To solve the problem of Runingjun's mind, of course, it is necessary to further strengthen the limbs. The next step is to expand the army.

Fortunately, this time the Runing Army gained a lot in the Huainan victory, and the funds for the expansion of the army were not a problem, of course, Wu Shigong would not expand the army to the limit, he was afraid that the situation of playing to death last time would happen again.

In addition to the Marine Corps and Cavalry Regiment of the Marine Division, which had been prepared for a long time, Wu Shigong was ready to add one more infantry regiment to each of the three corps of Guide, Nanyang, and Runing.

However, Wu Shigong is still ready to pick up the rotation training system again, and will establish another rotation training regiment in the headquarters, so that each regiment outside will ensure that there is an infantry regiment in rotation training in the headquarters. So the three legions outside are actually still the original strength.

But at this time, Wu Shigong came here with a visitor, that is, Li Lu, a famous general in Nanyang. After Li Lu suffered a double heaven of ice and fire in Hong Chengchou's camp, he just returned to Yexian County and received an official appointment from the Ministry of War. He was appointed as the chief soldier of the Nanyang Regiment Training, with a rated number of 6,500 soldiers.

With the appointment, Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan, also allocated the first batch of food and salaries and the construction cost of the camp. It should be said that Xuan Mo's behavior is quite friendly, and even the norm is the lowest discount, just thinking about wooing Wu Shigong through Li Lu.

But Li Lu was very panicked after receiving the appointment. What about weishenme? It's that he actually doesn't have any soldiers in his hands. Now that the appointment of the Ministry of War has come down; The extermination of the peasant rebels was also imminent; Coupled with Li Lu's reputation, no matter how many reasons Li Lu has, he will have to fight the peasant rebels!

So this time Li Lu came to visit Wu Shigong for two things. One is to buy some weapons from Wu Shigong and arm the soldiers he urgently recruited; The other is to borrow troops from Wu Shigong.

Li Lu thought like this: with his own soldiers and the soldiers borrowed from Wu Shigong as the core, plus the recruited recruits. First fooled Hong Chengchou and Xuan Mo in terms of numbers. In case of a real war, with those recruits as cannon fodder, Li Lu's personal soldiers and the soldiers borrowed from Wu Shigong will also have time to bring Li Lu back safely.

But after Wu Shigong listened to Li Lu's thoughts, he immediately thought of a good way to borrow chickens to lay eggs. So Wu Shigong said to Li Lu: "Brother Li is looking for me." There are only two layers of consideration. First, it is necessary to deal with the inspection of the imperial court; The first is to prepare for war. Is that what my brother said? ”

Li Lu immediately nodded and replied, "Exactly." ”

"Then things will be easy to do." Wu Shigong continued, "Brother will give Brother Li a group of 1,000 people, and I don't need to borrow it, I will give it to you." The weapons and equipment of this regiment are also from our Runing army, but the food and salary will have to be paid by Brother Li. Just put it by Brother Li's side to protect your safety. ”

"In this case, this regiment, your five hundred personal soldiers, plus the men and horses of our Runing Army in the camp of Luojia Town and the base of Longyan Town, are almost the same as Brother Li's six thousand five hundred people. This imperial court inspection will definitely be able to mix it up. ”

"But there is something I have to explain to Brother Li. The appointment of officers of this regiment is only at the disposal of our Runing Army. The food and wages you give to this regiment must also be sent to our Runing Army first, and then it will be distributed from us. ”

Because of the incident of the Yao Liang militia in Ningling County, the current Wu Shigong will definitely drag the distribution of the army's food and salary in his own hands. Only they have control over the salaries and the right to appoint officers. This army can be said to be completely controlled by the Runing Army.

Seeing Li Lu's expression a little excited, Wu Shigong immediately explained: "Brother Li, don't think I'm trying to take advantage of you. If you do the math, my regiment will have the most of your 3,000 soldiers. If you recruit new recruits yourself, how much will you spend? And now the rest of the food and salary is not all yours? And don't you have another way to make money now? ”

"Oh? What financial route? "As soon as I heard about the road of wealth. Li Lu's eyes lit up.

