The black bull got what he wanted, and really became a member of the army, of course, he was happy, turned to the original group of brothers and friends, shouted loudly and dispatched, and watched those original brothers come and go with envious expressions under his own instructions, and couldn't help but be proud.

was proud, but he didn't want a brother who was doing horse banditry, so he suddenly jumped out and scolded: "Old black bull, you are not authentic, how did you tell our brothers in the beginning?" Now you have five and six people there, what do you have to say? You say, what is the difference between the things that were promised to us? Do you still want to get mixed up in this northwestern border of Shaanxi? As soon as the horse bandit shouted, the brothers who had been hailed by the other black bulls also shouted together and denounced the black bull together.

As soon as he heard these words, the black bull, who was still alive and spirited, lost his temper at that time, and gave up his hands again and again, saying good things to everyone like a little daughter-in-law, and saying New Year's greetings.

"What's going on?" Guo Tianxing stretched out his hand to grab the black bull that was struggling around, and asked in a puzzled whisper.

Seeing the commander asking, the black bull immediately said with a bitter face: "Commander, it's not that I watched the urgency of the war at that time, my cavalry is too few, and the minions are too unbearable, so I pretended to be the one who broke into the army, and in the name of our army, I urgently invited a group of friends to come to help the fist, who ever thought, these boys are not enough friends, at that time, I didn't think about the righteousness of my friends, and I was holding things, and the lion opened his mouth to talk to me about the conditions, at that time, I was also unscrupulous, and promised them some things, this, Isn't this just a collection of debts one by one? After that, he hurriedly bowed to the brothers who came over again, and then slapped the usually best brother and walked away: "Go, go, let's go over there and say something, it's very clean over there." ”

Black Bull has just been chartered by King Chuang to join the Chuang Army, and this happened as a result, and he doesn't want to lose face in front of King Chuang and the Great Commander.

Lu Shiwen laughed when he heard this: "Brother Black Bull, it's no wonder that friends don't pay attention to righteousness, they can be in the most critical moment of the Cao Meng brothers, when thousands of troops and horses are fighting, friends take their lives to help the fist, our base is already very grateful, we all think it is worth it to make great promises to our friends, besides, where in the world is there anything more valuable than the lives of our Cao Meng brothers?" ”

These words immediately moved everyone present, Lu Shi continued: "Also, you can't blame your friends, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, and it is natural to send troops to kill and get some gifts, you said at the beginning that you are the one who broke into the army, and now I also admit it, then your promise is our commitment to the army, a manly man, follow the law, I have to bear all the promises based on the place, life is in the world, faith is the first." ”

As soon as he said this, he was unanimously approved by those bold men, and they all praised the king for his righteousness.

"Tell me, what have you promised? We will deliver on it. Lu Shi said to the black bull without hesitation. At this time, fulfilling the promise, although there is a suspicion of being extorted by others, but it is better than going to the door one by one in the future.

Lu Shi promised, Hei Niu immediately became happy when he heard it, he secretly glanced at Guo Tianxing with his eyes, and swallowed his saliva, Guo Tianxing scolded with a smile: "Look at you are a rough and honest man, why are you a mother-in-law and mother now, since we said it, then we agreed, why don't you say it?" Could it be that you promised to empty all our base areas? ”

When Hei Niu heard this, he shook his hand again and again, and said boldly in the sky: "Even if you promise to empty the entire base area, King Chuang and I will definitely fulfill it, without ambiguity." ”

Hearing that the Great Commander also promised like this, Hei Niu had confidence, took a deep breath and said, "Then I can say it, don't blame me for the price I offered." “

"Let's say, even if you smash the pot and sell iron from the base, it won't lose your promise," Lu Shi affirmed again.

"I have a few friends from the cottage who want to join our army."

Lu Shi didn't think about it and said: "This is a good thing, welcome to it." ”

In fact, Lu Shi didn't know that Wu Tao had already begun to implement the policy of various poles, but since he sent out the army, Lu Shi has suffered from the vast area of the base area, and it is obvious that the strength of his army is a bit beyond the reach of the whip and stretched.

Also, it is this time Cao Meng blocked the door of the battle, although there is a battle to establish the meaning of the meaning, but the deep level is more out of helplessness, this anti-encirclement and suppression, the base area is vast, and the shortcomings of the support is not urgent began to appear, on the way here, Lu Shi began to consider another way to expand the army, increase the military strength in this Ganquanfu County and Naluochuan, to maintain the fruits of victory, at the same time, due to the growth of the base area, the complete victory of this anti-encirclement and suppression, will inevitably attract the attention of the government, not to say that his own ostrich policy has been ignored by the government, another encirclement and suppression will definitely follow.

This time, it can be seen from Zhang Yuan's actions that in the last battle of Yanchuan, the border army was hurt by themselves and needed a period of rest, but the last battle only hurt them, and they were not injured at the same time, and at the same time, they were also fortunate to invite heaven, a mutiny of the officers and soldiers, and a Gao Yingxiang caused an incident in the border army's garrison, and they needed to go back to fight the fire, so they let themselves go, and the border army had no strength and no time to deal with themselves for the time being.

