It was only the time of the fourth watch, the bright moon was slanting eastward, the light had gradually dimmed, and the stars whose light had been obscured by the bright moon reopened their mysterious faces.

"Everything on the ground is nothing compared to the vastness of the Milky Way. Rise and fall, a handful of loess. And why bother about how many people you kill every day and which city you capture? Zheng Yunming looked up at the starry sky and sighed faintly.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Wang Deng, Yang Luo, and Shi Wenhu all squinting their eyes, despising him with the eyes of a person with a bad heart.

"Providence is far away, how can we mortals be able to understand it? It's in charge of you," Yang Yang Yang raised a stack of official documents in his hand: "Why did you come back with such a condition?" ”

"There is not enough money and food, there are not enough equipment and banners, and even the official position has only been brought back by the head of Zhiyingtian?" Yang raised his eyebrows: "Are we here to build the army or to cultivate the land?" ”

Wang Deng was also very dissatisfied: "If the name is not right, it is not good, with the name of the Tuntian Army, how can the soldiers be willing to practice hard?" ”

Zheng Yunming glanced around at everyone and said unhurriedly: "Everyone must know that the status of the Tulong Army in the Jinghu Establishment Envoy cannot be compared with any regular army. Our baggage, supplies, and banner armor must be lined up behind the various armies in Jinghu. I don't see this treatment as an insult, because this newly formed army does not yet have a head under its name that can be used to show merit! Although Zhao's move is not reasonable, it can definitely be called fair. ”

"What's more, I don't regard the current situation as a difficulty, on the contrary, because we have this position of not being taken care of by the department, we can do something different."

Yang Luo shook the official document in his hand and said: "No matter what, it can't help us more than the full food and salary." ”

"No, if it is operated according to the method that the envoy said, then this newly built army will soon degenerate to the point where it is no different from other Song troops." Zheng Yunming's resolute tone seemed to be talking about the important matter of life and death: "There are five problems in the guidance of the envoy to the Tulong Army, which are fatal mistakes. ”

"First of all, the least impactful, whether an army is also engaged in tuntian affairs, has a lot to do with the elite of the army itself. An army that is sufficient to be called a crack soldier should not be involved in other affairs, because it requires a lot of time to train combat skills, perfect the connection between small units and small units, and familiarize themselves with the mode of operation of large armies. These are all perfected by repeated single training and a large number of drills, even if 12 hours a day are put into drills, it is not enough, let alone using soldiers to grow food? ”

"Therefore, the elite division shall not be tuntian. Historically, all the border stoppers were forced to do so because the supply routes were too far. Or the economy could not recover after the war, and was forced to use the army to reclaim wasteland. However, once the army begins to settle fields, its combat effectiveness will inevitably decline, and it will be difficult not to suffer a big loss when facing the barbarians who have been trained throughout the whole process. Therefore, if the Tulong Army wants to be able to fight, it must first dispense with the Tuntian article. ”

"That's right," Wang Deng said: "Since ancient times, there have been soldiers in Tuntian, and there must be elites who are fully trained, all because the army in Tuntian has been scattered for a long time and cannot be used. ”

"Next, let's talk about the second one, there are twenty-four arsenals in Xiangyang City. This has been gradually accumulated since the time of Yue Wumu, and we naturally cannot conclude that they are all inferior products that cannot be used, but once the ordnance is manufactured, it must be carefully maintained to ensure that its performance does not deteriorate. In recent years, the first-class armament has already been equipped in the army, and the old equipment that has been eliminated occupies a large part of the Xiangyang armory. Given our current position, the chances of getting good equipment are slim to none, so it's better to build it from scratch. ”

"That's right," Shi Wenhu interjected: "A few days ago, I stole a bow from the treasury of Xiangyang Mansion for Han Shilang to use, and I broke it with a casual pull, I am a little woman, alas, I don't know how the military masters of Xiangyang City use these bows to beat the Mongols." ”

"There is a way to do this." Yang Yu said: "As long as you are mixed in the archer team, don't be full of strings, mixed with the rain of arrows to shoot out, thousands of arrows on the battlefield, who cares about the distance of the arrows?" What's more, the lack of sophisticated weapons has been a stubborn disease for many years, and the generals can only pretend that nothing has happened when they see it. ”

"This is one reason for the defeat of the army, and the other reason is that the number of our army cannot be regarded as large as it is in terms of strength. Take the Tulong Army as an example, an army of 5,000 people, if according to the old way, it is full of occupations, 100 soldiers are servants in the general's family, hundreds of people repair the general's private house, sound gongs and drums, 100 people who open the way for the general, hundreds of people who serve the general's private service, and even sweep the number of courtesans and other prostitutes to be naturalized, how many people can really serve in the field? Zheng Yunming said: "So these people, absolutely not let them infiltrate into the army, the Tulong Army has a hundred people, a hundred people will be put into the battlefield, there are five thousand people, and five thousand are all capable soldiers." ”

"Along with this, there is also the problem of empty salaries." Wang Deng said: "But the manager has shown us a way to solve the problem. ”

