The three brothers spoke at the same time, Yang Da, Yang Wu and Yang Qi, standing on the united front.

Yang Qi was really excited about this.

Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers.

With the support of his brothers, Yang Qi felt that his steps in the northwest would be more stable.

Yang Qi told Yang Da and Yang Wu some of his plans.

For example, the plan to build cavalry.

Yang Qi approached Yang Da and Yang Wu, and said carefully: "At present, the imperial court has increased the number of troops in the Datong Army to 60,000. After my father arrived in Daizhou, he took the military power of the Datong Army into his own hands.

I look at my father, I think I want to rebuild the Volcano Army. We can't interfere in the affairs of the Volcano Army. So I can only let go and let my father do it.

Dad has always used a policy of streamlining the government with elite troops and preferring shortage to indiscriminate use of the Volcano Army.

Therefore, I deduced that my father is now recruiting so much soldiers, and in the end, the soldiers of the Datong Army will admit defeat, and it will not exceed 30,000.

Among them, the newly trained Volcano Army is likely to remain at about 8,000 people, and at most 10,000.

The remaining 20,000 are likely to serve as servant troops of the Volcano Army.

In this way, there are still 30,000 troops left in the Datong Army to operate.

The fourth brother once wanted to establish a cavalry in the northwest.

So I want to put forward this plan of the fourth brother and implement it.

With 30,000 troops left, I was going to secretly train a cavalry.

Among them, the number of heavy cavalry remained at five thousand; The number of light-armored rangers remained at 10,000.

In addition, the logistics baggage servant army of 20,000 men was expanded. ”

Yang Wu was not angry and arrogant, and said with a straight face: "I'm not good at preparing for an army, so don't tell me this." You just say, let me do something. ”

Yang Da's mind was more detailed than Yang Wu, he gasped and said in a deep voice: "Seventh brother, do you know how much the armor and weapons worn by a heavy armored cavalryman add up?" 5,000 heavily armored cavalry? 10,000 hussars? How much does it cost? Do we have that much money? ”

According to the standard of the heavy armored cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty, the whole body equipment of a heavy armored cavalry adds up to more than 100 taels of silver.

And that's not counting the extra horses.

The equipment of the rangers is not expensive, and the most valuable thing on the body is the scimitar between the crotch and the horse under the crotch.

Even so, the ranger's equipment is about thirty taels.

Again, horses were not accounted for.

Let's talk about horses.

Heavy cavalry, extremely demanding on horses.

Horses are required to be fast and highly gravitational.

This means:

The horses of the heavy cavalry must be of the highest quality.

And it must be done at least one person and two horses.

Ten thousand high-quality horses add up to a million taels of silver.

And money doesn't necessarily buy it.

Most importantly, the horses should also be clothed with armor.

It's even more costly.

Rangers do not have the same high requirements for horses as heavy cavalry.

But you also need a medium or higher horse.

And it also takes a pair of horses.

Yang Da sat there, carefully helped Yang Qi, and calculated a detailed account.

Yang Qi listened thoughtfully.

Yang Wu looked shocked.

Because every number that bursts out of Yang Da's mouth is astronomical to him.

Yang Da calculated to the end and gave a very conservative and frugal figure.

"At least eight million taels of silver."

Yang Wu used his own Yulu to calculate it, and found that he had to be the commander of the Datong Army for at least seven hundred years before it was possible to save so much money.

Yang Qi didn't care about money, but gave some suggestions on the basis of Yang Da's accounting.

"Big brother, if we want to build, we must build the strongest heavy armored cavalry. At the very least, their armor and weapons must be more than 100 forges. It must be made of stainless steel. ”

"Hiss~"

Yang Da gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "All the equipment has reached more than 100 forgings, and it is made of all steel...... Such a heavy cavalry, in terms of combat power, is invincible in the northwest...... Again, the cost is enormous...... At least there must be more than 10 million taels or so......"

Shocked, Yang Da added: "And every year, I have to add hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to it......"

Yang Wu felt that he could wash and sleep.

He bluntly said to Yang Qi: "With such a huge amount of expenses, our family can't afford it at all." Even if it is the imperial court, it is difficult to afford it. Moreover, it is impossible for the imperial court to give us so much money to build such a cavalry. ”

Yang Da and Yang Wu felt that Yang Qi's thoughts were a bit beyond reality.

