Around the end of the night, Yang Ding took Wei Chi and Wang Yan, and under the send-off of Zhao Yu personally with Liu Bi, Li Xu, Ma Gai and others, they left Kunyang County and returned to Ye County.

Yang Ding took away 2,000 of them, and the other 3,000 Nanyang soldiers, Wang Yan entrusted them to the general Sun Xiu and ordered them to stay in Kunyang temporarily.

Yang ordered these 3,000 Nanyang soldiers to stay in Kunyang, although Zhao Yu also understood that the former may not be completely out of good intentions, but it is undeniable that these 3,000 Nanyang soldiers greatly increased Zhao Yu's confidence in holding Kunyang.

But having said that, Zhao Yu privately instructed Chen Mo and Ma Gai: "Although these three thousand Nanyang troops are temporarily stationed in my Kunyang, in the final analysis, they are not our people after all, and my Kunyang still stepped up the recruitment of new soldiers, and while the rebel army has not yet made a comeback, step up the training of the county army and the Black Tiger ......"

"Understood." Chen Mo and Ma Gai nodded thoughtfully.

The next day, that is, on July 23, early in the morning, Zhao Yu came to the county office, where he convened everyone and held a meeting on the current situation.

The people gathered today can be roughly divided into three types of people, that is, the county government belonging to Liu Bi, Li Xu, Ma Gai, Shi Yuan, Chen Gui and others, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Liu Tu and other Black Tiger Villages, and the brotherhood headed by Chen Cai, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong.

Probably because they got run-in in yesterday's battle to defend the city, the head catchers of the county government such as Ishihara and Chen Gui did not quarrel with the black tiger thieves such as Wang Qing and Liu Tu as they did last time, and even when he saw the other party, Ishihara nodded and said hello.

Obviously, as a result of witnessing the Black Tiger Thieves fighting on the city walls yesterday, Ishihara also changed his attitude towards the Black Tiger Thieves slightly, at least when the threat of the rebel army has not been lifted, Ishihara and Chen Gui acquiesced to the Black Tiger Thieves as a reliable 'ally'.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Yu, who was sitting on the main seat, raised a bamboo book in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, we fought hard to hold the county seat and repelled the offensive of the rebel army...... According to the general statistics after the war, the casualties of our Black Tigers in this battle were nearly 700, the county army suffered more than 1,200 casualties, and the brothers of the Brotherhood suffered particularly heavy losses, with more than 3,500 casualties...... The total number of casualties, more than five thousand, was no better than the rebel army as the besieging side. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the room showed varying degrees of consternation, probably not expecting that the cost of yesterday's battle would be so great.

Glancing at everyone's expressions, Zhao Yu continued: "Although the price is heavy, this battle is enough to prove that the rebel army is not invincible, as long as we are fully prepared. …… According to the report of the scouts dispatched, the rebel army that attacked my Kunyang yesterday has now retreated to the south bank of the Shahe River, where it has set up camp...... Therefore, at the moment, we need to restore the garrison of our Kunyang as soon as possible, whether it is the Black Tigers, the county army, including the Brotherhood, we must step up training, and we must train a group of usable soldiers before the rebels attack on a large scale. ”

Everyone in the room nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu continued: "Okay, I'll assign a task. …… Liu Gong. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bi, the county magistrate, probably didn't expect Zhao Yu to be the first to name him, and he couldn't react for a while, so he was stunned for a few breaths before he arched his hand and said, "Leader Zhou, please speak." ”

Out of respect for the purpose of respecting the county government, Zhao Yu said euphemistically: "Yesterday, there were many casualties in the city, especially the brothers of the brotherhood, although they were temporarily covered up by our victory, but I think the people in the city will still panic because of this, I hope that Liu Gong will come forward on behalf of the county government to appease the people, criticize the evil deeds of the rebel army and the green forest thieves, so that the people in the city can work together with us." ”

"I see."

Liu Bi nodded, quite satisfied with the task assigned by Zhao Yu.

After all, the task assigned to him by Zhao Yu was not too hard, but it could greatly increase his prestige and reputation as a county magistrate.

"Li Xiancheng." Zhao Yu turned his head to Li Xu.

"Leader Zhou." Li Xu arched his hand.

"I'm afraid the responsibility on Li Xiancheng's shoulders will be a little harder...... For the county soldiers and fraternity members who died in the battle yesterday, I hope that Li Xiancheng will come forward to pay tribute on behalf of the county government. You can allocate some money and food from the county treasury, or you can discuss with Chen Cai to arrange for his family to be in a workshop in the city, and give them a stable and subsistence job, so as not to make people feel cold. ”

"Yes, indeed." Li Xu nodded with a serious expression.

Subsequently, Zhao Yu assigned tasks to Chen Mo, Ma Gai, Chen Cai and others, in general, it was nothing more than to recruit new soldiers as soon as possible, drill soldiers, and train a group of guards who could hold the city in the shortest possible time.

However, before the Black Tiger Crowd, the county army, and the Brotherhood recruited new soldiers, Zhao Yu also instructed them to do one thing, that is, to clean up yesterday's battlefield and collect loot.

It turned out that yesterday, because Yang Ding, the county commander of Yexian County, suddenly arrived with 5,000 Nanyang soldiers, the rebel army attacking Kunyang had no time to take away many corpses in a hurry, and naturally, there was no chance to take away the weapons and equipment of the sacrificed soldiers.

