After Shi Xiong left, Shi Hu just mentioned came out from the side, and said respectfully: "Great Wizard, you arranged for me to go to Shanhai Town, do you have any instructions?"
"Shihu, you don't have to think too much. After you go to Shanhai Town, you have to treat yourself as a part of there, treat the lord, be loyal, and don't have two hearts. I have a hunch that the lord will be the future The owner of the entire Lianzhou Basin is the opportunity for our family to prosper." The great wizard obviously had reservations about the previous stone bear.
"Stone Bear is too conservative, more conservative than pioneering. You are different. You have been alert since childhood and are more receptive to new things. This trip to Shanhai Town is a rare opportunity for you and the tribe. Do you understand? "The great wizard continued.
"Understood!" Shi Hu nodded emphatically.
"Very well, let's go prepare, choose the most elite fighters, and don't lose the prestige of the Xuanniao tribe."
"Obey!" Shi Hu bid farewell and left.
In the meeting hall of the front yard, Shi Xiong relayed the great wizard's decision to Ouyang Shuo. After listening to it, Ouyang Shuo was very satisfied. The result of this cooperation has exceeded his expectations.
"Boss, happy cooperation!" Finally, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile.
"Happy cooperation!" After the cooperation was reached, Shi Xiong ordered people to release the imprisoned Zhang Daniu and his party.
After being imprisoned for a whole day, the members of the defense team suffered a lot. They were all dirty and didn't have the image of Shanhai Town's army. When they saw Ouyang Shuo, they were all ashamed.
Zhang Daniu took the lead and knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "The last general made a mistake in command, and his ineffectiveness in combat has damaged the military prestige of Shanhai Town. Please punish him!"
All members of the defense team knelt down and said loudly, "Please punish me, my lord!"
To this defense team, Ouyang Shuo didn't have a good face. He said in a cold voice, "Get up, isn't that shameful enough? I'll punish you when I go back."
"Yes!" Under the leadership of Zhang Daniu, they exited the cottage and joined the infantry squadron outside.
Because it was almost noon, Ouyang Shuo was invited by Shi Xiong to stay in Xuanniao Tribe for dinner. Compared with Shanhai Town, the food of Xuanniao Tribe is of course incomparable. But eating smoked bacon, pickled vegetables, as well as various game and various unknown bugs has a special flavor.
After lunch, two hundred fighters had been selected, led by Shi Hu, and lined up in the Shanzhai Square. Knowing that these soldiers were about to go on a long journey, relatives of the soldiers came out one after another to see them off. Whether it is the person who is about to leave or the person who is seeing him off, there is not much sadness on his face. The leader said that the families of fighters will receive food subsidies first. For the mountain barbarians who often don't even have enough to eat, nothing is more important than food.
"My lord, Shi Hu led the 200 warriors of the tribe to assemble, please review!" Seeing Ouyang Shuo, Shi Hu said loudly.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, and immediately had a good impression of this young Shanman, "Brother Shi has worked hard, and going to Shanhai Town will definitely not disappoint everyone."
Before leaving, the leader Shi Xiong ran over with a wooden box in his arms and said, "Due to his health, it is inconvenient for the great wizard to see guests. He specially ordered me to bring a gift for the lord, please accept it."
"Thank you for the great wizard's gift. I hope that next time I have a chance, I can visit the great wizard." Ouyang Shuo said with a smile, motioning Wang Feng to take the wooden box.
"Okay, I will definitely bring the lord's greetings to the great wizard."
"Then, take your leave!" Ouyang Shuo said goodbye to the leader without further delay, and directly led the troops to leave. After reuniting with the troops outside the cottage, he ordered everyone to speed up the march and strive to return to Shanhai Town as soon as possible.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the troops returned to Yushui Village. Village head Zhao Dexian finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone had returned safely. What happened this time made him really sweat.
The first thing Ouyang Shuo did after he came back was to announce the punishment for the garrison: Zhang Daniu was fined with half a year's salary, each fire commander was fined with three months' salary, and ordinary soldiers were fined with one month's salary.
"As the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom. I hope you will keep your lessons in mind, train harder, strive to change jobs as soon as possible, and guard the swimming village for me." Ouyang Shuo admonished.
"We must live up to the expectations of adults!" As the saying goes, be brave after knowing shame, the defense team suffered such a big loss this time, and was naturally eager to prove themselves again.
Ouyang Shuo didn't intend to let the defense team idle, he ordered Zhang Daniu to start to investigate the rogues in the area of Yushui Village, once found, he would not be merciless. Of course, if a large number of rogues are detected, they should not act recklessly, and should ask Shanhai Town for help in time.
Originally, Zhang Daniu was ready to be dismissed this time, but he didn't expect that the adults would just take it lightly and still trust him so much, which moved him very much.
After dealing with the defense team, Ouyang Shuo bought 100,000 units of food for 100 gold coins through the mid-level market in Swimming Village. According to his agreement with Shi Xiong, the Xuanniao Tribe will arrange for people to transport this batch of grain tomorrow morning.