Yang Qi tugged at the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Two elder brothers, since the younger brother can tell this matter, it proves that the younger brother has a way to get the silver." ”

Yang Wu glared at Yang Qi angrily and said, "How do you get it, go grab it?" ”

Yang Qi didn't have to hide it, he said bluntly: "When the junior brother took Daizhou, he copied 10 million taels of silver from Yang Bao's hand......"

"Huh?!"

"Impossible?!"

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked incredulous.

Yang Wu shouted directly: "Yang Bao, that dog, even if he digs Daizhou three feet into the ground, he can't get so much silver." ”

Yang Da nodded approvingly.

Yang Qi shook his head and said, "My two good brothers, you are too small in this place. Daiju is located at the junction of the three countries. There are countless merchants who come and go across the border. As far as I can see, the Shi family alone sells grain and tea to the Liao Kingdom, and the annual profit is enough to make millions of taels. And that's not counting the other businesses.

Yang Baoka was in this special place in Daizhou, eating and taking, plus he had been greedy for the military salary of the Datong Army for several years.

It adds up to 10,000,000 taels of silver, which is not much. ”

General Yang asked suspiciously, "Are there really so many?" ”

Yang Wu scolded, "Yang Bao is a dog." Levy in Daizhou and save so much money. Every year when I come to our house, I still cry poor. I want to chop him up. ”

Yang Qi grinned and said, "When I broke through Daizhou that day, I had already sent Yang Bao down. The raid on the homes of Yang Bao and those under him added up to more than 10 million taels. ”

Yang Qi said solemnly: "I may go to the party in the near future, and when the time comes, I may be able to get a batch of good horses that don't cost money." ”

Yang Da blew the bed excitedly and said, "If that's the case, then your idea is indeed feasible." ”

Yang Wu was equally excited, and he unceremoniously announced: "The chief general of the heavy armored cavalry must be me." I must kill all the thieves. ”

Yang Qi looked at the two brothers with a smile.

Wait until they've calmed down a bit.

Yang Qi continued to speak: "Two elder brothers, the heavy armored cavalry can't get up overnight. The reason why I told you about this plan is that I want the two elder brothers to use the fire eyes you have cultivated over the years of fighting to select the available soldiers. ”

Yang Wu patted his chest and said solemnly: "This is no problem. What kind of soldier can take on a big responsibility, I, Yang Yande, can see it at a glance. ”

Yang Da said with a strange face: "Seventh brother, a soldier from Daizhou, but he was targeted by his father." You're not going to let us snatch people from Daddy, are you? Daddy will enforce the family law. ”

"Hehe~"

Yang Qi smiled indifferently: "Big brother, you are too careful." Although the people of Daizhou are fierce, the soldiers and horses that come out are not fierce enough. I can't see it yet. I want you to pick up some general seeds in Daizhou and start cultivating. Set up the shelves first. ”

When Yang Da heard this, he was curious: "Then where are you going to recruit soldiers?" ”

Yang Qi said with a smile: "Shengzhou." ”

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked puzzled.

Yang Da said: "Shengzhou, but in the hands of the Liao. How do you recruit from Shengzhou? ”

Yang Qi put up the score, and said to Guanzi: "Mountain people have their own clever plans. In short, you just follow what I said, just choose the generals and seeds. I have three retinues, which are good general seeds.

Also, when I leave, I will leave behind a person named Peng Pai.

He has a good set of training methods in his hands. You'd better let all the people you choose learn.

However, he didn't know anything about the battle array.

Therefore, you don't have to listen to him in battle. ”

Yang Qi was reluctant to say.

Yang Da and Yang Wu were also unwilling to force.

They just need to know that they have enough money to support their training.

As for the issue of soldiers, they are not very worried.

In the northwest, a land of three wars, there is really no shortage of people.

Once the Liao people hit the grass valley, there will be a large number of displaced people.

The three brothers got together and talked about some details.

By the time the conversation was over, it was already the middle of the moon.

The housekeeper Yang Hong had already urged Yang Qi outside the door several times to let Yang Qi go to dinner.

Yang Qiyi went out.

I saw my sister-in-law Hua Xie Yu and my fifth sister-in-law Ma Saiying, standing at the door with dinner in their hands.

When they saw Yang Qi, there were obviously resentful expressions on their faces.

Yang Qi led the three Yang Shun who were waiting for him outside the door, hiding their faces and fleeing.

On the way back to his lodgings.

He specially grabbed a member of the Yang Mansion, asked him to go to the main hall, and told She Saihua that he would have dinner in the room tonight.

Returned to the accommodation.

Peng Pai was waiting for him outside the small building.

