Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 581 Recruiting Cavalry 1
Gongsun Xu and Dian Wei were checking the status of the related weapons in the weapons workshop, but Gongsun ran over to report to Gongsun Xu with all the receipts.In less than half a day, Gongsun Ran harvested a lot of horses, cattle and sheep.

"My lord, this is what we got from today's transaction. Please have a look." Gongsun Ran handed over the list and said, "Our weapons are selling very well. They were sold out almost as soon as they came up. Those herdsmen still want to buy more."

After looking at the data on the list, Gongsun Xu smiled and said: "In this way, we have found another way to make a fortune, so let's leave it at that, Aran, you are responsible for recruiting manpower. How is it? How many people are there now?"

"830 two people." Gongsun Ran clapped his hands back and said, "They are all warriors I carefully selected. Arrange for them to train in a valley in Lin Wo.

I don't know how the lord intends to deal with these cavalry. Speaking of it, these people were separated from the people of the tribe after being attacked by the tribe. In fact, most of their original tribes were wiped out. There are many wars on the grassland, but I don't know why at this time. All happened in this area. "

"I have already sent someone to investigate this matter. If there is something really wrong, there must be news soon." Gongsun Xu nodded and said: "Just take care of your affairs first, and continue to recruit people to form cavalry , from now until we raise our troops to return to northern Xinjiang, all military operations will be completed by you and the soldiers of the captive army, understand?"

"The general understands." Gongsun Ran nodded and replied, "The whereabouts of the brothers Huben must not be revealed, the general knows it well."

"Be careful sailing for ten thousand years, who knows that the recent attacks on so many tribes are not aimed at us." Gongsun Xu sighed and said: "After all, we are not strong enough now, so we have to be so cautious. Let's get through it first Let's go, wait until the time is right, and I'll see who can do anything to me."

After Gongsun Ran took the order to go to work, Gongsun Xu and Dian Wei continued to check in the weapon workshop. For forging weapons, Gongsun Xu still had some experience. Xinjiang set up a craftsman camp, and now he can also set up a weapon workshop here. "

More than ten days later, the heavy snow finally subsided for a while, and the grassland was completely white. Many poor herdsmen among the tribes who migrated had already started to run out of food. If they hadn't helped the tribes in the valley these days In exchange for rations, many people may have starved to death.

"The snow is really not small." Gongsun Xu looked at the whiteness on the grassland and said, "Aran, are your subordinates ready?"

"The [-] cavalry have already been prepared." Gongsun Ran has recruited many more people these days. Up to now, he has [-] prairie cavalry under his command. Every day, Gongsun Ran will fight against them in the valley Training and ideological education, so that they can be absolutely loyal to their side.

"How many tribal herdsmen are willing to go hunting with us." Gongsun Xu continued to ask: "We haven't gone out to find food these days. Those yellow sheep, bison, and beasts on the grassland must be hungry too. Let's go out now. Just in time for a big harvest.”

"At present, more than 700 people have signed up, and it is estimated that there will be about 900 people when we leave tomorrow." Gongsun Ran replied, "It's just that most of them have no weapons or bows. Efficiency will drop a lot."

"Hehe, don't be stingy, tell them, as long as they are willing to sign up to participate in the hunting, I will provide them with weapons and bows, but they must bring their own horses." Gongsun Xu said with a smile: "Then the time will be converted into wages. We have more weapons now. There’s no shortage of them, so there’s nothing wrong with lending them to use.”

Indeed, these days, the entire process of making weapons in the weapon workshop has become very mature. With such an assembly line production mode, the work efficiency of the weapon workshop has improved a lot, but the scimitars and spears that are not very high quality, Weapon Workshop can now have thousands of weapons on the sound field every day.

This is why Gongsun Xu focused his energy on producing those excellent weapons. Once these excellent weapons were produced, except for equipping the recruited warriors, Gongsun Xu temporarily sealed up all the other weapons.

After all, no one knows how the battle will proceed in a few months. What will happen at that time, Gongsun Xu himself can't predict it. What he can do is to prepare now. Therefore, this weapon is the most important thing. He must ensure that his men will not fight the enemy empty-handed.

"Go to the weapon shop to get four thousand short spears, twenty thousand and arrows." Gongsun Xu thought for a while and said, "All these are distributed to the recruited warriors. Since they are cavalry we recruited, of course there are some cavalry." It seems that this hunt is just to train their running and throwing skills, and they will each be given two bows.

