In the palace of Wang Yuan in Chengdu City, at the beginning of the month, Ziyun'er's marriage was rehearsed, and at the invitation of Ziyun'er, there was no big deal, and the scene was grand and simple. After this incident, there was only Huang San's marriage. So many things were concentrated in the past year, and the Wang family was very busy. But although he was busy, he was also happy.

Since coming to Jiannan, Wang Yuan's official fortune has been prosperous, everything has gone smoothly at home, and everyone has lived very comfortably. There is no longer a situation where I am worried and worried every day in the capital. After Wang Yuan experienced the battles of Nanzhao and Bison City, his prestige in Jiannan also increased. The control of the state capitals of Jiannan Province is also becoming more and more powerful.

The only thing that worries Wang Yuan is the problem of funds. Although the salt mine is making gold every day, in Wang Yuan's opinion, the speed is still too slow. The output of the salt mine has climbed from 1,700 stone per day at the beginning to 3,000 stone, counting the salt mine mining so far, in the past two months, Wang Yuan has received 50,000 yuan from it. This amount is already a staggering profiteering, but compared to what Wang Yuan wants to do, the way of money is still slower.

Maybe Wang Yuan was in too much of a hurry, but Wang Yuan did feel the urgency of time. Although there has been no news about An Lushan recently, and his Jiannan and An Lushan's territory are also separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, Wang Yuan knows that An Lushan, thousands of miles away, is probably sharpening his sword.

Wang Yuan vaguely remembered that in the real historical process, An Lushan's rebellion was in the winter of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, and it was still seven years away. However, since Wang Yuan traveled to the present, he no longer dared to agree with the historical process planted in the history books. The general trend may not have changed, but in many ways it has become very different from the real course of history. Judging from the strength of An Lushan now sitting on the three knots of Hedong, Fanyang, and Pinglu, it is impossible for this rebellion to occur in seven years, maybe two or three years, or even next year or even the next month.

Of course, Wang Yuan couldn't relax. The strings in his head were pounding tightly. During this time, Wang Yuan carefully sorted out his plan for the establishment of the Jiannan Army. Locked in the study for a few days, the comprehensive plan for the Jiannan Army was listed in detail.

First of all, in terms of the number of troops, the Jiannan Army now has only 50,000 people, which is far from enough. Wang Yuan's minimum requirement is to have 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands or more. But it is impossible for the imperial court to give so many soldiers, so Wang Yuan needs to use his brains to find a way.

Wang Yuan had already thought about this question. Recruiting soldiers and horses can't be in the name of the Jiannan Army, it's best to play a sideshow. The solution given in Wang Yuan's mind was to set up a militia group and cover the people with the collected manpower in the form of a militia group. In Wang Yuan's vision, the militia is different from the regimental training. The regimental training of soldiers and horses is still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but this militia is only a kind of nominal civil security organization, ostensibly a loose group formed by the people to protect the local area, but secretly Wang Yuan gives food and money to make it a secret underground army. Once there is a war, Wang Yuan can immediately reorganize the militia into an army.

Only by doing so can we hide people's eyes and ears and achieve the purpose of secret recruitment. Moreover, the militia was still part-time at this time, and the people could be self-sufficient on weekdays, but they sent people to convene every ten days for training. Soldiers' salaries don't cost much. For the people who joined the militia, it was just a part-time job. Wouldn't it be a double win to put on the name of a militia group, participate in weekday training, and get a certain amount of military pay every month, without affecting your family's cultivation and business.

Wang Yuan believed that this road would work, so the next step was to quickly establish such a militia organization.

Secondly, for the 50,000 regular soldiers and horses of the Jiannan Army and the allocation of equipment, it is also a problem that needs to be transformed. The Tang army is too complicated, and there are so many that it is outrageous. Taking the Jiannan Army as an example, the infantry and cavalry in the Jiannan Army are two categories, and these two categories are divided into more than a dozen arms. For example, among the cavalry, there are cavalry and cavalry archers, as the name suggests, one is responsible for charging and slashing, and the other is responsible for riding horses and archery, which is convenient for pursuing enemy troops. Among the infantry, there are even more variety, including pikemen, sword soldiers, crossbowmen, sword and shield men, axe soldiers, projectors, scouts, logistics soldiers, engineers, and so on.

For example, the engineer is responsible for building roads, bridges, and tunnels, the scout is responsible for reconnaissance and reporting on the enemy's situation, and the axe soldier is responsible for cutting wood and making weapons. The combination of these classes can certainly make an army an organic whole, but it greatly weakens the overall combat effectiveness.