Yang Qi was outside the small building and instructed Peng Pai: "In the near future, I may have to go far away. When the time comes, you will follow my eldest brother and fifth brother. There is a group of people that need you to train. How you train scarecrows, you train them. You don't need to worry about other things. ”

Yang Qi turned around, pointed to the three little guys behind him, and said to Peng Pai: "These three, I will also hand them over to you in the future." ”

Although Peng Pai was a little reluctant to go with others, he was unwilling to disobey Yang Qi's order.

He bowed and said, "My subordinates understand. ”

Yang Qi waved his hand and said, "Take them down to rest." ”

Peng Pai nodded, walked in front of Yang Shun and the others, and said coldly, "Follow me." ”

Yang Shun said reluctantly: "We want to follow the Seventh Master." ”

Yang Qi put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Peng Pai is my subordinate, except for a pervert, the most powerful subordinate. If you want to follow me, you have to learn from him. Then surpass him to be qualified to stand by my side. ”

Chong Heng was more shrewd, his eyes rolled around, and he provoked Di Saburo to say: "Then how brother, you have to weigh his skills...... Di Saburo, you go. ”

Di Saburo was also polite, and nodded in response.

"Okay."

Yang Qi looked like he had nothing to do with himself, clasped his hands in front of his chest, ready to watch a joke.

Peng Pai narrowed his eyes and glanced coldly at the three little guys.

"Let's go up together."

Chong Heng's eyebrows shrank, and a happy color flashed in his eyes.

"Then we're welcome."

The voice landed.

Chong Heng suddenly drew his long knife and pounced.

The bright sword flashed and slashed in front of Peng Pai.

Di Saburo and Yang Shun were not slow to react.

The two of them followed closely in the middle of the hand, swinging their knives and slashing away.

The cooperation of the three people is very orderly.

Divided into upper, middle and lower roads, slashed to Peng Pai.

It can be seen that the three of them have a tacit understanding and are very good at cooperating.

Although Peng Pai is thin, he is still a scholar.

But after Peng Pai joined the scarecrow, in order to make up for his shortcomings, he practiced martial arts day and night.

And when I was in the south, I often looked for heroes from all walks of life.

His martial arts have progressed, and it can be said that he has made great progress.

Due to Peng Pai's original body shape, almost all the heavy weapons have nothing to do with him, so the weapon he chose is a Tang knife.

Facing the attack of the three little guys, Peng Pai pulled the corners of his mouth and chuckled.

"Still alive ......"

When the words fell, the Tang knife in Peng Pai's hand turned tactfully, the knife was not unsheathed, and the head of the knife knocked three times quickly and urgently.

"Bang~"

The long knives in the hands of the three little ones fell to the ground.

"Huh~"

A flash of silver light flickered, and the cloth bags of hoop hair on top of the heads of the three little ones fell, and the hair fell loose and fell on the shoulders.

It seemed that it was to shake the three little guys, so Peng Pai took out the knife extremely quickly.

It's so fast that the three little ones don't see clearly.

Peng Pai put away the knife, and in the stunned eyes of the three little guys, he smiled coldly: "This is the gap, so I advise you to be more obedient in front of me in the future." Otherwise, you will suffer. ”

"Papapa~"

Yang Qi stroked his palms and exclaimed: "What a quick knife, your knife skills are already a little hot." It seems that you have practiced a lot in private. ”

When Peng Pai faced the three little guys, he was cold.

When facing Yang Qi's admiration, he was very happy.

He smiled happily: "Help the young master do your work, and hold the scarecrow in your hand." Peng Pai naturally has to know some martial arts. He cannot be compared to his subordinates. ”

After a pause, Peng Pai said again: "Besides, there is no way to compare with the young master with this little bit of martial arts of his subordinates." ”

Yang Qi waved his hand and encouraged: "Continue to work hard, there will be greater responsibilities entrusted to you in the future." Let's go down. ”

When it comes to Yang Qi's martial arts, Yang Qi is obviously a little unnatural.

Due to the darkness of the sky, Peng Pai did not see the change in Yang Qi's face.

"The subordinates will retire first."

Peng Pai arched his hand at Yang Qi and kicked Yang Shun's three little guys in the ass.

"Grab your swords and go with me."

The three little guys picked up the knife, arched their hands at Yang Qi, followed behind Peng Pai, and left in a gloomy manner.

"Hey~"

When Yang Qi was left alone at the door of the building.

He let out a long sigh.

When Peng Pai mentioned his martial arts just now, he remembered the advice of the old man of Fahai.