Chapter 55: The Council of the Middle Army Hall

Although most of the time the rumors are not credible, sometimes people prefer to believe that everything is true.

In Guanping City, the people of the Black Wind Army on the Black Wind Ridge are also very clear about the uproar.

In addition to scolding the city lord Li Tengfei, who is not a thing, it is his son Li Yiyi who scolds him more.

This little-known kid is said to have replaced Tian Zhen not long ago and sat in the position of captain of Nancheng. And he has a good relationship with Zhang Kai and others in the Axe Palace, and he wants to come to attack the Axe Hall last time, but he is also a ghost in secret.

It stands to reason that this promising young man, if he wants to have a relationship and money, how could he go to his brothel to wash his own bloodbath, which is really incredible.

Was it impulsive? Or did you suddenly lose your mind? What is the unspeakable hidden behind this? There are so many incomprehensible doubts that make people more and more confused.

Perhaps, all these mysteries can only be solved by waiting for Li Yiyi, who is now cultivating, to analyze the doubts for everyone after he comes out of retreat.

Recently, a piece of information from the city once again made the sergeants of the Black Wind Army nervous.

It was pointed out in the intelligence that the city lord Li Tengfei had already put all the responsibility on the people of Heifengling, and said that he would move troops to come to the crusade.

Zhao Qingshan, who was the military advisor of the shogunate, just smiled faintly after reading the information. He habitually stroked his goatee, and said to Han Shu, the staff general next to him: "Quickly go and gather the generals of each battalion, go to the Zhongjun Hall, and discuss something." ”

"Yes..."Han Shu took the order.

It didn't take long for bursts of "bang" drums to resound in the sky above the entire Black Wind Village.

A little later, the hall of the Zhongjun Hall was already overcrowded.

The people who can sit in the military hall and discuss important military matters are all well-known figures in the Black Wind Army. Except for the president's leader, the military division and the two commanders, the rest of the people are centurions and generals.

After the officers sat down, the military advisor Zhao Qingshan opened his mouth first: "All the generals should have heard about it, right?"

The officers glanced at each other, exchanged a few words, and said in unison: "I have heard what Mr. Zhao said..."

Zhao Qingshan looked at them, nodded, and then said, "Since that's the case, what do you think?"

When everyone listened, you looked at me, and I looked at you, and they couldn't answer for a while.

Only Li Jin, the commander of the thousand commanders, said: "I'm afraid of him, in my opinion, I will go into the city and cut Li Tengfei, the old horseman..."

"Hehe... General Qiao, what do you think?" Zhao Qingshan just smiled when he heard Li Jin's words, and did not comment more, but asked Qiao Lanyi, who was also a thousand-commander.

"I think that rushing into the city is not conducive to the future development of our army, after killing Li Tengfei, what should we do to occupy Guanping City? In that case, we will face the slaughter of the entire southern country..."

As the only woman present, Qiao Lan did not let her eyebrows be shaved, and she was more comprehensive and thoughtful in her thinking.

Li Jin was snatched white by her like this, and his old face suddenly turned red and he couldn't speak.

Zhao Qingshan saw that Li Jin was a little angry, and said with a smile: "What General Li said is not bad, but at the moment, our army is not enough to provoke a war, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to the president to lead Wang Qiang, nodded, stroked his beard, and smiled without saying a word.

Wang Qiang looked at Zhao Qingshan and looked over, and he also understood, and hurriedly said: "General Qiao said very much, our army has not been established for a long time, and it is necessary to seek progress in stability, and we must not rush forward. Although the situation is not in our favour, it is not yet critical. ”

When the others heard this, they also nodded their heads again and again, and expressed their agreement.

"What do you think should be done, Commander?"

Li Jin saw that Wang Qiang was obedient to Zhao Qingshan, and he was not happy in his heart. He is an old man on the Black Wind Ridge, in terms of status and seniority, no one present can compare with him. But now, his prestige in the hearts of everyone in the Black Wind Ridge is declining day by day, and it is no longer as good as before.

