Digging wells was originally what the diggers were best at, but at this time, the diggers were still on their way, and the water could not quench their thirst. Li Xiaofei ordered the bow and crossbow battalion and the dead battalion to be on guard in the big camp, and the White Horse battalion and the spear battalion all went to dig the muddy pond.

More than 1,000 people dug a few muddy ponds, and in one day's work, they dug out six large ponds, and the big blue heads of the dug up silt were all carried back by the villagers and piled up in the fields.

After a night, the water in the six large ponds gradually cleared, and some villagers came to fetch water, but they were stopped by the soldiers sent by Lan Datou.

On this day, more than 1,000 people followed Lan Datou's instructions to find fine sand and stones and pour them into the ponds, and dug out four more small ponds around the six ponds, and Yuan Xin led the villagers to dig a three-foot-deep ditch to connect these ponds.

By the afternoon of the third day, the 30 large and small ponds had been connected, Lan Datou and Yuan Xin respectively led people to throw alum into the ponds, and instructed the villagers to take water from the small ponds after spending the night, and the water in the ditch had covered most of the fields in the six villages, and the water in the ditch only needed to take water from the ditch to water the crops.

The White Horse Battalion and the Lance Battalion lined up on the edge of the pond in the east of Songjia Village to prepare to return to the camp, and the villagers who came from all over the country knelt down to thank Lan Datou and the more than 1,000 soldiers, and also brought their own chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and sheep to give to the soldiers.

Chen Jingyi politely refused the villagers' reward, but Song Agui did not follow, "I know that your army has abundant materials and looks down on these local specialties, but this is our intention, and please accept it from the general, otherwise you will look down on us!" ”

Chen Jingyi was a little embarrassed, and Deng Liang immediately asked Song Agui, "Senior, it's not that General Chen doesn't accept it, it's that the things you sent are wrong!" ”

Chen Jingyi immediately tugged at Deng Liang's clothes when he heard this, but Deng Liang continued, "Senior, on such a good day, you don't send wine to drink a few glasses, but send some brutes, haha, hurry up and serve wine!" ”

Song Agui and the villagers were embarrassed, the wine that could be taken out in six villages was probably less than a hundred catties, but there were more than a thousand soldiers here.

Chen Jingyi couldn't help it, "Lao Deng, aren't you fooling around, there is not much food, where can you get so much wine to drink with us, forget it, old-timers, we have received your wishes, and we will drink this wine when we return victorious!" ”

As he spoke, Chen Jingyi was about to leave, Deng Liang laughed, "You are just too serious, senior, you take a jar of wine and pour it into this pond, let's each take a sip of the wine in this pond, isn't it!" ”

"This, this poured in, how can it still smell of wine?" Song Agui was a little puzzled

"Haha, old-timer, drinking is that friendship, drinking is that meaning, meaning it, the water is also intoxicating!" Deng Liang said as he went to pick up the water.

As soon as he finished saying this, Song Agui gave a thumbs up, "High!" The old man is served! Well, today we will drink the most beautiful and fragrant wine in the world with your great kindness! ”

This time, the wine was gone, and everyone picked up the water from the pond in turn and carefully held it in front of each other to salute each other.

Thousands of people drank the "fine wine" in their hands, and the villagers wanted to kneel down to thank them, Chen Jingyi hurriedly stopped "We are fighting everywhere, so that you no longer kneel down easily, so that you can stand up!" Many of you have joined us, and we are a family! Everyone is a family! ”

"Dear! Close relatives! Family! Family! ”

The crowd was full of tears, and the soldiers were also in tears, hugging together and then dispersed.

The flowers bloomed two and each showed a branch, and Liu Mingge lowered dozens of routs, and suddenly had the intention of co-opting them.

Anyway, there is already a big chaos in Shuzhong, so it is better to keep Liu Jian incognito and occupy the mountain as the king to lay a piece of territory in Shuzhong.

However, the details of these people are not very clear, and Liu Mingge and all of them have used their own means to interrogate dozens of defeated soldiers.

After confirming that these people were just ordinary routs, Liu Mingge stuck his long sword on the ground, "Forget it, the mountain people will not die around you today, but you have to follow us and listen to us!" Bring the elixir and give it to them! ”

Qing Yise immediately took out a bottle from his arms, approached the defeated army, and swallowed a red pill for the defeated army one by one, and after seeing the power of Liu Mingge's swordsmanship, everyone did not dare to resist.

Even the leader who kept talking had to be the first to take the pill and close his eyes.

"Fool, this pill will not work immediately, before today next year, you will have to take the antidote to you by the people of Benshan! If there is no antidote, the whole body will ulcerate and die! ”

"I've seen a lot of this kind of trick, these pills have no medicinal effect, I said, why do you, an old Taoist, always think that others are stupider than you?" The leader began to speak again

"I said you, why do you always say one sentence and you have to say one sentence? Look at your belly for yourself before you speak! ”

The leader lifted his shirt and saw that a blue pattern resembling a spider's web appeared on his stomach, so he was shocked, "You old Taoist, have you tricked us?" ”

"It's not a Gu, where can I give you a Gu? This is the exclusive secret medicine of the people of Benshan combined with the Miao Jiang Gu technique! ”

Fifty-four defeated troops immediately lowered their heads and did not speak, this old Taoist priest is too ruthless, it seems that he is really a master in the people, a fortune teller has superb swordsmanship and can use Gu arts, only admit it.

Liu Mingge gave Liu Jian a look, and Liu Jian knew that it was time for him to play, so he took out a handful of gold beads from the box behind Qin Zhong and stepped forward.

