On the first day of the ban on the army, there was a little accident, but the impact was great. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 On the one hand, at least the next day, when a series of complex array drills were conducted, nothing went wrong, and no one dared to openly disobey the order.

However, this is the foundation for an army, the proportion of old soldiers in the forbidden army is as much as seventy percent, and it is difficult to see the strength of the combat effectiveness of each army by conventional means, but the soldiers of the front division of the palace are obviously more disciplined than those of the guard division.

After three days of drills, Zhang Yue had a plan in his heart, and he was ready to pull all parts of the forbidden army out of the city in batches for a quick march, so as to further judge, so as to select the most elite forces.

But in the capital, a big fart will become a big thing, Zhang Yue had to be careful, and after the afternoon drill, he entered the palace again to ask Guo Rong for instructions. Guo Rong showed trust and tolerance, and completely agreed with Zhang Yue's selection plan.

On the seventh day of September, the weather was good. The armies of the Guards Division rested for a day as required, and the front division of the palace except for the imperial city on duty, as well as the horse army on the left and right wings of the iron cavalry, the infantry army and the crane control army more than 20,000 people went out of the city according to the order, and they must go around the city twice within four hours, and then come back to pay the order.

The circumference of the newly built outer city of Tokyo is more than 50 li, the outer horse road is about 1005 li, and the daily march on flat ground is not very difficult, but there is a time limit, and it can only be done by running and marching.

Zhang Yue arranged lookouts everywhere in the outer city wall, and the formation of each army and the discipline of each army should be reported to his desk one by one.

The soldiers are all dressed in armor and carrying equipment to trot in formation, along the moat road, the first circle is fine, each army forms a team, and can still maintain the formation after passing through the Wansheng Gate, but the second circle and then back, the advantages and disadvantages are immediately apparent.

Zhang Yue's requirements are not high, as long as there are still four complete commands when each army arrives at Wanshengmen, this is considered to be passed, but the investigation is very bad. The front division of the palace is not bad, only four of the more than 20,000 infantry troops meet the standard, and those who do not meet the standard will be sent home on the spot, and they do not have to participate in the next intensive training.

The front division of the palace is based on the horse army as the main force, and the guard division is just the opposite, it takes two days to complete, the same method is screened, there are 12 armies of 35,000 people who meet the standard, and the horse army is not in this list, because the most vegetable horse army is also evenly matched against the Southern Tang cavalry, so it is not necessary.

Since the emperor approved, Zhang Yue set up a camp step by step, disrupting the original subordinate units, such as the front division of the palace and the division of the guards, which were very strictly divided, and directly left the chamber so that the first-class officers were appointed by the emperor and the subordinate units were deployed according to the army, but this had to go through the Privy Council, but fortunately, Wang Pu and Wei Renpu wholeheartedly supported, and the reorganization work was completed quickly.

Zhang Yue did not know who the emperor would think would be the commander-in-chief when he went on another expedition to the south, but generals such as Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin would definitely join the expedition, and also took into account some problems that they might not be accustomed to.

The East Road camp will be stationed in Xuyi, and there will be a naval division to cooperate with the operation, with the four armies of the palace front division, and the 20,000 infantry of the four armies of the left and right wings of Hujie as the main force, which has the descendants of Zhao Ding in the left and Zhao Chao in the right wing. Their forces were divided into the western route, and when the emperor chose generals, he could only transfer them to Zhang Yongde, so that he finally got rid of the hand of the Hebei Youzhou officers who were mainly Zhao Kuangyin and extended to the guard division.

The West Road camp still uses Shouzhou Xia Cai as the logistics base, and Hu Jie's left wing deputy envoy Li Chuyun, Du Yuhou Luo Yanhuan and others always have the five armies of the left wing, plus the infantry army of Long Jie's left and right wings, it is also 20,000 people, but Zhang Yue's descendants actually account for more than half. At that time, if Li Chongjin wanted to complete the combat mission, he had to reuse Li Chuyun.

It took half a month to complete a trivial matter, and after the morning of the day, Zhang Yue went to the Privy Council and Wei Renpu and Wang Pu sorted out the files of the two major camps under the jurisdiction of the army into the palace, and Guo Rong met in the Guangzheng Palace. Because what was being talked about was a major military event, Guo Rong asked the three of them to wait for a while, first finished reading the atlas of the troops, and sent the internal attendants Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, Zhang Mei and others to invite them.

In front of the huge map redrawn by Zhang Yue, Guo Rong looked at it for a while, listened to Fan Zhen and the others salute, turned around and waved his hand, paced back and forth, and said confidently: "Everyone sit down!" Now that 300 Xuanlong and Xuanjiao ships have been built, it is expected that it will be a problem to gather 500 by the time of the expedition. The strength of the two major battalions was reorganized, Yuan Zhen worked hard, and he was also very thoughtful, and he did not completely disrupt the system, I thought it was feasible! ”

"Your Majesty's praise, this is what a minister should do." Zhang Yue hurriedly said humbly.

"Then Yuanzhen's errand has been successfully completed, and then I plan to pay homage to the generals and officially send the commander of the east and west road camps, what do you Aiqing suggest?" When Guo Rong said this, he obviously had a candidate in his heart, and naturally no one was uninteresting at this time.

"Since ancient times, the generals have gone out to fight, leading the division to fight crimes, the power is in the Son of Heaven, and now the famous generals of the forbidden army are like clouds, Your Majesty can decide as appropriate." Everyone didn't speak, so Fan Zhen had to reply.

