After Xiao Er stepped down from tea, Cao Wenzhao poured a cup of tea for Yang He, handed it to Yang He and said, "Brother Yang, please drink tea." ”

Yang He took the teacup and smacked it lightly and said, "Brother Cao, I plan to recruit another thousand recruits, but I don't have so many people as instructors right now." I wonder if Brother Cao is willing to help me? ”

Cao Wenzhao was overjoyed: "I said last time that I thought of Brother Yang's command, as long as you can talk to General Du, my brother will come over immediately." ”

Yang He nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Brother Cao, do you know how to train cavalry?" ”

"You're going to form a cavalry unit?" Cao Wenzhao exclaimed.

Yang He smiled and nodded.

"But where are we going to get so many war horses?" Cao Wen said.

"If I can deal with the horses, can you train a strong cavalry force?" Yang He said with a smile.

Cao Wenzhao said solemnly: "If Brother Yang can solve the problem of horses, Brother Yang will definitely do his best to build a cavalry unit for Brother Yang." ”

"Good! I immediately got people in touch to buy horses. Yang He said.

"Brother Yang, it is not so easy to form a cavalry, if the cavalry wants to fight for a long time, it must at least one person and two horses, that is, a cavalry force of 1,000 people must need 2,000 horses, and it must be war horses. To buy 2,000 war horses, I'm afraid it will cost at least 200,000 taels of silver. Cao Wen said.

Yang He said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to buy so many war horses at once, but let's take our time, I estimate that in a year, it will be no problem to buy 2,000 horses." ”

"Where did Brother Yang get so much money?" Cao Wenzhao exclaimed.

Yang He smiled and smiled silently when he heard this.

Seeing that Yang He was silent, Cao Wenzhao suddenly knew that he was reckless in asking.

Cao Wenzhao knew that Yang He appreciated him very much, but before he completely took refuge in Yang He. How could Yang He tell him such a big secret about the source of money?

I thought about it. Cao Wenzhao said: "Brother Yang." To form a cavalry unit, it is not enough to have horses, but also to have horse farms for horses to gallop. In addition, cavalry is not so easy to cultivate, Shanhaiguan has an army of 50,000, and it is good to be able to select five or six thousand soldiers who can be cavalry among these 50,000 people. ”

"You mean to say that I am going to raise a cavalry force of a thousand men. Recruit at least 10,000 people, and then pick out a thousand people out of those 10,000 people? Yang He was shocked when he heard this.

"If Brother Yang recruits soldiers who are all sixteen or seventeen-year-olds, I estimate that the proportion of successful talents will be much higher, and maybe one of the two or three people can be selected." Cao Wen said.

Yang He shook his head and sighed: "That means that I have to recruit at least three thousand sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers, but where are there three thousand sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers in Funing County?" ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "Brother Yang, it is not difficult to recruit soldiers, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled back from outside the border, and with so many refugees, it is not a problem to recruit thousands of teenagers." The key is whether you can afford it!

Brother Yang, you have now recruited more than a thousand recruits. And as far as I know, you have hundreds of soldiers under your command who have been brought back from outside the gates. If another 3,000 people are recruited, then Brother Yang will have to raise nearly 5,000 people. A month's salary and grain for 5,000 people will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, no matter how rich Brother Yang is, I'm afraid he can't afford it, right? ”

Yang He muttered: "I'll figure out a way to solve the problem of money, and now it's mainly to solve two things, one is the horse farm for raising horses, and the other is the source of soldiers." ”

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "If Brother Yang can solve the problem of money, the other two problems will be easy to solve." ”

Yang He smiled bitterly: "If you have money, you can recruit soldiers." But what about the racecourse? Most of the land I bought was distributed to the people, and the remaining land may not be enough for the horse farm. ”

"Brother Yang, there is a large area of land outside Shanhaiguan that is deserted, let alone two thousand horses, even if there are more, they can be raised." Cao Wenzhao said with a smile.

"You want me to herd horses outside the gate?" Yang He suddenly had a strange expression on his face when he heard this.

"Brother Yang was ordered to select and train recruits, what's wrong with herding horses outside the customs?" Cao Wen Zhaoqi said.

Yang He looked at Cao Wenzhao and muttered for a while: "Brother Cao, I chose to train new soldiers, and the court never gave me a penny. ”

"What? Brother Yang trained his troops, but the court didn't give him a penny? Cao Wenzhao was shocked when he heard this.

Yang He nodded lightly: "It's all my own money." ”

"If the money for raising soldiers is raised by Brother Yang himself, then some things must be carefully considered, you must know that Brother Yang can't work hard and finally make a wedding dress for others." Cao Wenzhao groaned.

Yang He smiled and said, "What should I do in Brother Cao's opinion?" ”

"Brother Yang, the military power of this army must be in the hands of Brother Yang himself, this is one of them. Second, Brother Yang pays for his own soldiers, and it is best to be secretive, such as buying military horses, it is best to bring them back in multiple batches, and then find a secret place to breed them. Cao Wen said.

Yang He sighed lightly when he heard this: "Brother Cao is right, if people see me buying a large number of military horses, some people will definitely covet it, and there will even be people who will trouble me."

I don't care about one or two thousand horses, if anyone can use these horses to form an elite cavalry force, and dare to fight in the event of war, it doesn't matter if I send the horses out.

But how many of those generals in the DPRK and China are brave fighters? Even if there are people who dare to fight, can this army give full play to its combat effectiveness?