If it weren't for the record of him leading the team to patrol the night and annihilate the Axe Hall gang last time, it wouldn't have fallen on Qiao Lanyi. Although he has always regarded Qiao Lanyi as a woman, and he is humble to her in everything, but seeing that others are infinitely beautiful, but he only has envy, where can he feel comfortable in his heart.

Zhao Qingshan didn't wait for Wang Qiang to answer Li Jin, so he said: "Now there are still men in the city who have the strength to fight, only the guards in the city, but their number is expected to be only five out of a thousand, if they really want to attack us, everyone should not be too afraid." Although they are well-armed, less than half of them are actually capable of fighting, which is just on a par with us. Whether we can win undefeated or not, we have to discuss countermeasures......"

After hearing this, the officers discussed for a while and exchanged their views.

"In fact, what deserves our attention is that there are other people, this time in Guanping City, the two things that caused a storm in the city may be Li Tengfei's deliberate frame-up, he wants to move the water eastward, and wants to use Liu Haibo's military power to attack us and others... I think that at the beginning, in order to marry the county lord of Mohu County in Cangzhou, the lord of Dinan did not hesitate to use the strength of the whole country to conquer Mohu County, and provoked the lord of Cangzhou to send troops to resist. And the general of the unified army who commanded the operation on the front line was Liu Haibo. Among the people who died in the West Garden in the west of the city, there was a young man, who happened to be the widow of this old general Liu......"

"What?"

Before Zhao Qingshan's words fell, all the officers were shocked.

As far as the current military capabilities of the Black Wind Army are concerned, how can they compete with the military power of the whole country. The mantis arm is used as a car, how can there be eggs, waiting for the army of others to press the border, the small Black Wind Army, isn't it impossible to escape.

Li Jin, who was still depressed just now, was even more surprised, and he still asked with a hint of luck: "Is Mr. Zhao's words true?"

Zhao Qingshan stroked his beard and said calmly: "The person I planted next to Li Tengfei naturally has the information that is true..."

"How's that okay?"

"How can we resist the conquest army?"

All of a sudden, all the officers were shocked, and everyone's faces were full of fear.

At this time, Du Xiaosan, who had not spoken in the field, said: "You don't have to worry too much, as far as I know, Liu Haibo has always been conservative in battle, and pursues the style of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault." After fighting with Cangzhou for a long time, he has not been able to fight for a long time, and he has not seen any signs of victory, so he must have no hope of winning. If Liu Haibo is defeated, the lord of the southern country will definitely punish him and punish him for the crime of command error. Therefore, he will not be able to come to us for trouble for a while......"

After saying this, the officers and soldiers present finally settled down with a hanging heart, and they all admired Du Xiaosan's opinions.

Wang Qiang, who was sitting in the first place, gave Du Xiaosan approving look, he said: "The situation seems critical now, but there is also a chance for us to breathe." From today onwards, the battalions need to be fully prepared to meet the challenges on all fronts. ”

"Yes," everyone in the hall said yes.

"There is another matter, our army is in a shortage of troops, and we need to recruit troops to prepare for the unexpected. If you have any good ideas, you can talk about them!" Wang Qiang finished with a smile, changing his serious expression just now.

In the entire parliament, so far, there are very few people who can really speak. Most people just listen to it, after all, their qualifications and level are limited, and if they don't speak well, they will make people laugh.

Wang Baoshan, who is a centurion, is so.

His remarks about Zhao Qingshan and Du Xiaosan were heartfelt approvals, and if he was allowed to say them, he might not be able to say half a word. Besides, those national events were strange and distant to him, and he didn't pay attention to them at all.

Just when Wang Baoshan was thinking about whether he should pay more attention to national events in the future. Wang Qiang looked at him and asked, "Big brother, I don't know what you think?"

"Brush..."

Dozens of pairs of eyes have seen it, and Wang Baoshan suddenly felt like he was on pins and needles. He usually keeps a low profile, does things in a high-profile manner, and rarely interacts with people. The officers and soldiers present were very unfamiliar with him, and they only knew his name, but not his person.

