No matter how angry Qian Duo was, Zhao Mengqi still ruthlessly rejected her request to join the army.
The next day, the first day of August, he went to the Royal Military Academy early in the morning.
According to the original plan, Wen Tianxiang and other 216 new scholars completed their training today and officially entered the Department of Integrity.
However, after careful consideration, Zhao Mengqi decided to suspend this arrangement. After all, if he himself was not in Lin'an and the Integrity Department lost support, it would be difficult to start its work.
After arriving at the military academy, Zhao Mengqi went straight to the door of Qiu Yue's official room and saw Qiu Yue staring at the map on the wall in a trance, looking in the direction of Fujian Road.
"Mr. Qiu is worried about the situation in Fujian?" As he spoke, Zhao Mengqi walked in, "Why don't you go to Jiedu Mansion and give me the helm?"
Qiu Yue shook his head, "Although the veteran has been a soldier for half his life, he is not familiar with Fujian, so he may not be able to help. However, Chen Zihua is not only a rare handsome man, but also knows the southeast very well. He is the best candidate to assist His Highness in quelling the chaos." , I will no longer participate blindly."
Zhao Mengqi didn't force it and smiled, "Well, with Mr. Qiu sitting in Lin'an, I can feel more at ease."
Qiu Yue's expression became serious, "Your Highness, do you really want to take Dongwei with you?"
"I do have this plan. Is there any problem? Or does Mr. Qiu think that Dongwei is not capable of fighting?" Zhao Mengqi asked calmly.
"To be honest, the training intensity of Dongwei is definitely far higher than that of other armies. I have never seen any army that can train so desperately. I am afraid that the Yue Family Army back then could not reach it."
Any normal general would like his subordinates to train as much as possible, so it's not that they don't want to strengthen their training, it's just that they don't have the conditions.
Military training is extremely physically demanding, so adequate nutritional supply is required, and soldiers must be given appropriate mental and material incentives to maintain their motivation.
To put it bluntly, it requires a huge amount of money, and Dongwei was simply built by King Yan with mountains of gold and seas of gold.
Not to mention other things, the meat alone for more than 30,000 people may even exceed the total amount of Gusu City's hundreds of thousands of officials and citizens.
Qiu Yue lamented Zhao Mengqi's "money-grabbing" behavior and continued, "No matter how strong the training is, Dongwei is just a new army. It has not been baptized in battle, and there is no combat effectiveness, let alone at all levels. Officers are also immature. Even if the military school education is very effective and they have learned a lot, they may not be able to use even twenty-three percent of their abilities when they go into battle."
Regarding Qiu Yue's comments, he had no intention of refuting, but nodded seriously, "Of course I understand what Mr. Qiu said. Because of this, I plan to send all members of the Eastern Guard to fight through this civil unrest. Actual combat training and counterinsurgency are just incidental."
"Practical training?" Qiu Yue's eyes lit up and he thought for a moment, "If His Highness is not in a hurry to suppress the rebellion, but instead works step by step and plans it slowly, it will indeed be a rare opportunity. However, the total strength of the Eastern Guard is 36,000. With many people, plus Ma Xingsi's right army, if the usual supply level is maintained, the logistical pressure will be too great. However, this time the civil unrest in Fujian is strange, the local gentry will not provide help, but will very likely hinder... …”
Zhao Mengqi smiled confidently, "I know all of this. They want to plot against me, and I am plotting against them. Since they dare to jump out, I will take the opportunity to eliminate all unstable factors at once!"
Seeing the confident look in King Yan's eyes, Qiu Yue suddenly realized that he actually knew everything he was worried about.
"Haha, since His Highness is fully prepared, I really don't have to worry anymore. I just need to wait for the news in Ling'an."
"It's just that this time, Mr. Qiu, you may have to be a short seller for a long time." Zhao Mengqi teased and continued, "In order to make up for the shortcomings at the level of Dongwei officers, this time I am not only planning to let all the officer students After returning to Jian, all the instructors from the general academy will be assigned to the army to serve as officers at all levels, and they will teach by words and deeds through actual combat. In addition, Jinshi trainees will also be transferred into the army to serve as civilians!"
Qiu Yue was a little surprised, but he also understood the necessity of doing this. "Old minister, I can steal more leisure time, why not do it? Besides, this
Isn’t there also a primary school department? "
So Zhao Mengqi brought more than 800 military school teachers and students to the East Wei Barracks and began to enter a state of combat readiness.
In the following days, the Jiedu Mansion as the command center was established. More than 30 Jinshi including Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu were recruited to Jiedu Mansion, and more than 170 Jinshi including Xie Fangde and Gan Tan were mostly assigned Participate in logistics and civilian work at all levels of the battalion, regiment and brigade.
At this time, the Dongwei actually only had two regiment-level organizations, and the others were still at the battalion level. However, as various units were gradually gathered in Lin'an, except for some battalions that performed special tasks, the entire Dongwei army began to reorganize.
It is said to be a reorganization, but it is not complicated. The three-three system is adopted. One company and three platoons have 108 people, plus 12 company-level management personnel, which is exactly 120 people. Three companies and one battalion, plus the battalion department Forty people, exactly four hundred people.