As for those herdsmen who sign up for the hunt spontaneously, you can do it yourself. No one can guarantee a pair of bows and arrows. After all, the most important thing we need now is bows and arrows. Anyway, they are all disposable consumables. effect. "

"The last general takes orders." Gongsun Ran cupped his hands and replied, "The last general will do it now." "

This is the first time for Gongsun Ran to act independently in front of Gongsun Xu. The 300 cavalry were recruited by him and then trained by himself. The reason why Gongsun Xu called the [-] cavalry to participate in this hunting , the more important thing is to examine the combat effectiveness of these people.

It's time to test Gongsun Ran's ability. If the combat power of the 300 people is not bad, Gongsun Xu will definitely continue to entrust this matter to him. However, if the skills of these people cannot satisfy Gongsun Xu, Then Gongsun Ran might have to go back to be his captain.

This matter is related to Gongsun Ran's future, and even more related to Gongsun Ran's position in Gongsun Xu's heart.So he had to carefully and earnestly handle this matter well. He didn't forget that he was neglected because of his collateral background since he was a child. Because of his bad background, he was not treated fairly since he was a child. Gongsun Xu sent him and other collateral disciples to the lecture hall to study.

From then on, Gongsun Ran was the same as other collateral children, they worked hard, studied hard, and practiced martial arts, in order to be able to stand out one day and no longer be looked down upon by others.

Gongsun Ran is considered lucky. He should have been named by Gongsun Xu, and he is still responsible for the training of [-] sergeants. This is only a temporary number. As long as Gongsun Ran can handle things well, the next army The numbers will continue to rise.At that time, Gongsun Ran will at least be a lieutenant colonel. If he can make meritorious service in the war in a few months, it is not impossible to be named a general.

"I will definitely do things well." Gongsun Ran said silently in his heart: "I will definitely do it. The son of the Gongsun family will never admit defeat."

The next day, Gongsun Xu led his troops out to hunt again. The main purpose of the hunt this time was to train soldiers and show off, and hunting became secondary.The [-] cavalry were led by Gongsun Ran. Along the way, the cavalry under Gongsun Ran's command was responsible for scouting, aftermath, finding camps, setting up camps, guarding and other tasks. Almost half of the tasks were entrusted to them.

Gongsun Ran didn't complain at all. If he couldn't handle this matter well, he should really go back.There are about 970 other herdsmen recruited, and their families are almost out of control, and now they can only follow Gongsunxu to come out for a meal, and maybe if they are lucky, they can take the lead sheep back.

Dian Wei led five hundred tiger and ben army soldiers to follow Gongsun Xu in prairie clothes. Now, no matter where Gongsun Xu goes, Dian Wei will follow him to protect him. For Dian Wei, Gongsun Xu's safety is the top priority. Nothing is more important than this.

"Commander Qi, our soldiers found a flock of sheep fifty miles to the south." Gongsun Ran bowed his hands and saluted Dian Wei, but in fact he said this to Gongsun Xu. However, in front of so many people, of course he couldn't directly Continue to report to Gongsun.

"What do you think sir?" Dian Wei looked at Gongsun Xu beside him and asked, "It seems that there are prey ahead."

"Send cavalry to investigate from the left and right sides first." Gongsun Xu replied: "We are here to hunt, but we must not be the only ones hunting. The wolves will probably be hungry in this weather. Since there are The sheep, then I guess the wolves must be nearby, first send someone to check carefully, don’t we hunt the wolves in the front and wait behind? Be careful.”

"The last general took the order." Gongsun Ran left immediately after taking the order. He was a little annoyed now. He didn't expect such a simple thing. Indeed, where there are sheep, there must be wolves, especially in this weather. In the harsh winter where hunting is difficult, if the wolves want to survive, they must migrate with the sheep.

Gongsun Xu had to remind me of this trivial matter. Gongsun Ran felt that he was indeed negligent. He thought that he would just jump on the sheep when he found the flock, but he never thought that hunting is like fighting. Every step must be considered comprehensively and carefully. If not, it is very likely that the hard-won results will be taken away.

"I can't make such mistakes again." Gongsun Ran looked ahead and said, "There can be no excuses or reasons for making mistakes. I will definitely do better."

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ran rode his horse to do business. This time, he wanted to check the surrounding situation in person. Since Gongsun Xu entrusted him with all the important matters of the march, he must also be fully responsible.

"Ah Ran is still a little younger." Dian Wei looked at Gongsun Ran's back and said, "The more you experience the war, the better you will be. Hehe, many things can only be learned on the basis of failure."

"He is a good material, but he just lacks training." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "I will let him grow up quickly."

(End of this chapter)