The escorts of the merchant group finally came.

There were actually 1,107 people, more than 200 fewer than before, but this already made Huang Ke excited. What made him even more excited was that the officers under his command were able to swagger more than 1,000 teams into Guangzhou City, which was indeed admirable.

Huang Ke crossed his legs and leaned over with a happy look on his face: "Tell me, how did you gather the team?" And how did you get the team in? ”

Wang Maocai glanced at Yang Yibing and smiled: "Why don't you talk to the chief?" ”

Yang Yibing shook his head and didn't speak, and the fourteen boys next to him also looked at a few people who didn't speak. Huang Ke was anxious, he patted Batu's thigh and said, "Batu, they don't say you say." ”

Batu also hurriedly slapped his thigh: "If you don't say it, then I'll say it." That's it, sir, and we began to prepare for your letter. ”

"The rush of too many people to Xiguan will definitely arouse suspicion, so a few days ago, we sent a herald to knock on the door of the scattered officers and soldiers from door to door and ask them to gather in Luokou Town. There were about 1,000 people gathered, and some of them didn't want to come back, so we took our guns and told them to go home. ”

"What about after the assembly?" Huang Ke continued to ask.

"After the gathering, we will use your brother-in-law...... No! It was Mr. Zhao's caravan, and we changed into casual clothes and came in several batches. ”

Huang Ke nodded with satisfaction: "You really didn't disappoint me." ”

"It's just that these weapons are too small, all the guns we brought are German-made shell guns, heavy machine guns or something because it is inconvenient, so we didn't bring them, and some heavy weapons were scattered and damaged when we retreated last time." Yang Yibing said to Huang Ke with some regret.

Huang Ke stood up and patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, as long as there are people, any weapon can be obtained." What is a weapon? Weapons are just a bunch of broken copper and iron, and in the future, we will not only equip them, but also manufacture them! You will be stationed with me in a nearby factory this time, and you will soon be put to good use. ”、

When Huang Ke said this, no one else understood what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, what did he mean by "great use"?

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The team converged and stationed in the factory of Fu Guoqiang's house, and on weekdays, these officers and soldiers were trained here in ordinary workers' clothes, and Huang Ke instructed Fourteen Tsai to hurry to Luokou Town and transport all those heavy weapons back. He knew that heavy weapons were too useful in battle.

After Fourteen Tsai rushed back that day, he dismantled the light and heavy weapons and packed them into the boxes for the shipment, and then pulled them back to the city of Guangzhou.

In Luokou Town, Fourteen Tsai met Zhao Xiaowan who had just come back from riding a horse outside, looking at the tall horse that Zhao Xiaowan was riding, Fourteen Tsai, who was born in a horse driver, couldn't help but envy him.

"Miss, where did you buy this good horse?" Fourteen asked loudly.

Zhao Xiaowan jumped off the horse and said, "Come, you can change and ride up to take a look." ”

"I don't dare, this horse looks like a precious breed, how about you look at this head and foot strength? How much is a horse? Fourteen looked at this white horse, and really liked it.

Zhao Xiaowan smiled and said: "Count you kid knowledge, these are all Mongolian horses that my brother bought from Mongolia with money, I heard that Mongolian horses are all military horses." ”

"Miss, you are really willing to spend money on yourself" Fourteen Tsai said with a smile, Zhao Xiaowan is famous for her love of play, and Fourteen Tsai, as a family member, naturally knows this truth since he was a child.

"I didn't buy it to play, it's your chief's." Zhao Xiaowan said.

Fourteen Tsai didn't understand: "Isn't the chief's jujube red horse good?" Why are you buying a horse again? ”

Zhao Xiaowan smiled and said, "This is not what he rode by himself." He said that there was other use, so he let me buy more than 30 horses at once. No, after my brother found someone, he quickly had the horse brought over. I'll try this one first. Now that you are going back to Guangzhou, you should ride this horse back and let your chief see if you are satisfied? ”

"More than thirty?" Fourteen Tsai was thinking in his heart, how much would it cost now? All are purebred Mongolian horses. It seems that the chief is really serious. After riding his horse, he hurriedly waved his whip and hurried towards the city of Guangzhou.

