"Good, that's you."

Chen Wu suppressed his excitement and nodded as calmly as possible. Immediately, he said that there was still a shortage of several clerks and staff officers in the rebel army. This time, Shi Xianqian stood up unsurprisingly. Chen Wu randomly ordered a few people to act as recorders and secretaries, and then looked at the only remaining Shi Xianqian, and appointed him "reluctantly" to serve as his staff officer with the army.

After reasonably picking out the two talents, Chen Wu quickly arranged their respective tasks for the rest of the people, and then signaled that they could go down first.

Xu Shizhong and Shi Xianqian were also about to leave, but they were stopped.

Left alone by the commander of the rebel army who they didn't know, the two of them only thought about Chen Wu to discuss the things mentioned earlier with them, but they didn't think much about it. On the contrary, Sun Tian, who has been following Chen Wu, felt something, although in his opinion, Chen Wu, who had grown up since he was a child, became more and more strange and his ability became bigger and bigger, but the previous friendship between the two has not changed. It was precisely because of this that he faintly realized that Chen Wu attached great importance to these two people.

"Xu Shizhong, that's the name, right?"

Without outsiders, Chen Wu's face was a lot kinder, and he found a conversation and talked: "It's been a few days since the Taiping Righteous Army broke through Yicheng, how is it, what do you think of the Righteous Army?" ”

"Sense...... Think? ”

Xu Shizhong thought that Chen Wu was going to tell him about assisting in the training of the rebels, but he didn't expect Chen Wu to bring up a sensitive and completely irrelevant topic as soon as he came up, and he couldn't help but be stunned and didn't know how to answer.

"Don't worry, just say anything." Seeing Xu Shizhong's appearance, Chen Wu joked with him: "For example, 'you damn anti-thief leader' or something, it doesn't matter." ”

This open-mindedness surprised Xu Shizhong a little.

He thought about it and decided to tell the truth: "I don't understand." ”

"How?" Chen Wu was a little curious.

"Watching the general's actions, it seems to be quite orderly and insightful. Breaking through Yicheng silently is enough to prove this. But with such an insight, how can you not know the power of the emperor? With all due respect, the current rebel army, whether it is armament or training, is not enough to compete with the imperial ** team. And when the general captured the grain depot in Yicheng and was not short of grain, he ordered the requisition of grain and grass in the whole city, and the people were dissatisfied. If the Longshan Mansion is attacked by a large army, I am afraid that it will ......"

"Don't worry."

Knowing Xu Shizhong's thoughts, Chen Wu smiled and inadvertently broke the news: "With the strength of Longshan Mansion, six hundred infantry troops and one hundred light cavalry were sent to death, but they were still not equipped with bows and arrows. This little soldier, even if he comes, is only to deliver food, and he will naturally have a way to annihilate them. ”

If Chen Wu just said the latter sentence, Xu Shizhong would probably think that he was bragging, but not everyone knew the extreme force that Kolong Mountain Mansion could mobilize in a short time. Xu Shizhong also relied on his own experience in the emperor's ** to deduce this number, but he was casually broken by Chen Wu in front of him, which made him not surprised.

Knowing the strength of the officers and the army, and being so confident, it must be relied upon.

For a while, Xu Shizhong couldn't help but be curious.

He wanted to know how Chen Wu could annihilate the 600 infantry army and 100 light cavalry with these righteous troops in his hands. If it is just to defend the city and passively delay, it is nothing, Xu Shizhong can do it lightly under his own command, but it is different when it is completely annihilated, not to mention that there are so many light cavalry in the official army. No matter how strong the rebel army is, can it still catch up with the cavalry?

However, Chen Wu sold a pass and did not answer Xu Shizhong's curiosity.

Revealing this news only made Xu Shizhong understand that he was very sure of defeating the official army, and the Taiping Righteous Army would not be finished for a while, so he could lead the troops to train with peace of mind. The specific method is too early to reveal that it is not interesting. Of course, in order to win over the other party, Chen Wu finally made a promise: "Captain Xu works hard, if he can train this volunteer battalion of more than 1,000 people, let alone a captain, even a higher position is no problem." ”

Taller than the captain, and the scale of a thousand people, it can only be an official position at the wing level.

