Three days later, Zhuang Yi convened the whole village to discuss on the flat ground outside the warehouse, first officially announced by Duan Zhongzhong, and established Zhuang Yi's identity as the master of Madu Mountain's Diexiu Village, and then Zhuang Yi appeared on the stage and began to speak.

"Brethren...... Why have you become robbers? ”

Unfortunately, everyone was very uncooperative, staring at each other, not knowing how to answer. Zhuang Yi frowned at the crowd under the corridor, thought for a while, and said, "Bian Wu!" You stand up! Let's start with ......"

"Master! I? I don't have anyone else at home, and my neighbor's family is not good, so I came to the cottage! Bian Wu had to stand up and said a little timidly.

"So is it good to be a thief? Do you want to be a man with your tail between your legs? Zhuang Yi continued to ask.

"Of course it's not good, but when you go back to Youzhou, you can only join the army, and life is still not good!"

"Then why can't you live in Youzhou? Are you not industrious enough, or are you lazy? ”

"Hey...... Not really! Every few years, there is a war, and if there is a little food at home, you have to hand in the military rations. Even if you make a meritorious service, it is also Shangguan's, and we don't have a share of the reward......"

"That's it, it's been a troubled time, there are wars everywhere, it's hard to make a living anywhere, but why don't we take our destiny into our own hands? From today on, we are self-reliant in Xiuzhai, since Youzhou lacks war horses, we will go to grab the war horses and hides of the Hu people in Shanbei, and go to Youzhou to exchange food, anyway, the Hu people have suffered a disaster, and they are also coming south to loot, who is strong enough can survive. ”

Zhuang Yi glanced ahead and continued to say loudly, "So...... Strong force is the only guarantee for survival in troubled times, and if you want to gain a firm foothold, you must train your troops. I have decided to organize you like an army from today for a month of training, and you can only survive if you have developed your skills, do you understand? ”

Zhuang Yi's idea did not cause disgust, everyone had similar training before, but it was loose and not severe.

But everyone still stood and sitted, lazily staggering, and promised in a low voice, Zhuang Yi was very annoyed, and roared: "Didn't you eat? Will you still be able to speak? ”

"Understood......" This time the voice was a little louder, and it was still sparse.

Zhuang Yi was very dissatisfied, but there was no way to do it. The people who entered the village were either runaways or deserters, some of them were originally thieves with chickens and dogs, and there was no discipline at all, and Zhuang Yi did not have enough prestige for the time being for them to bow down and obey orders, and they could also act simply.

Next, Zhuang Yi organized all the women and the elderly into miscellaneous servants and asked them to go back to work. In this way, there were still 350 people left, according to the military system of this era, five people were in the army, ten people were in groups, and 100 people were in the capital, which happened to be organized into three capitals, plus a personal guard of 50 people, which was filled by the group of young students and some people with poor physical fitness, with Bian Wu and An Huaixin as the main and deputy leaders.

As for the number and serial number, it is temporarily called "Dushan Camp", and the serial number is determined in the order of one, two, three and other numbers.

Zhuang Yi has decided in advance the candidates for the three heads, and all of them are Duan Sizhen; The two capitals are headed by Zhang Zhen; The head of the three capitals is Shi Dazhong. The first two people, one is Duan Zhongzhong's second son, and the other is the son of the old man Zhang Tou, they both have families, so don't worry about them being disobedient or running away secretly. There is only Shi Dazhong, this person is not very convinced of himself, so he can only let him practice for a period of time.

There are no deputy positions in all establishments for the time being, and Zhuang Yi still needs to observe carefully, look for candidates, and then carry out the second reorganization when the training is almost complete.

The team leader and the gang leader were temporarily replaced by the original small leader, and the first-level establishment of the captain was completely abolished. Of course, these grassroots petty officers are also very important, if those original petty leaders are incompetent, Zhuang Yi can replace them at any time. Fortunately, he became a big boss by force, and there was no need to kill people to establish authority, and the order could basically be carried out.

As for the military flag, Zhuang Yi personally drew a sketch of a blue-eyed golden eagle and handed over the task to Duan Zhongzhong's wife. As for the subordinate military flags at the next level, they are not needed for the time being, and only training into the army as soon as possible is the king's way.

It's just that equipment is a problem, and the only way is to buy it from Youzhou, but this matter is not urgent, and Zhuang Yi can only make all the existing iron materials into arrowheads and spear heads first.

In the days that followed, Zhuang Yi formulated the training program at night, and trained these lazy guys frantically during the day, with his own example, no one dared to disobey orders or complain about anything. There are only more than 200 people, and Zhuang Yi can only take the route of elite soldiers.

In medieval Europe, many knights mounted heavy horses and dismounted heavy steps, which was called a mighty one, and Zhuang Yi wanted to create such an army.

The main training subjects are: the dispersal and reorganization of the infantry formation, plus the collective weight cross-country to exercise physical fitness and team spirit; The second is the training of individual tactics, including swords and shields, spears, archery, etc., as for horsemanship, basically everyone in the village can ride a horse, and a few people are masters of horsemanship, what they lack is the tactical skills of lining up to cooperate with the battle.

