"Your Excellency, you also know that the soldiers under my command are all from civilian backgrounds, so how about a blacksmith?" Zhao Hu said

At this moment, neither side cares about the opinions of the craftsmen in the provincial capital, and the stay of the craftsmen is just a matter of one sentence from both sides. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is not to blame that the division commander does not take the craftsmen seriously, except for the shipwrights who can make a lot of money and the blacksmiths who can make weapons, other craftsmen such as plasterers are meaningless to those in power, so it doesn't matter if the division commander bites the amount of boatsmiths and blacksmiths, and all the other craftsmen are sent out.

"Okay, I'll transfer all the logistics soldiers of the division and regiment headquarters to you. The blacksmith doesn't want to think about it anymore. The division commander said very generously. Uh......"

"Sir, the lower official wants to go back to the officer's territory in Haiquan Province." Zhao Hu suddenly said something completely unrelated to the transaction.

The division commander immediately pondered. Back to the territory? Well, Zhao Hu, this kid is okay, one sentence shows that he doesn't want to go to the station to die, and he doesn't want to stay in the provincial capital to embarrass me. Well, it also implies that he can't take too many people and promise to transfer me the maximum number of soldiers.

"Hehe, this young man is amazing, but if he is not powerful, he will not be able to control a smuggling route."

In fact, the division commander was also very worried that Zhao Hu, a guy with 11,000 soldiers, would stay in the provincial capital, and if this guy had bad thoughts, his net worth and life would be wiped out immediately.

So when he heard that Zhao Hu was willing to transfer the soldiers to himself, he was so generous to give half of the materials in the inventory as compensation.

Now that he heard that Zhao Hu was preparing to return to the military command, it was clear that he would not participate in the future warlord struggle in Haibin Province.

Thinking of this, the division commander who is very good at being a person nodded and said: "Well, Colonel Zhao Hu, you have fought hard with the Shanyue soldiers, and you also need to recuperate for a period of time, so let's give you a leave certificate later." ”

"Thank you, sir." Zhao Hu hurriedly thanked him.

With the leave certificate issued by his division, Zhao Hu can laugh leisurely outside and watch the situation, as long as he doesn't participate, no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with them.

"You're welcome, it's just a gesture, Zhao Hu, to tell you the truth, how many soldiers are you going to give me?" The division commander waved his hand and said.

"Seven thousand, and the remaining four thousand will return to the territory with the subordinate to settle down." Zhao Hu directly said that the division commander's face immediately appeared with a happy smile, but he didn't expect it to be really a soldier of the two wings, which is wonderful.

The division commander who was in a good mood said casually: "Zhao Hu, you are really loved by your subordinates, there are so many people who are willing to return to the territory with you far away from their hometown." ”

But after saying this, the division commander's heart jumped, what did Zhao Hu do with a group of more people back to the territory? To prevent other warlords from attacking him? It's a joke, now the neighboring provinces are all with the wing captain as the new warlord, who dares to provoke Zhao Hu.

But can a small major lead feed 4,000 soldiers born in bloody battles? Why don't you give me one more wing......

Yes! Oh, my God! How could I be such an idiot! He actually forgot that Zhao Hu was in control of a smuggling route! These soldiers must be there to protect this smuggling route!

"The lower officials are not as powerful as the chief said, and three thousand of the four thousand are slaves." Zhao Hu said lightly.

The division commander was stunned, remembering that he had given Zhao Hu five thousand slaves last time, and now he actually told himself that he had become three thousand veterans?

It's only been a long time! actually made those lazy young slaves become veterans who can compete with the Shanyue soldiers? Zhao Hu's training ability is too powerful, right?

The division commander immediately made a decision, and after praising Zhao Hu for a few words, he said very affectionately: "In this case, my brother will not let you suffer, although there are no young and strong official slaves, but there are still a group of official slaves of old and weak women and children, including the relatives of your slaves, these people keep waste of food, so they will give it to you as a favor."

"Well, there are at least a thousand logistics soldiers in the division and regiment who have not been replenished, and they are all allocated to you, anyway, they are all mixed food everywhere, they should not have opinions, even if they have opinions, after losing their military household registration, their fate will not be up to them.

"Also, there are dozens of wealthy families in the provincial capital, and each family has taken out a hundred young people to support the construction of the army, and they are still very happy. I'll help you, brother, and come with them. ”

This time it was Zhao Hu's turn and they were stunned, why did the commander of this division suddenly become so generous? It's not a matter of trading. Moreover, there are at least 10,000 or 20,000 officials and slaves in the provincial capital, although they are all old and weak, women and children, but just like the division commander said, they are all related to the three thousand slave soldiers, and if they are here, they can definitely make the slave soldiers swear allegiance to the death.

Also, there are at least 300 families in the provincial capital that can be called a wealthy family, and each family takes out a hundred strong people, which is 3,000 people, which is a huge source of soldiers!

