"The situation today is as dangerous as an egg. The Liao army is already unstoppable, coupled with the help of many traitors, it is about to be swept away! Although the Zhenguo Army has elite soldiers and fierce generals, the number of troops is too small to support the building alone. There are many people with lofty ideals in various states and counties who are gathering volunteers and township soldiers to fight against thieves, but they are in a hurry. If I can reorganize these heroes into an army, it can solve my urgent need. ”

Chen Dong took a sip of tea and muttered, "The letter sent by Yuan Zhi the day before yesterday asked me to prepare a name to appease the heroes of Jingxiang who are willing to serve the country. At present, the saint is embarrassed by the northern captives, and we are known as the Son of Heaven from afar, and Xu Tu is restored, so it is inconvenient to set up a new army number, so as not to fall into the truth of others. Just a few months ago, in order to appease the prince, the saint added him to the army, recruited thousands of Bianliang city rangers, and established a new army, which was named the Baoyi Army. After the fall of Bianliang, Zhang Shuye, the head of the Henan Mabu Army, committed suicide and martyrdom, and the Baoyi Army also lost its officials, and some Taixue scholars also went into exile in the southeast. Speaking of this, Chen Dong paused, looked at Zhao Xingde and said, "Although the Baoyi Army has a reputation now, there are only dozens of hairy boys up and down. These juniors, Mr. Yuanzhi opened his mouth and closed Mr. Yuanzhi, admired his virtue for a long time. In my opinion, although these Jianghu warriors are unruly and untamable, they have great respect for Yuanzhi, so it is better to recruit them in the name of the Baoyi Army. ”

Listening to Chen Dong's tone, it seemed that he had the intention of entrusting the Baoyi army, Zhao Xingde hesitated: "When the army marches to fight, it is important to have exclusive military power. Brother Shaoyang once praised Yue Fei for being comparable to the famous generals of ancient times, and the Zhenguo Army in Ezhou can only use more than 8,000 elite soldiers, why not bring the rest of the Baoyi Army and Jingxiang Haojie into Yue Shuai's command, and then rectify the township soldiers, regimental training, and righteous army in various prefectures and counties, and expand the Zhenguo Army to tens of thousands of people in one fell swoop. ”

His words were reasonable, Chen Dong nodded, was silent for a while, and then sighed in a low voice: "Entrusting the country's military power to one person is not the way to seek the country after all." He saw that Zhao Xingde's face changed slightly, and said, "General Yue's management of military soldiers is indeed outstanding, and he can be called a famous general in the world." But from top to bottom, the Zhenguo army only knows General Yue, but nothing else. I once introduced a number of Qingliu Shizi into the Zhenguo army, but as a result, they either bowed down to General Yue's orders, or it was difficult to stand up. He sighed, "Yuan Zhi, you are right, the nobles in the army are single-minded, and General Yue has his reasons for doing this." But have you thought about it? If there is a swing today, the people are in danger and the people's hearts are in turmoil. A few years ago, even reckless people like Fang La were able to stand on their own feet and plot to divide the southeast. ”

"General Yue's loyalty, you and I have always known, so it will not be ......," Zhao Xingde interrupted Chen Dong's words.

"How loyal is Taizu to Zhou Shizong?" Chen Dong lowered his voice, "Now that Liao Kou and traitors are powerful, and our forces are weak, it doesn't matter." I'm afraid that one day, after driving the captives to the north outside, and eliminating the traitors inside. If there is only one major group in the army, even if General Yue has no intention, it is difficult to ensure that the generals have no intention. In case someone wants to repeat the yellow robe, I'm afraid General Yue can't help himself. Chen Dong said slowly, "Respecting the Son of Heaven and not obeying the order is something that has never happened in the first place. The saint hangs in vain, and it is inevitable that people will covet it. Only the military power is slightly dispersed, and other armies are not set up, and the Zhenguo army checks and balances each other. Planning ahead is the way to start and finish. Only then can we truly protect General Yue's loyalty. ”

If Yue Fei had been in charge of the military alone, he was afraid that if the situation had improved slightly, someone would use this as an excuse to make trouble, and he might even accuse Chen Dong and Yue Fei of having ill intentions. Now to bring Zhao Xingde out is also a rainy day. When the Science Society was established, Zhao Xingde was promoted to be the head of the Bing Zhai, although he was in exile in the Xia Kingdom over the years, but this position of head has not gone. In the past ten years, he has become more and more famous among the squire, and there is no better person to take charge of the army.

"But ......," Zhao Xingde still hesitated, "the expediency of the soldiers should not be divided." ”

"If the war requires, the Baoyi army can naturally follow General Yue's orders. The division of other armies is not to divide the power of General Yue's orders. Chen Dong looked at the carefully guarded Shuizhai soldiers in the distance outside the door, he didn't know that this was because Zhao Xingde was assassinated, so Lu Mingyu deliberately strengthened his vigilance, seeing that these villagers were quite energetic, and they were not as lazy and lazy as ordinary van soldiers, Chen Dong secretly praised in his heart, and said with a smile, "General Yue's military order is strict, and if he violates a military order, he is going to kill people, Yuan Zhi, you should also be careful." If you manage the army and protect the righteous army, General Yue will not hinder each other in the future, right? ”

Zhao Xingde shook his head, sighed, and didn't say anything more. Seeing this, Chen Dong didn't persuade him more.

