Zhang Ji got off the train and stretched his body hard. He took the train from Yizhou all the way, but he almost didn't get off and rest. He was so tired.

Jia Kui had already been waiting at the train station, and went forward with Wang Cun, the Zhihuoshan Army, to meet Jia Kui.

After the salute, Jia Kui said, "It's not hard for the Grand Marshal to stay away from home. Let's rest in the volcanic army for a day and go again tomorrow. After passing the volcanic army, it's not far from the Central Plains, so there is no need to go so quickly. The army is mobilized thousands of miles away, so it's not easy!"

Zhang Ji replied: "Thank you, Taiwei and the magistrate. This type of person has been traveling thousands of miles, which is really annoying. It's better to have a day off. Our troops will have six or seven days to arrive, and it's not a day or two."

While talking, the couple left the station and arrived at the nearby inn. The volcano is different from before, because it is on the main road to the Central Plains to pass, which is much more prosperous than before. A new inn was specially set up to allow passing officials to rest.

Zhang Kui arrived at the inn, took off his clothes and fell asleep. It was not until the evening that he felt relieved after sleeping for a few hours. At night, Jia Kui and Wang Cun welcomed Zhang Kui, because the passerby was not allowed to enter the city, so the banquet was set up in the inn.

After the guests and the hosts were separated, Wang Cun said, "Can the Taiwei rest? Tonight, prepare some wine to welcome the Taiwei."

Zhang Ji thanked him and bowed to Wang Cun, "The Volcano Army is on the road, and I know the army is working hard. I will stay here for a day and I will go tomorrow. It is September now, and the court is urging me to the emperor. Don't miss the time limit."

Jia Kui heard this and said, "The Privy Council has been very nervous these days. He has been constantly dispatching troops and concentrating his troops to the Khitan front line. Some of our troops were originally on Linfu Road, but all of them were transferred to Shuozhou these days."

Zhang Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My troops are far away in the Western Regions, and it is not a transfer order. I will go to Hebei Road thousands of miles away."

Speaking of this, the two generals commanded the troops had a common language. Since accepting the Khitan people, the Song Dynasty and the Khitan sides did not give in, and the situation on the front line became increasingly tense. The troops of Yang Wenguang, who was brought to the north by Wang Kai, were stationed in Dezhou, Baishuili and Jiujiuquan, blocking the North Road of Datong Prefecture. Jia Kui's troops in the south were all concentrated around Shuozhou and aimed at the South Road of Datong Prefecture. The imperial guards on Hedong Road are being trained and are expected to form two armies to deal with Datong Prefecture one by one, and the other may join the battlefield of Hebei Road.

The large-scale military mobilization made the local area feel nervous, and it felt like a storm was about to come and the wind filled the building.

The wine and food came up, and the few people drank a few glasses of wine, and their words focused on the war with the Khitan.

Zhang Ji said: "When the Privy Council first ordered our troops to come to the east, it was not determined and there was no given date. Until last month, it suddenly began to be severe and ordered our army to go to Hebei Road at the end of September. If the deadline is exceeded, military law will be carried out. It is pity that our army is stationed in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and concentrating its troops, which is really a life-threatening person!"

Jia Kui said: "If you lead the army away, who will station the Western Regions?"

Zhang Ke shook his head: "Who else can I give it to? It can only be the original imperial guards of Shaanxi Road. Many people were studying at the Hequ Road Military Academy, but suddenly they had to transfer orders and lead the army west. Now, from the west of Hequ Road, the territory of thousands of miles, there are only less than 100,000 imperial guards of Shaanxi Road."

After hearing this, Wang Cun couldn't help but be worried: "There are only those garrisons in the ten thousand miles of territory, and the Privy Council is so enormous."

Jia Kui said: "In the Tang Dynasty, in the past, there were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Western Regions and Hexi, and they had to face Tubo. The imperial court arranged tens of thousands of people in the Western Regions and railways, which was enough. It was just that the training was originally to be carried out, but now there are countless trainings, and everyone was unsure of it."

