Long Guangning received Ma Hanshan's charter for the construction of the new army, which was written in great detail, first clarifying the purpose of building the new army, and putting forward some requirements for him, the emperor, Ma Hanshan stated that if the emperor could not fulfill these requirements, the new army would not be built.

The first requirement is determination, the second is power, and the third is financial ....... These questions had been verbally said by Ma Hanshan on the Leifeng Pagoda that day, and Long Guangning had also agreed to them one by one. So, none of this is a problem.

Ma Hanshan's charter stated that the first unit of the new army was numbered the first division of the new army, and the temporary station and training place was Chengzhou on Lizhou Road. The charter explains that Chengzhou was chosen as the temporary training place because the first division commander of the first division, Ma Hanshan, designated Meng Lianghui to serve as the commander.

He is such a person, he just does not avoid his relatives, not only let his sworn brother Meng Liangheng serve as the commander of the First Division, but also let his militia regiment commander Shi Hualong serve as the chief of staff of the First Division.

Originally, the two of them could only change their positions, but for this newly built unit, no one understood what a division commander was and what a chief of staff was. The main thing is that Ma Hanshan doesn't want his people to come out, and this unit will definitely be remembered by the division commander if it makes war exploits in the future.

After the incident, he brushed his clothes away, leaving no merit and fame, Ma Hanshan just likes this, he asks his people to be like this, low-key, must be low-key, low-key? … In fact, he is not low-key at all, when has he ever been low-key? Every new product launched, is to shake the world, this time, Lin'an Mansion and the surrounding state capitals are talking about the four-wheeled carriage and the special zone and Mahan Mountain, the four-wheeled car that was once discarded by the ancestors, is now picked up by Mahan Mountain, and... also built a wheeled carriage that could be turned and would not turn over, and the whole Lin'an was boiling, and life was about to be changed again.

Ma Hanshan knew that Long Guangning asked him to form a new army because the Wagangzhai militia not only destroyed a battalion of Hu soldiers, but also destroyed an army of Hu soldiers at Raofeng Pass. In the battle of Raofeng Pass, hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China, including the magistrates of Xingyuan Mansion, Jinzhou, and Shiquan County, all felt that the vanguard officer Meng Liangheng would destroy four or five thousand people of the Hu army with two hundred soldiers, which was simply a myth, so some people who were not stupid guessed that there was something else going on here. But except for Long Guangning and some of the people in Wagang Village, no one knew that this battle turned out to be hundreds of militiamen... That is, the village soldiers said by the Dasong people.

Of course, even if they were told that it was done by hundreds of militiamen, no one would believe it, and a few hundred township soldiers would overthrow thousands of Donghu people? When Hu Bing is paper-paste.

It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, but Long Guangning believes it. Therefore, it is even more urgent for him to build a new army, such an army, as long as there are tens of thousands, can sweep Donghu, even if it is to smash the pot and sell iron, it will be built, as long as there is such an army, Da Song is expected to recover the lost territory, and he is also expected to be a thousand-year-old saint.

It doesn't matter what division or regiment is written in the constitution, who is the division commander, who is the chief of staff, or whatever, Long Guangning is very happy to see it, and he keeps saying that it is accurate, it is accurate. But when he saw the place behind the selection of troops, the budget for army building, and the budget for military salaries, he frowned and muttered, "It's difficult, it's too difficult, alas, it's so much, it's too much.......

Ma Hanshan does not plan to recruit troops in the society, as soon as he comes, he will soon spread throughout the country, and those who surrender or something will definitely find 10,000 reasons to impeach the army. Second, this new army of several thousand people, Ma Hanshan was intended to be used as a surprise soldier, and if he shouted out, he would not be a surprise soldier.

The source of the first army is the forbidden army, and the second source of soldiers is the border army, that is, the box army in the border town, and the box army in other places, which Mahanshan looks down on. What made Long Guangning angry was that Ma Hanshan even had strict requirements for height and weight.

A soldier of the New Army, male, aged 18 to 26, 5 feet to 5 feet 5 inches tall, and weighing 110 to 125 pounds. Female, 16 to 22 years old, 4'8" to 5'2" tall, weighing 95 to 110 kg.

In ancient times, except for those in the "Zhumen", whether they were untouchables or soldiers, they were all malnourished, and their height and weight were basically short and thin.

Although Long Guangning didn't know what the situation of his forbidden army was, he knew that the imperial court had always recruited soldiers as long as they were not crippled, and they could run and jump, and there were no special rules for being tall, short, fat, and thin, as long as they were not too fat, too thin, too short. Therefore, whether it is the forbidden army or the box army, the body shape of the soldiers is very uneven.

Well, now, it turns out that tall, short, fat and thin have to be regulated, this... How to choose this.

There are roughly two sources of Dasong's soldiers, one is recruitment, and the first object of recruitment is the second generation of soldiers, and the second is ordinary people. The second type of military source is criminals, which is to tattoo words on the faces of criminals and then throw them into the army to serve.

In modern times, soldiers are respected and called children. In ancient times, the social status of soldiers was extremely low, almost equal to untouchables, so good boys were not soldiers. In ancient times, most of those who took the initiative to become soldiers were soldiers because they couldn't open the pot at home, so they didn't starve to death. Therefore, when the official can't recruit soldiers, it is often apportioned and forced... is just like Jiang Chao, pulling Zhuang Ding.

