When Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde didn't talk much, some Zhaiding came to invite them. Lu Mingyu made a big banquet for the host, and together with the heroes of Jingxiang who gathered here, they washed the dust for Chen Dong. The food table in front of everyone is full, there are stacked plates such as candied fruits, as well as southern delicacies such as Zhuzhu soup, ice plate Guanhu fresh, steamed elbow with rice vinegar, oyster mushroom field chicken roll, crab stuffed fresh orange and other southern delicacies. Although the food in the water village is simple, these days are not as usual. Just because of the recent gathering of heroes, Lu Mingyu invited the chef of Yueyang Tower, and even the cups, plates and bowls were a full set of Yueyang Tower.

Lu Mingyu invited Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde to the middle dining table, and sat aside to accompany him. After the other village owners and leaders sat down separately, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and the bandits changed their normal state of gobbling up, and their eyes flickered one by one, as if they were waiting for the main dish to come up. Feeling the sound of "goo-" in his stomach, Zhang Wudi secretly scolded his mother, reached out to lift the chopsticks, and swept it at a glance, but found that the food on the plate was not only very light in taste, but also very small, he could almost eat a plate in one bite, and the dishes made by the famous chef of Yueyang Building were extremely fresh and elegant, as beautiful as the Jiangnan landscape painted by gouache. But in Zhang Wudi's eyes, such a dish can't arouse the slightest appetite. I picked up a bite and ate it in my mouth, almost fading out of the bird, "Fuck it." Zhang Wudi angrily threw the chopsticks back on the table and scolded, "What kind of mess is this!" ”

"Lord Chen raised the banner of rebellion and turned the tide of the tide," Lu Mingyu picked up his wine glass and said with a smile, "We all admire it, this glass of thin wine, talk about respect." After he passed it, he made a look, as if he had made an appointment in advance, and all the heroes responded violently, and said loudly and noisily: "I'll wait for a cup to Lord Chen!" Raising the cup one after another, some people didn't wait for Chen Dong to speak, and poured it in, while others looked at Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde.

Chen Dong smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and said: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, Chen just raised his arms and shouted, if he really wants to save the day, he also has to rely on the people with lofty ideals in the world, heroes and heroes here." After he circled around with a wine glass, he drank it all, and then said: "The number of my Great Song Dynasty is several times that of Liao Kou, and everyone is in chaos, and the strength is divided, so they were broken by Liao Kou one by one." The current situation, but since the official family hunted in the north, there are traitors who have taken the opportunity to steal the country and disturb people's hearts. And Liaokou invaded the south in a big way, such as Mount Tai pressing the top, and the soldiers could go down to Jiankang. Immediately, the division of troops swept Jiangnan, Guangnan, Jinghu Zhulu Prefectures and counties. The so-called wind knows the strength of the grass, the country is in turmoil to show loyalty, the country is difficult, it is the time when the heroes rise up, Chen is willing to work together with you, in order to take a few years, expel the northern captives, welcome back the Son of Heaven, come, I borrow the wine of the head of Lu, pay tribute to all the heroes. ”

After hearing what he said, the heroes didn't wait for Lu Mingyu's eyes, and they agreed one after another. Everyone drank this glass of wine, Lu Mingyu was full of sincerity, and sighed: "Lord Chen, most of us have unbearable hardships when we wait for the grass to fall. It's just that after walking on this path, it will be difficult to turn back. Don't hide it from your lordship, in the notice at the gate of Yuezhou, Lu's head is three thousand guan," he pointed to Luo Xian Shidao next to him, "The head of this Luo Zhai lord is also three thousand guanwen," he pointed to Zhang Wushu who was sitting at the seat below, "This Zhang Zhai master, the head is two thousand five hundred guanwen." Zhang Wudi snorted slightly, the three of them were the highest among the bandit leaders here. These official rewards are a kind of glory for the gangsters.

Chen Dong's heart moved, he turned his head to look at Zhao Xingde, and said in his heart: "These bandits and giants have been in trouble for a long time, and the rewards offered by the imperial court are only a few thousand. As for Brother Zhao's head, Liao Kou offered a reward of 200,000 Guan Wen, plus 200 slaves. The Liao thieves didn't know that Zhao De was Yuan Zhi, and in terms of the battle formation, it can be seen that the northern captives were afraid of Brother Zhao. Leaving the Baoyi Army under the command of Xingzhi may have unexpected gains. ”

Lu Mingyu pleaded: "Lord Chen, we can get together thanks to Mr. Zhao's fame. If Mr. Zhao is willing to deign to lead us people, then Lord Chen's righteous banner points out, we will go to the soup and fight the fire, and we will never look back. Before the words fell, Luo Xianshi also said: "Serve the country and expel the northern captives, and we are willing to belong to Mr. Zhao." The two of them opened their voices, and the other bandits echoed one after another, some of them were reluctant, and they did not object, and the crowd was raging for a while, and they had to ask Zhao Xingde to lead the army.

