Chapter 171 Where to Recruit Soldiers? (1/2)

"Su Han, you're here."

When Kong Tianyang saw Li Yan, he quickly stepped forward to greet him enthusiastically.

Li Yan also responded enthusiastically: "Captain Kong invited me, I must come."

Hearing this, the smile on Kong Tianyang's face became more enthusiastic.

The place where Li Yan and the others are located is a two-story brick and stone house in the military camp. This is a treatment that only military officials with a thousand households or above can enjoy.

Ordinary soldiers and captains can only live in houses built with tents.

This was done not because the Zhou army could not afford to build houses one after another, but to allow these newly recruited soldiers to better adapt to the life of the army.

After all, when fighting outside, soldiers live in tents most of the time.

Then, Kong Tianyang took Li Yan and began to introduce his team to him.

There were five people in the room, including Kong Tianyang and Li Yan. The other three, two men and one woman, were all wearing military uniforms.

Kong Tianyang pointed to a lean man on the far left with a spear on his back, and introduced: "This is one of our Kong family members and my cousin, Kong Ge."

"I have just broken through Xiantian. Although I am a little older than you, I believe you can get along well with each other."

Li Yan was noncommittal about this, but the superficial skills still had to be in place.

Li Yan took a step forward, held the other person's hand enthusiastically and said, "Brother Kong, please give me more advice in the future."

Kong Ge responded with a smile on his face: "My cousin has long heard that you are a famous person. Now that I see you, your reputation is indeed well-deserved."

"I shouldn't take advice seriously. From now on, when we work together, we should support each other."

The two didn't chat much. There were two more people waiting for Li Yan to get acquainted with them.

In the middle is the only woman among the three. This woman's hair is tied into a ponytail, and she has a sword on her waist. She has straight eyebrows on her face and a beautiful appearance. With just one glance, she feels a sense of heroic appearance.

Kong Tianyang introduced: "This is the sister of a good friend of mine. She doesn't like women's clothing and prefers red clothes. My good friend couldn't resist her, so he had to agree to let her join the army and entrusted me to take care of her."

"But don't think she is easy to bully just because she is a woman. Her cultivation level can be said to be the highest among you. She has almost reached the middle stage of innate cultivation."

Kong Tianyang wanted to make some introductions, but was interrupted by this woman: "Brother Kong, no wonder you and my brother play so well. I can see clearly that you are both equally verbose."

In response, Kong Tianyang could only put on a wry expression.

Then, the woman stretched out her hand towards Li Yan and said, "Let's meet Mu Yingmei, a congenital warrior of fire."

Compared to Kong Tianyang who had been talking for a long time and hadn't even introduced the other person's name yet, Mu Yingmei was indeed a clean and tidy person.

"Su Han is also a fire warrior."

Li Yan took hold of the other party's soft, strong, calloused hands and replied with a smile on his lips.

"Oh, are you also a practicing fire element qi? Otherwise, let's have a fight later."

Mu Ying asked with bright eyebrows.

Li Yan refused directly: "No, I have just broken through and it will take some time to consolidate my realm. It is not appropriate to take action."

Hearing this, Mu Yingmei couldn't help but feel disappointed in her eyes.

Finally, Kong Tianyang introduced the last person.

This man had a cold face, was tall, and had long, slightly curly hair hanging down behind him. He looked like a lion.

Li Yan's incarnation, Su Han, is not too short, about 1.85 meters tall.

And this person was a head taller than Li Yan, and seemed to be at least two meters tall.

"His name is Yu Wenkui, one of the personal guards of Captain Kong Shaozhong, and a military talent specially seconded by me."

"I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, but I rarely practice writing, let alone those military books that are like heavenly books."

"That's why I specially asked Yu Wenkui to help me arrange my troops."

Kong Tianyang was not afraid of exposing his own shortcomings, and spoke out all the causes and effects openly.

However, it can also be seen that Kong Tianyang really values ​​Yu Wenkui.

As before, Li Yan stepped forward to shake hands and held the palm that was almost half the size of his own. Even if the other party did not exert any force, Li Yan could feel the powerful power in the other party's body.

Yu Wenkui obviously didn't like to talk. After Li Yan finished his polite words, the other party only said one good word.

At this point, the four people under Kong Tianyang have a simple understanding of each other.

Afterwards, Kong Tianyang began to get into the topic and discuss with everyone the recruitment of soldiers.

