The war is over, and the dead cannot be resurrected.

That night, when Huo Du came to Huo Jun's house with a large string of signs and reported the number of dead and wounded soldiers to Huo Jun, tears flowed down his eyes.

Since the Huo family started from the Changsha Rebellion, whether it was fighting for the salt road in the north or going south with the army, so many people had never died, and Chaisang directly killed more than 20 people in the first battle, slightly injured more than 30 people, and five or six seriously injured on the couch, the loss cannot be said to be small. A few more scenes, and the Huo's trilogy may be scrapped.

This made Huo Du, who personally brought them to the battlefield, feel uncomfortable, not only Huo Du, but Huo Jun was also uncomfortable, most of these people can climb with their relatives, and they have suffered the hardships of entrepreneurship together, but now they are in Chaisang.

Don't look at Huo Du who is burly and powerful on the surface, but in fact he is a delicate-minded person with a very soft heart. He will go to the lonely and widowed old people in the clan, and every year he will ask the wealthy clansmen to take out money to help those who can't open the pot at home.

Huo Jun comforted his brother Huo Du, and under the illumination of the oil lamp, according to the nameplates of those who died in the war, he sharpened his pen and wrote letters one after another, informing these people of the deaths, offering their merits, and reassuring them that the clan would give subsidies to help them and raise the old and weak.

These letters, along with the clothes of the dead soldiers, were sent back to Zhijiang the next day along with the seriously wounded soldiers.

Before dawn, Huo Jun got up from the couch and saw off the injured soldiers who returned to their hometowns to recuperate at the ferry, telling them to return to their hometowns to recuperate and then return to the army to fight.

Then Huo Jun went to look for Huang Jie again, saying that he was about to lead the army to Xuncheng to recruit his troops. Huang Jie was also generous, and gave Huo Jun all the equipment of the arsenal in Chaisang City as a thank you gift for Huo Jun to win Chaisang for him. About 600 crossbows, 50,000 arrows, 1,000 spears, 700 knives, and 30 iron armor......

In the face of these weapons, Huo Jun was not polite and accepted them all. However, he also returned the favor, among the more than 300 people who surrendered to him, he only detained Xu Sheng, and received more than 100 qualified soldiers, and nearly 200 people were sent to Huang Jie.

It's not that Huo Jun is atmospheric and doesn't want the two hundred people, but these two hundred people seem to be elite, but they are actually soldiers. After following Liu Xun, Li Shu and other generals, although they were brave and available, they would surrender every time they encountered a battle to the death.

This kind of soldier source does not meet the requirements of Huo Jun's recruitment, bravery can be cultivated, and martial arts can also be trained, but human obedience is only available in the initial state.

For example, most scumbags are not born scumbags, but evolved from licking dogs, and the kind of love for girls is only available for the first time. When love is let down, they are also conservative, and the more they are let down, the more their love is protected.

Therefore, the same is true when it comes to fighting, these soldiers recognize the Lord for the first time, and they still have the idea of repaying their kindness, and it doesn't matter if their leaders change more, they can fight against the wind, but they can't fight against the wind.

Compared with Huo Jun's picking fat and thin, Huang Shot was not jealous, and happily accepted it, telling Huo Jun that all parts of Jiangxia could let him recruit soldiers. And Huo Jun is still pointing to Xuncheng, and he wants to lead his troops to move westward.

It is not difficult to know why Huo Jun is so fascinated by Xuncheng. Chaisang has a copper mine, and Xuncheng is around the copper mine, that is, the area of Jiujiang Ruichang in later generations. Xuncheng is bordered by Lujiang Xunyang in the north, Jiangxia pheasant in the west, Yuzhang Chaisang in the east, and Mufu Mountains in the south.

There is a large number of copper mines in the mountains of the remaining veins of the Makufu Mountain, the Zhou Dynasty began to smelt, because the Eastern Han Dynasty did not implement the salt iron official salt system, the local clans, the strong and powerful often fight each other for the copper mine, the people are fierce, the habit of fighting, and the brave fight.

With the chaos in the world, Sun Ce went to Jiangdong, causing regional turmoil; Huangsun fought for the Yangtze River, wars broke out, and the people of Xunyang, Chaisang, and Xiapheasant counties in the middle of the zone hid in the mountains of Mufu Mountain in order to escape the war.

