In the Xiangjun yamen, Du Zhongxiao, Liu Ji and Yang Ting sat in the main seat, looking at the newly arrived Dou Shunqing, Xiang Chuanfan, Yang Sui, and Li Fugui, who was beside the three of them, said: "Dou Du Supervisor was recommended by the military commander Wang Taiwei and Zhao Zizhi, and was willing to come to the Tianxiang Army. It is rare. Yang Sui met when he was in Beizhou. He first came to the supervisor, and recommended by his brother Suizhou to Zongzhi. He was willing to come to the Tianxiang Army. We welcome him. Li Zhizhou went to serve and was willing to come to the Tianxiang Army and be a military officer. They are all talents we urgently need. Today I have prepared wine and will welcome you later."

The four of them thanked each other and sat in the guest seat.

Du Zhongxiao said: "The army was originally organized into the Third Division. Now the two divisions have division leaders, and Dou Dujian is the leader of the Third Division. Yang Xiang followed the two in Dou Dujian's army, how to arrange discussions with the two military leaders. Li Zhizhou is different from others. He is a military officer in the army and is with me."

Liu Jidao: "Now the army is basically intact, but the cavalry lacks people and horses, and artillery lacks people, so it is difficult to recruit people into the army for a while. Li Zhizhou, please put more thought into this matter. If you can complete the troops before autumn, your army will be reorganized."

Li Fugui bowed: "After returning to the army, the commander of the army, after he was appointed as the emperor, when he was resigning in the capital, he heard the discussions of the ministers in the city that the establishment committee of the Yingtianxiang Army had too many members. The total army had nearly 50,000 people, which was equivalent to the troops along the border. Although the army spent a lot of money from the Yingtianyuan, the soldiers were mostly from the Xiangtian army, and the number was still too large. Now that the army was not in a single place, it was better to reduce the number according to the opinions of the court."

Du Zhongxiao looked at Liu Ji and Yang Ting, and smiled and said, "It's not a bad idea to reduce the organization, but the organization is still there. The army has a number of 50,000 people to deal with the war. There should be such a number of soldiers along the way, otherwise they can't attack and defend freely. The Xiang army is in the camp and the lack of personnel, so we can naturally save the number of people and keep the organization on paper."

Among the imperial guards, two or three thousand soldiers are already an intermediate officer. If you go up, unless you enter the Imperial Guard of the Three Yamen to be the decisive commander or the wing master, you will not have the opportunity to train and bring more soldiers in the local area. The wing army is the wing army, and in the eyes of the court, no matter how Du Zhongxiao is doing, the court regards it as a test, and it will be countless in the future. Most of the officers in the army are under the jurisdiction of the camp and the land affairs, and are not regular officers of the court. Formal officers come, they are all promoted to the top, and the Du Supervisor can be the division commander and bring more than 10,000 people. In fact, under the imperial guard system, the Du Supervisor leads at most only one thousand soldiers, and the Fang Army is magnified ten times.

As the soldiers brought in, of course the money was paid more, all of which were subsidized by the Yingtian Affairs Office and Changping Office. The three officers came, and their treatment was not changed, and the officials and power were only among the Yingtianxiang Army.

Wang Kai was promoted to Ma Shuai. Dou Shunqing was his subordinate when he was on Linfu Road. He had a dispute and later appreciated him very much. A few years ago, Dou Shunqing fought pirates on Jingdong Road and was a colleague with Zhao Zi. This time, they were the two of them. Yang Sui was the first general in the rebellion of Wang Ze in Pingbeizhou. He was one of the San Sui in the novel "The Legend of the Immortals" that later talked about this. He was appreciated by Wang Kai and also met Du Zhongxiao. Xiang Chuanfan was the son-in-law of Zhao Weiji, the son of former prime minister Xiang Minzhong and Zhao Dezhao. His official position was not high at this time. Because his brother Xiang Zong recommended him, he came to Yingtianwu to serve. As a relative, he had no chance of fighting. The Yingtianxiang Army brought a lot of people and a lot of money and food, so he could only maintain his own pomp.

