Gao Yuan stood on the hill, staring at the snow field under the mountain, two teams of men and horses staggered back and forth, rehearsing the formation change, the snow on the ground was very thick, one foot down, but the whole sole of the foot was completely sunk into the snow, which made the soldiers' actions seem much more difficult than usual, this is still because it has entered the midwinter weather, the bottom layer of snow is completely frozen hard, really to talk about the thickness of the snow, at least more than a foot.

Zhang Shouyue's support for Gao Yuan is not small, after the Ye family left, Zhang Shouyue divided Fufeng and Chima counties into a defense area, canceled the county military establishment of Chima, and included it in Gaoyuan's defense area, the original county lieutenant of Chima was directly transferred to the county town of Liaoxi, in this way, in Fufeng, Chima has created a peculiar officialdom ecology, the county order was originally above the county lieutenant, but because of the existence of Gao Yuan, in Fufeng and Chima, the power of the county lieutenant is above the county order, forming a county lieutenant as the main, A model supplemented by county orders.

And this model has basically established the pattern of military priority in these two places. Ye's repentance affair obviously greatly stimulated Gao Yuan, bid farewell to Ye Jing'er, returned to the station, after a little repair, Gao Yuan's army expansion action was immediately launched, and Wu Kai's dividends were also sent to Gao Yuan's hands in a timely manner, which made him have more funds in his hands, in fact, Gao Yuan has another hole card in his hand, that is, the war against the Donghu tribe last year, the destruction of the Donghu tribe, including Latobe, made Gao Yuan accumulate a large amount of wealth, and these money were hidden by Gao Yuan in case of emergency, When you really can't have enough money in your hands, this money can come in handy.

The inclusion of Chima in his defense zone has provided him with sufficient men to protect his army expansion, and in just one month, 2,000 troops have gathered under the banner of Gao Zi. As soon as the recruits entered the camp, the brutal recruit training began immediately, which made the new soldiers cry bitterly. At this time in previous years, it was the time of Wo Dong, how could there be a cold winter wax moon, and the season of dripping water into ice was the reason for training.

But this is their reason, not Gao Yuan's reason, in Gao Yuan's view, such a season is a good time to hone the will of the soldiers, and the first army under his command is starting to be reborn from winter.

A brilliant group of veterans was singled out. Enriched into the recruit team, constituting the skeleton of the grassroots officers of the recruit team, these people have followed Gao Yuan to fight countless vicious battles, and their nerves have been honed to be quite tenacious, and the current training strength, in their opinion, is like playing at home, but the recruits who have just enlisted in the army already feel as if they are in hell, wielding their swords. While leading the recruits to make various tactical moves, these veterans let out vicious curses in their mouths, scolding the recruits to the point of bullshit, and countless new officers shouted and scolded in the same way. The sound is so loud that it is far away on the hill, and it can be heard clearly.

The soldiers gritted their teeth and held on, their physical reflexes reaching their limits. The movement was slow, but everyone had to fight for it, because their commander was at the front. Doing the same thing with them, and often the same action, they have to do more times to make these recruits see clearly, which has to make the rookies who are newly recruited admire, and this admiration also makes the anger and scolding they receive a little more pleasant.

I am indeed far inferior to my superiors!

High-intensity training, of course, requires a lot of logistical support, which is also the reason why the recruits are still reluctant to be deserters under such intense practice, not to mention anything else, just the daily food, is what these rookies never dared to think of before, three meals a day, a meal of white flour bun plus broth, every five days there will be an additional meal, when the meal is a solid beef and mutton, and this, is these poor eggs who came to be soldiers did not dare to think before, even for the New Year, in the past, they were rare to have such food.

The New Year is coming soon, and there have been rumors in the army that the county lieutenant Gao will reward each person with a few catties of good wine during the New Year, not the kind of rice soup like messy wine, but the kind of liquor that is as clear as water, but the kind of liquor that will burst out of the stomach as soon as you drink it, and the price of this wine is extremely high, they don't say sell it, but it is difficult to see it in the local area, and I heard that they are all sold in big cities.

It was for the sake of this wine that this training had to be taken away.

Moreover, there has never been a debt in the army, a matter of deducting money, as soon as these soldiers enlisted, they immediately received the first month of the army, which made them very surprised, they have not yet worked, there is money to take, among these people, especially those from Chima County, the original county soldiers are even more shocked, although after being reorganized, these soldiers are treated as recruits to practice, but there are no complaints, first, in front of the Fufeng veterans, it is indeed a big difference, second, before, they did not have this treatment, their current situation, It's the same as the Wind Warriors a year ago, and now, it's like being in heaven.

