Chapter 184: The Defector
Zhang Kaiyu had a very nourishing life in the past few days, and Li Rong gave him the position of a general to directly manage the daily drills of the militia and the allied forces. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This is a majestic and idle errand, and he can also learn Professor Li Rong's new battle formation, Zhang Kaiyu feels that he has really made a lot of money, although no one in his Zhang family has joined the army, but several brothers-in-law have really fought the door, if he can learn this battle formation from Li Rong, then in the future, a few brothers-in-law will not have to work hard to tie themselves up? At that time, the relationship and interests of several families will become closer.
However, Zhang Kaiyu is an open-minded person, and only with Li Rong's personal permission will he pass on these things to his family.
Of course, if you want to get Li Rong's permission, you must first win his friendship, even if there is no friendship, you must have a good feeling. So, in addition to training, Zhang Kaiyu turned on the mode of brushing Li Rong's favorability, and the housekeeping construction that he had left behind before was carried by him on his shoulder, and it was no longer perfunctory, but serious, carefully implemented, and occasionally added some of his own ideas to it.
Li Rong has been running back and forth at several points these days, and he can always see Zhang Kaiyu running back and forth in the fortress with a bunch of drawings, stopping from time to time to write and draw, with an extremely focused attitude.
The matter of the monument also reached the ears of the people, and the third monument, in addition to selecting the businessmen who contributed the most, will also select the people who contributed the most, but this candidate has been decided, that is, the person who takes out the most dates among the farmers.
The name is on the monument, and the fortress will exist forever, this is a matter of glory to the ancestors, so big that it can't be more glorious, the common people are going crazy, especially those farmers who are reluctant to hand over the sand dates, at this time the intestines are repentant, and they want to make up for it, but when they inquire, they know that the marshal's mansion no longer accepts sand dates, and the name has been set on the same day and will never be changed.
The disappointed farmers were dumbfounded, they could only lament their bad luck, and at the same time press the decision that when there was a next time, they must donate all the dates in their family.
The idea of small farmers is rougher and more direct than that of businessmen, and businessmen also have to consider their own input costs and return income, and ordinary people do not care, the opportunity to go down in history is not always available, as long as there is an opportunity, they dare to do their best.
On the fifth day before the beast tide, the fortress's army finally returned.
When he set out, he was a freshly dressed angry horse, and when he came back, he looked like a beggar.
Li Rong looked at the ragged army in front of him and his face full of vicissitudes, and he was a little afraid to admit it.
The climate in the Gobi is very cruel, and the depths are even more terrifying, especially when there are several natural disasters, huge tornadoes blow the team away, and when they regroup, they find that a tenth of the team is missing.
Later, they encountered some situations one after another, either wild beasts or poisonous insects, which never stopped day and night, which caused them to lose some more people.
The half-month trip allowed the soldiers to experience the test of life and death, sharpened their will, tempered their physique, cultivated their feelings, and at the same time made them understand the importance of unity and cooperation.
Li Rong looked at them and was very pleased, although the team has become smaller, but the ones who came back are all good.
This team is no longer a recruit in a way, and their burst of power at a critical moment can definitely surprise the fortress.
After a few words of encouragement, Li Rong arranged for them to go back to the camp to rest.
The deceased are gone, but the missing should not give up, Li Rong sent seventy percent of the scouts and gave them five days to search for the missing people in the direction from which the soldiers had set out.
The five-day period is a last resort, after five days, the beast tide will come, even if there is no beast tide, it is difficult for the soldiers who have lost their supplies to survive in the Gobi for five days alone.
The second of the three monuments, it seems that a group of names will settle in it before the beast tide comes......
On the third day before the arrival of the beast tide, a large group of men and horses appeared outside the fortress gate, not the scattered troops, but the stragglers encountered by the scouts while exploring the map, who threw an olive branch to them according to Li Rong's instructions and invited them to the fortress.
It's normal for the troops to march slowly, and it is normal for them to not be able to keep up with the speed of the scouts, but the scouts met these teams when they went, but now that they have returned to the fortress for so long, it is obvious that there are still twists and turns in between.
However, Li Rong didn't care what they were hesitating about halfway, and he didn't care what they encountered before, if he wanted to enter the fortress, he could honestly learn from Zhang Kaiyu to be a little brother and hand over all the military power.
This team has a large number of people, 5,000 people, and there are seven candidates in total, all of whom met after the first beast tide, so they naturally go together.
When they heard Li Rong's conditions, they all frowned, and some of them thought for a while and said that they could accept Li Rong's conditions, but some people did not like to be set aside, and demanded that at least 500 self-defense troops per person be retained.
Five thousand in all, five hundred of each of them were kept, for a total of three thousand five hundred.
Paying only 1,500 people is like getting Li Rong's blessing? That's a dream!
Zhang Kaiyao stood on the city wall and looked down at the fools fighting with reason below, his eyes full of disdain.
The stragglers have no base, all supplies can only rely on themselves, if you are lucky, you will encounter a beast's den, and you can eat for a few days after the storm; if you are unlucky, you will be hungry all the way to the present, and you can barely survive the beast tide, and the rest are all remnants of the defeated army, and you can't stand the toss.
Such a team of people is embarrassed to negotiate terms with Li Rong? They don't know that there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers hoarded in the fortress?
Li Rong and Zhang Kai have one meaning, pinching five thousand little minions of the Triple Quenching Realm, they dare to put forward conditions, where do they get their confidence?
Ignore it, resolutely ignore it.
The matter of negotiation was lost to Zhang Kaiyu, and Li Rong continued to do business.
Zhang Kai looked at the candidates below with a smile, didn't say a word, and let the place press the price again and again, just silently.
Li Rong said that he was asked to negotiate, but in fact, there was no idea of negotiation at all, the conditions had already been given, and if he didn't compromise, he would get out, it was so tough.
The 5,000 troops are not a joke, if they don't pinch it in their own hands, they may cause something.
So, there's nothing to talk about.
The candidates in the city gradually tasted the taste, and people didn't want to pay attention to it at all, so those unwilling began to curse loudly, saying that Li Rong was insincere, and the shameless bandits with three swords were all over the place, and they also threatened to attack the city.
Zhang Kai laughed even more happily, and when he heard the wonderful scolding, he would applaud and express his appreciation, and at the same time clamored the people below not to be cowardly, and to hurry up and attack the city.
The candidates under the city looked at it, there was no rut, people looked at themselves as monkeys, no matter how hard they scolded, it was useless to scold the city, and the siege of the city was to say casually, it would be good if a group of soldiers on an empty stomach could maintain a normal march, how could they still have the strength to attack the city?
There's no way, let's go, the beast tide is coming soon, find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack and hold on for a few more days, and then you will be able to eat enough.
A few people who were resolute and uncompromising took the lead and left, but three people chose to stay.
They are really hungry and afraid, and they don't want to live that kind of precarious life anymore, there is a fortress to rely on, their hearts must be much more down-to-earth, and after entering the fortress, they are a collective, one is prosperous, one is lost, and it is nothing to hand over the military power to the owner of the fortress, as long as they don't drive themselves away. (To be continued.) )