"You think! My regiment plus your own soldiers, your town still has 5,000 men left. The bitter GIs don't talk about him. You have hundreds of military attachés! ”

"It was supposed to be according to your idea. Recruit all these people. You can drink the blood of those soldiers, but you can't drink all the money of those military attachés, right? And you can't drink your own blood and not let those military attachés drink a sip, right? ”

"And now you can give those official positions to the squires of Nanyang and Ruzhou. Those rich people are all wealthy, they just want an official body to support themselves, and they have a lot of families, you can let them bring troops to vote! And the soldiers they bring can also be fed by themselves. You can also take more benefits! ”

"That's right!" Li Lu immediately drew inferences, "It's better to give them away for nothing, let them buy them with silver!" ”

However, Li Lu immediately thought of another question, and he asked again: "Brother-in-law! Although those turtles will definitely take the bait. But I'm afraid that they won't get food for a long time, and I don't think there will be much benefit, and they will disperse after a long time! ”

"Then tie them up!" Wu Shigong immediately replied, "Brother, let's talk about an idea here, is it appropriate for Brother Li to help you figure it out?" Those squires could not take their official positions for nothing, and they also had to give two or three thousand men. Brother Li organized them into two thousand-person regiments, and I bought and gave away half of the weapons here, which is definitely not comparable to our Runing army, but it is comparable to the thief army, which must be called excellent. ”

"Both regiments were trained by instructors from me, and they were first kneaded into the appearance of an army. After that, we began to develop financial resources. Although we are in chaos in Henan now, there is gold everywhere, and it depends on whether anyone has the courage to pick it. ”

"Your own soldiers, the regiment I gave you, the two regiments of the squire, plus I asked Chang Meng to bring five hundred people over. That's more than four thousand. Set up a branch of a reclamation commercial bank here, and there are countless terra nullius in Nanyang and Ruzhou, depending on how much your branch can occupy. ”

"Establishing Tuntian Zhuangzi, recruiting displaced people, and organizing farming, these tasks are very familiar, and you don't need to worry about it, Brother Li. When the time comes, we will harvest all the things you have grown, and you can also take a big share of it, this kind of no-capital business should always be done! ”

"You 4,000 people are to ensure the safety of those Zhuangzi, and in addition, to occupy some new terra nullius, and after tasting the sweetness, you beat them with sticks, and those squires still refuse to leave. So what else do you have to worry about? ”

Li Lu pondered Wu Shigong's words from beginning to end, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, but he still had a worry that was not resolved: "Then brother-in-law, what if Governor Hong and Governor Xuan mobilize our army?" ”

"Then! A principle that does not leave the doorstep. Wu Shigong then replied, "You will always play this old trick of officialdom." Besides, you also have a good reason why your body is inconvenient! If it's really hard to shirk, brother, I won't sit idly by here, and I won't make things too ugly. ”

Now that all the doubts have been solved, Li Lu and Wu Shigong have settled this matter. As for the specific trivial matters, they will also be operated by Li Lu and Chang Meng in the future, and Wu Shigong doesn't have to bother anymore.

Li Lu also knew that in this way, his troops were actually controlled by Wu Shigong. But Li Lu really doesn't want to be a famous general in his heart, he just wants to be a rich man. Therefore, now that he has such a good money situation, he has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

In addition to raising an additional infantry regiment through Li Lu's salary, the two regiments composed of those squires will also be under the control of the instructors he sent out, and half under the control of Wu Shigong.

These two regiments may be lacking in field warfare, but defending this area is a powerful help. Coupled with the cooperation of the Nanyang Army, it can basically completely block the enemy invasion in this direction. As for the income of Tuntian Zhuangzi and the cultivation of the Zhuang protection team, those are all other additions.

However, in this way, the commander of the Nanyang Legion will faintly surpass the other legion commanders. Therefore, Wu Shigong was ready to send his earliest guard captain, Xue Yong, over. And Hefei will be transferred back to the headquarters as the commander of the training corps.

This time, there will also be a major reshuffle of senior officers of the Runing Army. The cavalry corps, the teaching corps, the training corps, the artillery regiment and the engineer regiment left behind in the headquarters will form a town, which Wu Shigong named "Tiger Roar".

Wu Shigong will also serve as the town commander of this Tiger Roar town, and Zhou Xun will be the deputy commander but actually command this town. After Qian Qi recovers, he will serve as the commander of the Runing Legion, and switch positions with Yang Rusong. Wu Shigong believed that these army commanders should not serve too long in one place, otherwise if they had too deep ties with the locality, there would be a danger of becoming warlords.

After that, it was Wu Shigong who met and commended the meritorious personnel of this operation. In addition to having a set of reward system in line with the medal level, all meritorious personnel have a place to beat gongs and drums to send the good news to their homes, so that they can also enjoy the scenery in their neighborhoods.

Surprisingly, Huang Qiqi was also on the list of this interview, but he thought that he had not made any credit this time, so he was also a little confused about Wu Shigong's reception.

However, after kowtowing to Wu Shigong, Wu Shigong smiled and asked, "Enlightenment!" How's the kids going? ”

Huang Qiqi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord Hui, it's really good!" Those dolls are learning very quickly, and the villain's family background is almost finished by them. ”

Wu Shigong nodded, and then said, "That's good!" Enlightenment, I put you in that position, just to sharpen you, now it seems that you are stable, and things are doing well! So I'm going to give you a chance this time, just to see if you can take it, right? (To be continued......)