Chapter 13: The Mastermind

When Gao Yingxiang entered Tianlong Village, there were many soldiers of the Xingtian Army on both sides of the road along the way, until this time, Gao Yingxiang found that the strength of the Xingtian Army was not as low as he thought at first, in addition to the more than 400 soldiers and generals who Xiao Tianjian led the team to greet just now, there were still quite a lot of soldiers and horses left in the cottage, just now when he first built Xiao Tianjian, he thought that the 400 soldiers were already the elite of Xiao Tianjian's core, but when he entered the cottage, he knew that it was far from the case. The soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army who stayed in the cottage were not ambiguous at all, they were still all in a fierce posture, and the quality of their equipment was no worse than the generals who greeted them just now.

At first glance, Gao Yingxiang was also secretly surprised, Xiao Tianjian's Xingtian Army was very different from the soldiers and horses under their command, there were only a few women and children here, and the vast majority of the rest belonged to the elite soldiers, compared to the soldiers and horses under their jurisdiction, there were less than two out of ten soldiers who could fight, and the Xingtian Army here was obviously taking the elite route, basically more than half of the people who could go into battle, and the number of armor they were equipped with alone was about the same as the total number of soldiers under his command. This made Gao Yingxiang and even Li Zicheng and their subordinates quite shocked, and they no longer dared to despise the newly rising boy in front of them.

"General Xiao is really young and promising! I didn't expect that there was such an elite army as you hidden on the territory of this small Huangyang County, no wonder you can safely entrench yourself on the territory of this Fengxiang Mansion, but the government has nothing to do with you! And how General Xiao trained such an elite army in such a short period of time is really impressive! Li Zicheng looked around the stockade, looked at the soldiers of the Xingtian Army who were standing upright with some greed, and said to Xiao Tianjian.

After Xiao Tianjian heard Li Zicheng's praise, he still felt a little proud in his heart, because when he met just now, although the number of his soldiers and horses was far less than that of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, the elite level was not inferior to them at all, and even surpassed them a lot, especially in terms of equipment quality, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses, who were currently experiencing new defeats, were almost as good as those called Huazi, which made him a little proud.

But the kind words still have to be said, Xiao Tianjian smiled and said modestly: "Where, where!" Li Chuang praised it! It's just good luck in Xia, fortunately I met so many capable brothers, so that I can operate to such a point, but compared with King Gao Chuang and General Li Chuang, this bit of belongings is nothing at all, as for military training! He is even more of a layman, but he is just comparing his heart with his heart and treating his brothers well! ”

Yan Chongxi, Feng Gouzi and others, who followed Xiao Tianjian, all showed a smug look on their faces, because they all had eyes, and when they went out to see so many Gao Yingxiang's parts outside, and then compared with themselves, they could naturally see who was more blessed, and they were half a year ago, no matter what, they couldn't have imagined that they would have today, thinking back on the past six months, Xiao Tianjian took them to the field with a knife and a gun, they naturally figured it out, compared to those who followed Gao Yingxiang outside, How lucky they were.

Although Gao Yingxiang did not directly praise Xiao Tianjian for anything, but his eyes also showed an approving look, and led his generals to follow Xiao Tianjian into the Tianlong Village, and the scene they saw made them even more surprised, originally they all thought that a small cottage, from their impression, must be messy and dirty, but after entering the village, they saw that everything here was clean, including the clothes of all the people here, although it was not very good, and the clothes on many people were also patched. But everyone is dressed cleanly, few people have vegetables on their faces, and there is a sense of satisfaction on their faces, to be able to do this, for today's troubled times, they naturally know how difficult it is for the leaders of the rebel army to fight everywhere, and they have long led their subordinates to fight in the south and the north, although they often have some gains, but they have never done it to the extent that everyone under their soldiers is fed and clothed, and don't look at the short time that the Xingtian Army has been in the army, but it can do this, They naturally know how difficult it is.

And what makes them even more happy is that after entering the school yard of the village, a lot of things have been neatly stacked on the school yard here, including large bags of grain and bundles of weapons, obviously, these things are Xiao Tianjian has been prepared, promised to give them those materials, it seems that Tian Jianxiu said well, this Xiao Tianjian is indeed a character, can accumulate so many materials, and give them without hesitation, at least this favor is a great favor for them at this time.

"King Gao Chuang, General Li Chuang, these things are the materials that are promised to Brother Tian and ready to be sent to you, the quantity is not much, and it can be regarded as a little bit of heart, and I hope that King Gao Chuang and General Li Chuang will smile and accept, this is a list of materials, please check!" Xiao Tianjian pointed to the materials in the school field, took a list of materials from Luo Yingjie, who came over, and presented it to Gao Yingxiang with both hands.

Gao Yingxiang was indeed a little embarrassed at this time, and some regretted that he had just been too big and neglected this young offspring, now it seems that after Tian Jianxiu went back last night, he recommended him with all his strength, hoping that he could encircle this Xingtianjun to follow him, which is quite reasonable, but it is a pity that he still can't help it today, and he is too big, so that now there is a certain degree of rift in the relationship between them, and it is estimated that it will be a little troublesome to take this Xiao Tianjian under his command again!

