"Congratulations to the Grand Marshal, congratulations to the Grand Marshal..."

"Subsidiaries congratulate the Grand Marshal!"

In the middle hall of a large mansion in Tongwan City, many generals from the Shuofang Army gathered at this time. Everyone was ranked for the first time, and everyone was happy on their faces, and Gao Qiu, who was sitting upwards, congratulating each other.

The edict to Gao Qiu's promotion was once again flew to the army of Wancheng. Gao Qiu was promoted from Jiedu to Jiedu! He also rejected Gao Qiu's resignation and asked him to continue to serve as the deputy envoy of the Shuofang Road General Strategy and the general manager of the military and horse capital.

In addition, many precious medicinal materials were sent to Tongwancheng together, saying that they were given to Gao Qiu for replenishment and treatment.

Anyway, the emperor’s grace is so great!

By the way, Hou Meng and Wu Haogu, who were responsible for investigating "unleashing border provocations", were also recalled to Kaifeng Prefecture at the same time.

In other words, the investigation of Taiwei Gao was over. The officials still believed Taiwei Gao! So after receiving the news, Gao's subordinates flocked to Gao Qiu in Tongwancheng's mansion and came to congratulate him.

Gao Qiu looked at a group of generals wearing military uniforms and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. His relationship with them was indeed too close! Almost all of them were from the Military Academy, and they were selected by their families to become emperors and made contributions to the northwest. They were also promoted to rampant officials or ambassadors... Only Yang Keshi, Yang Kebi, Wu Song, and Gao Shixuan were not knights. However, these four people were also their confidants!

The Song Dynasty emphasized the "big and big" coordination, "civil and military" coordination, and "different theories to each other"... But why are this new military soldier all the "Gao family generals"? I really didn't deliberately cultivate my confidants!

Gao Qiu looked at the people who came to congratulate him in pain. The six generals, six deputy generals, eighteen generals, and eighteen deputy generals were all promoted by himself! And most of them were promoted from the cavalry and warriors to the high positions. Moreover, the preparations, deputy preparations, team leaders, and team leaders... are all in the same lineage, and no one will be incomparable to him!

This young general and official will not go against Gao Qiu, nor will the civil servants disrupt the situation. Moreover, the senior officials in the new military soldiers such as Yang Keshi and Yang Kebi are also Gao Qiu’s people!

Di Qing could not compare with this kind of force at all! The generals and sects in the Western Army were incomparable.

It seems that the inspection of the palace is not much worse than that of Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty...

Why did I be so careless? Now that the power has been established, the government has begun to suspect it. What can I do in the future!

Everyone saw Gao Qiu sitting with his sword pressing on his sword, frowning, and they all fell silent for a moment. Everyone looked at Gao Qiu, and there were a few who knew that Gao Qiu was worried about going to Zhao Kuangyin's path... But most people didn't look that far, and they thought Gao Qiu was worried about the cavalry.

The new government soldiers who are training in Wancheng are actually not as powerful as they look on the outside. There are many problems with the new government soldiers. The soldiers are generally not very morale, the number of outstanding officers is insufficient, and most non-commissioned military officers (miscellaneous military officials) are just a waste of time. The training progress of swords, shields, and archers is delayed. The biggest problem lies in the cavalry.

According to the plan, the new government soldiers need at least 6 cavalry battalions, nearly 3,000 cavalry soldiers, and one soldier must be assigned to one auxiliary soldier and three horses and war horses.

These 6,000 cavalry (including auxiliary soldiers) are impossible to be selected from the government soldiers. They can’t learn how to ride horses, raise horses, and serve horses. They can’t learn how to “play acrobatics” on the horse’s back in a few years. Once they learn it, five years of military service will be almost the right time. What’s the use?

So before Gao Qiu was investigated, he and Tong Guan thought about a "Shuofang Knight System", which was actually a reference to the path of the former knights. He recruited 3,000 knights from Shaanxi Sixth Road and Hedong Road... Not only can the children of Han people apply, but the children of Fan people who are good at riding and shooting can also apply.

However, the memorial to request the establishment of 3,000 Shuofang Knights has not been approved by the official Zhao Ji.

In the silence, I don’t know who muttered: “Taiwei, Shuofang Knight…”

Gao Qiu raised his hand suddenly and signaled the man not to say anything else. He slowly said, "There will be a Knight of Shuofang, so don't worry. Wu Chongdao will soon enter the capital. With him to clear the relationship, there will be nothing that cannot be done. The important thing for us now is to train our troops well!

Isn’t the imperial court’s ability to train troops? Now 26,000 soldiers are in your hands, and all the weapons and armor have been shipped. Will it be possible to form an army in three months? Now the Western thieves are still competing with our army in Qin Wangchuan. The situation on the battlefield may change, and then it will be the opportunity for our new soldiers!”

Gao Qiu said generously, but he was in a state of turmoil and had no idea. He really wanted to quit, but Zhao Ji refused and even sent him a handwritten edict. He asked him not to hurry back to Kaifeng Prefecture and find a way to train the soldiers of the mansion first...

This is the official edict. What else can Gao Qiu say? Even if he really wants to be the second place in Di Qing, he can only bite the bullet and go.

...

"Brother Gao, congratulations!"

"Shi Yan, congratulations, congratulations."

Gao Qiu came out of the middle hall and went to the inner hall in the backyard. Wu Haogu and Tong Guan, who were waiting there, both got up from the chairs and congratulated Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu just smiled bitterly and bowed and said, "I'm happy together, I'm happy together!"

