C54 (2/2)
”Are you okay?”
”I'm fine, just a little sick.”
”Come.” Let me give you a vein. ”
Seeing that Xiao Qing had extended his hand over, Kang Ying's little face flushed red and she immediately retracted her hand. Unexpectedly, Xiao Qing rolled his eyes at her and said unhappily.
”I'm a doctor, what's there to be embarrassed about?”
”Let him see.”
Yang Lin was a modern man, what was there to be afraid of about a doctor? Seeing that Kang Ying was still embarrassed, he immediately walked over, took Kang Ying's hand, and extended it out in front of Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing pulled Kang Ying's arm and held onto Kang Ying's wrist. After a while, he let go of Kang Ying's arm, and fiercely glared at Yang Lin, and shouted out angrily.
”She's pregnant, and you brought her to the stable? ”The smell here is so bad!”
”Oh, really pregnant?”
”You suspect me? There are more than a dozen doctors here, so show them. ”
”No need, I'll believe you.”
Yang Lin laughed, his heart was as sweet as honey, he did not care that Xiao Qing was still staring at him, he waved at Xiao Qing and immediately pulled Kang Ying and walked out.
However, Yang Lin's plan to recruit soldiers was in trouble.
The Youzhou was located in the northern border, and often fought with the Hu people. The majority of the citizens would ride on horses, and many families even had their own horses. Therefore, there were still conditions for recruiting local people as cavalry. Moreover, the Chi County was the largest county in the Youzhou. It had seven counties under its jurisdiction and a population of over six hundred thousand.
In order to recruit qualified soldiers, Yang Lin had Yang Hu and Yang Bao carry a military recruitment notice and posted it everywhere in the three counties, namely the Shu County, Upper Valley County, and Dai County. As for Guangyang, fishing yang and the other counties to the east of Xiao County, because they were causing trouble for the xanthopanax, Yang Lin had no choice but to give up.
However, Yang Lin did not expect that, although there were not many people who registered to join the army, and instead went to the place where Yang Lin was recruiting to watch the show, there were only a few who signed up. In the end, three days had passed and only a little more than a thousand people had been recruited.
”What's going on?”
Looking at the deserted recruitment site, Yang Lin became anxious. He found a few young people and chatted with them for a while before he found out that the imperial government's army was usually acting arrogantly and bullying the people. The people did not have a good impression of the imperial government's army, and towards xanthopanax, the people did not have any deep hatred, or even some sympathy.
What Yang Lin could not understand, was that the refugees who were outside of Zhuozhou City would rather wander in the wilderness outside of the city than register as soldiers. After further questioning, they found out that the refugees were dragging their children away. Once the young and strong soldiers left, their families would not be able to survive.
”Lord Commander, how is the recruitment progressing?”
Just as Yang Lin was feeling anxious, Zheng Ping and his daughter, Zheng Wei, came over with a dozen or so fully armed girls. Right now, he was even more anxious than Yang Lin. He was waiting for Yang Lin to calm down Guang Yang yellow scarf and send him to the Leroy County. When they met, Zheng Ping asked immediately. Yang Lin led the father and daughter pair to the side as he shook his head with a bitter smile.
”That's not ideal. He only recruited more than a thousand people in three days. With this kind of move, when will he be able to set off for the battle?”
”You recruiting for cavalry, it should be more attractive. We just came from the Master Wei, and he went there to recruit people. The result was even worse than that, he hasn't managed to recruit five hundred people in three days. ”
”Oh, then did Master Wei think of a way?”
There was no problem if Yang Lin could not recruit them, but if Wei You could not, then who was going to protect Zhuozhou City? With Cheng Yuanzhi by his side, even if Wei You didn't save Guangyang, he still had to think for his own county. With Cheng Yuanzhi here, his little life would be over.
”Master Wei has already given the order that the counties are to split the manpower recruitment according to the population. He will be able to fill it soon.”
”He really does have a way. What should we do now?”
This was far beyond Yang Lin's expectations. If he only relied on his ten thousand guards, he could still defeat Guang Yang. But how would he be able to stand firm in the Youzhou if he did not have the young and strong Youzhou participating?
Just when Yang Lin and Zheng Ping were in a hurry, they did not expect that the number of young and strong Youzhou s who came to the registration area to watch the show was increasing. In a short period of time, they had surrounded the registration area until not even a drop of water could trickle through.
”Lord Commander, why are there so many registrations?”
Yang Lin was baffled as well. He turned his head and looked carefully for a while, before realizing the problem.
It turned out that although these young men who had rushed over were questioning the recruitment officer, their eyes were constantly glancing at the armored girls. How were they here to register? They were here purely to see these girls who didn't like red makeup and love to be armed. Suddenly, a plan surfaced in Yang Lin's mind.
”Mr. Zheng, I would like to ask Miss Zheng for a few days of help, is that possible?”
”How can she help?”
Zheng Ping looked at Yang Lin, and asked puzzledly. Zheng Wei was also confused. As a girl, how could he help Yang Lin? Yang Lin looked at Zheng Wei and all the blood in his body started to heat up. He quickly turned his head and pointed at the chaotic young men.
”Mr. Zheng, look. The reason why these robust youths are gathered here is because your dozen or so fully armed girls are standing here to attract them. I now have more than forty thousand fresh and inferior women. I would like to ask Miss Zheng to help me choose more than eighteen hundred of them to form a female cavalry unit and attract these young men to sign up for the Youzhou Army. ”
”Ah …” You sure know how to think of something. ”
Zheng Ping was obviously shocked, he did not expect Yang Lin to use a beauty's trick to recruit soldiers, so he pointed at Yang Lin and laughed. On the other hand, Zheng Wei's face was flushed red, but she quickly calmed himself down. He had always liked the way she brandished her blade, so if he could lead a team to kill the enemies, wouldn't he have a use for it? She glanced at Yang Lin and asked softly.
”Since we have formed the female cavalry unit, can we fight alongside them?”
”This …”
Yang Lin was speechless. He was really not planning to establish any female cavalry unit, it was just to recruit troops. If there was a female cavalry unit following the army, there would be no need to fight anymore. The soldiers would all go to see the female soldiers, how would they have the mood to fight? Wouldn't he have to send people to protect them? In the future, he would make all the other dukes in the world laugh at him!
”If you want the female cavalry unit to follow us into the war, I will help you. Otherwise, don't even think about it.”
Seeing Yang Lin hesitate, Zheng Wei knew what Yang Lin was thinking and she immediately stated his conditions. Yang Lin laughed, it's just over a thousand female soldiers, even if it's for Zheng Wei's sake, I should agree. Doesn't this give you a reason to stay with me?
”Alright, I agree. However, those fresh and inferior women do not even know Chinese language. If you want to establish the female cavalry unit, you have to recruit at least a hundred Chinese women as generals.
”Of course. As long as you post a notice for the recruitment of female soldiers, I dare say that the number of male soldiers who have registered is at least ten times more than the number we have now. ”
This was a good idea. In this era, women were rather open-minded and should be able to be recruited. It was so that in the future, they would go to war and put on armor, bringing along headgear s. Who would have thought that they were female soldiers?
”That makes sense. I'll do as you say.”