"Knock knock! ......" the dull sound of cowhide war drums resounded over the endless wilderness.

Shi Min beat the drum to gather the generals, and gathered more than 50 generals above the rank of captain under his command to the big tent of the Chinese army.

At this time, Shi Min's power has been established, and there are not many ministers under his command, but the generals are like clouds and soldiers are like rain. Dong Kuang, Wang Ping, Wei Zheng, Wen Tai, Li Xin, Hua Rong (Hua Mulan), Li Xilai, Chen Changsheng and other people are his henchmen, as well as Qi Luona, Wang Tai, Dong Run, Zhang Wen, Zhou Cheng, Zhang Yu, these people, loyalty is not guaranteed, because they are all defeated generals who were subdued by Shi Min halfway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thirty days have passed, and the king has ordered me to recruit and train soldiers in the shortest possible time, and I have given you a month. I don't know what the situation is? How many soldiers have you recruited? Shi Min sat upright on the main seat, like a superior person, not angry and arrogant.

Wang Ping was the first to get up and said: "Governor Dadu, the last general and General Wang Tai will go to Qingzhou to recruit troops, and within a month, a total of 12,500 soldiers will be recruited!" ”

More than 12,000 people? Shi Min couldn't help but be stunned.

Wei Zheng, who was at the bottom, said with a smile: "General Wang Ping, how can you recruit more than 10,000 people in such a short period of time?" Shouldn't it be to use some old, weak, sick and disabled people to make up for the numbers? ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What kind of pig are you talking about?" Wang Ping snorted dissatisfiedly from his nostrils and said, "Now most of Qingzhou has been hit by drought. Hunger is everywhere, and in this disaster year, it is good for the people to be able to mix and eat! I recruited non-commissioned officers in accordance with the criteria for selection in the army. ”

Shi Min bowed slightly, and asked Wei Zheng, Li Xin, Wen Tai and others to tell how many soldiers they had recruited in this month.

After Shi Min's calculations, in the past month, their Han army has recruited more than 96,500 soldiers, less than 100,000, but if you add the original more than 80,000 soldiers of the Han army, it is not far from the soldiers and horses of the 200,000 army.

"Dong Kuang!"

"The last general!"

"The recruitment of the remaining 20,000 soldiers is your sole responsibility! Within a month, no matter what method you use, you must recruit 20,000 recruits who are physically fit and can pass the enlistment assessment! ”

"Yes!"

When it was time to divide the troops again, Shi Min was still as selfless as ever, and did not favor his henchmen and generals.

This time, the recruitment was instructed by Shi Hu, although Shi Hu trusted him Shi Min on the surface, and did not send a supervisor or anyone else to be responsible for recruiting and training troops with him, but Shi Min did not dare to be sloppy.

In fact, Shi Min's Han army, long after accepting the Xianbei cavalry of Qiluona, was no longer a simple Han family's son. In order to make Shi Hu feel more at ease with him, Shi Min can be said to have good intentions.

No, in this recruitment, one-third of them were Hu people such as the Qian, Di, Xianbei, Xiongnu and Ding Lingren. The proportion of Han Chinese is still very large, but not all of them.

Shi Min still knows the principle of Han farming and Hu nomadism, so when distributing troops, Han people are generally foot soldiers, under the command of Han generals such as Li Xin, Wei Zheng, and Wang Ping. As for those Hu people, they were assigned to Wang Tai, Qi Luona and other Hu generals.

At present, in Shi Min's army, the Han army and the Hu army are already clearly distinguished, but the proportion of Hu people is still very small, because their tribes are very different, so they can't fight with eight poles, and it is not easy to train.

As soon as the allocation of troops for each department was completed, and before Shi Min had retreated from the generals, a Zhao pawn trotted over and whispered a few words beside Shi Min.

"I see."

Shi Min nodded, and then said, "Okay, you all stand down!" ”

All the generals saluted Shi Min one after another, and then they all left the big tent of the Chinese army step by step, leaving only Dong Kuang, Wei Zheng and Wang Ping.

"Governor, what's going on?" Dong Kuang asked out loud.

