Cao Feng''s youngest son, Cao Guigang, has just turned 14. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood. Although he has not really stepped into the threshold of martial arts practice in recent years, he has also laid a strong foundation.

    More importantly, Cao GUI has followed his father and brother in exile in recent years. He has suffered a lot at a young age. He knows the world better than those Zong valve children who grew up in the greenhouse. He has a dangerous and arduous way, and is more determined in mind and nature. He is a good seedling.

    When Cao GUI walked into the peach blossom stronghold with his father, he already knew that he would be left as a hostage. Even if he knew that the situation forced him, he was always unwilling. However, he didn''t expect that this trip would become an opportunity for him to really step into martial arts practice. Immediately, he knelt down in front of Ge Tong and knocked three times.

    "I''m the general of the Marquis of Zhaoyang Pavilion. I work under the young marquis. Do you know what you mean by kneeling and kowtowing?" Ge Tong asked him solemnly without being busy receiving Cao GUI''s gift.

    "..." Cao GUI is young and a little confused. He doesn''t know how to reply to ge Tong.

    "The boy knows it." Cao Feng said.

    Ge Tong ignored Cao Feng, stared at Cao GUI with bright eyes and said: "I''m the head of the Marquis of Zhaoyang Pavilion. I''ve learned the unique Xuangong skill taught by the Marquis of Zhaoyang Pavilion. I''m not qualified to teach the unique Xuangong skill to others privately, nor to be an apprentice. At this time, I''m just acting for the Marquis of Zhaoyang pavilion to lead you into the threshold of martial arts practice on behalf of the young marquis. Since then, you''ve been a member of the head of the young Marquis''s account. You should be loyal to the young Marquis, practice diligently and replace him Young Marquis, share your worries. If you succeed in cultivation in the future, it''s not impossible to enter taiweizong again, but it''s also a great kindness from young marquis. "

    "Cao GUI remembers." Cao GUI is also smart. He goes to Chen Hai''s knee again and knocks his head several times.

    Ge Tong''s accomplishments are not the highest in Taohua stronghold, but they are only inferior to Chen Hai, Wu Meng, Mannu tiekun and Zhou Jun -- Wu Meng, Zhou Jun and tie Kun are all in the army with Chen Hai. Ge Tong is usually the leader in Taohua stronghold to deal with all kinds of problems. The 100 elite soldiers who stay behind Taohua are also under Ge Tong''s command.

    If you can practice with Ge Tong for a while, you will never have any grievance against Ge GUI; besides, if you have a good foundation of martial arts, you will have the opportunity to enter taiweizong practice in two or three years, which is a rare opportunity for children of Han nationality.

    Seeing that Cao Feng and Cao GUI were still kneeling on the ground, Chen Hai laughed and said to Cao Feng, "since Cao GUI is practicing around elder martial brother Ge, Cao''s master is an equal generation with us, so we should sit down and talk quickly and don''t mess up our style. There are some good Miao children in Cao''s stronghold. If anyone else wants to practice martial arts, I won''t be stingy to give advice..."

    Cao Feng also knew that since Cao GUI came to ge Tong to practice martial arts, he could no longer have the idea of being half hearted and said: "Thanks to your patronage, 70000 people won''t be displaced. Everyone is grateful and doesn''t know how to repay your kindness. When it comes to good seedlings, there are twenty or thirty seedlings who haven''t missed the age of martial arts cultivation. If adults can arrange someone to guide them in their cultivation, it would be great..."

    At this point, Cao Feng will kneel on the ground to thank him.

    Seventy or eighty thousand refugees in the north of Taohuawu mainly come from two or three neighboring counties. They are closely related to each other''s clans, so they can closely unite on the road of fleeing famine.

    Chen Hai doesn''t care whether Cao Feng''s gratitude at this time is true or false. Cao Feng can really send the twenty or thirty most excellent seedlings here. He won''t treat these young disciples badly. Just because he is related to his family, the fate of these seventy-eight thousand people will be completely tied to the peach blossom dock.

    If Cao Feng has any different ideas, he has no ability to encourage these people to rebel against Taohua stronghold.

    "... Cao''s family is polite," Chen Hai said with a slight smile. "I think Cao''s family also pays attention to training young children''s martial arts in the north. As long as they have some basic martial arts skills, it won''t be too late to practice martial arts even after they are 20, but they don''t need to limit the bad habits of the sect."

    The essence of Qi and blood in a person''s body is the most pure and vigorous when he is young, and it is also the best time for practice. However, when a teenager produces essence at the age of 16 and a girl produces Kui water at the age of 14, a considerable part of the essence of Qi and blood in a person''s body will continue to be transformed into essence and Kui water that can give birth to new life. At this time, if you want to practice again, you will get twice the result with half the effort and become extremely difficult.

    However, Chen Hai noticed that Cao Feng and his son led this group of refugees. Young children attach great importance to the training of martial arts, so they have laid a good foundation. Even if they step into martial arts practice after the age of 20, they can''t be considered too old.

    Taiweizong and other top religious sects and valve forces in Yanzhou can naturally be extremely picky when selecting disciples from civilians. Even one in a million good seedlings can be thrown into the Taoist academy to survive the fittest. However, Chen Hai is very short of manpower and is not qualified to be so picky. He still wants to select more good seedlings and let Ge Tongxian be responsible for training them.

    Chen Hai now has more than 200 elite private soldiers available, but he also needs to pay attention to the construction of reserve echelons, and the foundry and armour shop also need to carefully train a group of apprentices.

    For Cao Feng, twenty or thirty people are given away, and seventy or eighty people are also given away. Moreover, in the future, several people will really make achievements in martial arts practice. The Cao family''s words in Taohua stronghold and Zhaoyang tinghou mansion are also important.

