Two hundred and forty border troops defected, and Liu Chengzong was naturally filled with joy.
But then I fell into deep worry.
Originally, all the troops in front of Baijiachuan were in chaos a few days ago, but the mule battalion was in an orderly formation.
Anyway, everyone else performed poorly, and only Gao Yingxiang's headquarters and his mule battalion were still standing in place.
It will not embarrass Gao Yingxiang.
He and Gao Yingxiang were not very close before, and even someone who was petty insisted that he and Gao Yingxiang were not happy.
The so-called masters and disciples were helpless in prison back then, but now they are following the trend of working together to survive.
But Yang Yao, who came from nowhere, made a fuss. If Liu Chengzong and Gao Yingxiang were exchanged, he would be very unhappy - who is the leader?
Using oneself to save others is called overestimating the host.
Together with Gao Yingxiang again, sooner or later the appearance and appearance will be different.
Snap!
Gao Yingxiang slapped his palm heavily on the table, which startled Liu Chengzong. The hand he had just let go pressed on the handle of the knife again, thinking, I am worried about the appearance and the soul being separated. Master Gao, you can't even give me the appearance?<
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In the end, who knew that Gao Yingxiang didn't look at him at all, and pointed at Yang Yao: "Damn it, am I, Gao Yingxiang, so worthless?"
"Hahaha!" After saying that, he raised his head and laughed, patted Liu Chengzong on the shoulder and said: "Lion, good thing! Don't let people worship you all the time, accept these brothers soon... You must serve General Liu well in the future, otherwise
We all blame you!"
This is the second time Liu Chengzong has seen Gao Yingxiang’s strengths, which are still generous.
If the same thing happens to others, few people can sincerely be happy for others.
Even congratulations against your will are an act that goes against human nature.
Whether sincere or against your will, you are very generous.
After that, Gao Yingxiang saw that he didn't move, so he thought he was worried about food and grass, so he leaned forward and whispered: "It's okay, I still have food and grass here."
Liu Chengzong said nothing, stood up and retreated, bowing apologetically towards Gao Yingxiang and clasping his fists.
Gao Yingxiang raised his hand and patted his arm, pointing at Yang Yao, with a look on his face that said, "Just go ahead and do it, big brother will protect you."
He thought Liu Chengzong was grateful for the food aid, but in fact Liu Chengzong was grateful for Gao Yingxiang's lessons.
Becoming a leader is easy.
When everyone doesn't know where to go, lead a way, and his opinion is the direction of the team.
But it is difficult to be a good leader. There are many people in the world who are born to be emperors and generals, but in the end they end up being betrayed by their relatives.
Capacity is very important.
Liu Chengzong turned his head, stepped forward with some caution, helped Yang Yao up, and asked: "You said it was Mr. Bai who was originally from Gu, how did you find me?"
Yang Yao stood up. Liu Chengzong was younger than he thought. This made him unable to react for a moment. He paused before nodding. Knowing that he was asking about his origin, he clasped his fists and said, "General, he was also a frontier soldier before. I owe you
I won’t go into details about the pay. Last year in the twelfth lunar month, several deserters in the camp were caught by General Qian during the Wanshou Festival and were chopped alive on the general platform.”
Oh, they were the frontier troops who mutinied in Guyuan last year.
Liu Chengzong nodded and glanced at Cao Yaogao and others sitting at the other table. He knew this very well. Their two groups of Yuhebao border troops were dismissed because of the incident in Guyuan.
Yang Yaodao: "My brothers killed Mr. Qian and attacked Sanshui and Yaozhou all the way. Later, we surrendered to the second brother Wang of Baishui. After the death of the second brother Wang, he was chased by the army and wandered around."
In fact, Yang Yao didn't need to say anything. Just by looking at the scarred armor, Liu Chengzong knew how many battles he had gone through.
