I am Da Song

Chapter 44

After Zhao Huan ordered the arrangements for the people outside the temple, the general who was in charge of training troops stepped forward in due course and said, "Mr. Shenwu, the commander of the middle army of the right army, Hu Hongxiu, respectfully greet the officials."

Zhao Huan looked away from Mei Zhili, looked at Hu Hongxiu, and was surprised for a moment.

Because the commander of the middle army of the Shenwu Right Army in front of him is really young and outrageous, and he is very elegant and gentle.

Zhao Huan didn't know why the Ministry of War let such a young man manage such an important new army.

As the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, Mei Zhili had the responsibility of "Assisting the Son of Heaven, managing yin and yang, following the four seasons, and following the best of all things, controlling the princes of the four barbarians outside, and being close to the people inside, so that the officials and ministers can hold their positions" .

Seeing Zhao Huan's surprised expression, he immediately explained to Zhao Huan: "The selection of Hu Hongxiu as the commander of the Shenwu Right Army's middle army is an appointment jointly discussed by ministers and ministers."

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "In this case, Commander Hu must have some advantages."

"I'm ashamed and dare not be a minister." Hu Hongxiu said humbly.

"There's nothing to dare to be or not to be." Mei Zhili said: "I recommend you with the Prime Minister, because I hope you can combine youthful spirit with military strategy and strategy, and bring a different atmosphere to this new army."

After finishing speaking, Mei Zhili introduced to Zhao Huan: "This Hu Hongxiu was an imperial student in the early years of Xuanhe, and Chen Dong and Wang Ruohai, who organized imperial student street battles outside the city, agreed with each other, and his loyalty inspired the government and the people. Bingke, Zhongyou, etc., make up for Yi Xiaowei. Jin soldiers besieged Bianjing, Hu Hongxiu was in charge of defending a section of the city wall, and entered Chengxinlang."

"Yesterday in the bloody battle, he led his troops to fight to the death at Baokangmen Bridge, and fought to the death with loyalty to Dun Wulang."

Hearing this, Zhao Huan looked at Hu Hongxiu with admiration in his eyes.A student of the imperial court, he did not choose the path of civil servant, but went to take an examination of the military department to lead the army in combat. He was a rare heroic person among the scholars of the Song Dynasty.

Yesterday's performance was also worthy of Zhao Huan's appreciation.He is the most typical middle-level officer in the Song Army. He is loyal, passionate, and young. He only thinks about killing the enemy to serve the country and defend the country.

And what is rare is that he is not that kind of brainless fool.Rather, he is courageous and resourceful, and his talent can be seen in his high school honors in the military examination.

What Zhao Huan didn't know was that this young officer had also written two military books in history, "Zhi Kou" and "Yu Kou".

"Yesterday, the imperial court passed a decree that scholars must have three years of military experience in order to participate in the imperial examination. What do you think?" Zhao Huan asked enthusiastically.

Hu Hongxiu said: "This will surely make the command of the army smoother and the action faster."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Hu Hongxiu explained: "It's not the minister's self-esteem. Since the minister commanded the army, it has been found that if the generals in the army have read poetry and books, they have heaven and earth in their hearts. Whether they command operations or execute military orders, they will be smoother and faster. Compared with other A reckless man who can read and write, regardless of military discipline, style, will, and efficiency, must be higher."

"There is poetry and calligraphy in my stomach." Zhao Huan said with emotion.The same is a soldier, a soldier reads "Zuo Shi Chunqiu" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" all year round.A soldier who doesn't know a whole lot of Chinese characters, and doesn't even know right from wrong, right from wrong, it's impossible to talk about them in the same way.

Because the former can be Guan Yu or Yue Fei, while the latter is an ordinary soldier, even if he is brave, he is just like Li Kui.

Therefore, Chang Kaishen wanted to mobilize college students to join the army, and shouted the slogan "one inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood, one hundred thousand young people and one hundred thousand troops".

Hu Hongxiu said: "My old minister thinks that the officials force monks and Taoist priests to join the army, and it is better to order Tai students to join the army."

Zhao Huan sighed, and said, "I don't think so. It's just that the scholar-bureaucrats are so arrogant and contradict the conscription law."

"Let monks and Taoist priests join the army, at least the next best thing. These people recite scriptures on weekdays and know a lot about words. They have faith, knowledge, and wisdom, and they are more suitable for training as soldiers than ordinary farmers and pawns. As long as they are given The whole army distributes "Zuo's Spring and Autumn", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and "Wu Jing Zong Yao", and these people will become the best soldiers."

Hu Hongxiu comforted Zhao Huan: "Older scholars and bureaucrats may conflict with government orders because of their interests, but as a student of the imperial court, I can affirm that young people are energetic, passionate and loyal, and will definitely support the official bill and actively join the army to defend the country."

Zhao Huan nodded, young people have not been corrupted by the society, they only want to serve the country with an inch of heart, they are the hope of the country.These people are also the group recruited by the conscription law. Even if there are old scholar-bureaucrats blocking it, Zhao Huan believes that there will be many people who will be motivated to join the army and serve the country regardless of their families.

It's just like the Tai students who went forward in Tokyo yesterday without fear of Yaishi.

"Hearing what you said, my confidence has increased a lot." Zhao Huan said seriously: "Let's get down to business, how is the military situation here?"

Hu Hongxiu immediately replied: "Reporting to the official family, the Shenwu Youjun has a total of 500 people. The Bow and Crossbow Institute has sent 1 pairs of divine arm bows, 200 pairs of strong bows, [-] quiver, and [-] feather arrows. More than ten thousand sticks."

"North and North workshops sent [-] long spears, [-] hand knives, [-] large axes, and [-] bones."

The weapons can be said to be more than rich, Zhao Huan asked with concern: "How is the condition of the armor?"

Hu Hongxiu looked solemn, and said: "The armor is not satisfactory. According to the regulations, the winter clothes of the infantry include soap silk cotton padded jackets, yellow silk cotton jackets, white silk cotton socks, purple turbans, blue and yellow shoulders, and hemp shoes. But let’s look at the officials, the soldiers don’t have enough winter clothes at all, so they can only use their own clothes instead.”

Zhao Huan looked at the recruits who were training in formation in the distance. It was obvious that the military uniforms were not unified, and the colors were mottled and colorful. It looked like a mob.

There is a huge gap between Xuanjia Hongpao and Zhu Qi Jiangtian's elite teachers.

Winter clothes are now one of the most important things hanging over Song Jun's head.

Zhao Huan said solemnly: "As for the winter clothes, I will go and supervise them personally with the empress later, and we must not let the imperial army continue to suffer from the wind and cold."

The significance of solving winter clothing is self-evident. After the imperial army keeps warm and has no worries, there will be hot meals. At least the morale of the army will not be depressed, and the morale will gradually rise.At that time, defending the city is bound to drag the Jin army into a cruel slaughter of flesh and blood.

"How about armor?" Zhao Huan asked.

"There are only more than a hundred sets of elite infantry armor, which can only let the new army understand the process of wearing the armor."

"In the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, there are only more than a hundred sets of Burenjia?" Zhao Huan asked in disbelief.

Mei Zhili explained from the side: "It's more than that. Today, more than a thousand sets of infantry armor have been sorted out in the arsenal of bows, swords, guns and armor. But most of them were given to the guards. The new army will not participate in the battle for the time being, and they can wait for the weapons. Supervise follow-up production."

Zhao Huan nodded. After unifying the consensus of the court, the overall planning ability and administrative efficiency of the Song court have been improved visible to the naked eye, which is quite gratifying.

"How is the leather armor?" Zhao Huan asked.

(End of this chapter)