Early the next morning, Guo Kang set off to prepare for the barracks training ground.

Last night, Cao Jian sent someone to deliver a letter to him, saying that a batch of soldiers had been selected. may know that Guo Kang will be surprised by this speed, and he also specifically explained, saying that the family has actually been preparing for a long time. He's just one of them.

The Guo family of four discussed this. The father-in-law and Guo Ponu only felt a little weird, but they couldn't make any good suggestions. But Madame Huang believes that nine times out of ten, this is an effort within the Cao family to fight for control of the army.

She believes that an army, whether it is the overall style, or the internal organization and personnel, will be greatly influenced by the initial construction. It can be said that if there are no special changes, it will continue for a long time after it is built.

In fact, even if it is deliberately prevented, this influence is very tenacious. At the beginning, in order to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Song army, Qin Hui deliberately selected mediocre and greedy people to corrupt the army system. But until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, many of those who were able to achieve good results in the battles with the Jin State and Mongolia were still from Yue Fei's department back then. This influence can be seen here.

Therefore, it is normal for each family to fight over this, not only between each family, but also within each family. It's just that there are traditional rules, and they can only fight within a certain range, and they don't dare to go too out of line.

Guo Kang really hadn't thought about it seriously before. Perhaps Theodora saw something, but he didn't think to ask, and the other party didn't tell him directly.

The stepmother didn't care much about that. She thinks it's all normal.

She told Guo Kang that when several forces join the cooperation, there are several forces competing with each other - these two relationships are like yin and yang, they exist together and depend on each other.

For example, when Guo Kang went to a meeting before, Mrs. Elena said that Ryazan supported her idea, so this shows that the local forces in Ryazan must also have a competitive relationship with them.

Let's look at the members of the Cao family: the closest person to the Ryazan principality in terms of interpersonal relationships, except for the lady herself, is her son-in-law Grigory Pronsky. As a local nobleman, he had close ties to the Grand Duke's lineage. But because of this, when the two sides work closely together to promote the greater benefits of the Ryazans, there will definitely be the fiercest competition.

And Cao Jian, as far as she knows, lacks foreign aid.

Because of her identity, Mrs. Huang often travels between various families and has contact with many family members and children. Cao Jian was not related to the Ross princes, and his adoptive mother and adoptive father did not have a good relationship, so he always relied only on the reputation of his father and grandfather.

Guo Kang didn't know much about Cao Jian's adoptive mother, but he had heard some from Li Xuanying and others, and knew that she was a Greek woman who was not very disciplined, and her reputation had always been very bad among the princes who regarded themselves as the children of the Han family.

Guo Kang hadn't paid attention to the specific situation before, and his stepmother didn't give him a detailed explanation. However, she laughed at the two of them, saying that according to Cao Zhonglin's amorous temperament, she was quite a match for her.

She also suggested that Guo Kang could observe Cao Jian's movements. She believes that so many people pulled out by Cao Jian in a short period of time are most likely not supported by Ryazan. And if so, these people are most likely his own forces that he has co-opted locally.

hurriedly pulled over for Guo Kang to inspect and accept, it should be Cao Jian, who had no foreign aid, trying to use the Guo family to keep his place in the new army. As for whether the actual situation is like this, whether to help him, his stepmother suggested that he see for himself and then draw his own conclusions.

Guo Kang estimates that this is partly because speculation is just speculation after all. The stepmother has always been very careful and will not make conclusions easily. On the other hand, I guess I also want him to practice his hands.

However, his stepfather still helped him.

He felt that it was okay for Guo Kang to go to exercise. However, after all, it was his first time leading troops, and to be on the safe side, it was better to send a reliable person to him as an adjutant to help him manage this new army.

There was no shortage of officers under him who could do the job, but this time the situation was more special.

In the Purple Horde, the distinction between citizen and auxiliary armies was clear, and the identity of these Rus' had not yet been officially confirmed. He was worried that letting a regular officer go would cast the wrong signal, so he thought of a solution.

Guo Kang's fifth uncle, Guo Zhaowen, has just returned from the Northwest Front. In order to facilitate the fight in the Alemanni area, his subordinates hired some locals in addition to the regular army and carried out various jobs. Although they are not full-fledged officers, many of them have military experience, and even fought with the legion for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to become regular.

From these people, you can find a reliable one and follow Guo Kang to have a look. If it is true that he can be recruited, he will be left behind and trained as an officer in charge of these people. If the entire plan of Guo Kang, Cao Shi and others is finally approved, this person, along with the Rus' soldiers, will immediately be transferred to the teaching unit to participate in the expedition.

And if there are political problems that my stepmother reminded of during the training process, or if this part of the plan does not pass, cancel the plan and continue to treat these people as auxiliary troops and wait for follow-up arrangements. This person was not a full-fledged officer, and the training of the Rus' was only an arrangement for the auxiliary army. Therefore, there is no need to worry about being accused of Guo Kang and others training the regular army in advance without authorization, leaving people with a handle.

The whole family thought it was a good idea. So, the father-in-law immediately went to the fifth uncle to ask for someone, and Guo Kang prepared several sets of rhetoric in case of emergency.

The next morning, when he went out after eating, he saw a tall strange middle-aged man waiting at the door.

The man had dark brown hair and a large beard, which gave his face a somewhat vicissitudes of life. He was dressed in an old linen-colored armed suit, and his yellow and white colored trousers were somewhat faded, but his clothes were cleanly washed, and the boots on his feet were visibly carefully polished.

Seeing Guo Kang come out, he immediately stood up straight and raised his hand to salute.

"Sir!" He shouted: "Lucas Schwartzeisen salutes you!" ”

The guards at the gate of Guo's mansion have always seemed a little casual. Suddenly, there was such a one-sided person, and I felt that the atmosphere was different.

Guo Kang nodded at him and told him that he wasn't technically a chief now - of course, the other party didn't seem to listen much.

The father-in-law asked Chen Xiao to follow him with a group of people. The people mounted their horses and walked to an open space in the middle of the city. It used to be used as a training ground by the Teaching Corps, so it has not yet been encroached upon by the growing residential area.

"Do you know what we're going to do today?" Guo Kang took the initiative to ask Lucas to confirm whether he understood the mission.

"Yes, sir. It's to check the recruits. The other party replied.

"That's good. Let me tell you about our specific arrangements. Guo Kang said, telling him his request.

(End of chapter)