"When we were all desperate, we heard that the general was attacking the post city in the north to defeat the army and release the defeated soldiers without disturbing the people. We decided to defect and inquire along the way. We happened to see the Sky Monkey on the way and knew that the general was stationed here, so we came here." p>
Liu Chengzong nodded secretly, which made sense. He said: "In these critical times, Mr. Yang Bai has defected to the second brother Wang. Do you recognize the brave general Song Shouzhen under his command?"
"Xiaojiang?"
Yang Yao recalled briefly, shook his head and said: "The brave men under Brother Wang are all our brothers. There is no brave general named Song Shouzhen, but there is a erhu player named Song, a Lehu from Yanzhou."
If you say so, you are right.
Liu Chengzong no longer had any doubts in his mind. He stepped forward and pulled Yang Yao over, cupping his hands and saying: "Yes, he is a Lehu. Since we are both brothers in the border army, Liu will rely on Brother Yang more in the future."
Everyone was very happy. Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and said: "Bring a few more bowls. Yingen and Tianhou will go outside the camp to arrange a camp for Mr. Yang's people. Then he will call all the leaders of Mr. Yang's team, and everyone will drink and eat meat.
, and also let the lion get to know his new subordinates."
Zhongdou Xing and Shangtian Monkey took orders to go to work, and Yang Yao was also pulled to the table by Liu Chengzong.
Gao Yingxiang hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't hold it back. He looked at Yang Yao with a strange look in his hand, "Mr. Yang Bai, you... Lion, I'm not trying to pry through your brick wall. I really want to know, Yang Yao."
Has Mr. Bai never heard of Gao?"
It's very strange. Mr. Gao has been running around in the four border towns for so many years. The Mongolians who escaped from my hometown have fled into the Han Dynasty and have come to seek refuge with me. Is it possible that he is just this famous in Guyuan?
Yang Yao's answer was very official and polite: "The name of King Gao Chuang is as loud as thunder, and I have already heard about it."
Gao Yingxiang paused, as if something was stuck in his throat. He adjusted his breath before recovering from the embarrassment. He leaned forward and looked at Yang Yao: "Then why don't you vote for me?"
This is what Gao Yingxiang is most confused about.
It's not that Liu Chengzong is not good, Liu Chengzong is very good, otherwise he wouldn't go to Shanxi to find someone.
But when it comes to taking refuge, isn’t it better to enjoy the shade under a big tree?
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wang Jiayin is a big tree, and Gao Yingxiang is also a big tree, but Liu Shishi is a dangerous wall. It is safe to go to others, but it is dangerous to go to Liu Chengzong.
It’s not surprising that Yang Yao and his gang specifically sought out Liu Chengzong. After all, they are all frontier soldiers, so they naturally have a higher foundation of trust.
But Gao Yingxiang was clearly here, so it was impossible for the monkey in the sky not to mention him, and Yang Yao still didn't even look at him.
He wants to know what went wrong here.
Gao Yingxiang looked at Liu Chengzong first, then at Yang Yao, and explained: "This has nothing to do with you voting for Liu Shizi. It means that in the future, many people will vote for Liu Shishi or Sky Monkey. It doesn't matter. Everyone has their own ambitions! It's just Gao.
Must know..."
He sat upright, patted his generous chest, and said sincerely: "Is it because I can't convince others or because I have a bad reputation? I have to change it."
The position of President Bai is not high, but his general talents, intelligence, and education level are not too bad.
Soldiers at the grassroots level must have participated in at least two battles and achieved military exploits in both battles. In the middle, they must lead the team as a team leader and learn military knowledge in martial arts and forts before they can serve as commander-in-chief.
Either you are a hereditary guard officer, which is much simpler. With family background and health education, most of them are qualified for the position of battalion officer.
What's more, Yang Yao, who fought out of the mutiny, after a short period of integration, realized his actions and put Liu Chengzong in an embarrassing position.
He couldn't express the pain in his heart. He thought that according to Liu Chengzong's ability, even if he teamed up with these refugee troops, he would be regarded as an ancestor in the camp and would have to walk sideways when he went out.
Who knew Liu Chengzong was so young?
