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Chapter 1437 Warlord Separatism (2)

At the end of the meeting, everyone summoned their troops and rushed back to the station to do their best.Seeing Zhao Hu come out, Zhou Wen and Sun Jie, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately focused on Zhao Hu's military rank. When they saw the colonel's rank, they all showed different meanings, but the same smiles.

After returning to the temporary station, everyone gathered around to congratulate. After a lot of fun, Zhou Wen asked anxiously, "My lord, besides the rank of colonel and the chief officer of the Fifth Regiment, what other rewards have you received?" Sun Jie and the others also Looking at Zhao Hu longingly.

Zhao Hu said with a wry smile: "Jinwen County and the three counties annexed by the Shanyue people for many years have become my residence."

"What?! Is it true that the division department wants the adults to take back these county mansions!? We only have so few people!" Zhou Wen shouted angrily.

"No, alas, just now the head of the division divided the coastal province, and all the commanders of the regiment, the head of the brigade, and the head of the division each occupied a territory." Zhao Hu told the situation of the meeting.
"What? Conscription and taxation rights! Isn't this a warlord separatist regime?"

Zhou Wen immediately jumped up in surprise, and said loudly: "I'm so happy, this way, my lord can show his ambition!"

Hearing this, Zhao Hu's cronies were also happy. To be honest, they have no loyalty to the empire at all. Seeing the troubled times appear, and their adults can take advantage of the situation, they are all happy.

Seeing the joyful look of his cronies, Zhao Hu smiled slightly and motioned for Sun Jie to report the information he had collected.Sun Jie's information was not detailed, and it was similar to what Zhao Hu heard from the head of the brigade.Zhao Hu understood that there was no way to do this, because most of the secret guards were placed in the Shanyue tribe, but ignored the intelligence of the empire itself.

The intelligence was reported quickly, and Sun Jie concluded: "My lord, from this we can see that the conspirators have made preparations for a long time, and it can be concluded that the high-ranking dignitaries of the empire participated in the incident that finally triggered the burning of military household registration data. It seems that The empire is about to fall apart, I hope the adults will make an early decision."

Zhao Hu nodded: "Well, first put most of the power of intelligence gathering around us, then spread it to the whole country, and finally..."

Before he finished speaking, a personal guard ran in to report: "My lord, the messenger of the head of the division sees you."

"Division head messenger?"

Zhao Hu was taken aback for a moment, but quickly said helplessly, "Please." He knew what the division chief's messenger was here for.An officer with the rank of major appeared in front of Zhao Hu. After saluting Zhao Hu, he said with a smile, "Your Excellency Colonel, the head of the division asked the subordinates to come and inquire about the matter discussed in the conference room. If it has been confirmed, the division Your Excellency invites you to go to the Division Headquarters to discuss."

"Well, I'm discussing. It's a hard work for you. Please go back and tell the division commander. As soon as there is a result, I will go to see the division commander immediately." Zhao Hu nodded and said.

The major looked at the people present, obviously they were discussing things, so he nodded and smiled: "In this case, then the officer will go to reply to the head of the division."

He also knew that his mission was to urge, and in this situation, if the regiment captains who own the troops really wanted to turn their faces, the division commander couldn't help it. The major who understood these words nodded and left.

"My lord, what did the head of the division talk about? The resident issue?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.

Mark praised Zhou Wen in his heart for being so confidant, he couldn't speak, but he spoke, which is really wonderful.
"What else can I do, just want me to send a group of soldiers to him." Zhao Hu shook his head and smiled.

"What? How can this work! These soldiers were trained by us, and they are the capital of our business, how can we transfer them to him!" Zhou Wen immediately jumped up and shouted excitedly.

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone did not agree, Zhao Hu said helplessly: "Have you ever thought about it? The people of Jinwen City have settled down in the outskirts of the provincial capital, which is within the scope of the provincial capital and the territory of the division head, and our resident It is in the hands of the Shanyue tribe. Think about it, do you think the soldiers are willing to stay with their elders as soldiers, or follow us to recover Jinwen City?"

Everyone was dumbfounded immediately.Do you even need to think about it?Any idiot knows which one to pick.Everyone's faces were not very good-looking. Thinking about it, there were 1000 people, 8000 of whom were veterans from the bloody battle. It's no wonder that such a strong soldier disappeared all of a sudden.

The scene was immediately silent, and everyone was thinking about things. Suddenly, Zhou Wen jumped up and shouted: "My lord, we still have those soldiers who were born as slaves! Their identity data is in the hands of the lord, and they can only follow us. With these people, If we recruit some people who are willing to go with us, we can form a single regiment. I don't believe that so many people don't want to join the army to make contributions!"

Sun Jie immediately clapped his hands and said, "That's right, with so many people, there must be many who are willing to join the army and make contributions! And it doesn't matter if none of them are willing to join the army. There are about [-] slave soldiers alone, which is enough to form the fifth army." It's the alliance!"

