On the border of the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia, there was a recovered city, which was originally called Yongle City, and after it was abandoned, it was also called Yinchuan City.

Of course, this Yinchuan City is not the Yinchuan of later generations, but corresponds to Yinzhou, which is not far from the border and is controlled by Western Xia.

However, Qian Heng did not say this in advance, but turned the topic to training.

The Suide army can degenerate to this point, although Qian Pingde plays a bad role, but how many soldiers can really be used, Qian Heng is not very sure.

If you want to find out the details of these soldiers, you can only rely on the Wu family brothers.

"Jin Qing, can you help me estimate how many soldiers can be available in the Suide army?"

Wu Jue was stunned, "What Lord Qian said is usable, what is the standard?" ”

"Trustworthy, there are qualities that a soldier should have!"

Wu Jue thought for a moment before he said, "With the soldiers brought by our brothers, roughly estimated, there are about eight hundred!" ”

Qian Heng nodded, if you want to say that the number of eight hundred soldiers is not much, but if you take it to investigate the border, it is barely enough.

With a plan in his heart, Qian Heng said, "These eight hundred soldiers, the two will be gathered in one place first, and then they will be trained in a unified manner, and after three days, one of the two will join me and take these eight hundred soldiers to investigate the place where the new city is being built." ”

On the side, Wu Lan asked, "Lord Qian, will the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers continue to practice?" ”

Qian Heng smiled, "Of course, as long as the soldiers don't have a task to go out, then they must practice every day!" ”

"But~"

Halfway through Wu Xuan's speech, Wu Xuan waved his hand to stop his brother's question, "Tang Qing doesn't have to worry too much, since Lord Qian has this plan, I don't have to worry about the diet of these soldiers!" ”

Wu Jue mentioned this reason, which made Qian Heng stunned.

"Jin Qing, you just said that the soldiers' diet, could it be that the food sent by the military salary is not enough?"

Wu Jue smiled bitterly.

"Qian Pingde's greed for the salary of the Mo army is true, but at least he can ensure that his soldiers have food and clothing, but the quality of this grain is too poor, if you only want to eat and wear, you can still use it, but if you want to practice every day, this kind of coarse grain can't bear it at all!"

As soon as Wu Jue said this, Qian Heng suddenly understood that it was not that the food was not enough, but that the quality of the food was too poor. As for the wine and meat on the banquet set out by Qian Pingde, he can't eat it three or twice a year.

Qian Heng nodded, and said in his heart, fortunately, when he met Dong Qing, he arranged it and asked Dong Qing to arrange for Yang Zaixing to bring a group of horses over.

From the border of Western Xia to the territory of the Suide Army, according to the time when he was separated from Dong Qing at that time, it should not be more than a few days.

What Yang Zaixing brought back was not only horses, but also some dried meat and fur, all of which were brought back by the way, at least Yang Zaixing's side had never been empty.

When the time comes, with Yang Zaixing in charge, there will be no shortage of horses and food and drink.

Thinking of this, Qian Heng suddenly smiled, "Jin Qing, you can arrange someone now, go to the Suide army and the Western Xia border, and pick up a general named Yang Zaixing, as long as you see the other party with a large number of horses and meat, just report my name directly and take him back!" ”

As soon as Qian Heng's words came out, Wu Jue and Wu Ling looked shocked.

Wu Lan looked surprised, "Lord Qian, could it be that you have already arranged our cronies in Western Xia?" ”

Qian Heng shook his head, "That's not true, but this General Yang Zaixing was indeed arranged by me, just to buy some horses, as for the meat stored by the grassland herdsmen, it is just the goods brought back by the way!" ”

"How did you get so many horses?"

Wu Jue was more curious about the origin of these horses, and he knew that the Western Army in Yanzhou and Fuzhou had recently settled in large numbers of horses.

If the number of horses owned is calculated, there are at least a few thousand cavalry in both places.

To be honest, Wu Jue is envious from the bottom of his heart.

Now when I heard Qian Heng say this, I suddenly understood that the horses in Fuzhou and Yanzhou were all brought back from Western Xia and Liao.

Facing the doubts of the two, Qian Heng smiled slightly.

"The thing is very simple, the herdsmen like to drink, especially spirits, it just so happens that Erguotou is my family's business, if the two generals also want to earn more military funds, they can arrange for those veterans who have retired from the army to reclaim the emperor in the territory of the Suide Army and plant sorghum.

Speaking of which, Wu Jue also completely understood the capital of the Qian master in front of him.

To be able to follow an adult who is not short of money, horses, or meat, this soldier is too easy to lead.

Wu Jue had a hint of excitement between his eyebrows and eyes at this time, "My subordinates understand, so I will arrange for a few private soldiers to go to the border to meet that General Yang Zaixing!" ”

Without much verbosity, Wu Jue left the banquet directly and arranged related matters.

At this time, there is nothing more exciting for Wu Jue than seeing a large number of horses and meat immediately.

Seeing that Qian Heng and the Wu family brothers were exhausted here, Han Shizhong, who was listening to it, had straight eyes.

"Lord Qian, why don't you also mention it to the old general, and let Shizhong follow you?"

Qian Heng glared at Han Shizhong, "Liangchen, you are too greedy, what's wrong with following the old general, there are still a lot of things you have to learn from the old general!" Besides, you don't lack wine, meat and horses in Yanzhou now, right? ”

Speaking of this, Qian Heng paused, "However, if you really don't want to work under the old general in the future, then discuss it with me, and I will definitely follow!" ”

Qian Heng didn't say dead, after all, Han Shizhong's reputation is not weaker than that of Wu Jue and Wu Xuan's brothers, and being able to recruit Han Shizhong as his own iron will definitely benefit his future safety.

Hearing Qian Heng say this, Han Shizhong immediately nodded, "Lord Qian, then let's talk about it, don't regret it!" ”

Qian Heng smiled and nodded, "Of course, but General Han, now we can take out the frozen mutton we brought, so that these soldiers of the Suide Army can also have a good meal, so that when they train tomorrow, they won't even be able to pick up their weapons!" ”

Since a plan has been made for three consecutive days of training, it is not allowed to be changed.

With Qian Heng's order, Wu Luan assisted Han Shizhong to unload all the frozen mutton brought with him, and roughly estimated that if two thousand people made mutton soup noodles, they could eat it for four or five days in a row.

After all, I am used to eating coarse grains, and the noodle mutton soup is already an extremely delicious food, and if you eat too much meat, it may not be a good thing.

Seeing a large piece of frozen mutton delivered to the stove, all the soldiers of the Suide Army present were all boiling, but no one knew for the time being, and what was waiting for them tomorrow would be an extremely rigorous training program.