When Zhao Yi handed out the silver reward, Li Lingfeng and the five people were also watching not far away.

"What do you think of this man?" Li Lingfeng asked the four people around him.

"There is a strategy!"

"Good at attracting people!"

"It's a soldier material!"

The taciturn Lin Luo said: "This person will definitely be able to do great things in the future, and it is worth us to follow, anyway, the four of us are also homeless people." ”

In the end, Shunzi, who made a great contribution this time, also got five taels, and the remaining fourteen captives also got two taels.

"Well, you have all got what you want, and it stands to reason that now you should go back to your own house, find your own mother, and show off with your money. But now that the northern ethnic groups are plundering, and mountain bandits are everywhere, I want to recruit heroes here, train volunteers, clear out mountain bandits, and protect the territory and the people. If you are willing to join, you will sign up with the captains of each team, and if you don't want to, you can go home after dinner. Those who join will be paid one tael of silver per month, and those who have made meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who have died of disability will receive a pension. After handing out the reward, Zhao Xi continued.

"I'll participate!"

"I'll participate too!"

The audience immediately shouted loudly, seeing such a light extermination of a group of famous mountain bandits, everyone immediately felt high, and followed Zhao Yi to exterminate the mountain bandits, and he could also get the silver.

"Don't be in a hurry to agree now, everyone should think carefully when eating, but the future Xiangyong will have to go through strict training, and it is no longer so easy. In addition, it will not be as easy as this time in the future, and death is inevitable. After eating, if you are still willing to stay, go to the captains of each team to sign up, and I will move your family here in the future. ”

After that, the teams began to eat, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

"Erniu, you are good this time, you got four taels of silver, will you go home or join the Xiangyong led by adults?"

"I'm definitely going to join, it's much better than me doing odd jobs for others."

"Brother Shan, don't you join!" A young man asked the middle-aged man next to him.

"Join, the adults said that they want to move our families here, and with the protection of the adults, our families will be saved. Now that the world is getting more and more chaotic, my wife and children live in Xinyan Town, and I really don't feel at ease. ”

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"Child, what about those mountain bandit captives? There are more than 100 people here plus more than 100 people in Xinyan Town, there are more than 230 people in total, how to deal with it, you have to get an idea. Li Chenfeng said during the meal.

"Kill the twenty or so people who committed the most heinous crimes, let Zhou Li take them to receive the reward, as for the rest, those who are willing to follow us will join us, and those who are unwilling will also be handed over to Zhou Li to deal with, and the matter of surrender will go to ventilate those captives first."

"Big brother, will it be unruly for us to move to join Xiangyong's family, isn't the government not allowing us to move casually?" The honest Zhao Ning asked.

"Now the government doesn't have time to manage this, and now they are hoping that these refugees and displaced people can move to a place where they can stay, and the farther away from the county the better. As long as they don't become mountain bandits and don't run to the county seat, they won't care. Before Zhao Yi could speak, Xiao Changshan spoke.

Zhao Yi glanced at Li Lingfeng and the others, and said with a smile: "Have you five thought about it?" What are you going to do? ”

The five of them didn't answer, but Xiao Changshan asked, "If we don't want to follow the adults, how can the adults deal with them?" ”

Zhao Yi said quietly: "What do you think? ”

"Your Excellency will kill us! Because the adults have broken a lot of laws, pretending to be government soldiers, and committing capital crimes! Without the law of the county lieutenant, recruiting village warriors without permission is also a capital crime! Xiao Changshan said calmly.

"Bang!"

Zhao Xiong's brothers and Shunzi all drew their swords from their waists, and looked at Xiao Changshan and the five people with an angry expression, just waiting for Zhao Xi's order.

Zhao Yi waved his hand, asked everyone to put away their swords, and said with a smile: "If a year ago, I wouldn't dare to do this, but now...... I won't kill you because of these things, besides, your reputation in the cottage is still good, besides, there are more than 500 people here, and I see more than the five of you, and besides, the five of you don't dare to go to the government to report. ”

"Then my lord, if we don't surrender, will we be released?"

"No, I'll kill you!"

"Ahh Zhao Jie and Shunzi both shouted in surprise, not that they would not kill, why did they want to kill again.

The smile on Zhao Yi's face disappeared, and he said coldly: "The five of you are from the military camp, I asked the prisoners, I know that you have built the old scar many times, you know very well the advantages and disadvantages of this cottage, and you also know our current situation, I am responsible for the lives of hundreds of people, and I don't want mountain bandits from other places to come to harass." ”

"We're not going to do that......"

Zhao Yi interrupted Li Lingfeng's words and sneered: "I only believe in the strength of myself and my brothers, and I don't believe in promises and promises. ”

Li Lingfeng opened his mouth and didn't say anything, the five of them glanced at each other, clasped their fists together, and knelt down on one knee in front of Zhao Xi: "Xiao Changshan, captain of the Long Xiang Military Academy, Li Lingfeng, and Luo Li, He Fang, and Lin Luo, the sentry commanders, are willing to serve the adults, and they will never give up!" ”

After listening to the self-report of the five people, Zhao Yi and the others were stunned for a while, and then Zhao Yi came to his senses, quickly pulled up the five people, and said happily: "Okay, with the five of you, it is really like a tiger with wings." ”

"You are actually from the Long Xiang Army, how can you ...... How did it end up in a bandit's den? Li Chenfeng asked in surprise, and the rest of the people also stared at the five of them.