"General Liu, King Gao Chuang, I'll tell you the truth. Before I came here, I didn't expect that the general was so young and promising... But even if I knew, I would still defect to General Liu."
Yang Yao observed the expressions of the people at the wine table as he spoke, and said: "I don't know how good I am at being a king, but in Ningzhou, Qingyang, I joined forces with Sun Hou'er, He Zijie and other bandits, and later I also voted for the king.
Second brother, they all have great respect for me and other border army brothers. We are more than 800 brothers. We respect you for this kindness."
This description is basically equivalent to Liu Chengzong's position under Gao Yingxiang. He was in charge of all military rations and did not have to work hard. He only had one to have a patron saint when he encountered the army.
Yang Yao raised his hand to make a sign of two, and there was sadness on his face: "They are dead, they are scattered. Now there are only a few people left. I didn't want to vote for the big leader, but if we let go, we will
My heart is gone."
This is actually a very dark truth. In "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", raising eagles is compared to employing people. It is said that when hungry, it is used, and when full, it is eaten away.
Of course, being hungry or full does not mean whether you can have enough to eat, but the safety, wealth and satisfaction of various desires that the group can provide.
A group of border troops are looting wantonly, and it is not difficult to obtain the property. But once you have obtained the property, why would others follow you and run back to your hometown with gold, silver, and satin?
You are the leader of the thieves, not the soldiers.
Even if you stay with them, they will transform from a group of desperadoes into a group of rich people. How much of your desire to fight can be left behind?
To put it bluntly, as long as I can live well, I don’t want to live a precarious life.
"Since we must defect, we have eaten enough and are greedy for property and want to fight when we should run away. When we should fight, we have no choice but to flee. We must defect to someone who knows what he is doing. Not only the leader knows the soldiers, but the subordinates must also be good men." p>
After Yang Yao finished speaking, he picked up the wine bowl and said to Liu Chengzong: "Nowadays, as a leader with a good reputation, I will only join General Liu's troops and have the atmosphere of a rebel army."
Liu Chengzong nodded secretly, looked back, and took a sip of the wine in the bowl.
He has eaten and drank wine since he was a child and has a good drinking capacity.
But I’m not greedy for alcohol, and I’m still a little afraid of drinking.
I always feel like this is a summoning ceremony.
It seems that as long as he makes the gesture of holding a bowl of wine and pouring it into his mouth, a stern-faced big brother will be summoned behind him, angrily scolding him for not drinking alcohol in the army.
Yang Yao is very interesting. He is a boss who pursues righteousness.
Liu Chengzong understands the great righteousness.
The nearly thousand-year struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods resulted in the rapid growth of military technology theory in the Central Plains, reaching a bottleneck under the technical conditions at that time.
Since then, no dynasty has ever maintained a regular army with the righteousness of protecting the country and personal honor.
However, the fortunes of state-owned enterprises rise and fall, and the rise of each dynasty not only has great righteousness, but also benefits from conferring titles for meritorious service, conferring land for military exploits, and even descendants. In the prosperous times, the products are abundant, the people are rich, the country is strong, and the army benefits even more.
But by the end of the dynasty, this righteousness was generally the only thing left to support the army.
However, Liu Chengzong felt that looking through history books, it was extremely rare for the army to be as aggrieved as it is today.
I don’t know how many peasant uprisings there are in the world, and there are even more rogue bandits. However, the government and army have always been on the side of justice. Even in the last years of the dynasty and in the early stages of rebellion, few regular troops surrendered to the rebels.
Fighting rebellions for the country, getting promoted to a higher position, the perfect combination of national destiny and personal development.
Especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the organization, training, morale, guns, armor, and equipment were all extremely complete compared to previous generations.
For more than a thousand years, the contrast in strength between peasant uprisings and the official army has never been so disparate.
At this moment, Liu Chengzong suddenly wanted to laugh, but was afraid of crying.
Sitting opposite him was a former military officer of the Ming Empire who had a righteous heart.
