He paused, and then said: "There is a good saying, a mouse spoils a pot of soup, these mountain bandits are difficult to change, in case after recruiting An, it affects other soldiers, then what should it be?"

Hearing this, Li Xuzhong diǎn diǎn head and said, "Yes, this issue has to be considered. ”

Yue Yun saw that someone supported him, and the confidence in his heart gradually regained his strength, and he said: "In addition, the more important thing is that these people are the remnants of the Qi army.

Now that our Great Song Dynasty and the State of Qi are in a relationship of war, not to mention that we can rest assured now that we have taken Xiangyang Mansion, it will not be long before we will go north. At that time, if there is any pickled goods among these Qi troops who have recruited An, won't it ruin our big things?"

Zhou Bo, Li Xuzhong, Wang Kui and Li Shuping all understood Yue Yun's words, and what Yue Yun was worried about now was that after these Qi troops recruited An, there would be detailed work to break into our army. This question cannot be said to be impossible, but in any case, it is a very correct sentence that the human heart is unpredictable.

Li Shuping sighed, slowly diǎn diǎn head, and said with a worried expression: "I really have to guard against it." ”

After he finished speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Zhou Bo, as if he wanted to hint at Zhou Bo.

Zhou Bo slowly diǎn diǎn head, smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Yue, what you said is very right, after all, you are objectively analyzing the problem, and it is also for our sake. However, there are also many subordinates of Zhao'an in the Yue family's army, such as General Yang Zaixing and General Yan Chengfang, who used to be thieves. Again. There is also Dong Xian, the old general Dong. He was also a general of the Qi army before. ”

Yue Yun heard this. He was stunned all of a sudden, he didn't expect Zhou Bo to come to the Yue family army to talk about things. He sighed, still looking serious, and said, "Brother Zhou, the situation of our Yue family's army is completely different from your current situation. Yang Zaixing and Yan Chengfang were all generals who took the initiative to surrender, and although Dong Xian was a Qi army before, he had never been a mountain bandit after all, and he also took the initiative to revolt. ”

Zhou Bo smiled. said approvingly: "Brother Yue, what you said is very true. However, the reason why I say this is nothing more than to inform a diǎn, no matter what the situation is, as long as we can influence these mountain bandits and let them abandon ⌒dǐng⌒diǎn⌒小⌒ say,.▽.o≠s_(); Secretly cast into the light, the effect is actually the same as urging them to revolt. The key is how to do the process, and how we can influence these bandits. ”

Yue Yun saw that Zhou Bo was determined to recruit these mountain bandits, although he was a little unwilling in his heart, of course, his departure was not against Zhou Bo, he was just worried that these mountain bandits were not honest.

Case. He is not an unreasonable person, so he naturally knows what Zhou Bo's purpose of recruiting is true.

He sighed. I plan to follow Zhou Bo's meaning and think carefully about how to reduce the risk of recruiting security as much as possible to ensure that the expected ridiculous things do not happen.

Zhou Bo asked Yue Yun confirmatively: "Brother Yue, I naturally understand your kindness, but at the moment, what our Guanghua Army needs is development, not war attrition. So, do you think you can do what I say?"

Yue Yun sighed with a smile, and then said: "This is natural, Brother Zhou, you are the envoy of the Guanghua Army, even if I have an opinion, it is impossible to disobey you." Don't worry, although I am a little wary in my heart, but since Brother Zhou is willing to try, then I will follow your instructions. It's a big deal, it's not appropriate to recruit security, and it's not too late to destroy them!!"

Zhou Bo breathed a sigh of relief, finally relieved in his heart, and said with a smile: "With Brother Yue as my backing, Yiqiē is already half successful." ”

Next, everyone began to discuss how to recruit these mountain bandits.

Of course, it was imperative to ensure the safety of the captured survey team members. Li Shuping and Li Xuzhong had an idea, since it was Zhao'an, they had to show a high-profile prestige to subdue these mountain bandits, it was better to send troops to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits once, let the mountain bandits know that they were powerful, and then send someone to negotiate. In this way, during the encirclement and suppression, the captured survey team can be rescued, and at the same time, it can also show off its prestige, which is the so-called killing two birds with one stone.

Yue Yun was in no hurry to express any opinions at this time, he was still pondering, as if it was not the right thing to immediately launch an encirclement and suppression.

