In August, a report came from Tokyo that the emperor had appointed Fan Zhongyan as the governor and Fu Bi as the privy deputy, which was the rhythm of the immediate reform. At this time, Li Buqi needed to find something to do for himself, so that he would have an excuse not to return to Tokyo.

Because both inside and outside the capital knew that the test site produced glass worth thousands of gold, and some people had already begun to spy around the test site, Li Buqi asked Li Zhang to apply to the emperor for the issuance of weapons to the new army and patrol the area around the test site. The emperor, of course, wanted to keep the glass a secret, and immediately agreed to Li Buren's request.

On the question of what kind of weapons the new army would use, Li Buqi had a lot of brains. The weapons of the Great Song Dynasty are varied, there are as many as eight kinds of standard knives alone, there are more types of guns, as well as axes, forks, sticks, bones, etc., it is obviously unrealistic to integrate so many kinds of weapons into a combat team.

So Li Buqi called Li Zhang, Wang Zhaoming, Ge Shengwen, and the leaders of the forbidden army from Tokyo to a meeting, and even called Lian Guangzhi in order to increase the number of people with actual combat experience.

Everyone unanimously agrees that the bow and crossbow must be matched, which is the standard configuration of the Great Song army, and it is the reliance of the Great Song army that lacks horses against the northern nomadic cavalry, so this is not negotiable, this is a bit of a dispute in terms of proportion. The leaders of the forbidden army wanted to equip eighty percent of the soldiers with bows and crossbows according to the proportion of the forbidden army, but Lian Guangzhi thought that this proportion was too high, and once the enemy approached, there were too few people on his side who could fight hand-to-hand. This is a bloody lesson. Because the crossbowmen in the Great Song army did not practice swords and guns, they had no ability to fight hand-to-hand at all.

However, Li Buqi's plan was that crossbowmen should also have a certain amount of hand-to-hand combat ability, and soldiers who mainly engaged in hand-to-hand combat could also equip crossbows for a round of shooting. So the ratio is set at 60%. But archers are not easy to cultivate, so we have to temporarily appoint fifty people, and the rest are all crossbowmen.

There is a lot of debate about the choice of hand-to-hand weapons, but it is really because there are too many choices. In the end, Li Buqi still chose to support Lian Guangzhi, because Lian Guangzhi had more experience in fighting with the Tanguts. Later, the Song army also fought more against the nomads from the north.

In this era, the Western Xia Iron Harrier and the elite palace tent army of the Liao State were all wearing heavy armor, which could not be cut through with knives and difficult to penetrate with guns, so if you wanted to kill the samurai wearing heavy armor, you must choose heavy weapons. This is why Song Liaojin's army favored weapons such as iron maces, iron whips, bones, and maces, which relied on leverage.

Li Buqi remembered that he had seen the Golden Vulture and said that the two weapons that gave him the most headache in the Song Army were the divine arm bow and the other was the big axe. Therefore, Li did not give up the main battle weapons of the new army, and the axes were the main weapons, supplemented by the bones. Crossbowmen are equipped with battle axes with handles of 2 feet 5 long, and knife and axe men use long axes.

In addition, guns are also indispensable, after asking the head of the forbidden army, Li Buqi decided to use two kinds of guns, the long gun is about five meters long, and the short gun is about three meters long.

One of the leaders suggested that if it was possible to go to the south to fight, it would be better to practice javelin. The southern climate is humid, and the bow and crossbow are not only greatly weakened but also easily damaged, so the javelin is an indispensable long-range weapon.

This reminder is good! Li Buqi remembered that there was a famous Nong Zhigao rebellion in the future, so maybe the south would have to go through. As a result, javelins were also included in the equipment and training program.

Considering that this new army may not go to the battlefield at the beginning, and may participate in the operation of catching thieves, the bandits have no armor, and it is a bit of a joke to go over with a big axe, so Li Buqi decided that the short knife must be proficient in self-defense weapons.

Thus the weapons of the new army were determined, one commanding five hundred men, one hundred pikemen, fifty axemen, fifty shieldmen, and the rest were crossbowmen.

Li Buqi stipulated that all pikemen must be proficient in the use of long and short guns, short knives, and javelins; The shield bearer must be proficient in the use of short spears, battle axes, short knives, javelins, and shields; Crossbowmen need to master the most skills, in addition to shooting crossbows, all kinds of long and short weapons must be mastered. Archers and axemen are more specialized, with archers only needing to be proficient in the use of warbows and short knives, and axemen only need to be proficient in long and short axes and short knives.

In terms of physical fitness, both archers and axe bearers have special requirements. Archers require a very high level of arm strength, and sword and axe hands need to be able to swing a large axe while wearing heavy armor, which is the most physically demanding. In addition, pikemen, shieldmen, and crossbowmen have their own requirements, and all the original ones need to be broken up and regrouped.

It took three days to do that. After the leaders of the forbidden army selected people from all branches of the army, the new army was reorganized. The first are all pikemen, all of whom are headed by Chao Baozhu; The two are both sword and axe bearers and shield bearers, and both are fierce and victorious over tigers; The third to fifth are all crossbowmen, and the heads are Wang Cun, Zhou Xing and Zhou Daliang. In addition, there is a substitute for the capital, all of which are new in the head.

After each was distributed, weapons were distributed, and each of them taught equipment. In addition, when soldiers have weapons, they are assigned patrol tasks, and one is responsible for patrolling every day. Li Buqi also began to train them on how to match passwords, how to cross patrols, and how to set up light and dark posts and mobile posts.

In September, even Guangzhi's classmates and horse breeders arrived at Chunze Prison with seventeen stallions. These horse breeders are very interesting, there are two families who are from the edge of the border, and there are three veterans, who have fought at a glance. Lian Guangzhi introduced Li Buqi that one of the crippled veterans named Xu San turned out to be a night that had escaped death several times, and his ability was not small, but he was always good at drinking, and his mother-in-law ran away with someone. He didn't even have a child, but he adopted a boy who didn't know if he was a Han as an adopted son.

This Xu San not only has the ability to train horses, but also has the skill of tracking, and it is precisely because of his two things that he can see through the ambush and escape with his life several times. However, Xu San's ability is not small, but his temper is also stinky, and he ignores people he doesn't like, even if he sees the capital prison, so his father doesn't hurt and his mother doesn't love him. When Lian Guangzhi was in the army, he saw that this groom was pitiful and gave him a few drinks, so he had a friendship.

Hehe, love to drink? It's easy to do. Li Buqi asked people to bring the 20-degree rum that had been stored in the oak barrel for a year, and Xu San immediately said that as long as there was wine to drink every day, he would not leave if he was killed.

Lian Guangzhi's two classmates had the same style as him at a glance, especially the one named Sun Yong, Sun Xujiu, with big hands and feet and a thick neck, a stiff beard on his face, a loud voice roaring loudly, and a heavy iron sword behind him - not the kind of sword that the scribe pretended to force, but an iron sword that can really go into battle - if he wasn't wearing a talent robe, he would definitely think that he was not a soldier or a pig-killer. But there is a need for such a person in the barracks, and he doesn't know how to arrange it if he comes to Li Buqi all day long.

Shaanxi people are real. These two showmen not only did not criticize Li Buqi's teaching textbooks, but praised them greatly, and now Li Buqi did not need to teach the soldiers to read and write, and could teach some more professional courses.

As soon as Li Buqi settled these people, the emperor summoned him urgently, and Li Buqi had no choice but to step on the jujube red horse and run back to Bianliang.