The news of Zu Kuan's defeat in Yongning spread quickly, and within a few days, it spread throughout the western Henan area, and the prefect's yamen in Luoyang City was even more chaotic, and they asked Zu Kuan how he lost this battle.

Zu Kuan also felt faceless, after the defeat retreated to Yiyang, he simply gathered the remnants, and did not stay for a day, so he immediately led the remnants back to Lushan County to rest, as for what impact this defeat will have on him, he can't take care of it for the time being, anyway, the defeat will fail, anyway, he still has more than 1,000 Guan Ning troops under his command, and the Henan Buzheng Secretary still has to rely on them, and he will not do anything to him, anyway, he is unwilling to meet this Xingtian Army again, and he has been frightened by the tenacity and powerful firepower of the Xingtian Army in the battle of Liuquan Town.

In his impression, in addition to Jiannu's soldiers and horses, there is no army that can be so strong, let him try his best, this group of thieves is like a rock, immovable, and the kind of counterattack that regards death as home, it makes him feel even more palpitating, if possible, he does not want to encounter this Xingtian Army again in his life, if he chooses, he would rather go back to the north and go to fight against Jiannu than touch this Xingtian Army again.

And Wang Shaoyu is not to mention, Baba's took advantage of Zu Kuan to drag the Xingtian Army to attack Yongning County, but he didn't think about it but was found blocked on the south bank of the Luo River, and later heard that Zu Kuan was defeated, and immediately pulled out the camp and ran towards Yiyang, but he didn't think that a small group of thieves of the Xingtian Army actually took advantage of the fact that the ice on the river was not very strong, so he laid some planks on the river overnight, stepped on the ice, chased the Luo River, chased all the way behind him, and it was a good kill, and he finally got rid of this gang of thieves. When he fled back to Yiyang, he brought out more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, but only less than half of them remained, and the rest either fled or simply surrendered to the thief army, this time he only had less than 2,000 troops left in Yiyang, and he no longer had the courage to leave Yiyang City half a step.

On the contrary, on the side of the Xingtian Army, after these days of fighting, they first defeated Zu Kuan's department, and then Liu Yaoben defeated the giant Dougu, and then defeated Wang Shaoyu's department, and suddenly became famous in the western Henan area.

It turned out that the smaller Zhuangbao in Yongning County, which was in a wait-and-see state, at this time, were busy showing goodwill to the Xingtian Army one by one, and they didn't need the Xingtian Army to urge them, so they took the initiative to take out some grain and send people to Yongning County.

At this time, Henan has already become a place of four wars, all kinds of righteous armies and the government go back and forth to fight, the government's ability to control the local area has long been weak to the extreme, many families with a little power, all form a village to protect themselves, whoever has the upper hand will listen to whom, it is not that they are unwilling to listen to the government, but they are small rich people, compared to the emperor's relatives and those dignitaries, they also have to survive, if they are forced to rely on the court, the government can not protect them, they will be unlucky, So these people have begun to see the wind and rudder over the years, whoever can control the ground in this area, they will listen to whomever they want, as long as they don't force them too much, they listen to whoever they just want to live!

And what shocked the people in this area even more was that even the famous clay pots in western Henan also led the crowd to announce that they had joined the Xingtian Army this time, and this time when they took refuge in the Xingtian Army, they also gave a big gift to the Xingtian Army, and sent the heads of Yidou Valley, which was against the Xingtian Army everywhere during this time, to Yongning County, and the five thousand minions under his command also joined the Xingtian Army.

As a result, the Xingtian Army suddenly gained momentum in western Henan, and some smaller pole forces in the vicinity began to flock to the Yongning realm and took refuge in the Xingtian Army, which made the Xingtian Army suddenly grow a lot.

However, what others didn't expect was that the beautiful Lord Xiao Tianjian was feeling a headache about this matter, and the crockpot finally chose to take refuge in him, which was a good thing for him, after defeating the Yidou Valley, the local pole and crockpot in western Henan was the largest share, and his defection undoubtedly announced his status in Henan, and also confirmed his actual control of Yongning County.

But he has a bit of a headache for these forces and poles that flock to him, because most of the minions in these poles are composed of good and bad characters, and many of them are not qualified to serve as soldiers in the Xingtian Army according to the habits of the Xingtian Army, so these old, weak, sick and disabled characters with ruffians must be eliminated and eliminated.

And the question of how to place the leaders of the crockpots and the various poles under him is a very difficult matter to deal with.