Even if the 4,000 puppet thieves who died in the siege yesterday were of little value, there were almost 3,000 corpses of rebel soldiers outside the city—these rebel soldiers, they were regular soldiers with full armor.

Kunyang is currently short of weapons and armor, and it is just right to make up for the lack with the weapons and armor of these rebel soldiers.

The reason why Zhao Yu let the Black Tiger Thief, the county army, and the Brotherhood go out of the city to clean up the battlefield together is nothing more than to 'reward' these three parties.

Around the end of the day, the south and west gates of Kunyang were opened, and the black tiger thieves, the county army, and the members of the brotherhood went out of the city one after another to the outside of the city, and collected the weapons and armor left by the enemy outside the city.

It was a pleasure to clean up the battlefield as the victorious side, because no one knew what good things were hidden on those corpses, especially those of the rebel soldiers, who attacked all the way from Jiangxia County to Yingchuan County, and it was not difficult to guess that in addition to weapons and armor, there must be something valuable hidden on their bodies.

No, a black tiger thief quickly took out a cloth bag from the armor of a rebel corpse, shook it open, and saw that among the several pieces of jewelry inside, there was actually a gold bracelet.

"Wow!"

The black tiger thief, who still had a blood-stained cloth wrapped around his arm, immediately ignored the injuries on his body and danced and cheered, attracting the sideways glances of everyone on the side.

Or someone is so envious that they secretly spit on themselves: Phew! What dog luck!

But there are also those who turn a blind eye to this, for example, not far from Xu Bai, a black tiger thief glanced at the companion who was dancing with siblings, and said coldly with an inexplicable expression: "What do you want that thing to do?" Who knows if there will be a life tomorrow? ”

“……”

Xu Bai turned his head in surprise and recognized that the black tiger thief who said frustrating words was his companion who went to the Black Tiger Village at the same time, Hao Shun.

At that time, not only Xu Bai looked at Hao Shun, but the rest of the black tiger thieves nearby also turned their heads to look at the latter, and a few of them frowned unhappily.

I don't know if these eyes stimulated Hao Shun, he shouted loudly: "Isn't it right? What are we? We're bandits! Shouldn't the bandit be the king and hegemon in the mountains? Then what rebel army wants to fight Kunyang County, what does this have to do with us? The officers and soldiers of Kunyang also participated in the encirclement and suppression of my Black Tiger Village, I really don't understand, why do we have to join forces with those county guards to guard this damn Kunyang County! ”

He shouted so loudly that many black tiger thieves nearby heard his words.

After hearing Hao Shun's words, most of the black tiger thieves stopped scraping the corpses on the ground, stood up, and looked at each other with an inexplicable look.

It can be seen that they are also quite confused about this.

In the distance, some members of the county army and the Brotherhood also noticed the strange atmosphere inside the black tiger thief, and looked around one by one, not knowing what was happening.

At this moment, a black tiger thief also found a silver bracelet from the corpse of the rebels, stood up with relief and excitement, wiped the blood stains on the bracelet with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "This can be given to my mother-in-law......"

"Bao Xin ......"

Hao Shun subconsciously aimed his gaze at him, and there was a faint hint of anger on his face.

"Shouldn't you call me senior? Brat. ”

Taking the bracelet into his arms, Bao Xin stared at Hao Shun inexplicably.

Hao Shun opened his mouth with a bit of gloom, as if he wanted to scold, but in the end, he swallowed the words he wanted to scold back into his stomach.

The reason is very simple, the rules of Black Tiger Village are strict, and they attach great importance to seniority, qualifications, and positions.

Don't look at this Bao Xin has not been mixed with a small boss in the cottage so far, even at the moment when the number of people in the Black Tiger Village is greatly expanded, there is only one tun chief, only one level higher than Xu Bai, Hao Shun and others, but he is an old man in the Yang Tong period, and he is also Yang Tong's subordinate.

Seeing that Hao Shun showed a look of disgrief, but did not dare to scold, Bao Xin smiled, and immediately looked around at the black tiger thieves with confused faces, and said with a smile: "In recent years, there have been many new brothers in the village, all of them are young and vigorous, which makes me feel that I am old...... When people are old, they want to have a stable home. I still remember when the big leader took over the position of the lord of the big village, oh, most of the brothers probably don't know, the big leader is very young, but he is very capable. …… The Great Leader promised us that he would gradually change the status quo so that we, the murderers who had been abandoned by the world, could have a better home, but I always had doubts about this, could we really turn back? Now I believe, because the great chief did. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Hao Shun, and said: "Kunyang, it is the destination arranged by the big leader for us people, I am almost tired of this kind of day of fighting, killing and killing, and when this matter is over, I will move to Kunyang with the one I robbed back then, and we have discussed it, and plan to open a small shop......"

As he spoke, he hung the two leather armor on his body, packed up a few spears, clamped them under his ribs, and slowly walked towards Hao Shun, when passing by the latter, he reached out and patted the latter's arm, and said with a smile: "Wait until one day, when your kid is tired of this kind of day of fighting and killing, you might as well come to my shop and take care of my business." …… For this reason, we must guard Kunyang County. ”

“……”

Hao Shun opened his mouth, but he stopped talking, and finally, he watched Bao Xin walk away blankly.

After a while, the resentment on Hao Shun's face gradually faded, and was replaced by a somewhat complicated look.

"This old boy took the opportunity to take two or three shares of the spoils......"

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