After Shi Xiong left, Shi Hu just mentioned walked out from the side and said respectfully: "Great Wizard, you arranged for me to go to Shanhai Town, do you have anything to order?" ”

"Shi Hu, you don't have to think about it. After going to Shanhai Town, you have to treat yourself as a part of it, treat the lord, be loyal, and don't have two hearts. I have a hunch that that lord will be the master of the entire Lianzhou Basin in the future, and it will be an opportunity for my clan to prosper. "The Great Wizard clearly has reservations about the previous stone bear.

"Shi Xiong is too conservative, more than enough to defend and not enough to develop. You are different, you are alert from a young age, and you are more receptive to new things. This trip to Shanhai Town is a rare opportunity for you and the tribe. Do you understand? The Grand Wizard continued.

"Understood!" Shi Hu nodded heavily.

"Very good, go and prepare, choose the most elite warriors, don't fall into the prestige of the Xuanyao tribe."

"Yes!" Shi Hu said goodbye and left.

In the front court chamber, Shi Xiong relayed the decision of the Great Wizard to Ouyang Shuo. After listening to this, Ouyang Shuo was very satisfied, and the results of this cooperation had exceeded his expectations.

"Great Chief, happy cooperation!" Finally, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile.

"Happy working together!" After reaching a cooperation, Shi Xiong ordered someone to release the imprisoned Zhang Daniu and his party.

was locked up for a day, but the members of the garrison suffered a lot, they were all dirty and not sparse, where was there a little image of the army of Shanhai Town, and when they saw Ouyang Shuo, they were all full of shame.

Zhang Daniu took the lead in kneeling down and said in a deep voice: "The last general's command is wrong, and the battle is ineffective, which damages the military prestige of Shanhai Town, please punish him!" ”

All the members of the garrison knelt down and said loudly: "Please punish me!" ”

For this garrison, Ouyang Shuo didn't have a good face, and said coldly: "Get up for me, isn't it shameful enough?" I will punish you again when I go back. ”

"Yes!" Under the leadership of Zhang Daniu, they withdrew from the cottage and joined up with the infantry squadron outside.

Because it was close to noon, Ouyang Shuo stayed in the Xuanniao tribe to dine at the invitation of Shi Xiong. Compared with Shanhai Town, the food of the Xuanniao tribe is of course incomparable. But eating smoked bacon, pickled vegetables, as well as all kinds of game and all kinds of unknown insects, it is also a different flavor.

After lunch, two hundred warriors had been selected, led by Shi Hu, and lined up in the cottage square. Knowing that these warriors were about to leave far away, the relatives of the warriors came out to see them off. Whether it is the person who is about to leave or the person who sees him off, there is not much sadness on his face. The chief said that the families of the fighters would be given priority in receiving food subsidies. For Shanman, who often can't even eat, nothing is more important than food.

"Lord Qiyu, Shi Hu has led the two hundred warriors of the tribe to gather, please review!" Seeing Ouyang Shuo, Shi Hu said loudly.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, and was immediately full of good feelings for this young Shanman, "Brother Shi has worked hard, this trip to Shanhai Town will definitely not disappoint everyone." ”

Before leaving, the leader Shi Xiong ran over with a wooden box and said, "The great wizard is inconvenient to meet guests due to physical reasons. He specially ordered me to bring a gift to the lord, and please accept it. ”

"Thank you for the gift from the Great Wizard, and I hope that next time I have the opportunity, I can go and meet the Great Wizard." Ouyang Shuo said with a smile, motioning for Wang Feng to step forward and take the wooden box.

"Okay, I'll definitely bring the lord's greetings to the Grand Wizard."

"Farewell, then!" Ouyang Shuo did not delay any longer, and after saying goodbye to the leader, he directly led the troops to leave. After joining up with the troops outside the cottage, he ordered everyone to speed up their march and strive to return to Shanhai Town as soon as possible.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the troops returned to the village of Swim Water. Village Chief Zhao Dexian was finally relieved to see everyone return safely. This time, it made him really sweat.

The first thing Ouyang Shuo did after he came back was to announce the punishment of the garrison: Zhang Daniu was fined for half a year, each fire commander was fined for three months, and ordinary soldiers were fined for one month.

"As the saying goes, eat a trench and grow a wisdom. I hope that you will keep the lesson in mind, train harder, and strive to change jobs as soon as possible, so that you can guard the village well for me. Ouyang Shuo admonished.

"We will live up to the expectations of adults!" As the saying goes, shame and courage, the garrison suffered such a big loss this time, and naturally it was eager to prove itself again.

Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to let the garrison idle, he ordered Zhang Daniu to start investigating the rogues in the area of Lushui Village, and once he found it, he would not be merciful. Of course, if a large stream of rogues is detected, you must no longer act recklessly, and you must ask Shanhai Town for help in time.

Originally, Zhang Daniu was ready to be removed this time, but he didn't expect that the adults just took it lightly and still trusted him so much, which made him very moved.

After dealing with the affairs of the garrison, Ouyang Shuo spent 100 gold coins to buy 100,000 units of grain through the intermediate market in Lushui Village. According to the agreement between him and Shi Xiong, the Xuanniao tribe will arrange for someone to transport this batch of grain away early tomorrow morning.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo's timely fulfillment of his promise, Shi Hu and his entourage were even more relieved. Thinking that with this batch of food, the food crisis of the tribe can be greatly alleviated, and his family will never go hungry again, and everyone is full of energy.

