Chapter 292 Recruitment Order
After receiving the order, Ye Jinghong quickly arranged everything, making the Prairie Village completely busy.
Once the ten vine armor soldiers from Black Moon Village come to join together, the total force in Prairie Village will reach forty people, of which the elite combat force vine armor soldiers directly account for half of the number, that is, two Ten people.
But at this stage, the number of war horses in Prairie Village is only twenty-three.
It is enough to equip all twenty rattan soldiers with war horses, but the problem is what to do with the remaining regular soldiers?
Without mounts, they can only participate in the battle as infantry.
But on this grassland, except for defensive warfare, infantry can be said to have no status at all.
I can’t keep up with my mobility and can’t do anything.
As a key factor in providing mobility for soldiers, for Prairie Village, war horses are a top priority.
In order to provide war horses for these regular army soldiers, the breeding farm is urgently taming the batch of wild horses that have just been captured.
Counting the two horses brought back from Silk, the total number of horses in this batch was sixteen.
Under this premise, Zhou Xu had previously ordered that the horses provided to the messenger from Salt Lake Village be brought back.
In this way, the forty regular soldiers on the grassland can all be equipped with war horses to form a cavalry team of forty riders!
At the same time, in the mine outside Salt Lake Village...
Hongshi was shirtless and sweating profusely waving the copper pickaxe in his hand.
From being caught doing hard labor here to now, with his excellent work efficiency and excellent work performance, Hongshi has officially been upgraded from a mine transporter to a mining worker.
As a prisoner of war, he is now qualified to wield a copper pickaxe, which in itself is a recognition of him.
Under this premise, another very important point is that compared to mining workers, mining workers are more likely to achieve good results at work.
Over the past six months, Hongshi has relied on his strength and work performance to win several hard work awards, and received a commutation of his sentence.
Originally, they were supposed to have to serve three years of hard labor before they could get rid of their hard labor status. But now, his sentence has been reduced by half a year. In addition, he has already served more than half a year. Rounding up, half of his sentence has passed. .
If he performs better in the future and is rated as a hard-working general a few times, by today next year, he may be able to get rid of his hard labor status early.
When he thought of this, Hong Shi was filled with energy, and even the copper pickaxe became more powerful.
Heimu who was also upgraded to a mining worker on the side saw this. Although he didn't know what happened to Hongshi suddenly, he didn't need any words and he immediately sped up his actions.
During this period, Hongshi became his biggest competitor.
But unfortunately, Kuroki did not last long in this state. His body soon couldn't bear it, and he panted and walked outside, ready to scoop a bowl of water.
The gap between his attribute panel and his talent meant that it would be difficult for him to compare with Red Stone in terms of physical fitness.
However, at this moment, a gathering of copper bells rang in the mining site.
Hearing the sound, Hongshi made a move without thinking too much. He simply wiped his sweat and walked outside.
In their mine, ringing the assembly bell usually doesn’t cause any big problems.
Until they walked outside and saw the figure standing next to the field director...
"Is that the messenger?"
After staying for a while, Hongshi also understood some of the identities here.
Of course, his understanding was limited, so he was not sure now, so he softly asked the official worker in the mine next to him.
Although Hongshi is a hard laborer, they have worked together for such a long time. Most of the workers in the mine no longer care much about Hongshi's status as a hard laborer.
Now that he heard Hongshi’s question, the mine worker next to him nodded directly.
"It's the messenger, and look at the pheasant feather on his hat. Generally, people with this kind of pheasant feather come with urgent news and important tasks." In order to easily distinguish their identities, they Messengers usually put a feather in their hat as a mark.
Messengers who deliver ordinary news wear short chicken feathers on their hats, while messengers who deliver urgent news wear a long pheasant feather.
The purpose is to be conspicuous, so that people on the road will quickly retreat after seeing it!
After everyone arrived, there was no nonsense. The messenger stepped forward and shouted the order...
"Now that the grassland border war is about to begin, the leader has ordered the recruitment of troops. Those who are willing will gather outside Salt Lake Village at seven o'clock tomorrow morning for a test. Those who pass the test can join the army as new recruits."
Speaking of this, The messenger's voice paused.
"Those who are doing hard labor can also participate! If you pass the test, if you go to the battlefield and gain military merit, you can use it to reduce your sentence!"
As soon as the messenger said this, I thought it was Hongshi, who had nothing to do with him, suddenly moved.
At night, Kuroki, who was tossing and turning and unable to sleep, slapped Hongshi awake.
"Damn! What are you doing? I have to take the test tomorrow morning."
Hearing this, Kuroki suddenly showed an expression of 'I knew it', and then his expression became even more serious. Tangled up.
“You really want to go?”
“If you perform meritorious service, your sentence will be reduced, why not go?”
Hongshi’s tone was natural, even though he is doing this every day Apart from eating and sleeping, it is a day of work, so there is nothing wrong with it, but Hongshi is still a warrior at heart, and he has no intention of being a miner for the rest of his life.
"What? You're not going?"
Hongshi, who gradually came back to his senses, frowned and looked at Kuromu.
Although in Hongshi's view, Heimu's strength is average, after all, he was also the leader of the tribe before, so he still has some abilities.
Under this premise, Kuroki didn't want to go. This was something he didn't expect.
The reason why Kuroki had such an idea at this time was because their experiences were completely different.
The Red Stone Tribe was originally incorporated because Hong Stone challenged them to a duel and lost.
Essentially, the two sides did not fight, and there were no casualties.
But the Blackwood Tribe is different. He has witnessed the terror of the Vine Armor Soldiers with his own eyes. The journey was like chopping melons and vegetables, killing them until they knelt down and surrendered. Even now, he still occasionally dreams about it. arrived and was awakened by the nightmare.
Looking at Kuroki's look, Hongshi suddenly knew something.
"Okay, don't disturb me, I want to sleep."
During this period of time when the co-workers came together, he and Kuromu had indeed established a good relationship, but Hongshi obviously had no intention of interfering with Kuromu's judgment on such matters.
Looking at Hongshi who was about to continue sleeping as he lay down, Kuroki's face became uncertain for a while.
To be honest, he doesn't hate the stable life in front of him, but after all, he is a leader, and he doesn't have any backbone.
Hongshi has gone, but if he doesn’t go, isn’t that a disguised admission that he is not as good as Hongshi?
After struggling for an unknown amount of time, Kuroki gritted his teeth.
"I'll go too!"
After saying that, regardless of whether Hongshi heard it or not, Heimu lay down and went to sleep.
During this period, Hongshi turned over and muttered something.
“It’s none of my business, why don’t you let me sleep at night?”
(End of this chapter)