"It's too strict! It's too strict! It's perhaps worse than the imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture, but how long has it been practiced?"

Wu Haogu felt crooked and looked a bit like a scattered army. From Xue Sichang, the commander of the military, he could just go to various celebrations in Kaifeng Prefecture to serve as a storefront.

What surprised Xue Sichang even more was that the Kaifeng Imperial Army had been practicing for many years before they could train them in a formation. They would line up in a lineup of the soldiers under Wu Haogu. At best, they only practiced for more than a month. Even if they had three exercises a day, they only practiced for more than a hundred games. With such results, how could Wu Haogu not know the soldiers? If he didn't know the soldiers, would there be anyone in the world who knew the soldiers?

"Governor Wu, I really didn't expect you to be a genius in training troops!"

Outside the school tent, when Wu Haogu heard Xue Sichang's praise, he waved his hand and said, "Where are you, I am a businessman, how can I train soldiers? No, no... It's all the students taught by Mr. Murong that are capable!

Those people are all the basics of young generals in the Western Army, and Mr. Murong has taught them for four years! They are all equipped with three battles, are skilled in bows and horses, and are also aware of the various tactics and formations of infantry and horse wars. With such a general, it is much easier to train troops and fight."

That's right!

Xue Sichang thought to himself: Didn’t Wang Jinggong reopen his martial arts to train a group of such generals and schools? Unexpectedly, the martial arts department was not taught, but the military science department headed by Murong Wangyou was taught...

"It's a pity that this Military Academy has only been held for one term!" Xue Sichang sighed, "If we could teach more generals and schools, the last emperor's wish to enrich the country and strengthen the army would be achieved."

"The Military Academy is gone, but the Biyong Academy and Yuntai Academy have been opened!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "both academies have opened courses in the Military Academy, and both the right-listed Jinshi will take the Battle Formation Studies. In the future, the right-listed Jinshi will lead the military soldiers. The day when the Song Dynasty is prosperous and powerful will not be far away."

"The Jinshi led the military soldiers on the right?" Xue Sichang shook his head, "Can it work?"

"Okay! Why can't it?" Wu Haogu smiled and pointed at the military soldiers who were practicing. "Their command and head of Dutou are not Jinshi yet, so they are also very enthusiastic?"

Why did this sound so different? Xue Sichang said in his heart: Just do this in the Jinshi? Then I am afraid that no one will take the Jinshi exam on the right...

Wu Haogu did not think that it was wrong to be a "company commander" on the right-listed Jinshi... Which elite officers in later generations studied less than Jinshi? In the era of militarism, the world's major military powers also carried out military training education. Officers started from children (Russia in later generations still retained this tradition) and studied all the way to the Staff Academy. The hardships, sins, and skills they learned were more than those of the Chinese Jinshi masters.

Xue Sichang would not throw cold water from Wu Haogu in front of him. He had a serious matter when he came to Shicheng. He said immediately: "Master Wu, this is not a place to speak, but there is a purity?"

Wu Haogu smiled and pointed at his big tent, "Please in the Yun Judgment... This is a wilderness, and there is only this big tent. However, a certain family has a government office in the city. Is it good to have a drink there to welcome the Yun Judgment tonight?"

"No need, no need." Xue Sichang shook his head and said, "The war is coming, and I am very busy with my luck... I have to go to Yan'an Mansion tomorrow morning, so let's sleep early."

While talking, Wu Haogu had already entered the tent with Xue Sichang and Su Chi.

There was no good decoration in the big tent, just a felt carpet, with a few short tables and cushions placed on it, a red mud stove was burning with a pot of boiling water on it. A yellow-haired woman was busy ordering tea and taking out the pastry when she saw someone coming in.

Wu Haogu and Xue Sichang, Su Chi divided the guests and hosts to sit down, and the Arhat maid brought refreshments.

"Running judgment," Wu Haogu picked up the tea bowl and asked in thought, "You just said that the war is about to happen?"

"Yes, that's what Tao Envoy said." Xue Sichang said, "Or I wouldn't have come to Yinzhou in a cold weather."

"The Prime Minister Tao has returned?" Wu Haogu was unexpected, "He hadn't set off when I left Kaifeng Mansion. It's a great journey!"

Wu Haogu was not willing to waste his time on the road, so he often rode alone and rushed as fast as possible.

Tao Jiefu is a prime minister and a very traditional bureaucrat. How could he not come and see him off? It was not too slow to walk from Kaifeng Prefecture to Yan'an Prefecture for a month.

"It's very busy," Xue Sichang touched his beard, "but Zhong Ruoweng is just afraid that he will be even more tired."

What's the meaning?

Wu Haogu thought for a moment and frowned, "Yun Judgment, are you saying that they are competing?"

"Haha..." Xue Sichang just smiled and said nothing, "I am here to check the transfer situation in Yinzhou and how much grain is stored in Shicheng. I have seen the roads, bridges, warehouses and horse farms. It's very good! Now it's the grain stored. Taiwei Wu, please report the number."

Xue Sichang wanted to ask clearly that the cavalry in Yuqian Sanzhi's hands snatched An Qingze's Pochao tribe. It was a large tribe of Dangxiang, and it was a century-old famous family. It should have a lot of reserves, right?

