After Zhou Li and Wu Han left Li's Mansion, Wu Han couldn't help but say, "Middleman, aren't we no longer training more village heroes? Then we will be transferred to the county, so we will waste money.
The prisoners told me that there were more than 100,000 taels of money there! If the bandits of Lao Scar hadn't gotten food, they wouldn't have come to rob us."
Zhou Li smiled and said, "Then, you have a way to make our town safe. When this incident is over, we will draw back the soldiers trained by the boy and add up to 300 people. After this incident, the village man will go to the village.
A total of 300 people should be allowed by the county, and the rest can't be drawn much. We don't need to train us and can help us overcome difficulties. Why not do it? If you have a way to save the town, those
It’s okay to give you money!”
Wu Han said with a stiff face: "Now there are less than a hundred rural heroes under my jurisdiction. I am powerless and powerless!"
One night passed in a flash. Just as dawn, the threshing ground was full of people. There were people who were preparing to act with Zhao Rong, and more people came to watch.
After dinner, when he came to the threshing ground, he saw that the crowd was overwhelming. Zhao Rong couldn't help but sigh at the Chinese people's hobby of watching.
Zhou Li came to the suggestion stage and said loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, yesterday the Japanese town was attacked by bandits. Fortunately, several young heroes helped each other and finally killed the bandit leader and captured some bandits. According to our interrogation,
There are still many bandits in their nest that are causing trouble. In order to prevent them from being invaded by bandits in the future, I discussed with several fellow villagers to wipe out these bastards in one fell swoop. The knights who showed their skills yesterday also agreed with us. Today,
We will recruit brave men and several heroes to do this kind of good deed. Now we will start recruiting righteous men. Anyone who is selected will receive one tael of silver afterwards, and those who have made meritorious services will be charged separately."
This was all discussed with Zhou Li yesterday. I heard that when I was rewarding silver, I was very puzzled because in his memory, the silver was not used as currency during this period. Later, I learned that after talking to Li Chenfeng, I found out that
This was the rise of Emperor Gaozu of Chu in the previous dynasty. Emperor Gaozu of Chu once conquered the states of Japan and obtained a lot of silver from it every year. Later, the silver was formulated into a type of currency.
Zhao Rong came to the high platform, and he was wearing a red cloak and looked even more heroic. The mighty figure of the red cloak yesterday had already remained in the heart of Qingzheng, who had participated in yesterday's battle.
"Above sixteen years old, under forty-five years old, the people who volunteered to follow me stood at the front desk, and everyone else retreated to make a place for them." Zhao Rong looked at the crowded crowd in the audience, frowned and shouted loudly, frowned.
road.
Then the wide threshing farm was gradually given up. Zhao Rong estimated that more than a thousand people remained in the middle of the threshing farm.
"You guys are injured, so why are you staying here?" Zhao Rong pointed to the strong men with bandages on their arms in the middle and asked unhappily.
"We are just a minor injury, and we are willing to go with you to avenge the brothers who died yesterday." One of the injured answered.
Zhao Rong saw that several people were injured only on their arms, which was not serious, so he did not bother them again.
"The only son in the family, who have symptoms, are out of the list, and one person is out of the list of brothers, father and son." Zhao Rong talked with Li Chenfeng last night. Many of the newly joined young and strong people in the town have no relatives. They usually hunt, so they give it to
Others help to support themselves, so they can recruit many people. One tael of silver can buy thirty dou of food, which is enough for a family to spend half a year, so many people will participate, but the admissions are all untrained.
People, so there won't be too many.
After Zhao Rong's layers of selection, there were only more than 500 people in the field.
"Okay, you five hundred are selected. I know many people come for money, but what I want to say is that people will die at any time during this trip, and even if the money will still be sent to someone after he dies.
At home, I still hope everyone will consider whether to participate."
After a while, after more than ten people withdrew, no one left the scene. Nearly 400 of these more than 500 people participated in the battle against bandits yesterday, and also saw the skills of Zhao Rong and others, so they did not.
Hesitantly followed Zhao Liu.
"Okay, everyone has decided. From now on, everyone must obey my orders, otherwise, not only will they not be rewarded, but they will also be punished."
Zhao Rong asked the more than 500 people in the audience to divide them into ten teams, each with fifty people, and asked his eight brothers, Xu He and Lao Li, to lead a team to conduct simple training and let them choose some of them themselves.
Chief, what is Chief.
"Middleman, why do I feel that Zhao Liu's team method seems to be like that of the government army?" Wu Han looked at Zhao Rong and his men's arrangements for the team and said to Zhou Li beside him.
"Yes, if this kid joins the army, he will definitely be a brave general. Unfortunately, it's hard for him to succeed in the army."
After the squad leader and the commander of each team had made arrangements, Zhao Rong said with a smile: "Okay, now the commander and the commander are both your own choices. You must obey their arrangements in the future. If anyone doesn't
Follow the orders and follow the military discipline, you must be executed."
Looking at Zhao Rong's words with a smile, everyone was shocked.
"Uncle Li, you have the most people. Please help your team to bring about ten captives of bandits, and you need to have some status. In addition, bring all the clothes and weapons of bandits. By the way, even that old knife
Take the scar's head with him, too." Zhao Rong said to Li Chenfeng.
Li Chenfeng took the order and left, and soon brought fifteen or sixteen bandit captives, including Shunzi.
