After half a cup of tea, Hua Bushi had come to a side hall behind the Yamen Hall and saw the commander of the 36th Battalion of the Righteous Army, King Gao Yingxiang.

For this King Gao Chuang, Hua Bushi has heard his name for a long time, but at this time, he saw that he was about forty years old, of medium stature, wearing a moon-white satin brocade robe, white face and long beard, kind appearance, and even quite a sleek appearance. In terms of appearance, Gao Yingxiang is more like a businessman, rather than the leader of the rebel army who led the soldiers and horses to kill officials and rebel, and fought in the south and north.

Hua Bushi has heard people say that Gao Yingxiang was born in a wealthy family, his ancestors were all businessmen, and he himself had also engaged in trading, only because the officials forced the people to rebel, and the times created people, so he became the commander of the righteous army.

Li Zicheng introduced Gao Yingxiang, Hua Bushi was about to bow down, but Gao Yingxiang had already stepped forward quickly, supported him, and said with a smile on his face: "It's all my own family, Young Master Hua doesn't need to be polite!" Hongji has already mentioned Young Master Hua to Ben Shuai more than once, and also talked about the 'Evil Dog Gate' selling weapons to our righteous army, this attack on Huaiqing City, Young Master Hua is even more contributional, speaking of which Ben Shuai still has to thank you!"

Hua Bushi said: "King Chuang said that Hua Bushi is ashamed, selling weapons is a matter that is beneficial to both of us, and attacking Huaiqing City is just a little idea, where can I afford to take any credit?"

Gao Yingxiang said: "No matter what, Young Master Hua will always be of great help to our rebels! Come on, sit down and talk first!"

He was extremely enthusiastic, took Hua Bushi's hand and walked to a chair on the side, and asked the eldest young master to sit down on the chair.

After the three of them were seated, Li Zicheng said: "Dashuai, my Hua brother has already said that he intends to join the righteous army, follow us to do it!"

Gao Yingxiang said happily: "Is this true? This is great!"

Hua Bushi said: "Xiao Ke does think so. However, Hua Bushi is the head of a sect after all, and there are hundreds of disciples under the sect, but he can't ignore them all, he must have some conditions to join the righteous army, and please don't be surprised by King Gao Chuang!"

Gao Yingxiang said: "What are the conditions, Brother Hua just proposes, as long as the commander can do it, he will never refuse!"

Hua Bushi coughed lightly and said: "The righteous army should really be a powerful army, able to fight against the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty, and it is expected to play a splendid world. Otherwise, after joining the righteous army, the day will be precarious, and he will be chased and killed by the official army every day, and there is no hope at all. ”

Hua Bushi is a young head of a faction, the "Evil Dog Gate" now has rudders in Hunan, Guangdong, and Fujian, and the reputation is not what it used to be, and there are many disciples and family wealth under the door, in terms of common sense, he will definitely not have no plans to join the righteous army, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang have long expected it. But when they heard that the eldest young master had put forward such a condition, neither of them had expected it.

Now although the righteous army in each realm is huge, but the real strength to confront the imperial court officials and troops is still far behind, if it were not for this, the tens of thousands of horses of the 36th battalion would not have been driven from the Jin realm to the Yu realm.

Gao Yingxiang sat on the chair and was silent for a while.

Li Zicheng said: "We have rebelled by killing officials with righteousness, so that one day we will fight a piece of the world and take over the country of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! In these years of fighting with officers and soldiers, although there are losses and wins, and each is good at winning, but our brothers in the righteous army are also fighting more and more, and the more they fight, the stronger they become, but I don't know what kind of army can be regarded as a powerful division in the eyes of the elder brother Hua?"

Hua Bushi said: "The junior brother thinks that the so-called strength of the army must have at least 50,000 troops, brave in battle, strict discipline, and led by wise commanders and generals who are good at fighting. Only such an elite division can achieve great things and make a name for itself in today's troubled times!"

Gao Yingxiang said: "Although the number of the thirty-six battalions of volunteers in Huaiqing City is not 50,000, there are 30,000 or 40,000 people, including many elite soldiers. Gao did not dare to pretend to be a wise commander, but there were many generals in the army who were good at fighting, such as Hongji. ”

Hua Bushi said: "The so-called elite soldiers, the most important thing is to prohibit the order, strict military discipline, and now there are indeed thirty or forty thousand people in the righteous army in Huaiqing City, but forgive Hua Bushi bluntly, they are just a group of undisciplined rabble, not only far from the elite, it is said that the army is very reluctant, and no one obeys the handsome orders handed down by King Gao Chuang, which is proof." ”

Hearing this, Gao Yingxiang's face sank, and he was already a little displeased.

Li Zicheng said: "Although this is true, but the elite division can not be trained in three or five days, the men and horses of the thirty-sixth battalion were originally temporarily assembled by the rebel armies from all walks of life in the two realms of Jin and Henan, and the combat strength is uneven, and the discipline will inevitably be worse, this section of the Chinese brother should know!"

