In September of the seventh year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty was still immersed in the joy of getting back the six states of Yanyun. Almost unaware of the dense clouds on the northern border, the emperor was busy cultivating while preparing for the suburban ceremonies, and the whole country was happy and happy. But this harmonious atmosphere was disturbed by a piece of music.

This piece of music was written by the Superintendent of the Imperial History. Originally, the imperial history was an official, and it was common to impeach hundreds of officials, inspect prefectures, and criticize them, and it was even more common to impeach hundreds of officials. In addition, the relatively relaxed political environment of the Song Dynasty did not punish for words, and the imperial history could be heard of and said, so when did the imperial court not impeach civil and military officials?

It's strange that Zhang Yushi's recital is not someone else's impeachment. It's the inspection of the school and the major security, the envoy of the Wutai Army, and the pharmacist Guo of Yanshan Mansion! In the recital, he accused Guo Yaoshi of serving the king's grace, flying high, doing whatever he wanted, and repeatedly humiliating his boss, Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan. He also sent his subordinates to the interior to do business and earn money. More importantly, it is said that Guo Yaoshi summoned the craftsmen of the former Liao Emperor to make all kinds of treasures to make friends with the powerful people in the court, and his heart was suspicious.

After this recital was handed over, Bai Shizhong, the prime minister who flattered the Cai family's father and son, suppressed and did not report it. I thought that Yushi would impeach him and go through the motions, who doesn't know that Pharmacist Guo is being favored right now? Who knows, a group of speech officials riveted their strength like cannons, and all rushed to Guo Yaoshi, and the pieces were handed to the political hall one after another, and the remarks were more sensational than the other. Bai Shizhong saw it badly, and Cai You and his group somehow received the news, and they drummed hard, so they couldn't hold it down and stabbed Emperor Daojun.

When Zhao Ji saw the chapter for the first time, he didn't care, but Zhang Suo and others played it one after another. Emperor Daojun began to hesitate a little in his heart, and at this moment, the privy envoy Cai You ran to him again and scolded Guo Yaoshi for harboring evil intentions, the evidence of which was the outgoing prefect of Yanshan, the current Daimyo Mansion Yin and Wang Anzhong, who stayed in Beijing. Wang Anzhong cried with a handful of snot and tears in the recital, saying how Guo Yaoshi bullied him when he was in Yanshan Mansion, and also said that the official family favored Guo Yaoshi so much that the military ministers were pressed on the head of Wenchen.

Zhao Ji didn't care about other words, but this Wuchen pressed Wenchen and made him a little shocked. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there has been a basic national policy of promoting literature and suppressing military force, and using civil power to control military force. I was wondering if I should send someone to ask Pharmacist Guo what he was doing. Cai Qian came out and said on behalf of his father that Guo Yaoshi returned to the Song Dynasty with two states, and he had military exploits, and he was a pillar of the imperial court and a tiger given to His Majesty by God. Do not listen to slander and alienate loyal subjects.

This matter is not over, Hebei reported again, there is a thief Zhang Di in Mingzhou gathered tens of thousands of people, attacked the state and county, unstoppable, please send troops to destroy it quickly, and it will become a big trouble later. Zhao Ji panicked and urgently ordered the Privy Council to send troops to suppress the thieves. Although Cai You served as a privy envoy, he could wander around the official family all day long, telling ghost stories and dancing, and he didn't pay attention to the affairs of the Privy Council at all, so he handed over the signing of the Privy Council to Xu Shao to be specifically responsible.

There was a lot of noise in the Tokyo court, but Xu Wei hurried back to the daimyo. The storm is coming, and the weight of his small boat is not enough, and the affairs in the court have already been discussed with He Guan. What he has to do now is to take He Guan's handwritten military order to go to the Daimyo Capital to receive equipment, step up the recruitment of troops and horses, and train into the army as soon as possible.

Arriving at the Daimyo's Mansion, Xu Wei first found his fourth brother Xu Sheng and Zheng Prisoner, and together they paid a visit to the new Daimyo's Mansion Yin and Wang Anzhong, who stayed in Beijing. The prefect of the king was already under Cai Youmen, and he knew who Xu Wei was, so he opened the door of convenience, approved a document to inform the daimyo to make a hospital, and allocated equipment to Xu Wei. There are 3,500 infantry armors, more than 2,000 long and short weapons, more than 1,000 bows of various types, 30,000 arrows, and a number of other military supplies. Naturally, he ordered Xu Sheng to lead the soldiers to escort the transport, and the reward for the thieves in Shandong was sent to Xiajin together with the grain and grass of the Jingsui camp.

It was September 22, and it was cloudy and the autumn wind was bleak. But the vast wheat field in Xujiazhuang is in full swing. More than 2,000 soldiers were divided into several formations and practiced diligently. The autumn harvest is over, and the poor and bored Zhuang Han women gather around the sidelines to watch the excitement. Xu Taigong was dressed in short clothes, neatly tidy, standing on the sidelines with a moon-covering knife, his majestic eyes scanning the audience, supervising the training of the soldiers.

More than 2,000 soldiers were carefully selected by Xu Wei, with strong physique, most of them were born in peasant households, and their strength was outstanding. The main items of training are combat and formation. This difficulty is relatively great, most of the soldiers are illiterate, and some can't even tell the difference between left and right. You want to put up a formation, give a military order, and most of the soldiers are scurrying around like headless flies. Xu Taigong's response is also very straightforward and simple, fight! If you don't, just fight! A few lashes, the president will remember! Xu Wei went for less than ten days, and the Jingsui camp tightened its skin up and down, practicing during the day and reading military regulations at night, and no one dared to take it lightly.

