In this way, once Zhao Hu made great contributions, he could laugh at the old man, and even perform in front of the world with tears in his eyes but forced to helplessness, and then kill his relatives for justice for being incompetent, lazy and rushing to do so, leading troops is not as good as the city guard, and then abandon the old guy's position! In this way, no one will gossip!

Even Zhao Hu couldn't have imagined that the things he had to be busy were so easy to deal with. It seemed that huge benefits could be used as universal keys. Well, maybe this trick could be used to expand the intelligence network to the Shanyue Kingdom.

Since tomorrow is the New Year, the enthusiastic provincial governor and division commander stopped Zhao Hu, who wanted to go back to celebrate the New Year with his subordinates. In response, Zhao Hu, who could not refuse, had to order his personal guards to take people to purchase and let the soldiers have a good New Year. He and Zhou Wen and Sun Jie stayed here for the New Year.

Time flies so fast that the end of the year is coming out. Due to the greetings of the two giants, the merchants also benefited from it and the purchase of goods was very smooth. Except for a few merchants who settled in the provincial capital, everyone else packed their luggage.

After staying in the provincial capital for nearly ten days, these merchants clearly realized that Zhao Hu, the major who served as the chief officer of the city guard as a corps staff member, was a man with a huge background.

Otherwise, why would a small major let giants like the provincial government commander and division commander be entertained warmly? Almost all stayed in the houses of the two giants in the past ten days. In comparison, the brigade commanders were not surprised to see the brigade commanders condescendingly and invited a major to attend the banquet.

Of course, the people in the guard team also heard the news. They were in power, and they also felt that they were superior to others.

Of course, they had an assessment as early as the Chinese New Year. The first assessment was relatively simple, which was the performance of endurance, queues and spear stabs. As a result, as long as they were not surprised, most of the auxiliary soldiers were promoted to combat soldiers, and most of the war mutinies became auxiliary soldiers. There is no way, the ability of young people is very different from that of middle-aged people.

As for the positions of sergeant commander, squad leader and tenth troop commander, all of them have been replaced. Whoever asked the auxiliary soldiers and combat soldiers to switch in full, the grassroots officers can only reselect them all.

So when Zhao Hu and his men left the provincial capital in a mighty manner, they became almost a warrior.

Although the members of the guards were still dressed in black clothes like hunters, they replaced the bird guns, all of which were of the same color, and then more than 4,000 people were equipped with a shiny steel knife, a steel shield, and a full iron spear.

Of course, the remaining 800 people were equipped with a hunting knife, a strong bow and an arrow pouch. These people were archers who were not used to be hunters before.

But what is strange is that Zhao Hu not only left those bamboo guns, but also allowed craftsmen across the city to create a large number of sharp and hard gun heads, and specially brought a carriage full and taken away.

The originally generous division commander, when he saw Zhao Hu selecting the dense vine armor that he threw as waste products into a corner of the warehouse, immediately selected Zhao Hu a group of excellent leather armor, but Zhao Hu, who had already found out about Jinwen City, or the weather in Shanyue Kingdom, shook his head and refused.

The weather in Shanyue Kingdom and Jinwen City was rainy and wet. Wearing leather armor was easy to become soft and hairy, and finally turned into a piece of rag. It was the most affordable waterproof dense vine armor.

Although this dense vine armor is afraid of fire, it performs very well in the face of the damage of bows, arrows, swords, and gun stabs. It can also increase buoyancy when it falls into the water. How can you not want such a good thing?

As for replacing the archers with crossbows, Zhao Hu did not limit what bows they used, but the archers all chose strong bows similar to hunting bows. For them, when you shoot the second crossbow arrow, he has shot you into a piercing shrimp.

With the respectful eyes of the merchant and the proud expression of the guards, the Jinwencheng City Guard flag was swung and he began to set off for Jinwencheng.

Zhao Hu, who brought tens of thousands of people, spent more time than when he came, finally returned to Jinwen County City.

This time, Zhao Hu was smart and sent cavalry notifications in advance, so their arrival did not bring the whole city to alert like last time. However, there were many more people who greeted Zhao Hu's party at the city gate than last time. It can be said that almost all the people in the city gathered here.

Seeing that his team was so popular, Zhou Wen immediately said excitedly: "When did we have such prestige among the people?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hu smiled and said nothing.

Sun Jie carefully reminded: "Sister, our guard almost wiped out the strong men in the city, and there are merchants in the city behind us. These people are not welcoming us, but their families."

Zhou Wen said dismissively: "What's the difference? Since the people they welcomed were our soldiers, they were welcoming us. This shows that recruiting local soldiers to join the army is a good way to win over the people's hearts."

