After grasping all the important conditions of the base area, Lu Shi stood up, knocked lightly on the table and said: "The battle of Weinan after the autumn harvest will determine our life and death, the existing regular army of 20,000 people and horses cannot solve the vast area of Weinan smoothly, and we cannot afford to fight a long war, we must end the campaign before the spring of next year, so that we can disband part of the temporarily recruited garrison army, replace the militia and go home for spring ploughing, therefore, we must expand the army before the campaign is launched, um-" Lu Shi thought for a while, After carefully calculating it in his heart, he continued: "If we transfer a part of Wu Tao's army, we also need to upgrade the garrison to 15,000, so that we have 40,000 horses, so that we can achieve our goal." ”

Regarding the number that Lu Shi said, Wu Tao nodded in agreement, but immediately Wu Tao made a request: "King Chuang, I am now temporarily leading the four counties, and there are a lot of people and horses in the reorganization, but it is really powerless, you must ——。 ”

Lu Shi waved his hand and resolutely interrupted Wu Tao's off-topic proposal.

Lu Shi cast a dissatisfied look at Wu Tao, Wu Tao's caution is obvious to everyone, Wu Tao's ability is admired by everyone, at this time, saying this, is just a kind of self-reduction of authority of the original intention, this is a good thing, but also a kind of irresponsible, the current meeting, Lu Shi does not want to say, can only find a suitable opportunity, everyone sit down and talk openly, they are all brothers, is it necessary to be so cautious?

Lu Shi was not taken away by Wu Tao's proposal at all, but continued to talk about his own army expansion.

As soon as the figure just announced came out, it was Cao Meng who frowned first, and he was upgraded to a garrison of 15,000, which would almost empty the current garrison of the seven counties in the base area, and the base area was surrounded by enemies on all sides, especially the border army in the north and Hong Chengchou, so it was necessary to upgrade the 15,000 or 20,000 militia to garrison troops, and although the militia had been trained, after all, time was limited, and their combat effectiveness was far inferior to these garrison troops.

"Actually, we can still send some people to participate in the war." Zheng Hao carefully calculated in his heart, then raised his head and said: "We not only have 2,000 soldiers there, but also 1,000 garrisons, the most important thing is that as long as we don't take the initiative to attack, with the natural danger of Zhiluogou, there is absolutely no problem in blocking 10,000 or 20,000 officers and soldiers." ”

"What's going on?" Lu Shi frowned and sighed.

The number reported by Zheng Hao is the number of soldiers arranged after the first battle of Ganquan at the beginning, and it has developed to the present, and it is still the same, and the soldiers are already strong everywhere, but he is the only one, in the case of a large increase in population, in the face of pressure from the west and the north, he still maintains the original number, which is not in line with common sense, there is such a result, there is only one, he Zheng Hao is the same as Wu Tao, he is worried in his heart, for fear that there will be something that arouses everyone's suspicion.

Lu Shi smiled bitterly and became angry, this huge cause has just begun, and everyone has become so trembling, so what is the development?

In fact, Lu Shi now has to admit a fact, the current army, including the base area, has invisibly formed four forces, the first one, mainly the old Woniu Mountain brothers, which is the backbone headed by Lu Shi and Guo Tianxing.

The second share is led by Chen Ce, which was originally added to Mizhi, including Jiang Liang and Wang Xin.

The third share is the original Huluyu brothers headed by Wu Tao and Chen Che.

The fourth group is led by Zheng Hao, and the brothers who joined later, even Zhao Zi, who seems to be open-minded, sat next to Zheng Hao intentionally or unintentionally when they entered the cave.

In fact, it's no wonder who is not to blame, as long as there is a crowd, there will be factions, as long as there is a society, there must be rivers and lakes, this is no way to do it. It's just that now, these forces are still working together, and they are all striving for a common goal, but what about the future? Who's right? Looking at thousands of years of dynasties, died outside, in fact, the root is still the factional dispute that died inside, the Ming Dynasty is particularly prominent, and the Southern Ming Dynasty is even the peak, even when the two armies are facing each other for life and death, they do not forget the party struggle so that the Nanming Dynasty has become the shortest-lived Jiangnan Dynasty in China, and completely ruined the Han family's clothes.

No, we must unify our thoughts and exchange feelings in the fastest time, so that everyone can put down their burdens and let the brothers know that we are still brothers and have always been brothers.

Lu Shi picked up the water bowl and took a sip absentmindedly while thinking.

Suddenly feeling cold, he hurriedly retracted his thoughts, put down the water bowl, looked around, for Zheng Hao's proposal, Lu Shi thought about it, so he shook his head and said: "Seeing that you have a lot of soldiers, but the area of defense is also large, not only to guard against the official army when we march into Weinan, but also to guard against the northwest horse thieves taking the opportunity to come out and eat black, so on the ground, your soldiers can't move." ”

Looking at Guo Tianxing, who had a heavy face, Lu Shi explained: "And the transfer of Wu Tao's army does not have this risk, because if we go south to fight, it is equivalent to moving the defensive front south, and the five counties in the south will become the rear, as long as we defeat, there will be no danger there." ”

The matter of transferring troops and horses is like this, but even if all the troops of Wu Tao are transferred, the goal cannot be achieved.

"What King Chuang said is, it seems that there can only be more conscription." Cao Meng tapped lightly on the table and nodded, but immediately thought of an urgent question. "However, the recruitment and expansion of the army is too fast, and the experienced captain of the military captain and the captain of the squad are still a little insufficient, so is it not to send out the outstanding people in the children's regiment taught by King Chuang, first, to exercise, and secondly, to solve the urgent need."