The training of the Song army was based on the military academy as the core and cooperated with the training base for the recruits attached to the military academy. The arrangement of the imperial court was to train the imperial guards of Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road with the Wudu Military Academy of Hequ Road, and the imperial guards of Beijing City, Jingdong, and Jingxi Road. Later, the new Hejian Prefecture Military Academy was established, and Liu Ji was presided over, and the training of the imperial guards of Hebei Road was started. At this time, the imperial guards of Shaanxi Road had not been completed, and they were given two military numbers, Huyi and Weining. The number of people was counted as many people, and they were stationed in the Western Regions and Hexi. The imperial guards who had not yet been trained were transferred from Shaanxi to join the two armies.

Zhang Ji said: "There is only some strength in the Western Regions. It was defeated once last year. It was not a few years later and there was no ability to fight the court again. The rest were small forces, so there was no need to worry about it."

Wang Cun said: "There may be no strong enemies in the Western Regions, but there are also various troops on the grassland. Once the imperial court starts war with the Khitan, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not go south. If the troops are insufficient and they are taken advantage of by others, it is not a trivial matter."

Zhang Ke said: "The grassland army must be recruited by the Khitan. Where can I get the extra energy to come south? Besides, there is Wang Kai on Hequ Road and tens of thousands of troops in the Western Regions. What can they do? The imperial guards who have not finished the training are also strong in the Western Regions."

In fact, after the Dangxiang was destroyed, the imperial guards who had some guns and cannons were not comparable to those of the surrounding forces. As long as it was not a big war, they would really not be able to do anything to them. If hundreds of thousands of troops attacked and the Khitan did not take action, there would be no such force again.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Wang Cun said: "After these days, I can't help but feel a little worried. Now the imperial court has decided to compete with the Khitan for Xijing Road and Nanjing Road. For other places, if you can draw troops, you can draw troops. Can the Khitans listen to the arrangements like this? If they concentrate their subordinates and attack from north of Yinshan, it may not be impossible to accomplish anything."

Jia Kui said: "The Shufu arrangement must have been to accurately understand the Khitan's meridians. How could he make such a mistake? In the Yinshan area, Wang Kai had 50,000 troops and the Tatars came south, so how could he get benefits? Besides, there are tribes that depend on the court that can resist for a while."

At this time, it turned out that the Zhuanglang tribe and several other tribes that depended on the Song Dynasty expanded to Beida in recent years and formed a protected area. It was not easy for the Khitans to move south from north to Yinshan.

The Khitans operated in the grassland for many years, and except for some of the Tatars, the rest of the large tribes were under the control of the Khitans. Moreover, the Khitans were quite popular with the hearts of the grassland tribes and had a very high reputation. However, in order to suppress the tribes, they did not have the ability to organize large armies.

The Privy Council's judgment did not cause a relatively large blow to the Khitan, and its power in the grassland would be difficult to weaken. For a while, unless the Khitan army attacked, the grassland tribes would not form a large force. At this time, the focus of the war was still Youzhou and the area north of Youzhou.

After drinking a drink, Zhang Ke said: "Now we don't have to worry about these things. The Privy Council arranged the arrangements. We will do it as we do. In just a few years, the military academy of Hequ Road can complete the training of the imperial guards on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road. At that time, I was afraid that the grassland tribes would come to the south. In recent years, the court had a horse-raising land and no longer lacked cavalry, and I was not afraid of them."

Jia Kui nodded: "Shufu said that you were transferring to Hebei Road east, and it was not easy to mobilize horses. We ordered our troops and Wang Kai to organize more cavalry. Both armies both have 15,000 people, accounting for about one-third, which is much more than before."

Zhang Ji said: "The north is vast and there are no cavalry, how can I fight against the Khitan? If it weren't for thousands of miles of transfer, I would have thought of bringing more cavalry. When Du Taiwei was there, he tried to let his subordinates have one-third of the cavalry."

If it is north, the larger the land and sparse the population, the more important the cavalry will occupy. When Du Zhongxiao was on Hequ Road, he organized various armies and maintained one-third of the cavalry in his organization, which was an important force. Although there are horses now, it is not easy to transport them to the capital, and there are many fewer new cavalrymen who have been retrained.

This is a matter of no choice, and there must be a choice. The training time for cavalry is much more than that of infantry, and in a short period of time, it is impossible to expand the organization. The newly trained army, cavalry and artillery have been reduced a lot, greatly increasing the number of infantry.
Chapter completed!