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Chapter 222: Lecture on Martial Arts

It was not surprising that Wei October was able to send horses Zhao Tianyou, Jiang Hanchen was a very ambitious person, since he dared to sacrifice his life to come to Hong Kong Island, he had already thought about the possible price in his heart, so these horses were just a piece of cake.

Wei Yue not only brought 10,000 horses, but also 2 million taels of silver on the ship, which was all the assets of the Jiang family that Quanzhou could sell, and there was nothing left in the name of the secret, and the selling price made the buyers feel that they were taking advantage.

Silver also needs horses, Zhao Tianyou is not polite at all, since the Jiang family has completed the agreement, Zhao Tianyou ordered Jiang Hanchen to be released, and asked Wei October to take him away from the island, but I didn't expect this kid to insist on not leaving.

"I'm going to Guangzhou to see General Zhao, or let him come back to see me, or I'll stay here and not leave!"

Where is Jiang Hanchen willing to leave, he bet all the future of the Jiang family on Zhao Tianyou, these horses and silver are just a stepping stone. During the days when he was imprisoned on the island, he could more or less feel the vitality and vitality of this island, which made him more confident that he would definitely want to step on Zhao Tianyou's chariot.

Meng Shuirou smiled when she heard this: "Okay, there's no problem, someone will lock him up." Mr. Wei, please leave, if you want to pick up your son-in-law next time, it is best not to take the ransom less than this amount, otherwise my general will be very unhappy. ”

"If I don't see Zhao Tianyou, I won't leave, Mr. Wei, you can go back first, and come back in a few days!"

Wei Yue's face turned black into the bottom of the pot, and he secretly complained in his heart that his son-in-law's brain was broken, you just leave here first, go directly to Guangzhou to meet him, or come back to the island in a few days, isn't it all up to you.

Why don't you leave now, Meng Shuirou said that I have a weak heart, do you want me to redeem you again? What can I do to redeem you, the silver and goods in your name have been smashed this time, and if you want to use the money, you have to go back and discuss with the old lady.

For the war that is about to take place right now, this is just a small episode, although the ransom of 10,000 horses at this time makes Zhao Tianyou very happy, but he also has no time to go back to see Jiang Hanchen, and the plan to conquer the sea of stars in partnership is not attractive to him at all.

After killing Zhu Qing and severely invading Dong Wenbing, how to deal with the upcoming Prime Minister Boyan and the Ashu army that has already set off from Xiangyang is a major matter that the people in the entire city of Guangzhou need to face. The victory of several small battles could not hide the fact that there was too much difference in strength, and according to rough estimates, the city of Guangzhou would face more than 300,000 elite troops of the Yuan army in the future.

At present, the total military strength of the entire Guangzhou area has not exceeded 100,000 people, including some recently recruited soldiers. However, what is happy is that the cavalry unit has finally taken shape, and with Jiang Hanchen's ransom, Guangzhou City has more than 20,000 war horses.

This number is almost the sum of all the cavalry in the previous two vast lands, and even slightly better, as the commander of such a large number of cavalry, Ling Zhen has been waking up with a smile in his dreams at night recently.

Zhao Tianyou is also thinking carefully, how to make good use of this cavalry, it is impossible to fight hard with the Yuan soldiers, and it is not easy to scrape together the starting combat strength, and it cannot be wasted casually. The cavalry of the Song army, which belongs to the combination of the old and the new, still has a big gap with the elite of the Yuan army in terms of combat power, unless it is against the remnants of the army under Dong Wenbing, it is possible to have the certainty of victory, otherwise it will be two by two into a war of attrition.

The last time he went out of the city to kill Wudieling, Zhao Tianyou and Wen Tianxiang had a topic, but then the continuous war never took care of it, and Zhao Tianyou finally became idle on this day, and pulled Wen Tianxiang to inspect and take a walk on the city.

"Master Wen, I want to set up a school in Guangzhou!"

"This is a good thing, there are many academies in Guangzhou, some of them are closed because of the war, you can buy one to reopen, I believe that with your name Zhao Tianyou, you will have to break your head if you sign up for your child!"

Zhao Tianyou laughed and said: "Lord Wen, don't make fun of me, I don't recruit children to study, I want to set up a military academy to recruit the best among the soldiers, and after graduation, they can be qualified for basic officer positions." ”

"This ...... No problem! This is a big thing for the whole country, and I am afraid that the current conditions will be difficult to achieve. ”

Wen Tianxiang said in his heart, this can only be done by decree of the imperial court, where is this school, is it obviously the martial arts promoted by Wang Anshi back then. But martial arts is to start from the basics, a soldier to train, how can it take two or three years, we are in short supply of manpower right now, can we wait?

Zhao Tianyou nodded and said: "Yes, it will take a year or two to train a qualified officer, and I am afraid it will be too late to learn and sell now." But things always have to be done, one day every night, one day in the future, and it is even more difficult for us to grow. When the idea was first conceived, the school was intended to be built on Hong Kong Island to train sailors for our own South China Sea Fleet, but now it is the cavalry and infantry of Canton that need to be improved the most.

Besides, with my ability alone, this matter is difficult to promote, and there is not so much teaching, so it is still led by Master Wen. I will put together some new teaching materials as a supplement to our traditional martial arts teaching curriculum, or we will discuss it together first, focusing on what to teach first, and deal with the increasing number of troops at the moment. ”

Zhao Tianyou spoke to save face, and did not clearly say that the combat strength of the imperial court's army was mixed, and the tactical quality of the basic officers was insufficient, and the fundamental reason for these was hundreds of years of emphasis on literature and light on military force, and Wen Tianxiang said bluntly that he was afraid of hurting his face, because he was the biggest civil servant!

"The Great Song Dynasty is declining, and the struggle to survive in Xinhui is all thanks to the help of volunteers, and that Zhang Shijie and Lord Zhang are probably not grateful at all, otherwise we would never have received someone sent by Xinhui.

In this case, I will sell back my old face, and Zhang Zhensun Lian opened the martial arts school in Guangzhou City, opened the door to the people of all over the world, and continued to carry forward the purpose of Wang Anshi's school.

In the past few hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and light on martial arts, and has made a big mistake, chilled the hearts of the world's military generals, and lost its own good rivers and mountains. Today, I will say it from my mouth, first martial arts and then Wen Anbang can determine the country, how about our martial arts to talk about martial arts in its name? ”

Zhao Tianyou's heart trembled when he heard this, the originator of the Huaxia Military School, the name of the Tianjin Beiyang Army Martial Arts Hall, actually came out of Wen Tianxiang's mouth. Think about the situation of the late Qing Dynasty at that time, and the current stormy Song Dynasty, there are many similarities, the mountains and rivers are not in the country and have not been broken, and when will we not talk about martial arts at this time!

"Well, that's a great name!"