    In addition to 70 or 80 young people with cultivation qualifications, 70 or 80 thousand refugees in the north have no potential to tap.

    After years of major disasters, the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled among the refugees, most of them either starved to death or fell ill; After nearly a year''s rest, most of the 700000 people who can survive the famine can be strong and strong. Therefore, they can withstand the heavy physical work of building embankments, mining, quarrying, logging and reclamation that began at the beginning of the year.

    In the past, Cao Feng was afraid of causing unnecessary suspicion and interference from local governments and counties, Meiwu fort and Taohua dock, and dared not openly train soldiers. However, he really wanted to have any differences. He chose 10000 or 20000 Jianrui for training, and his combat strength would not be slightly worse than the local military equipment.

    Cao Feng was afraid of making taboos, but Chen Hai thought that inviting Tu Ziji to come forward might persuade the local government to organize 70000 people into their homes. At that time, Jianrui could be officially selected to train local soldiers and people''s courage to cooperate with the Beijing camp army.

    At the same time, there are 1200 old soldiers in the seventh capital of the Xiyuan army. They can "demobilize and return to the field" in advance and arrange to be responsible for compiling and training local soldiers in Taohua dock

    Chen Hai can''t stay in Taohuawu for too long. He can only entrust Ge Tong and Zhou Jingyuan to take charge of the collection of Cao''s family and the selection of hubing reserve and craftsman apprentices. Watching the sun rise high, he crossed the Qiuye river with Wu Meng, Zhou Jun and Ding Shuang and led more than 100 Huwei into the camp city of fujiaoling.

    As soon as the two light warships entered the Watergate of fujiaoling camp city, Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong and ran Hu greeted them and said, "the decision of the Taiwei mansion to send troops has been made. It is decided to recruit 60000 troops and horses from Xiyuan army to Liudu, appoint the cavalry general Wei Yuqi as the main general, Su Wei general fan Chun as the deputy general, Zuo Sicheng Yao Qitai as the military commander, eliminate the exile rebels and recover Qin Tongguan."

    "Ah, it has nothing to do with us?" Zhou Jun asked in surprise.

    The Xiyuan army, like the Huben army, as a Beijing Battalion army, has entered the enlistment sequence of the Taiwei mansion. It is not surprising that the Taiwei mansion enlisted the Xiyuan army nearby to recover Qin Tongguan.

    In the event of such chaos, many battalion generals also expected to have the opportunity to lead the troops to fight to save war achievements, fame and wealth. Even Chen Hai did not expect that the Taiwei mansion only recruited troops from Xiyuan army to Liudu this time, but the new army of the seventh, eighth and ninth capitals was left behind.

    "It''s customary for the remaining Sandu soldiers and horses to stay as reserves." Tu Ziji said without any emotion.

    Zhou Jun, Wu Meng and others also know that this is a practice, but it is hard to hide their regret.

    Chen Hai frowned slightly and thought to himself, is this just a convention?

    Chen Hai looked at TU Ziji and Zhao Rong. Without saying anything more, he and the generals boarded fujiaoling. When he saw that the military order of the Taiwei mansion was issued, the action on the west garden side was very rapid.

    At this time, the troops and horses of the six capitals had pulled out from their respective barracks, as if six ferocious dragons with their tusks were gathering in the direction of the head office of the Xiyuan army.

    The Xiyuan mountain is vast and nearly 40 miles deep. As the command and dispatching center, the Xiyuan army chief office is located about 10 miles southwest of fujiaoyuan. Standing on the fujiaoling, Chen Hai and his team can vaguely see the gathering of the army there.

    In the senior colonel''s field on the north side of the general manager''s house, there are several teams of elite cavalry soldiers who have been groomed and who have faintly revealed that they have the spirit of killing and cutting the battle array standing in front of the counting platform. Seeing that the scale of these teams of elite cavalry soldiers ranges from 1000 to 300, Chen Hai guesses that they should be elite children and soldiers transferred by general Wei Yuqi, fan Chun, Yao Qitai and other generals from their respective clans.

    As usual, Wei, fan, Yao and others should carry out spot inspection at the general manager''s office of the Xiyuan army and lead the Department out of the camp before completing the whole recruitment procedure.

    Seventh, none of them is included in this recruitment. Chen Hai, Zhao Rong and Tu Ziji don''t have to go to see general Wei Yuqi, fan Chun and Yao Qitai; This expedition has nothing to do with them.

    "Japanese son of a bitch, but it''s cheap for Hua Zhedong and Churong!" ran Hu and other camp generals spat and scolded.

    Many battalion generals thought that defeating the exile rebels and recovering Qin Tongguan was a great achievement at their fingertips. They didn''t have a chance to fight. Naturally, they were extremely dissatisfied, but this was the decision of the Taiwei mansion. They had nothing to say except complaining.

    Chen Hai asked Tu Ziji, "is there any preliminary punishment for Tu Shuai''s defeat at qintongguan?"

    "Seventh uncle, they have been ordered to take their positions and join general Wei Yuqi''s Huwei camp with other disabled soldiers of Qin Tongguan. It''s a crime and meritorious service to allow them to participate in the war to recover Qin Tongguan." Tu Ziji said.

    Chen Hai nodded. Tu Chongjin and his team lost Qin Tongguan carelessly. It would be good if they could save their lives. Don''t expect them to return to their original posts for the time being.

    Next, Chen Hai asked ran Hu and other battalion generals to take charge of the stall, and left Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong to speak. If 700000 refugees in the north of Taohuawu want to make up people into their homes, they can only ask Tu Ziji and Zhao Rong for help.