The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 460: Prepare the Army and Send Troops
In the evening of that day, Shi Jin led people to carry several large boxes into the mansion.

Zhao Tong went over to check it out and was immediately overjoyed. It was a clearer crystal than the ones in the previous state treasury. There was very little cotton inside and there were not many ice cracks.

In particular, there is a piece of purple. Although it is only the size of a fist, it is more than enough to make a monocular telescope.

At noon the next day, Zhao Tong made the first telescope. It was made of amethyst. After trying the effect in the yard, he was very satisfied.

Although it cannot be compared with the telescopes of later generations, it is still sufficient for this era.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, so Zhao Tong spent a day to create three more, all of which had telescopic effects.

The next day, Liu Suiyun came to report that the Xihe soldiers had withdrawn.

Zhao Tong immediately ordered the scouts to go hundreds of miles away to investigate. After confirming that all the enemy's soldiers and horses had indeed left, he immediately launched military reforms.

First, a three-department military system was established, namely Tianjian Division, Diode Division, and Shengwu Division.

Among them, Tianjian Division is a special branch office, regardless of infantry or cavalry, but the ordnance equipment is different from that of the regular army, highlighting the word "unique".

Zhao Tong assigned the Tengjia Army to the Tianjian Division, designated the First Army, with ten guards, each with ten battalions, and each battalion with ten teams, a total of 1 people.

The Di De Division is a regular infantry division. The original Xining Prefecture plus the Longyou Protectorate had a total of [-] infantry and [-] light cavalry, most of which guarded the military cities of Xining and Longyou.

Zhao Tong eliminated the [-] light cavalry and placed all [-] infantry under the control of Di Desi, designated the Second Army. However, the Second Army was not organized enough. It was less than [-] people, and it would be slowly added later.

The Shengwu Division is a cavalry division, mainly light cavalry.

The ninth and tenth commanders of the Dragon Guard brought by Zhao Tong from Tokyo were renamed the first and second guards of the Third Army respectively.

But these two guards are also under-organized, because the Ninth Command and the Tenth Command originally had 600 people each, but after the military reform, one guard had 1000 people. However, Zhao Tong had no intention of supplementing these two guards. After all, it is our direct team, there is no need to fill in more people.

The two thousand Qingqi of Longyou in Xining were also assigned to the Wusheng Division and renamed the Third Guards and the Fourth Guards of the Third Army.

As a result, Zhao Tong had a total of 800 organized soldiers.

In addition to these, Liu Suiyun still secretly recruited several hundred Tibetan soldiers at that time, because there were only [-] pairs of rattan armor, and many people did not have rattan armor to wear.

Zhao Tong organized the remaining Tibetan soldiers into a feather artillery battalion, specializing in stone artillery, arrows and crossbows. This battalion did not join the third division and was under the direct control of the Longyou Governor's Office.

Then Zhao Tong appointed Liu Suiyun as the chief governor of the Longyou Protectorate, with overall responsibility for the military and political affairs of Longyou in Xining.

Xu Ning and Yang Zhi served as deputy governors, assisting Liu Suiyun in military management.

Ouyang Bei was the commander of the Tianjian Division, and Shi Jin was the commander of the Tengjia Army, the first army of the Tianjian Division.

Lu Junyi was the commander-in-chief of the DiDe Division, and Lu Da was the commander of the Second Army of the DiDe Division.

Du Bo is the commander-in-chief of Wusheng Division, Zhang Xian is the commander of the Third Army of Wusheng Division, and Lu Wei is the deputy commander.

The Third Division is under the jurisdiction of the Longyou Protectorate, and the Longyou Protectorate is directly responsible to him.

As for Zhao Tong's own family, they only changed the flag, not the flag. They still called the King of Qin, but did not use the Song title.

The flag is named Qin, and the flag is named Zhao.

This is also the greatest change that Zhao Tong can make at present. With few soldiers and few generals, it is not appropriate to make large-scale changes.

