On the fifth day of the second lunar month, the north gate of Kunyang slowly opened, and many heavily armed black tigers and county soldiers slowly walked out of the city, followed by thousands of people.

No, it wasn't the people, but the first 10,000 rebel soldiers who had just been reorganized in the Liken Army.

I saw that these subordinates of the reclamation army, under the command of their respective officers and generals, and under the supervision of thousands of black tigers and the county army, lined up on the snow outside the city.

At this time, the weather was still cold, not to mention that the subordinate soldier of the reclamation army was shivering because of the lack of winter clothes, even the black tigers and the county army rubbed their hands and stomped their feet one by one, secretly scolding the cold weather.

In front of the entire phalanx, Chen Mo, Chu Yan, Ma Gai, Wu Zhi, Ju Sheng, and Cao Wu were the mainstays, supplemented by generals Jia Shu, Qin Yu, Xu Shen, and Xu Ma, making a final warning to more than 10,000 subordinates here.

These subordinates, led by Chen Mo, warned these subordinates loudly: "...... From Kunyang to the south and east, there are now more than 100 miles of people uninhabited, let alone cities or villages occupied by rebels, and if anyone tries to escape while working outside the city, I can only say that he is killing himself. …… Honestly, after the five-year period expires, you can be released from slavery and restored to your white body. ”

After he shouted these words, Chen Mo announced the start of today's homework.

Today's task is to cut down trees, in this era when iron farm tools are still quite rare, most of the farming still relies on wooden farm tools, Zhao Yu is too lazy to collect old farm tools from the people in the city, so he is ready to rebuild, anyway, he Kunyang has not yet lifted the wartime control, the re-started workshop in the city still has relatively sufficient labor, the workshop is idle, it is better to rebuild a batch of farm tools.

Since it was necessary to rebuild a batch of agricultural tools, a large amount of wood was required, which led to today's large-scale operations.

About a moment later, a dozen cartloads of axes were brought from the city by Brotherhood militia.

At this time, Chen Mo and others also discussed, Chen Mo, Chu Yan, Ju Sheng, Jia Shu, and Qin Yu led half of the reclamation army to Zhushan in the west, and Ma Gai, Wu Zhi, Cao Wu, Xu Shen, and Xu Ma led the other half of the reclamation army to the east wing mountain in the northeast.

Under the command of the generals on both sides, some of the subordinate soldiers took their axes and followed the large group to Zhushan or East Wing Mountain.

The axe is also a sharp weapon that can kill people, so on the way to the two mountains, the atmosphere in the team is a little tense, mainly those who are in the team as the captain, even the chief, the heavily armed black tiger thieves or county guards, with a vigilant gaze to the subordinates holding the axe.

The black tiger thieves and the county soldiers who were escorting them were also vigilantly pressing their weapons to prevent any accidents.

It's no wonder, after all, the number of these subordinates far exceeds that of the Black Tiger and the county army, even if these people have been disarmed, and only a small number of people have an axe in their hands, but the absolute superiority in numbers still makes the latter two vigilant.

But in fact, the vast majority of the subordinates in the army are still very honest and peaceful, firstly, they have received Zhao Yu's promise of 'only enslavement for five years', and secondly, in the first few months, that is, during the period when Kunyang City closed the city gate for the winter, Kunyang did not treat these subordinates badly - during this period, the behavior of the people of Kunyang is not counted, even the subordinates understand that it is just the spontaneous behavior of the local people who hate them.

Of course, it is undeniable that among these subordinates, there are still many people who want to escape, but Chen Mo's warning and the punishment of a certain Zhou leader for 'sitting together' really made many people dispel the idea of trying to escape.

About an hour later, Chen Mo's team arrived at Zhushan in the west.

Under Chen Mo's order, thousands of subordinates began the operation of cutting down trees, some of them were responsible for cutting down trees, some were responsible for carrying them down from the mountain, and the last part were responsible for carrying them back to the workshop in Kunyang City. Although the efficiency is not high, in general, the subordinates are still relatively peaceful, which makes Chen Mo, Chu Yan, and Ju Sheng, who are watching from the sidelines, breathe a sigh of relief.

It's not that they're afraid of these subordinates rebelling, after all, one side has weapons and one side is bare-handed, if those subordinates really dare to rebel, the more than 1,000 black tigers in the order here are enough to kill those thousands of subordinates, the problem is that after killing all these subordinates, he Kunyang will lose his valuable labor.

Based on this, the top and bottom of Kunyang are generally very polite to the subordinates, at least they do not insult and beat them at will, which is still quite rare in contemporary times, so most of the subordinates did not think about waiting for the opportunity to rebel.

Even, there are some subordinates who are grateful to Kunyang, most of these subordinates are injured soldiers who once stepped into the ghost gate, and were rescued by Kunyang people.

One of the most obvious examples, that is, Cao Wu led the more than 2,000 soldiers after the break, at that time those people were almost all wounded, and more than half of them were seriously wounded, after the surrender, the Kunyang County Ya sent doctors to treat and bandage them, these soldiers in the rejoicing, grateful, then pushed the boat down the river, willingly fell to Kunyang, followed by Cao Wu into the second battalion of the brigade camp, so that the second battalion of the brigade battalion expanded to 3,000 people, became a force to be reckoned with in Kunyang, and the Black Tiger (the first battalion of the brigade battalion) and the Kunyang County army.