"From today on, you are my soldiers, and I don't like to let people work in vain! I'll give you the money first!" ”

As soon as they heard that there was a salary, the eyes of the fifty-four defeated soldiers lit up. There has been no money for several months, and these soldiers have long wanted to slip away, they used to have a good industry and a military camp, but they had to rebel, and now the generals are dead, and the brothers are attacking each other, and they have all become lost dogs.

Seeing that the effect of Qian Eye Opening was amazing, fifty-four people immediately knelt down and thanked them a thousand times.

Liu Jian personally sent the gold beads to them, "Where are you all from, there are still relatives at home!" Fight with me, and if you die, you can't do anything wrong to your family! ”

Originally, the original Chen Jiajun was treated in the same way, but later when it was expanded to the 24th battalion, the generals and captains gradually paid attention to their own industries, and their compassion for the soldiers became less and less, so that they couldn't even pay their salaries after entering Shuzhong. This is also the reason why Chen Kuan was able to deceive the generals of the 24th battalion with gold and silver rewards, because there was no money, and if there was no more money, all battalions would be dispersed.

Fifty-four people were stunned for a moment, and the leader spoke first, "My name is Qi Yunfeng, a native of Huainan, my family has long since died, and I have no home!" These brothers were captured from all over the army."

"Okay, I remember you, Qi Yunfeng, you can be the commander! Everyone else is talking about their names and their families! Liu Jian said unhurriedly

The remaining fifty-three people reported their names and origins one by one, most of them were similar to Qi Yunfeng, only ten of them were from Wuchang, and their families were still there.

Liu Jian asked these ten people to come out of the ranks: "You can take this gold bead and go back to Wuchang together!"

Remember, don't do anything that hurts the sky! ”

These ten people refused to leave, and they all looked at Liu Mingge in unison, and Liu Mingge took out a gourd from his arms, "Do you want an antidote?" I haven't even gone to refine yet, within a year, I'm afraid we won't be able to beat Wuchang, you better stay first, and after the people of Benshan have a place to refine the pill, I will refine the antidote for you, and then let you go back! ”

Qi Yunfeng spoke, "Forget it, let's stay, the soldiers are in chaos, there are still thousands of miles to Wuchang, it is difficult to say whether you can get to Wuchang, it is better to follow this great immortal and this good man, with them, at least there is a backer!" ”

With these fifty-four people, Liu Jian and Liu Mingge were ready to seize Jiangyang City, which was the closest to them, and the group fled for dozens of days day and night, and stopped thirty miles away from Jiangyang City.

They all went into the city to inquire and came back, and shook their heads, "Jiangyang City has been occupied, and there are no less than 2,000 soldiers and horses in the city, no matter how powerful we are, we can't take this Jiangyang City!" ”

"If we can't occupy Jiangyang City, let's lie dormant outside this city first, there is chaos in Shuzhong, Jiangyang City is the place where the four rivers meet, and someone is indispensable to make up their minds! We'll still have a chance then! Liu Mingge comforted Liu Jianlai

Liu Jian gritted his teeth: "It's a big deal, if we fall into the grass on the nearby mountain, I don't believe it, we can't even get a city!" ”

Seeing that the emperor was about to fall into the grass, Xiao Qian and the two women couldn't help but shed tears, at this time Liu Mingge patted his head, "We still have soldiers and horses, we have taken the wrong path in the past few months!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and Liu Mingge continued, "When I first came out, I asked Black Pearl to take a boat to gather the fleet, we still have a fleet, we should go east to join the fleet!" ”

Qin Zhong smiled, "It's not Mr. Liu's problem, in fact, at that time, everyone thought that there was still a place in Yizhou to live in, so they went west!" But now I've been out for thousands of miles, and I don't know what the situation is going to be over there when I go back! ”

"Okay, there is a free view outside Jiangyang City, I think the master of the view is probably also a person in the sword tower, Mr. Liu will try it!" All of them remembered that there was a free temple in the east of the city, and the viewer recited at the door every day, "One gas and three clear, please go to the incense!" ”

Liu Mingge immediately put on his long sword and went to this leisurely view, and met the master of this view, the master of the watch was not in shape, and there was a wine gourd hanging on his body at any time.

As soon as Liu Mingge arrived, the viewer was the one who gasified the three clear incense and please, Liu Mingge said a few codes, and the viewer answered randomly, and none of them were right.

It turned out that this master was not a person in the sword tower, but admired Zhuangzi, a great sage, and built this Taoist temple at his own expense, waiting for a master to come in the Taoist temple all day long. Guan Zhu's surname is Zhang, his name is Xiaoyao, Jiangyang City calls him Zhang Crazy, and often makes fun of him.

Although he was not a person in the Sword Tower, he was also a cultivator, so Liu Mingge went in and discussed the Tao with him.

"Master Zhang Guan is really not an ordinary person, you have a lot of potential for cultivation! This Huayang Sword Recipe will be given to you! This sword technique is both a sword technique and a cult classic, you have to be good at life and enlightenment! ”

Zhang Xiaoyao was very excited to take the sword trick, and shouted outside the door, "I've finally waited for the master!" The master has pointed me out! ”

Liu Mingge patted his head, "I'm not a master, I'm a sword maniac Liu Mingge, is there only a Taoist temple in Jiangyang City?" ”

Zhang Xiaoyao hurriedly raised his fingers and counted, "One, two, three, four, five, well, together there are eight, plus me here are nine!" ”

Liu Mingge immediately went out, "Practice your sword well!" Cultivate the Tao well! ”