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There are not many affairs on the whole side of the Lotus Village, mainly just to repair the wall, build a few more pillboxes at the existing wall, and enhance the guarding force of the wall and the gate, the amount of work is far less than that of the Shuangfeng Village, and this is also the main station of the Xingtian Army, the war barracks are basically stationed here, and the first project after the year is to establish a martyr's shrine in the cottage, this matter is in charge of Master Jin, Xiao Tianjian has nothing to care about, so the things here, he handed over to Yan Chongxi to deal with.

As for himself, on the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, he brought the new barracks, pulled a batch of supplies sent to Shuangfeng Village and Dongye Town, and several large carts of various bronze utensils were also sent to Shuangfeng Village, which were melted down for future cannon casting.

Gao Su also waited for Xiao Tianjian's departure on the school field early, he changed into a clean Xingtianjun military uniform, and wore his Western-style saber around his waist, which was somewhat nondescript, which made people a little ridiculous after watching it, but Gao Su didn't think so, he felt that his new outfit was very good, and the new pair of boots issued to him were also spotless, and he stood on the side of the school field with his chest folded, watching the Xingtianjun's soldiers drill formation.

When Xiao Tianjian was ready to go, he passed by the school and saw Gao Su watching intently as Xing Tianjun was practicing in the queue on the school field, so he beckoned someone to bring him over.

"What do you think of the appearance of our Heavenly Army?" Xiao Tianjian is happy to listen to the opinion of this Western mercenary on his army, after all, he came up with this formation by hearsay, and he doesn't know if it is really the same as the formation commonly used in the Western army now.

Gao Su said to Xiao Tianjian with some surprise: "In the general's army, is there still one of our people who help the general train?" ”

After Xiao Tianjian paused for a moment, he immediately understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "No, you are the first foreign devil I have seen!" Hehe! ”

Gao Su scratched his head in surprise and said, "That's strange, is it a coincidence?" If so, the general must be a military genius, the formation practiced by the general's soldiers is very similar to the formation we use, all of which are based on pikemen and musketeers as an important means of attack, but with some shield players, more than the number of our shield swordsmen, and there are no halberders in our army, these are different from the formations we use, but in the layout of the formation, as well as the conversion of queues, they are very similar to the methods commonly used in our national army! Strange! It's weird! I'm here with you, and I've seen the first army to use this kind of formation! So just now I thought that under the general, there were also people from our Western countries who provided guidance to the general! ”

"Oh? You say that the formation used by our army is basically the same as yours? Xiao Tianjian immediately asked Gao Su.

"Yes! It's very similar! And the discipline of the soldiers under the general's command is very good, and the generals are very obedient to orders, which is the best of all the armies I have seen in your country, if the general faces the other armies of your country with the same strength, with the general's current army, it can already be invincible!

But there are also differences between the general's army and our army, the number of musketeers in the general's army is too small, and the number of musketeers in our army has basically reached about half of the troops, while among the general's soldiers, there are less than 20% of musketeers, in this way, it is not worth the strength of our army!

Also, the general's use of the musketeers is not quite correct, the correct thing is to concentrate the musketeers on the four corners of the formation, so that it will not affect the change of formation, and the enemy will suffer from the musketeers no matter from any direction, and the general's soldiers will obviously delay time in their current actions! If you are attacked from the flank, you won't have time to change your formation, and the flanks will be scattered by the enemy, and the general's phalanx will quickly collapse! Gao Su pointed to the generals who were practicing in the school yard and said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian was happy at this time, he has always relied on his previous memories to train the generals of the Xingtian Army, although he has absorbed some knowledge of the Western infantry phalanx, but in the details, he is not very clear about how the Western infantry phalanx is arranged, so for a long time, he has basically crossed the river by feeling the stones, and has fought a lot of victories, so he thought that he did this, it should be the modern infantry phalanx of the West, but today he met an expert, At a glance, the problem with the infantry phalanx he was currently using was apparent.

Xiao Tianjian nodded with a smile on his face and replied, "That's right, that's good!" The problem with the musketeers is not that I don't want more, but because we're just getting a foothold right now, and most of these birds are still being captured, so there's only so much left, and if we want more, we can only make them ourselves! Come on, come on! Get on the horse, let's talk as we walk on the road! Come on, bring a horse to Gao Su! ”

Gao Su was a little proud, and finally had the opportunity to let him show off in front of Xiao Tianjian again, this time even the horse was mixed, which shows that Xiao Tianjian attaches more importance to him.

Seeing a carriage coming from the village, and two healthy women following the carriage, Xiao Tianjian said to Gao Su: "Gao Su, Miss Fan is sitting in the car, if you meet Miss Fan, then you can go over and say hello!" ”

Gao Su was a little strange, so he asked Xiao Tianjian, "Didn't the general kidnap Miss Fan and ask for a ransom?" Why hasn't the ransom been exchanged until now to put Miss Fan back? And when you travel, do you have to take Miss Fan with you to take care of it? "Gao Su has been raising horses for this time, of course he doesn't know about the confrontation between Xiao Tianjian and the Fan family and the transactions between each other.

