Song Jiang and Wen Huanzhang didn't know what Wu Song meant for a while, so they didn't answer, just looked at Wu Song.

Wu Song said: "I'm a rough man, but I've also been reading some books on the art of war recently. The Art of War says: Go to the army and strategize. It can be seen that for an army, it is extremely important to have excellent staff officers. Although the soldiers of the new forbidden army have strong individual quality and good discipline, what is currently lacking is a strategist who is proficient in the art of war, so I said that it may be vulnerable! ”

Song Jiang immediately understood what Wu Song meant, and hurriedly answered: "The general's words are wrong. Just because the general himself is both civil and military, proficient in the art of war and strategy, the commander of the new forbidden army will definitely be invincible. However, the general said that it was indeed reasonable to go to the army to fight and plot. For an army, the more strategic talents it has to contact, the better. Mr. Wen Huanzhang is such an outstanding talent! ”

Wu Song said: "Yes, I have heard of Mr. Wen's name a long time ago. If Mr. Wen is willing to come to help in my new forbidden army, then the post of chief of staff must be Mr. Wen, and Wu Song will definitely listen to Mr. Wen's opinions sooner or later. If the new forbidden army can have Mr. Wen as a staff officer, it will definitely be like a tiger with wings, not to mention the extermination of the little Liangshan bandits, that is, to defend the country and defend the border in the future, expand the territory and open up the territory, it is not a problem! ”

Wu Song deliberately said the eight words of defending the border of the country and expanding the territory, just to show Wen Huanzhang the broad prospects of the new forbidden army in the future and stimulate Wen Huanzhang's inner ambition.

After all, although Wen Huanzhang is a famous person in the capital, his career is not smooth, and his talent has nowhere to show.

Wen Huanzhang is very smart and proficient in the art of war and strategy, but unlike ordinary literati, he is honest and frank and does not pretend to be forced. Therefore, sometimes what you think in your heart, you don't hide it. Hearing Wu Song's words, his eyes moved, obviously touched.

Wu Song struck while the iron was hot and expressed his desire to hire Wen Huanzhang as the chief of staff of the new forbidden army. Song Jiang also persuaded on the side. Wen Huanzhang himself had the intention of leaving the capital, finding another way out, and showing his arms, and he was not coy at this time, and finally agreed happily.

Wu Song was very happy. He was telling the truth, at this time, the soldiers of the new forbidden army were well-trained, the generals were also very competent, and Zhou Bangyan had joined with a group of talented literati, so it was no longer a problem to engage in propaganda warfare and public opinion warfare. However, what is lacking is a high-level staff officer who really understands the art of war and strategy.

At this time, Wu Song, in addition to practicing the "Dharma Heart Sutra", is familiar with the "Situ Testament", and his ability to strategize and scheming is improving. However, "Situ's Testament" focuses on the grand strategy of the military state, and is a book of political strategy rather than a book of strategy in the strict sense of the art of war.

At this time, Wu Song has obtained two of the three legendary books in the world: "Dharma Heart Sutra", "Situ Testament" and "Xuannu Heavenly Book", but only "Xuannu Heavenly Book" is a real book of military strategy. In the Water Margin story of his previous life, Song Jiang got three volumes of "Xuannu Heavenly Book".

Now, where are these three volumes of "Xuannu Heavenly Book", whether they will be obtained by Song Jiang, or whether they may be won by Wu Song, it is still unknown.

Even if there is "Xuannu Tianshu", which can make Wu Song's own military strategy continue to improve, Wu Song urgently needs to recruit senior military staff talents. After all, an army cannot be limited to the commander-in-chief. Therefore, Wen Huanzhang's willingness to join the new forbidden army really happened to make up for the lack of the new forbidden army.

Song Jiang has a nickname on the rivers and lakes called "timely rain". He is now introducing Wen Huanzhang to the new forbidden army and sending a senior staff officer to the new forbidden army, which is really a bit of a "timely rain" flavor.

Unexpectedly, there is more "rain" in this "timely rain".

Seeing that Wu Song attached so much importance to Wen Huanzhang, Song Jiang was also very happy. First, this shows that he has face, and the talents he recommended are reused by Wu Song. Second, it also shows that Wu Song is indeed a general who is good at appreciating talents, broad-minded, and extraordinary, such generals are very scarce in the Great Song Dynasty now, and they will definitely stand out in the future. Song Jiang made in-depth friends with Wu Song in advance, and this move was right.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to tell Wu Song about the other seven people. But he handed Wu Song a piece of paper with the names of seven people written on it.

Which seven people? Wu Song opened it and took a look, only to see that Song Jiang wrote: Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Song Qing.

As a traverser, although many memories of his previous life have been blurred, Wu Song naturally has an impression of these seven people.

However, he still didn't say anything, and listened to Song Jiang's introduction.

Song Jiang explained one by one: "General Wu Rong Yu, it is not Song Jiang who hides his personal interests, and deliberately recommends his hometown relatives and friends. It's really these seven people, all of whom are heroes that Song Jiang really knows. There is a way to be virtuous and not avoid relatives, and allow Song Jiang to come together as a general. These seven people are all from Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, Shandong, and the first Chao Gai is Baozheng of Dongxi Village, the rich man of his hometown. He has excellent martial arts, outstanding martial arts, righteousness and wealth in his life, righteousness and thin clouds, loves to make friends with heroes in the world, is famous in the rivers and lakes, and is known as the king of Tota. ”

He also pointed to Wu Yong's name and said: "This person is full of economy, proficient in Wentao and martial arts, resourceful, often compared himself with Zhuge Liang, and his road name is 'Mr. Jialiang', known as 'Zhi Duoxing'." Glancing at Wen Huanzhang next to him, he saw that Wen Huanzhang's expression was indifferent, and he was not unhappy because of this, but Song Jiang still said: "It may be worse than Mr. Wen, but with Song Jiang's understanding, this person can be called an outstanding strategic talent!" ”

Wu Song actually had an inner evaluation of these seven people, but at this time, he just listened to Song Jiang and was noncommittal. Wu Song then introduced the rest of the people one by one: Zhu Tong, born with a red face and a long beard, resembles Guan Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and is known as the beautiful bearded prince. He was originally from a wealthy family, squandering wealth and righteousness, with excellent martial arts, and served as the head of the patrol cavalry in the county; Thunder horizontal, brawn strength, can jump over two or three zhang wide mountain stream, known as the winged tiger. He was originally a blacksmith, in his early years, he opened a mill, killed cattle and gambled, and later served as the head of the patrol infantry in the county, and Zhu Tong, the head of the horsemen, was in charge of capturing thieves; The three Ruan brothers, all loyal and brave, chivalrous and courageous, especially proficient in water, if they march on the water to fight, these three can be called outstanding generals.

As for that Song Qing, Song Jiang did not shy away from it, and said: "This person is Song Jiang's younger brother, and in terms of martial arts and talents, he is much worse than the above-mentioned people, but he is also practical and reliable, so Song Jiang recommends it as well." Among these seven people, Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng and other four people are all close friends of Song Jiang, and they are like brothers. I took the liberty of recommending it to the general, one is to ask the general to forgive Song Jiang for the crime of not being able to serve under his command for the time being, the second is that Song Jiang thinks that the seven people can add help to the new forbidden army, and the third is more selfish, hoping that the general will take these seven people in and give them a chance to make a life and make meritorious contributions, so that they can win fame and glory their ancestors in the future! ”

Wu Song laughed and said, "Okay! Since it was recommended by Song Abshi, I welcome all seven of these people! ”