Therefore, this group of horses, and indeed this cavalry unit, I must be put in the command of a reliable man. ”

Cao Wenzhao was silent for a long time when he heard this, and suddenly asked: "Brother Yang, there is something that my brother doesn't understand a little, and I hope that Brother Yang will advise." ”

Yang He smiled and said, "Brother Cao, excuse me." ”

"Brother Yang is a soldier, why do you want to buy a civilian job? If you have abandoned military force and followed literature, why do you still need to train troops? Cao Wen said.

"It's very simple, because the warriors have no power, so I spent money to buy a civilian official. As for you saying that I abandoned martial arts and followed literature, I think you should be able to see that I am just in the name of a civil official, and I am still a martial artist in my bones. Yang He smiled.

Gently patting Cao Wenzhao's shoulder, Yang He smiled and continued: "Brother Cao, I won't hide it from you, my purpose in doing this is, to put it bluntly, to have more power." ”

"After having power, what is Brother Yang going to do?" Cao Wen said.

"What are you going to do?" Yang He's eyes suddenly narrowed: "The first thing is to eliminate Jianyu, and then recover the territory occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and even expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty." In this way, it is not in vain that the men of my generation come to this world to walk. ”

"I don't know if the adults are willing to take the edict to make contributions together?" Cao Wen said.

Yang He said with a smile: "Brother Wen Zhao, this is what Yang He wants." ”

"Your Excellency, please bow down to your position." Cao Wenzhao suddenly pushed his seat, leaned down and fell to the ground, and kowtowed respectfully to Yang He three times.

"Brother Wen Zhao, please get up quickly." Yang He hurriedly pulled Cao Wenzhao up.

Cao Wenzhao solemnly hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Wen Zhao is not talented, I am willing to build an elite army for my lord. ”

"Brother Wen Zhao, you and I will fight side by side when the time comes." Yang He solemnly returned to the salute.

After that, he turned back to Xiao Er and said, "Take a jar of wine and bring two bowls." ”

When Xiao Er heard this, he hugged a jar of wine and hurriedly sent it over, and then took two more wine bowls.

Yang He set up the wine bowl, picked up the wine jar, uncovered the mud seal, poured the two bowls full, and then raised the wine bowl and said to Cao Wenzhao: "Brother Wenzhao, you and I drink this bowl full, and you and my brothers will fight side by side." ”

"Adults are arrogant, Wen Zhao is fortunate to know adults, it is really a blessing for three lives." Cao Wenzhao picked up the wine bowl and said.

After that, he raised the bowl and drank it all.

Yang He then drank the wine in the bowl.

Before the two of them put down their wine bowls, they suddenly heard someone say: "Brother Cao is not very kind, and he didn't wait for the brothers to come over, so he began to salute Lord Yang's wine." ”

Cao Wenzhao and Yang He looked back and saw a group of soldiers coaxing into the restaurant.

Yang He laughed when he saw it: "The brothers came just in time, if you don't come, Brother Wen Zhao and I won't wait for you." ”

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "Brothers, find a place to sit by yourself, and pay tribute to Lord Yang together for a while." ”

After saying that, Xiao Er hurriedly served wine and food.

Seeing that so many soldiers came to the restaurant at once, how dare Xiao Er slack off, and hurriedly served food and wine, for fear that it would be slow and annoy these ancestors.

Fortunately, although these people were rude, they did not do anything out of the ordinary.

The wine was drunk for an hour, and everyone had a good time.

Sending a group of soldiers back to the barracks, Cao Wenzhao settled the wine account, and then said to Yang He: "My lord, Wenzhao is waiting for the order of the lord, and these brothers, it is best for the lord to transfer them to his command together." ”

Yang He nodded: "I'll do this right away." ”

Looking at Cao Wenzhao, Yang He hesitated: "I'm worried that General Du won't let go of Brother Wenzhao now." ”

Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "If Mr. Du doesn't let go, then the brother won't do it." At that time, the adults will reward the brothers with a mouthful of food. ”

"Hahaha, if Yang has something to eat, he will never let Brother Wen Zhao go hungry." Yang He laughed.

Cao Wenzhao hugged his fists heavily at Yang He, turned around and strode out of the restaurant.

Looking at Cao Wenzhao's back, he took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily, and felt a lot more relaxed for a while.

Yang He knew very well what he lacked, he lacked a tactical executor.

Yang He has always planned a strategic layout, but in order to achieve strategic goals, there must be tactical cooperation, and strategic goals cannot be achieved without tactics.

However, to achieve strategic goals through tactics, it is necessary to have a person who has both the ability to implement tactics and a strategic vision.

Obviously, there is no such person around Yang He.

Although Hei Yunhe and Zhang Mingxian also have certain abilities, they are not enough to take on the important task of implementing tactics, and Hei Yunhe and Zhang Mingxian's abilities are only enough to be stationed in one place and let them be the bosses alone, and their abilities are far from enough.

And Cao Wenzhao is known as a peerless general, and his ability is beyond doubt. Whether it is bravery or strategy, it is far above Heiyunhe and Zhang Mingxian.

However, people like Cao Wenzhao will not be convinced easily, and it is not easy to accept Cao Wenzhao.

People like Cao Wenzhao can't be bought with money, and I'm afraid it's hard to impress him with righteousness.

Suppressing with an official position will only make him submit for a while, but it will never convince Cao Wenzhao.

And what Yang He wants is not Cao Wenzhao's temporary submission, Yang He wants Cao Wenzhao to assist him sincerely.

And if you want Cao Wenzhao to sincerely assist him, you must impress Cao Wenzhao. (To be continued.) )