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In front of a house with a thick stone wall, in the open space in front of the courtyard gate, a strong man is washing and peeling the two hunted spotted leopards, next to a group of children standing onlookers, two hound dogs wagging their big tails, licking the blood on the ground, seeing the living people, they suddenly rushed over, barking wildly with teeth and claws, Song Lao stepped forward for a while to appease. The strong man also stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhuang Yi in surprise.

"Dalang! Come and see this Zhuang Xiaolang from Youzhou, you are very tight today, and you will run away when you see the living, and I have to come forward to greet the guests. The strong man was obviously his son, Song Lao greeted, turned his head to Zhuang Yi and said, "This is my eldest man, named Song Liu, the willow of Liucheng...... My family was originally in Liucheng, but I was afraid that this boy would forget his ancestral land in the future, so I gave him this name. ”

"Oh...... Song Lao really has a heart! Make the kid respectful. I've seen this big brother Song! Zhuang Yi took the initiative to step forward and salute Song Liu.

Song Liu wiped his hands on the placket of his clothes, and returned the salute with a simple smile.

"This bastard! What are you still doing, quickly beckon the lady to get the wine and dinner, and entertain the guests. Song Lao shook his white beard and scolded loudly. He turned around and pulled Zhuang Yi's arm, and said with some complaints: "My eldest man is very stupid, he only has brute strength and no brains. Zhuang Xiaolang is a guest here, please ...... in the house"

Zhuang Yi smiled and nodded, followed Song Lao into the courtyard, sat in the hall, and a young woman came out and served a bowl of water to each of them. Song Lao greeted politely, Zhuang Yi picked up the bowl and took a sip, it was actually cold water, and he was a little speechless, but he couldn't say anything.

"The humble house is simple, it's not a way of hospitality, Zhuang Xiaolang is not weird! Can you elaborate on the fact that recovering Yingzhou is not a trivial matter, what are you going to do? Song Lao said a few polite words, and finally got to the point.

"I don't know if Song Lao lives in this mountain, has he heard of the chaos in the Central Plains?" Zhuang Yi nodded and asked with a smile.

"Two years ago, I heard from merchants from Youzhou that there was a big thief in the Central Plains, and they all went to Jingzhao Chang'an, I don't know if it has been pacified now?"

"Huang Chao...... It was settled last year! But the current situation is a disaster for the feudal town, and it is not optimistic, I heard that in the area of Jingxiang Nanyang, food can not be bought, and the situation of changing children and eating abounds! ”

"Ah...... And this kind of thing, what a sin! Song Lao was in a daze for a while, and couldn't help but sigh.

"So having said that, if you want to take Yingzhou as the foundation for your long-term life, it's actually simple. First of all, it is necessary to eliminate foreign enemies, and the Khitans are the biggest hidden danger, but this great enemy can use the power of the Xi people to contain them; The second is the Bohai people, I heard that they are not stable internally, and they are not monolithic. As long as we can get the recognition of the court and get canonized after we seize Yingzhou, then the Bohai people have nothing to fear; Finally, there is Youzhou, we have to camp in Youzhou, and we must not be under the Lu Long Army of Youzhou, which will become the object of their oppression. Therefore, if you want to gain a foothold in Yingzhou, you need population and troops, but there is no shortage of hungry mayflies in the Central Plains, and food is a big problem. When I say this, Song Lao should understand! Zhuang Yi spoke eloquently.

Old Song closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Not bad...... Zhuang Xiaolang is willing to say it clearly, which shows that he is honest, and he must have a plan in his heart, but Xiao Lao'er doesn't understand this, Zhuang Xiaolang, tell me, how many troops are needed to defeat Yingzhou and drive away the Bohai people? ”

"This actually doesn't require many troops, two or three thousand elite soldiers are enough, maybe you can borrow troops from Xi Ren, so you can have a greater certainty." Zhuang Yi said confidently.

"Borrow soldiers from Xi people! It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God, but what if they come and don't leave? Song Lao was a little unimpressed.

"Don't worry, this old Song, the Khitans will let them go back......"

"Hmm...... Makes sense! In this case, a certain person will give Zhuang Xiaolang a bottom, there are still thousands of people in this village, and there are three or five hundred young people, but there is a shortage of food. If you can get weapons and armor and train them, you can get three or five hundred soldiers, but in this way, the thousands of people in the village will have to ask for a lot of food, and they can only rely on you to feed them. Song Lao finally expressed his attitude.

"Don't worry, Elder Song, I'll figure out a way to do these things, and I won't make everyone hungry, but the soldiers must be trained first, and the other materials needed will be raised slowly."

"So...... Xiao Lao'er will find all their heads tonight, discuss it carefully, and give you a letter early tomorrow morning, what do you think? ”

"This is how it should be, it is a matter of everyone's net worth and life, so it is natural to discuss it." Zhuang Yi bowed his hand.

"Go...... Find all your subordinates, newcomers, just a meal of wine and food, although a certain poor but still affordable. ”

Zhuang Yi immediately found Duan Sizhen and the others, and everyone gathered together, so that they could get acquainted with each other. Song Lao said that he wanted to discuss, but in fact, he was the elder of the clan, and he had the prestige and power to make this decision, that is, to go through the motions, so as not to let people complain and gossip at that time, while everyone was there, Song Lao decisively decided this matter at the dinner table. The villagers did not object, but were all excited, especially the young people.

Everyone frolicked until midnight and dispersed, and Song Lao left Zhuang Yi alone to discuss some details, mainly about the preparatory work in the early stage and the distribution of the eight Khitan departments. Zhuang Yi originally intended to take people through the Khitan garrison and go to Yingzhou to have a look in person, but was dissuaded by Song Lao.