At this moment, Zhou Bo's staff Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu walked in together.

Everyone fell silent and turned their gazes to the two men. They all know Li Xuzhong, but Li Xiaoyu, a little lady, although they have heard the news that Zhou Bo hired a female subordinate officer during this time, they have never seen this little lady.

When several big men saw Li Xiaoyu wearing men's clothes, but his hair was just casually combed into a ponytail, they all stared at each other all of a sudden, and their expressions became strange.

Although Li Xiaoyu is a boy's character, he is really a little panicked when he is stared at like this by several big men.

"What are you looking at, haven't you seen beautiful women?" Li Xiaoyu deliberately said angrily in order to strengthen his courage, and after finishing speaking, he glanced at his small mouth, looking down on these men.

Li Xuzhong stood awkwardly to the side, not knowing how to deal with such a scene.

Yue Yun, Li Xuzhong, Li Shuping, and Wang Kui immediately laughed when they heard Li Xiaoyu's words.

This smile made Li Xiaoyu even more nervous.

"Zhou Yuanjun, you said a few days ago that I didn't respect the court, look at them, they are all laughing at me now? Hmph, hum, if you don't give an explanation, then, then this matter will be over today!" Li Xiaoyu shouted, she had no choice but to pull Zhou Bo out as a shield.

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment, then laughed as well, and said to Li Xiaoyu: "Little Fish Lady, don't be so excited, they were just amused by what you just said, Lady, isn't that okay?"

Li Xiaoyu stomped his feet angrily and said, "They are obviously laughing at me." ”

Without waiting for Zhou Bo to answer, Yue Yun had already restrained his smile and looked serious. said to Li Xiaoyu: "Little fish lady." We really weren't laughing at you just now. At least I didn't. Mine was indeed amused by the words of the little fish lady, and...... Hehehehehe......"

At this, he only laughed silently.

When Li Xiaoyu saw it, he immediately asked, "And what, what do you say?"

Yue Yun said at this time: "Moreover, Miss Xiaoyu, you are wearing clothes like this, which really surprises us." We've heard of women posing as men, or men dressing up as women. But since you wear men's clothes, but you are not dressed as a man, it's really weird. ”

Li Xiaoyu looked down at his clothes, then at Yue Yun again, and asked strangely, "What's so weird?" ”

Yue Yun felt that Li Xiaoyu was very interesting, and was planning to tease Li Xiaoyu more.

It's just that Zhou Bo hurriedly stood up, interrupted everyone's attention to Li Xiaoyu with a smile, and said, "Okay, everyone should know each other." Let's get back to business. Little Fish Lady, Li Xuzhong. The two of you have come just in time to discuss the crisis we are facing. ”

Li Xuzhong hurriedly answered.

But Li Xiaoyu still looked unhappy, she interrupted Zhou Bo's words and said, "I don't know them yet?"

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had not introduced Yue Yun and the others, so he smiled and introduced these people to Li Xiaoyu.

When Li Xiaoyu heard Yue Yun's name, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "You are the eldest son of the Yue family's army and the marshal Yue?"

Yue Yun smiled modestly and said, "Miss Xiaoyu, you are serious, there are only marshals and subordinates in the army, and there is no difference between father and son. ”

Li Xiaoyu sighed and said, "But even if you are the eldest son of Yue Dashuai, you are also a bad person, who made you laugh at me just now?"

Yue Yun and the others laughed again, only to think that Li Xiaoyu's speech was too funny.

Zhou Bo stopped and said, "Okay, okay, there are serious things to talk about now." After this crisis is resolved, you can break with Li Xiaoyu again. ”

Li Xiaoyu stepped forward and sat down, recovering his strict appearance, waiting for Zhou Bo to explain the crisis he was facing now. When she came last night, she didn't talk to Zhou Bo about official business at all, and was walked home by Zhou Bo, so she didn't know much about what was happening in the city at the moment.

Zhou Bo told Li Xuzhong and Li Xiaoyu about the mountain bandits encountered yesterday, and after finishing speaking, he told them not to leak the news for the time being, so as not to cause panic in the city. Then, he said his idea of recruiting Anshan bandits, and asked Li Xiaoyu and Li Xuzhong to make some references.