This is an existing structure that only needs slight adjustments. Then three battalions form a regiment, plus the regiment headquarters of 200 people, for a total of 1,400 people. The regiment headquarters includes a military police platoon, a guard platoon, and a communications platoon. , a service platoon.
There are 4,200 people in the three regiments, plus a brigade of 400 people, and a special agent battalion, which is exactly 5,000 people.
In the end, a total of six brigades were reorganized. They were not organized into divisions for the time being because there was no need. The remaining more than 6,000 people were fifteen battalions with special tasks stationed in Pingjiang, Lin'an and other places.
The designations are all numerical. The commander of the first brigade is Xue Jin, the second brigade is Zhang Yu, the third brigade is Sun Li, the fourth brigade is Wang Zheng, the fifth brigade is Zhang Shijie, and the sixth brigade is Xia Song.
Except for Xue Jin, the other five were all mid-level officers in the local armies. They had rich practical experience, and after three months of intensive teaching, they were initially capable of commanding five thousand people.
Although they were basically temporarily parachuted in as commanders, their deputy was the "old man" of the East Guards. Officers at all levels had lived and studied together for three months, so there was no sense of strangeness.
By August 11, the seaport terminal outside Lin'an City, which had only been roughly constructed, was put into use ahead of schedule.
The entire Right Army of Ma Xingsi, plus the First Brigade of the East Guard, totaling more than 10,000 people, were fully armed and formed a square formation at the dock in order, preparing to board the ship.
More than a hundred civilian ships and official ships were stationed in the bay. Most of them were one thousand and two thousand ships, which were also the most common ships at this time. There were also a few three thousand and five ships. Thousands of materials.
The shipbuilding technology of the Song Dynasty was very sophisticated. The design and manufacture of ships were based on load capacity. One stone was one material that could be loaded. Five thousand materials were converted into about 275 tons by later generations' standards, and could carry five to six hundred people.
Of course, the army not only has people, but also a lot of weapons, equipment, and logistics supplies, and the required loading capacity is much larger.
The pier that has not yet been completely repaired has limited usable piers, so the ships only need to dock on the piers in batches of ten to load soldiers and various equipment.
On the periphery of the harbor, more than thirty warships of the Ding Navy cruised. The whole scene looked solemn and solemn, filled with an air of iron blood.
Zhao Mengqi did not hold any high-profile expedition ceremony, but the outside of the pier was still crowded with Lin'an people, cheering and raising their arms.
"It's really rare. The crown prince personally conscripts himself. This has never happened before in our Song Dynasty..."
"Over the past hundreds of years, our dynasty's military fortunes have become increasingly sluggish. If we can see hope of improvement in our lifetime, I will die in peace..."
"His Royal Highness, King Yan, has the style of Taizu. He will definitely be able to revive the decline and restore the glory of our Han people!"
"You said those mud-legged people in Fujian were living a good life, so why did they rebel? Now that they are better, the court was so angry that they actually sent the crown prince out. Let's see how many more days they can keep running."
"That's right. This year can be considered a good year. There are good news of a good summer grain harvest from all over the country. I haven't heard of any disasters in Fujian. Why are they rebelling?"
"It's probably because there are too many corrupt officials in Fujian, making it difficult for the people to make a living. Otherwise, how could we ordinary people dare to rebel?"
"These damn corrupt officials deserve to be skinned, cramped, and executed in Lingchi!"
The people were talking a lot, and the chatter was inevitably distorted. But generally speaking, they were more confident in King Yan's suppression of the rebellion. After all, he had made so many rebellions over the past hundreds of years.
On the contrary, few can make waves.
Moreover, the military appearance of the troops on this expedition also made many people feel refreshed.
"Ten thousand troops gathered in a small area, but they were as silent as iron and their movements were orderly. They can be called an iron army."
"Tsk tsk, even though Dongwei has only been established for more than a year, and the soldiers are basically half-grown men, the momentum of this lineup is no worse than that of Ma Si Youjun next to it."
"His Royal Highness, King Yan, is truly well-deserved for his ability in training troops..."
"If our army is like this, the restoration of the Central Plains will be just around the corner."
"Don't brag too early, it might just be a showpiece, but useless..."
"It's terrible, it's terrible. A bunch of babies with no hair at all, if they really get into battle, I'm afraid they'll wet their pants in fear."
"It is said that King Yan is talented in literature, and we have to admit that it is true, but that he can lead troops to fight, haha, how old is he? Huo Qubing did not go into battle until he was seventeen years old. Could he be more powerful than Huo Qubing?"
Most people were praising the military power in front of them, but some people still couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks and throw cold water on it.
But no matter what he said, Zhao Mengqi couldn't hear it, and he probably wouldn't care if he heard it.
He stood in the middle of the dock from the beginning, surrounded by the guards and soldiers from the East Fifth Squadron, and personally supervised the troops' boarding operations.
It took more than two hours for all the 10,000 troops to board the ship, and finally it was the turn of Zhao Mengqi and his Chinese army.
At this time, a super large sea ship gradually approached the pier. When it was moored in the bay, the people didn't think it was anything special, but as it got closer and closer, everyone had to be shocked by its huge body. .
"This is... Shenzhou!?"