"I believe you all know that [Red Blood Overthrows the Zhou Army] is causing trouble everywhere, causing the imperial court to hinder recruitment, and the number of new recruits is far less than expected."

Speaking of [Red Blood Overwhelms Zhou's Army], Kong Tianyang couldn't help but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

You know, he was tortured terribly by the "Red Blooded Zhou Army" in Shannan Road, and he almost died after eating the poison given by the "Red Blooded Zhou Army".

This made him how not to hate this person [Red Blooded Zhou Army].

Suppressing the murderous intention in his heart, Kong Tianyang continued: "Therefore, the imperial court made an exception and relaxed some of the previous restrictions and allowed the formation of an army on its own."

"You know, in the past, the army belonged to the imperial court. We, the airborne commanders and centurions, only had the right to command. To mobilize the army, we had to apply for military symbols."

"And in a self-organized army, the army only listens to you, and there is no need for any military symbols."

Kong Tianyang paused when he said this, and then with a hint of pride on his face, he continued to boast: "Such a person is naturally not easy to have too many for the army, so the court only released 20 thousand households, and I happened to grab one."

Li Yan was very smart and quickly followed up with flattery: "This must be the court's recognition of Captain Kong's strength, otherwise so many people were watching eagerly, how could it fall into Captain Kong's hands."

Kong Tianyang was very pleased with Li Yan's words.

After Li Yan, Kong Ge also followed up with a few flattery words. As for the other two, one was not good at speaking, and the other was serious.

Then, Kong Tianyang started to talk about the main topic: "Although I have the right to recruit soldiers on my own, the matter of recruiting soldiers is not simple."

"You also know that there has been a saying in the streets that good men do not join the army, and they will not live long if they join the army. If it were not for the war taxes in various roads, which made some people volunteer to join the army, the court would not be able to maintain the establishment of a million soldiers."

"However, other roads can use war taxes to recruit soldiers, but Xuanfeng Road is absolutely not allowed. Therefore, there are very few soldiers in Xuanfeng Road in the Great Zhou army."

"So, I wonder if we can recruit soldiers from other roads instead of Xuanfeng Road."

Kong Tianyang expressed his thoughts.

As soon as Kong Tianyang finished speaking, Li Yan stood up and expressed his thoughts: "I agree with Captain Kong's idea."

"Oh, Su Han, you agree so quickly, tell me, why do you agree."

Although Kong Tianyang was very satisfied with Li Yan's attitude, recruiting soldiers was not a joke, and he still asked in a steady manner.

Li Yan also came prepared, and said: "In fact, before coming here, I had the idea of ​​persuading Captain Kong to recruit soldiers from other Daos."

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"There are two advantages to doing this. One is that it costs less. I understand that in the army, the salary level of soldiers from Xuanfeng Dao is significantly higher than that of soldiers from other Daos."

"Obviously, if we want to recruit soldiers from Xuanfeng Dao, the cost we need to provide will definitely not be less."

"As far as I know, if we recruit soldiers on our own, the court will only reimburse 30% of the cost of raising soldiers."

Kong Tianyang nodded involuntarily when he heard this, expressing his agreement.

Li Yan continued: "In this case, with the family funding we can get, it is difficult to support such a thousand-man team."

"But if we go to other roads to recruit soldiers, there will not be so much expenditure, especially the Huangsha Road that relies on the Xuanfeng Road, we can even train a group of soldiers who can fight without spending our own resources."

When he heard about Huangsha Road, Kong Tianyang's eyes flashed, and his eyes were full of confidant meaning when he looked at Li Yan.

Because, the place he thought of for recruiting soldiers was also Huangsha Road.

He stayed in Huangsha Road for nearly a month, and was attacked by robbers many times during this period. It can be said that he is more familiar with Huangsha Road than Shannan Road.

The robbers in Huangsha Road, as well as the pattern of a nest every ten miles and a village every hundred miles, were previously considered by Kong Tianyang to be the cancer of Huangsha Road and the lice on the body of the court.

But now it seems to be an excellent place for recruiting and training soldiers.

The soldiers can be selected from the large number of robbers, and the soldiers can be selected from the thieves' dens and strongholds for attack.

When attacking, it is also the time to let the soldiers get familiar with the battlefield.

More importantly, these soldiers do not need to compensate their families with a large amount of money like the soldiers from Xuanfeng Dao.

