Luckily, when Zhao Ming and his party arrived at Huo Zhongtun, it happened to be around four o'clock in the second half of the night.

By the time the hot food began to be cooked in the camp, it was already six o'clock in the morning, perhaps because it was too late, and the large army entered the camp, but there were no Mongolian scouts nearby.

And when Zhao Ming and the nearly 10,000 people who had returned began to feast at the same time, a handful of Outer Mongolian scouts were patrolling nearby.

"Huh! How do I feel like they're getting more people? ”

"Delusion, huh? How could this person become more out of thin air, besides, the vicinity of Chabei has already been swept away by us, and there are absolutely no other tribes within a hundred kilometers. ”

"Well, maybe it's a delusion, but these people really enjoy it!"

"Yes! It smells so good!

I heard from the above that this group of southerners definitely don't have enough food to eat, and I don't know how long they can last by eating meat so much! Bah! ”

Several scouts were chatting with each other, very unhappy about it.

They have a hard time here every day, except for the leaders and the big people above the leader, the soldiers at the bottom eat a small amount of meat and rice and noodles.

With their level of activity, they simply don't have enough to eat.

"Humph! Whatever, the first withdrawal orders have been issued recently, and some people are evacuating one after another three days later.

We'll be out of here in a month's time, and we'll not be dealing with these crazy people anymore. ”

One of the scouts grinned lightly, inexplicably recalling the days when his family would be able to eat meat.

"Yes, it's just a pity that the first to withdraw are the tribes that were sent to the south first, and they have the most war achievements, and when the time comes, they are afraid that they will get the most spoils.

I don't know how much cattle and sheep we can share in the end. ”

"Hehe, don't think about these, the cattle and sheep population are all big people above, let's get some rewards at that time, and buy more lambs and calves next year, and raise more cattle and sheep."

"Yes!"

After making sure that there was nothing abnormal about the southerners here in Huozhongtun during this time period, they went back to prepare to rotate with other brothers.

Following the previous two successive raids, Outer Mongolia has stepped up patrols near the route of the escort team along the way.

But later it was found that this group of southerners had not moved since that time, so they increased the blockade and patrol of the vicinity of Huozhongtun.

However, the other party has been too calm recently, and these inspections seem to have become useless.

At this time, in Huo Zhongtun, Zhao Ming and a group of brothers were sitting cross-legged in a camp tent drinking and talking.

When they returned, everyone took a nap until the herdsmen outside were ready to eat.

"Hiccup! It's still comfortable in the house, and it's an old sin to eat and live outside these days. ”

The monkey hiccuped, these days he had indeed been tormented enough to choke, he was already thin, but now he was really dark and thin, and he exuded a foul and rancid smell all over his body.

Everyone has this point, and this stink is not just a simple stench, but with a smell of sheep.

It's very strange, obviously these combat units of theirs don't have much contact with cattle and sheep at all, but they just smell of sheep.

It seems that if you have been here for a long time and have eaten too much beef and mutton, this smell will naturally appear on your body, and it may also be stained by the sheepskin jacket you wear on your body.

It is smoked.

Zhao Ming estimated that he wanted to get rid of the smell on his body, and when he returned to the Central Plains, he said that he would have to get used to it for a month to get rid of it.

"But Master Zhao, there are really a lot of good things you brought back this time! Although I don't know what you've encountered, I salute you! ”

The old grandson smiled and picked up the wine cup, and drank a small glass of wine.

"Ahem, ahem! What the hell is this? Who poisoned and wanted to kill Lao Tzu? ”

It's just that as soon as he finished drinking, the old grandson couldn't help coughing one after another, and his tongue was even more out, and his little expression was uncomfortable.

"Haha! Old grandson, this is a good thing we specially got from Maozi, high-strength vodka, I heard that they like to drink this stuff there. ”

The monkey laughed when he saw this, and it was the wine he had poured for everyone.

The only thing that poured for himself and Zhao Ye Changwei was mare's milk wine.

No, he is not afraid of anyone here, just these two people.

The former can cure him to death, and the latter can get started directly, anyway, it's okay if his own brother breaks it.

"You kid, why don't you change the wine for Sun Lao soon, how can you drink this thing if you haven't drunk it." Zhao Ming scolded with a smile.

He suspected that he would drink more of this wine, and at the age of the old grandson, he might drink it directly.

Everyone suddenly burst into laughter, everyone was enthusiastic, and this time was strictly speaking, it was a celebration banquet.

Not only did he win battles on other people's turf, but he also won several battles one after another, and he brought back so many trophies, so he couldn't be happy.

As for the problem, there are also troubles.

The first thing to bear the brunt of is food, and this is not because of bringing back a lot of canned food.

It's okay to give the canned food you bring back to the brothers to eat occasionally, but if you want to be the main food, you don't have to share it with everyone, and it's good for all ten people here to eat one can.

With the return of more than 8,000 people this time, the population of the entire Huozhongtun is now more than 20,000 and close to 30,000.

But the number of battles is also much more, because most of the people brought back this time are strong laborers, and with a little recuperation, more than 6,000 people can be drawn out soon.

However, Zhao Ming did not plan to expand the army so quickly, but maintained the number of troops at a point of strengthening the regiment.

That is, a full force of 3,000 people.

And because of the heavy firepower of so many automated weapons brought back this time, it is completely possible to divide three cavalry battalions, an artillery battalion, and a firepower reinforcement company battalion into this regiment.

As well as a logistics supply battalion, and a support battalion.

A total of six battalions were divided into five hundred battalions.

But then Zhao Ming felt that he estimated that he would build a medical company and a guard battalion, and the number of people would be about 3,500 by then.

But it doesn't matter, the current military establishment is already very chaotic, and everyone plays their own game.

And now Zhao Ming is leading the position of deputy commander of Chahar, which is almost a deputy division commander according to the military system, and because it is Chahar or the position of military and political integration.

is not only the deputy division commander, but also the district leader in this large area of Chabei.

Even if Zhao Ming directly expands the strength of a division now, there is nothing to say from above, after all, this position was appointed by you.

Zhao ..... Brother, there is something I want to ask you! ”

Just when the others were chatting about some big-breasted and big-ass foreign girls they saw in the market town near the mine, Zhang Kai and Wang Er switched places and sat next to Zhao Ming at this time.

It just so happened that Wang Er, this kid, was also fascinated by the monkey's paintings, and he couldn't talk very well, but the monkey didn't tell the story and really grew this mouth in vain.

"What do you want to ask?" Seeing Zhang Kai asking, Zhao Ming nodded somewhat predictably in his heart, and asked while smoking.