At this time, Lu Shi launched the method of the two positions of the main and deputy has been fruitful, as long as the army is expanded, those deputy positions are transferred over, and it is basically done, but with the expansion of the army several times, those deputy positions with rich experience in several wars have been withdrawn, and the current deputy positions are taken by some veterans, if the army is doubled this time, then there is really a lack of cadres, and the children's regiment under the name of Lu Shi, that is, the future military cadets, but Lu Shi can't bear it, those are all children, in front of the gate of Zhangjiacheng, he promised, It should be us who fight before them.

Zhao Zi saw Lu Shi's hesitation, and suggested in a low voice: "If it's an eagle, let them fly, always under the wings of the big eagle, then sooner or later it can only be a hen." ”

Lu Shi raised his head and looked at the rows of barracks in Hulu Village outside the window, and after a long time, he stood up and said, "That's it." But he also advised: "In the war, we here must give priority to protecting the safety of the children, this is my promise at the beginning, and at the same time, they are also our hope and future." ”

"Yes, King Chuang." All of them made a solemn commitment together.

After receiving everyone's assurance, Lu Shi's mood also relaxed, and he stood up and said to everyone: "Since this is the case, then brothers, please report the actual situation of the part you are in charge of." Only by finding out the family background can you know it in your heart? ”

"I'll start with that." Guo Tianxing's big mouth took the lead, but he was the opposite of Chen Ce, and happily reported the situation of the army to Lu Shi: "Now in addition to the old eight teams, the Black Tiger Guard, and the Ganquan team, seven more teams have been built, and the number of people in each team has also increased from the original three hundred to five hundred. ”

Guo Tianxing drank the cold water in his bowl in one gulp, wiped the water stains on his mouth with the back of his hand, and said loudly: "A few months ago, Tie Niu contacted the Yang family in the Northwest Horse Farm, and at the same time mobilized his good horse bandits, went to Mongolia to do several sales, and sent us three thousand good horses. "When he spoke, he was really full of spirit.

At the mention of his cavalry, Guo Tianxing's eyebrows immediately fluttered off topic, "My brothers, that's really-"

This is off topic just after the meeting, maybe when it will go, Lu Shi hurriedly stopped Tianxing's digression: "Stop, stop, I know your cavalry, please tell the commander about the situation of the sword and shield soldiers and the garrison now." ”

"Garrisons and sword and shield soldiers." Guo Tianxing was asked by Lu Shiyi, and immediately looked dazed, and began to talk about him rogues. This made Lu Shi, Wu Tao and the others cry and laugh, but they could only smile and shake their heads helplessly, what else could they say? Is that it, everyone is used to it.

Zhao Zi was even more surprised, a huge commander of the Chuang Army, he didn't know the situation of the other troops under his command, this is too much to say, as the king of Chuang, he must be taught a lesson.

turned his head to look at King Chuang, only to see that he actually smiled bitterly and looked at Wu Tao.

Wu Tao saw King Chuang coming over, hurriedly bowed down, and said cautiously: "Although I am a military division of the first army, I am only busy with the problem of the four counties in the south. ”

Zhao Zi couldn't help nodding secretly, this Wu Tao kept his duty and didn't interfere indiscriminately, which was very good.

Lu Shi shook his head helplessly again, it is good to be cautious and keep his duty, but this is a bit of a suspicion of dereliction of duty, but now is not the time to say, not to mention, the internal system of the army is actually close to perfect, each has its own responsibility, each is in charge of a beach, not subordinate to each other and coordinated with each other, and finally the military is summarized by the commander of Guo Tianxing, but Guo Tianxing is always slacking off, and can only be reported directly to Lu Shi, the king of Chuang, which actually directly avoids the drawbacks of the generals becoming independent into the army in the future.

But now, Lu Shi's burden is indeed too heavy.

So, without waiting for King Chuang to ask, Geng Kui hurriedly stood up, and after saluting everyone, he began to talk in an orderly manner: "The sword and shield soldiers, as the auxiliary arms of the spearmen, according to the original intention of the original setting, only use the military as a unit, equipped with the spearmen, and protect the leaky fish to break through the spearmen array, causing harm to our brothers, so we concentrated on training 3,000 brothers in the old camp. Looking at Lu Shi's non-committal comments, he continued: "The firearms battalion has also been greatly developed, and the crude elm spray has been eliminated, and all of them have been replaced with tiger guns, but this kind of cannon only shoots shotguns, and its power far exceeds that of the elm spray against the enemy's group charge." Saying this, Geng Kui showed everyone absolute pride.

Although the elm spray is simple to make, it is not a standard weapon, and although it is cheap to build, it is also very easy to break, which is a temporary method. Now, Lu Shi has a lot of money, especially sufficient steel production, so that Lu Shi can be equipped with a large number of this lightweight Huzun cannon under the condition of reducing costs, but, according to Lu Shi's requirements, the Huzun cannon has no longer his role in siege, but has become a large shotgun in later generations, to deal with the now prevailing military charge, it is definitely a terrifying weapon, and the siege of the city has already had a hard crossbow with the explosives package, so on the ground, the bulky and scary red-clothed cannon was directly abandoned by Lu Shi, as for the research of flowering shells, Lu Shi did not know how to make a device for touching the ground to detonate, but he was actively researching it.