Thinking of this, Kong Tianyang's mouth corners can't help but bend up a large degree.

Before Li Yan finished speaking, he only heard Li Yan say: "The second is that it is easy to control."

"The soldiers from Xuanfeng Dao are stronger than those from other Daos in overall strength, this is beyond doubt."

"However, they also have a shortcoming that is not a shortcoming, and their loyalty to the court is also higher than that of other Daos."

"If we are not recruiting soldiers on our own, it doesn't matter. However, what we are recruiting now is our own team."

"I don't think that our training for a few months can make their loyalty to us greater than their loyalty to the court."

These words of Li Yan can be said to have some treasonous meaning.

And this was what he said deliberately. He wanted to know whether these people's positions were consistent with his general direction.

After hearing what Li Yan said, Kong Tianyang's pupils shrank and he looked at Li Yan in surprise, as if he had a new understanding of Li Yan.

And Kong Ge's eyes widened and he looked at Li Yan in disbelief.

He was not stupid, so how could he not hear the hidden meaning in Li Yan's words.

As for Mu Yingmei, she seemed to have no interest in what Li Yan said, playing with the ornaments on her waist.

However, from the way she looked at Li Yan from time to time, it can be seen that she is not really uninterested.

Perhaps she has never experienced such a situation before and does not know how to deal with it.

Finally, Yuwen Kui looked at Li Yan deeply, and then remained silent.

For a moment, the scene fell into silence.

In response, Li Yan showed a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Sometimes, silence is also a silent answer.

Finally, it was Kong Tianyang who broke the silent atmosphere at the scene. He said: "Some of Li Yan's words coincide with mine."

"Now I have decided to go to Huangsha Road to recruit soldiers. Do you have any objections?"

No one objected.

"Okay, then you guys go back and pack up. Tomorrow we'll go to Huangsha Road together. We need to fight quickly because we only have three months."

"Within three months, we have to recruit a standard thousand-household regiment of soldiers and then go to the battlefield."

"More importantly, the thousand-household regiment we recruit has to be inspected by the court. It's not something that can be passed by just pulling out a thousand-man team."

"And if it's not done within three months, not only will my thousand-household title be lost, but I'll also be punished by the court."

"That's why I can get such a quota."

Kong Tianyang said this and glanced at Li Yan. Seeing that he didn't respond, he continued, "In three months, we need to train a thousand-household regiment that can withstand the test of the court."

"Then the quality of the soldiers must be very good, and only soldiers recruited from Xuanfeng Road can meet such conditions."

"However, I chose Huangsha Road to recruit soldiers, which means that our recruitment journey this time will definitely not be too peaceful."

"Our tasks will also be heavy, recruiting soldiers, training, commanding battles, and leading by example until qualified soldiers are selected one by one."

When Kong Tianyang said this, Mu Yingmei's eyes were already burning with a look.

Li Yan glanced at the girl and muttered in his heart: "I didn't expect a girl to be so warlike."

As soon as he muttered about Mu Yingmei in his heart, Kong Tianyang cast his eyes on Mu Yingmei, and then asked in a questioning tone: "Yingmei, are you sure you want to go to recruit soldiers with me?"

Mu Yingmei stepped forward, half-sheathed her sword, and said decisively: "I, Mu Yingmei, am not a person who will retreat. Huangshadao, I will go."

Kong Tianyang sighed lightly, nodded, and stopped asking Mu Yingmei.

"Well, go back and prepare, we will set off early tomorrow morning."

"Destination, Huangshadao."

After that, only Li Yan and Mu Yingmei walked out.

Kong Ge and Yuwen Kui both followed Kong Tianyang, and they would go back when Kong Tianyang went home.

"See you tomorrow."

Li Yan clasped his fists to Mu Yingmei.

"See you tomorrow. Also, I want to fight you more and more!"

Mu Yingmei's eyes were more interested than when she first met Li Yan.

"There will be a chance in the future."

Li Yan smiled and said this, then turned and left.

After that, Li Yan took a taxi back to the Su Mansion.

There was no other way. The previous carriage went directly back to the Su Mansion after sending Li Yan to the military camp.

For Li Yan's return, everyone in the Su Mansion was surprised, surprised, and happy.

However, Li Yan did not explain anything, but used the resources of the Su Mansion to prepare the things needed to go to Huangsha Road.