The autumn wind was cold, and the dim sunlight could no longer bring the slightest warmth to the human body, and the sweet Imura River slowly flowed into the distance, converging towards the Parabun water system, and a queue of about 100 people was silently marching on the side of this shining river. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This team is Zhang Xiao's village protection team, I saw Zhang Xiao walking at the end of the queue with Marcelo, and it was Alonso who led the way in front.

Looking at the dim sky, Zhang Xiao tightened the clothes on his body that were not delicate, and asked Marcelo: "Marcello, you have been a mercenary in this town for a while, and the autumn rainy days in Lieyuan Town are frequent?"

"Captain, in fact, our Lindu Kingdom has abundant rain at the southern end of the entire continent, but our western part is lacking in rain due to the original factors of higher terrain, so even if there is rain in autumn, it will not be too abundant. Marcello explained in detail.

"That means that even if there is a chance of rain in the near future, it will be a light rain at most?" Zhang Xiao asked hesitantly.

"Yes. ”

"That's a pity, I wanted to practice a rainy day march. Zhang Xiao said with a regretful face: "By the way, how is the progress of what we told you to do before we came?"

"Not very optimistic, we finally counted those who were willing to join the military and qualified, and finally screened only 80 soldiers, including 10 young boys, 40 young men, and 30 middle-aged men. Marcelo naturally knew very well in his heart that Zhang Xiao was very concerned about this matter, so he had long expected that Zhang Xiao would ask him about this matter.

After a pause, Marcelo continued: "We have replaced the soldiers according to your orders, we have replaced 20 young men and 10 middle-aged men from the original village protection team, and according to your orders, we have so far intervened in the recruitment of new recruits for these teenagers. ”

In fact, the replacement of soldiers is also a consideration of Zhang Xiao, if these mountain people come out alone to form a team, it is inevitable that there will be a circle of interests that belong to the mountain people, which will lead to the control of this mountain people's team is not Zhang Xiao's interests but the interests of these mountain people, to put it simply, these soldiers from a place are more likely to gather in groups, form gangs, and form small groups.

Even one day, the interests of these small groups will conflict with Zhang Xiao's interests, and replacing soldiers is also a balancing act for Zhang Xiao.

"Well, you did a good job, I also brought out these teenagers this time, they have to go through a deterrence before they can be used, after all, young people are soft and easy to be bewitched by others, you have to leave them a first impression of eternal life first. Zhang Xiao pointed to a small group of teenagers marching in front of them.

This military reform Zhang Xiao carried out not only the replacement of soldiers and the screening of mountain people, this time Zhang Xiao divided the 2 soldiers under his command, the original 120 people to protect the village team after the replacement of soldiers set up a town militia team, because most of the militia equipment only short guns and shields, and the main reason why they can only become urban militia is that they do not have any armor.

Although there are also 20 sword and shield soldiers set up by Zhang Xiao in the team, the greater significance of the existence of these 20 sword and shield soldiers is the emergency force of the urban militia team, which will definitely be withdrawn after it is completely stabilized in the future, and the arrangement of these people after the withdrawal needs to be seen at that time.

In addition to the 120-person town militia team, Zhang Xiao also set up a 21-person guard, these 21 people are actually the original "semi-motorized donkey cavalry squad", 7 people riding donkeys, 14 sword and shield soldiers, the existence of this team is directly subordinate to Zhang Xiao, they only accept the command of Zhang Xiao and Captain Hillman, and they are also Zhang Xiao's main force now, because this is the only unit that has participated in all his battles.

Of course, in addition to the above two teams, Zhang Xiao also set up a youth team, an auxiliary light infantry team, and a light infantry team for those mountain people, and the number of these teams is not large, which is composed of young men after the replacement of the youth team, the auxiliary light infantry team formed by young boys, and the light infantry team formed by middle-aged men.

Because of the scarcity of these troops and the lack of any training, Zhang Xiao only brought out the auxiliary light infantry team this time, and their task was very simple, with two javelins and a shield, and 10 kilograms of stones on their backs to join the march as slingers.

And in addition to the above-mentioned troops, don't forget that Zhang Xiao also has a team of forty-two captive mercenaries, these mercenaries Zhang Xiao also independently formed a team called the redeemer, their task is very simple, as a blue-collar worker on the battlefield, rush to the place where they need to fight the most, walk at the forefront of the team, and Zhang Xiao gives them exactly the same treatment as the militia under his command, the only difference is that they have no pension after they die.

For this reason, Zhang Xiao also deliberately set a rule for this team called "Redeemer", as long as they hold ten heads, they are eligible to become official Roman militia, leave the "Redeemer" and join the Roman militia team according to their own ability.

Because of the peculiarity of this "redeemer", they were very sure that the place where this team appeared would always mean war, because they urgently needed the enemy's head to correct their identity, and this custom has been passed down in this way, so that all the enemies of the Roman Empire in the future will be terrified when they see the banner of "redeemer", because the appearance of the "redeemer" means that the real war is about to begin, not the military deterrent that scares people.

And at this time, this team appeared at the front of the queue, behind Alonso!

The order that Zhang Xiao announced to the soldiers this time was a military training in the field, but Zhang Xiao's real intention was not to train in the field, but to Lieyuan Town, which was more than 20 miles to the north!

In order to prevent the enemy from detecting your news too early, after all, there is not a complete lack of people in this wilderness, and at any point you may pass by a merchant who has seen all your actions, and the most taboo thing in military operations is to leak your whereabouts.

Therefore, Zhang Xiao did not march directly to the north, but first marched east along the Yicun River, and then turned to the north, which can not only protect the marching information to a certain extent, but also better delay time.

That's right, it is the delay time, according to Zhang Xiao's plan, he plans to rush to the vicinity of Lieyuan Town at night, so that it will not be easy for the people in the town to notice his whereabouts, so that some people may leave in advance, and more importantly, it will be easier for Zhang Xiao to implement his next plan when it is dark.

And if they arrive near Lieyuan Town in advance, and it is not dark yet, then they will more or less bear the risk of exposing their whereabouts, so grasping this opportunity is Zhang Xiao's top priority now.