Xiao Tianjian's face sank and said: "These things are not something you can ask, I will tell you what you should tell!" Let's go! ”

Get! Gao Su didn't dare to ask more questions now, and after asking Xiao Tianjian, he didn't let him go to see Miss Fan, so he obediently took a war horse that someone sent him, turned over and rode on horseback, and honestly followed behind Xiao Tianjian, and then followed the team out of Lotus Village and headed towards Shuangfeng Village.

After leaving the Lotus Village, Gao Su has been thinking about Fan Yutong's affairs, and he can't figure out why this is after thinking about it, it stands to reason that Xiao Tianjian is a robber, and Fan Yutong was kidnapped by him, Xiao Tianjian should extort ransom from the Fan family, and then let Fan Yutong go, but after such a long time, Fan Yutong is still here, Xiao Tianjian went out on patrol, and he actually took her with him, could it be ......

Gao Su looked at Xiao Tianjian and didn't dare to say anything, but he also began to have some reveries between Xiao Tianjian and Fan Yutong.

After leaving the Lotus Village, walking on the road, Gao Su was finally allowed to see Fan Yutong, and after walking to the side of the carriage, he quickly dismounted and bowed to Fan Yutong who was sitting in the carriage and said, "Respected Miss Fan!" It is a dereliction of duty to fail to escort Miss Fan to Nanjing City safely, and I ask Miss Fan to forgive me! ”

Fan Yutong looked at Gao Su, a foreign devil, at the window of the car with great interest, and said with a slight smile: "I can't blame you for this matter, you have done your best!" I want to thank you! Don't mention it again! Looks like you're going to do something for General Xiao too? ”

"Yes, Miss Fan, I came to your country, there is really no way to make a living, now General Xiao wants to use me, I promised the general, stay here to do things for him, for Miss Fan and the shopkeeper Fan to take care of me, I am very grateful, I hope to serve Miss one day!" Gao Su politely replied to Fan Yutong.

Fan Yutong smiled slightly: "I said that I don't need to mention it again, I saved you just because I was curious about you at the beginning, you are a very serious person, you have already done what you should do, don't worry about it anymore, by the way, what does that guy want you to do for him?" ”

Gao Su didn't know what the relationship between Fan Yutong and Xiao Tianjian was now, so he hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to say, Xiao Tianjian rode to the carriage at this time, and said with a smile: "Gao Su, you can tell Miss Fan that I have nothing to hide from Miss Fan!" ”

After Gao Su heard this, he began to believe that Xiao Tianjian must have an inexplicable relationship with this Miss Fan at the moment, otherwise, he would not hide it from Fan Yutong for things like privately casting cannons, maybe the two of them must have an 'adulterous relationship', otherwise, why does this Miss Fan not look a little scared now, and it seems that she is still eyebrow-raising with this Xiao Tianjian?

So Gao Su didn't dare to be disrespectful to Fan Yutong anymore, and hurriedly bowed down and said to Fan Yutong: "The general hired me to be his artillery caster, and I will cast cannons for the general's army in the future!" ”

After Fan Yutong heard this, she was slightly taken aback, she didn't expect that this red-haired man who looked like a monster would actually cast cannons, and Xiao Tianjian would actually use him to cast cannons for the Xingtian Army, if Xiao Tianjian can even cast cannons, then wouldn't the Xingtian Army really be unlimited in the future?

"You know how to forge cannons?" Fan Yutong looked at Gao Su with some suspicion.

Gao Su straightened his waist a little dissatisfied and replied: "Miss Fan, don't look down on me as a foreigner, the Hongyi cannon used by the imperial court of your country was cast by us Westerners, and I am not only an excellent mercenary, but also from a family of cannon casters, so I am also a clever cannon caster!" ”

Fan Yutong glanced at Xiao Tianjian, who was riding on a horse, Xiao Tianjian smiled and said: "I, Xiao, employ people regardless of Chinese and foreign, which is also called eclectic talent!" Hehe! ”

Fan Yutong still remembered that Xiao Tianjian ran away on the night of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, gave Xiao Tianjian a blank look, and then said to Gao Su: "Then I will congratulate you on finding a good master!" Then he closed the curtains and said nothing more to them.

As soon as Gao Su heard this, he immediately explained: "The general can't be called my master!" Only if I am his slave, he can be my master, we are in a mercenary relationship, and it is the general who hires me to do things for him! ”

Xiao Tianjian was bored with Fan Yutong, so he said to Gao Su angrily: "Let's go!" I know you're not my slave, and I don't feel like I'm taking you as my slave! Get on the horse, we still have to hurry! ”

Fan Yutong sat in the warm car, listening to Xiao Tianjian's angry voice outside the car, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.