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Just two days after the founding day of the Xingtian Army, when Xiao Tianjian was preparing his troops and horses, and was about to cross the mountain and attack Yuanqu, this matter had to be shelved again because of an unexpected incident.

Xiao Tianjian unexpectedly received a message sent by Jiang Cheng, who was stationed in the west of Yangcheng, saying that there were several poles, and suddenly appeared in the mountains to the west, and there were a total of six families, and the number of minions led by no one varied, and there were only a few dozen people who were more than three or four hundred people, and there were only a few dozen people who tried to enter the boundary of Yangcheng, and they had been blocked by Jiang Cheng in the area of the mountain pass, but there was no conflict between the two sides.

Xiao Tianjian was not surprised by this news after receiving it, because almost at the same time that Jiang Cheng sent back the news, Li Xuanzhu, who was stationed in Hexi Village in the north of Yangcheng, also sent someone to send back the news, saying that the two poles were pursued by the official army in Qinshui County, fled into the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, and were controlled by Li Xuanzhu and his troops.

For such a situation, it should also be expected, after all, there are many wanderers in this world, and the homeless people who can't live, as long as someone raises their arms and shouts, they will respond to a hundred calls, and the small ones will gather in the mountains and forests to occupy the mountains and become the king, specializing in cutting the path and robbing money, robbing houses, tying some meat tickets to extort money, and the big ones, like Gao Yingxiang and others, are called the righteous army, and they sweep thousands of miles through the city.

Needless to say, the big forces are almost all concentrated in Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, and Shaanxi and are enemies with the official army, but the poles of the small forces are everywhere, often in a prefecture and county, there are as many as a few shares, and the government is powerless to suppress them, as long as they do not go too far, they often let it go.

So under normal circumstances, most of these small strands are small wealthy, there is food, drink and women sleep to be content, the vast majority of people do not have any grand ambitions, just want to mix a day or two, taking advantage of the troubled times to make some windfalls.

After the defeat of the official army in Zezhou, although in a short period of time, the Shanxi Buzheng Division did not have the strength to mobilize a large army to suppress the Xingtian Army, but it still instructed the prefectures and counties in the south of Shanxi to strengthen the elimination of local bandits, and at the same time mobilize troops to prevent the Xingtian Army from continuing to expand its sphere of influence. Different from the Xingtian Army's rapid advance, some of the small strands in the surrounding states and counties have been wiped out, and the local governments can't deal with the Xingtian Army in Yangcheng, but they can deal with these small strands in their local areas, in order to fool the peak, so the surrounding states and counties have mobilized soldiers and horses, and organized the township warriors to begin to vigorously encircle and suppress their local small strands, and it didn't take long for many small strands that were originally good to be wiped out by the government, even if they were lucky enough to escape, is also chased, chickens fly and dogs jump, and they can't live in fear.

This is also one of the reasons why all of a sudden, so many small strands of poles flocked into the Yangcheng territory, because they were really beaten by the surrounding officials and had nowhere to run, so they remembered the reason for enjoying the shade under the big tree, and now all the poles also learned about the defeat of the Yangcheng Xingtian Army, and basically controlled the Yangcheng area, so they took the remnants of their defeated generals and fled into the Yangcheng territory, wanting to take refuge in the Xingtian Army and seek the protection of the Xingtian Army.

After hearing these news, Xiao Tianjian had to temporarily delay the matter of sending troops to Yuanqu for a few more days, and just sent Luo Li to lead a group of craftsmen and some local hunters to the northwest and into the mountains to find a passage for the Xingtian Army to send troops to Yuanqu, so as to lay the foundation for the next step of dispatching troops.

And he summoned Fu Deming, Yan Chongxi, Shi Ran and others to discuss what to do with these poles that came to defect.

When everyone listened to what Xiao Tianjian said, Yan Chongxi grinned and said, "This is a good thing!" In the past, our Xingtian Army was not very famous, and not many people came to join us, but now that so many people have come to join us, of course it's a good thing! In my opinion, the general can take them as he can! ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded slightly, but did not immediately express his position, turned his head and asked Fu Deming what he thought of this matter, Fu Deming stroked the beard on his chin, frowned slightly and replied: "Although this is a good thing, accept them and our Xingtian Army can grow stronger as soon as possible, but as far as I know, the people among these poles can be said to be good and bad, it can be said that they are all outlaws and lawless, once they enter the Xingtian Army, I am afraid that they will cause a lot of trouble, but if you don't accept them, I am afraid that there will be too many enemies in the future, and it will be difficult to do!" ”

Fu Deming said the same as not saying it, Xiao Tianjian was a little dissatisfied, but at the moment, the matter is here, and it is not a solution if it is not solved, so after thinking about it, he still made up his mind and said: "Anyway, since these people have come to join us, we can't turn them away, but we can put forward some conditions, if they agree, they can stay, if they don't want to, then don't blame us for not giving them face!" Let's just go meet them! ”

So Xiao Tianjian set off that day, and took Yan Chongxi and a sentry horse to Qiaojiazhuang in the north of the county, when they arrived at Qiaojiazhuang, they really saw Qiaojiazhuang area, a pile of east and west piles gathered a lot of poles, these poles are both men, women and children, it is obvious that these people are chased by the government and have nowhere to escape, even their families have been brought over.