This made Chu Yan envious, and immediately thought of his 'mountain patrol', which had not yet improved.

Under Zhao Yu's planning, the Black Tiger Village has three teams: Brigade Ben, Mountain Patrol, and Village Ban, no one should think about the village ban, it must be Guo Da personally prepared to take charge, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan and others can command, it is Brigade Ben and Mountain Patrol.

And as the relationship between Chen Mo and Wang Qing and the brigade camp deepened, the mountain patrol camp was obviously going to fall on Chu Yan, but the lack of soldiers made Chu Yan feel a headache.

You must know that the mountain patrol camp is different from the brigade camp, it is a cottage army that is active in Yingshan and mainly defends the Black Tiger Village, in other words, it is difficult to attract Kunyang people to join it.

Chu Yan originally thought that he could share a part of the more than 10,000 rebel prisoners, but he didn't expect their big leader to form a subordinate army.

Hearing Chu Yan complain helplessly, Chen Mo said with a smile: "Mountain patrol, let's focus on absorbing displaced people." …… This year, I'm afraid it's a rebellion against ......" He glanced at Ju Sheng who was beside him, and changed his words: "I'm afraid that the Changsha Army will have any action." ”

It is 'politically correct' to call the righteous division who raised the army as 'rebel', after all, they are now a party of Yingchuan County, and they can't be called at will, just like Zhao Yu, who called 'rebel' in public, and only in private would he call 'righteous teacher' or 'Changsha army'.

At this moment, Chen Mo was obviously out of the purpose of taking care of Ju Sheng.

"There will definitely be action."

Nodding kindly at Chen Mo, Ju Sheng Zhengse said: "Although I don't know Guan Shuo's specific thoughts, I know that the Changsha rebels and the Jingchu rebels 'converge to Nanyang' and 'jointly attack Wang Shangde', which is a very important strategy for the rebels. …… As far as I know, in all parts of the south of the river, there is only Wang Shangde's garrison in the west, and as long as Wang Shangde is defeated, the Xinchu rebels will be able to capture Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Henan from south to north, and finally join up with other rebels in the southern capital of Liangcheng. …… If Wang Shangde's army could not be defeated, the rebels on the Jingchu side would not be able to advance north. ”

Hearing this, Chu Yan asked in surprise: "I heard that Guan Shuo has lost many troops this time, even then he has to attack Nanyang?" ”

"Yes."

Ju Sheng explained in a calm tone: "The rebels ...... It is by no means a villain, although some things are not satisfactory, but after all, it is the rebel army that is righteous to 'overthrow the tyrannical Jin', I don't know about Zhaoling, but I remember that when I was in Runan County, although the local households regarded the rebels as a flood beast at first, but later, after the rebels distributed the fields of the nobles to the locals, the locals still supported the rebels...... I suspect that Zhaoling's rebellion against the rebels won't last long, and all in all, I think Guan Shuo can rebuild an army......"

Chen Mo naturally wouldn't doubt Ju Sheng's judgment, and when he heard this, he frowned and said, "As you said, we must grasp the military spirit of the Liken Army as soon as possible......"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the soldiers of the Reclamation Army who were cutting down and moving trees.

"Hmm."

Ju Sheng nodded with a serious expression.

Facts have proved that what Chen Mo, Chu Yan, and Ju Sheng have considered, Zhao Yu has also considered.

No, around dusk that night, when thousands of soldiers of the Reclamation Army dragged their tired and hungry bodies back to Kunyang City, the Brotherhood militia in the city had already prepared a meal.

The servants were pleasantly surprised to find that today's ration was no longer the hard-to-swallow salted rice balls, but rather a meal that they thought was quite delicious.

I saw that in a grain place, a militiaman finished serving rice in a wooden bowl with a spoon, and then scooped a spoonful of meat-scented 'thick juice' from another wooden barrel and poured it on.

"What is this?"

A subordinate with a wooden bowl asked in surprise.

"Rice."

The militiaman in charge of the meal replied with a blank face.

Maybe seeing that the other party's attitude was not very friendly, the subordinate didn't dare to ask more, held the wooden bowl with both hands, grabbed two chopsticks from the table, put his mouth on the edge of the bowl and couldn't wait to pick up two bites, and chewed him tentatively, only to see his eyes light up, and he actually stood in place and devoured it.

Seeing this scene, the subordinates who were still queuing next to them swallowed their saliva and couldn't help but ask.

"Is it delicious?"

"Nonsense...... Look at this guy can't wait to swallow the bowl, can it be bad? ”

"It's great that I finally don't have to eat those rice balls anymore...... Although I know that Kunyang also eats that, I still have to say that that kind of rice ball mixed with salt is really unpalatable......"

Just when the subordinates were discussing, a militiaman of the Brotherhood with a yellow scarf on his head shouted loudly: "Captain Zhou is sympathetic to your hard work today, and specially instructed the food prepared in the city, as long as you wait for An'an and work hard every day, I Kunyang will never treat you badly in terms ......of food."

"Oh-"

The morale of many tired subordinates was high and their expressions were excited.

Glancing at those excited subordinates, Qin Wei snorted coldly with an expressionless face.

He knew very well that it was just Kunyang wanting to buy and entrap them with a small favor.