Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

"Captain, we have completed today's recruitment!"

After a busy day of recruiting, Wang Huaibao came to Cao Geng and handed him an overall report on today's recruitment of soldiers.

"Let me see." Cao Geng smiled indifferently.

He wanted to see how many soldiers their Third Battalion could recruit in Huaiyi County after a whole day of recruiting!

Originally, Cao Geng thought that it would be great to be able to recruit 300 soldiers for the entire Huaiyi County within a whole day.

However, Cao Geng took the information from Wang Huaibao.

As he browsed through it, his expression turned serious!

"so much?"

The next moment, Cao Geng suddenly looked up and looked at Wang Huaibao.

Cao Geng was so surprised by the list that he could not express it in words.

On the list, the number of Huaiyi County residents who applied to join his third battalion did not exceed three hundred as he had expected.

Although Cao Geng has no restrictions on age and gender, he welcomes everyone.

However, what he didn't expect was that his troops actually recruited more than five hundred people in just one day!

A total of five hundred and thirty-six people!

At this moment, Cao Geng was deeply shocked by the recruitment results achieved by the Third Battalion.

He never expected that so many people in Huaiyi County would be willing to join his team.

Including the original two hundred soldiers, the total number of the Third Battalion has now reached seven hundred and thirty-three!

Seven hundred and thirty-three people, including more than a hundred women, elderly people and even children.

But there are also an astonishing 572 able-bodied men who can go to the battlefield!

what does this mean?

This means that the Third Battalion has finally become a complete and combat-capable battalion!

Cao Geng couldn't help but laugh out loud, shocked by his achievement in recruiting so many soldiers in Huaiyi County.

However, at this time, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao was worried about the subsequent military expenditure issue.

The moment Wang Huaibao saw the report, he was surprised and delighted that the Third Battalion had recruited so many soldiers.

But after the excitement, what he really worried about was the issue of military spending.

Although after capturing Wanjia Town and Huaiyi County, the Third Battalion’s military funds were already quite sufficient.

But if recruitment continues at the current rate, it is clear that

Existing military spending will be far from enough.

"Battalion Commander, regarding military expenditures, how should we deal with it next?" the deputy battalion commander asked worriedly.

If they cannot solve the military expenditure problem, they can only temporarily stop recruiting.

However, Cao Geng refuted without hesitation:

"Recruitment must be carried out, and it must be done at the current pace! Otherwise, the goal of our Third Battalion's independent development will lose its meaning!"

He looked directly at the deputy battalion commander, who also looked back at him.

"As for the issue of military expenditure... you don't have to worry. In the future, our conflicts with the Japanese will only increase! As for military expenditure, we don't have it now, but the Japanese do, and that's enough!"

Cao Geng planned to improve the combat effectiveness of the Third Battalion by continuously fighting with the Japanese army and plunder the Japanese army's resources.

Although the Third Battalion currently has limited weapons and finances, if its forces are expanded, it may return to poverty.

But as long as he continues to recruit new soldiers and continue to fight the Japanese army, he believes that the Third Battalion will grow like a snowball!

"I understand."

Hearing Cao Geng say this, Wang Huaibao's heart tightened, realizing that in the future their Third Battalion would face more frequent clashes with the Japanese army.

The next moment, he straightened his back and a strong murderous aura spread out.

Isn't it just killing the devils? Wang Huaibao killed one whenever he saw one, and killed a pair when he saw two!

"Okay, go and do your work!"

Cao Geng then smiled lightly and ordered them to leave.

"Yes!"

Wang Huaibao immediately obeyed the order and left with full of fighting spirit.

at the same time.

On the other side, at the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Daxiawan, after a day's hard work, they finally found out Cao Geng's past experience.

"So Cao Geng joined the Eighth Route Army from Cangyunling?"

Looking at Cao Geng's resume, both the commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff were shocked.

It is clearly written on the resume.

Cao Geng single-handedly assisted Li Yunlong in destroying the Sakata Unit on Cangyun Ridge!

since then.

Cao Geng was successfully recruited by Li Yunlong into the New 1st Regiment.

As soon as he took office, he became the battalion commander of the third battalion of the new regiment!

Then, Li Yunlong issued a military order, and the New 1st Regiment developed independently, and the story that everyone knows later happened.

Looking at this resume,

The commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff were surprised at Cao Geng's heroic performance in Cangyunling and marveled at Li Yunlong's courage.

Cao Geng's performance: He helped Li Yunlong destroy the Sakata Brigade all by himself...

Moreover, the information clearly states!

If Cao Geng had not destroyed the Sakata Regiment's headquarters first, Li Yunlong's subsequent battle might have been more difficult!

It is difficult to predict whether a frontal breakthrough will be successful.

But if Cao Geng was missing, it would be an impossible task for the New 1st Regiment to completely wipe out the Sakata Regiment!

Therefore, the commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff realized that Cao Geng not only had profound attainments in strategy and tactics, but was also a brave general!

Both civil and military skills!

The commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff were shocked.

Let’s look at Li Yunlong’s performance: the first time he saw Cao Geng, he immediately appointed him as the battalion commander of the third battalion.

Li Yunlong's courage and insight made the commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff admire him.

You know, three years ago Cao Geng was just a company commander of the Central Army.

For the next three years, he continued to work in Jin.

Cao Geng's performance in Cangyun Ridge actually led Li Yunlong to directly promote him to the position of battalion commander of the third battalion?

It seems that Li Yunlong has made a great determination to recruit talents like Cao Geng.

"I didn't expect that Cao Geng would achieve such a brilliant record in Cangyun Ridge!"

"Moreover, Li Yunlong is indeed courageous. When Cao Geng first took office, he promoted him to the commander of the third battalion of the new first regiment!"

"Although Cao Geng is the younger brother of Cao Dabiao, the commander of Li Yunlong's first battalion, if he hadn't fought in Cangyun Ridge, he wouldn't have been able to get the position of commander of the third battalion even if he joined the new regiment," the deputy chief of staff said after taking a deep breath. It took only one day for their headquarters to thoroughly investigate Cao Geng's background.