Because the army is currently small in number, Guo Peng can do many things himself.

For example, recruiting strong men, training soldiers, paying money, punishing and rewarding soldiers, and so on.

Guo Peng was usually present when the salary was paid, and the soldiers were gathered and lined up in several columns.

One by one, they reported their names and the names of the leading soldiers, and then gave them the money to their own hands, and supervised them on the side, so as to prevent the occurrence of embezzlement of soldiers' salaries.

In this way, the soldiers' gratitude will naturally converge on Guo Peng who was present.

It's the same when it comes to rewards, and every month the army will record a batch of soldiers who can be rewarded.

Then, at the end of the month, at the all-army summary meeting, Guo Peng personally called these soldiers to the high platform, and then personally gave them the rewarded silver money to encourage them to make persistent efforts.

Priority will be given to promoting these hard-working soldiers to become officers, and giving them priority to providing them with benefits.

In this way, it can win the gratitude of the soldiers, motivate the soldiers to train harder, and can also personally promote excellent people to be officers, promote officers themselves, and increase their control over the army.

The salaries of the junior officers were paid by Guo Peng himself, and they also lined up in front of Guo Peng, who personally gave them salaries and some additional rewards to encourage them.

Officers above the rank of military marquis were Guo Peng's mode of holding a banquet, giving them his salary at the banquet, and drinking and talking with them.

Level 1 is higher than level 1 treatment.

Of course, the deeper idea is to shift the allegiance of the whole army to oneself, rather than approaching the top-down model of "my vassals are not my vassals".

At present, the military situation of the Eastern Han Empire really shows signs of developing towards such a trend.

All matters related to the vital interests of the soldiers in the army were personally handled by Guo Peng.

Over time, the soldiers became completely accustomed to and fully believed that they should owe allegiance to Guo Peng, rather than any officer or other official, and firmly controlled the army.

Guo Peng, who wants to build soldiers into his own family soldiers, naturally understands the importance of the army.

In order not to allow anyone to take his place, he adopted such a way that no one in the army could challenge his authority, and this tradition was to be established from the very beginning of the army.

He didn't want to make a wedding dress for someone else.

Guo Peng would rather choose to spend a lot of time to let the soldiers remember their faces, voices, and their own existence, and the first thing that comes to mind when something happens is himself rather than others.

Therefore, Zang Hong, who is responsible for recruiting strong men, often sees Guo Peng and him outside the barracks to inspect the basic quality of strong men who come to join the army.

"Zifeng, don't you feel tired when you run out every day to recruit soldiers in person? You have a lot of other big things to do, right? ”

Zang Hong felt that Guo Peng, as the commander of the First Army, should do other more important things, instead of doing such small things.

"Why isn't it a big deal to recruit qualified soldiers to enrich the army, enhance the strength of the army, and better protect the northern frontier?"

Guo Peng smiled, leaving Zang Hong speechless.

"What do you mean...... That's right, too. ”

Zang Hong shook his head with a smile, and accompanied Guo Peng to review the strong men who came to take refuge with Guo Peng.

"Name."

"Zhao Yun."

"Where?"

"A native of Zhending County, Changshan County, Jizhou."

"How old?"

"Eighteen."

Guo Peng didn't raise his head, and after recording a few important information about his hometown, he looked at the words he had written, and then ......

Zhao Yun?

It's familiar, have you seen it somewhere?

People from Changshan Zhending County?

Changshan ...... Zhao Zilong?

Guo Peng's eyes widened, and when he looked up, he saw a simple farmer-looking young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes smiling at him.

"What's your name?"

Guo Peng swallowed his saliva and asked uncertainly.

"Zhao Yun."

The guy said it again.

"Where?"

"People from Zhending County, Changshan County, Jizhou......"

The young man was a little puzzled, and he didn't know what this high-ranking official thought of him.

"Zifeng, what's wrong?"

Zang Hong looked at Zhao Yun who was standing in front of him, and estimated that this young man was eight feet long, with a strong body, a good face, and a slightly rough skin, which was a sign of doing hard work, which was very in line with the recruitment standards of the Karasuma Battalion.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. ”

Guo Peng sorted out his emotions, smiled, and said to Zhao Yun: "Do you know some combat skills?" ”

"Yes, the villain practiced martial arts at a young age, and he still has some strength, and he also joined the rebel army when there was a Yellow Turban Rebellion before, although he was pacified by Lu Gong and Captain Guo before he went out to fight the Yellow Turban Thief."

Zhao Yun smiled shyly.

"Oh? That's great! ”

Zang Hong was very satisfied: "Do you have acres of land at home? ”

"Yes, there are some fields at home, but I don't have to worry about food and clothing, I have some marksmanship and knife skills in my family, I have practiced since I was a child, and I have also learned equestrianism, and there will be some kung fu villains on horseback."

As if he was worried about not being able to enter the Karasuma camp, Zhao Yun immediately assured.

Zang Hong nodded and said to Guo Peng: "Good seedlings, no problem." ”

Guo Peng stood up and walked to Zhao Yun's side, looked at Zhao Yun, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, so he asked, "How is the fist and foot kung fu?" ”

"It's the basics."

Zhao Yun said.

"How about a few tricks with me?"

"Huh?"

Zhao Yun looked at Zang Hong and then at Guo Peng, his face full of uncertainty.

"Zifeng, are you serious?"

"Of course."

Zang Hong nodded to Zhao Yun.

"Show what you're capable of."

Zhao Yun nodded at this time.

Then he put on some postures and attacked Guo Peng, the attack was strong and heavy, the lower plate was very stable, one punch and one kick were strong and strong, and he was a good battlefield fighter.

Guo Peng wrestled with him, attacked with fists and feet, recruited meat, and fought very excitingly, which immediately aroused a large number of onlookers and cheers from the strong men who came to join the army.

The more the two fought, the more energetic they became, Zhao Yun probably had never encountered such an opponent who could fight, so he came to the momentum, the more he fought, the happier he became, the more he fought, the more he wanted to show his true ability, and finally went all out, the tiger roared again and again, forcing Guo Peng to go all out, and in the end he was on par with Guo Peng, and the two of them were exhausted.

"What a strong man!"

Guo Peng laughed and praised Zhao Yun fiercely, Zhao Yun took a few breaths and laughed.

"Come and be my guard."

Guo Peng patted Zhao Yun's shoulder, and Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment.

Zang Hong stood up with a smile and said, "This is Captain Captain Guardian Karasuma, Guo Peng, Guo Zifeng." ”

“！！！”

Zhao Yun's eyes widened suddenly: "Captain Guo? You...... Are you Captain Guo? ”

"Of course it's me, or why do you think I'm fighting you? Come and be my personal guard, I need a strong man like you by my side. ”

As soon as Guo Peng said this, Zhao Yun was suddenly happy that he didn't know that he was in the south, south, and northwest, and the strong men waiting to be recruited around him were very envious of Zhao Yun's good luck.