In this matter, Xiao Tianjian still adhered to his original principle, all these local forces that took refuge in him must accept his reorganization, and in order not to form a small force group in his Xingtian Army, these leaders must completely hand over their military power after defecting to the Xingtian Army, and break away from those soldiers who originally belonged to them, so as to avoid the formation of a situation in which they support their own troops and do not obey orders.

Therefore, how to deal with the matter of the crockpot, it involves the success or failure of the future reorganization of these local armed forces, when he heard that the crockpot came to vote, he discussed with his generals in advance, and then led the crowd out of Yongning County, to meet the crockpots.

This time to welcome the return of the clay pots, Xiao Tianjian arranged quite grandly, five miles outside the west gate of Yongning County, chose a wide and flat open space as the school field, and here gathered the people to build a camp for the new annexed army to stop, and transferred a batch of grain and captured weapons from the county to reserve in advance in this camp, and not far from this new attached army camp, a camp of a teaching camp was built.

On 28 October, except for the soldiers of the two companies left behind in the county seat, all the other battalions followed Xiao Tianjian to this school ground, and the infantry army, cavalry corps, artillery corps, baggage corps, and engineer companies each designated their positions and lined up on the campus field outside the battalion.

These soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army also deliberately packed up their armor today, their whole bodies were neatly draped, and the weapons were polished and wiped cleanly, and the armor was bright and speary, but there were still traces of blood on their armor after the war, and even some lightly injured soldiers were also in the queue, and the cloth belts on their bodies were still leached with bloodstains.

Even on their various banners, there are still some remnants of gunpowder damage, but this does not affect the military appearance of the Xingtian Army at all, but from a distance, it is filled with a kind of murderous aura, all the generals are shy and folded, their chins are high, each of them is a proud and fierce general's posture, everyone's face is filled with a kind of self-confidence and pride as a member of the Xingtian Army, which makes people have a feeling of not daring to look up.

In addition to the Xingtianjun, even some small local gentry were also invited to participate in the ceremony this time, and at the end of the school field, a special place was set up for them for these local gentry to watch the ceremony, and these little gentry near Yongning County, after receiving the invitation, all hurriedly cleaned up, and took their young descendants to the school field in the west of Yongning County, and were received by the scribes of the Xingtianjun and arranged to watch the ceremony at the designated place.

When they saw a team of soldiers of the Xingtian Army who were full of horses and horses to make rumbling footsteps, and entered in a neat queue, everyone stood up involuntarily, they were almost without exception shocked by the military appearance of the Xingtian Army, and they didn't feel too shocked when they heard about it before, but now after really seeing the military appearance of the Xingtian Army, these local gentry really realized the strength of the Xingtian Army, and in their hearts they couldn't think of anything other than fear and submission.

Xiao Tianjian is also draped all over his body today, wearing a pair of mountain-shaped armor that only the generals of the Ming Army can have, this time it is wiped and polished, and there is a peacock feather inserted in the helmet, which is the privilege he has in the Xingtian Army, in addition, no one is allowed to wear this kind of feather on his helmet and felt hat, and there is a simple and unpretentious waist knife hanging from his waist, and he is also wearing a flintlock short gun made by the Xingtian Army on the right side, and he is wearing a washed and somewhat faded red cloak on his back, riding on his sturdy yellow hussay, It also looks majestic.

After glancing at the generals of the Xingtian Army behind him, Xiao Tianjian was once again arrogant, with so many tigers, why not be able to achieve a great cause! The world has already imprinted his traces, so he no longer doubts that he is just a passerby in this era.

Thousands of people gathered together, all the soldiers stood in the cold wind, let the cold wind blow across their faces, but in addition to the slight sound of the rubbing of the armor leaves, only the occasional snort of those war horses remained, thousands of soldiers stood silently in the queue, and the flag bearer stood in front of each team of men and horses with the flag like a javelin, as if it was a statue.

At this time, the Xingtian Army has shown the difference from other armies of this era, this is an elite modern army trained by Xiao Tianjian's post-modern military thoughts, daily training and commentary, coupled with strict military discipline constraints, every soldier in the army has always maintained strong combat effectiveness, and can be put into combat at any time, and this tension maintained at any time also makes the array of the Xingtian Army have a unique beauty, so that people can not doubt that they are an iron-blooded army.

(Today, Monday, it's still the old habit to ask everyone for a few tickets to decorate the façade!) Brothers, don't be stingy! ）