"In that case, the Privy Council is properly prepared." Guo Rong nodded, put his hands behind his back, and said solemnly: "Zhao Yi's inspection school captain, Zhenning Jiedu envoy and palace front inspection, and Zhang Yongde, the commander of the horse, recruited envoys for the camp on Huainan East Road; to inspect the school Taiwei, Tongping Zhangshi, Xuzhou Wuning Jiedu envoy Xiang Gong as the deputy envoy; Zhao Kuangyin, the commander of the Taibao and the palace commander, and the Yicheng Festival of Huazhou as the commander of the soldiers and horses; Wang Huan, the general of the right guard, was the commander of the Huainan East Road Water Division.

With the inspection of the Taibao, the middle of the service, the guard and the pro-army are all commanding envoys, and Li Chongjin, the envoy of the Songzhou Guide Festival, is the envoy of the Huainan West Road camp; With the inspection of the school Taibao, the guard Ma Budu Yu Hou, and the Xuzhou Zhongwu Festival envoy Han Tong as the deputy envoy of the edict; With the inspector Taifu, the commander of the guard Ma Jundu, and Han Lingkun, the envoy of Chenzhou Zhen'anjiedu, as the commander of the soldiers and horses;

In addition, Langzhou Wuping Jiedu made the medicine re-encounter as the commander of the East Road Water Division; Ezhou Wuding Jiedu made Yang Shouzhen the deputy envoy; Tanzhou Thorn Shi Zhou Xingfeng was the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, and the sailors needed to obey the dispatch of the West Road Battalion. ”

Guo Rong reported the appointment of the commander of the two-way camp in one breath, and there were too many official positions, Zhang Yue listened attentively, and it took a long time to come back to his senses. However, these personnel arrangements, as he thought in advance, were still Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin as the commanders, Xiang Xun was transferred to the east road, and the guard division of the west road did not make any changes, but this was already the best result.

Unlike before, only Li Chongjin was appointed as the capital of the Huainan camp, and then there were a large number of marshals below, restraining each other, Li Chongjin actually had no power, and his upper and lower powers were chaotic, so he had to wait for the emperor's will before he dared to fight.

Therefore, Zhang Yue's wild remarks at the banquet in Jinxiang Hall made Guo Rong also realize that it was not appropriate to grasp the military power in his hands, so he delegated the military power very generously this time.

Zhang Yue was thinking about it, and then he heard Guo Rong say again: "In the past, Xuzhou Jiedu envoy, inspector Taishi, general Zuo Wei, and Zhongshu ordered Wu Xingde to deploy the logistics of the East Road camp, Quan Yang, Chu and other state government affairs; The inspection school Taiwei, Yan'an County Gong, Xuanhui North Court Envoy, Tongping Zhangshi, and Xingzhou Anguo Jiedu Zhangyue are deployed for the logistics of the West Road camp, and Quanshou, Lu and other state government affairs. ”

"The minister is hereby ordered!" Zhang Yue was surprised when he heard it, taking care of logistics is a very troublesome and headache thing, and it actually fell on his head, but at this time, he couldn't shirk it, so he had to take the order happily.

"Before Han Benyong's death, I have increased the bereavement and given a generous burial! Li Chongjin is also embarrassed, Yuan Zhen must understand! After Guo Rong finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Yue and smiled comfortingly.

"The minister is doing things and serving His Majesty, and he has no intention of using this to establish his authority!" This has already happened, and Li Chongjin is also completely evil, although Li Chongjin is profitable from the selection of the forbidden army this time, but he will definitely not appreciate it, what else can Zhang Yue say.

"That's it! Don't talk about this! This southern expedition has made sufficient preparations, I think that the chances of victory are very high, if it becomes a big thing, according to the old example of Qin Feng's war, let Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, pay money and grain, how much does Zhu Qing think this amount should be set? Guo Rong also thought long-term and comprehensively this time, and even thought about the war.

"Back to Your Majesty! According to the old practice in Shu, the point can be appropriately increased, and the lord of Shu will pay compensation in five years, paying 350,000 stone of grain and 100,000 horses of Shu brocade every year. The territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty is much larger, and it can be set at 500,000 stone grains and 200,000 horses of silk per year, which can also be paid off in five years. Speaking of money and food, Zhang Mei, who was sentenced to the third division, suddenly became interested, so she spoke first.

"In five years, there are 2.5 million stone grains and a million horses of silk...... Isn't it too much? Fan Zhen said with some confidence.

"No more, no less...... Shuzhong has been paid on schedule in the past few years, and it seems to be very easy! Zhang Mei hurriedly spoke, she was afraid that Fan Zhen would be soft-hearted, and she would subtract points casually, which would be a lot of money and food.

Zhang Yue saw that Guo Rong turned his head to look at him, with the intention of inquiry, so he also said: "This number is quite appropriate, after all, Huainan has been fighting for several years in a row, and Jiangnan's national strength should have declined in recent years." ”

"Hahaha...... Good! If you have this money and food, you can restore the people's livelihood as much as possible, and the Northern Expedition to the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun is hopeful! Strive to end the war in Huainan by the end of this year, rest and recuperate in the coming year, or the Northern Expedition in autumn and winter, great events can be expected! Guo Rong rarely lost his honor when he summoned important ministers, but at this time he opened his mouth and laughed, waving the sleeves of his robe, and his eyes were full of excitement that could not be concealed.

The ministers looked at each other in amazement for a moment, and then they all smiled in understanding. Zhang Yue saw that Guo Rong was full of longing, and there seemed to be a flame burning in his eyes that became sharp, he knew that it was something called ambition, or imperial ambition, but it was not good to pour cold water.

If you want to take Yanyun, it is far from being as easy as imagined, at least with the current situation of the forbidden army, it is almost impossible to defeat Youzhou, not to mention that Xiao Siwen, the king of the Southern Court of Liao, is by no means easy to match. (To be continued.) )