In mid-March, the newly formed Xuanwei Army entered Hebei Road under the command of Liu Jianji, the commander of the capital, and stationed in Dingzhou. At this point, Dou Shunqing of Zhending Prefecture and Liu Jianji of Dingzhou were connected to Zhang Ji of Baozhou and Xiongzhou.

In Hejian Mansion, Liu Ji summoned several commanders to discuss matters, and the latter yamen held a banquet to entertain several people.

Everyone sat down, Liu Jidao: "In the destruction of Xiang, most of the Shaanxi generals came from the east. Liu Taiwei worked together when he was on Shaanxi Road."

Liu Jianji crossed his hands: "It is an honor for the senior officials to go to Hebei Road and then be under the jurisdiction of the Taiwei."

Liu Ji smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. My General Secretary is just in charge of all walks of life and is just passing orders on behalf of the Privy Council. Before the war, the various functional institutions of the General Secretary were not built, but they were just empty names. You and I were just colleagues, no distinction between them."

Liu Jianji and others hurriedly said that they didn't dare. Liu Ji smiled and didn't say much.

The troops on Hebei Road were divided into four military routes before, and were ruled by officials from the Daming Prefecture. After the training, the army entered Hebei Road and was under Liu Ji's tent. However, Liu Ji's seldom had a staff member, and had no staff, intelligence, logistics, etc. were established, and they only had a false reputation. Nominally, it was not in wartime. The role of the seldom was only to communicate with the intermediaries of the Privy Council, and did not command.

After drinking for three rounds, Liu Jidao said: "A few days ago, the railway to Xiongzhou was finally built, and the defense of Hebei Road had begun to take shape. The Secretariat and the Privy Council sent a message to inquire whether the railway from Xiongzhou to Hejian Prefecture can be built with the people's strength in the nearby states. What do you think?"

Dou Shunqing said: "Going to Hejian Prefecture is equivalent to turning the railway to the south, which only facilitates the connection between Hejian Prefecture and Xiongzhou, which seems a bit redundant. This railway should have been built to Youzhou after the imperial court prepared to restore Youzhou."

Liu Jidao: "That's not the case. The imperial court has the spare time to continue from Hejian Prefecture to build it southward from Jingdong Road. In this way, both Jingdong Road and Kaifeng Prefecture have railways to Hebei, which is much more convenient."

After hearing this, everyone nodded and understood the meaning. The railway from Kaifeng Prefecture now crossed the Yellow River in Huazhou, then headed north along the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, and then headed east to Dingzhou. The route was directed, avoiding the numerous prefectures and troops swamped by Hebei Road. When you build Hejian Prefecture, you can continue to go south through Yongjing Army to Jingdong Road, connecting Jingdong Road and Hebei Road.

After thinking about it, Zhang Ke shook his head: "After a war in Xiongzhou, no loss is allowed this year, and the people's hearts are fluctuating. If the Zhongshu pays to hire people, it may be fine if the civil servants are not sent to the civil servants. If it is a servant, there will be chaos."

Liu Jidao: "How much money does the imperial court have? It's not enough to use money everywhere, so the imperial court came to ask us."

Zhang Ke said: "If you want to serve the civil servants, it is better to wait until next year. There are already many things in Xiongzhou this year, so it is not easy to serve them again."

Zhang Ke looked at Dou Shunqing and said, "Xiongzhou has gone through a big battle, so it's better not to have any private households. There are many households in Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou. How about it?"

Dou Shunqing said: "There is no flood this year, and there are no laborers in the place, but I can send people. However, the two places are far apart, and hundreds of miles from Zhending Mansion to here. I am afraid that the journey is too far."

Liu Jidao: "Now the railway has been connected to Xiongzhou, so the road is far away. Xiongzhou is a small place, and the Khitan court has stopped again. There have been no people coming and going in recent years. I asked to transfer a few trains to transport the civilians to Xiongzhou."

Dou Shunqing crossed his hands: "If so, Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou can send people."

