On the wharf of Niudao, a new plank road has just been built; Different from the wooden plank road next to it, the base of this plank road is made of large bluestone blocks with wooden planks laid on it, which is already a semi-permanent wharf.

On the semi-permanent pier stood two young men, the older of which was about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall and thin; The other, although he was a little younger, stood a little in the front position, and it seemed that he was the official of the former, although he was young, he had a black burn the size of a palm on his face, and his body looked thinner and thinner.

Both of them were dressed in cyan cotton robes, standing as tall as a pine in the sea breeze of hunting, and they knew at a glance that they had received the harsh training of the Fuliao army; From time to time, they looked around curiously, and the cold gaze in their eyes was as sharp as a knife, and people did not dare to look at them; Especially the young man, although his body and bones are thin, his whole person exudes a murderous aura, like an old pawn after a hundred battles.

He is Chu Fan's guard captain Doudou.

Ning Yuan's rebellious battle, at the last moment, he used his body to block an arrow for Chu Fan, if Chu Fan hadn't risked giving him a blood transfusion with a blood transfusion technique that should not have appeared in this era, the little guy would definitely die.

Thanks to his young and strong body, he was able to go to the ground after recuperating for more than two months in Dengzhou; After this experience on the front line of life and death, Doudou's whole person has become much calmer, and he is no longer the little kid who cries because he doesn't want to learn to read.

Because Chu Fan asked Doudou about his situation every time he sent a letter, and the pillar was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground every day, Doudou's health improved slightly, and he and another wounded member of the guard were arranged by the pillar to be put on a cargo ship and sent to Niu Island.

Just as the two of them were looking around, the traffic boat had already docked at the dock, and Chu Fan came back.

The two of them grabbed a few steps. was about to kneel down to greet him, but he was pulled by Chu Fan, and then Chu Fan's actions surprised everyone present even more - he hugged Doudou, touched his head dotingly, and muttered, "Good brother, you are good...... It's not easy. Such a serious injury! ”

His heartfelt feeling made Doudou suddenly a little sour and hot, and replied angrily, "Doudou has a good life, and I met my son...... If it weren't for the son's blood to save me, I was afraid that my bones would be able to beat the drum. ”

Chu Fan let go of him and said with a smile, "Silly boy, why do you keep thinking about this...... Just survive, and then give me the captain of the guard. Our brothers have a long life to come! ”

After speaking, he led him towards the foot of Nanshan Mountain, and listened to his report on the situation in Dengzhou as he walked.

"A whistle, oh no, it should be called a battalion, there are 368 people now, Brother Zhuzi drills tightly...... It's just that there are fewer Lu Mi guns, or the 50 left by Gongzi, and the three companies went to Xiaozhu Island for rotation training and some were damaged. Brother Zhu was worried about this...... No one dares to mess with us, listen to Brother Zhuzi. The horse bandits in the mountains were afraid when they heard the name of the son. ”

"Something seems to have gone wrong with the recruitment...... Cai Zhifu has a very long hand, and Brother Zhuzi said that he has already spoken, and it will definitely not work to recruit people away without spending money like before...... This bastard's conscience really let the dogs eat it, and he would rather watch those homeless people starve to death than let us recruit them. ”

"There's nothing wrong with the cigarette factory...... It's just that there are some rumors in Dengzhou now, saying that our tobacco factories are mixed with men and women, and there is an immorality or something...... Mr. Lu pushed back, as I said. Those people are just fed! ”

Chu Fan has already understood and dealt with what he said from the letter, and some of the other trivial things are the first time he has heard them, so he can't help but listen to them with relish.

As he spoke, he had already walked to the door of the Chu family's courtyard. After Chu Fan instructed the kitchen to clean up a table of wine and food, he continued to listen to Doudou and them talk about Dengzhou.

Just when they were chatting hotly, in the Liu family's mansion on Jeju Island, Liu Zhongwen was holding a roster and researching.

The rotation training plan is going very smoothly, and the 15-day riding training of the first brigade has been completed, and what Liu Zhongwen is doing now is to draw out the people with good performance and potential from the first brigade to prepare for the recruitment of cavalry battalions in the future.

Like other training in the Liao Army, the riding training was also quite rigorous, and in the course of 15 days, the more than 300 members of the First Brigade were almost really unarmoured and unsaddled, eating on horseback during the day and sleeping in the horse ring at night; After half a month, everyone in the first brigade was unkempt, and they all walked and flashed - the inner thighs were all worn out!

This is the special of cavalry -- the war horse is the most important weapon of the cavalry, but this weapon is a living creature, how to take care of the war horse, how to make it move appropriately, how to achieve the unity of man and horse, these are the contents of riding training.

According to Chu Fan's plan, after this rotation training, regardless of the cavalry battalion, the three infantry battalions must also be gradually equipped with pack horses, and eventually all infantry must become mounted infantry - at least to ensure that they can ride on horses without falling off, and to learn how to take care of horses.

Since there is such a plan, the foundation must be solid, and Chu Fan's request is that after this rotation training, strive to let everyone meet this minimum standard.

Judging from the training results of the First Brigade, Liu Zhongwen was quite satisfied, not only did everyone survive the hellish fifteen days, but also found a lot of good seedlings -- Liu Zhongwen estimated that one-third of the First Brigade, that is, about 120 people, had already reached the standard of joining the cavalry battalion, while the others had also reached the minimum standard of Chu Fan.

If this were the case with the other three brigades, after one to two months of intensive training and surprise training, the Fuliao army would have a cavalry battalion capable of charging into battle and three cavalry infantry battalions with unprecedented mobility - provided that there were enough horses, of course, and this was not a problem at all on Jeju Island, where horses were everywhere.

Just when Liu Zhongwen had just put down his pen after checking the roster, there was a commotion outside the door, and he couldn't help frowning, got up and came to the courtyard.

"You want to stop me, too?"

As soon as Liu Zhongwen came out, he heard this, and just saw Chen Zhongyu let go of the guards at the gate of the courtyard and was triumphantly rushing into the courtyard.

Liu Zhongwen didn't say anything, flashed forward and hooked a belt, and this poisonous brother lay down on his back with his face to the sky; As soon as he stood up, Liu Zhongwen repeated his old tricks and threw him into the mouth and gnawed the mud; After three times, Chen Zhongyu played a scoundrel, didn't get up, lay on the ground and pleaded, "Master, I won't leave even if you kill me...... I'm going to the cavalry barracks! I'm going to learn your kung fu! …… Teach me, it was so wonderful to capture that North Korean alive last time...... Master, please! ”

Chen Zhongyu is a person in the first team, and he is afraid that he will lose the election, so he came to spill.

Liu Zhongwen was angry and funny, and after searching for the names on the roster in his mind, he had a plan in his heart. (To be continued.) )