Not long after the cultural and economic group of Baishatuo was organized, Chen Zhankui, the head of the group, did not plan to come, but he heard that his rival Chen Tianru had brought it, and he was worried that Chen Tianru would climb the high branch of Master Han and soar to the sky like Pan Changsheng of Zoumagang, so he also took nine brothers into the city to donate enough silver that had not been donated before, recruited forty soldiers with official documents, and came with Long Yin after receiving weapons, travel expenses and dry food.

The road here is very lively, there are Jiangbei, Bishan, Jiangjin and other counties to Qijiang to prevent blockage, most of the banners have never heard of before, there are to the Sichuan-Guizhou border to transport ordnance and food, there are officials who pass official documents from the south to the north, not only are they not lonely and they don't even need to ask for directions, they just go forward along the official road.

It was already evening when I arrived at Anwen, and hundreds of people rushed in at once, thinking that they would not be able to find the inn, but I didn't expect that Master Han had already asked the gentry in the town to arrange it, as long as they showed their official documents and rosters, they would have a place to live, although they were crowded but not sleeping on the streets, they stayed in the town for one night, and set off with other groups early the next morning.

After walking for more than an hour, my eyes suddenly opened up.

I saw that under a huge boundary monument, there were thousands of people busy. Some are digging trenches, some are building fences, and you can even faintly see people cutting down trees.

There is a temple not far from the boundary monument, in front of the temple there is a three or four zhang high Diao Dou mast, on the mast hangs a big banner of "Qin Ci Segu Batulu Reward Dai from the top of the four products and the title of prefect is ordered to assist in the regimental training of various prefectures and counties of Chongqing Prefecture", and the regimental flags of each regiment are planted on both sides of the Diao Dou mast.

In front of the temple gate is a gentle slope, the field under the slope has been leveled out, turned into a school field, dozens of drums are erected on both sides of the school field, six or seven military attaches wearing iron helmets and cotton armor are holding waist knives, guarding on both sides of the temple mountain gate.

Chen Zhankui realized that the regimental flag of the Wenjing Troupe was also going to be inserted there, and just took out the official documents and the roster of the Wenjing Troupe from the package, a scholar greeted him and asked: "Where are you from, who is the supervisor and who is the regimental?" ”

"We are from Ba County, I am Tuanzheng, and the prison is not here." Chen Zhankui subconsciously pointed to the regimental flag held by his cousin: "Ba County Cultural and Economic Troupe!" ”

"The Wenjing Troupe is," the scholar flipped through the roster of each regiment sent by the main hall of Ba County, confirmed that there was a Wenjing Troupe in Ba County, looked up and smiled: "I found it, your surname is Chen, your name is Chen Zhankui, right, first bring the official documents, the regimental roster, the regimental flag and gongs and drums to report to the school, and others will wait here." ”

"What about us, this brother, we are also from Ba County, Ba County Longyin Regiment!"

"The Bishan Manjushri Regiment is here."

……

"What's the hurry, come one by one!"

The scholar glared at them, and everyone didn't dare to squeak anymore, so they simply sat on both sides of the official road and rested first. Chen Zhankui called two brothers, carrying the regimental flag and carrying the big drum, and trotted to the school field.

I thought I could see Master Han, but I found that there were a few cases under the row of drums on the left, and Chen Tianru's turtle son was actually sitting behind the case like a dog to help another group register for registration. The bitter enemy who hated him to the core, Chen Zhankui would not go to Chen Tianru when he was killed, and pretended not to see it and went to another person to help him.

"Brother, your surname."

"Your surname is Zhang, hey, you are from Ba County, Ba County is over there, and I am Bishan here."

"They all defected to Master Han, and they all served under Master Han, and they all did the same wherever they worked!"

"What's going on, the counties are in charge of the counties, I'm here in Bishan, do you see it, all the regiments registered just now are Bishan."

Chen Zhankui really had no choice but to walk to the public case of his rival, Chen Tianru didn't expect him to come, and asked coldly as if he didn't know: "What's your surname, do you have any documents and a roster?" ”

Chen Zhankui couldn't wait to kick the public case over, but thinking that Master Han was likely to be in the temple on the slope, and thinking that there were several officials and soldiers standing on the slope, he could only submit the official documents and the roster, and said through gritted teeth: "What is the surname, your turtle son will not look at it himself!" ”

"What are you talking about, who is the turtle son?"

"Whoever promises is the son of the turtle, don't think that I am afraid of you if you sit here like a dog, I am afraid of you with a hammer!"

"Chen Zhankui, are you looking for a fight!" Chen Tianru slammed the case.

"It's not like I haven't fought before!"

The chief supervisor of several regiments next to him realized that they might have a feud, and hurriedly stood up and pulled the two of them back, and the supervisor just now smiled and said: "Brother Chen, blame me and blame me, and it's the same if you register with me, come on, come on!" ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier," Chen Zhankui turned his head and glared at Chen Tianru, picked up the official document and the roster and came to Bishan's side again.

After reading the official document, Zhang Jian Zheng opened the roster of Tuanyong, picked up the pen and asked: "Brother Chen, how many young people have you recruited in Ba County, and how many people have you brought in total?" ”

"Forty were recruited in Ba County, and nine brothers were brought from their hometowns, including me, a total of fifty."

