a boat to the South and Western Oceans, Xuanwei countries, and open the prosperous era of the Great Song Dynasty! We are fortunate to participate in it, when we are grateful for the grace of heaven, we will continue to train the army, go south to the countries, proclaim the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, and open the prosperous era of the Great Song Dynasty! This is Xuanwei! ”

Yang Congyi's words, the people on the opposite side were enthusiastic! Xuanwei Army actually took on such a heavy responsibility! Xuanwei South Sea, Western Ocean, let all countries come to the court, open a prosperous era! Such lofty goals and missions make everyone very excited, if they can really declare success, it will be the glory of their lives!

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are going south this winter, time is running out, I hope you can train the Xuanwei Army into the most elite and imposing army of the Great Song Dynasty within five months, and assume the heavy responsibility of the Xuanwei Nanyang countries! In the meantime, whatever help you need, I will do everything I can to support you! You are now the commanders of all battalions, and I hope that after five months of training, one battalion will be able to reach three battalions in the future! Okay, I'll talk so much today, there will be a group of new troops in the back, who will enter the camp in a few days, and there is also a teaching team that will come with them, all of whom are veterans with more than ten years of combat experience. ”

After Yang Congyi finished speaking, General Zhao continued: "The supervising army just told you about the origin of the Xuanwei Army and the tasks of the Xuanwei Army, please keep in mind that you must lead the subordinate soldiers to train and not disappoint the expectations of the imperial court!" ”

"Supervisors and generals, please rest assured, since we have come to the Xuanwei Army, we have been prepared to undertake the heavy responsibility given to us by the imperial court, and we will definitely train hard and strive to train into a strong army as soon as possible!" A battalion commander spoke out.

Everyone else has also stated that they will definitely train their troops well.

"Is there anything else to talk about?" Zhao An turned his head and asked.

Yang Congyi said: "There is one more thing, talk to you in advance." Since we are a new army, we must have the rules of the new army, and the new rules will be announced in front of the whole army after all the members of the new army have arrived. ”

Zhao An saw that Yang Congyi had no intention of continuing, so he said: "I received military uniforms and weapons today, and tomorrow the whole army will start military formation training. Let's disperse today, go back and notify them one by one. ”

The seven battalion commanders on the opposite side said yes and got up to leave the chamber.

"What do the overseers think of these battalion commands?" Zhao An said with a smile.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "They are all energetic, full of energy, cultivate well, and have a lot to do in the future." These people are all under the age of twenty-five. ”

Zhao An said with a smile: "Exactly, they are all the best among the junior officers of the army, but it took me a lot of effort to get them here, and I spent a lot of money for this." However, it is not registered in the account books, and it is counted in several large purchases, which are the account books of the recruitment and settlement expenses, and this is the cost of marching, camp construction and daily expenses, please see the supervising army. As he spoke, he handed the two account books on the table next to him to Yang Congyi.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "The general is fortunate, it is not easy to find these people, the Xuanwei Army is built, and the general should be the first to take credit." "I took the account book in my hand, but I didn't look through it.

Handing over the account books is equivalent to handing over the financial power, and the general can't hold the financial power, how can Zhao An not understand this most basic rule.

The imperial court was very harsh on the management of the generals who held the military power, and the camps of the garrisons in various places were controlled by the local state capital, and the military expenses were allocated by the Sanya on time and per person, and the armies would never have excess money and food, and the generals could not deduct excess money from the military Ferrick in addition to the rewards of the imperial court.

When marching and fighting, the commander of the unified army is temporarily transferred by the imperial court, and at the same time, a special supervisor will be appointed to strictly manage the logistics supply of military materials and military supplies on the one hand, and on the other hand, to supervise the commander-in-chief and prevent the commander from attacking and defending not according to the formation map given by the imperial court. Throughout the failed wars between the Song Dynasty and the Liao and Jin States, there are shadows of the prison army behind them. Wars in which the supervising army has a strong sense of existence will basically fail in the end, and the supervising army will basically win the war if it only manages the logistics well and does not interfere in the arrangement of troops and fighting.