Seeing Xiao Tianjian present the list of materials to him, he naturally couldn't let people check it, but said with a smile: "Thank you General Xiao for giving me such a big gift, this is a great favor!" General Xiao is so righteous, what else does he need to test? Well, I accepted these things this time, Gao will never forget this situation, and he will be rewarded another day! Hongji, you can arrange to catch these supplies first! Saying that, he took the list in Xiao Tianjian's hand and handed it to Li Zicheng, who was following him.

Li Zicheng naturally couldn't arrange someone to check it, this was all a favor from Xiao Tianjian, and they didn't need to do it at all, so they casually handed over the list to one of Gao Yingxiang's subordinates.

Jin Fuzi had already arranged for the cook to arrange a banquet in the Juyi Hall of Tianlong Village, and the dishes were also very simple, killing a pig and two sheep, stewing a large piece of meat and serving it, with some vegetables that their soldiers of the Heavenly Army planted in the open space in the corner of the cottage in their spare time, and made a few tables of banquets.

Xiao Tianjian let Gao Yingxiang and others into the hall, and sat down as guests, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng brought in more than 20 generals this time, and several generals of the Xingtian Army sat at a few tables, and Xiao Tianjian naturally accompanied Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to sit at a table.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng together introduced these generals they brought to Xiao Tianjian, many people Xiao Tianjian had never heard of the name before, presumably because these people were not famous in history, but there are also some people's names, Xiao Tianjian can be regarded as a long-term name, and these names he has heard of are basically from Li Zicheng's subordinates, when Li Zicheng introduced his subordinates, Xiao Tianjian only from these people, he knew some of his long-known people.

Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng introduced their subordinates to Xiao Tianjian, and Xiao Tianjian stood up and saluted these people one by one, some of them should be Gao Yingxiang's subordinates, there are Gao Yingxiang's first team of main generals "Qian Yaner" Qian Bentang, the third team leader Li Jinwang, the fourth team leader Scorpion Block, the fifth team leader Lao Zhang Fei, the sixth team leader Ranshi Wang and others, most of them only reported their nicknames, Xiao Tianjian didn't know their real names, anyway, this is all used to it, many people who came out to mix were only called nicknames, as for their real names, but gradually even they themselves are rarely used, after Gao Yingxiang's introduction, Xiao Tianjian politely got up and saluted these people one by one, and these people also stood up and returned the salute.

It wasn't until Gao Yingxiang introduced a person that Xiao Tianjian deliberately paid attention to this person, this person was the man he saw with resentful eyes in Gao Yingxiang's subordinates when he greeted Gao Yingxiang just now, and after Gao Yingxiang's introduction, Xiao Tianjian knew that this person was Gao Yingxiang's slightly lower level subordinate, nicknamed the Mountain Tiger, and the name Zhang Dapan.

When Xiao Tianjian was bowing to him, this mountain-turning tiger sat at another table with a big grin, didn't stand up at all, just glanced at Xiao Tianjian with slanted eyes, arched his hand slightly, turned his head, and hung Xiao Tianjian somewhere.

Xiao Tianjian was suddenly a little embarrassed, coughed and put down his hand, Gao Yingxiang glanced at this mountain tiger, his face showed a look of displeasure, and he wanted to scold the mountain tiger for being rude, but at this time, in front of outsiders, it was inconvenient for him to do so, so he glared at the mountain tiger fiercely.

Xiao Tianjian wondered in his heart, he had never seen this mountain tiger, why did this mountain tiger show strong hostility towards him from the beginning to the present?

The rudeness of this mountain tiger suddenly made Xiao Tianjian's subordinates angry, and it was Luo Li, who had a hot temper, who was sitting at the same table with the mountain tiger, as soon as he saw that this guy was so rude to Xiao Tianjian, he stood up with a cold snort, and wanted to return the color to this mountain tiger immediately.

But Xiao Tianjian didn't want to make things stiff at this time, so he glared at him and shouted, "Luo Li, sit down!" Hugh is going to be eventful! ”

Luo Li can be said to be absolutely obedient to Xiao Tianjian, although he was angry in his heart, he still held back his anger and sat down, but his eyes were very unkind to this mountain tiger, and he wondered in his heart how to give this guy an ugly look and return the rudeness of this guy just now.

In embarrassment, Li Zicheng hurriedly took over the conversation, got up and introduced the subordinates he brought for Xiao Tianjian, and Li Zicheng brought only three people, one was wearing a scribe's shirt, the other was a relatively young general, and then Tian Jianxiu, who came to contact Xiao Tianjian.

The man in the scribe's shirt was introduced to Xiao Tianjian by Li Zicheng first: "General Xiao, this is Mr. Gu Junen, Li's military advisor!" ”

Xiao Tianjian didn't notice this person who had been silently following everyone since he entered the mountain, so Xiao Tianjian didn't notice his existence until Li Zicheng introduced him, Xiao Tianjian didn't notice him, I saw that this Gu Junen looked very ordinary, with three short strands of hair on his chin, his face was dark, and his clothes were dirty, looking a little sloppy, if it weren't for this scribe's shirt, Xiao Tianjian would almost treat him as a farmer. is such a person who is not good-looking, and he is actually one of the important advisers of Li Zicheng, who is very famous in history, which makes Xiao Tianjian feel quite emotional in his heart.