Yue Fei, who was praised by Gao Yang as being able to rank in the top five for leading troops in battle for thousands of years, was making preparations before going out at this moment.

The march of the army is no joke. It is not an exaggeration to say that a war is a matter of life and death for a country. So many people's lives are in the hands of the main general. As a qualified commander, Yue Fei, who is extremely serious and responsible, naturally has to take it seriously.

Click on the military horse. This is Gao Yang's designated troops. After another reorganization, the army of the whole country was divided into border guards stationed along the border. Security local forces stationed in various places to suppress bandits and maintain local law and order. And then there is the victorious army that has just returned from victory.

The Victorious Army was reorganized into eleven legions. Each clan is no longer a single class of troops. They were all made up of hoplites and hoplites as the main force. A small number of light cavalry served as auxiliary. In addition, crossbowmen and a large number of auxiliaries form a new type of legion!

After destroying the Kingdom of Jin and getting a large number of horses. The shortage of cavalry in the victorious army was not greatly alleviated. And the same is true for the use of pack horses, and finally there is no need to rely on Gaoyang's storage space for every large-scale battle.

Each legion had about nine thousand hoplites. Together with 1,200 or so hoplites, they formed the core of a legion. It's not that Gao Yang doesn't want to equip more hoplites, it's that the huge cost of those hoplites is not something that this country can afford! One cavalryman is nothing else, the food of a war horse alone is enough to be equal to ten infantrymen! But how many years does a war horse last?

Gao Yang is going to leave after all. After Gao Yang leaves, how will this country, without cheats, support the large-scale cavalry troops that have been taken as a habit? Do you smash pots and sell iron? Or loot the common people? A regiment of 1,200 heavy cavalry troops is already the limit given by Gao Yang.

When heavy cavalry was possessed, light cavalry became a powerful search force. Reconnaissance, pursuit, flank cover, harassment and so on are their jobs.

There was also an important main force in the corps. That's the crossbowmen who are armed with a large number of divine arm crossbows! The battle formation of about 3,000 crossbowmen is definitely a great killer weapon in the field! Equipped with the longest-range, most powerful, and most loaded crossbow arrows in the Cold Weapon Era. These crossbowmen have the power to determine the outcome of the battlefield!

In addition to these main troops. Each legion also has tens of thousands of auxiliaries. These auxiliaries are also highly trained and can be added to the regular soldiers at any time.

Their treatment and pay are not too much worse than those of the regular soldiers. The main difference lies in the number of combat achievements. And the merits of the war directly determine how much land you can get, how many years of taxes you can exempt, and how many places your nephews and nephews can participate in the Victorious Army!

In addition to doing daily chores, the auxiliaries do their daily chores. In wartime, it will also play the role of a light soldier on the battlefield. And things like trebuchets and ladders are operated by auxiliaries.

The total strength of a field regiment is about 25,000 men. Eleven legions are more than 200,000 and less than 300,000. Compared with the previous Northern Expedition to the Golden Kingdom, it is a little less. It is not that they have been streamlined, but that many sergeants have been sent to various places to serve as generals and grassroots commanders of local armies and border armies. At the same time, a system of training camps and reserve forces has been established at the local level, with prefectures and counties as the scale units. This is even more important for the country than the formation of a field corps!

Gao Yang's plan was to train thirty field regiments. In peacetime, one-third were stationed on the border, and the rest of the corps were stationed near Bianliang City. Rotate annually. For the time being, only eleven were numbered because of a lack of qualified non-commissioned officers. The training cycle of a cavalryman, especially a heavy cavalryman, is very long and expensive. Even at this moment, there are a lot of half-tones in these completed legions.

This time he went on an expedition to Western Xia. In addition to the 1st Corps, which was already stationed in Taiyuan. Gao Yang also equipped Yue Fei with an army of seven legions for him to bring from Bianliang City. In this way, there were only three legions left in Bianliang City, except for the new soldiers. Fortunately, at this time, there is no power in the whole world that can threaten this country. Yue Fei could take the army to battle with peace of mind.

For the long-distance combat of the army, the most important thing is all kinds of military materials. The avenue between Bianliang City and Taiyuan was the first to be completed in the large-scale basic transportation system. After the completion of the spacious and straight avenue, it not only promoted the economic development and convenience of the people along the way. It is even more significant for the military!

Countless carriages transported all kinds of materials all the way to Taiyuan City, the logistics base for the conquest of Western Xia.

What Yue Fei has to do now is to straighten out the soldiers and horses, and choose a zodiac auspicious day sacrifice flag to go on the expedition!

The day was coming soon. A few days later, seven fully formed regiments and nearly 200,000 troops who had made all the preparations set out for the battle.

