Chapter 63: The Veteran's Report
When Liu Lei and Li Tianlong came to the gate, they saw a team of people moving and unloading things, and a team of soldiers wearing armor.
Seeing Liu Lei from a distance, the family leader and a soldier hurriedly ran over, and the family looked happy, it seems that this trip has extorted a lot of good things. And the soldier dressed as a centurion hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Centurion Chen Bin has seen the eldest young master."
I saw that this centurion had white sideburns, and the youngest was more than half a hundred.
"Captain Chen, why are you here?"
Liu Lei asked in surprise, this centurion, Liu Lei really knows, it is the captain of the hundred-person team guarding the ancestral ancestral hall of the Liu family, to put it bluntly, he is to show the ancestral grave of the Liu family, the soldiers basically go to the elderly, Liu Lei went to the ancestral shrine to worship when he came of age, and naturally saw him.
Liu Lei hurriedly helped Chen Bin up, Chen Bin listened to Liu Lei's question, smiled awkwardly, and did not speak.
Liu Lei looked behind him, and saw that many of the soldiers in that group were old, Liu Lei's face changed, needless to say, this must be the second lady's reluctance to send troops, so she sent this group of veterans whose average age was already the same age as Liu Lei's father to prevaricate herself.
Liu Lei couldn't say anything in front of Chen Bin, and said to the family leader with an unswerving face: "What's the matter, you can't do something."
The family hurriedly knelt on the ground and said nothing.
Liu Lei sighed, he knew that this family member might not even dare to talk to the second lady.
"Get up, tell me what you've brought back?"
Seeing that Liu Lei didn't care about himself, he stood up with a happy face and hurriedly said: "Young master, don't worry, we brought back a lot of things this time, including ten carts of food and a lot of supplies."
Liu Lei glanced at the people who were unloading things in a hurry, it was true that he had brought back a lot of things, but was he doing things now? What he lacks is soldiers, no matter how many of these things can't stop the army of the Storm City, it's all empty talk, and the second lady obviously knows this, and she gives a lot of things, but the soldiers give a hundred-man team of old, weak, sick and disabled.
"What did the second lady say?" Liu Lei asked angrily.
Seeing Liu Lei's face, Jia Ding also knew that he was very dissatisfied with the young master's trip, so he lowered his head and said: "Second lady said, let the young master not worry, eat and drink well and don't worry about it, our reinforcements have been assembled near Sunset City, and the army of the Storm City State will definitely not be able to come, the territory dispatched a thousand people two days ago, and now there are no reinforcements in the entire territory at all."
Liu Lei's face was gloomy, not that the second lady meant to be perfunctory to him, what he thought was that he was afraid that most of the people in the south were like this now, thinking that the people of the Storm City State would not be able to get over at all, and it seemed that they still had to rely on themselves, thinking of this, Liu Lei didn't have any hope for asking for reinforcements.
Liu Lei turned his head to Chen Bin and asked, "Captain Chen, how many people are under your command?" ”
Although Chen Bin's current situation was very embarrassing, he still opened his mouth and replied: "Back to the eldest young master, there are currently one hundred and eighty soldiers in the hundred-man team below."
"So much?" Liu Lei was stunned for a moment, you must know that the troop of the Mixed Yuan Continent is composed of ten people as a team, the ten teams are a team of 100 people, the ten teams are a banner, the ten banners are a battalion, and the ten battalions are independent as an army. So generally speaking, a team of 100 people is basically about 100 people, and some logistics personnel are not counted, but at most there are only a hundred and a few people. This team of 100 people is nearly 200 people, which is obviously overnumbered.
Chen Bin smiled embarrassedly: "Young master, that, the old guys who have made meritorious contributions in our territory and are unwilling to go home are basically here, and they can increase a little more every year, so there are naturally more people."
Liu Lei rolled his eyes, forgetting that this team of 100 was a retirement center.
When Liu Lei was depressed, Li Tianlong gently tugged him from behind, and Liu Lei willingly leaned his ear over.
Li Tianlong whispered: "Young Master, we have found a treasure"
Liu Lei frowned, what kind of treasure is it to get a group of old, weak, sick and disabled.
