Zhou Nan smiled slightly and said, "I naturally have something to do." I'll accompany you to hand over the soldiers and horses early tomorrow morning......"

"Tomorrow?" Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"Yes. It is not a day's work to train a soldier and horse to the point that he can trust, move, and win. Zhou Nan said uneasily.

Yang Keshi slapped his chest and said: "Don't worry, Da Lang, just practice according to the appearance of those individuals under me, and within a month, I promise to train a soldier and horse who can fight with strict orders." ”

"Then drink more tonight, and when you go down the mountain, you will drink less, and you will miss a big event." Zhou Nan raised his wine glass and said.

They drank until late at night, and then the four of them dispersed. Yang Keshi went back to the room next to the playground to sleep, and Han Gui and Ma Daqiu stayed with Lao Zheng Tou - it didn't work if they didn't stay here, the two didn't know that the steaming wine was powerful, and they fell asleep drunk early.

Zhou Nan and Gao Yuan stumbled and returned home easily, Gao Yun hadn't slept yet, and was waiting for the two. Seeing that the two came back drunk, he hurriedly asked the two to sit down, and brought the two of them the decanting soup that had already been cooked.

Drinking the sweet and sour decanting soup, and wiping his face with a hot hand towel, Zhou Nan drank a little more, and said to Gao Yuan and Gao Yun: "I came back this time to make a bomb in the cottage. ”

"Bombs? But the thing that Yun'er scared away Xiao Gan last time? Gao Yuan asked.

"Exactly, it's still a bomb without a shell, if it has a shell, it's not as simple as scaring Xiao Gan away, I'm afraid it will kill you on the spot." Zhou Nan said regretfully.

"Da Lang, aren't you talking drunk?" Gao Yuan said dizzily.

Zhou Nan shook his head, he just told Gao Yuan what he was going to do next, not that Gao Yuan believed in the power of the bomb now. When he made it and let Gao Yuan see the power, he himself believed it.

"You're not going down?" Gao Yun heard Zhou Nan say that he wanted to build a bomb in the cottage, and he was happy in his heart, and hurriedly asked.

"Well, it's going to take a while to build it." It's easy to deceive Yizhou and Zhuozhou, and then it's not a small fight, the first thing to face is the Liao army in Yanjing City, although the Liao army is now very little, and the people in their hands are about the same, but there are thousands of people in Yanjing City who can act as helpers to defend the city, and if you want to take Yanjing, you have to come up with means to beat the Liao army obediently at once, and you can't delay. Otherwise, Yan Jing hasn't taken it down yet, I'm afraid Tong Guan will run over impatiently, and he will be in trouble by then.

There is also the Jin Army in the north, which is a nation that uses its own long-term energy to burst out in an instant, and the momentum is positive, even if the soldiers and horses in their hands are skillful, they will never fight hard with such a pervert.

The solution of all these problems awaits the day when the bomb in one's hands is made.

"You didn't talk about the bomb because Yang Datou was there just now?" Gao Yuan and Yang Keshi have the same temper, and they feel that Zhou Nan is a little incomprehensible to Yang Keshi like this.

Zhou Nan understood Gao Yuan's thoughts and said: "Big brother, Yang Keshi is an upright person, and he doesn't have to say anything about leading troops to fight, but now he is a general of the Southern Dynasty after all, and I am worried that he will inadvertently pass through our hole cards." Don't worry, now Yang Datou is not taking advantage of it. Gao Yuan thinks about it, after all, he is obedient to the orders of the Southern Dynasty, and he usually wants to be a good brother, and confidential matters are related to the safety of the cottage, and he cannot be capricious.

