In a rich and luxurious living room, there are seven people with different looks and ages, but they all have common characteristics, that is, they are dressed luxuriously, they look rich, they have gold, silver and jade wrenches on their hands, and their clothes are inlaid with gems and jadeite.

One of them, a middle-aged man in his fifties, sat on the main seat in the living room, and the other six sat on the chairs on either side.

I only heard the middle-aged man sitting on the main seat say: "This time, the old man invited you to come because of the proposal of our county order, the old man wants to hear what you think about this matter?" ”

One of them, a middle-aged man who was about thirty years old, then the man sitting on the main seat said: "Elder Zhang, I, Wang Hongyang, listen to you, Elder Zhang, what do you think, I, Wang Hongyang, will follow, our seven families are all big families here, and each family has four or five hundred families, and it is still possible to make up a team of more than 2,000 people."

The person known as Mr. Zhang, after listening to what Wang Hongyang said, nodded with satisfaction, the reason why this Mr. Zhang invited these six people over was mainly because the master in the county felt that his appeal could not impress these squires at all, after all, there were not too many things he could promise.

However, in these ten miles and eight villages, this Zhang Lao still has a lot of face, and the master gave Zhang Lao 20% of the county order that was originally allocated to the other participants, and the old Zhang quickly agreed to help the master persuade these squires to agree to send troops.

Zhang Lao is the kind of squire with relatively old qualifications, and these squires have some relatives to some extent, and they are squires, and the relationship between them is complicated.

The regular relationship between each other can be said to be both prosperous and lossy, and the interests are the same.

Of course, Elder Zhang agreed to help the master convince them, and also won some more things for them.

The other person looked at Zhang Lao, as if he didn't want to say anything, but finally hesitated, and still said: "Zhang Lao, although there are a lot of treasures in that Zhuojia Fort, there is no need for us to take this risk to fight with those poles, after all, there are not too many people in our hands, and the specific number of poles is not clear in the county order."

If there were more poles there, we would lose. If there weren't too many poles there, and they fled when they saw our coalition forces passing, they would surely have endless troubles, and maybe one day they would go to one of our families to harass them, and that would be bad."

This person's words are also something that some other people are thinking about, otherwise the others would have already agreed to look at Zhang Lao's face. And now they haven't promised the master, because they have some questions, and they want to figure it out, otherwise it will be very difficult for them to send troops.

Zhang Lao said: "Boren don't have to worry about this, the county magistrate has already told the old man the specific situation of those poles, the number of those poles is no more than two thousand, and they are dressed in tatters, and at a glance, you can know that they are composed of some homeless people, and their combat effectiveness is not too strong."

As for Zhuojiabao being breached, it was entirely because Zhuojiabao was defenseless, and these gangs took the opportunity to enter and occupy Zhuojiabao. Ladies and gentlemen, after all, Zhuojiabao is also our Taihe family, and also has some relationship with us, now that Zhuojiabao has been breached, we should also go to help Zhuojiabao get justice, and bring these poles to justice, in order to set an example. ”

After listening to Zhang Lao's words, the others also suddenly realized that this gang of poles was a team composed of a bunch of homeless people, so there was no need to worry too much, and there were not many of them, so it should be easy to defeat.

In their eyes, the army composed of those homeless people is very weak in combat effectiveness, and it is not their opponent at all.

At this time, the person called Boren listened to Zhang Lao's words and said: "Zhang Lao, since things are like this, then my Boren is not afraid, I am willing to send three hundred troops to fight with Zhang Lao." ”

As soon as Boren finished speaking, the man named Wang Hongyang shouted: "I, Wang Hongyang, am willing to send 400 troops to fight with Zhang Lao."

The others listened to the statements of the two, and they all knew that it was time to make a statement, Zhang Lao said to this extent, if he didn't send troops again, it would be too ignorant, so one of them began to say to Zhang Lao.

"Elder Zhang, I am willing to send 200 troops."

"I am willing to send 300 troops to Zhang Lao to command"

"I am willing to send two hundred and five troops"

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Zero Zero has gathered 2,000 armed family members, plus what the master said before, the county sent 300 soldiers to come, they are a total of 2,300 people this time, Zhang Lao looked at everyone with satisfaction, and said: "Well, very good, your credit old man will remember, when the time comes to beat that group of poles away, I will definitely ask the county for more things, and give you more." ”

The others were overjoyed and collectively said, "Thank you Mr. Zhang."

Seeing that the matter was done, the old man said: "Since everyone has agreed to send troops, everyone should go back and prepare first, gather all the families who went on the expedition, and meet in our paper shop tomorrow." ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, let's leave first and say goodbye!"

"Walk slowly, don't send."

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"I don't know if they all agreed?" The master came to Zhang Lao's house, stood in front of Zhang Lao, and said with a smile.

