Chapter 72: Influence

The number of troops is not a problem. When he was in the western city of Liaoning, Lu Hong had already revealed that he wanted to recruit more people. This time he solved the problem smoothly. It is not the best choice. There are folk sayings that good men should not be soldiers. Especially in the border county of Fufeng, it is even more difficult to recruit soldiers. of.

The advantage of this newly recruited 200 people is that almost all of them have lost their homes and have nothing to do with them. Their hearts are full of hatred for the Donghu people. For Gao Yuan, the biggest enemy right now is of course the Donghu tribe outside the Curie Pass. , Fortunately, this tribe is not very strong. With the current strength of Gao Yuan, it is really against the powerful tribe of Donghu. Apart from death and defeat, Gao Yuan really does not know that there will be a second outcome.

At the moment, Gao Yuan doesn't have much money in his hands. He can't pay the soldiers' salaries, but there is no problem in managing the meals. , but I will go to the Curie Pass soon after the new year, and the money still needs to be used to prepare some necessary things. But according to the agreement, dividends are paid on a quarterly basis, that is to say, Gaoyuan will not have surplus money until at least three months later.

The 1,500 pieces of money have been handed over to Cao Tiancheng, and some necessary things have been explained. Gao Yuan is too lazy to worry about it. Sun Xiao and Yan Haibo are responsible for the training of recruits. When a new round of busyness began, Gao Yuan seemed to have nothing to do.

Now his mind has completely flown to the first day of the new year, when Lu Hong and Mrs. Ye met to discuss his marriage with Ye Jinger.

"Bing Cao, it is too extravagant to make such a weapon for everyone!" Looking at the sketch of the weapon that Gao Yuan took out, Cao Tiancheng said: "To make such a knife, we can make nearly ten iron pieces. The head of the gun, the barrel of the gun is put on, it is all a spear, it is absolutely unnecessary!"

"No, it's very necessary!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon. Come and see this spear!" He walked to the corner of the room, picked up a spear, and stretched out his hand from Sun Xiao's Pulling out his saber from his waist, he raised his hand, and with a chirp, the joint between the spear head and the barrel of the spear was cut off.

"Vulnerable!" Gao Yuan threw the broken spear in his hand, "We are going to Curie Pass after the new year, and we are facing Donghu people, and they are unruly and vicious Donghu people, it can be judged that, There must be conflict at that time. Either we hide in Curie Pass and watch them do whatever they want, or we have to fight with them. There are two main weapons of the Donghu people, one is the bow and arrow, the other is the machete. The machete is very sharp, Sun Xiao, we have captured a few this time, have you tried it?"

"Yes, soldier!" Sun Xiao nodded.

"We can't let the soldiers suffer from weapons again." Gao Yuan said: "Don't be a pity for money, money can be earned back. If my soldiers lost their lives because of weak weapons, where would we find them?"

Sun Xiao and Cao Tiancheng glanced at each other, and only Gao Yuan could say this. Money is easy for some people to earn, but for others, it is extremely difficult.

"Before we set off, I need all these weapons in place!" Gao Yuan said. "When our soldiers set off, in addition to a spear for each of us, we also have to carry such a knife on my back."

"Bing Cao, I have a question, is this sword too long? According to your description, the body of this sword is three feet long, but the handle is actually two feet long. It's very inconvenient to draw a knife!" Sun Xiao looked at the sketch in his hand.

"It's great that you can think of this question!" Gao Yuan nodded in appreciation, "This knife was not drawn from the sheath, but from the side." He picked up the charcoal and sketched it next to the sketch. A few strokes, "Use a bamboo tube to make the scabbard, with a slit on one side, and design such a mechanism at the edge of the knife. When the knife is drawn, the handle of the knife is gently pressed outwards, and the entire knife body will be unsheathed."

"What an ingenious design, simple and practical!" Sun Xiao widened his eyes and shook his head again and again, "In this way, although our swords are long, the speed of our swords will be faster. It's just a soldier, what about the handle of the sword? so long?"

"It's easy to hold the knife with both hands!" Gao Yuan smiled, "The strength of one hand is always not as great as that of two hands, isn't it, Sun Xiao, to hold this knife, you only need to practice both frontal and backhand chopping and backhanding. It’s enough to wait for a few moves. Hurry up to do it, Sun Xiao, you and Yan Haibo have to hurry up, there are only a few days left for the Chinese New Year, and we have to go to Curie Pass on the fifth day of the new year. I'd like to see these recruits at least have a look."

Both Sun Xiao and Cao Tiancheng stood up, "Understood."

The two walked out side by side, while Cao Tiancheng whispered to Sun Xiao: "This is too extravagant."

Across the window lattice, Zheng Xiaoyang watched the homeless homeless who were still naked a few days ago put on the new military uniforms that Gao Yuanfa gave them, wore leggings, and stood on the school grounds. When these homeless people came a few days ago. , He was in the mentality of watching Gao Yuan's jokes, but he didn't expect that Gao Yuan would accept these people seriously.

This made his face gloomy as if a storm was coming.

For so many years, Fufeng County has only maintained a total of 300 soldiers and divided it into three teams. With Fufeng's financial resources, it can only support 300 soldiers. But now, after Gao Yuan recruited these people, his command alone has reached 300 people.

Where does the money come from? When Gao Yuan first joined the first team, perhaps his family wealth allowed him to make some allowances for a short period of time, but he had to support more than 100 people for a long time. I'm afraid that Wanguan's family wealth will also be eaten up.

Zheng Xiaoyang was very worried.

After living in Gaoyuan's military camp during this period of time, he felt unprecedented pressure. He knew exactly what the first team was like before, but since Gao Yuan came, the first team had undergone earth-shaking changes. Comparing his soldiers with his soldiers, it is truly heaven and earth, high and low, which is why he had no choice but to organize his soldiers to learn from the lofty appearance and start training after entering the military camp.

If this situation continues, Lu Hong has every reason to take him down. Especially when the Donghu invaders invaded a month ago, he fled in embarrassment and lost most of his soldiers. On the other hand, the first team was sacked. There are more than a dozen Donghu people, and there are quite a few of myself. The contrast is too great.

Seeing that Gao Yuan recruited these people without hesitation, and thinking of Gao Yuan's background, Zheng Xiaoyang couldn't help but worry, maybe after Naha came back, he would have a good talk with him. In Fufeng County, I and Naha have to pack up and leave.

If Fufeng only allowed 300 soldiers, then there is no need to guess who Lu Hong will support, it is clear at a glance, and more importantly, Gao Yuan's soldiers are indeed stronger than his own.

An unprecedented sense of crisis kept Zheng Xiaoyang up at night.