"Brother Zhao, look at this ......" Chen Dong looked at Zhao Xingde, if it weren't for Yuan Zhi's strong advocacy of Yue Fei's unified control of the military from beginning to end, he would even suspect that this was a scene that had been colluded a long time ago. After all, they have been friends for many years, and this suspicion only flashed slightly in Chen Dong's mind, and he was immediately relieved, he smiled slightly, "Brother Zhao, just take up this burden, don't chill everyone's heart to serve the country." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Xingde no longer shirked: "Since all the heroes love each other, Zhao is better than obeying his fate." Lu Mingyu Luo Xian's face was overjoyed, and he didn't have time to cheer yet, but he heard Zhao Xingde's face turn pale, and he said, "If I command the army, but there is one point," I must first explain that the way to govern the army is to first state military discipline, and there are seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four beheadings in the army, do you know? ”

The other bandits were still confused, Wang Qing, who was once an officer of the forbidden army, changed his face, and his gaze suddenly became fierce when he looked at Zhao Xingde, and he even had a little killing intent. Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi knew a rough idea, and their faces were a little ugly. Seventeen laws and fifty-four beheadings, even among the real officials and soldiers, it is impossible to implement them one by one, not to mention these bandits who have been in the grass for a long time and are used to being at ease. Could it be that Mr. Zhao was stupid in reading, thinking that these things could be powerful, but he was afraid that people would not kill a few and give his life first. Zhang Wudi looked at Zhao Xingde suspiciously, and muttered: "Fifty-four palms of dead riding a donkey, what kind of thing is it." ”

Zhao Xingde put down his wine glass, looked around at these future subordinates, and said slowly: "Seventeen forbidden laws, fifty-four beheadings, is one of the three masters of the Western Han Dynasty, made by Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin. At this time, someone below turned his head and said: "I know, Han Xin ordered troops, and the more the merrier." It's our fellow countrymen. Someone next to him had a cold face, "shhhhh The second of the seventeen forbidden laws, the name should not be called, the time is not enough, the time limit is not reached, and the law of the teacher is changed, which is called the slow army, and the offender will be beheaded......"

“...... Seventeen forbidden laws and fifths: laughing and laughing, contempt for the forbidden covenant, and rushing through the military gate, this is called a light army, and the offender will be beheaded. ...... Seventeen forbidden law nine: Wherever you go, abuse her people, if there is a persecution of women, this is called an adulterer, and the offender will be beheaded. ...... Seventeen forbidden laws and tenths: stealing people's property, taking people's heads, thinking that they are their own merits, this is called stealing the army, and the offender will be beheaded. ...... Seventeen forbidden laws and thirteen: when calling, the tongue should not be stammered, the eyebrows are bowed, and the face is difficult, this is called a ruthless army, and the offender is beheaded. ...... Seventeen forbidden laws and seventeenth: the observation of the thief is not judged, the thief is unknown, to the point of not speaking, more is less to say, less is to say more, this is called the wrong army, the offender is beheaded. ”

These seventeen prohibitions were slowly recited, and Zhao Xingde's voice was unhurried, but with a solemn and murderous aura. At the beginning, the heroes of the rivers and lakes below were still whispering, but later, they were silent, looking at Zhao Xingde with their mouths wide open, with an incredible look on their faces.

After finishing the lecture on the seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four beheadings from Han Xin, Zhao Xingde ignored Chen Dong's gesture to him, and said slowly: "If I command the army and use the seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four to govern the army, can you stand it?" If you promise today, don't regret it in the future! Chen Dong saw that Zhao Xingde ignored it, and was secretly annoyed in his heart: "Yuan Zhimo is not confused, these are just reckless rivers and lakes, not the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom, you use the seventeen laws and fifty-four to cut the soldiers, even if the people are not killed, they should be scattered and run away." It's a pity that I'm a thousand-handed army! Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi and the others had very strange faces, they didn't expect Zhao Xingde, who was usually so generous and gentle, to govern the army so harshly. Others only felt cold on the back of their necks, and they didn't dare to speak out against it for a while.

At this time, Zhang Wushu from Baima Village slapped the table and said loudly: "What kind of bird rule is this, according to such a whole method, everyone here should be killed, Mr. Zhao, you go and fight Liaokou yourself!" His voice seemed to wake up many people and shouted: "Mr. Zhao, there are too many slashing methods." "We heroes are used to being comfortable, how can we stand so many rules and precepts." "Mr. Zhao, you don't know that it's difficult to bring brothers, everyone has been killed, who will fight for you."

Seeing that everyone was opposed in unison, Zhao Xingde was not annoyed, he smiled slightly, and looked at Lu Mingyu and Luo Xianshi, who were the leaders of the bandits. Luo Xianshi glanced at Lu Mingyu, but Lu Mingyu coughed embarrassedly, and said with a little emptiness: "This, Mr. Zhao, the seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four slashes are from Han Xinzhi's theory, and they can't be verified." And today's situation is different, the country is employing people......" He coughed heavily, and then slurred, "The seventeen forbidden laws are too tight, and one piece and one relaxation is the way of civil and military, huh,..... Well, if you use fifty-four slashes to restrain the heroes on our rivers and lakes, it seems to be too harsh, can you discuss it and relax it. ”

To his surprise, Zhao Xingde said very happily: "That's good." ”

"Huh?" Lu Mingyu was stunned for a moment, with an unbelievable look on his face, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Zhao Xingde nodded and said, "If you don't follow the rules, you can't make a circle." Since the seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four slashes are too severe, then you can negotiate a rule on how to not only prevent the march and fight, but also the brothers in the army to be happy and convinced. He looked at the heroes in the seat, and said in an accentuated tone, "It's just that it's still the same sentence, it's hard to chase after a word!" It's hard to chase a horse, as long as this rule is set, it will be strictly enforced in the future. At that time, in front of military law, there will be no good negotiation! ”