The early morning breeze blew, Wu Song rode a horse with a few guards, wearing the brocade robe of the nine rank military generals, and came to the soldiers and horses stationed in Yanzhou Mansion, and a few people had already greeted him at the door. After everyone knelt on the ground to salute, Wu Song was welcomed into the handsome tent, and then they made introductions.

Zhang Ming, the secretary of the state army, was born in his forties, and inherited from Jiupin Chengjielang. Responsible for military clerical and merit examinations, money, food, logistics equipment, etc., and there is also a secret task, which is to monitor military generals.

Li Han, the commander of the Chinese army, has the official rank of Zheng Jiupin, the rank of Bao Yilang, and the deputy commander of the Chinese army, Liu Hui, is responsible for assisting Li Han, from Jiupin, Chengjielang. The two of them have five battalions under their command, and there are about 3,000 soldiers and horses. Responsible for the Gongwei Prefecture Administration. and state military garrisons.

Zhang Feng, the commander of the pro-military battalion, has about 600 soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of Wudu Xiang. Responsible for the safety and security of all parts of the state government,

The left army commanded Wang Hu, from Jiupin, Chengjielang. Liu Daneng, deputy commander of the left army, from Jiupin. Cheng Xinlang. It has five battalions of men, two battalions of the van army, and three battalions of militia. The number of men was two thousand five hundred.

The commander of the right army is Li Wei, from Jiupin, Chengjielang. Zhang Gui, deputy commander of the right army, from Jiupin. Cheng Xinlang. It has five battalions of men, one battalion of the van army, and four battalions of militia. The number of men was two thousand five hundred.

The former army commander Song Ming, from Jiupin, Cheng Jielang. Deputy commander of the army Zhao Wei, from Jiupin. Cheng Xinlang. It has five battalions of men, two battalions of the van army, and four battalions of militia. The number of men was two thousand five hundred.

The rear army commanded Wei En, from the nine pins, Cheng Jielang. The deputy commander of the rear army, Wang Xincong, Jiupin, Chengjielang. It has five battalions of men, one battalion of the van army, and four battalions of militia. The number of men was two thousand five hundred.

The upper army commanded Zhou Hong, from Jiupin, under the jurisdiction of three battalions of militia, about 1,500 people.

The subordinate army commanded Zhou Shen, from Jiupin, under the jurisdiction of three battalions of militia, about 1,500 people.

The Wei army commanded Wu Zheng, from Jiupin, under the jurisdiction of two battalions of militia, about 1,000 people

Liu Feng, the commander of the garrison, from Jiupin, has two battalions of militia under his command, about 1,000 people.

The capture army commanded Wei Han, and from Jiupin, he had a battalion of militia under his command, about 500 people

The most elite army in the Song Dynasty was the more than 100,000 forbidden troops that were almost never mobilized, fully equipped with weapons and high-quality officers. There are complete training regulations. Fighting is tough. Then there are hundreds of thousands of nominal forbidden troops, with incomplete weapons and most of the officers in normal configurations. There are no training regulations, and the combat effectiveness is average. Then there is the box army, lower-level equipment, and low-level officer allocation. Low combat effectiveness. Perform more missions to catch thieves. Then there is the militia, which simply does not have the slightest combat effectiveness, and most of the officers have no rank. Most of them do some labor and auxiliary tasks.

Under Wu Song, the first battalion was directly under the Guards Xiang Army, and then the five battalions of the Chinese Army directly led by the Xiang Army, with more than 3,600 people. The four battalions of the other Fourth Army have the right to lead but do not have the right to deploy. More than two thousand people. The rest of the militia is left to rest. A total of more than 18,000 sergeants. In fact, there is still a little bit of combat effectiveness, that is, more than 6,000 sergeants of the 11th Battalion Army.

This is all the army under Wu Song. and seventeen officers. As soon as everyone finished the introduction, Li Han, the commander of the Chinese army, and Zhang Ming, the secretary of the state army, said: "Your Excellency has just arrived, and your subordinates have prepared a feast to wash the dust for your lordship. I hope that adults will appreciate their faces. Wu Song then happily went to eat and drink with everyone. At the banquet, they also praised each other and patted each other. Until late at night.

The next day, early in the morning. Wu Song beat the drums to gather the generals, and after the generals finished paying homage, Wu Song said: "The Zhizhou adults have ordered to completely clear all the bandits and bandits in the state, and the brothers must return to the defense area, and they must reconnoiter the situation and terrain, train the sergeants to do a good job of prevention, and prevent the bandits from causing trouble." Okay brothers, let's go back to the station. If anything, I'll let you know. Then the generals took their leave.

