Although most of the Xuzhou Shi clan officials were dissatisfied, they could only bury their dissatisfaction in their hearts for the time being.

However, Wei Shuo also seems to realize that he is an outlier in Xuzhou officialdom, so he behaved very low-key after taking office. He did not take the initiative to make friends with the officialdom, nor did he deliberately make a name for himself in Shilin, but he had a hot fight with Xuzhou businessmen, which made Xuzhou scholars quite disdainful.

Wei Shuo didn't care about the strange eyes of the scholars, but with the convenience of Xuzhou Bingcao, he successively reached a cooperation agreement with nearly ten merchants in Xuzhou, and they will go to Laoshan by sea in the near future.

Of course, Wei Shuo did not forget his job, and after receiving the appointment of the Assassin's Mansion, he immediately went to the school to inspect the soldiers. Although the Assassin's Mansion has stopped recruiting the children of the Liang family to enlist in the army, nearly 1,000 people were still forcibly conscripted by the government in the early stage.

For these more than 1,000 people, Wei Shuo did not disband them immediately, but asked the Assassin Mansion to make up the salaries. Although Sima Ao's actions were a bit absurd, the people he chose were good candidates to serve as soldiers. The so-called good family is generally a well-off family, and those who have a permanent property have perseverance.

The recruits were paid back their salaries, and everyone's sense of anxiety gradually dissipated. But ordinary people's heartfelt fear of the battlefield has not disappeared, and everyone is even more trembling when they hear that they are going to fight with the Hu people.

In the past two years, with the successive defeats of the imperial army against the Hu people, coupled with the false rumors of the people, the Hu people have already become the embodiment of the ancient demons in the impression of ordinary people. Don't say that everyone goes to the battlefield to fight with the Hu people, even when they hear the news that the Hu people are coming, some people can't help but run far away.

Therefore, Wei Shuo's first thing to do now is to dispel the fear of Hu Ren in everyone's hearts, otherwise no matter how fierce the man is, he will become a soft-footed shrimp on the battlefield.

So at first, Wei Shuo was not in a hurry to start training, but took Zhang Erlang and others in and out of the barracks every day. Because Wei Shuo is a modern man, he does not have the deep-rooted hierarchical concept of this era. However, at the beginning, Wei Shuo's 'bold' style did scare many people.

But after a few days of unremitting efforts, Wei Shuo, Zhang Erlang and several backbones of the escort team slowly became familiar with the Xuzhou soldiers, and many soldiers also felt that they had no official frame to be an adult, which was different from other officials.

"Have any of you ever seen a Hu man?"

"The little ones haven't seen it, but they've heard of it." A Xuzhou soldier who was familiar with Zhang Erlang took the initiative to answer.

Conversations like this have been carried out many times recently, and at first everyone was afraid to speak, basically Wei Shuo said it, but then slowly everyone became bolder.

"Then let's talk about what the Hu people you heard look like?"

"I heard that the Hu people all have big mouths of blood, and each of them is eight feet long, with big shoulders and round waists, and each of them will deal with a hundred of us."

"That's it, that's it, those Hu people are fierce! I heard that the hundreds of thousands of imperial army in the north were beaten by thousands of Hu people to the point of urine, and the killing was like a river of blood and darkness, and I heard that the water in the Yellow River was stained red with blood. ”

"Moreover, the little one also heard that the Hu people love to eat people, and they have to eat human flesh before every war, and then every prisoner after the war is also made into human jerky by the Hu people and stored."

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Soon, more and more people enthusiastically participated, and Wei Shuo was very happy to see that everyone's emotions were gradually mobilized. Although he didn't study psychology, he also knew that emotions needed to be released and vented. Only by letting everyone vent their fear of the Hu people in their hearts can we slowly rebuild everyone's confidence.

The discussion is getting hotter and the rumors are getting more and more outrageous. Some people even said unashamedly that Hu people can scrape away a large number of people with a single breath, and a stomp can collapse a city! Although it is somewhat absurd, there are many people who believe it to be true.

