Subsequently, Lu Chen held a feast in the army and rewarded the three armies.

As the supreme governor of a county, when he took office, he did not have a big banquet like other officials took office, feasting the rich merchants and gentry in the city, etc., and did not even have a simple reception banquet, and now, the border soldiers have just repelled the barbarian enemy, and he, as the county guard, rushed to the barracks to celebrate the achievements of everyone as soon as possible, which made all the soldiers and soldiers deeply moved.

At the banquet at the border army station, Xiao Wang originally planned to invite Lu Chen to dine in the tent, but the latter refused.

At this moment, Lu Chen and everyone were at an open-air banquet, he was sitting upright, and on the left and right sides below him, were the chief and deputy generals of each corps, as well as the commanders of each thousand, arranged down in turn.

Further down, there are border soldiers sitting on the ground, in groups of three or five, gathered together.

On the night of the beginning of autumn, the cool breeze was pleasant, the bonfire in the venue was bright, people laughed and laughed, and toasted Lu Chen from time to time, Lu Chen also showed his approachable side, whether it was the generals or the soldiers toasting him, he did not refuse to come.

As everyone knows, the wind wine is the strongest, especially the wind people!

After only a few glasses of wine, Lu Chen's face was already ruddy, and after two glasses, he was gradually drunk, and under the toasts of the generals in turn, after a while, he was already unable to fall to the ground......

The next day, Lu Chen convened the generals to discuss and discussed the possible actions of the barbarians next time.

After some discussion, everyone thought that the 50,000 barbarians were wiped out in Hulukou this time, because they could not escape a single person, so the news of the defeat of the barbarian army would not be transmitted back to Tusi for a while, even if it was fast, at least it would be more than ten days later. Assuming that after the Tusi got the news, they would retaliate, then there would definitely be more than 50,000 barbarian soldiers, and the mobilization of the army, coupled with the slow transmission of news, would come and go, and if the Tusi invaded again, it would have to be a month later.

Therefore, in this month's time, at least there will be no more fighting in the border city. Almost all the generals said that they had no objection to this, and Lu Chen also agreed with this calculation.

At the same time, he also felt that if he had a detailed work in the territory of Tusi, then he would be able to completely control every move of the Tusi army, and where would he need to make all these kinds of speculations here.

At this time, Lu Chen already had the idea of establishing his own intelligence department.

Subsequently, he gave the officers and men of the whole army a day off, and then ordered Xiao Wang and the commanders of the corps to from now on, unless there was a special matter, the border army should not easily enter the city to disturb the people, and should step up drills and be ready to meet the next attack of the barbarian soldiers at any time.

When he returned to the border city with only two escorts, the city was bustling with people, and every house was decorated with lights, as if it was a festival, which was very different from before he went to the barracks.

It is no wonder that when the barbarian army pressed the border, the entire border city and county were in a panic atmosphere, the people stayed at home, the doors and windows were closed, there were few traders on the street, and there were few pedestrians passing by.

People almost all thought that disaster was coming.

And after the news of the border army's destruction of the barbarians came back, the first reaction of the people was not joy, but felt incredible. This is also the ferocity of the barbarians in the past deeply implanted in the bones of the people in the border city, you know, in the past, thousands of barbarian soldiers could wreak havoc on the border city at will, and now there are 50,000 troops, how can the border army be the enemy?

Soon, however, it was discovered that the sons and daughters who had gone to join the army had returned unscathed, and had brought back a few months' salaries, so every family was rejoicing.

Seeing the people so happy, Lu Chen was also full of joy, which is why he had to give the soldiers of the whole army a day off.

The soldiers of the border army, almost all of whom are locals in the border city and county, can bring two messages to the people when they return home from the army, the first is that the barbarian soldiers have indeed been annihilated, which can effectively dissipate the panic atmosphere in the city.

Second, and most importantly, these soldiers who returned home can let everyone see that their armor is bright, their swords and guns are bright, and they are no longer the border army with crooked armor and slanted armor before, and they can make those young men who are hesitant to join the army completely make up their minds, because they not only come back from the battlefield alive, but also bring back the salary owed in the past few months!

Their border city county is no longer the dark border city county of the past!

They have a good county guard who is willing to think about the soldiers and the people!

After returning to the county government, Lu Chen immediately ordered the county government officials to post notices and issue new decrees benefiting the people.

With a series of military and political reforms after he took office, the entire border city and county were truly new from the inside out, and at this time, Lu Chen's prestige in the border city, whether in the army or among the people, had reached a height that had never been reached by all the county guards before.

The next day, the border soldiers who had a day off returned to the Wuguan station, and Lu Chen also began to recruit soldiers and horses in the county.

His previous policy of taking a day off was not a decision made out of necessity, and the role played by those soldiers was truly demonstrated at this time.

Before Lu Chen arrived, the border army wanted to recruit soldiers, which was a very difficult thing, and even if it took ten days and half a month to recruit, it might not be able to recruit 5,000 soldiers.

But now, as soon as Lu Chen's announcement of recruiting soldiers was posted, there was an endless stream of young men who came to join the army, and the long queue could line up from the city gate to the end of the street, and it lasted for a long time, and in just one and a half days, more than 4,000 young strong men had been recruited.

He transferred all these newly recruited soldiers to the First Corps, which just made up the original establishment of the First Corps by 10,000 men.

At this time, even if he wanted to recruit troops, there was no way, because the royal court had a clear rule that local officials were not allowed to recruit soldiers, and what Lu Chen could do now was to complete the original 30,000 establishment of the border army.

And those young people who were still queuing up heard that the recruitment quota was full, and they all said something in the city, such as 'I must also serve the country', 'I must also defend my homeland', and 'I must also contribute to the fathers and elders of the border city'.

Seeing this situation, Li Cheng, the county leader, personally visited Lu Chen and suggested to Lu Chen that he write to Liu Feng, the head of the county, and ask for the expansion of the army.

Between the county government and the royal court, there are carrier pigeons, convenient and fast, and the county is such a small place, there is no, if Lu Chen himself writes to the royal court, then from the border city to the capital of the wind country, just a messenger to go back and forth, it will take one or twenty days, really wait until the will of the wind king comes down, I am afraid that the barbarians will also come to the city at that time.

Therefore, after a little consideration, Lu Chen nodded and agreed, and asked Li Cheng to personally visit Liu Feng, the head of the county......

His decision was not wrong, he could communicate directly and quickly with the royal court through the county government, but Liu Feng, the head of the county, obviously regarded him as a thorn in his eye......