After repelling the siege of the Qiyan Division, after a short period of repair, the civil and military forces in White Horse City began to be busy, giving bereavement pensions to the families of the martyrs who died in the battle, and rewarding the surviving soldiers for their meritorious deeds.

As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. In this battle, Temujin was certainly defeated under the White Horse City, and the White Horse City also suffered extremely heavy casualties.

Originally, there were 50,000 elite soldiers in the city plus 100,000 young men, and there were 150,000 people in White Horse City, and only 80,000 survived. Of these 80,000 people, 30,000 of the original 50,000 elite soldiers remained.

And how to arrange the remaining 50,000 young people, the city is full of civil and military generals, and there is a big disagreement on this.

These 50,000 young men survived this war, and they can be regarded as training in lieu of war, and they have been tempered into steel. In the army, the role of a veteran can be at least three recruits.

After Temujin withdrew his troops, Xu Daosheng sent letters to Taizhou and Gyeongju respectively, asking Ye Siming and Wu Shiman to leave the cadres to defend the city, and then each led 10,000 elite soldiers back to White Horse City.

In Wu Shiman's view, these 50,000 people have just experienced a battle like a meat grinder, and if they choose to stay, they are afraid that too few are willing to join the army. Wu Shiman said that if he didn't leave all the 50,000 people behind, it would be a tyrannical thing.

He slammed the table several times and shouted: "His grandmother's, if these veterans let them go, they will be damned!" ”

Ye Siming and Wu Shiman disagreed, as a grassland man, he was extremely committed. Ye Siming believes that since he made a promise in advance and promised these 50,000 people to decide to stay at their own discretion, he can't discount it at all.

Xu Daosheng was a little inclined to Wu Shiman's opinion in his heart. In this battle to defend the city, Wan Yankang, the coach, was not in the city, and most of the pressure was ultimately attributed to him. Xu Daosheng boasted of his wisdom, but when faced with the strong attack of hundreds of thousands of troops, he deeply felt the powerlessness of the few soldiers.

He knew very well in his heart that if it weren't for the three main mothers, Huang Rong, Li Mochou and Tian Xiaowan, who had always fought on the front line and boosted morale, if it weren't for Temujin sacrificing the banner of slaughtering the city, so that the city would have the heart to fight against the water, if it weren't for Gao Youli and Juekong and other reinforcements to raid the enemy camp in time and greatly boost their morale, White Horse City would have been ruined long ago.

To stay, or not to stay?

The two opinions were arguing endlessly, and in the end, everyone's eyes gathered on Xu Daosheng.

Xu Daosheng had the heart to order the 50,000 young men to stay, but the promise to allow self-determination to stay in advance was also made by him personally. At this time, it was extremely difficult for Xu Dao to win.

"Rong'er, what do you think?" Xu Daosheng was undecided, and unconsciously asked Huang Rong on the side.

After Huang Rong left the city after Yan Kang, he began to participate in various military and political affairs. She was originally very smart, and with the identity of the housemother, Xu Daosheng did not have any secrets about her, and she was very quick to get started. In the battle of defending the city, the performance of Huang Rong's three daughters won the unanimous recognition of the White Horse City army. Since then, Xu Daosheng has asked Huang Rong to attend all kinds of major meetings in the city.

"My lord, I don't dare to be a high man. Rong'er thinks that people can't stand without faith, and the foundation of my White Horse City is to rely on the bravery of the generals, and the second is to rely on the strategies of the adults, and the third is this letter! Huang Rong stood up and said these two words slowly.

When Wu Shiman heard this, he was anxious, and said repeatedly: "Rong'er, you don't know, these 50,000 veterans are enough to top 200,000 new soldiers, if the handsome man is here, he must be reluctant to let go in vain!" ”

Huang Rong smiled slightly: "The second uncle is just worried that because this battle is too tragic, these 50,000 young men are too afraid of war, so he is unwilling to join the army." Rong'er has a strategy, which not only does not break her promise, but also makes at least half of the 50,000 young people willing to stay. ”

Before Wu Shiman could speak, Ye Siming over there was a look of surprise when he heard this: "Seriously! ”

Huang Rong raised her chin slightly: "It's true! ”

Then, Huang Rong came up with her thoughts one by one.

When everyone heard this, they all clapped their hands and laughed.

At present, the war has just ended, and the various tragic parts of the war are still haunting everyone's hearts. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, it was Huang Rong herself, who was awakened by blood in the middle of the night. If these 50,000 young men are allowed to choose to stay at this time, I am afraid that there will be no one out of ten who are willing to stay in the army.

According to Huang Rong's thinking, the core of solving this problem lies in three words.

Slow down!

White Horse City issued an order, because there are still beggars in the city, it needs to be closed and strictly investigated. Within half a month, the city was not allowed to enter or leave. So these 50,000 young men naturally stayed in the city.

With the end of the war, order was restored to the city's business districts. Restaurants, green buildings, and gambling halls have all reopened, and all kinds of preferential treatments have been offered.

The intensity is unprecedented.

White Horse City is rewarded for meritorious deeds, and there is no deduction for rewarding silver. After the reward was lowered, the 50,000 young and strong people took 30 taels of silver for the guarantee.

And the person with the most military achievements will be rewarded with more than 1,000 taels of silver!

Thirty taels of silver, for ordinary herdsmen on the grassland, they have to sell half of their cattle and sheep in exchange for it. A thousand taels of silver is a huge amount of money that they dare not imagine in their lives.

These tens of thousands of young people, with huge sums of money in their hands, can't go out of the city, so they have to vent their energy in restaurants, green buildings, and gambling houses all over the city... and silver taels.