Xiao Changshan gritted his teeth and said: "You also know that the Longxiang Army is a border army set up by the imperial court, with 130,000 troops, which is under the jurisdiction of General Zhenbei, but the imperial court is afraid that the border town will become bigger, so it allocates 50,000 to the governor of Youzhou. So there are three forces in the entire Long Xiangwei, and they are harmonious on the surface, but in fact, they are fighting endlessly. ”

"We are the left guard of the Longxiang Army, that is, the people of the Governor of Youzhou, who offended the people of the Logistics Department when receiving supplies two years ago. In order to get the support of the three forces in charge of logistics, the governor sent us to the grassland to spy on the situation, but when we encountered the enemy and had no reinforcements, more than 1,500 people were lost, and only five of us escaped. We are now the dead, and we dare not return home. ”

"Damn, these officials only know how to make money, and they even dare to sell the weapons and armor of the border army, they simply ignore the country and the soldiers, and they also use the soldiers as bargaining chips and abandon them at will." Li Lingfeng opened his mouth and scolded.

Zhao Yi comforted: "Okay, I won't mention him in the past, now let's rest assured here, your family, I can also move here." ”

Xiao Changshan thanked: "Then thank you, my lord!" In addition, adults do not have to worry about the establishment of the township and the construction of soldiers, in Youzhou, especially in the north, there are many rebels, who assist the border army to resist the foreigners. ”

"You're saying that the imperial court allows self-reliant rebels?" Zhao Xiong asked puzzled.

Xiao Changshan explained: "Strictly speaking, it is Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou allowed, the year before last in the Central Plains all over the Rogue, the imperial court in order to suppress these rebels, on the border army to send a lot of people to the Central Plains, resulting in the border town military strength is insufficient, last year the grassland tribes began to invade, the imperial court ordered, the three northern states can recruit rebels to assist the army, food and materials self-raised. ”

"The imperial court had a good idea to fight, and let the rebels fight, and did not provide supplies, that is, the border army was strengthened, and it was not afraid that it would become bigger. Isn't that even inferior to the townsmen in the townships? So what's the benefit of going? Zhao Fei said angrily.

Zhao Yi said: "Why is it not beneficial, with the title of the righteous army, you will have a righteous reputation for doing things, and the power is great, and the state and county can't control you, as for the food and materials, then go to the grassland tribes to rob them, they rob the people of Youzhou, we rob him." ”

"Indeed, with this banner, it is much easier to do things, and many things are justified. There are three rebel armies under the command of the governor of Youzhou, but these rebels are his private army, established with the equipment of the border army, each with 5,000 people, adding up to 18,000 people, and many of them are Youzhou Governor Li Huaiyuan used the power in his hands to replace the old pawn from the left guard of the Longxiang army, the strength is not trivial, and now in Youzhou, Li Huaiyuan is the strongest party. ”

Xiao Changshan smiled bitterly and then said: "Just like us, if we lose 1,500 people in a battalion, Li Huaiyuan can report two or three hundred more, and if there are any extra people, he will be transferred from the army and returned to his own righteous army." As for weapons and armor, Li Huaiyuan has been the governor for eight years, and I don't know how much he has made, so he can naturally equip his own private army, not to mention that the people who sell weapons are around. ”

In addition, the rebel armies also attacked each other from time to time, and the Youzhou government was also happy to weaken itself, and by the way, it gathered the scattered soldiers to supplement the lack of the government army. There are no less than 100 large and small rebel armies in the northern part of Youzhou, and they often fight with the various tribes of the grassland that enter the country. In fact, most of these rebels are ordinary people who have lost their homes, most of them are more than 1,000 people, and some are more than 100 people, who are destroyed today and will rise again tomorrow. In fact, the life of the rebels is very difficult, how to raise the army without money, and if you want to be rich, you have to fight with the steppe Tartars. ”

Xiao Changshan's words made Zhao Yi and the others stunned, and Zhao Yi even saw the weakness of the border army.

"It seems that the northern frontier of Yan Kingdom is no longer good, and sooner or later the sky will change." Li Chenfeng muttered.

"In that case, then we will also set up a rebel army, but the most important thing now is to train soldiers, buy food and grass, and strengthen the defense of the valley. Second brother, you immediately go and count the people who are willing to stay. Zhao Yi said in a decisive tone.

"By the way, the rebels can't attack the people, otherwise they will be convicted by the government, and then it will be a real capital crime, and the government and other rebels will come to attack, which is worse than the mountain bandits on the side of the disaster. As long as the mountain bandits do not attack the towns and counties and do not kill much, the current government has no time to take care of it, as long as they are not caught, it will be fine. But if they loot the people under the banner of the rebels, it will not only be wanted by the government, but even the army will find them, and the other rebels will think that this will discredit them and bring disaster, so they will destroy the other party, and they can also get money to supplement themselves, and they will be happy to do it. If they are weak, the bandits will also participate, as long as they are exterminated, these bandits will be pardoned by the government, and they will become members of the rebel army, or become ordinary people. Xiao Changshan added.