"Haha, that's right, that's it!" Everyone laughed.

Zhao Hu, who didn't care much about these, nodded and said, "Since everyone agrees, let's tell the soldiers."

In the temporary barracks, Zhao Hu didn't say anything about the truth, but asked the major leader if he would stay here to protect his elders, or if he would follow him back to Haiquan Province.

Hearing this, the soldiers were silent, but everyone quickly thought about it clearly. Among the 1000 soldiers, except for the [-] or so soldiers who were born as slaves who had no right to choose, only a thousand or so had no family favor or were naturally fond of it. Stimulation, or one person has the final say in the family, and the whole family is ready to move away from the mountain. The best soldiers expressed their willingness to follow, and the other soldiers expressed their willingness to stay with their elders.

Everyone was prepared for this result, but they still felt very uncomfortable. At least it showed that they were not qualified to be followed by people who were willing to abandon their families.

But everyone complied with the wishes of the soldiers.

Of course, people who were craftsmen were exceptions, all of them were compulsorily followed by the whole family.These days, craftsmen are treasures, even Zhao Hu, who doesn't care much about anything, will not let them go.

After the matter was over, Zhao Hu took his cronies to the division headquarters.

Hearing Zhao Hu's visit, the head of the division greeted him early. The smiling head of the division was not overly polite, and immediately after sitting down in the living room, he said, "Zhao Hu, how many soldiers are you going to send to me? What compensation do you need? Speak up if I can."

No wonder the head of the division was so eager. With only a few thousand guards on hand, he panicked when he learned that there were already alliances attacking each other in neighboring provinces to snatch the garrison.

"My lord, with a thousand veterans from bloody battles as a unit, how much compensation are you willing to pay?" Zhao Hu asked.

The head of the division said cautiously: "I heard that the head of Zhao Hu's brigade once offered 1000 people for [-] sets of equipment. I don't know the price..."

Zhao Hu smiled and said: "My lord, the head of the brigade only asks for 1000 people, of course that's the price. If the price is right, it will be far more than 1000 people, two thousand, three thousand, five thousand, or more. Without these veterans, the head of the division doesn't have to look at anyone's face."

The head of the division frowned, more?Damn it, if I can get the veterans of the two regiments, I will immediately swallow up the territory of the brigade commander who is still surrounded by hollow carrots!
Thinking of this, the head of the division gritted his teeth, and said with great heartache: "Go straight, give me the veterans of the two regiments, and half of the supplies of my division headquarters will be given to you!"

"Oh? I don't know what supplies the Division Headquarters has? How many are there?" Zhao Hu said in a very peaceful tone.

The head of the division had already gone all out, so he said indifferently: "Five thousand horses, fifty thousand sets of iron shields, iron spears, and leather armors, five thousand sets of iron armors, twenty thousand longbows, and five thousand crossbows. , 20 bowstrings, [-] bundles of arrows, [-] city crossbows, and [-] sets of military uniforms and boots.

"These are what I have accumulated over the years, and I feel so distressed to give half of them to you."

Zhao Hu and the others all opened their mouths in a daze. The commander of this division is really dark enough. He actually has enough equipment in the division headquarters to arm a division.

No one believed it at all, because most of the materials received by the Division and Regiment Headquarters were distributed, leaving only a part of equipment and most of the spare parts in stock, how could it be possible to accumulate so much.After all, the duty of the division and regiment headquarters is to command, not to fight. Usually, there is no wear and tear of equipment.

"Well, of course we are satisfied with so many supplies, but..." Zhao Hu pretended to ponder.

"But what? Say it!"

The head of the division has become bad-tempered, what else do you want to give half of the inventory?If it is so procrastinated, the gods will be angry.

"Well, we want half of the craftsmen in the provincial capital. Please do this, and at the same time, please prepare a carriage for us to carry so many materials. In addition to the carriage needed to carry materials, we also need to be able to carry tens of thousands of people. People's carriage." Zhao Hu said leisurely.

Now he is not in a hurry. Judging by the eagerness of the division chief, he needs an army to serve him very much. If he knows that even if he doesn't speak up, those soldiers are still his. I don't know if he will be angry. What about vomiting blood?
"The carriage is fine, there is one in the warehouse. As for half of the craftsmen, this is absolutely not acceptable! The blacksmith can only give you one-fifth, and the shipbuilder can't give you any! But it doesn't matter if all the other craftsmen are given to you!" said forcefully.

"My lord, other craftsmen don't care, as long as the blacksmith can get more, as you know, blacksmiths are needed to make and repair equipment." Zhao Hu hurriedly said with a bitter face.

"One-fifth of the blacksmiths are enough to be responsible for the manufacture of weapons for your army. As for the work of repairing equipment, you can completely leave it to the logistics soldiers." The division chief insisted.

(End of this chapter)