Shi Min waved his hand: "Second uncle, when there are no outsiders, you still call me Min'er." In the army, we are superiors and subordinates, but on weekdays, we are still uncles and nephews, so we must not be separated. ”

"Good. Min'er, what happened? ”

"Someone from the palace summoned me to the palace."

"At this time, the king summons you, there must be a big event!"

"I set off immediately. The recruitment and training of the troops will be left to you. ”

Shi Min left the camp and galloped all the way to Jiande Palace.

As soon as he entered the Taiwu Palace, Shi Min saw the two people he didn't want to see the most, one was Yangong Shi Bin, and the other was Pengcheng Gong Shi Zun. Although the two are not the same dog, but if they conspire together and act in embarrassment, Shi Min's heart is always not very steady.

Looking at Shi Bin's disgusting triangular eyes, Shi Min's eyebrows jumped, and he knew that this guy must be suing again, but he didn't know which one he wanted to sue?

"Shi Zun, Shi Bin, both of you should step aside." Shi Hu obviously gave Shi Min a lot of face, waved his hand, and ordered Shi Zun and Shi Bin to retreat.

"Father......" Shi Bin wanted to say something, but he was directly reprimanded by Shi Hu angrily, "Stand down", frightened, and hurriedly followed Shi Zun out of the door.

"King, I don't know why you summoned your ministers this time?"

"Thorn slave, do you know what Shi Bin and Shi Zun are doing here?"

"I wonder if the two highnesses are suing the ministers?"

"You're self-aware." Shi Hu shook his head with a smile and said.

"Actually, there are still some things that the minister is puzzled about. Yan Gong and the ministers have some festivals, Yan Gong wants to announce his personal vendetta and sue Wei Chen, which is nothing. But the minister asked himself that there was no suspicion with Peng Chenggong, when he was an official in the same dynasty, the minister and Peng Chenggong have always been well water and not river water, and there is not much difference in political opinions, I don't know why Peng Chenggong sued Yu Weichen? ”

"Hahahaha." Shi Hu squinted his eyes and said, "Thorn slave, let me tell you the truth, these days, not only Shi Zun and Shi Bin, but also Li Su, Guo Si, and Jiang Gan have all gone to the chapter to impeach you. But all of this has been suppressed by me! ”

"I wonder what they impeached Weichen?"

"They impeach you for supporting your own army."

Looking at Shi Hu's smiling appearance, Shi Min immediately said solemnly: "The minister will never dare to support the army and respect himself!" ”

"I know. I give you the will of the thorn slaves, and the more the merrier, the more the merrier. You could have recruited more Han Chinese into your army, or you could have recruited 300,000 or 500,000 troops on your own, but you only expanded your army by 100,000! All of this is enough to prove that you are loyal to me. ”

"Thank you, Nobuyoshige, Lord! I wish to repay the king's kindness! ”

"Thorn slave, these days, you have to train the soldiers in the army well, and you can ignore the rest. I had already expected that the day of the battle with Shi Xuan's rebels was not far off. ”

"Obey the order!"

Shi Hu couldn't help but sigh faintly and said, "Alas, Thorn Slave, how good would it be if you were my own son? These sons of mine are mediocre in ability, but none of them are fuel-efficient lamps! Compared to you, they are not even as good as pigs and dogs! ”

"The king has an overreputation, and he is ashamed!"

"Just let it go! Thorn slave, after conquering Yecheng and eliminating the rebels, I will make you the crown prince and inherit my inheritance. ”

"King!" Shi Min knelt down in fright, and said with a sincere and fearful face, "The king, the minister's loyalty to you can be seen by the sun and the moon!" The minister has no intention of rebellion! ”

When Shi Hu heard this, his face couldn't help but sink, and he said, "Why are you so nervous?" Thorn slave, I have absolute trust in you! What I said is true, I can tell you from the bottom of my heart, a hundred years from now, you Shi Min will be the master of the Great Zhao Kingdom! ”

"I am willing to die for the king!" Shi Min lowered his head, not daring to reveal his expression at the moment.