Xu Shizhong's heart was shocked, he didn't expect Chen Wu to value him so much. Compared with the previous exclusion in the official army, there was a kind of gratitude for Maxima meeting Bole.

"That's right." Chen Wu suddenly remembered his previous question, and immediately said, "Which army of the empire were you in before?" Why don't you do it? ”

When Xu Shizhong heard this, he mistakenly thought that Chen Wu was worried about his loyalty, so he hurriedly said: "That's the case, the humble post was originally a ten-person captain in the county town of Wu'an. Because of the exclusion of chatting with the same person, coupled with the lack of money to deal with the boss, the promotion to the position of captain failed, and he resigned angrily and returned to his hometown. The general doesn't have to worry about anything......"

He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Chen Wu: "Don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people." Whether Captain Xu is sincere or not, he can still see it. ”

Having said that, what else does Xu Shizhong have to worry about? I could only bow gratefully and said, "Thank you for your trust!" ”

"It's fine." Chen Wu waved his hand and asked again, "If, I mean, if you don't meet the rebels, what will you do?" ”

"Didn't the rebels break the city?" Xu Shizhong touched his chin and groaned: "It's a shame to say that Xu was indignant at some time and retired from the army and returned to his hometown, but he really wasn't the material for farming and doing business." Coupled with the severe drought this year, it is difficult for the family to maintain. If you hadn't met a general, you should have returned to your old job and joined a former friend, right? I wrote last month that his hometown was recruiting, and a past like me could at least get a captain. ”

"Your friend is from Yanyun County, right?" Chen Wu asked a question with a smile.

"How did the general know?"

was broken by Chen Wu's mouthful, Xu Shizhong was really taken aback at this time, and suddenly had an unfathomable feeling for Chen Wu. The secrets of the officials and troops of Longshan Mansion are nothing, and such private matters can be guessed, which is a bit inhuman.

"Guess!"

Chen Wu played a dumb riddle and deliberately told Xu Shizhong an answer that was obviously not the truth, which made the future famous general feel a little worried.

Of course, in addition to exchanging feelings with Xu Shizhong, a future famous general, Shi Xianqian and Chen Wu, who were hanging on the side, did not fall behind. After Wen Yan's encouragement, Chen Wu said what he roughly needed Shi Xianqian to do. The scope is very wide, and it involves the overall arrangement of the work of the rebel army.

This staff position may seem of little rank, but its importance is unquestionable.

Shi Xianqian can become the fourth-in-command of the Good Friends Association in a few years, and he is naturally not stupid. As soon as Chen Wu finished speaking, his eyes lit up. Although I don't understand why Chen Wu fell in love with him, this is undoubtedly a great opportunity for Shi Xianqian, who is unwilling to be ordinary and eager to establish a career. Chen Wu's conversation with Xu Shizhong just now also made Shi Xianqian have a lot of confidence in the righteous army. Almost without hesitation, he expressed his loyalty to Chen Wu.

"With the help of the two, it will be like a tiger with wings, hahaha!"

Recruiting Xu Shizhong and Shi Xian Qianshun into his command, Chen Wu couldn't help but feel very good, and even made an exception for dinner and ate a big bowl. With the results far exceeding expectations, he even had a little more unrealistic expectations for the second wave of recruitment.

The result was, of course, a big disappointment.

The average level of the second batch of hundreds of people recruited is much worse than that of the first batch, and there are even fewer talents. Although it is not unfamiliar, there is no one who can reach the level of Shi Xianqian, let alone a famous general like Xu Shizhong. In fact, this can also be understood, the real decisive and far-sighted talents, must be the first to sign up after seeing the opportunity. The second batch of recruits are basically ordinary people who are hesitant and have no independent judgment. Seeing that others have reaped the benefits, this is followed by a swarm of bees.

It is better to expect such a person to produce some famous generals, than to expect the city guard of Longshan Mansion to suddenly suffer a stroke and lose his ability to govern.

I have to say that Xu Shizhong and Shi Xianqian, the two people who proved themselves a few years later, are indeed very skilled. After Chen Wu "discerned people" and pushed them out of the many rebel armies, the two quickly made some achievements in their positions.