However, Wu Haogu did not hand over the grain to the Fuyan Road Transportation Department, but held it in his hands.

Originally, Tao Jiefu didn't care about these foods, but they were not on the books. There was nothing to do with the seized items in Wuhao's ancient costumes.

But now it is not possible. Tao Jiefu wants to compete with Zhong Fu for the first time, so he has to send troops to attack Xiazhou as soon as possible. The grain transportation is a bit unsatisfactory, so he wants to dig out the inventory in Wu Haogu's hands.

Wu Haogu stretched out a slap, "Last year, he dug out 50,000 shi of wheat from Pochao's army, and some were dug out scattered, and there were 70,000 to 80,000 shi. However, he also caught many prisoners and consumed a lot. Because of the hard training in the army, some food was released. In addition, he gave some to Su Zhizhou, and now there are less than 40,000 shi."

"Even if it's 30,000 stones," Xue Sichang smiled, "Can you lend this grain to the Transport Department?"

"Why are you talking about borrowing it?" Wu Haogu smiled, "The seizure on the battlefield is the public. As long as the fortune judge takes the order from Shuaisi, we dare not give it to him?"

Of course, Wu Haogu had to deduct a lot of spoils, but he would not detain food. Because the value of food is not high, it is far inferior to cattle, sheep, horses and various dairy products, such as dried meat, fur, green salt, armor, swords, stubborn sheep horn bows, etc.

Of course, although the forage for feeding cattle, sheep and horses is not valuable, it cannot be given to Tao Jiefu. Because Wuhaogu's army now has a large number of horses to be fed, as for the seized cattle and sheep, most of them have been slaughtered and turned into frozen meat and jerky meat. With these meat products, Wuhaogu's army naturally consumed a lot of wheat...

"That's great!" Xue Sichang smiled, "Thirty thousand stones of wheat can be used for ten days for a hundred thousand troops. The transportation department has also stored 40,000 to 50,000 stones in the warehouse in Shicheng and Yinzhou. By March, at least 30,000 stones can be stored. In this way, there will be about 110,000 stones of grain, enough to support more than a month. After these grains are finished, the transportation department can transport at least 100,000 stones of military grain from Huanqing Road to Youzhou."

"A hundred thousand army?" Wu Haogu frowned, "Why are there so many?"

In Wu Haogu's view, it would not take a 100,000 army to capture Xia and Youzhou. Yanzhou is a little more difficult, but it is not a problem of military strength, but a problem of logistics transfer.

Xue Sichang said with his fingers: "Hedong Army produced 22,200, the Fuyan Army produced 24,000, and the Huanqing Army was also 24,000. In addition to the more than 30,000 people from the three fronts, the 100,000 army could not stop."

"Not right!" Su Chi suddenly interrupted, "No 110,000 stones... Yinzhou has to arrange at least 300,000 mu of sowing! It is estimated that 20 kilograms of seeds per mu will be sown, and 300,000 mu will require 600,000 kilograms, which is almost 600,000 stones."

"Or don't sow spring this year," Xue Sichang said, "Let's talk about it next year."

Su Chi shook his head and said, "If you don't sow in spring now, what should you eat in autumn? The land in Yinzhou has been planting grass since the third year of Yuanfu, and the ground abilities have long been restored. If it is used to plant wheat, one mu of can harvest one and a half to two stones in the first year. 300,000 mu of can harvest 500,000 stones!

With these 500,000 stones, Shuofang Road can be established, and only then can you have food when you attack Lingzhou after the autumn."

"But the Prime Minister Tao has issued a general order. Now both Shuofang and Huanqing are controlled by him." Xue Sichang said, "Even if the Grand Official Tong comes back from Kaifeng Prefecture, he will not be able to disobey."

Because Tong Guan was appointed as the Shuofang Road Pacification Strategic Commander, he recently went to Kaifeng Prefecture to meet the saint, and he probably would not return in mid-February.

"And," said Xue Sichang, "Miyan, Huanqing's civil servants and archers have begun to mobilize, and even Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Jun Road must cooperate. The civil servants, government soldiers and archers have been dispatched. It is impossible for them to delay the date of the military service for the sake of Yinzhou, right?"

What a big noise!

Wu Haoguxin said: It is obvious that his 32,000 people and a few thousand light cavalry can take over Xia, Yan, Yu and the Hejian grassland, but Tao Jiefu has to dispatch a 100,000 army and 200,000 people to be responsible for logistics!

Can you send more troops and have more confidence in victory?

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu said: "Why don't you send less troops? This will save some food. Yinzhou can always reclaim and sow some land."

"Send less troops?" Xue Sichang spread his hands, "It's almost done, who is willing to send less troops?"

Wu Haogu smiled and said, "Don't leave anyone else, let my Sanzhi Imperial Guards give away a little less... I have more than 15,000 infantry combat soldiers. If I give away half of them, I can get at least 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, so that I can get more than 12,000 fewer. Let them stay in Yinzhou City and Mida Cave, so that Mizhi can supply grain nearby, and at least 20,000 stones can be saved in more than two months. I will dig it up and get enough 30,000 stones."
Chapter completed!