General Fan Songfu not only gave Hu Fei his position, but also allocated 500 weapons, ammunition, food, and grass to Hu Fei. General Fan said clearly: I know that you don't have so many people now, and I give you these things just to make you as good as you can. If there are more than 500 people, I will give you more food and grass baggage!

Okay, people gave things first, and it depends on your ability to recruit people! Hu Fei has always been short of money, and if he has no money, he can rob big households. What Hu Fei lacks is a name, a formal name. Now that he has a name, although it is a guerrilla, this is a genuine army recognized by the state, and with this name, he will have more confidence to recruit troops and buy horses!

Where to recruit? Of course, it is to the vast countryside. How many mountain people can there be in the mountains? Besides, the mountainous areas around here are all the territory of the commander-in-chief of the people, and even if there are a few idle laborers, the guerrilla corps has long been pulled away, where is the turn of Hu Fei, the newly established advance army detachment, to recruit people?

In this regard, Hu Fei's heart is like a mirror. He understood that if he wanted to expand the team, he had to go outside the mountains to row people, and he could not intervene in the mountains. In the past, when Hu Fei wanted to expand his team, he often exterminated a bandit cottage and directly annexed it by using the method of eating small fish with big fish. But now that he is an officer recognized by the state, of course, he can't always rely on that unreliable method. He has to learn from other people's regular army, and put up posters to recruit people!

Hu Fei summoned all the major officers such as Liu Dong, Gou Tianxiao, and Ji Jinbiao to a meeting, and gave a briefing on the current situation of the unit to the big guys. Everyone heard that their team has changed its name again, and some people are happy and some are disapproving, in short, they have everything to say.

Ji Jinbiao and Gou Tianxiao were the most radical, and Ji Jinbiao even had to take people into Nanchang City to recruit soldiers. Liu Dong is the calmest person, he thinks that there is nothing to be excited about just changing the number, and this advance army detachment is not necessarily much stronger than the temporary third regiment. Yang Jinsheng, the commander of the third battalion, even thought that the 88th detachment of the advance army did not have the name of the 3rd Regiment for the time being, which sounded formal.

The more a group of people talked, the more outrageous it became, and the more you and I talked about a good seminar, the louder it became, and in the end, it was a bit of a trend towards quarrels. When Hu Fei saw it, he stretched out his hands and shut up for me! The people present were suddenly silent, and all eyes were on the newly appointed Hu Detachment Leader.

"The 88th Detachment of the Advance Army has to be reported to the Military Commission for the record, and it is not comparable to the temporary establishment of the 3rd Temporary Regiment. Brothers, I don't have much else to say, in short, the advance army is more reliable than the temporary third regiment! Let's talk to the outside world in the future, that is, to advance to the 88th detachment, don't give Lao Tzu the third regiment again, do you understand? ”

"Got it!" As soon as Hu Fei spoke, all the officers present obeyed. This has become a habit, Hu Fei doesn't speak, and the big guys discuss and discuss casually. Once Hu Fei speaks, it is a final conclusion and a resolution, and no one can change it!

This concludes the discussion on the issue of troop numbers, and now we will get down to business and continue to discuss how to recruit soldiers.

Hu Fei made a public demand: After the officers who came to attend the meeting returned, they immediately organized competent personnel to recruit troops in the rural areas, and they were not allowed to go to the big cities. The interests of all parties there are complicated, and the 88th Detachment of the Advance Army is not suitable for mixing in the city for the time being. The scale of recruitment is as much as possible, the more the merrier, no matter how many people you can recruit, we will all take care of food and pay here! If you recruit someone from a company, you will be the company commander, and if you recruit someone from a battalion, you will be the battalion commander!

"What if you recruit a regiment?" Gou Tianxiao made up for it at the right time.

"If you can recruit 2,000 people, I'll make you the head of the regiment!" Hu Fei's words made everyone present burst into laughter. Behind the smile, though, everyone's eyes flashed with greed.

Who doesn't want to be a big official? Who doesn't want to have a lot of people under their hands? Fei Ge offered such generous conditions, but he was worried that he couldn't recruit anyone? Three-legged toads are hard to find, and two-legged people can be found everywhere in the world! Whether you can recruit people, how many people you can recruit, it depends on your personal ability!

At that time, the Chinese people were poor, and there were many people who could not eat enough, and there were also many people who sold their sons and daughters because of poverty. As soon as the news of the 88th Detachment of the Advance Army was open to recruitment, it immediately caused a sensation!

I heard that there is a place where there is a full meal and money, and that day there is the courage to come to inquire about the news. After someone got a few yuan for settling-in after a full meal, they happily returned to their hometowns to publicize it, and well, groups of villagers poured over. There are men and women, old and young, and thousands of people who help the old and the young come to eat and receive money.

The officers in charge of the reception of the conscription took a look, what is going on? I'm a recruiting office, not a charity hall! None of Gou Tianxiao's gang are kind-hearted, seeing that the situation is not right, pulling their faces is even intimidating and threatening, the old and weak women and children dare not move forward to make do, and in the end, all those left behind are young adults between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five.

Those young and middle-aged people are relatives of old and weak women and children, and after registering, filling out the form, and getting the settling-in allowance, they naturally have to hand over the money to the relatives who accompany them. The old and weak women and children grabbed pieces of cool silk and heavy Yuan Datou in the palm of their hands, and naturally lost their interest in continuing to make trouble. What are you looking for when you get the money?

The conscription work went smoothly, and Hu Fei recruited more than 600 people in three days, and he, the colonel's detachment leader, finally didn't have to sing the empty city plan anymore. If you don't have enough guns, go to Commander-in-Chief Fan. Fan Songfu didn't say a word, and directly issued the full amount of guns and ammunition according to the head, and at the same time, the corresponding military uniforms and clothing, including money, food, and military salaries, were fully reissued.

Fan Songfu was too curious about Hu Fei's recruitment speed. After distributing weapons, money, and food, General Fan pulled Hu Fei to consult him about the reason why he was recruiting troops quickly. Hu Fei naturally had nothing to hide, and Fan Songfu was taken aback when he said what he had done, "You spent all the money and food I gave you on the recruits?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Looking at Fan Songfu's expression, Hu Fei wondered in his heart, needless to say, is there anything wrong with me doing this?

"Oh, no wonder, no wonder." Fan Songfu said two strange things in a row, and a wry smile appeared on his face, "After other army commanders get money and food, they must first leave enough operating funds for the troops, and it would be good to send the remaining small part to the recruits." If you spend all that money on recruiting new soldiers, it's no wonder you're recruiting so quickly. ”

Working capital? What is that? Hu Fei didn't understand a little, of course he had to consult the ready-made teacher in front of him.