Chen Jisheng's careful thinking in his heart couldn't hide it from Mao Wenlong at all, and from his eyes, Mao Wenlong had expected that Chen Jisheng was fighting the idea of those five people.

Although Mao Wenlong didn't understand the way of the emperor yet, he still understood the simplest truth. Not allowing any of his subordinates to dominate is the most basic power to ensure him.

Like Chongzhen, although he is the emperor, his power is completely hollowed out, and the warlords in various places support their own troops, and the courtiers control the government. Although Chongzhen tried his best to turn the tide, the result was worrying.

Mao Wenlong doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of Chongzhen, the lessons of the past are in front of him, so Mao Wenlong can't help but be vigilant!

Therefore, even Chen Jisheng, who is the most trusted, cannot let him fully control the Dongjiang Army. Mao Wenlong needs to be balanced in many ways, so as to show the importance of his commander and not have any chance of rebellion by his subordinates who have too much power.

"You don't have to bother with these five people, I have other arrangements!" Although Mao Wenlong had scruples in his heart, he did not hide Chen Jisheng.

Hong Chengchou was behind the two of them at the moment, his eyes were roaming back and forth between the two, and when Chen Jisheng played the idea of five people on the field just now, he knew that it was not good.

After all, he is a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and the so-called high merit is a big taboo in the DPRK. And Chen Jisheng is currently the number one general under Mao Wenlong, there is no doubt about it.

But this guy didn't wake up at all, and he revealed in front of Mao Wenlong that he wanted to be a unique talent. Isn't this overtly intimidating?

In addition, Hong Chengchou was surprised by Mao Wenlong's reaction, he actually directly ordered Chen Jisheng, indicating that Mao Wenlong did trust Chen Jisheng.

Chen Jisheng was bluntly rejected by Mao Wenlong, he was unwilling at first, and he opened his mouth to discuss it with Mao Wenlong. But when he turned around, he suddenly saw Hong Chengchou's face and the meaningful eyes handed over, Chen Jisheng was stunned for a moment.

The words that came to his mouth were swallowed back into his stomach, and then he frowned and pondered for a moment before he suddenly came to his senses. Chen Jisheng secretly scolded damned, gave Hong Chengchou a grateful look, and then silently saluted Mao Wenlong with his fists, and no longer mentioned the matter of the five people on the field.

Mao Wenlong was very satisfied with Chen Jisheng's performance, he nodded with a smile and did not delve further.

The game ended quickly, and the result was really as Chen Jisheng expected, and the five-person man won without any surprises.

In the 500-person competition, less than 20 people won in the end, and almost all of the 500 people were injured, some minor and some severe. Yuzhong personally inspected the more than 50 people who died, and after confirming that they were dead, he ordered people to carry them to a mass grave three miles away to bury them.

Under the arrangement of Yuzhong, the winning twenty people came to Mao Wenlong's face, and after reporting their names, Mao Wenlong promised that if they would eat and drink spicy food in the future, in short, they would draw a beautiful future pie.

After that, he let them all go down to rest, leaving only the five men he had his sights on.

Song Hou, Lu Ning, Qi Han, Tian An, Gu Dong, all five of them are local people in Kaifeng.

"The five of you formed a battle, full of tacit understanding, and finally won the victory. It can be seen that you are not ordinary people. Mao Wenlong chuckled and said something to the occasion.

Song Hou's face changed slightly, he didn't expect Mao Wenlong to actually notice these details, and he noticed it in the melee of five hundred people.

After hesitating for a moment, Song Hou exchanged glances with the other four people, then stepped forward and said truthfully: "Don't hide it from the gold master, the five of us were all on errand in Kaifeng City, and the five of us were team leaders in the military station. When encircling and suppressing the rebel army, we fought no less than a dozen tough battles, large and small. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded with satisfaction and said, "It doesn't matter what you did before, I just want to know now, since you are officers of the imperial court, why did you end up like this?" ”

When he mentioned this, Song Hou's face immediately became gloomy, and he said bitterly: "The military station is now not only deducting military rations, but also directly in arrears. The military station was originally self-sufficient, but after years of natural disasters, the grain harvest failed, and the imperial court was in arrears for three months in succession, and the people in the military station could not survive, but the boss ignored it, and everyone fled and fled. ”

In fact, the sadness in the simple narrative can only be understood by those who have experienced it firsthand. Yuzhong on the side has a deep understanding, after all, this is exactly the same as his experience, and this also proves that what he said before is indeed true.

Chen Jisheng squinted his eyes at Hong Chengchou proudly, and the latter's face was as usual, and there was no longer the tangled expression like before.

Hong Chengchou has actually fully agreed with what Chen Jisheng said before, after all, seeing is believing, the facts are already in front of him, and he has nothing to defend.

The bet between the two obviously ended with Chen Jisheng winning, and Hong Chengchou was also a single man at this point, and he lost if he lost, and he didn't make much excuses.

Chen Jisheng saw Hong Chengchou's indifferent appearance, and suddenly felt completely interested.

Mao Wenlong also looked back at Chen Jisheng and Hong Chengchou at this time, and when he saw that the two were no longer arguing, he smiled and stopped care. Turning back to Song Houyan, he said: "I have heard about this before, what is the situation of the military stations in Kaifeng now, do you know?" ”

Song Houyu said: "Now there is not one out of ten military stations in Kaifeng. ”

"How can it be like this?" Mao Wenlong touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Chen Jisheng's eyes lit up, he knew that Mao Wenlong was calculating whether to break the lockdown at the moment.

Kaifeng is obviously the main city of Henan, as long as Kaifeng is taken, other places are convenient. Of course, if you want to break the blockade, it will inevitably attract the attention of the imperial court, and it will inevitably lead to a big counterattack by the imperial court.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong must be thoughtful, not frivolous and careless.

After a long time, Mao Wenlong asked Song Hou and the five people to go down first, and promised that if they would reuse the five people in the future, they would be relieved.

After Song Hou and the five thanked Mao Wenlong, they entered the inn under the leadership of Yuzhong.

The people who did not participate in the competition, but followed the recruitment criteria, got their steamed buns in order, and then waited aside.

And the three thousand people who did not conform to the standard could only leave in frustration, among which there were two sneaky guys, who had been mixing in the crowd and looking at Mao Wenlong, the gold owner.

After the two men discussed in a low voice, one of them quickly left Nameless Town, rode a fast horse in the woods outside the town, and then galloped in the direction of Kaifeng City.

In this regard, the people on Mao Wenlong's side did not know that the recruitment had been successfully completed. Chen Jisheng and Hong Chengchou also divided the winners and losers, and Mao Wenlong ordered to rush back to Defu early tomorrow morning.

Yuzhong was left behind, and he will be responsible for continuing to recruit troops later, where a large number of migrants will arrive every day. Mao Wenlong doesn't need to go outside to find people here, and more importantly, the cost of recruiting people here is very planned, and you can choose as much as you like.