"This is of course a good idea. Their relatives, friends, children and nephews are under our command, and they will definitely regard us as relatives, friends, children and nephews. In this way, we will gain enough advantage in local battles." Sun Jie nodded and said.

"If it wasn't for local combat, wouldn't it be the opposite of now? It's hard to move forward?" Zhao Hu asked suddenly.

Zhou Wen hurriedly said, "Of course, go to the enemy territory? No matter how powerful the troops are, they are not strong enough. You must know that there is their place, and the soldiers are also children of the local people. Unless we kill them all or buy people, it will definitely be difficult for the troops without guidance and supplies."

When Zhou Wenxiang spoke, the team had already arrived at the city gate and cheered across the sky.

"Sir, which lieutenant colonel from the wing headquarters is here to welcome us!"

After a few words to Zhao Hu, the lieutenant colonel said that Mark and his team were destroyed by the bandits, and then he came up with a new order to take the corps leader's method.

"This order, Major Zhao Hu, since receiving the order, he will temporarily take over the defense of Jinwencheng City and be responsible for the important task of defense and security of Jinwencheng City." Zhao Hu was stunned for a moment and received the order.

Return to the county chief’s mansion that has become a barracks.

While helping Zhao Hu take off his battle robe, Zhou Wen nagged: "Sir, it doesn't matter if you were a military post in the past. Now that you are in the city defense position, you have to have a few maids greet you!"

Zhao Hu shook his head and smiled, "No need to be so troublesome, and I am not a city defense, I am just temporarily responsible for the safety of the city. But if you want a maid, it is better to recruit locally. The number of people is up to you."

Zhao Hu is very delegating in this regard. If Odi is the general manager, then Zhou Wen is the housekeeper in the inner resident, and Zhou Wen is responsible for these trivial matters.

Sun Jie ignored the excited Zhou Wen and came forward and whispered: "Sir, after receiving the latest information, except for the lieutenant colonel and a dozen, all the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Regiment, after receiving the news that we returned to the city, they immediately dispatched and left the city."

"No wonder I couldn't see other Imperial soldiers when I entered the city. I knew what the Fifth Regiment was doing?" Zhao Hu nodded and asked.

"Well, it should be that these bandits are very difficult to deal with, otherwise Mark would not have been wiped out because of patrol." Zhao Hu nodded and said.

Zhou Wen smiled and said, "Hehe, it was surprising that Major Mark's entire army was destroyed. Lord Mark's doomed too much, right? You must know that those hundreds of people were all newcomers, so it would be strange if they were attacked by bandits!

"But it's our luck. If we go to patrol, we will not be wiped out by these untrained recruits after encountering bandits, but it is strange that 80% of the people have not been lost. You must know that mountains and forests are the territory of bandits, so why should we compete with them?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hu sighed helplessly and nodded, "Confirm that, we need to strengthen our training."

Just as he was talking, a personal guard came in to report.

"Sir, the lieutenant principal is unwilling to accept the workers. He said that the manpower is not enough, so he asked you to help with the care of the manpower for the time being." He handed over a note.

Zhao Hu took the note and looked at it, and smiled: "This lieutenant colonel is very careful. He even has to write a verbal proof of such a small matter. However, this is worth learning from. The previous verbal order was executed, which seemed a bit ridiculous in comparison."

"Sir, let's pass this incident back to the Southeast Peninsula." The clever Sun Jie said hurriedly.

The lieutenant colonel mentioned by Zhao Hu, the second-ranked lieutenant colonel among the corps commanders' subordinates, was now wandering on the street with a few soldiers. Now there are only a few soldiers in the city, and the corps headquarters is empty and unpopular. Since this is the case, it would be better to take this opportunity to go home and rest for a few days.

"Sir, why is it your turn to station in the city this time? We used to be major-level officers? And why did we leave such a few people?" the soldier said in a mess.

He didn't have any objection that he could not fight. After all, the one who stayed behind in the past was a brigade, but now he could have more brothers to make contributions. Compared to the few garrisons now, he was more popular, so he was just curious and asked casually.

"Because Major Zhao Hu's city guard is now helping, we can send a large army to strive for merit."

The second lieutenant colonel did not answer the previous question. It was actually very simple. The corps needed someone with a high rank to stay. When Zhao Hu was in chaos, it was convenient to use his rank to suppress it. The lieutenant colonel who met Zhao Hu the most won the prize.

While speaking, the lieutenant colonel and the soldiers fell to the ground before they could react, with arrows stuck in their bodies.
Chapter completed!