The old man picked up a fine teacup on the delicate table made of mahogany, then picked up the lid of the teacup with the other hand, put the teacup in front of his mouth and tasted the precious tea tea in the cup little by little, swallowed the tea in his mouth little by little, looked up at the master, and said: "Master Li, the matter you asked the old man for, the old man has already done it just now, and the other six have already agreed to send troops, and we have seven together, with two thousand troops, and your county government will send another three hundred, That's two thousand three hundred.

If the information you provide is true, then these two thousand three hundred people will definitely be able to beat the pole composed of homeless people."

Master Li kept nodding with a smile and said, "What Elder Zhang said is, what Elder Zhang said is that there are more than 2,000 people, and they will definitely be able to kill those poles." ”

"En" Zhang Lao snorted with satisfaction and said, "I hope Master Li will not forget the promise you made to the old man." Let's say it, Zhang Lao picked up the cup of fragrant tea again and tasted it.

This tea was the finest tip he got from a merchant, and it took him a lot of effort and a lot of silver, and every time he made tea, he drank all the tea cleanly, and there was nothing left.

Master Li hurriedly said: "Certainly, I will definitely give Zhang Lao, those things that I promised, there will definitely be no copper plate missing from Zhang Lao, Zhang Lao just rest assured, just rest assured."

Zhang Lao put down the teacup, squinted his eyes and said, "As long as Master Li doesn't forget, the old man wants to rest and send off guests!" ”

"Zhang Lao has a good rest, retire first, retire first......". Master Li said. After speaking, he left Zhang's house.

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The next day, some of the family members of the seven families and 300 officers and soldiers gathered together in the paper shop, 2,300 people, commanded by the housekeeper of Zhang's family and Zhang Qian, the county lieutenant of the county.

As soon as they gathered together, the scouts sent by Liu Xia outside got the news, and hurriedly ran back to Zhuojiabao to report to Liu Xia.

In the Zhuojiabao Chamber

"General, I didn't expect this group of squires, but they live a good life, and they even want to put their hands on our heads, and don't see if they have the ability, just their more than 2,000 waste, and they also want to destroy us?" As soon as the scout told Liu Xia the news, Niu Chao on the side shouted.

Since being appointed by Liu Xia as the deputy commander of the recruit camp, although Niu Chao did not complain anything about Liu Xia, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, so since there were recruits in the recruit camp, he worked hard to train the recruits.

This time, when he heard that someone had come to beat their attention, Niu Chao couldn't sit still, as a person who has always liked to fight, he was itching in his heart in the new barracks.

"General, just let me go, my Niu Dynasty will definitely be able to defeat them!"

Liu Xia said: "Niu Chao, you are now the deputy commander of the new barracks, and your current task is to manage the new barracks, and as for the war, you will leave it to the other brothers." ”

After Liu Xia finished speaking, he looked at the soldiers of the Huben Battalion and said, "Liu Dazhuang, the commander of the Huben Battalion, and Jiang Xin, the deputy commander of the Huben Battalion, listen to the order!" ”

"The Last Will Be"

"Order the two of you to lead the Tiger Battalion out of the city and confront the enemy head-on."

"Yes, General"

Jiang Xin, the deputy battalion commander of the Huben Battalion, was the captain of the first brigade of the Huben Battalion, and after Zhang Liang was taken away by Liu Xia as the commander of the recruit battalion, Jiang Xin took Zhang Liang's place and became the deputy commander of the Huben Battalion.

"Zhang Yuan, the commander of the Wolf Howling Battalion, and Ma Peng, the deputy commander of the Wolf Howling Battalion, listen to the order!"

"The Last Will Be"

"Order the two of you to quickly go to the woods on the left side of Zhuojiabao to ambush."

"Yes".

"The commander of the lion battalion, Niu Hu, and the deputy commander of the lion battalion, Lei Ming, listen to the order!"

"The Last Will Be"

"Order the two of you to bypass the enemy army and go to the rear, and once the tiger camp and the enemy army fight, you will join the battlefield and attack the enemy from the rear."

"Yes"

Lei Ming, the deputy commander of the Lion Battalion, is also the captain of the first brigade of the Lion Battalion, and after Niu Chao was taken away by Liu Xia, he took Niu Chao's position.

"The others, in the village, prepare bows and arrows, let's do them well!"

"Yes".

Liu Xia thought for a while and said to Zhang Liang: "How is the situation in the new barracks now?" ”

Zhang Liang understood Liu Xia's thoughts, and said, "General Qiqi, now these recruits have not recovered their bodies, and they can't fight at all."

Liu Xia smiled to himself, secretly thinking that he was too anxious, the recruits he just recruited yesterday, if they were ordinary people, they could take a knife to the battlefield the next day and see blood, but now these people recruited by Liu Xia are all homeless, and they are still skinny and bone-tyched, and they don't have much strength to go to the battlefield at all, and the task of the recruit camp now is to let them eat and let them return to their previous appearance as soon as possible.