After the light and heavy weapons were brought back, Fourteen Boy led the white horse under his crotch. Huang Ke smiled when he saw it, he patted Fourteen Tsai's shoulder and asked, "You kid, where did you get a good horse?" ”

Fourteen Tsai didn't sell it, and simply said: "Sir, this is what the eldest lady asked me to send, and she said that the more than 30 horses have been bought, all of which are high-quality foals bought from the Mongolian steppe!" ”

When Huang Ke heard this, his eyes became a line: "What? All of them are Mongolian foals? ”

"Yes, the eldest lady said that they were all bought from Mongolia, more than 30 horses." Fourteen replied.

Huang Ke couldn't hide the joy on his face, and hurriedly waved his hand to call Batu over. After Batu, Huang Ke pointed to the white horse in front of him and said, "Batu, your cavalry has a show!" Now you take someone to Luokou and bring all the more than 30 horses that the eldest lady bought. ”

As soon as Batu heard that the cavalry had been formed, he couldn't close his mouth with joy, and when he looked at the white Mongolian horse in front of him, Batu was even more excited.

"Good, good! Sir, this horse is a Mongolian horse on the steppe. You see this horse has a thick body, solid and powerful limbs, a large head and a wide forehead, a deep and long chest, and a good physique! Haha, what's even harder to see is the solid-colored horse, sir, where did you get that? ”

Batu excitedly boasted about the horse in front of him, and after a while jumped up and tried to ride it. Huang Ke called out to him: "Hurry down, this horse is so good, it will be your mount in the future." There are still more than 30 horses at my brother-in-law in Luokou Town, you go and pull these horses over, and then select dozens of soldiers from the team to form a cavalry team. The gun and horse man Lao Tzu has all the configurations for you, you must bring out a brave and good cavalry out, otherwise Lao Tzu will definitely not spare you. ”

Batu took the reins of his horse and saluted, "Sir, I will definitely bring out a brave and warlike cavalry." With that, he raised his whip and rushed outside, and his excited shouts could be heard in the distance.

After Batu left, Huang Ke called Wang Maocai and asked him to take a sum of money to buy a hundred mules, horses and donkeys with different endurance in various places.

Wang Maocai didn't understand, and thought to himself, sir, what's going on? How to buy both horses and donkeys.

"Sir, what is the use of buying so many mules and donkeys? We're not running a livestock factory. As soon as Wang Mao finished speaking, Yang Yibing also followed below and asked: "That's right, the commander buys horses to form cavalry, so what about buying mules?" ”

Cui Wu didn't speak, and looked at Wang Maocai and Yang Yibing with a cold face.

Huang Ke scolded angrily: "Let you buy it, why do you ask so much?" ”

Seeing that Huang Ke was furious, Wang Maocai stepped forward again and said: "Sir, there is not much money left for us before the merchant group, and it is a bit unbearable to buy another hundred mules and horses. ”

Huang Ke then remembered the matter of money, although he has now controlled the merchant group, but the money given by the merchant group is counted, and with such a team of more than 1,000 people, it costs money to eat, drink and Lazar. You can't always ask for it from your brother-in-law's family, right?

After thinking for a while, Huang Ke asked, "How much money do we have?" ”

Wang Mao thought about it for a moment and said: "It's only a few thousand yuan, which is only enough for so many of us to spend until next month, when the merchant group allocates money." ”

Huang Ke took a breath: "Cui Wu is in charge of training, Yang Yibing, you and Wang Maocai together, first purchase dozens of mules and horses, and I will find a way to spend the rest." ”

Saying that, Huang Ke took his big-brimmed hat and walked out. Huang Ke was going to raise money, how did they know that the formation of cavalry was only the first few steps for Huang Ke to form this army.

The next thing he wants to achieve is the mule-horse transformation of all infantry. Huang Ke, who is familiar with history, knows that it is absolutely impossible to implement full motorization and mechanization in the Chinese army now, and the development of technology cannot be achieved, and China's industrial base at that time is powerless. If we want to rapidly improve the combat effectiveness of our troops, we can only take the road of turning the troops into mules and horses.