Chapter 1524: Conquest of the Empire (20)
Zhou Wen glared at the ticket man dissatisfied, and while muttering to himself, he beckoned the maids and palace maids to start working: "Really, why are your ears so smart, and I just came over when it was almost lunch, and I still want to personally clean up a meal for the Lord." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
These palace maids who were treated as gifts obviously didn't expect that there were so many women who were more beautiful than Gong E around the small warlord in this remote area.
Seeing that these women's dresses are just the identity of maids, plus Zhou Wen's heroic posture and those murderous guards, especially the warlord, he only glanced at his palace maids, and then acted as nothing at all, so that these palace maids, who were still a little proud of their identity, immediately became well-behaved and abnormal.
"See the lord!" Peter saluted Zhao Hu with a group of his subordinates.
Zhao Hu waved his hand casually to let them sit down while looking at these subordinates.
After seeing the personnel clearly, Zhao Hu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, it can be said that except for a few people who could not leave due to the importance of their jobs, the civil and military officials of Zhao Hu's warlord in this place were all there.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him with blank eyes after sitting down, Zhao Hu couldn't help but smile and said, "The reward of the imperial capital was sent by the caravan entrusted to the Freedom Alliance, and the caravan that left just now is it." β
Finding that the lord saw through the mentality of his own people, Peter and the others smiled a little embarrassedly, and Peter, the highest-ranking official, asked a little cautiously: "Lord, I don't know what reward the imperial capital has given?" β
"The crown prince sent a batch of cloth and utensils in his personal name, oh, and ten court maidens, and wrote a letter implying that I would be loyal to him." Zhao Hu said.
As soon as these words came out, everyone despised the crown prince in a big way, and he really thought that his lord was a beggar, and any general on the Southeast Peninsula could take out such a thing.
"Then the military department promoted me to the emperor's major general, and gave me the number of the emperor's twentieth legion, and also sent a batch of military ranks, letters of appointment, military flags, seals and other things." Zhao Hu said lightly.
"Ah, doesn't that mean we can have the strength of a legion in the open? Aha, that's more than 400,000 troops! A military attache shouted excitedly, although his voice was loud enough, but the discussion below had already been boiling, and it also made him not so prominent.
"Don't daydream, this is an empty number given by the military department, the entire corps has to be reorganized by ourselves, and now we don't have a single division, and we still want to make a corps with five divisions?" A civil official on the side immediately poured cold water.
"Hey, you can't form a legion now, can't you in the future? Besides, what we want is tiger skins! If you really send a fierce tiger over, we don't dare to ask for it. The military attache said nonchalantly.
"Listen to me." Zhao Hu said in a flat tone, and there was immediately silence below the original noise, and I don't know how they could clearly hear Zhao Hu's words from the noise.
"The cabinet gave two rewards, one is a golden ticket that can withdraw gold coins at any gold bank of the Freedom Alliance, with a face value of 10,000."
Hearing Zhao Hu's words, although everyone didn't say anything, looking at the look of contempt, they knew what they thought of the generosity of the cabinet.
"The other is to appoint me as the Overseer of the Seashore and Sea Springs provinces." Zhao Hu's fluttering words made the people below stunned.
Those from the Southeast Peninsula looked confused, while those from the Empire looked shocked. Peter even stammered a little and asked, "Overseers?" My lord, I, and my minister, did you hear me right? β
"No, it's an appointment." Zhao Hu handed over the decree.
Peter glanced at ten lines, and immediately jumped up after sweeping the paperwork: "Great! My lord, the minister thought that he should immediately publicize this appointment to the world! β
People from the Southeast Peninsula were itching to ask someone, and when they knew what this overseer meant, the civil and military officials all cracked their mouths and laughed: "Haha, with such a righteous name, the great talents of the surrounding territories will definitely flock to the lord, and the surrounding families will also choose the lord as a backer!"
"Even if we attack arrogantly everywhere and fight the flames of war, no one will say that the lord is reckless! The lord can finally unify the seaside province in the name of justice! Hey, I also piggybacked on a Haiquan Province, this reward is so satisfying! β
"Hehe, I didn't expect the emperor to be so generous, not only the overseers of the Seaside Province, but also the overseers of the Haiquan Province, so it is justified to find trouble in the Haiquan Province." The military attache said with a hideous face.
"Hmph, don't take it lightly, the appointment of the imperial capital is definitely uneasy and kind, don't forget that the nominal mastermind of Haiquan Province is the Seventh Prince, and the emperor wants to borrow a knife to kill people." The civil official rolled his eyes and said.
"Hey, anyway, we're just going to kill each other, it's the same whether we borrow a knife or not, no problem." As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials all laughed.
