Cao Xin led the county officials to the outside of the city, only to see thousands of ragged mountain people in the open space in front of the Nanda camp.

On the bridge in the distance, there are still teams of displaced people constantly gathering over, the queue is very long, the front one crosses the water, and the back one is still in Huoshan, and there is no end in sight.

"General, we're back."

Li rushed over with big eyes.

"Big Eyes, you guys did a great job this time!"

Cao Xin praised without hesitation.

"Haha, general, this is just the first wave, Lao Zhang Yuxuan is still arresting people in the mountains, and more than 10,000 can be sent in two days, when the time comes, don't blame us for being too good at doing things."

Li Dayan strangled the horse and smiled.

"Don't worry, 20,000 people can't be difficult for me, you continue to catch it, I want 100,000 if there are 100,000."

Cao Xin waved his hand confidently.

"Understood, General!"

"Xiaoxian, is the meal ready?"

Cao Xin asked at Mao Jue.

"My lord, the corn porridge is ready and ready to be delivered."

Mao Jue waved his hand towards the city.

"Put porridge!"

"The county guard has an order, put porridge!"

"The county guard has an order, put porridge!!"

With a loud shout, buckets of gruel were transported out of the city, lined up in a large clearing, and the barrels were filled with corn porridge, and the hot aroma rose to the sky, and could be smelled within a radius of ten miles.

When the mountain people smelled the porridge, they became restless one by one, and after a day of walking on the road, they were hungry in their stomachs, and some of them were worried that the porridge was not enough, so they ran forward and tried to fish in troubled waters.

Syllable~

The Langya soldiers, who maintained order, waved their scabbards and smashed down more than a dozen mountain people who were running around.

"Stand up for me, don't cut in line, don't crowd, come to our Wancheng, abide by our rules, listen to our arrangements, I guarantee that you all have something to eat, whoever dares to run around again, don't be killed!"

Niu Jin stood on a high place and shouted with a bullhorn.

Seeing the people running around being smashed to the ground and not knowing whether they were alive or dead, the others shrunk their necks and stood in line obediently.

Cao Xin stood next to him and watched, called Liao Hua, Li Yan, and Niu Jin, and gave a few orders, and after a while, Liao Hua took a few people and moved three big stones.

The three stones weigh about 300 catties, 200 catties, and 100 catties respectively.

Li Yan brought some food, put down a basket of roast chicken after 300 catties of stones, put down more than a dozen baskets of hot steamed buns after 200 catties of stones, and put more than a dozen buckets of porridge behind 100 catties of stones.

"General, what are you doing here, giving them roast chicken?"

Li asked with a big sniff.

"You'll find out in a moment."

Cao Xin pointed to Niu Jin on the high platform and said.

"Attention! Attention mountain folks! ”

Niu Jin shouted loudly with a loudspeaker, "Your luck is here, the general has passed down the word that you will recruit troops on the spot, and all the mountain people who can lift 300 catties of stones can receive a roast chicken; Those who can move 200 pounds of stones will receive two steamed buns; Those who can move 100 catties of stones will receive a bowl of thick porridge in advance, on a first-come, first-served basis, and strong mountain people are welcome to come for assessment. ”

Hearing the shouting, many mountain people looked at the food on the table, the golden buttery roast chicken, looking at it made the mouth flow for a long time, and the big, white and round food next to it, I heard that it was called steamed buns, and it smelled very delicious.

Many people wanted to eat it, but when they heard that it was recruiting, everyone flinched again.

In these years, soldiers died the fastest, and many of them went to the mountains to become bandits in order to evade military service, and naturally refused to go to the battlefield to die.

Niu Jin shouted twice, and only two mountain people walked out of the queue and ran over to carry stones, one chose 200 catties of stones, and the other chose 100 catties of stones.

The two picked up the stone, walked three steps, and passed the assessment.

"What's your name?"

Cao Xin asked casually.

"The general is on top, the little Zhao Erping, the people of Gepo in Wancheng, this is my brother Liu Heiwu in the same village, the villains kowtow to the general."

The two thieves lay on the ground and kowtowed.

"Yes, let's get the reward!"

"General Xie! General Xie! ”

The soldier on duty scooped Liu Heiwu a bowl of thick corn porridge.

gave Zhao Erping two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, Zhao Erping took the steamed bun and smelled it, tried to take a bite, his expression was surprised, and then took another big bite, and after eating three bites of a steamed bun, he devoured it.

"Haha, Lao Liao, the first time you ate steamed buns, you were exactly the same as that guy, and you almost choked to death."

Li Dayan quipped beside him.

"Don't talk about me, so do you."

Liao Hua laughed.