Seeing that Ouyang Shuo fulfilled the promise in time, Shi Hu and his party felt more at ease. Thinking that with this batch of food, the food crisis of the tribe can be greatly alleviated, and my family will never go hungry again, and everyone is full of energy.
Afterwards, Ouyang Shuo did not stay in Yushui Village, and led the troops back to Shanhai Town. Before leaving, he left Zhao Dexian 50 gold coins for the transfer of the defense team.
Fan Zhongyan led a group of chief officials to wait for Ouyang Shuo and his party at the pier early. After meeting, he said with a smile: "Your Excellency has been away for two days, and the territory seems to have lost its backbone, and it is finally back."
"Haha, I'm very relieved to have Mr. in charge. Although this trip has been full of twists and turns, it's finally a worthwhile 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: "As for the cooperation between the two parties on rare minerals, Director Tian has to worry a lot. I think we can consider arranging a few miners to the Xuanniao tribe to help them find mineral sources. In this regard Let's be more professional!"
Tian Wenjing nodded, "Don't worry, my lord, this subordinate will definitely handle this matter well."
Back in Shanhai Town, Ouyang Shuo asked everyone to disperse, and rushed to the barracks with his troops, immediately transferred all 200 mountain barbarian soldiers to infantry. The job transfer secret room of the high-level military camp no longer needs to go through the militia transfer stage, and can be directly transferred to a soldier.
After the job change, Ouyang Shuo only had 75 gold coins left, and became a poor man again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he summoned the officers above the senior rank of the army to the barracks conference hall, and said: "I will announce a few personnel appointments first. Appoint Shi Hu as the acting squadron leader of the second infantry squadron, and Wang Feng as the acting squadron leader of the third infantry squadron. "
Shi Hu and Wang Feng went out together and said loudly: "Thank you for your promotion, sir, I will definitely live up to my trust!"
As the representative of the Shanman, Shi Hu's appointment was logical. It's just that Wang Feng was directly appointed as the fire chief when he first joined the army. It was only a few days before he was appointed as the squadron leader. It's not that Ouyang Shuo is biased, but that as Lin Yue's proud disciple, Wang Feng has this ability.
Ouyang Shuo could even imagine that once Wang Feng became a junior general, he would be even more powerful than Zhao Sihu. You know, Wang Feng got the true instruction of Bajiquan. Of course, as a general, martial arts is only one aspect of it. But I have to admit that martial arts still account for the majority of the evaluation of grassroots officers.
"The candidates for the fire chiefs of the two squadrons will be recommended by the squadron leaders and reported to General Shi for approval." Ouyang Shuo had already delegated the appointment of fire chiefs, and was no longer planning to intervene. The last time Lin Yue's five apprentices were arranged to serve in the infantry squadron was only a special case.
"clear!"
"Hu Yibiao!"
"arrive!"
"I appoint you as the commander of the first squadron and first team of the infantry!" Hu Yibiao was a twenty-five-year-old man. He performed outstandingly in the last battle to wipe out the water village, and this time it was a late reward.
"Thank you for the promotion, sir, I will live up to my trust!"
After adjusting the infantry, Ouyang Shuo continued to adjust the personnel of the cavalry, "Li Mingliang!"
"arrive!"
"Order you to be in charge of forming the Second Cavalry Squadron. As soon as the funds are in place, you will immediately change jobs."
"Obey!"
As one of the first three fire chiefs, Li Mingliang's ability is naturally beyond doubt. Arranging 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!"
"arrive!"
"Appoint you as the deputy captain of the first cavalry squadron and the captain of the first cavalry squadron!" As the second-generation fire chief who is as famous as Zhou Feng, Liao Kai's promotion is also a matter of course.
"Thank you for the promotion, sir, I will live up to my trust!"
"Guo Liang!"
"arrive!"
"Appoint you as the captain of the first cavalry squadron and the second squadron!" Guo Liang, like Hu Yibiao, performed outstandingly in the last battle to wipe out the water village. The two of them are representatives of the third generation of fire chiefs.
"Thank you for the promotion, sir, I will live up to my trust!"
The above six promoted generals are elite soldiers who have not yet been transferred. Just waiting for them to be transferred to junior generals one by one 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 commander."
Shi Wansui finally managed to get out of the shadow of the last time he wiped out the bandit camp, regained Ouyang Shuo's trust, commanded the most powerful military force in Shanhai Town, and said excitedly: "Thank you for your trust!"
According to the principle set by Ouyang Shuo, in order to maintain the normal operation of the territory, the number of troops should not exceed one-tenth of the upper limit of the territory's population. In other words, in the second-level township stage, the number of troops in a battalion is already the limit, and there will be no further expansion of the army.
However, the Lianzhou Basin is a plain terrain, which is more suitable for large-scale army operations. The current mixed infantry and cavalry battalion in Shanhai Town is just a stopgap measure, and a pure infantry battalion and cavalry battalion will eventually be formed.