Chen Dong's only concern was that Zhao Xingde led the army to join the Xia State. However, he can trust the character of this old friend, if it is difficult to have both reason and righteousness, at most he will be like Guan Yunchang, and he will never go away with soldiers and horses. And the Zhenguo Army is the main force in the southeast to resist Liao, after all, the Baoyi Army is just a partial division. As long as the Zhenguo army and the Baoyi army maintained a balance, the Xia State would not provoke civil strife in the southeast, and it was in vain to cheapen Cao Di Cai Jing and others who went south to Liaokou or were hostile to Guanxi.

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When Zhao Xingde and Chen Dong were talking, in another courtyard not far from here, Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, Zhang Wudi, the leader of Baima Village in Lizhou, Wang Qing, the leader of Suotou Water Village, and others also gathered together to discuss. Everyone is a thief and a water thief, and this time, they all have some thoughts, and Chen Dong's arrival made the leaders' expectations for Zhao'an quickly strong.

"If you recruit An, you will be an official and famous, but you will be bound by a lot. I see that Mr. Zhao and Lord Chen will definitely not run away when they encounter an enemy like Cai Jing, and we will fight hard with real knives and thieves in the future. Lu Mingyu said with a worried face, "If you follow the Zhenguo army, or if you are controlled by other generals, don't say that you will be crowned with a wife and a son, and you will return to your hometown in fine clothes, I am afraid that there will be more chances of dying in vain!" ”

"What Lord Lu Zhai said is yes. Hundreds of thousands of troops in the north have collapsed! The Khitan people are so powerful, if the government wants to send us to death, we will be a mosquito leg, and it will not be enough to stuff people's teeth! We will never do anything about the white dead! Wang Qing nodded and said, "What do scholars say about the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, but the emperor can't send hungry soldiers, right?" Since Chen Dong is here in person, let's talk to him first. If there is a shortage of food and wages, the brothers will immediately go back to the village! ”

Wang Qing was also an officer of the forbidden army before, but when he exterminated the bandits, he was betrayed by his colleagues, so he was forced to fall into the grass. When it comes to the word "send to death", his eyes are gloomy. Unlike ordinary thieves' longing for Zhao'an, Wang Qing still remembers all kinds of rebellions in the court.

"What does the Lord of the Zhai mean?" Luo Xian rarely raised the bar with Lu Mingyu and asked.

"As the saying goes, if you are together, you will be strong, and if you are divided, you will be weak," Lu Mingyu looked around at more than a dozen fellow Jianghu people in the house, "There are more than 100,000 people in our landscape villages, but the brothers who can really go into battle to fight are not more than 10,000." If after Zhao'an, the government disperses us in the east and west, then we can only be left to the mermaids. His words were gloomy, arousing deep worries in the hearts of the village owners. In the name of Zhao'an, the imperial court booby-trapped a group of thieves or sent them to the battlefield to be consumed, which was the most common thing. The road of Zhao'an, for bandits who have no backing, may be much more sinister than the recklessness of the rivers and lakes.

"Together, strong? How to arrange the seats on each mountain? Who's big and who's small? Zhang Wushu looked at Lu Mingyu with a dumb eye, "Could it be that the master of Lu Zhai has the ability to sit in the first place?" Although the power of Baimazhai is not large, Zhang Wuxian's courage is outstanding, and his reputation in the southeast is not small, so that this "invincible" nickname is widely spread in the rivers and lakes, and no one remembers what his real name is.

Listening to Zhang Wudi's words, the other dozen or so bandit leaders all looked at Lu Mingyu suspiciously, he had done so many things, if he had no other plans, no one would believe it. But with the power of the thirteen consecutive villages, it is impossible to subdue the heroes and sit firmly in the top spot, unless Lu Mingyu still has other hole cards or conspiracy. Among the gangsters, trust, even the smallest trust, is almost non-existent. Calling brothers and sisters in person, there are many things of stumbling and stabbing knives in the back.

Zhang Wudi's provocative tone did not provoke Lu Mingyu's displeasure, he laughed dryly: "Lu has a few catties and a few cars, and he knows it very well in his heart." Even if the brothers raise their love and recommend me to sit on the top spot, will the government agree? The person who sits in the first position not only commands nearly 10,000 brothers, but also takes care of more than 100,000 people with his family. He said it with great sound.

The leaders glanced at each other a few times and looked at each other, if it comes to power, Lu Mingyu is really the biggest force here, but even he can't afford to bear such a heavy burden, let alone others. People in the rivers and lakes value strength, and if they don't have the strength to serve the public, sitting in the first place is self-defeating. And the government is not a fool, it is impossible to raise tigers.

"What does Brother Lu mean?" Luo Xianshi was thoughtful and guessed some.

"Mr. Zhao," Lu Mingyu said categorically, "in terms of benevolence and righteousness, in terms of ability, and in terms of prestige, no one can compare." We wandering souls and wild ghosts on the rivers and lakes can only serve him as the master, and it is not possible to cultivate the golden body of Arhat in the future. I'll put the words here, and only Mr. Zhao is the first to look forward to the thirteen consecutive villages. Wealth and fortune have a life, life and death are in the sky, your own affairs, make your own decisions. ”

The leaders of the water bandits were speechless for a moment, and looked at each other again. “...... Is Mr. Zhao ,......, successful? ”