Li Zicheng glanced at Hua Bushi when he spoke, and there was a slight resentment in his eyes. The situation of the 36th Battalion of the Righteous Army, Hua Bushi clearly knew that this situation could not be changed in a short period of time, but he put forward such an impossible condition before he was willing to join the Righteous Army, didn't he deliberately want Gao Yingxiang to not come to the stage?

Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi can be regarded as righteous brothers, they have known each other for some time, and they have a deep friendship, even if they are a little embarrassed, it doesn't matter, but Gao Yingxiang only met this young master for the first time today, Li Zicheng has just introduced him to come, Hua Bushi will inevitably make King Gao Chuang's heart feel guilty.

Hua Bushi didn't seem to see Li Zicheng's eyes at all, and said: "The 36th Battalion Righteous Army was not originally a family, Hua Bushi knew it. At present, although the rebel army has captured Huaiqing City, it can only be regarded as a temporary fluke victory, and now Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan in southern Henan, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides of the Jin realm, will arrive in the near future, and how can the tens of thousands of horses and horses that have been put together so improvised be able to defend the city? From this point of view, the future of the rebel army of the 30 men battalion is really not optimistic. ”

This is simply a pot that can't be opened, Gao Yingxiang's face was already a little blue, if it weren't for Li Zicheng's face, he was afraid that he would immediately ask someone to drive out Hua Bushi, a big crow.

Seeing that Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang both had their faces tightened, Hua Bushi suddenly smiled slightly, and said: "But there is a way to make the thirty-sixth battalion of the righteous army really become an army, even if it can't become elite for a while, at least it can improve its combat power, enough to fight with the officers and soldiers, maybe there is still a chance to hold Huaiqing, I don't know if King Gao Chuang is willing to listen?"

When these words were spoken, Li Zicheng's eyes lit up, he knew that Hua Bushi was wise and clever, since he said so, he must have a good plan in the future.

Gao Yingxiang was a little skeptical, and only said in a deep voice: "Brother Hua has a good plan, and Ben Shuai should listen to him." ”

Hua Bushi said: "At present, there are 30,000 or 40,000 volunteers and horses, and there are a lot of troops alone. It's just that most of the people are scattered at present, and each family has its own interests and plans, so it is impossible to achieve orders and prohibitions, and it is difficult to unify command and dispatch when fighting a war, and it is impossible to really gather Liliang to fight against the officers and soldiers, but is this the truth?"

This sentence actually hits the crux of the problem that the rebel army cannot form an army now. The 36th Battalion is an alliance of many rebel armies, each of which is relatively independent and only obeys the command of its own leader, while the leaders of each rebel army inevitably have their own small abacus. Just as when attacking Huaiqing that day, Zhang Xianzhong, who was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the official army, wanted to save his own soldiers and horses, and refused to contribute to deal with the official army, so that the siege plan was almost a failure.

Gao Yingxiang nodded slightly when he heard this, and Li Zicheng said loudly: "Brother Hua is so right, that's what happened! But how to unify the interests of all walks of life, Brother Hua has thought of a good way?"

Hua Bushi said: "These more than 30,000 people belong to each family, and it is difficult to unify their interests. In fact, the next way to think of it is very simple, which is to co-opt all the people from all walks of life. ”

"Co-optation?" Li Zicheng was quite surprised, "Now the thirty-six battalions are composed of more than ten people, how easy is it to recruit them, how can the leaders of the rebel army agree to hand over their soldiers to us for integration?"

Hua Bushi said: "I have a plan to do this, but I have to pay some price." According to Hua Bushi's knowledge, there are at least three or four hundred thousand silver deposits in the treasury of Huaiqing City, and King Gao Chuang has occupied the palace, and these silver deposits must have been obtained, as long as these silver taels are used at the expense, all the rebels and horses in the city can be collected for King Chuang's use. ”

Huaiqing City is the richest commercial capital in northern Henan, its prosperity is no less than Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, the silver in the Yamen treasury will certainly not be less, three or four hundred thousand taels is really Hua Bushi's quite conservative estimate.

Gao Yingxiang frowned and said, "The day before yesterday, we attacked the prefect's yamen and found more than 300,000 taels of silver, which were originally intended to be reserved for the purchase of weapons and armaments. ”

Hua Bushi said: "That's it." We will use these 300,000 taels to incorporate all the rebels in Huaiqing City under the command of King Chuang, and the specific methods have already been thought of below!"

There was still a look of hesitation on Gao Yingxiang's face, and Li Zicheng had already clapped his hands and said: "If you can collect 30,000 or 40,000 righteous troops and make them truly use them for our use, it is really cost-effective to spend 300,000 taels of silver! Brother Hua, quickly say what you think, so that King Gao Chuang and Hongji can listen to it!"

Hua Bushi sat in the Shuai's mansion for two hours, talking with Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng in the hall, and it was not until the time was almost that the three of them came out together.

When they went out, Gao Yingxiang and Hua Bushi looked as usual, but Li Zicheng was full of joy and radiant, as if he had picked up a treasure.