Lin Jie thought that Zhang Yuan didn't dare to kill himself, he just got Zhang Yuan's thoughts, so he had no one in his eyes.

Indeed, Zhang Yuan really didn't think about killing Lin Jie in his heart, so Lin Jie kept using the title of his superior to make Zhang Yuan submit, or recruit Zhang Yuan's soldiers to surrender and take refuge in himself.

Just when Lin Jie was daydreaming, the door of the courtyard was suddenly opened, and the people in the courtyard immediately became alert, you must know that Yangzhou City is full of Tartars today, and if you let the Tartars find it, it will not be so easy to die. The more than 100 soldiers didn't need Zhang Yuan's orders, those who had weapons picked up their own weapons, and those who didn't have weapons picked up a brick to make weapons.

They stared nervously at the gate, when Liu Xia walked in with Liu Dazhuang and Wang Shishi, those soldiers put down the vigilance and worry in their hearts, these soldiers were originally Liu Zhaoji's hometown, of course, they knew Liu Xia, Liu Xia still had many opportunities to show his face in the army as a major general, so when he saw that his general was coming, he naturally did not pick up the knife again.

Zhang Yuan saw the reaction of these soldiers at first glance, and there was a difference in his heart, these people under his command, he knew, it was not so easy to surrender in the face of the Tartars, but when he saw that the person who came in turned out to be Liu Xia, the difference became relief.

Liu Xia didn't know Zhang Yuan, because Zhang Yuan's position was relatively low, and Liu Xia couldn't see Zhang Yuan in normal times.

But Zhang Yuan couldn't help but know Liu Xia, Liu Xia was the son of a general, and few people in the army didn't know about it.

Seeing that it was Liu Xia coming, Zhang Yuan's face was excited, the young general was alive, then he was the object of effective loyalty, so Zhang Yuan hurriedly walked over and saluted Liu Xia.

Lin Jie also knew Liu Xia, but when he saw Liu Xia at this time, he felt bad in his heart. I took the initiative to ask for surrender, just now I had the biggest position, no one dared to do anything about myself, but now that Liu Xia is here, the biggest one is Liu Xia, if Liu Xia has the heart to surrender, it is okay, if Liu Xia refuses to surrender, then he will definitely suffer.

Just when Lin Jie didn't know what to do, Liu Xia had roughly figured out the reason for the quarrel between Zhang Yuan and Lin Jie, at this time, the Tartars entered the city to burn and loot, and many soldiers were demoralized and unstable. At this time, there must be no rumors of surrender. So this Lin Jie must die.

So Liu Xia didn't wait for Lin Jie's reaction, and immediately sent someone to kill Lin Jie. There were eleven loyal guards around Lin Jie, and they were all weak, unable to stop Liu Xia's attack at all, after a moment of resistance, six of these eleven people died, five surrendered, and Lin Jie was also captured alive.

"Major General! The major general spares his life! The little one doesn't dare anymore, the little one knows his mistakes, the little one deserves to die, beg the young general to spare his life, and the little one won't do it again......" At this time, Lin Jie was escorted by Liu Dazhuang and Wang Shi to kneel in front of Liu Xia, Lin Jie begged Liu Xia with a nose and tears.

But the viciousness that flashed in Lin Jie's eyes did not escape Liu Xia's eyes, such people must not be released, if they are released, they will definitely make trouble for themselves, and they still need to kill him to stabilize the people's hearts.

Liu Xia looked at Lin Jie coldly, there was not the slightest pity in his eyes, the traitor must be killed!

Liu Xia said indifferently: "Surrenderer, die!" ”

Wang Shishi received Liu Xia's order, and without saying a word, he went down with a knife, this Lin Jie's corpse was separated, blood was all over the ground, and the courtyard was silent at this time.

Then Liu Xia looked at the captive five Lin Jie's personal guards who surrendered, these five people suddenly felt a chill, the scene just now gave them a lot of impact, the five people immediately shrunk their necks, and then these five people began to desperately shout for Liu Xia to spare their lives.

These five people didn't do anything particularly bad, and they were all soldiers, it was impossible to go against the general's will, so they were innocent, Liu Xia looked at them and said: "Now that the thief leader is dead, I know that you are also forced to spare your life."

"Thank you for your kindness and mercy"

"Thank you, General, for sparing your life"

“……”

After finishing the matter of getting rid of Lin Jie, a traitor, Liu Xia began to pay attention to Zhang Yuan, because these soldiers were his father's old subordinates, so they didn't need to be rectified at all, they could be put away.

"Zhang Yuan, tell me about the matter here" Liu Xia looked at the soldiers around here, and felt that he needed to understand the specific situation here before he could grasp it well.

"Yes, Major General, please come into the house and sit down, and my subordinates will tell you slowly" Zhang Yuan said respectfully to Liu Xia, and led Liu Dazhuang and Wang Shishi brought by Liu Xia into the room.

This courtyard is also a dilapidated yard of a farmer's house, and it is precisely because this is a farmer's yard that a large number of Qing troops did not come here, and most of those Qing troops went to the homes of rich and noble people to rob and rob.

