As a general, Wu Nian still has some privileges.
Zhang Jin, Liu Wu, Tieniu, Wang Gui, and Zhang Sheng, who had newly received their positions, were all recruiting troops from the militia to expand their elite troops.
Li Yong is not only responsible for recruiting new militiamen, but also cleaning, sorting, and repairing weapons and armor, all while keeping his feet on the ground.
Wu Nian returned to his mansion, escorted by a team of people.
"Brother." A soft call sounded. Wu Nian looked up and saw Liu Xiang, Wu Shi, Zhang Zhen and Li Ya waiting in front of the door.
"It's okay, I'm not hurt." Wu Nian was afraid that they would worry, so he stretched out his right hand and made a fist, patting his chest to show that I was strong.
Liu Xiang took out a handkerchief, wiped his eyes, and said with a smile: "I know that brother is not injured. I have already asked others."
"But brother must be very tired. I have already boiled the bath water, and the food and wine have been heated in the kitchen. Brother, please take a bath first and feel comfortable before eating."
Liu Xiang came forward and grabbed Wu Nian's still dirty hands with both hands. She didn't dislike them at all and held them very tightly.
"Okay." Wu Nian took out his right hand, smiled and pinched Liu Xiang's cheek. fatty.
"Dad. You are a bit scary." Li Ya grabbed Wu's sleeve with her little hands and whispered.
"Uncle, you are so majestic." Zhang Zhen, the little fat guy, looked excited.
Wu Nian sighed, is this the difference between boys and girls? That's good too, since fighting is a man's business.
"Isn't it your father who is scary?" Wu Nian let go of Liu Xiang, bent down and pinched Li Ya's cheek, which was so plump and soft.
"Practice your martial arts well. When you grow up, you will be as majestic as me." Wu Nian patted the back of Zhang Zhen's head and said with a smile.
"I will work hard." Zhang Zhen covered the back of his head, which hurt a little from being slapped, but his excitement did not diminish and he nodded heavily.
Wu Nian smiled, and then said a few words to Mrs. Wu. Only then did he enter the mansion. After arriving in the backyard, the slaves came up to untie his armor, took it out, wiped it clean, and maintained it.
Wu Nian and Liu Xiang came to the bedroom together, and the maid had already provided hot water. Liu Xiang helped Wu Nian take a hot bath. Wu Nian sat in the tub, placed his arms on the edge of the tub, and narrowed his eyes comfortably.
It seems that the sneak attack is easy, but fighting the Mengyuan people is very tiring.
There's nothing better than a hot bath to wash away a tired body.
After taking a bath and eating, Wu Nian fell asleep in the bedroom with peace of mind. Liu Xiang looked at Wu Nian, who was already sleeping soundly, and stretched out her little hand to pull the quilt for him. After thinking for a moment, she reached out and kissed Wu Nian on the cheek, then Xiafei closed the door and left as if running away.
"Brother, what a great husband."
she thought.
The expansion of elite troops went very smoothly.
The original number of elite soldiers from three hundred households was expanded to 1200 households, with more than 1,300 people drawn from the militia.
Militiamen are strong men who have undergone a certain degree of training. Moreover, those who initially joined the militia were either military households from Beishan Fort or those who had a blood feud with the Mongolian people.
After they joined the elite soldiers, they had an impact on the word "jing" in the elite soldiers, but they did not have much impact on their willpower, and their numbers expanded.
The overall strength has certainly increased.
Moreover, this time Wu Nian rescued a certain amount of grain, grass, war horses, armor, battle coats, swords, guns, bows and arrows from the Mongolian people, and there was no difficulty in arming them.
It would take time for the news to be conveyed from Beishan Fort back to Jiang County. After Jin Huanshan heard the news, he immediately sent troops. It was no joke that the troops took the mountain road.
There are still a few days left for them to train and get used to each other.
Recruiting new soldiers from among the current households in Beishan Fort is a bit troublesome.
To put it bluntly, Wu Nian can be considered a warlord, a bit like a hustler.
It is impossible for all a nation to be passionate. Even if Wu Nian breaks the spirit, even if Wu Nian defeats the Meng Yuan people, even if Wu Nian makes an impassioned speech and builds a palace.
Even the Meng Yuan man's knife was already placed on his neck.
There are still people who don't want to join the army, don't want to resist, just want a miracle to happen, and just think that the Meng Yuan people will spare them.
There are now more than 20,000 people in Beishan Fort. If you recruit them casually, there will be 2,000 to 3,000 new militiamen, but half of them may be unwilling.
But even if they were greedy for life and afraid of death, there was nothing they could do.
Wu Nian's military order is.
Those who refuse to perform military service will be killed!
Under the watchful eyes of the elite soldiers, under the frosty guns. And half of them are actively joining the army. Under such circumstances, those who are greedy for life and afraid of death can only join in timidly.
Recruitment point.
Men, willingly or unwillingly, lined up in a long queue to sign up. Three civil servants were writing down the name of the person, their household registration, and which team they were classified into.
Li Yong, as the Sima of the Fu Han General's Mansion, was wearing a shabby war jacket and stood watching at the scene with his hands folded.
Being an official has authority in itself.
What's more, Li Yong has followed Wu Nian for many days and experienced many major events, so he has an aura of his own. The men in line looked at Li Yong from time to time. Some were afraid, while others respected him.
Among the men, there was a scholar with a handsome face, tall and thin body, wearing a blue gown, named Chen Ning.
This person was one of the thorns inciting the refugees that day, and he was also the person Wu Nian insisted was a spy.
His identity is indeed the spy sent by Zhang Bu to Beishan Fort.
Zhang Bu gave him two tasks, one was to deliver information, and the other was to seize the opportunity and cause damage to Beishan Fort at the critical moment.
Including but not limited to inciting people to oppose Wu Nian, finding ways to burn Wu Nian's granary, etc. To put it simply, it is causing destruction.
Chen Ning was actually reluctant to do this dangerous job, but he had no choice. Not everyone has the courage to resist half-heartedness.
Chen Ning is more courageous than ordinary scholars and has good abilities. The last time they instigated the refugee incident, they did a good job.
It's a pity that the soldiers are now heavily guarded, making it difficult for him to deliver news outside the castle.
But even Chen Ning felt afraid when he thought about the time when Wu Nian hung up the "Yanhan" flag in the north of Beishan Fort to let the people see the piles of corpses of the Mongolian people.
"What a terrible person. If half of the generals in Liaodong are like Wu Nian, how could the Meng Yuan people capture Liaodong?"
"And now I'm working as a spy inside this terrible guy. It's like climbing a cliff in a strong wind, and my head may be missing at any time. I have to be more careful and keep a low profile."
Chen Ning took a deep breath, then looked up at the elite soldiers holding knives and guns around him, looking at the faces full of fanaticism.
He felt a thrill in his heart.
The long queue became shorter at an extremely fast speed, and soon it was Chen Ning's turn.
Li Yong's eyes flashed with light.
"Your Excellency once said that this spy should be promoted as appropriate. Let him become a big shot in Beishan Castle and become a trump card against Zhang Bu."
"Even the enemy's spies, if used well, can become our big killer weapons."