It doesn't matter whether it is recruiting soldiers or catching strong men, as long as the army has sufficient food and salaries and the generals are competent, an army that can fight can also be trained. However, the biggest drawback of Dasong's military system is the lifelong system. Whoever becomes a soldier either dies on the battlefield or dies in the barracks. Because of this, Dasong's redundant soldiers are very terrible, plus some generals eat empty salaries, the so-called Dasong million heroes are actually a group of weak people who have no combat effectiveness.

Mahanshan stipulates the height and weight of the soldiers, and among the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, some can always be selected. However, this little bastard still wants to choose female soldiers, it really makes sense, uncle can bear it and aunt can't bear it, where are female soldiers, even if there is Mulan, it's just one. Besides, in the middle of a group of big men, what is it to get a few little ladies? What is the barracks for?

Hmph, it won't be this little bastard who took the opportunity to find a woman, when Long Guangning saw the place where Ma Hanshan was going to choose female soldiers, he said to himself, and suddenly, he thought of an emperor's exclusive word, choosing a concubine .......

Bastard, I took the opportunity to find a woman to .......

In addition to height and weight, the soldiers selected by Ma Hanshan must also be literate, which really stumped the emperor, how many of the millions of officers and soldiers in the entire Dasong are literate? If they were literate, would they still be soldiers?

Yes, in this society, people who are literate are superior, and people in Confucian shirts can walk on the road in the face of those who are illiterate.

It's hard, it's really hard.

Long Guangning continued to look down, after the selection criteria, there is the budget for the construction of the army, as well as the salary regulations for officers and soldiers in the army, what soldiers are paid how much, and what generals and officers are paid.

Although he felt that Ma Hanshan was too fond of these Qiu Ba, Long Guangning compared those civil officials who played tricks all day long and didn't do anything, and he accepted it silently. Because, compared to those who live by lip service, these soldiers who may die on the battlefield are actually paid very low.

"Come to someone, spread Li Dangchen, pass on the chance." After reading the regulations of the new army written by Ma Hanshan, Long Guangning really couldn't make a decision on the selection of soldiers, so he decided to pass on the opportunity to ask for some opinions.

After a while, Li Dangchen arrived first.

"Li Qing, order all departments of the forbidden army to prepare a detailed information of the soldiers, including age, weight, height, and origin." Long Guangning paused for a moment and said, "Act secretly, don't make a statement, and tell them that if the information described is not true, I will cut off their heads." ”

"Yes, this is the purpose of the minister." The holy decree under the door without passing through the Zhongshu is the middle decree, and the decree is generally drafted by the emperor himself or by the eunuchs.

"If you don't want to do it, let it be preached." Long Guangning glared at Li Dangchen and said, "Don't be public, understand?" ”

"Minister, I see." Li Dangchen thought for a while and said.

Li Dangchen went to the camp of the three divisions of the forbidden army, and not long after, the veteran Bi Jiyu entered the palace.

"Your Majesty, summoning the old ministers into the palace, are you going to raise troops to fight for Hu?" Bi Jiyu guessed that the emperor summoned him to the palace at this time, and there must be another big event.

Bi Jiyu is very happy in the past few days, because the emperor suddenly "has calcium", his bones are hard, and he has to deal with Donghu, so he is happy.

"Give a seat." The little eunuch moved a brocade pier for Bi Jiyu, and Long Guangning waved his hand to drive the little eunuch out of the hall and let him guard at the door. Then he handed Ma Hanshan's charter for the construction of the new army to Bi Jiyu.

Although Bi Jiyu is old, this old guy's eyesight is not bad, and he quickly read the charter, and looked up at Long Guangning in surprise.

Build a new army? The emperor actually wants to build a new army, is it really to ask for Hu? Great, great, the emperor's ambition has finally returned, this time, is he no longer hiding behind? Is he going to rush to the front?

Long Guangning was the most courageous emperor after the Song Dynasty moved south, and he was the first emperor to dare to think of the Northern Expedition. It's a pity that although he has the courage and courage, he can't restrain those surrendering factions, and even when Han Xiang Na Shilin Qingliu opened the knife, he didn't dare to stand up. In the end, the Northern Expedition, which fell short and was poorly prepared, not only did not win, but also caused Han Qizhou to die of humiliation, and Song Chao was also humiliated and compensated.

The past is heart-wrenching.

Since then, Long Guangning has been in a slump, letting Shi Dang do nothing, I can't imagine that the current emperor will regain his majesty, and... And this time I personally went into battle .......

"Your Majesty... The New Army... Felling? Bi Jiyu stammered, trembled, and stood up and said.

"Yes, to build a new army, I want to build a new army, not only to cut down Hu, but also to restore the Han and Tang territories of the central powers, and I want to prosper and praise ......." Long Guangning walked down the steps of His Majesty, stepped forward to help Bi Jiyu and said.

"Too... That's great... Unexpectedly... I didn't expect the old minister to see the emperor reinvigorate the emperor's prestige... Good... Good....... Bi Jiyu turned around and wiped his eyes that were confused by tears and said, "Your Majesty, give an order, the old minister can still ride a horse and carry a knife, as long as he can let the old minister kill the enemy, he will not hesitate to break his bones." ”