Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and Hao Siwen did not return to the North Wolf Village, and there was no news!

Zhao Bufan's original good mood was also ruined, and the first thing he did after returning to the Metropolitan Prison Mansion was to send elite scouts to Yaojia Town and the capital respectively, and let them investigate and inquire along the way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 To this end, Info also wrote two official letters in the name of the commander of Xiangdu, so that these elite scouts could be carried with them, and they could use this to seek the help of the local government if necessary.

However, this investigation could not be completed in three or five days after all, and the dispatch of the generals under his command had to be redivided, although Zhao Bufan was worried, he still quickly began to prepare for the distribution and appointment of his subordinates, this matter is related to the stability and unity of the army, which can be said to be the most important.

The first thing that made him embarrassed was the promotion of the old department, he himself was promoted too quickly for various reasons, but the generals under his command could never follow suit, such as Guan Sheng, Lin Chong and others, without sufficient reasons, no matter how to keep the performance, there is no way to promote a large area in an instant, the commander is easy to do, but the commander must face great obstacles, so the dispatch of these people must be temporary.

At the same time, the upcoming Hu Yanzhuo and Dong Ping originally had a high status, so now not to mention the promotion of one and a half levels, at least it must be a flat tone, otherwise who can have no grievances, if they don't make any mistakes, they will inexplicably lower their status when they are transferred, and I'm afraid no one can bear it.

Finally, there is convincing, which is also the most important thing, and if the appointed generals are not recognized, the consequences are likely to be disastrous.

Originally, Zhao Bufan was thinking about pulling out all the people on Juxianzhuang's side, but after careful consideration, he felt that this would make it difficult for the generals to accept it, and planned to step by step, and push them up one by one in the future, instead of suddenly popping up a group.

A few days later, Zhao Bufan convened a meeting of the generals and announced the arrangements for the establishment of the five cavalry armies.

The Western Tiger Army, the commander of the military capital made Guan Sheng temporary, the left army was Yu Hou Suochao, and the right army was vacant, and the actual military strength was 1,000 people.

The Eastern Tiger Army, the commander of the military capital made Lin Chong temporary, the left army was Yuhou Zhang Qing, and the right was temporarily replaced by Zhu Biao, and now the actual military strength is 1,000 people.

The Northern Tiger Army, the military capital commanded Hu Yanzhuo, the left army was temporarily replaced by Yu Hou Suding, and the right was temporarily replaced by Zhu Tong, and now the actual military strength is 1,000 Huyan chain iron cavalry.

The Southern Tiger Army, the commander of the military capital Qin Ming, the left army is vacant Yu Hou, and the right is temporarily replaced by Zhu Long, and now the actual military strength is not.

The Wing Tiger Army, the commander of the military capital Dong Ping, the left army is Yu Hou Luan Tingyu temporary, the right is vacant, and the actual military strength is 500 cavalry.

Because the burden of cavalry was too great, it was impossible to reach the standard of 2,500 men per army under the current conditions, so Zhao Bufan changed it slightly and reduced it to 1,500 men per army, so that it was exactly 7,500 men, which was also the same as the number of cavalry reported to Emperor Zhao Ji.

In addition, the golden gunners Xu Ning and Xiao Li Guanghuarong also served as the military capital Yuhou, but they were independent of the Five Tigers Army, known as the Golden Gun Cavalry Battalion and the Silver Armor Bow Cavalry, directly under the Chinese army. Although the document reported to the imperial court was written on the infantry establishment, Zhao Bufan still planned to pay the subsidy out of his own pocket, so as to make the two battalions of men and horses into cavalry, and each battalion had a thousand people.

Not long after the list was announced, Dong Ping and Hu Yanzhuo arrived with their troops one after another, and they were very happy about their respective appointments. Because in terms of status, the commander of the military capital of the forbidden army is higher than that of the pure military state governor, and the generals of the Xiang army are proud of being transferred to the establishment of the forbidden army, so they have no reason to be unhappy.

As for Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo and other others, Zhao Bufan was all included in the infantry establishment, and at the same time, he also gently pacified, only letting them settle down for the time being and wait for the reorganization.

There is no way to do this, now only Hu Yanzhuo and Dong Ping have brought 1,500 well-trained cavalry, plus the original 2,500 elites, that is only 4,000 people in total, and now even the basic number of cavalry cannot be replenished, where can he have the ability to reorganize the infantry.

Soon, Zhao Bufan sent people to carry documents to publish the conscription list everywhere, and the conscription matters were carried out in a hurry.

As for Emperor Zhao Ji's promise to transfer the Liutun forbidden army from all over the country, he didn't expect it at all, and now all the Liutun forbidden army in various places has been abolished, most of them are empty camps, and all the soldiers, armor, food and salaries have gone into the pockets of officials and generals, where do they go to transfer people?

The surviving forbidden troops are all stationed in key areas, such as the capital with the largest number of troops, such as the strongest Western Xinjiang, such as Bashu to guard against Tubo and Dali, these can not be moved at all, in addition to this, only Liu Zhongwu and other famous generals still have a lot of forbidden troops in their hands, but they are also the mobile forces that the Great Song Dynasty must have, and they can not be moved, so it is conceivable that the first thing that Emperor Zhao Ji thought of must be drawn from those less important areas.

