After Zhao Ziliang vigorously rectified the military discipline and training of the garrison in the city within half a month, he finally got on the right track, and the mental outlook of the non-commissioned officers, generals, and officials and the atmosphere in the barracks underwent fundamental changes. The barracks were filled with the sound of soldiers shouting trumpets and neat steps in unison throughout the day.

Until now, the Shule Town Guard has not sent a new deputy envoy to capture and join the army. Zhao Ziliang handed over all the logistics affairs to his henchman Zheng San, the newly appointed deputy staff member of the Guarding Mansion, in addition to handling some military affairs in the Guarding Mansion, he was soaking in the barracks and practicing with the soldiers, eating and living together, plus his series of big sticks and radish means, soon made him respectful, fearful and loved.

On the school field, Zhao Ziliang held his waist knife and watched the soldiers practice, and suddenly remembered a thing or two, so he took Huo Kan, Liang Qi, Chen Biao and others behind him to the Guarding Mansion, and brought the chief Shi Cui Jianlin, the judge Dou Ming, the executive Di Yin and others to discuss the matter, and even Wei Meng, Lei Wu, and Li Siye, who were still recuperating from their injuries, were also called over.

"General Ben understands that there is no night and no Mo Dao team in the garrison of our transfer city, this is not good! Although we are a garrison and there are not many opportunities to go out to fight, we must not fail to make some preparations. Although the sparrow is small, it is complete, and we should change the city garrison to do the same, the general decided to set up a scout team and a Mo knife team in the army, and they were composed of elite soldiers who were brave and good at fighting from each battalion! What do you think? ”

Huo Kan, the deputy lieutenant of the third battalion, got up and said: "General, if you want to increase the scout team and the Modao team, it will exceed the original establishment of the garrison, and I don't know if it will be allowed from above, if the soldiers are drawn from each battalion, it will also cause the number of each battalion to be insufficient!" ”

It is very good news for Li Siye to set up a Modao team, he is good at using Modao, and he is very familiar with the training and combat methods of the Modao team, he is very much in favor, but it is not a simple matter to establish a new branch of troops in the army, especially the attitude above, and the source of equipment is also a problem.

Li Siye bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "The general wants to set up a scout team and a Modao team, and his subordinates are very much in favor of it, but Deputy Lieutenant Huo's worries are not unreasonable, not to mention the attitude above, just say that the source of equipment is a problem!" ”

Mo knife is one of the standing weapons in the Tang army, due to the improvement of forging and smelting technology in the Tang Dynasty, the weapons of the Tang army, especially the horizontal knife, the Mo knife these weapons are extremely sharp, but not all Tang army has a Mo knife team, it is generally only equipped with field troops, such as Shule Army, Qiuzi Army, Han Navy, Tianshan Army, etc.

The forging technology and process of the Mo knife are extremely complex, and the cost is also very expensive, which is also one of the reasons for the decline of the Mo knife after the Tang Dynasty, so it did not equip the Tang army on a large scale, unlike the horizontal knife, almost every Tang army soldier is almost a hand. If you don't want the equipment of the Modao team from the regular channels, it will not be easy to form a Modao team.

Zhao Ziliang said: "This general will repair a letter to General Fumeng, the envoy of the town guard, and strive for the support of General Fumeng!" Cui Changshi, the number of troops in our garrison should not be complete, right? What is the shortfall? ”

Shi Cui Jianlin, the head of the garrison, got up and arched his hand: "What the general said is good, according to the regulations, I transferred the garrison of the city, not counting the generals, officers and officials, the number of troops is 1,288 people, and the actual number of troops is 1,028 at present, and the shortage is 260 people."

"That's just right!" Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Then recruit another two hundred and sixty people to make up for the number of troops specified above!" By the way, you are all here today, and the general will emphasize with you that no one is allowed to eat empty salaries, deduct the salaries of the soldiers, what are other military towns and garrisons, the general does not care, but in the transfer city that the general is responsible for, it is not allowed to have empty salaries and deduct military salaries, and the general will send people to investigate at any time, once found, according to the rules, the head will fall! All government officials, scribes, and lieutenant generals are not allowed to engage in business, and if they are discovered, they will be immediately dismissed from their posts. However, General Ben also knows that if you only rely on a little salary to maintain the daily expenses of your family, your life will definitely be tight, and this General has also considered for you. First, the Guardian Mansion will give you a monthly subsidy according to your official position, military rank, and military rank, although it is not much, but it should allow the family to live well. Second, if a civilian official gives advice, handles official affairs well, and has military merits, the general will reward some from time to time, and the amount of the reward depends on the size of the merit; Third, every time you fight, all the captures will be returned to the public, and then converted into silver, and the garrison will leave 20% for backup, and 80% will be used to reward all the soldiers, and the meritorious people should be rewarded more, and the general will not take a penny! ”