As for establishing a dynasty and a country, it is impossible to talk about it at this moment. The world is about to be in chaos. The best strategy is to accumulate food and slowly become king.

The military and political aspects cannot be separated for the time being. There are wartime measures. Everything must be governed by the military. Only after the chaos is over can we recuperate. The military must be the main focus at the moment.

It took Zhao Tong three days to complete these changes, and then on the one hand he began to recruit troops with great fanfare, and on the other hand he began emergency military training.

He directly increased the military pay for recruiting soldiers, including the current military pay, by [-]%, which was [-]% higher than what the Song Dynasty originally offered.

If the Song Dynasty offered forty guan of money a year, he would directly offer 15 taels. If the Song Dynasty offered [-] taels of silver, he would offer [-] taels.

This was no different from Liu Suiyun's secret recruitment of troops. Instead, he posted recruitment lists all over Xining Prefecture City and the three counties below. Tubo also sent acquaintances to deliver the message.

A few days later, Xining City became lively and there was an endless stream of people serving as soldiers.

There are many Tibetan households in Xining, and some people from the original Yellow-headed Uighurs and tribes after the Kucha Kingdom was dispersed came to join the army.

Naturally, there were many Han people, and they all took a fancy to the military salary offered by Zhao Tao. Moreover, Zhao Tao also issued a series of reward systems, and the rewards for land were higher than those of the Song Dynasty, which naturally attracted more people.

Zhao Tong did not have too high requirements for these Han and Fan soldiers who joined the army. It did not matter whether they were tall, short, fat or thin, and their age was also very relaxed, as long as they had a clean background.

It didn't take long before even the people from the south of Xihai Lake came to seek refuge. This was somewhat beyond Zhao Tong's expectation.

He asked the Tibetan officials in Xining to rush to ask the reason. When he came back, he reported that last winter, southern Tibet suffered a heavy snowstorm that was rare in a century. Not only did countless livestock freeze to death, but also many wild beasts on the mountains died. In spring The ice and snow did not melt for a long time, and the highland barley could not grow. People in the tribe actually starved to death, so in order to survive, they had to go north to find a way out. They happened to know that Qingtang City was recruiting troops, so they rushed over.

Zhao Tong frowned after hearing this. He didn't know what happened to Dongfannan, so he immediately came to Liu Suiyun to ask.

After Liu Suiyun arrived, he said, "My lord, southern Fan was indeed hit by heavy snow last year, but my subordinates did not expect that these Tibetan students would actually go north to join the army."

Zhao Tong thought: "Fannan is now controlled by a few major tribes, but it is actually a mass of loose sand down there. Many small tribes have no contact with the major tribes at all, otherwise they would not go north to survive."

Liu Suiyun said: "Then what the prince means is..."

Zhao Tong touched his chin and said, "Although I know about these situations, I have not personally come into contact with them. I don't know what these creatures are like. Are they reliable?"

Liu Suiyun muttered: "Your Majesty, in the past few years in Longyou, I have dealt with Shengfan more than once. Since these people are called Shengfan, they are different from Shufan. They are all very barbaric in nature, unwilling to obey discipline, let alone ignorant. Etiquette, doing things regardless of the consequences, often difficult to communicate, sometimes even if you don't agree with someone you know, you have to go to the knife."

"Oh?" Zhao Tong frowned and asked, "How is your combat effectiveness?"

Liu Suiyun said: "A single Shengbo is very powerful in combat. They are good at daggers, spears, bows and arrows, and are not afraid of injuries. Ordinary soldiers may not be their opponents one on one, but when these groups get together, they have no rules. On the contrary, It can be broken easily."

Zhao Tong said: "That's because they haven't been trained. There are some small tribes with hundreds or dozens of people at least. They know what joint attack tactics are." Liu Suiyun said: "The prince means to recruit These raw potatoes?"