Li Tianlong hurriedly explained: "Young master, our family's private soldiers can be discharged and go home after serving for twenty years, and these people who stay behind either have no family, or they don't know anything if they are soldiers at all, and the most important thing is that these people have made meritorious contributions, and the old man established this hundred-person team to provide for these people."
Liu Lei glanced at Li Tianlong strangely, he also knew this, what did Li Tianlong tell him to do!
Seeing that Liu Lei was so stupid, Li Tianlong was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and hurriedly said: "Young Master, the second lady doesn't know the goods, these are all veterans of a hundred battles, although they are no longer as brave on the battlefield as before, but they can train soldiers!" ”
Liu Lei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he secretly scolded himself in his heart for being too stupid, these veterans are what he is in desperate need, why is the army of the motherland in the previous life so powerful, and the combat effectiveness is only rising, it is because the old leads the new, these veterans will pass on their experience and experience to the young soldiers, so that they can grow up quickly, and at the same time they are afraid of making the army form combat effectiveness faster. And the slaves were even more wasteful and could only be used as coolies.
Of these 300 people, only Li Tianlong and Jia Ding can stay and train, the progress is terrifyingly slow, and these more than 100 veterans are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow!
The corners of Liu Lei's mouth were almost to the root of his ears, he turned around and grabbed Chen Bin's hand and shook it vigorously: "Welcome!" Welcome, you're relatives."
Chen Bin looked confused, he hadn't reacted to why Liu Lei's attitude had changed so much, he was still unreasonable just now, but now he almost burst into tears, which reminded him of the puppy he used to raise, and every time he saw something to eat, he couldn't help wagging his tail at himself.
Chen Bin shook his head vigorously to dispel the distracting thoughts in his mind, and thanked Liu Lei again and again for his welcome.
Liu Lei scolded the people on the side: "You are all blind, hurry up and help unload things and ...... this group of old people Well, what should I do if the veteran is tired?"
The townspeople who were watching the excitement on the side heard Liu Lei's voice and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Come on, Captain Chen, rest inside" Liu Lei grabbed Chen Bin's hand, and his attitude was like the people in the old area seeing the Red Army.
Ahem...... Li Tianlong hurriedly coughed on the side and whispered, "Young Master has passed!" It's over! ”
"Yes!" Liu Lei repeated to Chen Bin with a smile: "It's over! It's over! ”
Chen Bin asked stupidly, "What happened to the young master?" ”
Liu Lei was also stunned for a moment and turned around and asked Li Tianlong: "What has happened?" ”
Li Tianlong slapped his forehead helplessly.
"Young master, it's good if you're happy"
Liu Lei nodded and said to Chen Bin: "Yes, it's good if you're happy."
The black line in everyone's mind......
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After lunch, everyone gathered in the hall at one time, at this time Liu Lei had recovered from the gaffe just now, and repeated the idea with Li Tianlong just now to Chen Bin, Chen Bin immediately agreed, and promised: "No problem, young master, you can rest assured, we veterans, we have no other ability, we still have a hand in training and training new soldiers, and we will break them up and mix them into the ranks of recruits, and we will bring out a roaring army for you in less than a month."
Liu Lei and Li Tianlong glanced at each other after hearing this, and hurriedly repeated the current situation to Chen Bin, how can they have a month, at most two days is good, it seems that the second lady did not tell others about the speculation of Liu Lei and others.
Chen Bin was also shocked when he heard it, he didn't expect the form to be so grim, and Rong Ma had never seen such a situation in half his life.
"Impossible, I looked at the state of these recruits just now, once they engaged, even if they saw the enemy, they would be defeated"
Liu Lei and Li Tianlong both nodded, they all knew this, these people might not even be able to hold a knife now.
Chen Bin lowered his head and thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "It's better to divide the veterans, if they really fight, let them be the supervising team, and if they dare to escape, they will be killed directly!" ”
Li Tianlong nodded and said lightly: "For now, it's a good way."
Seeing the hesitation on Liu Lei's face, Li Tianlong opened his mouth and said, "Young master, Ci is not in charge of the troops."
Liu Lei knows that although he has the experience of the previous life, the theory may be a little stronger, but in the final analysis, practice still depends on professionalism.
Liu Lei nodded and said, "That's it, Captain Chen, you can help Uncle Li take care of the preparation first, all the personnel and materials can be brought by the two of you first."
Li Tianlong and Chen Bin hurriedly complied.