The roof of the house was still leaking in some places, and the whole floor was damp, but it was nice to have a shelter now. Walking into the house, Liu Xia sat down, in the upper seat, Zhang Yuan sat on Liu Xia's left, Liu Dazhuang and Wang Shishi sat on Liu Xia's right

Then Zhang Yuan began to say: "General, a few days ago, the old general led us to fight in the streets and the Qing army, but in the end, the Qing soldiers were outnumbered, and we were defeated, and the subordinates fled to this place with more than 100 people, and then they met Lin Jie, who also fled to this place, so the two joined forces together, but to this day they have no food, and the soldiers have long been hungry, plus the sound of Tartars killing and abusing everywhere, Lin Jie thought about joining the enemy, so his subordinates could argue with him, What happened next was what the general saw. ”

"Now the soldiers brought by the subordinates in the courtyard, plus the five people of Lin Jie, there are a total of one hundred and twenty, of which the lightly injured are basically healed, and the seriously injured are not, although on the whole they cannot be compared with the soldiers brought by the general, but they are also warriors of a hundred battles, but because of the danger of the battle at that time, most of the weapons of our army were damaged or lost, and more than 50 of the more than 100 people did not have weapons...... "Zhang Yuan felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't dwell on this problem for long, and said:" Subordinates dare to ask, what should the general do in the future? ”。

Liu Xia saw that this soldier was extraordinary before, although it could not be compared with his own Liaodong elite, but the combat effectiveness was also good, and after collecting this group of soldiers, there would definitely be a lot of benefits in the future, and now Liu Xia still has more than a dozen extra knives in his hand, although they are all a little damaged, but they can still be used, and now they can only be made together.

"General Ben decided to first gather the remnants of the army in the city, and take advantage of killing some of these Manchu Tartars, and then take the opportunity to leave this Yangzhou City, gather righteous soldiers to revitalize my Han world, I wonder if General Zhang can help me?" Liu Xia has never heard of Zhang Yuan in history, but this does not mean that he has no ability if he has not heard of it, in fact, many talented people have been buried in the long river of history.

Zhang Yuan listened to Liu Xia's words, and hurriedly said: "The general can afford his subordinates, and his subordinates will definitely go to the soup to fight the fire." Zhang Yuan is also a loyal and righteous person, and he has no good impression of the Manchu Dynasty, Liu Xia said that he will return to the world of my Han people, which is very in line with his mood, of course, he agrees.

"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll talk about the distribution of soldiers" Liu Xia got more than 100 people at this time, so naturally he had to re-disperse the original team and then redistribute it. According to Liu Xia's idea, his own personal guard team was still selected from the thirty veterans of his own, and this time twenty people were selected, and Wang Shishi was still the captain.

The remaining ten veterans were assigned to the recruits as officers, so that it was more convenient for them to manage the pro-guard team, Liu Xia felt that if those generals formed their own pro-guard teams, maybe there would be disadvantages in the future, such as those generals focusing on developing their own personal guards, which might lead to a series of problems in the future.

Then set up a special personal guard team, and then use the personal guards in the personal guard team to assign several personal guards to each general, so as to ensure that the general has someone to protect him on the battlefield, and to prevent these generals from developing their own forces.

After thinking about everything, Liu Xia began to say to everyone: "Wang Shishi listens to orders!" ”

When Wang Shishi heard Liu Xia point to him, he immediately stood up and said to Liu Xia: "My subordinates are here."

"Appoint Wang Shishi as the captain of the personal guard, and select twenty strong soldiers from the soldiers I have brought with me to serve as personal guards."

"Yes," replied Wang Shishi.

"Zhang Yuan listens to orders!"

"Subordinates are here" Zhang Yuan stood up solemnly and replied loudly.

"Appoint Zhang Yuan as the captain of the first brigade, under the jurisdiction of two squadrons, one squadron under the jurisdiction of three squadrons, each squad should be ten people, a total of sixty people"

"Yes," Zhang Yuan replied in a loud voice.

"Liu Dazhuang listens to orders!"

"The subordinates are here," Liu Dazhuang replied.

"Liu Dazhuang was appointed as the captain of the second brigade, with two squadrons under his command, a total of 60 people"

"Yes," Liu Dazhuang replied.

Then Liu Xia continued: "We now have a total of 150 soldiers, including 20 in the pro-guards, 120 in the first and second brigades, and 20 in the pro-guards, a total of 140 people, and the remaining ten people will be included in those who are wounded and used as auxiliaries to transport supplies. In addition, Stone, you assign four guards to each captain, and choose from the guards."

"Yes," said Wang Shishi.

Zhang Yuan saw that Liu Xia had finished all the orders, so he hurriedly said to Liu Xia: "General...... Whether the general has food or not, the soldiers are very hungry," Zhang Yuan said with some embarrassment.

"Hahahaha, this matter, now they are all soldiers of this general, naturally we can't let them go hungry, Shishi, you go and send those pieces of meat and food that we have made to those soldiers immediately."

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