"Okay, don't get too excited, this is just a tiger skin, and we still have to rely on our own strength to be imposing."
Zhao Hu waved his hand, interrupted everyone's discussion, and asked, "What is the training status of the 30,000 newly recruited recruits now?" β
The military attache in charge of the training of recruits immediately stood up and said respectfully: "Lord, the basic training of recruits has been completed, now wait for the lord to give him the number to form an army, and then put it into the battlefield for actual combat training." β
"How much infantry equipment are in stock?"
As soon as Zhao Hu's words came out, the civilian official in charge of warehouse management immediately stood up and reported: "My lord, there are 100,000 sets of imperial soldier uniforms, 10,000 sets of lieutenant uniforms, 1,000 sets of school uniforms, more than 30,000 pieces of leather armor, 70,000 pieces of rattan armor, and 5,000 pieces of iron armor.
"In terms of weapons, there are: 57,000 spears, 110,000 machetes, more than 30,000 human shields, more than 70,000 round shields, 23,000 longbows, 10,000 strong bows, 5,000 crossbows*bows, 1,000 strong crossbows, more than 70,000 bowstrings, 20,000 bundles of iron-tipped wooden poles and arrows, and 5,000 bundles of eagle feather arrows......"
"How to prepare the equipment of the recruits?" Zhao Hu asked again.
During this time, in order to exercise the ability of a large number of subordinates who had just entered the new post, Zhao Hu deliberately only gave a policy, and then no longer paid attention to how the old retainers below commanded the new subordinates.
So now it has become that you have to ask about everything to know the situation, and of course, this is also to give everyone a better understanding of the overall situation.
The military attache in charge of this work immediately rose up and replied: "After discussion and examination, the ministers and others believe that it is most appropriate to use machetes as the basic equipment for all soldiers, and then to use three guns, one shield and one bow as the basic equipment.
"In addition, the ministers thought that each brigade needed a small group of crossbowmen, so that a wing would have a squadron of crossbowmen, and the archers of each team would have enough long-range attacking power.
"In the same way, a wing needs a strong crossbowmen to snipe enemy officers. As for the protective facilities, the ministers thought that ordinary soldiers should wear rattan armor, and officers and above should wear iron armor. β
Zhao Hu nodded: "Well, that's right, then on this basis, they will be organized into ten wings according to the establishment of one wing for three combat brigades and two auxiliary brigades." Officers above the rank of squad leader are evenly drawn from the existing infantry brigades, and the commander is selected from among the recruits.
Then, one wing from each of the four existing integrated infantry brigades and regiments will be transferred to become the Fifth Brigade and Regiment, and two new recruit wings will be placed in each brigade and regiment, so that the old will be able to lead the new and better temper the combat capability of the new soldiers.
In the future, if we expand our troops, we can easily use the veterans of one wing as the foundation of the brigade, so that as long as the qualified recruits can keep up, we can easily form twenty brigades. When the time comes, it will be almost impossible to form a legion. β
"Yes." The military attachΓ©s immediately received the order with joy, seeing the meaning of the lord, and had begun to prepare for the establishment of a legion, when a legion appeared, wouldn't these old men rise to the top, as long as the merit was great, the position of division commander was not a dream.
At this time, a military attache who regarded Lu Zhi as his appearance and personality immediately jumped up and shouted: "Lord, this period of rest has made the bones of his subordinates all over his body relaxed, and it tastes very greasy!" When will the war start? Your Majesty can't wait to make contributions to the Lord immediately! β
"Don't worry, even if you want to send troops, you have to wait for the new recruits to be formed." Zhao Hu said with a smile.
The other military attaches who were hiding below and watching the wind immediately jumped up when they heard this: "Lord, who are we targeting this time?" As long as the lord gives an order, the ministers will personally draw their swords and go into battle! β
Zhao Hu didn't answer the question, but smiled: "Okay, you can train the soldiers with peace of mind first, and you can know when you send out the troops." β
Since Zhao Hu had already said this, everyone could only hold back their itchy feelings and close their mouths, and in the next internal affairs, the military attaches looked listless, and they did not regain their spirits until the meal was served.
Coastal Province.
The merchant named Lu Jun didn't know what benefits he had received from the crown prince, so he actually distributed all his subordinates and went around boasting that he had brought Zhao Hu benefits for the imperial capital.
When Zhao Hujun's territory was stirred up by the news that was circulating, Lu Jun's men even ran to other realms with bags of coins to buy local ruffians and beggars to help spread the word. Let him do it like this, and it really won't take a few days to spread throughout the entire seaside province.
At first, though, almost everyone didn't believe the news. Come to think of it, even if you talk about it, it is impossible to directly let a person who has just been promoted from colonel to major general lead a legion.