After that, Ouyang Shuo did not stop at Lushui Village and led the troops back to Shanhai Town. Before leaving, he left 50 gold coins for Zhao Dexian, which was used for the transfer of the garrison.

Fan Zhongyan led a group of chief officials and waited for Ouyang Shuo and his party at the dock early. After meeting, he said with a smile: "My lord has been gone for two days, and the territory is like missing the backbone, and he finally came back." ”

"Haha, I'm relieved to have a gentleman in charge. Although there were twists and turns this time, it was finally worth the trip. Along the way, Ouyang Shuo briefly introduced the cooperation agreement reached with the Xuanniao tribe to the three directors. Then, he smiled and said to Tian Wenjing: "Regarding the cooperation between the two sides in rare minerals, Director Tian has to worry a lot." In my opinion, we can consider arranging a few miners to go to the Xuanniao tribe to assist them in finding the source of minerals. We are still a little more professional in this area! ”

Tian Wenjing nodded, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely handle this matter well." ”

Back in Shanhai Town, Ouyang Shuo asked everyone to disperse, and rushed to the barracks with his troops, and immediately transferred all the two hundred mountain barbarian soldiers to infantry. The transfer room of the high-level military camp no longer needs to go through the stage of militia transfer, and can be directly transferred to non-commissioned officers.

After the job change, Ouyang Shuo only had 75 gold coins left, and he became a poor man again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he summoned the officers of the army rank and above to the barracks council hall and said, "I will first announce a few personnel appointments. Shi Hu was appointed as the acting squadron leader of the 2nd Infantry Squadron, and Wang Feng was appointed as the acting squadron leader of the 3rd Infantry Squadron. ”

Shi Hu and Wang Feng came out together, and said loudly: "Lord Xie's promotion will definitely live up to the trust!" ”

As a representative of Shanman, Shi Hu's appointment went smoothly. It's just that Wang Feng was directly appointed as the fire commander as soon as he joined the army, and it has only been a few days since he was appointed as the squadron leader, which can be described as a step to the sky. This is not Ouyang Shuo's partiality, but as Lin Yue's proud disciple, Wang Feng has this ability.

Ouyang Shuo could even imagine that once Wang Feng was transferred to a junior general, he would be even more powerful than Zhao Sihu. You must know that Wang Feng has obtained the true transmission of Bajiquan. Of course, as a general, martial arts are only one aspect of it. However, I have to admit that martial arts still account for the majority of the evaluation of grassroots officers.

"The candidates for the fire commanders of the two squadrons are recommended by the squadron leader and submitted to General Shi for approval." As for the power to appoint the personnel of the fire chief, Ouyang Shuo had long delegated it and was no longer ready to interfere. The last time Lin Yue's five apprentices were arranged to serve in the infantry squadron, it was only a special case.

"Understood!"

"Hu Yibiao!"

"Here!"

"Appoint you as the first squadron of infantry, one squadron and one squadron!" Hu Yibiao is a twenty-five-year-old man who performed well in the last battle to exterminate Shuizhai, and this time it is a late reward.

"Lord Xie's promotion will definitely live up to the trust!"

After adjusting the infantry, Ouyang Shuo then adjusted the personnel of the cavalry, "Li Mingming!" ”

"Here!"

"Order you to be responsible for forming the second cavalry squadron, and as soon as the funds are in place, you will be transferred immediately."

"Yes!"

As one of the earliest three fire commanders, Li Mingliang's ability is naturally beyond doubt, and arranging for him to form the Second Cavalry Squadron is tantamount to appointing him as the squadron leader of the Second Cavalry Squadron in advance.

"Liao Kai!"

"Here!"

"Appoint you as the deputy captain of the first cavalry squadron and the head of the first cavalry squadron!" As the second-generation fire captain with the same name as Zhou Feng, Liao Kai's promotion is also logical.

"Lord Xie's promotion will definitely live up to the trust!"

"Guo Liang!"

"Here!"

"Appoint you as the leader of the first squadron and the second squadron of the cavalry!" Guo Liang, like Hu Yibiao, performed prominently in the last battle to exterminate Shuizhai. The two of them are the representatives of the third generation of fire commanders.

"Lord Xie's promotion will definitely live up to the trust!"

The above six generals who have been promoted are all elite soldiers who have not yet been transferred. Just waiting for them to be transferred to junior generals one by one, it will greatly alleviate the current shortage of generals in Shanhai Town.

After adjusting the personnel of the infantry and cavalry squadron, Ouyang Shuo threw out the last bombshell, "Based on three infantry squadrons and two cavalry squadrons, form a mixed infantry and cavalry battalion in Shanhai Town, and appoint Shi Wansui as the battalion leader." ”

Shi Wansui finally came out, walked out of the shadow of the last time he exterminated the Liukou camp, regained Ouyang Shuo's trust, commanded the most powerful military force in Shanhai Town, and said excitedly: "Lord Xie trusts!" ”

According to the principle set by Ouyang Shuo, in order to maintain the normal operation of the territory, the number of troops cannot exceed one-tenth of the upper limit of the territory's population. That is, at the stage of second-level townships, the number of troops of one battalion is already the limit, and there will be no further expansion.

However, the Lianzhou Basin is a plain terrain that is more suitable for large legions. The current mixed infantry and cavalry battalion in Shanhai Town is nothing more than an expedient measure, and in the end, it is necessary to form a pure infantry battalion and a cavalry battalion.