Zhang Jianzheng secretly thought that the people of Ba County were rich, and took out a charter stamped with the prefect's seal: "Brother Chen, when you get here, you have to abide by the rules here, and if you don't have the rules, you won't be in a circle." According to the regulations of the Futai people, your Wenjing group, including you, only has the food and salary of forty-two people, and there are no extra people. ”

"I know, I knew it when I was in Ba County."

"But what do the extra people eat and drink, and where do they stay at night, you can't let them go their own way and stay somewhere else at night."

"What then?" Chen Zhankui asked subconsciously.

"It's still the same sentence, when you get here, you have to abide by Master Han's rules, there are nine more people in your cultural and economic group, and I bother you to hand over the food and salary of these nine people for a year first, and then distribute it uniformly when the time comes. Twenty-four taels per person per year, and two hundred and sixteen taels for nine people, not only your literary and scripture group, but also other groups. ”

"Do you have to pay it?"

"It's okay if you don't pay it, you can send back the people you brought from your hometown, but you can't be dismissed if you recruit later."

"Why can you only be dismissed from your hometown?"

"Because they at least have a home, at least a place to go, and if those recruited later are dismissed, where do you let them go, in case there is no place to fall into the grass for Kou."

Thinking that other groups were like this, Chen Zhankui could only take out two silver tickets of one hundred taels from his arms, and then took out a silver ingot, pretending to be casual and said: "Okay, two hundred and sixteen taels is two hundred and ten taels, and there is no need to look for the extra." ”

"What you should look for is still to be found, I have scattered silver and money here, Brother Chen wants silver or money."

"Money."

"Okay."

Zhang Jiansheng leaned over and opened the cash box, took out a few strings of money and put them on the table, then looked at the slope and said: "The regimental flag is planted there, the drum stand is on the opposite side, and the roster will be presented to Master Wu later, you go over there to find Master Pan first, and Master Pan will arrange errands for your cultural and economic group." ”

"Which Master Pan?"

"You Ba County's Pan Changsheng Master Pan."

"Thanks, I'll go."

After planting the regimental flag, leaving gongs and drums, and pulling someone on the way to find Pan Changsheng to inquire, Chen Zhankui knew that the reason why Chen Tianru was able to sit there like a dog was not because of anything else, but because Chen Tianru was the earliest.

Chen Zhankui finally breathed a sigh of relief, and when he saw Pan Changsheng, who was commanding Tuan Yong and the nearby young men to set up camp, he said respectfully: "Master Pan, I am Chen Zhankui of Longyin, Liu Yishan, you must know me, Liu Yishan and I are brothers." ”

"It turned out to be Zhan Kui, I've heard of it," Pan Er pulled him aside, let the young men carrying the wood go over first, looked at him with a smile and asked, "When did you arrive, and how many people came?" ”

"As soon as I arrived, forty-eight brothers came to our cultural and economic group, and there were forty-nine including me."

"In this way, leave the two brothers to look at the luggage and weapons, and let the rest of the people come over to help set up camp, you don't have to do this, I will let you take you to the front bayonet, first help check the people and merchants who came from Guizhou, and find out the situation in Guizhou. Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one win a hundred battles, and you must interrogate clearly. ”

"Understood!"

"Not only do you have to interrogate, but you also have to make a record, and you have to summarize and submit it to Master Wu at night."

Finally got something down to do, Chen Zhankui was very happy and excited, thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Master Pan, where is Master Han, when will I see Master Han?" ”

"Master Han is busy, you can see each one tomorrow," Pan Er glanced at the mountain gate full of flags, and said with a smile: "All regiments should be able to come before dark, and then Master Han will temporarily organize the big guys into several battalions, which should be organized by county, but only the regimental warriors will be organized into each battalion, and you regimental leaders will form another battalion." ”

"The regimental warriors are the battalion of the regimental warriors, and the regimental supervisor is a battalion, so how can we lead the troops?"

"Do you know how to lead troops, have you trained soldiers and horses, have you led soldiers to fight?" Pan Er stared at him closely, and said very seriously: "The battalion officers of the temporary regimental brave battalion are all Du Si, Qian Zong, and General Commander who have killed the salt lord and killed the long-haired man with Master Han, and they will help you train the regimental courage to become elite soldiers who can go into battle to kill thieves." And Master Han will personally serve as the battalion officer of the first battalion of the regiment, and personally teach you how to lead the troops to fight! ”

"After teaching us, let's lead the troops?"

"Not only will I let you lead the troops, but also let you lead your own soldiers," Pan Er paused, and said meaningfully: "After two months of training, maybe I will send you to the opposite side to help the officials in Guizhou suppress the thieves and quell the chaos, and then you will all have the opportunity to take charge alone." ”

"Really!"

"What are you lying to do, you don't want to think about why Master Han not only asked you to report according to the regiment, but also thought that if you directly build a brave battalion, even if you make military achievements in the future, you won't be able to bring a few people. But now it's different, when you can really lead the troops and go into battle to kill the thieves, let you go to Guizhou to help quell the chaos, and ask the local officials in Guizhou to help protect and promote, five or six in a county, and a few add up to dozens. ”

"But aren't we here to help prevent the blockage?"

"How to prevent blockade and fight for military exploits, besides, even if we fight, we can't fight on the territory of Chongqing Prefecture, put the battlefield in Guizhou, even if we turn the sky upside down, it won't affect our people in eastern Sichuan, do you understand?"

Chen Zhankui understood it, and said with a wicked smile: "Yes, yes, Master Pan is right, you can't fight this battle in your own house!" ”