Gradually, everyone's topic slowly changed from Wei Shuo's fear of the Hu people to denounce the crimes of the Hu people. In this process, Wei Shuo consciously guided everyone's emotions towards Hu Ren to slowly turn from fear to anger.

"I heard that the Hu people are burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil in all parts of the Central Plains! How many families have been separated because of the Hu people. ”

"Hu people are really hateful."

"I heard that the Hu people are coming to our Xuzhou soon, what do you think we should do?"

"Isn't there still an official government? Let's not worry. ”

"Humph! Feudal official? If the government is reliable, how can there be chaos in the north? ”

"So what are we going to do? Why don't we run away? The farther you run, the better! ”

"Run? Where can ordinary people like us flee to? Even if you can escape, what can you do? When you arrive in a strange place, how can the family survive if you don't have acquaintances to take care of you? ”

Seeing that everyone's conversation was progressing in the direction he hoped, Wei Shuo's heart was full of joy. Throughout the history of China, the truly powerful armies are all fighting to protect the family and defend the country, and the Yue family army and the Qi family army are no exception. Moreover, such an army has extremely strict military discipline and has the shadow of a simple modern army.

What Wei Shuo has to do now is to arouse the blood of everyone to defend their families and the country, only in this way can ordinary people who have been frightened by the Hu people be trained to become elite soldiers.

When the voices of everyone gradually quieted down, Wei Shuo stood up and made a summary. He stood in the middle of the crowd with a serious face, and said earnestly: "Brothers, I know that you were forced to come here, and you have a lot of resentment and resentment in your heart. If it were me, I would too. ”

"It's still Lord Bingcao who understands the little ones, we originally had a comfortable job in the city, and although we didn't earn much money all day long, at least we ensured that the family lived well. But now they were forcibly conscripted into the army by the government, and the salaries given by the government were not only not as high as before, but they also asked us to go to the front line to fight the Hu people. ”

"That's it, that's it, the officials will only let us go to work hard, while they enjoy the blessings in the city."

Wei Shuo pressed his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and then asked, "Soldiers, do you think we are working for those noble lords?" ”

"No, it's not! I can tell you very responsibly that we are fighting for ourselves and our families! Think about it, when the Hu people come over and burn, kill, and plunder in our homes, will they distinguish between rich and poor? No, they won't, they will destroy everything they come across! ”

"You, me, him, and no one can survive this catastrophe! Do you want your loved ones to die under the sword of the Hu people? Do you want everything you have to be snatched away by the Hu people? Do you wish you had no resistance when you encounter the Hu people? ”

"Now tell me, are you willing to stand up and defend your family?"

"Yes, we do!"

"Good, good! As long as everyone plucks up the courage, there is nothing to fear from the Hu people. You don't know yet, in the distant state of Bingzhou, there is a great hero, he defeated tens of thousands of Huns with only a few thousand remnants of his army, and defended the city of Jinyang. It can be seen that the Hu people are not invincible. ”

"In addition, if you look at Zhang Erlang next to them, in the competition a few days ago, you must have seen their bravery. But you don't know that two months ago, they were ordinary people like you. As a result, it only took two months of training, and it became invincible and powerful in your eyes. ”

"Shhh Really? ”

"It would be nice if we were like them, so that we wouldn't be afraid of the Hu people coming."

"That is, if I can become a soldier like Zhang Dubo, I will definitely dare to fight with the Hu people!"

Seeing that the recruits frequently looked at Zhang Erlang and them, Wei Shuo took the opportunity to cheer up: "I have a secret here to share with you, don't spread it, I didn't even tell Zhang Erlang about it." The origin of my military training method is not simple, it is said to have been passed down from the hands of Wei Qing, the general of the previous dynasty. ”

"Does Wei Qing know who it is? He is the number one general under the emperor of the previous dynasty! He once personally led an army of 100,000 people, defeated a million Hu people, killed Hu people and ghosts crying wolves, and did not dare to go south to the Central Plains for hundreds of years. If General Wei was alive now, those Hu people might have been wiped out long ago. ”

Although Wei Shuo knew that he was talking nonsense, the others obviously believed it, and even Zhang Erlang was bright-eyed. It seems that the ancients really ate this set!