More than 520 people had 350 horses, half of which were seized from bandits, and the other half were taken out by the town, with two hundred spears, more than four hundred long knives of various types, no armor, only bows and arrows
These brothers have strong bows, while the remaining hundreds of people are simple hunting bows, but it is enough to deal with bandits without armor.
In the end, Zhao Rong made a unified arrangement, Zhao Xiong and Zhao Lin led the spear team, Zhao Kang led the sword team, and the rest of the brothers were cavalry teams, of course they were infantry riding horses.
After a simple differentiation, Zhao Rongrang took dry food and headed straight for Wohu Mountain.
"Your name is Shunzi, right? You are the one who surrendered yesterday." Zhao Rong looked at more than ten prisoners and asked the most familiar human.
"Yes, sir, but I sincerely surrender. I am willing to serve sir." Shunzi, who is very burly, is at least half a head taller than Zhao Rong. He said to Zhao Rong, who is a thicker circle.
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I am a bandit because I don't have food. I'm not determined to be a bandit. I am willing to surrender to the adults and saddle them... and saddle them in front of the horse... and then, my dozen brothers are also
Willing to defect to the adults.”
"Yes, sir, we are willing to defect to sir." More than a dozen prisoners saw Zhao Rong's great power yesterday.
Zhao Rong turned his eyes and said, "Okay, as long as you help me set up Wohu Mountain Village, I will accept you."
"There are only about 200 people in the copycat, so the adults will be able to take it easily." Shunzi complimented.
"Second brother, third brother, fourth brother, you will take your people to marching and training. I and the others will ride horses to deal with the people in the village first. According to what I gave you, I don't need them to be very powerful now.
, make sure they know to obey orders."
"Brother, is it okay for you to bring 350 people?" Zhao Xiong was a little worried. This was different from the bandits who broke into the town. It was the first time to take these people to take action, although Zhao Rong usually tells stories when he usually tells stories.
I have also talked about the training methods of the army, but no one has ever experienced leading troops.
"It's okay, you have to believe in your elder brother's ability." After saying that, Zhao Rong took the rest of the people and rode their horses towards the northeast. Fortunately, the people of Youzhou were riding horses. Although they were not very proficient, they still rode on horseback and ran on horseback.
No big problems.
An hour later, Zhao Rong and his party came to a place not far from the foot of Wohu Mountain.
"Sir, three miles ahead is Pinglou Town. This town was specially left by Wohu Mountain and used as a sentry detective. We cannot move forward any further, otherwise we will be discovered." Shunzi pointed at the front in a vague way.
the town said.
"Everyone dismounts and rests for a while. Uncle Li picks some of the more fierce people to change into the clothes of bandits, and then acts as planned." Zhao Rong ordered.
"Shunzi, it will be up to you later, don't let me down."
"It must not!"
Wohu Mountain stretches for more than 30 miles east and west. Wohu Village is on the west side, surrounded by two mountain fronts, with only one exit on the south side, like an irregular gourd.
"San Zheng, Shunzi is back and brings seventy or eighty people with him, saying that he has something to see you." The San Zheng's house, who was eating and drinking with several subordinates, heard the report from the guards at the gate of the village.
"Oh, that's the big brother is coming back soon. Let's go and have a look." Wu Huzi, the third leader, quickly got up and walked out.
"Shunzi, where is the boss? Why are you guys back? By the way, are these people?" Wu Huzi asked when he saw a group of people at the gate of the mountain village.
"The third leader, the eldest leader successfully captured Xinyan Town and brought back a lot of food and women. He was rushing back. Because he had seized too much and was slow to move, the eldest leader was worried that Le County would send troops to attack, so he gave up
I came back first and asked the Sandang family to send someone to bring some horses to help transport things. As for them, I met not far from the foot of the mountain. They were brothers on the south side of Le County and were attacked by Le County soldiers.
There is nowhere to stay, come and seek refuge with us."
"Oh, come and surrender to us?" Looking at the seventy or eighty people in front of him, Wu Huzi felt a little worried for some reason, but when he saw that the other party was covered in rotten, with wounds and blood, and his face was tired, he didn't think too much about it.
Then, then
"We have seen the Third Head of the Family. We were attacked by the county soldiers and were homeless. We hope that the Third Head of the Family can be taken in with justice. In the future, we will be sad and unyielding. We will serve the Third Head of the Family." The leader of the seventy people said with a bitter face.
"Okay, since I come to join us, I can't turn it out. Come in, everyone will be their own people in the future. Open the village door!" Wu Huzi said with a smile when he heard this person say he was serving him.
"Ergouzi, you bring a hundred people, each of them leads two horses to support the boss." Wu Huzi said to someone beside him again.
Ergouzi took the order and left. Not long after, one hundred people and two hundred horses led by one of the people brought back by Shunzi, went down the mountain.
The valley where Wohu Mountain Village is located is five miles long and two miles wide, but it is only 100 meters away from the exit of the mountain village. Wohu Village once again built a simple village wall. Although it is simple, there are no ladders and siege equipment.
It's hard to take it away for a while.
"Come on, brothers, let's go into the house to talk." Wu Huzi said to the leader who defected to him.
"The Third Head, my brothers have been running wildly for a long time. Should they go to rest first?"
"Okay, Lao Hu, take these new brothers to rest and tell the brothers in the village so that they don't know what's going on and what's going on."