"It's a pity that this method can't be fully rolled out in Jinghu at present." Zheng Yunming said: "For the time being, first use the method of naming and paying salaries in the Tulong Army, and Xu Tu will expand. In addition to the above four questions, there is one more critical point. ”

"That is, the army must not be engaged in private property. Five generations later, it seemed to be a matter of course for the army to open its doors to do business. Zheng Yunming's eyebrows wrinkled: "In all the important cities and towns where the army is stationed, the streets are full of pawnshops, gambling halls, wine shops and restaurants opened by the army, and the army not only operates shops, but also participates in the purchase and sale of bulk materials. In the early years of Nandu, some generals even sent all the 8,000 people under their subordinates to trade! It is also called a beautiful name to enjoy with the people! ”

Of course, this is undoubtedly the same as what the ministers said in the court, which is a foolish act of competing with the people for profit. But as far as the army itself is concerned, it is even more foolish to manage private property. It is necessary to know that fighting a war is a livelihood with a head, and if there is a slight way out, the soldiers will not fight to the death. If everyone knows today that making money from trading can also be regarded as merit and promotion, tomorrow they will all think about how to win two points, three points and five points of profit, where is the mood to go to the battle with the head of the tartar in exchange for a reward? ”

Therefore, from the perspective of the army's combat effectiveness, the army's concurrent operation of private property is a cancer that cannot be cut off. In a normal army, there is only one way to gain fame, and that is to fight with your life to take the enemy's head! ”

Yang Luo shook his head leisurely: "Everyone will naturally talk about the big truth, but the manager is only afraid of ignoring the most important thing." ”

Zheng Yunming smiled: "It's just a lack of money." ”

"Exactly." Yang Luo said without hesitation: "These drawbacks you talked about, how did the previous politicians not know the way? Therefore, it cannot be eradicated, because these evils can bring a positive effect, that is, they can make money. How to raise soldiers without food? How can you recruit without money? Without money and food, even the army basically does not exist, so how can we train elite soldiers? Take this Earth Dragon Army as an example, the envoy has given you such a big shortfall, and you have an attitude of not using any way to make money, what do you use to raise these 5,000 mouths to eat? ”

"If it had been a few decades ago, I might have had no choice but to accept the arrangement of the Envoy, but in today's situation." Zheng Yunming smiled mysteriously: "There is a way." ”

"It's nothing more than a reckless donation." Yang Luo said solemnly: "Others can do this thing, but can you do this if you are a person who cherishes feathers, a little official?"

"I'll have my own way then." Zheng Yunming is still mysterious: "Discipline these local tyrants to obediently take out the money, but how to deal with the inspection and inspection of the envoy is a problem."

While he was talking, a noisy sound came from the direction of the gate.

Zheng Yunming, Wang Deng, and Yang Luo glanced at each other, originally to go to the recruiting ground one step earlier than the officers and miners, and set a rule for everyone, how could someone make a big noise in this place of army management in the early hours of the morning?

Came to the front of the gate, only to see a group of strong men dressed in military costumes and a few teenagers dressed as Confucian scholars in the night before dawn is noisy and lively, although there are many strong men, but most of them only know the scolding of the "straight thief", the scholars are few and weak, but they are clearly organized and make a fuss to refute it.

Zheng Yunming shouted: "Let's live!" How can the military gate be noisy and noisy? ”

When the soldiers saw an official coming, they all shut up in surprise. One of them stood up and said in a rough voice: "Zheng Guanren, Meng Shuai asked me to bring this group of envoys to follow you." ”

Zheng Yunming followed the faint moonlight to distinguish carefully, and it turned out to be Ge Huai, the rude general of the Huangzhou Guards Ma Junsi. Zheng Yunming said happily: "I didn't expect that Ge Lao personally led the team, I thought you would arrive in the morning." ”

"We newcomers always have to make a good impression on our new bosses." Ge Huai said with a smile: "Only we are waiting for the officials, and there is no reason for the officials to wait for us." You see, we arrived so early or late. ”

Someone behind Ge Huai snorted and said, "I said a long time ago, I should have come here to wait yesterday, and I would rather wait all night than let the new chief look down on us." ”

Ge Huai turned around and scolded: "Liu Quan, who is a straight thief, is it because of your ability, everyone has to rectify these useless newcomers during the day, and if you don't sleep well at night, how can you have the spirit to manage these birdmen?" ”

Zheng Yunming's heart moved, and he looked closely, only to see that Liu Cheng, who was speaking, was only about twenty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a heroic face.

"This is Liu Quan, who will turn his back on the Song Dynasty and defect to Kublai Khan in the future?" Zheng Yunming hesitated in his heart, should he learn from Zhuge Kongming and find a reason to kill him.

But then he couldn't help but laugh himself, because someone is going to do something evil in the future and punish him now, the whole world can't have such a reason.

Liu Quan couldn't guess that Zheng Yunming was trying to kill him. He shouted to the scholars, "Where did you come from?" Why do you want to come to the gate to disturb? ”

(The ranking official rewards the red ticket or something, or the ball drops)