Of course, Li Xuzhong, Li Shuping, and Wang Kui also added the methods discussed by everyone before Li Xiaoyu and Li Xuzhong came, so that Li Xiaoyu and Li Xuzhong would not repeat the old words.

After listening to all the introductions, Li Xuzhong couldn't help frowning, and after pondering for a while, he said: "If we want to recruit these mountain bandits, we must always know how many of them there are, and whether these people can be recruited." What's more, how to resettle after Zhao'an is also a problem, and now the Guanghua Army is still under construction, once the number of these mountain bandits is too large, I am afraid that there will be chaos. ”

Li Shu commented on the diǎn head and said: "That's right, as Young Marshal Yue said before, the character of these mountain bandits is difficult to estimate, in case the trick is settled, it will become a bad thing to be idle and steal chickens and dogs." ”

Zhou Bo said: "You are right. However, this problem can be solved, and we have split up all these mountain bandits and reorganized them into several battalions. In this way, they lack contact with each other, and it is impossible for them to gather together to make trouble. When the time comes, we can also retrain them in batches according to the three-month training of the regular army and sharpen their temperament. ”

Everyone knows that it is not a problem that can be solved in a moment or a half if you want to completely control these mountain bandits. As Zhou Bo said, perhaps through guò's deliberate means, the reinvention of these mountain bandits can still have an effect.

"However, for now, we still have to plan, how to start, what should we do first!" Yue Yun said suddenly.

At this time, Li Xiaoyu said with a very stern face: "I think that before we act, we have to pay attention to a very strict issue. ”

Everyone looked at the little lady.

Li Xiaoyu then said: "Why do these mountain bandits fall into the grass, they just want to eat." If we recruit them, we have to find a way to feed them. Although it has been collected and stored for several months, this year's winter food is only enough for the people in the city to eat. ”

She sighed, and then said: "Just as Li Gongzi said, we don't know the number of these bandits at the moment, if we recruit thousands or even tens of thousands of bandits, then how can we feed these people? ”

After saying this, everyone was immediately impressed.

They originally thought that Li Xiaoyu, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old cardamom girl, had no experience, but just relied on a little cleverness, and happened to rush to Zhou Bo to urgently need mediocrity, so he got into today's fame. But just then, that remark really got to the point of diǎn at once.

Yue Yun said with a smile: "The little fish lady is really sharp-eyed, and she said that she wanted to diǎn at once." I was disrespectful before, and I ask the little fish lady to forgive me!!"

Li Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Since you are so sincere, then I will forgive you." However, we still have to study the issue of grain and grass is the key, otherwise Zhou Yuanjun will not be able to recruit these mountain bandits. ”

Everyone diǎn diǎn their heads, and then everyone's faces became a little solemn.

The problem of grain and grass has always been a big problem for the Guanghua Army, but fortunately, through Zhou Bo's efforts, this year's problem has finally been temporarily solved. Grain and grass are not something that can be had, and now during the war, grain prices have soared but not fallen, and the areas along the Yangtze River are extremely scarce.

What's more, if the Guanghua Army wants to resume farming well, it will have to wait until the spring sowing day next year. And even if new crops are planted in the spring of next year, it will have to be ensured that all kinds of external factors, such as war, famine, man-made damage, etc., will last for many months before they can be harvested.

Whether the grain harvested at that time will be able to feed the people of the city is still unknown.

Therefore, before the development of agriculture was stable, Zhou Bo had to borrow grain, buy grain, and even continue to rely on hunting and gathering food to support the lives of the people in the city.

Now that we have to recruit these mountain bandits, it will undoubtedly make this problem even more difficult.

Everyone thought about it for a long time, but they didn't come up with a perfect solution, so they could only focus on Zhou Bo again, and let Zhou Bo make a judgment on whether to continue to implement the recruitment plan.

Zhou Bo took a deep breath, and he felt everyone's gaze.

"Grain and grass are a real problem. Still, I barely managed to figure it out. These mountain bandits will definitely not be as many as tens of thousands as Miss Li Xiaoyu said. If they had thousands of them, they would have conquered the city and set themselves up as kings. Zhou Bo said with a little worry, but when he spoke, he still remained calm.

"However, the problem of grain and grass must be solved first, and then we can recruit Anshan bandits. We can't wait for Zhao'an to think about the issue of grain and grass, because then we will be taking too much risk. Yue Yun said sternly. (To be continued.) )