On the day of the release, Zhao Kai, who had not shown up for a long time, appeared again to see off the army.

Seeing this emperor appear in everyone's eyes again, many people were surprised to find that they didn't care that they hadn't paid attention to His Majesty the emperor for a long time.

Zhao Kai, who appeared in front of the public again, had slightly sunken eyes and black bags under his eyes. His face was clearly decorative. Even so, you can still see the shadow of excessive wine.

Compared with the past, Zhao Kai, who has obviously lost weight, is very discerning. When he issued the tiger talisman and the great seal to Yue Fei in his capacity as the emperor, he didn't do anything superfluous, or he didn't think about it.

Maybe he had the idea of wooing Yue Fei and others to fight against Gao Yang before the Northern Expedition of the Changsheng Army. But at this moment, Zhao Kai has long lost his previous thoughts. Even the so-called staff members who had gathered around him and had been giving him advice were driven away by the fearful Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai also figured it out later. There are all Gao Yang's people around him, how can a group of so-called henchmen run to the palace every day without hindrance and discuss with themselves how to deal with Gao Yang! It's a pit! When he figured this out, Zhao Kai was scared and sweaty as if he had just taken a bath!

Zhao Kai, whose rights have long been completely emptied, is a mascot at the moment. It is good to place it on a high platform for people to admire. Neither Gao Yang nor the civil servants who held executive power needed him to express his opinion.

Originally, those who shouted for the country and the people, and what to do for the emperor, have long been silent. They weren't exactly scared by Gao Yang. The main reason is that they have tasted the benefits! Gao Yang gave them power, and power is like an addictive poison! Let these elite readers never let go of their hands again!

There was the Song Dynasty. The imperial power and the prime minister have always been fighting for power repeatedly. After more than twenty years of strong suppression by Zhao Ji, Gao Yang once again handed over the power of the country to those scholars. Under strong supervision, of course! Anything wrong will be ruthlessly suppressed!

Gao Yang's handing over power to them was only a temporary choice. At this moment, the education popularization work that has been vigorously carried out is the confidence for him to change everything. When people have knowledge, they will not follow the commands of those who read books. They will have their own thinking about whether to do it or not!

When these children grow up, the entire Great Song Dynasty will be undergoing earth-shaking changes! At that time, the matter of truth and destiny in the hands of a few scholars will be completely overthrown!

In addition, Gao Yang firmly holds the army in his own hands. Those scholars can't even be mobilized now. Because the officials were all pulled out by Gao Yang alone and became a paramilitary organization! Also under the jurisdiction of the military. In the same way, the military is also conducting large-scale universal education, at least so that the sergeants know what they are fighting for! If a careerist wants to do something in the future, the sergeants will have at least the most basic judgment. I don't just follow it blindly.

The scholars were given executive power. Gao Yang firmly grasped the military power. Those really upright scholars who were picked up by Gao Yang, as well as some biochemical warriors, formed a ** judicial supervision system. They have tremendous power to investigate anyone. At the same time, they also have their own armed forces, which are not under the jurisdiction of any force, and are specially prepared to deal with careerists.

Those who read are not fools. After getting the coveted executive power, except for a few who were indeed brain-burned out. No one wants the Emperor, the creature that can change everything at a given time, to reappear!

Zhao Kai was isolated and ostracized, and it became a matter of course that no one took care of him. Because the very existence of Zhao Kai threatens these readers who have just tasted full power.

And Zhao Kai himself is not a heroic figure who can lie on his salary and taste his courage. After sitting on the chair of his dreams and fulfilling his lifelong wish. Especially after Gao Yang's strong Northern Expedition annihilated the country and returned from a great victory, he Zhao Kai had no idea in his heart for a long time.

For Zhao Kai at this moment. Eat, drink and have fun, be your own puppet emperor in peace, and wait for your son to take over his position smoothly when he grows up. In the end, leaving a brilliant mark on himself in the history books is his greatest pursuit in this life.

As for regaining the power that belongs to the emperor or something, this kind of thing is still left to his son. As for whether it can be done, Zhao Kai, who is already lying in the mausoleum by then, can't control it.

In fact, Zhao Kai was very scared in his heart. Because as long as there is nothing wrong with his body, whether it is windy or rainy, Zhao Kai has to go to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall to visit his father and emperor every day at dinner.

declared to the outside world that of course, he, the emperor, valued filial piety, and went to greet his father. But in fact, it was Gao Yang who arranged for him to go and see Zhao Ji's miserable appearance at the moment! It is also to remind Zhao Kai that before doing anything, you must think carefully about whether you can bear the painful consequences! (To be continued!)