For example, if two armies attack each other, the main arms of the army can only fight, while the other arms can only wait and see. Of an army of 20,000 people, only seventy percent can actually be put into battle. The remaining thirty out of ten nearly six thousand people will not be able to participate in the battle.

Moreover, the complexity of the armed forces also caused the cumbersome orders, which was not conducive to combat command. Moreover, Wang Yuan needed no powerful troops among these troops. Therefore, Wang Yuan needs to reshuffle these troops, add powerful troops, and merge all cumbersome troops. The principle is to be multi-functional.

Cavalry Wang Yuan needs heavy cavalry and ordinary cavalry, and Wang Yuan, the class of heavy cavalry, has been experimented with and the effect is good. Now with the hundreds of giant elephants captured from the Nanzhao Kingdom, this class of troops actually exists in the establishment of the Jiannan Army. The cavalry, on the other hand, abolished the two arms of the assault cavalry and the cavalry archer, and merged them into one. What Wang Yuan needed was that the cavalry could not only charge and kill the enemy, but also shoot arrows on horseback, which was nothing more than to equip the cavalry with slashing weapons and long-range weapons at the same time.

There is no doubt that cavalry is the most important branch of the army in this year. In addition to increasing the number of cavalry to more than 30% of the total strength, in Wang Yuan's plan, cavalry needed to be equipped with at least four weapons. A wooden spear is necessary for charging, and a long-handled sword is also a necessary weapon for charging into enemy lines. At the same time, you need to have a short weapon that is close to you, and finally you need to be equipped with a bow and arrow. With the equipping of these four weapons, the cavalry can achieve the utility of one specialty and multiple functions. Of course, these cavalrymen need to be doubled in training, not only to be familiar with melee charges, but also to be able to shoot arrows and attack from a distance.

Infantry units also need to be merged. The Archer class was abolished, and all soldiers except melee sword and shield soldiers must be equipped with bows and arrows, and the entire army could become ranged crossbowmen if necessary. All units are required to be equipped with combat weapons, and can be used as a reserve at any time in battle, except of course for the men and craftsmen who accompany the army and the soldiers and civilians who drive and pull horses. Wang Yuan absolutely did not want some soldiers and horses to sit on the sidelines when the two armies faced each other, and wanted to join the battle but could not participate in the battle because they were not trained or equipped with the necessary weapons on weekdays, resulting in a waste of combat effectiveness.

In addition, the class that needs to be added is artillery. Bed crossbows, Fuyuan crossbows, trebuchets, and Shenwei cannons will all be incorporated into the artillery camp. Especially now that gunpowder has been developed and can be used in actual combat, the artillery battalion will be another ace in the Jiannan Army. Once the artillery battalion is on size, it can destroy a large number of enemies before close combat, laying the foundation for victory in the final battle.

With all this, Wang Yuan racked his brains in order to plan the blueprint for the future of the Jiannan Army. Dozens of pages of paper were written in dense turns, and after scrutinizing one by one, I asked relevant people for advice and revisions. Finally, a notebook of "Minutes of the Planning of the Jiannan Army" was bound.

Wang Yuan gave this summary to Gongsun Lan for study first, and Gongsun Lan spent a day reading this summary, and when he handed it to Wang Yuan, he only said one sentence: "If Erlang really wants to plan the Jiannan Army according to this summary, the Jiannan Army will be invincible in the world." It's just that Erlang has ever thought about how much money it will take to achieve what Erlang thinks if he fully achieves what Erlang wants? ”

Wang Yuan knew that what she said was true, if she fully met the requirements of her plan, the money would need to be at least a few million yuan. With the income of the salt mine, it will take at least seven or eight years to complete the annual income of 340,000 yuan.

But Wang Yuan is not too worried, the salt mine can increase the number of manpower, expand the scale, and speed up the pace of profits. And there are some things that don't actually cost you money. For example, horses, armor, weapons, etc., Yang Guozhong can think more about getting more ideas for himself, and he will spend a lot less money. Except for special types of troops such as artillery and heavy cavalry, which need to pay out of their own pockets, the rest can be rubbed by Yang Guozhong. As long as Yang Guozhong still hopes that he is a solid backing outside the court, he will definitely find a way to give him the materials he needs.

Moreover, Wang Yuan's plan is not achieved overnight, and it is Wang Yuan's idea to realize it step by step. For example, the focus now is to divide half of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in hand, slowly establish a militia organization, and begin to produce explosive grenades that can be used in battle on a small scale, so that the artillery battalion can gradually grow in size. The other half of the funds are used to hoard food supplies. Accumulate a lot, step by step, and rush will not solve the problem.

Wang Yuan gave this plan a period of three years. The only prayer is for the timing of An Lushan in three years. Don't detonate the bomb, you can give yourself valuable time to accumulate.