Cao Xin also smiled, when it was the first time he made steamed buns, several yellow scarf collars looked around a cage of white and soft steamed buns for a long time, and he didn't know how to start.

Zhang Baiqi was the first to can't help it, picked up one and took a bite, and then the whole person entered a state of crazy eating, one steamed bun in one hand, and the others saw him eating so happily, and followed the devouring.

"General!"

Niu Jin rode over and said, "What if no one comes?" ”

Cao Xin frowned and thought about it, but his wisdom was too low, so he didn't come up with a good idea for a while.

"My lord, the lower official has an immature idea."

Li Yan came up and said.

"Oh, let's hear it."

Cao Xin said with a smile.

Li Yan arched his hand and smiled, "This person is not afraid of poverty or death, he is afraid of comparing himself with others, and adults are not as good as this." Li Yan slowly said his ghost idea.

Cao Xin's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Big eyes, do it!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Li Dayan took Zhao Erping and Liu Heiwu into the Nanda camp, and after a while, he came out with the two of them.

At this time, Zhao Erping was wearing the willow leaf armor of the Langya Army infantry battalion, brand-new cowhide boots, carrying a waist knife, and his hair was coiled on the top of his head.

Liu Heiwu was wearing the leather armor of Cao's infantry, brand new leather armor and brand new cloth shoes, and he did not return to his original obscene appearance.

The two of them raised their heads, puffed up their chests, and walked with the Langya recruits, which was very magnificent.

Niu Jin led the two mountain people to walk in the team, holding a loudspeaker as he walked, introducing the experience of the two people, saying that the two passed the assessment and were appreciated by the Taishou, and they were given armor and leather armor.

Zhao Erping and Liu Heiwu wore brand new armor and strode behind Liao Hua, their clothes clean and tidy, full of energy, and their faces were flushed, in stark contrast to the ragged and hungry mountain people.

Soon, dozens of people, hundreds, and thousands of people came to participate in the assessment, hoping to put on leather armor and become more like those two.

"Haha, square, well done."

"It's an adult who leads well."

Li Yan arched his hand and smiled.

Cao Xin laughed and pointed to more and more mountain people,

"Yuan Jian, from now on, those who can move 300 pounds are eligible to join the Langya Infantry Battalion recruits, those who move 200 pounds will join the infantry battalion of the defending army, and those who can move 100 pounds will join the militia battalion."

"Yes, General!"

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The first assessment lasted for seven days, and among the more than 20,000 mountain people, 22 people passed the 300-kilogram assessment, 254 people passed the 200-kilogram assessment, and 927 passed the 100-kilogram assessment.

In addition, more than 100 archers with good archery skills, more than 60 craftsmen, traveling doctors, and scholars were also singled out.

These energetic and educated people are elected, and most of the rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled, women and children, which is also convenient for management.

The 20,000 people were resettled in several counties under their jurisdiction to reclaim wasteland, build water conservancy, and build villages, and when farms were built, the mountain people would get land and houses and become new residents of Nanyang.

In addition, Zhang Baiqi and others were still pulling people in the mountains, and the population under Wancheng was getting more and more, and Cao Xin's soldiers and horses gradually exceeded 20,000.

But the problem also came, the population of Wancheng increased, the number of soldiers also increased, and more and more grain and grass were consumed.

He is going to take people out to fight and earn some grain, grass and attribute points, just like last time.

Just before he left, Prime Minister Cao Cheng announced that he would send 50,000 troops to Chen State to attack the traitor Yuan Shu, and called on the princes of the world to jointly crusade against Yuan Shu.

Jiangdong Sun Ce, Xuzhou Lu Bu, and Xiaopei Liu Bei responded to the call one after another, and sent troops to Chen State to help, and the world was surging.

"Yuan Jian, go and inform Lao Zhang, the operation to capture the bandits will be temporarily stopped, deal with the Jingzhou soldiers first, and then notify the generals of the two battalions in the southeast, strengthen training, and be ready to fight at all times."

"Yes, General!"

Liao Hua was ordered to leave.

"Yuan Shao, send someone to keep an eye on Jingzhou to see where they send troops?"

Cao Xin said, staring at the map.

"Yes, General!"

Pei Yuanshao turned to leave.

Cao Xin bent his waist and looked at the map, his eyes were drawn from Nanyang to Xiangyang, when will Liu Biao make a move?

"Report! General, Xinye Deng first sent 5,000 troops to besiege Jinyang County, and Jinyang County ordered Wancheng to ask for help! ”

Tanma reported in front of the hall.

"Oh ~ so fast?!"

Cao Xin was stunned, laughed, came to Wancheng for many days, and was waiting for this day.

"Someone, gather the generals!"

"Yes, General!"

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