So Song Lao explained carefully, and Zhuang Yi found a charcoal pen, recorded them one by one, and drew a brief map of the situation of the Khitans. Afterwards, he asked his son Song Liu to personally send Zhuang Yi back to his residence, which is a place of sacrifice, and spread the ground on the ground, and a large room was full of people.

The next day, when the sky was about to be bright, Song Lao and Song Liu struck the gong together, called all the middle-aged men out door to door, and gathered in the school yard of Qianzhai. Originally, it was a military city, and the school field was ready-made and did not need to be renovated. Zhuang Yi also arrived as scheduled, things went so smoothly, he was a little surprised, and he didn't dare to slack off.

The villagers were armed with their daily hunting weapons, rusty forks, spears, short knives, etc., bows and arrows were almost always in their hands, and some of them were even dressed in rough leather armor, which was obviously captured.

"Choke ......" Song Lao gave the gong a hammer fiercely, and his ears roared. It wasn't until the audience was silent that he coughed with satisfaction, cleared his throat, and said in an old and hoarse voice: "Folks! Today is a good day, because last night we decided a big event, thanks to this Zhuang Xiaolang from Youzhou, chivalrous, generous and heroic, and wants to return to his hometown with the villagers who are exiled in this barren mountain, that is, Yingzhou Liucheng. However, since the Great Calendar Year, after General Hou Xiyi moved to Qingzhou with the Pinglu Army, Yingzhou was occupied by the Bohai people, and we want to drive away the Bohai people and recover our ancestral homeland. ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him seriously, Song Lao nodded and continued: "If you want to drive away the Bohai people, you have to learn your skills and train to become elite soldiers, so from today on, I will hand you over to Zhuang Xiaolang, and he will train you. ”

"Got it!" "I know ......" The simple villagers agreed in a chaotic manner, asking them to see, isn't it just a war, in the past, when the thieves from Shanbei came to harass the village, they didn't beat the thieves away.

"Then the old man will retire, Zhuang Xiaolang! Here you go! If there are disobedient offspring, just beat me with a stick. Boss Song said with a face.

"Elder Song rest assured, since it is military training, there is naturally military law, I will teach them first, this is not in a hurry."

"That's good! Xiao Lang looks like an old man, so the old man will entrust them all to you. Song Lao glanced at the villagers in the field with some reluctance, and then left on crutches and tremblingly.

Zhuang Yi is no stranger to training recruits, he has already estimated the number of people present, first led the twenty or so older strong men aside, and taught them some simple passwords. Let Song Liu and other ten people appear, and each pick fifty young people to stand in a pile, this is a team, and then stuff each team with a team vice. Then let the main and deputy team members choose five gang leaders, and then divide them into "gangs" as units, and remember their "gangs", which is almost preliminarily formed.

After all, they all know each other, and some even enlist in the army as fathers, sons, or brothers, so it is better for them to choose people they believe in.

Zhuang Yi checked it carefully again and found that it was exactly ten teams, but the last team was missing twenty people. Zhuang Yi simply adjusted it again, and selected twenty people from the people he brought, and filled in two people in each team, which not only made up 500 people, but also served as an example, which was more conducive to standardized training. As for the level of "Du" of 100 people, it is the smallest independent combat unit, and he intends to be cautious before appointing it.

Zhuang Yi personally led these recruits to train for half a month, during which rain or shine, his clever martial arts and tactical skills, as well as the ability to command arrays, coupled with the military discipline of clear rewards and punishments, gradually convinced these villagers. However, the villagers' lives are already poor, and they need to go out to work or engage in fishing and hunting, so it is impossible to engage in training for a long time.

Moreover, Song Lao found Zhuang Yi and said that there were suddenly seventy more people in the village, and there was not enough food to eat, which made Zhuang Yi have to consider returning to Madu Mountain in advance. But there were still some things he had to decide before he returned. For example, the selection of officers at all levels, as well as the daily training rules of the villagers after he left. Fortunately, through careful observation and assessment during this period, he also has a bottom in his heart about the candidates for officers at all levels.

This day was Zhuang Yi's last training in the village, and he took out a military flag embroidered with a blue-eyed golden eagle in the middle and three big characters of "Pingliao Army" under it, and let people pick it up with a long wooden pole and erect it in the school field. Then the ten teams were organized into five cities, and a battalion was officially established, named "Wolf Mountain Battalion".

With Duan Sizhen as the commander of the Wolf Mountain Battalion, Song Liu as the deputy envoy, and An Huaixin as the battalion Yuhou, these three people each have one to three heads, and the other two are the heads of the fourth capital, Nanchang, which is a forty-year-old hunter in his forties, Zhuang Yi is impressed by his ability to ride and shoot, and his understanding of military affairs is also very strong, which is very competent; The head of the fifth capital is Song Yi, who is not only a hunter who is very good at bows and arrows, but also good at using a long-handled Pu knife, and his knife skills are also very good.

The daily training regulations are that all the villagers who enlist in the army, every four days of labor, two days of training, and one day of rest, Zhuang Yi naturally arranges according to the cycle. In addition, there are more children in the village, and there are more than 200 children of different ages, Zhuang Yi has set up a school to let Duan Sizhen and An Huaixin take time to teach, which is also the only thing that makes Song Lao extremely praised.

After dealing with these things, it was almost mid-May. Zhuang Yi asked Duan Sizhen and An Huaixin to stay with twenty people, continue to train the villagers, and temporarily stationed here. He led 50 people, including Shagu and Liu Da, with more than 100 pack horses. There are many kinds of goods, including animal tendons, furs, herbs, mountain ginseng, and before leaving, Song Lao took out a small box of Dongzhu that had been treasured for many years and embarked on the road back to Madu Mountain. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow the ~ point / Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter qdread can be), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the qdread WeChat public account! ）