Wang Baoshan was seen by everyone as uncomfortable, and it was not good not to speak, so he said: "What the commander said is good, it is imperative that we recruit more troops." ”

"How to recruit?" Li Jin interjected when he finished speaking.

"How to recruit?" Wang Baoshan was a little caught off guard when he asked this.

"Hmph... You can't even tell you how to recruit, right! Now that our situation is unfavorable, how many people can dare to come and defect?" In Li Jin's words, he was clearly gloating, deliberately making Wang Baoshan deflated and ugly.

Because of this, it's not because he and Wang Qiang, Du Xiaosan is a sworn brother, and among the three, his ability is limited, and he can't be on the stage to be a person or do things.

There is an old saying that pinching persimmons should be picked soft, who is called Wang Baoshan has always been a soft persimmon in the eyes of others!

Seeing that Li Jin was embarrassed by Wang Baoshan, Wang Qiang hurriedly played a round game, diverted the topic, and said: "To recruit troops, others need to be voluntary." What General Li said is that the situation is unfavorable now, and those who dare to come to defect are all brothers who can work with one heart and one mind, and can advance and retreat together. ”

After speaking, he glanced at everyone, and then said: "Yesterday, when my eldest brother General Wang was patrolling the mountains, he met a person, to be precise, a mine slave. He was a hard-working man who escaped from the Li family copper mine in Gangshan Mountain, and he traveled all the way to our Black Wind Ridge, saying that he wanted us to rescue his companions... You say, 'Should we go and save them?'"

Speaking of this, the audience was silent, and no one responded.

"You should go and save them, do you remember the oath we made when we founded the army?" Wang Baoshan saw that everyone was silent, so he plucked up courage.

After hearing this, Li Jin frowned, and said loudly: "Now we are not strong enough, and we must always be on guard against Li Tengfei's blows...... We can't let our homes be violated in order to save others!"

"yes!"

"This is our home!"

"I saved others, but I hurt myself... Can this be done?"

Suddenly, among the officers present, a few people became active again, and they exchanged heads and ears for a while.

Seeing this, Wang Baoshan stood up, he unfastened the black iron bracer on his right arm and rolled up his sleeves. With an excited face, he said: "Look at me, I also have a slave seal, and I also belong to the Li family, those inhuman tribulations are eternal memories... Nobody wants to go, I'll go..."

"I'm going too..."

At a moment, Du Xiaosan also got up and rolled up his sleeves, revealing the slave mark on his right shoulder.

"Let's go too..."

Then three more centurions rolled up their sleeves and stood up. The three of them were the mining slaves who were rescued by Wang Qiang from the Li family's iron mine.

"Actually, everyone knows that I also have a slave seal..."

Wang Qiang also got up and rolled up his sleeves, he glanced at everyone, and then said, "Most of the people in the Black Wind Army also have slave seals, and they used to be mine slaves. When the army was first established, I made an oath to you to do the right thing for heaven and save the people from fire and water. Of course, I can't force you to save them without saving yourself. So it's up to you to decide whether you want to go or not..."

Zhao Qingshan saw that Li Jin and the others were silent, and said: "Those who save people save themselves, saving them is equivalent to saving ourselves, and now we are short of manpower, and it is the time when we need them..."

"I'm willing to go...", the right general Qiao Lanyi, who had always known the general situation, stood up.

The rescuer saved himself, the military advisor Zhao Qingshan and the chivalrous Qiao Lanyi both spoke, and the other people did not act, and they also expressed their willingness to save the mine slaves in the mountain.

Of course, they couldn't all go, and in the end, it was decided that Qiao Lanyi, who insisted on going, would lead the team and select people to go to Lishan Mountain to save people. In order to ensure the safety of the entire surrounding mountains of the Black Wind Ridge, the heavy responsibility of patrolling the mountain defense was temporarily entrusted to General Zuo Li Jin and others.

The personnel who went to rescue the mine slaves, Qiao Lanyi did not choose anyone else, but chose Wang Baoshan and the soldiers of his battalion. He also dispatched Luo Ying, a general of the Chinese Army's arrow battalion, to go together, perhaps because he wanted Luo Ying to give full play to his awesome archery skills!