Wu Song called Zhang Ming, the secretary of the state army, Li Han, the commander of the Chinese army, Liu Hui, the deputy commander of the Chinese army, and Zhang Feng, the commander of the pro-military camp, and said: "Xu Hanxiang ordered me to suppress the bandits, I don't know the situation of the state army's soldiers and horses, and I will review the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army and the pro-army in the afternoon." The two took the order and left. Wu Songyou and Clerk Zhang Ming learned about the equipment of the sergeants. There are 1,000 crossbowmen, 1,000 pikemen, 1,000 axemen, 300 crossbowmen, 100 swordsmen, 100 spearmen.

In the afternoon, after dinner, Wu Song called the secretary Zhang Ming to go to watch the army. More than 2,000 people lined up, quite neat, Wu Song ordered a hundred archers to shoot arrows, take a 100-meter arrow target, all missed, 70-meter arrow target, one out of ten. Fifty-meter arrow target, three out of ten. Wu Song shook his head helplessly, encouraged the soldiers, and then led the four back to the tent. Wu Song said: "This time the minister ordered to suppress the bandits, I think these soldiers are not of much use, I want to transfer some soldiers to reorganize a pair of soldiers and horses directly under the army, in order to suppress the bandits in the future, when the time comes, the merit has been made, the money and food have been seized, everyone can be rewarded, I don't know what you think." Although several people were embarrassed, they had no choice but to agree.

Wu Song then rode to the state government to find Xu Han, indicating that he wanted to personally reorganize and train a team of soldiers and horses for the use of the bandits on another day, Xu Han was worried that there would be trouble, so he immediately invited Zhang Bu to be judged, set up a banquet, and explained the situation, Zhang Bu also knew the situation of the state army, and immediately expressed his support. Xu Han immediately wrote six Cao, allocating materials, money and food, and there was no mistake. Then a few people were a little polite, ate some wine and food, and Wu Song said goodbye and left. Wu Song returned to the army and ordered the clerk Zhang Ming to write a proclamation: "I have been ordered by the Zhizhou adults to reorganize a team of military horses for the purpose of suppressing bandits in the future. Tomorrow the selection of sergeants begins. ”

On the second day, after Wu Song gave some speeches to the soldiers, he began to select sergeants, take a 100-meter arrow target, and those who were selected were selected, and those who were ordered to draw a line at a distance of 150 meters were selected, and those who shot through the line were selected, and then people were asked to take a two-hundred-pound bag of rice, and those who could be moved out of 10 meters were selected, and Wu San and others were ordered to go on the field with modified weapons, and those who were undefeated in ten rounds were selected.

Wu Song led several generals to watch the selection of various places. But at the 100-meter target, a man of about 1.7 meters stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow hit the bull's-eye. Wu Song was overjoyed and asked the generals what the name of this person was, but the generals didn't know, so Wu Song had no choice but to step forward and ask: "What's your name, the arrow shoots well." The man said: "The villain's name is Zhou Gou'er, and he is a small soldier under the first battalion and one capital of the Chinese army. Wu Song praised a few words and secretly wrote down his name.

There was a big black man in the selection office of the heavy lifter, with a rice bag in one hand, and quickly moved it into the ten meters, Wu Song saw it and stepped forward and said: "You dare to take a four-hundred-pound rice bag and move it to try." The man said, "Why don't you dare?" Then he took 400 catties of rice bags and still moved them easily. Wu Song was overjoyed and said: "The strength is so good, what is your name, but you are willing to be my personal guard." The man smiled honestly: "The villain Niu San has had the strength to handle since he was a child, and he is willing to follow the adults." Wu Song then asked him to follow him and continue to inspect everywhere.

There was no place to show off in the martial arts selection place, and when he was about to leave, a young man came up and defeated Jin Xiaowei in ten moves, Wu Song was overjoyed, and stepped forward and asked: "What is your name, are you willing to be my guard." The man was overjoyed and said: "The villain's name is Zhou Qing, he learned some martial arts when he was a child, and he is willing to swear to follow the adults to the death." Wu Song then asked him to follow him.

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the personnel selection was completed, and a total of selected personnel were selected. There are 410 people, 90 people who shoot long-range bows, 90 people who shoot 100-meter targets, more than 150 people who carry weights, and 70 people who have a little martial arts. Wu Song then ordered the four hundred and ten men to assemble and divide them into four teams, one pair of all far archers, one pair of precision archers, and one hundred and fifty men as shield and axe men. A pair of seventy people are slightly martial arts. Then he commanded the people to get up at five o'clock tomorrow morning, and accompany themselves to practice a ten-kilometer run, and those who were late and twenty military sticks, and those who had completed the race, and meat to eat in the morning.

It was night when Wu Song moved into the camp to live, and at four o'clock in the morning, he took Wu San and six other people, got up and went to the assembly point to wait for everyone to bring, about five o'clock, most of the people had already gathered, only two or three people were late, Wu Song ordered Wu San and others to carry out the military stick. Everyone was in an uproar, and they no longer dared to disobey the military order.