Although the current training is miserable, it also has a reputation for being miserable.

Brand new military uniforms, and two orders and two cotton, plus leather armor, new weapons, generous salaries, enough food and oil, I heard that there is a war, and there are other rewards, such a soldier, who doesn't want to be such a soldier? What's more, their head is now even more famous, and I heard that the Donghu people now use the name of adults to stop children's night crying!

In the north wind of the call sign, the sound of resting horns was heard at last, and with this horn, the exhausted soldiers let out a long sigh of relief, and one by one lay on their backs on the snow, stretching their limbs comfortably. But they didn't lie down for long, and their captains, all the heads, came over with leather whips and kicked them honestly and unceremoniously in the ass, "Get up, get out, do you want to go and lie down in the ward?" The army didn't prepare a sick meal for you, so get up, line up, line up, and go back to the barracks to rest."

Looking at the army under the mountain, dragging the tired body step by step towards the direction of the barracks, on the snow, leaving two deep marks, on the hill, Gao Yuan nodded approvingly, "Yes, not bad, the army will be formed in March, there should be no problem, next, you can take them out of the mountain for a walk, infantry, during this time, the sentry will go a little farther, and find out where the camps of those small tribes in Donghu near us are?" ＂

The infantry smiled and said, "County Captain, it's not easy to fight the grass valley of the Donghu people now, since we moved the camp, they have run a little farther."

Sun Xiao said dissatisfiedly: "Speaking of the infantry, I have to blame you, I told you a long time ago, don't go out of your cavalry, don't scare those small tribes away, it's good for you, a few days after moving the camp, you ran out of Lu to fight the grass valley, but you destroyed a small Donghu tribe, but as a result, the others all ran away. What will we do after we get our infantry team? Who to go to train with? ＂

"Get out of here, your infantry team has to train, and our cavalry has to train too! The infantry scolded with a smile: "Besides, I'll look for more, see if there are any hidden tribes nearby, and let you go to train when the time comes."

"It's pretty much the same," Sun Xiao turned his anger into joy, "The current batch of recruits, who have not seen blood and are injured, how can they quickly improve their combat effectiveness?" County Lieutenant, it is a good move for you to get that Dr. Qiu and those doctors into the barracks, and it will be much easier to treat the brothers if they are injured in the future."

"These people won't stay long, Tiancheng has already sent some people to follow them to learn medical skills, if nothing else, some simple first-aid moves must be learned, and some simple herbal processing must be learned. These doctors have a lot of disciples under them, and Tiancheng decided to dig a corner to see if he could mobilize a few to join the army, but I see some difficulties."

"There are knives, and if you dare to disobey, let them eat the noodles of the board! Naha wiped his beard and said domineeringly: "County Captain, these doctors with good medical skills are indispensable in our army, and Old Man Qiu is old, so we don't need to be so polite."

"This can't be done, these people have families and rooms, drag their children and daughters, unlike us, one single, people are unwilling, they can't force it, we can't ruin our reputation." Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "It's really not good, let Tiancheng send some clever soldiers to study for two years, and they can always learn something back.Let's go, let's go back to the barracks, it's really windy outside."

The group rode down the hill and galloped all the way to the barracks, following the marks left by the vanguard infantry.

After the two counties of Fufeng and Chima were merged into one defense area, Gaoyuan's garrison moved away from Curie Pass and moved to the current Niulan Mountain. Niulanshan is located at the midpoint of Fufeng and Chima, but the distance has advanced a lot in the direction of Donghu, and it is even more abrupt than the previous Hutu old camp.

Under Niulan Mountain, a brand-new military camp is gradually taking shape, moving to the bottom of Niulan Mountain, the recruits carry out cruel training, the veterans are not idle, they are engaged in the construction of the new military camp, for the construction of the barracks, Cao Tiancheng can now be called an expert, a project is classified, divided into various teams, each team at the same time construction, Niulan Mountain, wood is ready-made, it is convenient to cut down, it is rare that it is now in the middle of winter, it is much more difficult to take soil and stone, It's going to be a permanent defensive military fortress, but it's not going to be sloppy.

The simple fence outside has been erected, between the two layers of fence, leaving a gap of about one meter, the soil and stone taken out are filled in the middle, after filling, it becomes a simple version of the city wall, every tens of meters, there is a sentry tower or arrow platform, but now it can only be built with wood, and after the beginning of spring, a more solid masonry structure can be built. In the camp, the snow has been emptied, tents live side by side, and next to it, some of the wooden houses have been completed, and some still have only one skeleton, and the whole camp is busy in full swing, and there is not a single idler as far as the eye can see. (To be continued......)