There is also Chongzhen's new accession to the throne, and internal adjustments also need to be adjusted, the most important thing is the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the earthquake brought to the officialdom by the continuous expansion of the eunuch case, those dignitaries and dignitaries are now taking care of themselves in this earthquake, so they launched Zhang Yuan's gang to confront themselves, and once the mutiny of the border army and the uprising of Gao Yingxiang were suppressed, and the end of the officialdom earthquake, the official army must organize forces again to encircle and suppress themselves,

Lu Shi did not pin the hope of entanglement of the official army on Gao Yingxiang, he knew history, Gao Yingxiang definitely did not have the strength to compete with the border army, at that time Hong Chengchou, who was still a small governor of the grain road, took thousands of strong men to fight Gao Yingxiang was defeated and lost, and the border army fought a battle, and it was absolutely impossible to describe those homeless troops with a battle that would be defeated in a battle, especially when he finally killed Li Yuanhao's deputy chief soldier this time, at this time, it was not the late Chongzhen period, the deputy chief soldier of the general army was flying all over the sky, at this time, the entire three sides of northern Shaanxi were just a general soldier, five deputy commanders, now let themselves force one to death, that's a big deal.

Due to the appearance of this "accident", the situation makes it impossible for the government to bury their heads, nor can the government bury their heads, and at that time, it will be a round of stormy blows. At that time, he will have no time to train to meet the enemy, let alone expand his base areas so that more people can benefit from this policy.

So the top priority, is no longer to use money and food to win over allies, allies are unreliable, often in the face of greater interests, allies are the first to stab you in the back of the knife, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, up and down for thousands of years are the same reason, especially now in charge of Shaanxi Yang He, is a master of the faction, Chongzhen is also in this with him, if the brigade of officers and soldiers do it to themselves, then after Yang He made a wish, there are a few allies who betrayed themselves, in history, even the famous Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai have such a criminal record, This risk must not be taken.

Alliances all hope that their partner is a strong person and get benefits from the strong side, but they don't want to find a weak person to help protect and win over, which is the unanimous idea of all allies. Therefore, if you want to survive in this world, the most reliable thing is the strength in your own hands.

However, the expansion of the army is a certain difficulty for Lu Shi and the base area, Lu Shi and Guo Tianxing do not want to engage in a method of coercing the old and weak women and children, that can only force themselves to a dead end, at the same time, the base area needs a large number of young and strong people to build, if they really want to be soldiers, then the foundation of their own survival will be gone, at that time, in order to raise these soldiers, they have to go to the way of the rogues, so the expansion of the army, you can only think elsewhere, fortunately, at this time, the rebel army has not yet said that the army is not paid, and the troop consumption is also small, as long as the development of the base area is stable, As long as you give a stutter will gather from this cloud.

Lu Shi was worried about this, but he didn't expect this black bull to say a word, but it made Lu Shi's eyes shine, this absorption of the original pole cottage power to strengthen himself, but it is a rare shortcut (this is synchronized with Wu Tao's Shi Wei) Although these poles are composed of homeless people, but the strong among them have seen blood, and they have been killed in battle, which is much stronger than the farmers and herdsmen who have just recruited to put down their hoes, and these people are strong soldiers with a little training, so Lu Shi agreed.

"Also, those brothers who were horse thieves knew that our army discipline was strict, but they didn't want to be restrained, so they proposed to me that each of them want a saber equipped with our cavalry." When he said this, the black bull felt embarrassed.

At this time, for horse thieves, if they want to live, or want to live well, the most important thing is two things, one is a good horse, and the other is a good knife.

Horse thieves and Mongolian Tartars and officials and businessmen all day long to fight to the death, a good knife, will make their combat power soar, the chance of survival greatly increased, Cao Meng with the army in this Ganquan to show off the power of a toss, the place where the horse thief is most red, is the cavalry in the hands of a new style of sabre, everything who has seen the baby saber knows, that is a treasure knife that money can not buy, when a gust of wind and Cao Meng formed an alliance, the words also asked to buy but could not, it can be seen that the army attaches great importance to this treasure knife.

"Of course." Seeing that King Chuang was silent, Hei Niu thought that this saber was not easy to come by, Lu Shi was reluctant, and immediately explained: "This group of friends is not in vain, next time there is a war, you need the help of friends, everyone must fight unequivocally." ”

Lu Shihaha laughed: "Brother is too careful, what should I ask for, it's just a few sabers, just agree." ”

The horse thief who watched the black bull negotiate with King Chuang from afar, when he got this promise, he burst into cheers, in their eyes, the treasure knife must be hard to find, I never thought that Lu Shi agreed so easily, how could it not make people happy? At the same time, he was also greatly impressed by the credibility of the army. Invisibly, it has formed a strong reinforcement for the base area in the periphery.