But there are no soldiers in these places at all, they are all empty camps, what to transfer?

Therefore, Zhao Bufan never had the luxury of really being able to transfer well-trained elites, and the reason why he made this request to the emperor was completely for blackmail.

When the holy decree is issued, those places that receive the transfer order must be anxious, they have no soldiers to transfer, but they dare not disobey the holy decree, at this time there is only one way, that is, to find Zhao Bufan directly, as long as he signs and seals the handover document and admits to receiving soldiers, then there is nothing.

Everything was not unexpected, in a short period of time, more than 20 secret letters were sent to the North Wolf Village.

The content of these letters is very simple, that is, I hope Zhao Bufan will sign the handover documents, and at the same time, a blank piece of paper is attached to the letter.

The meaning of the blank paper is very obvious, those people are expressing their attitude in this way, to put it simply, it is a sentence: I will give you a blank paper, what conditions are open!

Zhao Bufan was not polite at all, and replied to each blank piece of paper one by one, and the things he wanted were very simple, there were only three kinds of things.

Money, food, armor, horses!

People can do without, but these must be, and they are multiplied!

He is also helpless, now he can't change the status quo of the Great Song Dynasty, so he can only rely on this way to become strong. Since the other party has eliminated the army and swallowed a huge amount of money, food, and military salaries, he is now using the same black-box operation to force the other party to spit it out again, and use it again for the development and strength of the army, and also sell a favor to the other party by the way.

Although such a one-time absorption is just a drop in the bucket, it cannot make up for the national strength of the entire Great Song Dynasty that has been swallowed up over the years, but it is better than nothing, and for now, the benefits that this blackmail can bring will make the "Liangshan Army" quickly strong and provide starting conditions for the construction of this iron army.

After many bargains with various forces, this dark deal was quickly finalized.

Batches of materials from all sides were continuously sent to the North Wolf Village, and money, food, military salaries, and war horses and armor were soon piled up here.

In late October, Zhao Bufan signed the last handover document, and the harvest finally came to an end.

When the final count, Zhao Bufan smiled, more than 13,000 war horses, and more than one million yuan worth of money, food, and armor, completely made the Liangshan army rich, and the conscription affairs on the other side were also advancing rapidly, because it was the forbidden army to recruit soldiers, and Zhao Bufan, who was famous in northern Xinjiang, was recruiting, which was really very attractive to the military and civilians in the border counties, plus the world is chaotic now, and it is not easy to survive, so the entire conscription is carried out very quickly.

Zhao Bufan made strict requirements for recruits, if they are over 35 years old to join the army, they must have a certain level of martial arts or specialties, 30 to 35 years old can lower the standard as appropriate, under 30 years old do not make requirements, this is also to take into account the problems faced by future martial arts training.

In early December, the conscription, which lasted more than three months, was successfully conscripted, and the total number of troops was replenished to more than 31,000 people, most of whom came from all over northern Xinjiang, but there were also people who came all the way from the south.

Zhao Bufan divided 2,500 people from it to the logistics department, completely independent the logistics of the Liangshan Army, and at the same time made 6,000 reserves, who trained the same as the main force on weekdays, and also undertook part of the defense and transportation and construction matters, and the salary was much lower than that of the main force, but as long as the performance was good, he could enter the main force at any time.

As for the main force of 22,500 men, it was composed of the Chinese Army, the Five Tiger Army, and the infantry of the Five Armies.

The Five Tiger Army was cavalry, with 1,500 men per army, for a total of 7,500 men. The infantry of the five armies was the standard of 2,500 men per corps, for a total of 12,500 men. In addition, the Chinese army consisted of a battalion of golden lancers, a battalion of silver-armored archers, and a battalion of guards, with a battalion of 1,000 men each in the battalion of golden guns and a battalion of 1,000 men in silver-armored archers, and a battalion of 500 men in the guards battalion, for a total of 2,500 men.

This guard battalion is also Zhao Bufan's personal guard in the future, all of them are carefully selected from the army, not only requiring good martial arts, but also requiring bow and horse riding and foot combat can be taken into account, and the character has also undergone many assessments, and it is the most elite soldier and horse in the entire Liangshan Army.

It's a pity that with the emergence of the Guards Battalion, the three commanders and generals that Zhao Bufan believed in his heart have not heard from him for a long time, and the scouts have run back and forth several times, but they have never found useful clues, Hao Siwen and Lu Fang Guo Sheng disappeared as if out of thin air, and the only news I got was that Hao Siwen had returned to Yaojia Town later and joined Lu Fang Guo Sheng in the post house, and it was determined that the three of them should be together.

On this day, Zhao Bufan personally trained the soldiers, and just returned to the study of the General's Mansion, before he had time to take a breath, Zhi Yuezhi rushed in with Shi Qian.

Zhao Bufan saw the time change, and instantly stood up: "How is it?

Shi Qian was covered in dust, obviously just rushed back, and took a few breaths before nodding and saying: "Check, find out! They were captured by the master of Yipintang!"

"Yipintang?" Zhao Bufan frowned, always feeling that the name was a little familiar.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Zhi Yuezhi quickly continued: "This Pintang is the yamen of the Western Xia royal family to recruit masters, don't you know?"

"Xixia Yipintang?" Zhao Bufan's eyes widened in disbelief...... (To be continued.) )