Zhao Tong nodded: "Since the Tang Dynasty, the northwest has been managed for many years. Han and Hu people have mixed together, and Qiang and Tibetan people have interacted with each other. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China and the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, more attention was paid to the northwest. In the past 200 years, it has continued to integrate with the Tibetan and Hu people. The generals of the Western Army Among them, half of them are Tibetan people. Cooking Tibet begins with growing Tibet. Now Xining is in short supply of soldiers. The king not only wants to cut the Yellow River to rule, but also goes north to conquer Xia. It is the right time to employ people. In this way, Tibet is a good choice. source of troops.”

Liu Suiyun said: "My subordinates know this, and I will summon the Xining Tibetan officials to discuss the matter soon, and see if we can take advantage of the disaster in southern Tibet to persuade some Tibetan tribes to move to the vicinity of the West Sea and take root there." mouth to fill a small household."

Zhao Tong said: "Select some with good skills among the students who have come over and keep them for me. I will train them myself."

Liu Suiyun said he was leaving, and a few days later, Suiyulou sent spies outside and got back a notice from Huangzhou. The Song Dynasty officially declared war on the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Tong hurriedly summoned everyone for discussion. There were dozens of people sitting in the Zhizhou Hall. He shook the inscription in his hand and squinted his eyes and said: "How many days will it take for this order to come from Tokyo? Calculated according to the time, the Western Army cannot say at this moment We have crossed the Yellow River and entered the northern Liao territory."

Lu Junyi said: "Your Majesty, in this case, is it not the right time to take this opportunity to go to Huangzhou and Kuozhou?"

Zhao Tong said: "This is how it should be. If you don't do it now, then how long will it take?"

Liu Suiyun said: "Your Majesty, the scouts have reported in the past few days that there are soldiers and horses stationed at the border of Huangzhou. I can't see how many. It seems that they were prepared in advance to prevent our army from moving eastward."

Zhao Tong touched his chin when he heard this: "It doesn't matter. Do you see clearly what the banner of that army is?"

Liu Suiyun said: "The banner that was fought was Yao's banner, but it was definitely not Yao Gu. Yao Gu should have led his troops north to conquer Liao. My subordinates speculated that it was his nephew Yao Pingzhong."

Zhao Tong smiled slightly: "I understand, we will discuss this matter later. You can follow me to the top of the city first, and I will show you something good."

The generals were puzzled when they heard this, but when they saw Zhao Tong getting up, they all followed him out of the hall.

After a while, we climbed to the top of the east city of Xining and saw the beautiful green mountains and rushing water in the distance. It was like a plateau scenery.

Zhao Tong stretched out his hand behind him: "Take it out."

Zhou Chu immediately opened the small wooden box behind him and took out a bamboo tube-like object about the length of his forearm, wrapped in copper foil.

Zhao Tong took it in his hand and looked at it. It was the telescope he made with crystal stone. This was the amethyst one, which had the best effect.

He put the mouth of the tube in front of his eyes, then rotated it slightly, and saw that the rushing Huangshui in the distance suddenly came closer, as if it was right in front of him. Although the image was not very clear, it was easy to identify. The shore You can see the trees and fields on the side.

Zhao Tong put down his hand and handed the mirror to Liu Suiyun: "Liu Duhu, take a look."

Liu Suiyun was puzzled, and everyone was puzzled. No one knew what Zhao Tong had in his hand. Although some sharp-eyed people saw that there seemed to be transparent crystals on both sides of the tube, they didn't know what they were.

Liu Suiyun took the telescope in confusion, then imitated Zhao Tong and put it in front of his eyes to look into the distance. His body suddenly trembled: "Your Majesty, this, this is..."

"It's just a matter of looking at things." Zhao Tieyun said calmly.

"Your Majesty is so talented and virtuous, God bless you, God bless you. With this thing, great things will happen!" Liu Suiyun shouted excitedly.

Zhao Tong touched his chin and said, "Liu Duhu exaggerated, isn't he just a far-sighted thing, worthy of such a fuss?"