Liu Ji nodded and said to the people: "The news from the Privy Council is that if the Khitan is pacified inside and outside this year, it is very likely that the troops will go south in the autumn. We are now 200,000 people, so it is barely enough to guard the place. However, the place lacks strong cities and artillery, so we must make up for it in summer. As long as there are strong cities to guard, railway transportation, and no shortage of materials, we should be able to guard Hebei Road as solid as a solid foundation."

The commanders of all the commanders did not speak and looked at Liu Ji quietly. Obviously, this was the deployment of the Privy Council and the army was required to do.

Liu Jidao: "The meaning of the Privy Council is that Dou Shunqing's troops guard Zhending Prefecture. Even if the Khitans send strange troops from the mountains, they cannot break through. Liu Jianji guards Dingzhou, Zhang Ji guards Baozhou and Xiongzhou, and strictly guards the border. If the Khitan takes a detour from the east and attacks in depth, Hejian Prefecture will send troops to block the enemy. In this way, if the Hejian Prefecture does not have a railway, it will be difficult to station the army. If the railway is opened, there will be no flaws."

Dou Shunqing said: "The Privy Council means to surround Hebei Road with railways so that the Khitans have nowhere to start?"

Liu Ji nodded: "Yes, that's exactly what it means. If there is a railway to transport troops quickly, no matter where the Khitan encircles, it will fight against our 200,000 troops. Of course, it would be even better if the court completed one or two armies."

Zhang Ji shook his head: "Taiwei, it is not easy to train one or two more troops. To be honest, there are not many people in the military academy who have learned in the past few years. The newly formed two armies are talents eliminated from a large number of generals."

Liu Jianji said: "If we do it faster, can the imperial guards on Hebei Road train tens of thousands of people?"

Liu Ji sighed: "It is easy to train troops, but it is too difficult to select officials. In a few months, the soldiers of the imperial guards can be trained, but there is a lack of enough officers to command. If there are soldiers but no officials, it is difficult to train them into an army."

Training musketeers, especially the original imperial guard training, is not very difficult. From three to six months, one hundred and two hundred thousand people can be trained, but officers cannot train them in such a short time. However, cavalry, artillery, and especially artillery, are difficult to train. In fact, except for the two or three armies coming from Hequ Road, other trained armies have greatly weakened artillery and cannot cultivate enough talents at all.

Most of the imperial guards on Hebei Road will have more than 100,000 people after the old and weak are eliminated. It is easy to train these soldiers, but it is difficult to equip the officers and cannot go to the battlefield for a while. Of course, if these soldiers are at risk of losses in front of them, they can quickly make up for them.

Several head coaches knew this truth and couldn't help but sigh. In the past, they only felt that there were too many officials, but when they were actually using it, they found that there were too few people who could use it. This is especially true for the army, and the quality of generals was worrying for a long time.

Dou Shunqing said: "The military academy was opened for several years, but in the first few years, the requirements were too loose, and there were actually no talents. Only middle- and low-level officers, because most of them were new recruits, were trained better. The middle- and senior generals were much worse, and the talents were naturally insufficient."

Liu Jidao: "After the official documents of the three yamen, some less important positions in each army can be temporarily not organized. If there are insufficient officers, we will first organize the army according to the airtight of insufficient officers. The Hebei Road Military Academy will be opened at the beginning of this year, and we will have to wait until next year before we can form an army. This kind of thing is not urgent, so we can only wait slowly. However, it is enough to defend the Khitan from the south, and 300,000 troops are enough."

After discussing, they all agreed with Liu Ji's words. Although the Hebei road is flat and the horse is flat, the army is no longer as good as before. The Khitan has no chance to advance thousands of miles before. In the past, the Khitan had only one who had to break through the heavy city, but the city behind it was basically unable to defend, and it took dozens of days to reach the Yellow River. Now with the railway, it can quickly gather heavy troops in the direction of the Khitan's attack, and it is not easy to break through.
Chapter completed!