When he heard that Xiao Tianjian, the great leader of the Xingtian Army, had personally arrived in Qiaojiazhuang, the palms of the various poles gathered here were invited by Jiang Cheng into the Zhuangzi.

This time, there were a total of six poles running here, and the leaders of these poles all entered Qiaojiazhuang, and Xiao Tianjian also set up a few tables of wine banquets in the courtyard of a large family in the village to entertain the leaders of these poles.

After these people self-reported their names, Xiao Tianjian only then knew the name of the six-way pole, the largest of them, nicknamed the mountain leopard, the name Lu Tianqing, was originally a wealthy family in the Jishan area, but under the drought in the early years, his family also declared bankruptcy, so he entangled a group of people to do the business of robbing the house, so many years, his subordinates have recruited nearly a thousand minions, and they are also prosperous, and even once attacked Jishan County, and then failed, It took refuge in the mountains around Jishan, in recent years, it has repeatedly escaped the encirclement and suppression of the government, and it is quite famous in the Jishan area, but it is a pity that this time the Pingyang government mobilized thousands of local officials and soldiers and the townspeople, and entered the mountains to encircle and suppress, and the good days of the leopard over the mountain are finally over, and several battles are defeated, and the minions of the men who died and fled to escape, only more than 300 people remained, and had to flee from Jishan County, and fled cautiously all the way here, wanting to take refuge in Xiao Tianjian.

And the rest of the poles, the situation is basically similar to the leopard, some are in the Wanrong area, some are in the Jiezhou area, and some are in the Wenxi County area, in short, these people have been chased by the local government recently and have nowhere to go, so they had to give up their original territory and ran to the Yangcheng boundary to join Xiao Tianjian, hoping that Xiao Tianjian could take them in.

After Xiao Tianjian asked where these people came from and the number of their subordinates, he said to these people present: "Xiao is not talented, it is really a blessing to have your help!" Since you have come to vote, how can I, Xiao someone, turn you away? As long as you stay, then I, Xiao, can ensure the safety of you and your families, and will never let you suffer!

But there are some words that Xiao also has to say in the front, my Xingtian Army and you act quite differently, since the Xingtian Army became an army, it has set up various rules, it can be said that military discipline is strict, I am afraid that after you join my Xingtian Army, it will be quite inconvenient! Therefore, since you are sincere in your vote, then as long as you stay, you will be my brother Xiao in the future, and you must act according to the rules of my Heavenly Army! If you can do it, then it will not be a problem for you to stay, and I will treat you as my own brothers! ”

The leopard put down the wine bowl and said to Xiao Tianjian with a big grin: "What Master Xiao said is reasonable, there are no rules, I will wait to go to Master Xiao, so I should naturally follow the orders of Master Xiao!" But please also ask Xiao to speak more clearly, so that I can have a clear understanding in my heart? ”

"Good! Don't hide it from you, just now Xiao briefly inspected your subordinates outside the village, and what he said is not good, with the performance of your subordinates, it is definitely not able to meet the requirements of our army, presumably you have led the army before, and rarely practiced with your subordinates! Therefore, if you want to join our army, you must first make some selections, and only those who are selected can join our army to do things! For the old and infirm, I will give them fields to cultivate and ensure that their livelihood is worry-free!

But this is not the only thing, you must know that our criminal army is very strict in governing the army, but all those who join our criminal army, unless there are special exceptions, need to enter the recruit camp to receive recruit training, only after passing the recruit training, can they be uniformly deployed and arranged to work among the soldiers of various departments!

My Xingtian Army has always relied on their respective military exploits regardless of seniority, so even if you were all well-known men in the past, if you want to be a general in my Xingtian Army, you must also rely on your military exploits to be promoted, rather than leading your original subordinates!

This is also the most basic condition for me to take you in! If you are willing, then I, Xiao, will raise my hands to welcome your brothers into the army, but if you don't agree, then please forgive me Xiao for not being able to fulfill you! Xiao Tianjian then prescribed his conditions.

After listening to the leaders of these poles, they all looked at each other a little, people like them used to merge with each other, under normal circumstances, no matter who they defected to, at least with the people at hand, they could also be a leader, or bring their own subordinates, if they got along, then follow the orders of the big boss to do things, if they didn't get along, they could also lead the troops to leave at any time to set up another mountain.

But listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, it didn't seem to mean this, so a one-eyed man immediately narrowed his one-eyed and asked Xiao Tianjian: "According to what Xiao Dangjia said, if I follow Xiao Dangjia, then our brothers will be scattered, and we ourselves will be the big soldiers?" How can this be done? I think my one-eyed harrier thought that he was in the Fushan area back then, and he was also a well-known figure, where did he not give me a face, Xiao Dangjia treated me so poorly, don't you think it's too much to deceive people? ”