The shouts of the generals spread far away, echoing between the towering Xuanhuamen city walls and reaching the bottom of the city tower.
Previously, Guo Ning asked Jing'an's troops to guard the outer walls of the palace city, while Li Ting's troops were responsible for patrolling. Li Ting assigned his capable subordinates, dividing the 300 soldiers into six teams, and sent out one every moment.
Teams patrol the city wall, rotating one team every hour.
These soldiers are all good soldiers in the army, and each one of them can be called a tiger or wolf warrior. They have been on the battlefield all the time. They spread their armor and held their guns, and they walked away with their armor clanging. They were really murderous and eye-catching.
But Li Ting himself was lazy.
Guo Ning and other generals are not natives of Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu, but Li Ting is, and he is also a well-known ruffian in Zhongdu. So although he is stationed in Xuanhuamen, he has contacted several of his old friends.
, then I got some roast chicken and a bite of lamb, and I hid in a corner with my friends and ate happily.
Suddenly he heard the generals above him shouting in unison, and he was startled: "What's wrong? What's the general's order, so solemn?"
One of his servants stood up and said, "Let me ask."
"No, something big must have happened!" Li Ting ran out directly.
He ran along the trail to the city, made two turns, and arrived at the bottom of the city platform where Guo Ning and others were. Seeing the generals saluting, he quickly shouted: "Count me in!"
After shouting, he realized that he was holding a fat chicken drumstick in his hand, which was very disrespectful. He didn't care to think about it, and saw a soldier next to him. Regardless of who the person was, he just stuffed the drumstick into the man's hand.
Immediately he ran up to the platform and continued shouting: "Is there a fight? Don't leave me, Li Erlang, behind!"
The soldier next to him had a scar on his face and looked quite weathered. He was Guo Zhongyuan who had been summoned by Guo Ning earlier and came specifically to pay his respects.
Standing at the bottom of the city platform, Guo Zhongyuan was holding his breath and waiting for the guards to report when he suddenly saw Li Ting rushing up with shouts.
Yesterday, he first attacked the tower of Donghua Gate and fired the iron cannon, killing Hu Shahu, which was a great achievement. Guo Ning had met him specially to express his condolences. However, Li Ting's troops suffered a series of fierce battles and suffered heavy losses.
He had already gone to rest first, so the two of them did not meet each other.
Suddenly seeing his old friend, he hesitated for a moment and wanted to say hello; before he could say anything, his eyes blurred and Li Ting passed him by. In Guo Zhongyuan's hand, there was a fragrant chicken drumstick soaked in oil.
Several guards around him were snickering. Guo Zhongyuan's expression changed twice, and he just sighed: "Li Erlang always does a lot of harm to others!"
At this moment, people on the city platform could be heard talking. It seemed that Guo Ning was soliciting everyone's opinions, and all the generals agreed one after another.
The guard who went to report the previous time came back and said, "Guo Zhongyuan? Mr. Lang invites you."
"Yes!" Guo Zhongyuan casually put the chicken legs in his sleeves and walked up quickly.
As we walked up the stone steps, Guo Ning's voice became clearer and clearer. His tone was very relaxed, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
Watching Guo Zhongyuan walk up to the city platform, Guo Ning smiled and said to Li Ting: "To tell you the truth, if you want to recruit troops in Zhongdu, I have a candidate who is much more suitable than you!"
Li Ting shook his head repeatedly: "That's impossible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Zhongyuan stood next to Li Ting: "Guo Zhongyuan pays homage to Mr. Lang."
Now it was Li Ting's turn to be stunned.
When Li Ting was working as a gangster in Zhongdu, Guo Zhongyuan's reputation and status were higher than Li Ting's. Li Ting himself made some money by reselling stolen goods for Guo Zhongyuan. When he suddenly saw Guo Zhongyuan, he was surprised, happy, and a little depressed.
, sighed in his heart: "With Boss Guo here, it's really not my turn to recruit troops!"
Guo Zhongyuan was calm and ignored Li Ting: "Mr. Lang wants to recruit troops, and Guo is willing to help."
Guo Ning was not polite: "Our troops entered Zhongdu yesterday. We lost some and replenished them. We will be transferred to Laizhou, Shandong in the future. We currently have more than 4,000 troops, which is still insufficient. I heard that you are a famous local figure in Zhongdu.
Although he is a general in the armed guards, he is trusted by others. Then I ask you, how many old soldiers who have fought in battles, killed people, and are courageous and capable can you recruit for me?"
"Then, Mr. Lang should ask how many people are needed instead of asking how many people I can recruit."
Guo Ning laughed: "Guo Zhongyuan, you are such a bully, don't you mind blowing too loudly?"
"I am telling the truth."
