Shen Juncen looked gloomily and read the letter in his hand again.
The letter was urgently sent by the family from Pyongyang. The news that something happened to the Hou Jin's expropriation team in Tieshan City could no longer be concealed. There were hundreds of Hou Jin troops stationed in Pyongyang, even though the other party was in the name of expropriation.
The team is stationed in Pyongyang.
But this is definitely an army to the fullest.
The twenty-odd Houjin soldiers in Tieshan City were also sent by Pyongyang. After the incident in Tieshan City, Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan immediately told their families to intercept and kill the few Houjin soldiers who escaped from Tieshan City.
Soldier.
Although there was no news of a successful interception, as time went on and there was no news, Shen Juncen simply assumed that these deserters had died on the road or did not dare to go back to deal with them.
Unexpectedly, news came out now. This is enough to show that the interception and killing that day made these deserters aware. They did not dare to go to Pyongyang City, but returned directly to Shengjing. Then the news of the incident in Tieshan City was revealed by Sheng
It came from Jing.
More than 20 soldiers died in North Korea. This is definitely not a small matter. The letter said that more than 100 people were sent over from Pyongyang City. It was almost time to arrive at Iron Mountain City in the next few days.
"What should we do?" Li Qingxuan was the only one who could discuss the matter with Shen Juncen: "If there are three or five, just kill them. Just say they met bandits on the road, but these more than a hundred people can crush me."
It’s no problem even in a mountain city!”
"What else can we do? When they arrive at Tieshan City, you and I will die!" Shen Juncen said with a gloomy face: "Even if they kill the two of us, King Injo will not ask the Houjin people for our deaths.
To be fair, when we were defeated, were there not many honest and righteous people who were unjustly killed?"
"Then we still have to go to the people of the Ming Dynasty for this matter. Didn't they transport a lot of people to train in the small mountain village a few days ago?" Li Qingxuan said: "I went to see them training, except for a few leaders who were from the Ming Dynasty.
Except for people, they are all Japanese, Nanman and some strange guys. If we let them kill these Houjin people on the way, doesn’t this matter have nothing to do with us?”
"I think so too!" Shen Juncen did not hide his thoughts at all, "But, there are still a few questions!"
"First, these guys who are thrown together in a mess are not the Ming Dynasty's elite fire gun team. Can they beat the Hou Jin people?"
"Secondly, even if they can fight, if Houjin people have troubles one after another in our Tieshan City or on the way to my Tieshan City, then our Tieshan City will have no problem, but it will also have problems. Don't talk about Houjin next.
If you don't want to give up, I'm afraid our court will also want us to give an explanation!"
"These problems are not problems. They will become problems only after passing this level!" Li Qingxuan shook his head: "If you can't pass this level, everything will be gone. By then, you and I will be dead.
, don’t worry about these anymore!”
"This time, you go talk to the Ming people!" Shen Juncen nodded: "Don't hide any news, tell the Ming people everything. If they still want food, if they still want their people to gain a foothold in Iron Mountain,
Let them decide for themselves!”
He nodded slowly: "I, Tieshan City, don't know anything and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the envoy from the Kingdom of Heaven!"
The news was brought to Xiaoshan Village by Li Qingxuan. Today's Xiaoshan Village is basically a closed village. On the periphery of the village, there are family members recruited by Shen Juncen and Li Qingxuan, mainly to deal with trade with the Ming people. As for the inside,
Ever since the Ming Dynasty people began to train troops in small mountain villages, people from the outside were not allowed to come in without permission.
A simple wharf outside the small mountain village is being dredged. Although to everyone, for the ships of the Ming Dynasty, such a wharf is better than nothing, but it is better than nothing.
At least, this pier can dock a lot of sampans, and it is also a busy scene when the boats from the Ming Dynasty arrive.
At this moment, the "Four Marine Regiments" of more than 200 people are stationed in the small mountain village.
This is already all the "qualified" people that Mei Xiaofei, Geng Zhongming and others can recruit in Busan. If mercenaries are recruited in a place like Busan, many desperadoes will be willing to participate as long as they are willing to pay.
If this mercenary group did not check the person's past when recruiting, but only cared about the person's ability, then more people would be willing to sign up.
The basic remuneration is five taels of silver a month. If you go on a mission, there will be another bounty. If you participate in a battle during the mission, all the loot will belong to the mercenaries. After the purchase, the chamber of commerce will convert it into silver according to the actual value and distribute it to those who participated in the battle.
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To be honest, such conditions are definitely among the best in both Nagasaki and Managa. Of course, corresponding to such conditions, the disciplines of the Sihai Merchant Group are quite strict, such as disobeying orders, contradicting superiors, fearing battles, etc.
Detailed regulations have been made in all aspects, which makes many desperadoes who are good at it but decide to come here to make some money, can't help but shrink back after seeing these regulations.
This is not a mercenary group. This is simply the discipline of an elite army. They are used to being lax, but they still can't stand these constraints.
This caused more than 100 people to leave the small mountain village intermittently among the more than 300 people who arrived in the small mountain village. However, the remaining 200 people seemed to either have nowhere to go, or were willing to accept these constraints.
For these mercenaries, adventurers, and even criminals, it is obviously not possible to command them according to the army's organization. Fortunately, in such an environment, the ones with big fists often speak louder, and the stronger ones are next to them.
, there will always be some people slowly gathering.
Geng Zhongming didn't even interfere much, he just let them form their own groups. More than two hundred people almost formed seven or eight teams by themselves. The smaller teams had about ten people, the larger teams had forty or fifty people, and the remaining group was not formed.
Geng Zhongming organized the scattered people into a small team.
In this way, the establishment of almost ten teams was assembled, and each team was assigned a captain and a vice-captain, and the basic structure of the entire four-naval regiment was formed.
Because the running-in time is not long, and even the characteristics of each of the ten teams are not yet familiar with each other, this unexpected battle is about to come.
Li Qingxuan brought the news, and there was almost no doubt. Mei Xiaofei and Geng Zhongming both decided to fight the Tatars. The news spread to the various teams below, and everyone burst into cheers.
It’s finally time to get down to business!
If a mercenary group doesn't go on missions, is it still called a mercenary group? Everyone is locked up in this damn place every day, not just for a few taels of silver.
Only by fighting can you get rich and get spoils of war. As for who the enemy is, who cares about this!