After a few months, Ye Shikai is now the number one general under Ma Yao, and with Meng Tian's recommendation, the speed of promotion has indeed made many people start to blush, especially those other generals, all the opportunities to make contributions are on Ye Shikai alone, and losing these opportunities means that they can't be promoted one step, but ...... Ye Shikai is a powerful faction after all, strategizing, courageous, military power in hand, and there are also masters under him, just the cavalry team under his command that has been trained by wolf instructors is unrivaled in Dongjun.

The troubles of the rebel army continued, and Ma Yao was also anxious, he didn't have Ye Shikai's trump card in his hand, he was weak-hearted, so now as soon as he heard that Ye Shikai had returned to Puyang, before he could report to the county governor's mansion, Ma Yao personally came to visit with gifts.

"This ...... It's my brother and sister. Ma Yao set his eyes on He Linghan on the side, "I heard that my younger brother and sister are as beautiful as immortals, and when I see them today, they really live up to their reputation." ”

"Master Ma has won the prize, please come into the house. He Linghan had the temperament of a housekeeper, invited Ma Yao into the house, and instructed his subordinates to boil water to make tea.

"Lord Ma came to my mansion today, not just to congratulate me. In the hall, Ye Shikai said lightly.

"Haha, of course it's not just congratulations, I'm here today because I have something to negotiate with Brother Ye. Ma Yao secretly glanced at him, Ye Shikai understood, and asked the attendants and guards next to him to withdraw.

"Alright, Master Ma, it's just the two of us here, what do you have to say, but it doesn't matter. ”

"Brother Ye, I can't hide it, speaking of which, this matter is indeed difficult to talk about. Ma Yao showed a look of embarrassment, and stopped talking.

"My lord, you better just say it. Ye Shikai is mentally prepared, as Ma Yao's "confidant general", he is responsible for doing "dirty work".

"These days, you have exterminated a lot of rebels, and likewise, you have captured many prisoners, and there are so many that soon even the county prison will be occupied. ”

"What do you mean by ......"

"Prisoner soldiers. ”

As expected, although Ye Shikai was ready for this, he heard these "three words" When he was preparing to go north to reinforce the front line in Heyang County, in order to replenish the soldiers and horses, he released a group of prisoners to fill the army, including Mancang, Ye Shikai also convinces people with virtue, which makes Mancang obedient, and on the other hand, he commanded a small team of dozens of people before, only let the leader of Mancang obey, and the rest of the people will naturally follow, but now, he commands more than 8,000 people, this time Ma Yao sent the prisoner soldiers to him, there must be thousands of people, if you want to ensure that they don't mess up, you can't just rely on Ye Shikai to shout a few words。

"The county has released 2,000 strong convicts to fill the army, and I hope ...... How about leaving them all in your hands. ”

"No problem. Ye Shikai did not refuse, because he knew very well that although Ma Yao seemed to be discussing with him, it was actually a notice, this was a military order, Ye Shikai could not refuse, rather than being forced to accept it, but it was better to retreat and accept it in one breath, so that he could put forward some requirements.

"Haha, Brother Ye is really a pillar of the imperial court, if you have any requirements, just put it forward. Ma Yao was ready to deal with the resignation, but he didn't expect Ye Shikai to accept it so simply.

"Since it is up to me to train, no one else is allowed to interfere, they can only accept my orders, and other generals cannot be transferred. Ye Shikai raised his index finger, which was his first request.

"No problem. ”

"In addition, we will write a list of the equipment and salaries of these prisoners, which cannot be deducted. ”

"Yes. ”

"Okay, since Master Ma has agreed to these two conditions, I won't mention anything else. Ye Shikai nodded in response.

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare weapons and equipment immediately, Brother Ye, if you have any new requirements, just put them forward. Ma Yao was very relieved and threw away a "hot potato", and he was naturally much more relaxed.

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Barrack.

"Lao Ye, these convict soldiers are not easy to bring, we have just trained the new 3,000 sergeants, and now there are 2,000 more, and they are also convict soldiers, if something happens, we will not be able to please us. When Ye Shikai returned to the barracks, Shangguan Jian had already arrived, he should have gone back to the village together to celebrate Ye Shikai's wedding, but halfway he received Ma Yao's military order, and had to go back to the barracks first, although there were some regrets, but Ye Shikai also expressed his understanding, did not say anything, when he heard that there were robbers near Shangshui Village, Shangguan Jian did not think about tea and dinner in the barracks, and sent four groups of people to investigate in one day, until he heard that Ye Shikai defeated the robbers, he was relieved.

"Aren't they all soldiers, what is good to bring and what is not good to bring, if we don't bring well, it can only mean that we are not capable. Ye Shikai waved his hand, frankly speaking, although he said it easily, but he was also quite nervous in his heart, among these prisoners, there were even many people who were prisoners of the rebel army team he exterminated before, and they were caught in prison and stayed for a while, and now they are going to change their clothes and become the Qin army, which is still a bit ridiculous to say.

Speaking of which, there are advantages and disadvantages to this, disadvantages are obvious, it is naturally obvious that these people were once defeated under Ye Shikai and were captured, so they are naturally unconvinced, and they want to make them obey, it is not so easy, as for the benefits, it is also obvious that they have all seen Ye Shikai's power, even if they are not convinced, they will be afraid of three points.

"Since you have decided, as your lieutenant general and as your brother, I will definitely support you 100%. Shangguan Jian said firmly, in fact, Ye Shikai knew that he would inevitably have resentment in his heart, but as a deputy general, the most important thing was to obey the orders of the commander-in-chief, and to Ye Shikai's decision-making, "to make up for the stage, not to dismantle the stage".

"Actually, I already have a way to deal with it, and when I treat these prisoners, I still have to convince people with virtue. Ye Shikai said lightly, they are prisoners, and they naturally suffer a lot of flesh and skin, so using strict military law may not work, not to mention, there are two thousand prisoners, if they all use military law, is it difficult to implement them one by one, so Ye Shikai must let them obey from the bottom of their hearts.

The prisoners are a very special group, they are often the "last choice", if it is not a serious shortage of personnel, I am afraid that no general is willing to use them, these prisoners, once they are armed, who can guarantee that they will be obedient, if they fight back, who can control it. I want to talk about "The President's Wife of the Personal Soldier King" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature", talk about life, and find confidants~