"Oh?" Guo Ning looked around at the generals and said: "In that case, I will move outside the city today, and I will leave for Laizhou within ten days. Give you five days, can you recruit someone for me?
Thousands of elite soldiers? I want those who can truly fight, not ruffians!"
"Three years since Da'an, the soldiers who broke into Hebei from northern Xinjiang have gradually gathered in Zhongdu. There are no less than ten thousand people. Among these ten thousand people, there are no less than thousands of people who have no food to eat and live in poverty and embarrassment. Guo Langjun is
The best soldiers in Northern Xinjiang will naturally respond to the call. In addition, I, Guo Zhongyuan, have a small reputation among ordinary soldiers in Zhongdu... I can recruit two thousand people for Lang Jun. "
Guo Ning smiled: "Well, you will receive some money later and do this for me!"
Guo Zhongyuan didn't refuse, didn't ask any questions, bowed deeply, turned around and stood next to him.
While turning around, he nodded slightly to Li Ting.
Li Ting grinned, and when he was about to whisper something, he suddenly felt his palms getting cold, and Guo Zhongyuan stuffed the fat chicken leg back.
Guo Ning clapped his hands: "In this case, soldiers are no longer a problem. The personnel arrangement is roughly like this. Brother Anmin will be the deputy envoy of Jiedu, brother Jinqing will be the judge of Jiedu, and Mr. Jinzhi will be the observation judge.
Other subordinates were slowly re-arranged. The Military and Horse Division under Jiedushi did not have a capital commander for the time being. Monk Luo was at the head, followed by Li Ting, and then Wang Shixian, Han Xuan, Qiu Huiluo, Hao Duan and Ma Bao.
, they are all commanders. Hmm...Brother Anmin might as well consider adding one more person from your side to make up the eight commanders."
Jing Anmin nodded, then shook his head: "Only Hao Duan and Ma Bao are suitable for me here. Let's discuss the vacant positions later!"
Guo Ning was slightly surprised and turned to look at Jing Anmin.
Jing'anmin bowed his hands solemnly.
Guo Ning smiled and said: "That's good!"
Jing'an Min himself was a powerful man in Hebei. Long before Guo Ning's rise, his influence affected most of Zhuozhou. When his power was at its strongest, Zhuozhou governor Nian Gezhen was completely ignored by him, and even the Great Jin Emperor in the mountainous area in the north of Zhuozhou was ignored.
The entire mausoleum area is within his control. In terms of strength, he is on the same level as Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou.
But he is very different from Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou.
Miao and Zhang are natives of Yizhou and Dingzhou. Their power comes from their clan's decades of operation, and they have long been rooted in Hebei. Therefore, they are willing to station in Zhongdu, because they are in the center and close to
Relying on the support of local forces nearby is a reliable way to gain a foothold in a chaotic situation.
Jing'an Min was born in the defeated army of Dexing Prefecture. Most of his relatives and family members have long been separated from him because of Dajin's disastrous defeat behind Monan Mountain. Although Jing'an Min has power in Zhuozhou, in the final analysis
, his foundation is not in place, but in his force.
He is a man who relies on the force of defeated soldiers to survive in troubled times. In this regard, he is the same as Guo Ning.
Because of the same reason, he increasingly felt that there was an insurmountable gap between him and Guo Ning.
Earlier, Guo Ning captured Yang An'er's general Ji Junli alive at the Gucheng Store and forced Yang You and Guo Yao'er to retreat. At that time, the people of Jing'an did not pay much attention to Guo Ning.
Then Guo Ning defeated Hu Shahu's private soldiers and forced back Yang An'er who had rebelled. Although Jing'an people took the opportunity to capture Fanyang City, they admired Guo Ning in their hearts.
Later, in just over ten days, Guo Ning kidnapped King Sheng, defeated the four Mongolian princes, Tu Lei, and killed Hu Shahu during the invasion. This series of victories was so simple! Not to mention, Guo Ning also fought to escape the Mongolian army.
The people who took refuge in Tangbo found their way into the future. Can anyone in Tangbo do such a thing?
Not to mention doing it, no one even dares to think about it!
Jing Anmin believed in it from the bottom of his heart, so he was willing to stand with Guo Ning. At this time, he was also willing to lower his profile and regard Guo Ning as his leader.
Guo Ning was also very polite to Jing Anmin, not only making it clear that he was superior to everyone, but also leaving enough places for him among the commanders who actually led the troops.
That's enough.
Jing Anmin is not an ambitious person, and he knows very well the principle of reciprocating kindness in return: "From this point of view, there is only one difficulty left."
"Brother Anmin, what's the problem?"
"I wonder what the Mongolian army's movements are... If the Mongolian army marches across Hebei and the Central Plains and blocks the road, how will we get to Laizhou?"