Therefore, Zhuang Yi focused on training infantry tactics, and planned to adopt the method of survival of the fittest, select a few elites among them, and one person was equipped with two horses, and trained to be a sharp knife elite who mounted as cavalry and dismounted as infantry. Most of the rest, later as mounted infantry, were used as motorized marches.

Of course, if you don't consider the consumption of food, if you can afford to raise so many war horses, it is more beneficial for him to be a cavalry in the environment he is in now. But because the cavalry itself is a delicate and expensive class, there are too many equipment that need to be equipped, and there are also horse materials, which is very expensive, at least not that Zhuang Yi can afford it now. However, as a bandit, horses must not be missing, otherwise the consumption of soldiers will not be replenished, and it will be a big problem.

If you want to do things, it is difficult to get started, and a month and a half has passed in a blink of an eye, but there is not much food left, mainly because Zhuang Yi asked the old man in the room to prepare enough food, and the soldiers opened their bellies to eat. This is also something that cannot be helped, heavy physical training, if you don't feed them, it will simply destroy them.

At dusk that day, just when Zhuang Yi was a little worried, Bian Wu, who was in charge of routinely going out to patrol every morning and evening, came to report that someone from the Zhao family had come.

"Who is from the Zhao family? Do you have an explanation? Zhuang Yi had some doubts in his heart, so he thought of Zhao Yingzhe a month ago.

"It was the same Zhao Yingzhe who came last time, but it seems that Zhao Fu, the chief steward of the Zhao family, took more than 50 people, drove more than a dozen carts, with grain and cloth, and also the salt and iron that we lacked the most, saying that they were paid to us first...... Let's just give him horses later. Bian Wu said with a happy face.

"Oh...... That Zhao Yingzhe is really shrewd, this is really the right time, it's a little difficult to do! Go and inform Duan Renzhen and Zhang Zhen and take someone to unload the cargo. Zhuang Yi frowned, and after a little thought, he understood that the goods sent to the door must be at a high price, and they can be regarded as a favor.

The mouth of eating people is soft, and the hands of people are short! Zhuang Yi didn't want to have too deep a relationship with a big family like the Zhao family, so as not to be tied up by it.

"An Huaixin has already informed them! Master...... You say it's not easy to do? Do you mean that next time we will have to sell our horses to him? When Bian Wu heard this, he also suddenly woke up.

"What? Who told him to inform the people? ”

"Me! Don't you want this shipment? Bian Wu asked with a puzzled expression.

"Boy! You think you're smart, forget it this time, and you have to report something to me in the future, understand? Zhuang Yi turned his face and opened his mouth to teach a lesson.

"Ah...... Got it! ”

The two immediately went to the warehouse, and when they arrived, the Zhao family's convoy had already found a vacant place to park the car, and some subordinates were busy taking away the healthy horses pulling the cart. Duan Renzhen had a smile on his face, and he was shouting loudly, directing everyone to unload the goods.

Duan Zhongzhong accompanied Zhao Yingzhe to talk, and when he saw Zhuang Yi coming over, he was about to introduce him, but when he saw Zhao Yingzhe taking the initiative to greet him, he smiled and said: "It turns out that the Zhao family has already known the owner of my village, so dare to be kind!" ”

"Zhuang Dalang! I haven't seen more than a month, but I have become the owner of the village, congratulations! Zhao Yingzhe looked unconcerned and congratulated.

"Zhuang Moujie robbers, what a joy! I don't know what Zhao Dalang is doing here? My cottage is really a despicable and lowly land, I'm afraid I can't live with nobles! Zhuang Yi returned the salute, with a smile on his face, and he wanted to refuse and welcome.

"Huh...... Why did Zhuang Dalang say this? A certain is ranked fifth in the family, and he is handsome, and he is called Zhao Wu, he is not a nobleman, and a thatched house is enough! Since that day, a certain uncle of a certain family admired Zhuang Dalang's heroic spirit very much, and there were many words of praise, which made a certain person ashamed. A certain person came here today, just to escort the goods, this is Zhao Fu, the big housekeeper of a certain family, I wonder if Brother Zhuang is free to meet? When Zhao Yingzhe heard this, his face suddenly showed displeasure, and he couldn't help but remind him euphemistically: You injured my uncle, and this account has not been settled with you!

It's a table again, and it's a ranking, isn't it the identity of the literati of the family? It's just pretending! Zhuang Yi was a little disdainful when he heard this passage of Wen Crepe's words, and he was very disdainful in his heart, but he understood. For the time being, I can't have a conflict with them, and I also need to communicate with them, and besides, people's posture is also low, and obviously I don't want to embarrass myself, so it's logical to talk about it.

"Oh...... Is this it? Don't be in a hurry, the two of them must be tired after a long journey, Mr. Lao Duan has arranged a place to live, and Li will set up a banquet later, how about washing the dust for the two? ”

"Okay...... It's a bit tiring indeed! Zhao Yingzhe's face softened at this time.

Zhuang Yi winked at Duan Zhongzhong and turned back to his residence.