"Da Lang," Gao Yun asked puzzledly, "The Southern Dynasty army already has artillery and rockets, and since it can ask for 100,000 catties of sulfur, why not just ask for some artillery?" ”

"Is my bomb comparable to the fire cannon of the Southern Dynasty? The gunpowder they used to make artillery could not make bombs with force at all, so it was better to use raw materials to make their own. Sulfur is very scarce here, so we can't make more bombs before. With 100,000 catties of sulfur this time, are you afraid that you won't be able to make more bombs? Zhou Nan patiently explained, "When the bomb is made, I'll take you to see it, and you'll understand." ”

"The slave family doesn't want to learn this, the slave family just asks casually." Gao Yun hurriedly refused. Zhou Nan said: "If you don't go, you won't be able to, then you will have to go to the southern sulfur warehouse to deliver food." By the way, don't you want to build a house on Nanshan? I see that the scenery on Nanshan is more beautiful, better than the Phoenix Ridge behind the mountain temple, why don't you let people build it? ”

Gao Yun's face turned red and said, "How can you build a ...... for yourself?" Housekeeping? If you want to build, you find someone to build. ”

Gao Yuan, who was sitting on the side, coughed and said, "There is another person here." Gao Yun was told by Gao Yuan, and turned her head back to the room in shame.

Zhou Nan said that he wanted to stay in the cottage, but early the next morning, he followed Gao Yuan to gather the team of the Guardian Society, the two discussed, and selected a hundred soldiers who were excellent in the training assessment, and went down the mountain with Gao Yuan, the remaining 100 soldiers, plus the thirty remnants left by Yang Keshi last time, and two small groups of Eagle Guard soldiers, a total of about 150 people, Jia Laoliu replaced Gao Yuan, led the Guardian Society, and stayed to guard the cottage. Yizhou and the cottage are close at hand, and the cavalry can arrive in half an hour, and there are not too many soldiers in the cottage to defend.

After arranging the Hujia Society, Zhou Nan took the cavalry of a hundred people when he went up the mountain, and Gao Yuan took a hundred recruits from the Hujia Society, picked a war horse from the back mountain, and went down the mountain with Yang Keshi.

According to Zhou Nan's assumption, the two cities had a total of 4,000 cavalry troops, plus the 300 people brought by Yang Keshi and Gao Yuan, which was 4,300 people; The infantry numbered 13,000 men.

Zhou Nanxian selected a cavalry army of 300 people by himself, and the conditions for Zhou Nan's selection were high physical fitness, reliability, and poor people, so they were mainly selected by the soldiers of the Hujia Society and the recruits allocated to Shiyue by Zhuozhou.

Yang Keshi and Gao Yuan also eliminated some old and frail soldiers, about 2,000 of them, and allocated them to Zhao Heshou and Han Bi as village soldiers, only responsible for security in the city and assisting in defending the city.

The rest of the men and horses, according to Yang Keshi's arrangement, were completely dispersed, mixed formations, and those with good riding skills could also enter the horse army from the infantry army, and those who were not skilled should also be returned to the infantry army by the horse army. The old foundation of the Changsheng Army, in this reorganization, completely disappeared, the original Changsheng Army's capital, commander, and envoy, have also been adjusted accordingly, looking at their daily performance and temperament, those who have extremely poor conduct and lack of affection have been replaced. In this way, the possibility of these people making trouble and making changes in the old foundation of the Chang Shengjun that Zhou Nan was worried about is almost gone.

The quality of the generals is felt most genuinely by the soldiers at the bottom. After adjustment and mixing, the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, the banner of the Wansheng Army and the banner of the Zhou character were planted at the head of the city, and the name of the Wansheng Army was also spread around as the people and merchants who entered and exited the state capital passed on by word of mouth.

Gao Yuan's subordinates were led by Shi Yue as his deputy, leading 2,000 horse troops and 5,000 infantry troops, stationed in Yizhou; Yang Keshi's subordinates were led by Yang Dachun as his deputy, leading 2,000 horse troops and 6,000 infantry troops stationed in Zhuozhou.

As for Zuo Xiaosi's Eagle Guard team, they continued to operate in the shadows, and the transmission of information was basically through the Wanggui Inn outside Yizhou City and the Dongsheng Inn in Yizhou City.

Yang Keshi and Gao Yuan began to drill the army in their respective defense areas and practice operations, while Zhou Nan returned to the cottage with his three hundred cavalry troops non-stop.

(End of chapter)