"Yang Yan! Come here! Xu Taigong roared, and Yang Yan, who was leading the soldiers to practice the formation according to the method described by Taigong, hurriedly trotted over, standing upright in front of Taigong, and did not dare to breathe.

"What are you doing! It's been almost ten days! There are still people under you who can't even tell the difference between left and right! Xu Wei shouted too loudly, and the soldier's unique voice shook Yang Yan couldn't help but shiver.

"These men are so stupid that they can't remember what they've said countless times! Taigong, I can't ...... either" Yang Yan was about to cry out.

"Nonsense! If your subordinates don't work hard, you are slacking off! Around! Pull it over and hit the twenty sticks hard! Xu Taigong couldn't help but say, and a row of men with big sticks behind him swarmed forward and took Yang Yan to fight.

When Yang Yan's soldiers saw it, they hurriedly ran over to intercede for him. It's not that Yang Dutou is popular, but the soldiers know in their hearts that Yang Dutou is a living Yama! If he is beaten today, he will be on us with interest!

Xu Taigong refused at first, and the soldiers were anxious before responding: "The law does not blame the public, and write down these twenty military sticks!" Give you another day, and when the time comes, as long as there is one person who can't tell the difference, you are the only one who asks! ”

Everyone said yes again and again, Yang Yan was let go, and muttered in his heart. We are just a township battalion, why do you always use the standards of the Western Army to demand from us? Let's not fight the party members.

"Not convinced?" Mrs. Xu saw through Yang Yan's mind at a glance and asked loudly.

He didn't even dare to say it, he shouted: "Taigong, our equipment is also a little second." You see, most of them are simple knives, as well as hunting forks and even sticks, no matter how well you train, take this thing......"

"You know what? The strength of the troops is in a spirit! Don't regret dying, dare to go in the face of difficulties! Equip? I'll give you the best equipment now and let you fight the Jurchens, can you do it? Xu Taigong snorted coldly.

Jurchens? Can I do it, the Khitans are finished, and the Jurchens are wearing a pair of pants with us. Besides, the duty of our township Yongying is to Jingsui and eliminate thieves, and the current strength is enough.

Suddenly, I saw a commotion in the crowd, but it was a convoy from the west of the village, isn't Brother Jiu back? After looking at it again, I saw that the two brothers Xu Si and Xu Jiu were riding high-headed horses and escorting the convoy to the wheat field.

"Lao Jiu, your Jingsui camp has already begun to become a climate." Xu Sheng saw the soldiers who were training hard on the wheat field, and smiled at his younger brother.

Xu Wei was also overjoyed, he had only been gone for more than ten days, and the troops had already begun to take shape. At least he is more energetic than when he first brought it back to Hebei, and it seems that the old man has worked hard. When the convoy arrived at the wheat field, the two brothers paid homage to their father. Xu Taigong only answered, and continued to focus on training.

Xu Wei did not interfere, and together with his brother, he commanded the soldiers to unload the equipment. The non-commissioned officers who were training in that field saw the commander coming back early, and saw that the car was actually equipped with equipment, so how could they still have the heart to train? Look at the armor, bows and arrows, knives and spears, and some unnamed instruments! Commander made this trip, but made a fortune?

"Law Enforcement Sergeant!" Seeing that the soldiers had no intention of training, Mrs. Xu shouted violently.

"In!" Behind him, eight soldiers armed with big sticks responded with a bang.

There was no need to wait for him to give an order, the sergeant and pawn all withdrew their gaze and gritted their teeth to train. Only then did Xu Taigong turn around and see the equipment all over the ground, he was taken aback, these equipment were enough to make the Jingsui battalion full! In fact, although the name of the Xiangyong Battalion is a battalion, it has already been seriously overstaffed. The imperial court military system, 100 people are the capital, five are battalions, and five battalions are the army. Xu Wei's Jingsui battalion has more than 2,700 people, more than the establishment of the first army. Now that there is this imperial court standard equipment, if you train it strictly, you will become an elite division in time!

At sunset, more than 2,000 soldiers were exhausted from drilling, and after a command to collect the exercise, they assembled into a team. After counting the number of people, counting two thousand seven hundred and sixty-three, Mrs. Xu said to Xu Wei, "I'll leave it to you." With that, he put down his spear, took his crutches, and walked towards his home.

Xu Wei didn't lecture either, and everything in silver worked. Immediately ordered people to distribute military salaries and rewards, and in the battle of Shandong, the Jingsui battalion won a lot. If things are done in strict accordance with the system, the township Yong battalion is beheaded by hundreds, 6,000 prisoners, not counting those who drown in the lake, what should be the reward? But what about the imperial court, it is only counted as a beheading, not those who drowned in the lake, not counted as prisoners who were handed over to Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Jinan, and not counted those who were recruited into the Jingsui camp after being captured, for no other reason, use your Jingsui camp to save money! However, it is estimated that he is a little weak-hearted in doing this, and he allocated an extra 2,000 yuan for Xu Wei to reward the soldiers.

Even so, the Jingsui camp was full of jubilation. Those who received the reward for cutting the level were full of pockets in their waists, and their spirits were vivid. Those who didn't receive it looked red, and secretly swore that if there was a war next time, Lao Tzu would come back with a few steps!