Zhao Hu said to the division commander: "I don't know how the subordinate should serve the commander?" ”

The division commander said with a smile: "Hehe, there is nothing to bother you, brother, I just hope to continue to maintain the business we have partnered with, and at the same time, for the sake of my brother's position to be a little stronger, I hope that you can strictly train the young and strong sent by those wealthy families."

"Of course, all the training fees and equipment for the young and strong are responsible for the elder brother, as long as half of the people are given to the elder brother after the army is formed."

Zhao Hu also smiled, daring to take a fancy to his training ability. Thinking that I have to train soldiers anyway, it is not a big deal to help the division commander train a batch, and the division commander is responsible for the equipment of the recruits, and I made a lot of money. Thinking of this, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Everyone thought that the division commander noticed Zhao Hu's training ability and gave so many benefits in order to obtain elite soldiers, but they didn't expect that this was only a small part of the reason.

For the division commander, ensuring his participation in Zhao Hu's smuggling route is the biggest goal.

Now that the empire is preparing for civil strife, and the warlord division is about to start, what is the most important thing in troubled times? soldiers, and what is the premise of having countless soldiers? It's money, and as long as there is money, there are people, equipment, and troops.

The division commander received several profits from his participation in smuggling activities, and he knew very well that as long as the volume of transactions was expanded, the smuggling profits could be realized at any time in excess of the provincial tax revenue. With an endless stream of huge sums of money and an elite army, he will definitely be able to destroy the little mice under him, and he may be able to go one step further as a division commander with real power.

Since there is no opinion on both sides, the process of the transaction is fast.

A week later, Zhao Hu handed over 7,000 veterans to the division commander, and then left the provincial capital with more than 2,000 huge carriages loaded with supplies, more than 3,000 war horses, more than 4,000 soldiers, more than 6,000 young and strong, more than 7,000 craftsmen, more than 50,000 people, and more than 70,000 cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks.

Zhao Hu, who left the boundary of the provincial capital, marched according to the habitual arrangement. 1,000 soldiers are the forward, 1,000 soldiers on the left and right sides are guarding, and 1,000 soldiers are pressing the formation.

The striker is led by Zhao Hu himself.

The weather is still cold, but under the light of the early spring sun, the young shoots of the surrounding trees are timidly sprouting, which makes everyone feel comfortable. But the feeling of coziness was quickly shattered.

Away from the scouts who had spread out of the ranks, he quickly ran over and reported: "My lord, there are more than 50,000 infantry gathered in a fighting posture ten miles ahead, and it is obvious that their direction is aimed at us. ”

Zhao Hu first put the troops on alert before asking, "50,000 people?" Which troops? ”

He couldn't understand how there were so many enemies in front of him, and from here to the boundary of Haiquan Province, he would have to pass through three or four county governments, and according to the division of the division and regiment meeting not long ago, there were only three or four wings, and their total was only more than 10,000 people, how could 50,000 people suddenly appear?

"All of them are wearing imperial uniforms, and the flag is from the 4th Wing of the 5th Brigade of the Haibin Provincial Garrison Division." The scout replied.

"Fourth Wing?"

Zhao Hu immediately remembered the middle-aged colonel he met at the door when he entered the conference room, by the way, the colonel had always been hostile to him during the meeting. How so? Have you sinned against him?

"Only the flag of the Fourth Wing?" Zhao Hu asked.

"Yes, only the Fourth Wing flag." The scout replied.

"When did the Fourth Wing have so many soldiers? It has not been ten days since the end of the meeting, and in a few days, the wing of more than 3,000 people has been expanded into more than three brigades? Zhao Hu was a little stunned.

Such an eagerly expanded force would dare to take it out to block the road and rob? When such a big ticket team on your side is paper-paste?

Sun Jie, the head of the secret agent, had a very flexible brain, and immediately knew what Zhao Hu was thinking, and hurriedly said: "He must know that we got a large number of materials from the provincial capital, and also brought a large number of craftsmen, and he also knew that we gave seven thousand veterans to the division commander, thinking that so many of us were just a rabble, so he took the opportunity to block the road and rob it." ”

Zhou Wen on the side hurriedly answered: "My lord, we can't be soft when we encounter this kind of thing, otherwise when we return to the territory, the materials and craftsmen will be extorted!" Gotta beat them up! ”

"Well, Sun Jie and fifty guards will stay, and then leave a thousand people in the rear team, and the Dingkou team will camp here, and the others will go with me." Zhao Hu nodded and said.

Sun Jie, who knew that he would be left to monitor Dingkou, suddenly proposed: "My lord, my subordinates think that the whole army can be dispatched, and the combat effectiveness of 4,000 soldiers can be several times stronger than that of 3,000 soldiers, which can better guarantee the victory of the battle." ”