Li Fugui is a person who is good at discovering opportunities. When he was the governor of Tangzhou, he had contact with Du Zhongxiao. This time he took the initiative to be a military officer, and he was still a cultural resource. Military officers were equivalent to the military transfer envoy when he went to war. According to the convention at this time, they were all civil officials. He said that the Yingtianxiang Army is too much now, which is not a representative of his own opinions, but of the emperor and ministers in the court. Of course, Du Zhongxiao could not violate it.

This is the difference between the imperial guards and the wing army. Although in the northwest, the generals' opinions are all about rural soldiers, and foreign soldiers are more useful than imperial guards, the officers of military generals are linked to the number of imperial guards under their subordinates. Their status determines how many imperial guards they bring, and no other troops are counted.

The 50,000 troops in the army were completely soldiers, and Du Zhongxiao also felt that this number was too large. But after all, if the army was defined in the whole army, that is, the limit of the military generals being able to lead troops, it was almost the same number. No matter how many units were established, it was not determined by permanent generals. It was bound to have the command of the generals sent by the court to conduct unified command. In this way, the commander of the army in the army was actually equivalent to the current deployment along the border. If it goes up, it would be the commander of the strategic commander.

After tea, several people were drinking tea while discussing the views of the court on the rectification of the wing army. The general opinion is that Du Zhongxiaoding's army was too many. After this reorganization, how many troops were left in the world? Another point is that there are too many artillery and cavalry, and it is okay to be able to manufacture the artillery themselves. There is no horse production in the Song Dynasty, so how can so many cavalry be organized?

Du Zhongxiao quietly asked, "After you come to Yingtianxiangjun, you will be a family in the future. What do you think of the court's statement?"

Dou Shunqing crossed his hands: "I really don't know how the last generals and officials were only in charge of the capital, and they led more than a thousand soldiers. I really don't know how many soldiers and horses were more than ten thousand."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said to the three generals: "It's okay, in the past or two months, you will go to the army with the most basic level and be familiar with it little by little. The Du Supervisor led a thousand soldiers, which is actually not much different from the current battalion's soldiers. Not only the number, but also the way to fight, they are all fighting troops. As for intelligence, marching, supply, retreat, and chasing the enemy, they are not considered. In the future, they must learn these things, otherwise they cannot stand alone. The biggest difference between the army and the previous ones is that they fight at the first level of the battalion, and the above levels must be able to stand alone and face the enemy directly. This is not simple, and you have to learn a lot."

Dou Shunqing said: "I will be in the border for many years, intersecting with the enemy and fighting with the enemy several times. I am not unfamiliar with these."

"That's good, that's good." Du Zhongxiao stood up as he said. "There is a banquet behind him, let's go to the table."

Everyone arrived at the Houya and each took a seat. Du Zhongxiao led a few glasses of wine and said, "You are here for the first time. Let your entourage arrange your residence together with the officials of the camp and field affairs. Next to it is the town, which is convenient for purchasing anything. Take time and go to Fancheng. There is a train here. It is very easy. There is a shopping mall run by Changpingsi, and you can have all kinds of goods. Let's live in peace first."

Xiang Chuanfan smiled and said, "When Mo Jiang was in the capital, he talked to the surrounding people, and he envied the prosperity of West Jing Road. But because of his identity, he was not good to leave Beijing casually. This time he came to Suizhou, his relatives told him to buy a lot of goods."

The whereabouts of the relatives of the foreigners were restricted. They lived in the capital and could not leave the city at will without the will. The iron supervisors of the field affairs and the shopping malls of Changpingsi brought earth-shaking changes to the West Jing Road. Especially after the railway was opened, Luoyang on the north road, Xiangzhou on the south road, and the iron supervisors in the middle became a prosperous place in the world. On the contrary, Kaifeng Prefecture, because it was independent of the economic system, was far behind in business.

Nowadays, wealthy families in the capital often take the two Beijing Railways, from Kaifeng to Luoyang to play, which further drives Luoyang's prosperity. That railway is the busiest in the world. It was just changed to Youzhi last year, connecting to the political center and the commercial center.

Many officials are willing to come to the field affairs and the tutoring department, which is not unrelated to this. Du Zhongxiao's status is at this time when he is a leader. He is inevitably worried about many officials with great prospects who come to his office as officials. After so many years, there are only two criminal officials in the field affairs. Changping Department has reported it to him for several months, and there is no subordinate official yet.
Chapter completed!