Liu Suiyun's shoulders shook, but his eyes did not leave the mouth of the barrel, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, this thing must have been created by you. Doesn't he know that this is the clairvoyance mentioned in the storybook? Originally, my subordinates always thought that it was just a legend. I didn’t expect that it could actually be made. This thing, this thing is of great military use!”

Zhao Tong said: "I know it has some effect on the army, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of making this thing, but it may not be as important as Liu Duhu said, right?"

Liu Suiyun said: "My lord, this thing is of great use in discerning opportunities and observing the enemy's situation. Especially when the opponent's cavalry has the upper hand, this thing can control the opponent's movements!"

"Control the opponent's movements?" Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes when he heard this, but he had not thought about this carefully.

"Your Majesty, please think about it. Whether it is Liao or Jin, cavalry runs across the grassland, coming and going like the wind. Especially the Jin Kingdom is famous for its light cavalry. In the battle of Dagang, 70 Nuzhi defeated [-] Liao Kingdom. , and chased for a long time, these [-] men were all cavalry, they were attacking by surprise, attacking with lightning, rolling back and forth, making the opponent unable to guard against them, but if they had such clairvoyance, there would be no way for the opponent to use their speed wantonly on the plain. , this thing... this thing can restrain the cavalry!" Liu Suiyun said excitedly.

"It does have this purpose." Zhao Tong thought for a few seconds and nodded slightly. The Qingqi only shoots at a certain speed. If the telescope can detect the opponent first, then the speed of the opponent's cavalry will be greatly reduced, and the difference on the battlefield is even slightest. , lost a thousand miles, it is not wrong to say that the telescope can restrain some plains light cavalry.

"Commander Lu, you guys should all take a look!" Liu Suiyun took out the telescope and handed it to Lu Junyi. He rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "The Kingdom of Jin is a powerful enemy of China, and my subordinates have been thinking about how to defeat the opponent's cavalry. , now that we have this clairvoyance, many strategies can be easily implemented."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Since it's useful, I'll leave this fight to you."

Liu Suiyun seemed to have thought of something again at this time, and his face turned pale: "Prince, this... this clairvoyant is not just one, right?"

Zhao Tong glanced at him and couldn't help laughing: "It's not a precious and rare thing. How could it be just this one?"

"Really the prince?" Liu Suiyun said happily: "Does the prince still have it?"

Zhao Tong was about to speak, but he heard repeated exclamations from the other side. It turned out that it was Lu Junyi who passed the telescope on. Everyone was shocked when they saw it. They didn't know what kind of magical object it was.

Zhao Tingdian shook his head and smiled: "Of course, Zhou Chu, take out the rest."

Zhou Chu immediately took out the remaining three ordinary crystal mirrors from behind. Zhao Tong said: "These things are called telescopes. There are four of them. The one I just gave you is made of the best material and can see the clearest. These three are slightly worse, but It doesn’t affect your vision either.”

Liu Suiyun took it and tried it one by one. The more he looked at it, the more excited he became, and said: "My lord, can we still make it? Four is not enough."

Lu Jun said hurriedly from the side: "Your Majesty, I want one too."

Zhao Tong said: "The one just now will be given to Liu Du to protect, and these few will be given to your three division commanders. We will build them again and distribute them according to their levels."

Liu Suiyun said happily: "Your Majesty, my subordinates think that such important weapons should be registered with numbers for easy management. Otherwise, if they are lost, it will be a huge loss."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Liu Duhu can just do these small things by himself."

Liu Suiyun said: "I understand, and I will obey my orders."

At this time, the generals in the city passed the first telescope back, and Liu Suiyun took it in his hand: "This one will be numbered No. [-], and the other three will be No. [-], [-], and [-]. When we get back, we will engrave the mark and register it." Create a register, if the prince will create another one in the future, please click here to log in."

Everyone was happy when they heard that there would be a future. They looked at the top of the city for a long time before going down to the city.

The next day, Zhao Tong discussed matters again, and the next day he began to prepare some troops. Three days later, the army went straight out of Xining and headed towards Huangzhou...

(End of this chapter)