"Brother Gao, why bother to be sad?" Wu Haogu smiled, "Are you worried that you would not be able to train the Shuofang Army well and let down the emperor's trust?"

Gao Qiu shook his head, looked at Wu Haogu and sighed: "Dalang, Shuofang Army is actually worth practicing!"

Wu Haogu smiled, "Brother Gao, you are training troops in Shuofang, while I am going to Cangzhou to train troops... They are all training troops for the Song Dynasty!"

Tong Guan asked with a smile: "Chongdao, it seems that in a few years, we will be able to advance from Shuofang and Cangzhou together and attack Liao in two directions."

Wu Haogu nodded and stretched out his hands: "Ten years, at most ten years, there will be drastic changes in the north. We are training troops today for the drastic changes in ten years!"

Although Wu Haogu was not interested in the Western Expedition, he now pulled out a Shuofang army, which allowed Wu Haogu to see more hope for victory in the anti-Jin period.

Not to mention that the Western Army is now in a state of tumultuousness, and half of the combat effectiveness of the Western Army is based on the system of archers on the edge. However, archers are soldiers and farmers, and are soldiers who are not paid on 200-250 acres of land. Therefore, it is impossible for them to go on a long expedition. If the battlefield is far away from Shaanxi, they will almost be useless.

The Xuanhe Northern Expedition, commanded by Tong Guan, lost so ugly in history. The big reason was that the Western Army without the cooperation of archers, had a severe discount on its combat effectiveness.

But the current Shuofang Mansion soldiers are an army that can carry out long-term expeditions!

"You said there will be drastic changes in the Liao Kingdom within ten years?" Tong Guan was very interested in attacking Liao, "How can you tell?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Isn't that obvious? Isn't it true that those dozens of Jurchen knights are? Is it not unaware of how sharp those dozens of Jurchen knights are? They take the lead in every charge... and the successive attack tactics of the Yuma Shishi Knights are also taught by them.

And such cavalrymen have 2,000 of them out of the Tiger Water Wanyan Division! In addition, did the high-ranking officials know that the Goryeo was beaten miserably by those born Jurchens? 500 people defeated tens of thousands of people... It's really amazing!"

Tong Guan nodded silently. He already knew that the Goryeo people had suffered a crushing defeat. Lu Qian, who stayed in Goryeo to watch the battle, arrived in front of Shuofang Army not long ago and told Tong Guan about the crushing defeat of the Goryeo people.

Although the King of Goryeo did not give up and had appointed Privy Councilor Yin Guan to go to war, Lu Qian believed that Yin Guan was not a match for the Jurchens.

The one that can cause a fatal blow to the Khitan in the future must be the birth of the Jurchens!

"Xiya is waiting for you to go back with you?" Tong Guan asked.

"Yes." Wu Haogu nodded, "Brother Zhao Zhong, Murong Mu and others, dozens of knights, and the utility hired by Jiehe will all be taken away. Without them, I would not be able to do anything in Cangzhou."

Wu Haogu's Sanzhi Imperial Guard Du Yuhou also finished his work, and Wang Bing was the one who took over him. However, Wang Bing would not get a complete Sanzhi Army. Not only did Gao Qiu draw some knights and warriors from it, but Wu Haogu also pulled a group of people to the Jiehe River. His position as a commander was allowed to open a government office and build a yamen, so he could naturally obey the request for transfer from the Sanzhi Army.

The Sanzhi Army led by Wang Bing would not stay in the northwest for long. Zhao Ji said in his handwritten edict to Tong Guan that when the new government army formed, the Sanzhi Army would be transferred back to Kaifeng Prefecture.

In addition, Zhao Ji did not approve the merger of Gao Qiu's 500 black armored front-strike cavalry into the Sanzhi Army. It seems that Tong Guan can only arrange a "fixion" for these 500 cavalry in Shuofang.

Wu Haogu paused, and then said to Gao Qiu, Tong Guan: "Brother Gao, official Tong, why not jointly write a memorial to the official family for training new soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture.

The remaining thousands of soldiers of the Sanzhi Imperial Army can be the foundation of the new military soldiers. They are very busy, but they are tens of thousands of elite soldiers!"

Listening to Wu Haogu's suggestion to train troops in Kaifeng Prefecture, Gao Qiu and Tong Guan both looked embarrassed.

This matter sounds good. But the question is who can preside over the training of the Kaifeng Prefecture? Gao Qiu didn't dare to go. Tong Guan was an eunuch without eggs and could not get involved in the military strength of the Kaifeng Prefecture. Wu Haogu only wanted to win the Zhenhe River, and he would not want to train in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Looking at the faces of the two, Wu Haogu smiled faintly, and did not hold up any more. He just smiled and said, "I won't mention these things anymore. Anyway, I can't stay in Tongwancheng for a few days. I will still not talk about official affairs, but only talk about Fengyue!"

As soon as he said this, Lu Qian hurriedly came in from outside the door, saluted Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu, and then arrived at Tong Guan and handed a letter over.

Tong Guan frowned, took the letter and opened it, and saw, "It was the urgent delivery of the military from Shuozhou! A large number of Khitan soldiers and horses appeared north of the Yellow River, probably tens of thousands of people, and many of them were armored cavalry!"

Gao Qiu suddenly became nervous, "The Khitans are going to go to war with us?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "I am not afraid of war. Now Shuozhou City has begun to take shape and can be defended."
Chapter completed!