When the righteousness of defending the country is overwhelmed by hunger, one can only find a balance point between committing troops to cause chaos and protecting the country and the people.
This is not funny, it is ironic.
The funny thing is that he is the balance point in Yang Yao's eyes.
Soon, several of Yang Yao's subordinates were brought by the Sky Monkey, and another table was placed in the camp.
The infantry general named Wang Wenxiu is not delicate at all, with a big beard connected to his hair.
The two brothers Hu Sanhuai and Wu Yangchen, one thin and the other fat, as well as Han Shipan and Han Shiyou, are both strong and strong, and they are the heads of the servants.
They are all the elites of Guyuan Town.
When everyone met, they were still a little reserved. Gao Yingxiang no longer insisted on asking the border army what his shortcomings were, and used his experience of traveling around four towns to liven up the atmosphere at the wine table. He was really the best in the world.
Even Liu Chengzong, who didn't want to drink more, drank half a bowl, but he was so excited.
As for Cao Yao, needless to say, he loves to drink. It’s almost the same if he finally catches the drink but doesn’t drink enough to be carried back.
Liu Chengzong was a little worried that Cao Yao had drunk too much, so he took a look at Cao Yao and saw that he was still fine. The two chatted for a while and lamented to him that it was time to go back to Yan'an and that he missed his mother-in-law.
But after a while, all the meat on the table was eaten and the party was about to end. When I turned around, Cao Yao and Feng Rui were no longer on the table or under the table. They were looking around. They built a few stones on the top of the hill toward the east and kowtowed.
Come.
While kowtowing, they called out names, and finally cried while holding their heads with their tongues out loud. Gao Xian and Wei Qian'er, who had not drank, were left standing at the foot of the mountain with their arms folded, feeling extremely embarrassed.
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The two of them shouted hundreds of names that Liu Chengzong had never heard of. If they hadn't heard the name Liu Yujie inside, they would have no idea what they were doing.
Even Gao Yingxiang and others were alerted. They came over to look up the mountain and asked Liu Chengzong: "Lion, what are your two brothers doing? Who is Liu Yujie? They sound familiar."
Liu Chengzong sighed: "General Du led them to escape from Sarhu in the 47th year of Wanli. They bumped into Xiong Jinglue in Liaoyang and were beheaded... Master Gao laughed at them. They drank too much and sacrificed them.
I wish you could die in battle.”
"Carry these two back to the camp. Keep it up all night. Don't let these two go crazy and blow up the camp again." After Liu Chengzong said to Wei Qian'er, he turned to Gao Yingxiang to say goodbye, and then said to Yang Yao: "Let's go.
Let’s go back to the camp. I’ll organize the front and rear outposts for you and President Wang Bai. We’ll talk about it in detail when we get back to the camp. Follow me back to Yan’an tomorrow.”
Everyone held fire and walked through the mountains and returned to their camps.
The two brothers Han Shipan and Han Shiyou became Liu Chengzong's retainer captains. Yang Yao and Wang Wenxiu each served as the commanders of the front and rear outposts, and their frontier troops were reorganized on the spot into soldiers under the outposts.
Early the next morning, Liu Chengzong bid farewell to Gao Yingxiang and led his troops to Yan'an.
"Lion, lion!"
As soon as he walked out of the mountain pass, he heard someone calling him. When he turned around, he saw Gao Yingxiang holding a thick spear and chasing after him on galloping horses.
When he got closer, he could see clearly that what Gao Yingxiang was holding was not a spear. The tip of the long vermilion pole had no edge, and was braided with old tassel-headed pheasant tail beads from who knows where. It was a rolled-up red satin with yellow edges.
Big flag.
"Master Gao? This is..."
Gao Yingxiang didn't say anything, he just smiled on his horse, raised his arms and held the 1.2-foot flagpole in his palms. The red-faced and yellow-edged flag spread out in the wind, with a huge Chinese character "Liu" embroidered with yellow thread in the middle.
Gao Yingxiang rode up and handed the flag to him, smiling and saying: "It's time for you to have your own flag, General Liu."