As long as you have money, you can taste all kinds of northern and southern wines such as Du Kang, Xinghua Village, and Daughter Red.

The vast majority of prairie men have drunk rough and bad wine all their lives. Once I tasted a few sips of good wine, I suddenly felt that what I drank in the past was not as good as horse urine.

In the Qinglou, as long as there is money, the popular girl can take out eighteen kinds of martial arts and serve these uncles to their heart's content.

These grassland men, their own mothers-in-law are all grassland women with big shoulders and round waists, how have they ever seen such a wind and moon.

Gambling is the nature of human beings. Regardless of gender, young and old, as soon as they enter the gambling house, they almost forget their surnames.

These young men who have just experienced the Great War are naturally no exception.

In the beginning, only a few young people went out to have some fun. But these rough blanks, after having fun, how can there be no reason not to go back and show off. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, two or three days later, in the entire youth camp, there are few who are still honestly standing still.

In less than half a month, most of the 50,000 young people began to be shy.

When you have money, it's your grandfather.

Out of money?

Sorry, guest, the door is open!

Where did it come from, and where did it come from!

In half a month, most of these 50,000 young people have seen the world of flowers.

And the empty bag reminds them that it's time to find a job next!

Workers are being recruited all over the city, and as long as you are willing to work hard, there is no problem in earning a living. But the wages of this coolie seller are enough to eat, and how many taels of silver can he save all year round?

Going out of the city to reunite with their families and continue to herd horses and sheep is also something that many young people have already considered. But this year is approaching, I have no long things, do I still have the face to go back?

The cruelty of the war, after half a month of comfortable life, seems to have faded a lot.

As a notice was posted, these tens of thousands of young people began to panic.

The recruitment of troops in White Horse City will end in five days. Those who do not want to join the army must immediately move out of the barracks and fend for themselves.

Originally, after the end of the war, these 50,000 young men still lived in the military camp and enjoyed the treatment of food and housing. Those who have spent all the silver still have food and shelter, and seem to be at ease.

Now that this notice has been posted, the situation is completely different.

With the cleaning of this half month, the smell of blood that originally filled the city has faded.

The cruelty of war doesn't seem so terrible anymore.

As a soldier in White Horse City, all kinds of treatment are extremely generous, and the complete meritorious service and pension system are unimaginable for these grassland men in the past.

Go, or stay?

This multiple-choice question is no longer a multiple-choice question.

On the first day after the opening of the city, more than 2,000 young people went to the registration point to choose to join the army.

After choosing to join the army, these young men moved out of the original temporary camp and entered the new official military camp.

On the second day, more than 3,000 young people chose to officially join the army.

On the third day, nearly 10,000 people walked away.

The makeshift camp, which was full of 50,000 people, was originally somewhat crowded. As a third of the young men left, the camp suddenly became thin.

On the fourth day, there were more than 10,000 young men who chose to join the army.

On the last day, most of the remaining nearly half of them could no longer hold back and kept up with the pace of their predecessors.

In the end, of the 50,000 young and strong, there were only about 5,000 left, and they did not make the choice to join the army.

When this report was placed on Xu Daosheng's desk, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered a military meeting to convey this gratifying news to the generals.

Wu Shiman took the report, glanced at it hurriedly, and began to laugh.

Ye Siming snatched the report from Wu Shiman's hand, flipped through it and read it several times, and then said: "The rest of them are all good seedlings, it's a pity!" ”

Most of the young people who choose to join the army are forced to run out of money. And the remaining more than 5,000 people are either strong-willed, or they have received a lot of rewards for their outstanding military achievements, and they will not be able to spend it for a while and a half.

Xu Daosheng was rarely so happy, he made an exception to serve wine to everyone during the meeting, and he also poured a bowl of burning knives and drank it slowly. When he heard Ye Siming say this, he put down the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Old Ye, be content and happy!" ”

Ye Siming nodded when he heard this, but there was still some regret in his expression.

Huang Rong was thoughtful, and when she saw Ye Siming's demeanor, she knew his thoughts. She had already read this military report and knew the details better. Regarding this point, she already had a plan in her heart, and she just threw it out at this time: "Captain Ye, with your ability, you may return to the grassland with peace of mind and herd horses and sheep?" ”

Ye Siming listened to Huang Rong's sudden question, felt a little strange, and subconsciously replied: "Ye Mou still pulls the bow and holds the knife, and he hasn't ...... it for the time being."

When he said this, he saw the meaning in Huang Rong's eyes, and suddenly realized, stretched out his hand and patted it on the table: "Rong'er, you mean that these thousands of people, even if they don't join our army now, sooner or later they will enter the army!" ”

Wu Shiman also reminisced, and said repeatedly: "Then let's postpone the date of recruitment for a few more days and give these rabbit cubs a chance!" ”

Huang Rong shook her head: "Don't be like this, changing the order at the end of the day is not the way to govern." After March, at the beginning of spring, we will issue another recruitment order, and we will definitely be able to get what we want! ”

Xu Daosheng laughed, picked up the wine bowl in his hand, stood up, and said loudly: "Everyone, drink this cup to the fullest, and congratulate me on White Horse City!" Congratulations to the handsome! Congratulations to the Lord! ”

All the generals stood up in unison, picked up the wine bowls, and shouted in unison: "Congratulations for my White Horse City!" Congratulations to the handsome! Congratulations to the Lord! ”

In bursts of laughter, the generals drank the liquor from the bowl in one gulp.

Huang Rong sat next to Xu Daosheng, also picked up the wine bowl, and drank with everyone.

It's just that she is not good at alcohol, and she drank most of it in one gulp, her choked little face was red, and she coughed.