On the hills, Liu Zhong, who has a rank in Xuncheng, pointed to Huo Jun and said: "Qi Qi joined the army, there are many families between the mountains and mountains in the south of the city, since Sun rebelled and pacified Jiangdong, and Huang Jiangxia confronted up and down, the war was chaotic, and there were many people around Xunyang, Xia Pheasant, and Chaisang who hid in the mountains. Coupled with the local clans, there are as few as 10,000 people and as many as tens of thousands of people around the mountains. ”

The county is divided into sizes, and the township is also divided into sizes, and the chief executive of the large township is appointed by the county, and the rank is 100 stones, which is called "the rank of the husband", and the province is called the rank. The sifu of the small township is appointed by the county, referred to as "sifu". As a large township, Xuncheng naturally has rank.

Liu Zhong was born in the children of the Liu family of Chaisang, and was a local powerful man in Xuncheng, and the rule of the Sun family in Yuzhang, in order to win over the local powerful and appoint them as local governors, Liu Zhong was one of them.

Huo Jun squinted at the Mufu Mountains, and when he was close to the meal, he could see the smoke curling in the mountains, accompanied by the crisp birdsong and the sound of the hunting mountain wind, which was quite an artistic conception.

Huo Jun stood with his sword in his hand and asked, "How is the life of the people, can they get by?" ”

Liu Zhong, who had a long sword at his waist, said with a wry smile: "Joining the army, Xuncheng has many mines, and the land is barren. However, when the war was torn, the bronze ware was difficult to sell, the land was barren, it was difficult to produce food, and the people were poor. ”

Huo Jun squatted down, reached out and touched the soil, and saw that the color of the soil was red and brown, so he knew the reason. Red soils are highly acidic, have poor fertility, and have low crop yields. In the previous life, Fujian was full of mountains and wilderness, and the suitable crops were tea trees.

Patting the red clay on his hands, Huo Jun generally knew that he had come to the right place.

These men of the mountains and mines are accustomed to fighting and have a fierce temperament, and these mountain people have no heart for self-deception and have a simple temperament. In the years of peace, they have copper mines and there is no shortage of living roads, in the current troubled times, the grain is the most expensive, copper money is difficult to sell, they live in poverty, in order to make a living, out of the mountains to become a soldier is their way out.

Liu Zhong arched his hand slightly and asked, "I don't know if I joined the army and came to my Xuncheng to recruit soldiers?" ”

"Huh?"

Huo Jun propped his hand on the hilt of the sword and asked, "How does Youzhi know?" ”

"In the past, Xu Chai ......, Xu Sheng had sent people to recruit soldiers. After joining the army, Xu Wenxian, the commander of Bai, once said that the soldiers of Xuncheng were brave and available. Liu Zhong pointed to the man behind Huo Jun and explained.

Xu Wenxian, named Xu Ming, is of the same clan as Xu Shengnai. For Xu Sheng's tent, Huo Jun saw that his bravery was available, so he surrendered him. He had experience in recruiting troops in Xuncheng, so he asked him to go with him.

Xu Sheng's words were still relatively hard-headed, and he did not easily agree to work for Huo Jun. Maybe after some time, when the battle situation is clear, Xu Sheng may be able to serve.

Huo Jun smiled and said: There is still a shortage of 1,000 soldiers under a certain account, and I want to recruit soldiers here. I don't know if Liu Youzhi can help. ”

"How dare you not want to!" Liu Zhong replied: "Please join the army and give orders!" ”

"Good!"

Huo Jun called Huo Du, Gao Xiang, Huo Yuan and others, and said: "Today, in Xuncheng to recruit soldiers, all men who enlist in the army will give their families rations, and go down the mountain to distribute fertile land, and the fields will not be taxed, this is customized." Captain Gao and Captain Huo need to keep it in mind. ”

In this siege of Chaisang, Gao Xiang took the lead in the first achievement, and Huo Jun praised him and recommended him as a captain. Under his own account, he and Huo Du shared a thousand people, each with a recruitment quota of 500. His letter of recommendation has been sent to Liu Qi, and there is basically no problem in passing it.

"No!"

"There should be a criterion for this recruitment, and you should keep it in mind. Whoever is elected to join the army, the following people are not available, and the people of the market are not available; People with fair skin are not available; Not available to people who wander the countryside. Those who are afraid of officials, have strong physiques, and have a simple temperament can join the army. Huo Jun admonished.

In troubled times, soldiers are precious, and it should not be so picky. However, Huo Jun's account has only 2,000 soldiers, so he naturally has to take the route of elite soldiers and make the greatest use of limited resources.

"No!" The people answered.