Among the four counties in Jingnan, Changsha County and Lingling County have the largest population and are the main sources of recruits.
In addition to recruiting troops, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu also inspected the people's livelihood in various places for Liu Bei. Before setting off from Jiangling, the chief and deputy military advisers assigned tasks. Xu Shu was responsible for Changsha and Guiyang counties, and Zhuge Liang was responsible for Lingling and Wuling counties.
Although Lan Tian supervised the four counties, the focus of his work was still on Lingling.
Lan Tian and Gao Shun went to the dock to greet him in person. As soon as Zhuge Liang's ship docked, a familiar figure appeared in front of Lan Tian.
"Ziyu, you're fine, hahaha." Zhang Fei took the lead and got off the boat before Zhuge Liang.
"Yide, military advisor." Lan Tian saluted with his hands raised.
Zhuge Liang walked off the deck and said with a smile: "Originally, Yuan Zhi and I were the only ones going south, but Yide said we were coming to meet our friends in Quanling, so we came together."
"Isn't Yi Demo looking for me to drink?" Lan Tian asked doubtfully.
"No, I'm looking for your Ji boy, why don't you get off the boat?" Zhang Fei called into the cabin.
I saw a seven or eight-year-old boy jumping down from the deck. His appearance was somewhat similar to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei pointed at Lantian and said: "Bao'er, come and see your uncle quickly."
"Uncle." Zhang Bao saluted with clasped fists.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were strict with their children, and because they were generally young, they basically kept them in their own homes and had no chance to fly around outside.
Inspired by the last time Lu Lingqi took her two sons to Jiangling, Zhang Fei did not plan to take his sons out to see the world so early.
"Is this Xiao Yi De? He will also be a fierce general in the future." Lan Tian praised with a smile.
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I originally thought so too, but after meeting your Ji boy in Jiangling, I felt that this was not the case."
"What's wrong with Ji'er?" Lan Tian asked curiously.
Zhuge Liang explained with a smile: "The three generals like Ji'er very much because of his bold and bold personality. This time, he specially brought Bao'er to play with him."
Lan Tian suddenly realized that I was the backdrop, "Ji'er is less than four years old, so I let Deng Shizai lead them to play."
"Shizai? Deng Fan's cousin?" Zhuge Liang asked.
Lan Tian nodded, "Well, because I have the same name as a member of the clan, I changed it to Deng Ai now."
"That's right, that kid is a talent." Zhuge Liang nodded and affirmed.
"While I was in Jiaozhou this time, I took Shizai to suppress bandits in the mountains. He killed two bandits. He can no longer be viewed with the eyes of a child." Lan Tian introduced.
Zhang Fei was surprised when he heard this, "That child should be only ten years old, right?"
Lan Tian: "Thirteen years old."
"Not bad, not bad. This is a good man. Bao'er, you came to the battlefield with me when you were thirteen, and you killed at least two enemies." Zhang Fei set a target for Zhang Bao.
"Wei." Zhang Bao responded.
Lan Tian shook his head, "How can you compare with others in this kind of thing? As long as you train Yide well, Bao'er will definitely be good in the future."
"Both your two boys are outstanding, even their apprentices are so outstanding, that's why I sent them to get close to them." Zhang Fei smiled naively.
Lan Tianxin thought that Zhang Fei was probably not the parent of Chicken Baby, and then said: "Let's go back to the city to talk. I have already asked people to prepare a banquet."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's ride back." Zhang Fei urged.
Zhang Fei first took away a horse at the dock. He picked up Zhang Bao and grabbed the saddle with one hand, then jumped on the horse's back.
These horses were prepared by Gao Shun in advance.
A group of people rode back to the city. When passing by the north of the city, they saw many tents not far away.
"Is this General Gao's trapping army?" Zhuge Liang asked curiously.
Gao Shun shook his head and said: "This is the new military training camp run by Mr.
"Talk about the new military camp in Wutang? What does it mean? The original officer class is no longer in session?" Zhuge Liang asked in confusion.
Lan Tian shook his head and said: "The recruit camp is for newly recruited soldiers. They are allowed to undergo short-term unified training here, and then they are deployed to various battalions. The original officer class is still being held."
"Unifying recruit training? This idea is quite interesting." Zhuge Liang nodded in affirmation.
"Isn't that just using ready-made ones? Are General Gao's people doing the training? It would be great to save trouble." Zhang Fei was delighted.
Lan Tian thought to himself, of course this is good, we provide a one-stop service, coordinating everything from soldiers to officers.
"The instructors in charge of the training of the new military camp are all generals who came from the army. They were injured in the war and could no longer fight. Sir, I wanted to find something for them to do, so I established the Jiangwutang Recruitment Camp." Gao Shun replied.
"This method is of great benefit. It makes full use of people's talents more than just casualty compensation. The new recruits we have recruited this time can just be sent here for training. I guess we will have to stay around for a while..." Zhuge Liang said.
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "You can go back to Jiangling after recruiting military advisors. I can just stay here to take care of the new recruits. Now let's go back to the city quickly. Ji Ji should be very happy to see me."
Lan Tian knew what Zhang Fei was thinking, so he rushed straight to the prefect's mansion with his whip raised.
The guests in the prefect's mansion were having a banquet, and Deng Ai was playing with Zhang Bao, Lan Yuan, and Lan Ji.
"Yide, don't just drink. Go to the backyard to play with the children. Aren't you here specifically to see Ji'er?" Zhuge Liang deliberately joked.
"I am drinking, and you, military advisor, are drinking too..."
Zhang Fei deliberately pretended to be drunk and made everyone laugh.
In the middle of the banquet, Gao Yuan, the captain of the guard, entered the palace and hesitated to speak. Lan Tian waved his hand and said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. The military advisor and Yide are not outsiders."
Gao Yuan immediately clasped his fists and replied: "Sir, you sent people to mobilize and recruit troops in various counties. Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling counties all responded well, but Wuling County made no progress..."
"This is what everyone admires about Ziyu. Yuan Zhiren and I haven't even arrived yet, but you have already done the work in advance." Zhuge Liang sighed while stroking his beard. It was not very comfortable to work with such a person.
"Haha, don't praise the military advisor. Early mobilization can improve efficiency. My wife told me about this, so I asked Bo Ping to make arrangements and save some time for the military advisor. However, there are few adults in Wuling County, so Mi Zifang cannot mobilize.
My strength is also normal..." Lan Tian nodded.
"The Cao thief won't be able to defeat him for a while. Why are we in such a hurry? It's good to recruit troops slowly like this." Zhang Fei didn't care.
"Yide, are you not drunk?" Zhuge Liang smiled mysteriously at Zhang Fei.
"The military advisor asked me to eat food? I'm still eating." Zhang Fei scratched his head.
Lan Tian shook his head slightly. Seeing that Gao Yuan had not left, he asked again: "What else is there?"
Gao Yuan cleared his throat and said: "Prefect Mi is very motivated, but he is too eager for success. The people he sent to mobilize went to Daochong County and Chenyang area. They were detained by the barbarians because of poor communication. A few days ago
He personally led his army to suppress the rebellion, but was defeated by the barbarians and himself was captured..."
Zhuge Liang stood up immediately after hearing this, "Zifang is captured, we should rescue him..."
Chapter completed!