The Xuanwei Army was originally formed to go to sea to escort the Huiyi fleet, which determined that the nature of the Xuanwei Army was not to garrison, but to be like a general leading an expedition, and the army left the garrison for an expedition and broke away from the control of the imperial court.

The imperial court let the three light poles to command the construction of the army, as the commander-in-chief Huang basically did not ask about the construction of the army, the supervision of the army was served by Yang Congyi, it is said that he does not have to participate in the construction of the army, and he has full authority to Zhao An, it is not impossible for him to be a hands-off shopkeeper, but it is too difficult to build a new army, Zhao An alone can't take care of it, and he is also the deputy envoy of Huiyi Supervision, responsible for supervising the Xuanwei Army, he is busy and involved in it, which is also reasonable.

For the Xuanwei Army, he has a dual identity, so his status in the Xuanwei Army is much higher than that of a supervising army, not only in charge of logistics and material supply, but also to participate in the training of the New Army to ensure that the New Army can take on the heavy responsibility of escorting the Hui Yi fleet.

After Yang Congyi left the council hall, he found Zhang Biao and Xue Wang, and told them the arrangements for the next few days, Xue Wang led two teams of recruits to take over the final construction of the camp, Zhang Biao took ten people to Mingzhou with him, found ships in advance, prepared for the arrival of the new army, and recruited a group of new soldiers by the way.

Early the next morning, Yang Congyi took Xue Wang to find Zhao An and took over the rest of the camp construction.

Then he went to the county office of Changguo County, visited the Changguo County Order, and asked him about the personnel situation on the island and the type and quantity of products produced.

The supply of daily necessities for 5,000 people is not so easy, they have to have 100 stone of food a day, there is no oil and water for food, and no matter how large the amount of training, they will naturally eat more food, and if there are meat dishes to eat, the food can be appropriately reduced. Meat is too expensive on land, and 5,000 people can't afford to eat it, but when they get to the island, they can consider adding meat dishes to the sergeants to eat meat. The sea is rich in aquatic products, as long as there are enough fishermen and the fishing nets are large enough, the aquatic products can be completely supplied to Xuanwei Army every day.

It is known from the county order that the population of Changguo County is nearly 10,000, but the fertile land is limited, many people are begging for a living in the sea, but mainly to pearl diving, fishing for a living is very few, the fish and shrimp and other aquatic products of Changguo County can only be sold to Mingzhou, but Mingzhou is close to the sea, aquatic products are also very rich, from Changguo to sell fish in the past, it is very inconvenient, the two places are separated by forty or fifty miles, the small boat can not pass, unless there is a big ship, the big ship will have to go out for a few days, so that the fish and shrimp are not fresh, and they can not be sold at a price, and in most cases they are still at a loss.

Yang Congyi immediately explained his intentions, and asked the government to help collect fish and shrimp and other aquatic products and send them to the camp, and the Xuanwei Army purchased ten pounds a catty, with a daily limit of 10,000 catties, and settled once every ten days.

The county magistrate was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately agreed. Changguo is an island, the population is not small but the grain production is very small, every year to buy a lot from Mingzhou, the tax can not be collected, the officials here are all bitter officials, there is no oil and water at all, there is only one official in the county government, the county Cheng, the main Bo, the county lieutenant all have.

The county order is a person who will settle accounts, the fish and shrimp and aquatic products that Xuanwei Army needs, there are many in the sea, just go down the net, and catch it up to hundreds of catties, and the fish are not worth much at all, Xuanwei Jun buys ten pounds a catty, 10,000 catties a day, there is 100 guan money a day, and 3,000 guan a month, and if he lives for a few more months, he will make a fortune.

The county order immediately guaranteed that there was no problem with 10,000 catties of fish and shrimp every day, and as long as Xuanweijun paid on time, no matter how much fish and shrimp could be sent.

There are 5,000 people in the whole army, and they can't eat much fish and shrimp a day, 10,000 catties is enough, of course Yang Congyi won't want so much.

After it was determined at this time, Yang Congyi asked the county commander to send someone to take him around the island.