Zhao Ziliang's regulations have curbed the occurrence of empty salaries and military salary deductions to a certain extent, and at the same time, they can encourage officials and generals to earn a lot of income through their own efforts. Although some officials and generals are uncomfortable, they are helpless, and the vast majority of officials and generals have expressed support and support for Zhao Ziliang's regulations, after all, not everyone has the intention of making money in the army, most officials and generals hope to win fame in a fair environment, and Zhao Ziliang formulated these regulations to give them a fair platform.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although our Datang is not the dynasty that attaches the most importance to military merits since the previous dynasties, but it is the dynasty that most respects the status of martial artists. In the eyes of our generals and the common people, their status is no worse than that of civilian officials. Isn't it true that people live for a lifetime just to fight for a breath? Do we have such a treatment, do we ruin our reputation by doing those dirty things that deduct military pay and eat empty pay for a little money? It's not worth it! Besides, the soldiers left their parents, brothers and sisters, and went to the border to serve in the army to defend their families and defend the country, all of them pinned their heads to the waistbands of their trousers, and the military salary was the money they exchanged for their lives, and every copper plate was stained with blood. Is it really nice to wake up in a nightmare every night? ”

Many officials and generals on both sides of the school bowed their heads in shame when Zhao Ziliang said it, it can be seen that these people have done this kind of thing before, but Zhao Ziliang did not pursue it, because this kind of thing has become the norm in the army, and Zhao Ziliang wants to correct this bad trend, it is not possible to solve it by killing a few people, and not pursuing the previous things is also to give these people a chance to mend their ways, these people are not stupid, they all know what Zhao Ziliang meant.

Lei Wu got up and knelt on the ground with a plop, and said to Zhao Ziliang with a look of shame: "General, the subordinates are guilty, the subordinates have deducted the military salaries of the soldiers before, and today I heard the general say this, and the subordinates know that they are wrong, and they have embarrassed our generals. ”

Zhao Ziliang was very pleased, and after the case, he stepped forward to help Lei Wu up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "It's a good thing to know that you can change your mistakes, and it takes great courage to admit your mistakes." General Ben also wants to thank you, if you don't trust Ben General, how can you admit your mistakes calmly? In the past, General Ben will not pursue anything, but this will never be allowed to happen in the future, and the same will be true for others! ”

Zhao Ziliang knelt down and sat down after returning to the case, and said, "Okay, let's get down to business!" Negotiate with the above, and strive for the support of the town guard, the general will do it, but this matter can not be delayed, the general decided that the number of troops of the Modao team is 200 people, organized into a battalion, the chief officer and captain by Li Siye, before the captain of the third battalion has no new captain, Li Siye also serves as the captain of the third battalion, the number of scout team is fifty people, the formation is a team, the team is being served by Wang Can, after Wang Can takes up the scout team, the general's subordinates are all under the command of the guard chief Chu Ge. In addition, the training of the Mo Knife Team and the Scout Team is much harder and more tiring than that of other arms, and the danger is much greater than that of other arms. As for how to raise the weapons and equipment of the Modao team, General Ben has his own methods, but the recruitment of this soldier depends on you."

Judge Dou Ming arched his hand and said: "General, I don't know what the main targets of the recruitment of soldiers are?" Do you recruit all Han Chinese, or do you recruit all the strong men of all local ethnic groups? Or do you want to recruit a portion of each? If you want to recruit all the Han people, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recruit all the people here, and you have to send people to recruit all over the Central Plains, if you only recruit a part of the Han people, there are many Han people who have committed crimes and have been confiscated in the land of Anxi, and you should be able to recruit a part, and you can also report to the town guard government and ask the town guard government to replenish enough soldiers, but this will have to wait, and I don't know when the town guard government will be able to transfer the additional soldiers."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "General Ben can't afford to wait, first send people to recruit some Han strong men from all over Anxi, if it is not enough, recruit some strong men of various local ethnic groups, just gather the number of people!" ”

"No!"