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Chapter 540 Secondment of Retinues

After a banquet, Hou Mingfeng gathered all the generals to discuss the war against Xi Jinlang.

"Everyone, although we have resolved the threat from the two major western powers, the crisis is not over yet." Hou Mingfeng looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Now the Xijin werewolf has resolved the threat from Beiting, and the 20 Beiting army It began to tilt to the south. Although we have many militia groups participating in it, we can't shake the trend of the Xijin werewolves going south. Just a few days ago, the letter from Huazhou has officially recognized the militia organization and awarded it The title of the Volunteer Army. At the same time, a large number of militia regiments composed of Huazhou gentry are already on their way. Therefore, our army must annihilate the Xijinlang army going south in the shortest possible time and drive them back to the territory. Your Excellency has decided , Relying on the militia organization to consume the Western Golden Wolf Army, and we will be responsible for sweeping out a large number of enemy troops for them, and assisting them to colonize the Western Golden Wolf. "

colonial?Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what it meant.

Seeing the bewildered faces of the crowd, Hou Mingfeng couldn't help but wryly smiled and said, "My lord often speaks with ulterior motives. This colonization is actually the meaning of relocating the people. The purpose is to allow the people to thrive in the territory of Xijinlang and expand step by step. The scope of my people's survival in the Central Plains."

Oh!Only then did everyone understand, and they couldn't help being greatly surprised.

"General, how can this kind of good thing make those gentry cheaper in vain? Wouldn't it be a hidden danger if we let them accumulate strength and grow stronger?"

"Yeah, why should the gentry take advantage of the land we have conquered? We don't accept it!"

"That's right, the gentry don't care about me in Hengshan, why give them land? If you want to give it, you should also give it to our soldiers!". . . . .

Hou Mingfeng heard the noise from the crowd, his face darkened suddenly, he slapped the table with his palm, and shouted angrily: "Wait, shut up!"

This loud shout immediately woke up everyone, realizing that it was a military discussion at this time, they must not make loud noises, and they immediately confessed their crimes.

Hou Mingfeng snorted coldly and looked at the crowd, "As a soldier, how can you talk about government orders indiscriminately? My lord did this, and I had my lord's intentions, and it's not your turn to fight the injustice here."

Everyone couldn't help lowering their heads, with shame on their faces.

"Okay, let's continue the meeting." Hou Mingfeng frightened everyone, then sat down slowly, and continued, "Now the only troops responsible for resisting the Xijin werewolves going south are the 15 guards under Murong Duhu, and Meng Meng. The 20 cavalry under his command. The Xijin Werewolf has more than 30 soldiers and horses going south. With the 15 troops from the north going south, there will be more than 7 troops fighting against our army. As for our urgently needed soldiers and horses , There are only about 15 people, and only [-] to [-] people can be drawn out. In other words, we can only deal with the Xijin werewolf, only about [-] people."

"General, if you count the militia, how many troops will our army have?" At this moment, Murong Tan stood up and asked.

"There are only more than 500 militias registered now, and the number is about 3." Hou Mingfeng made a slight estimate and said, "As for the militia formed by the gentry, there are about [-] to [-] people."

"In this way, we have nearly 20 troops." Murong Tan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "General, now we have captured 40 troops, why not use them..."

"You mean, let them fight for us?" Hou Mingfeng frowned, "I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll be backed by them, that's okay."

"General, I heard that there are a large number of noble children serving in the coalition army, so they must have brought a lot of soldiers from the family." Murong Tan's mouth revealed a trace of whiteness, "If we detain these noble children and let their soldiers go out to fight, we will not be afraid. They don't give in."

Hou Mingfeng closed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and said slowly, "According to statistics, among the 40 captives, there are more than 2000 noble children, and about 3 of their retinues. In other words, we can add three Thousands of troops?"

"That's right, General, instead of imprisoning them and wasting food, it's better for people to make the most of it."

"That's good, but don't those nobles have resentment for using these nobles' private soldiers like this?" Hou Mingfeng hesitated, "My Hengshan's current strategy is in the Central Plains. The attitude of a great power is very important for us to open up business between the East and the West. If it is not necessary, it is best not to offend those nobles too much."

"Don't worry, general, this time recruiting their private soldiers, we must promise great benefits so that they will be willing to let us drive them." Murong Tan said with a smile, "How about this, we can follow the old wisdom of the militia and promise them that they will be on the battlefield All the gains are for oneself. In this way, it will definitely arouse the desire of these noble children."

"Well, this method is feasible." Hou Mingfeng nodded, and immediately added, "In order to contain these retinues, those noble children must be firmly in their hands. But in this way, these retinues must be leaderless, and there must be someone Command them. Commander Murong, who do you think should lead these retinues?"

"General, these retinues are the private soldiers of the nobles. If they are led by our people, they will definitely become suspicious." Murong Tan thought for a while, and said solemnly, "It's better to let these people choose a leader themselves, and let them choose a leader. I don't know how to lead the army independently?"

"It's quite risky." Hou Mingfeng paced back and forth, and after thinking for a moment, he immediately made up his mind, "Then do as you said, as long as those nobles are in our hands, these retinues will not be able to cause any trouble."

After finalizing this matter, Hou Mingfeng began to arrange the troops to go to the Western Regions for reinforcements.After deliberation, it is believed that the reinforcements should be mainly cavalry.Therefore, it was decided that Chen Rui, Yan Shu, Murong Tan and Wei Yuan's four cavalry divisions would go north to join Meng Tong.Then Lu Hongfei and other three infantry divisions were dispatched to join the guard army.

After the military discussion was over, Hou Mingfeng immediately summoned some of the captives of the great nobles, and was going to transfer them to accompany the army as private soldiers to the Western Regions to participate in the battle against the Western Golden Werewolves.

At the beginning, these nobles tried every means to shirk and refused to hand over their followers.When Hou Mingfeng then stated various attractive conditions, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and he quickly agreed to second the retinue.

Afterwards, after the persuasion of these great nobles, almost all the children of the nobles agreed to this request.Originally, they joined the army to attack Tianjiguan in order to enter the Western Regions and plunder wantonly, so they brought a large number of followers to help them.Now that he was defeated and captured, he thought that all his wealth and achievements were in vain, but he didn't expect to get some benefits from the golden werewolf.

Soon, after some elections, it turned out that Rawls, the governor of Hassar, was qualified to lead the retinue and replace many nobles to obtain the spoils.

Because most of these retinues were cavalry, Hou Mingfeng immediately transferred them to Meng Tongchu, and joined them as an army, forming a hundred thousand cavalry, across the Western Regions.

(End of this chapter)