Chapter 61: Meeting the Bandits (Part I)
After more than ten days of banqueting the big clans in the county, it was time for Liu Miao to make an appointment to meet the bandits. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info On this morning, Liu Miao waited for the arrival of the appointed time and asked Zhang Liao about relevant matters.
"Wen Yuan, have all the bandits in the county been informed?"
"According to the lord's requirements, as long as the thieves reach the top of the mountain of five hundred, the subordinates will send someone to inform them."
"How many are there?"
"More than two hundred."
"So many? How much do you expect to get? β
"It's hard to estimate the subordinates, according to the news fed back by the soldiers, at least half of it will come."
"When will the last batch of recruited soldiers be able to enter the barracks for training?"
"With the decrease in the number of displaced people, the number of soldiers recruited has also decreased a lot, and the recently recruited soldiers are still more than 200 short of 1,000, and it is expected that it will take three days to train at full capacity."
"Well, the recruitment must continue, and the conditions cannot be lowered. At present, the total number of trained soldiers has reached 6,000, which is enough to destroy the thieves. This time, as long as they were notified of the mountain that had arrived but did not come, they would be included in the priority list for extermination, and the thieves would be killed, depending on the situation, or conscripted into soldiers or used as laborers. If you come and do not cooperate, you will be dealt with in the same way, and then you and I will go with you to meet the thieves. β
"Yes, my lord! In addition, the head of the thief Yi Fan has been brought back, and most of his thieves have surrendered, except for a few who have been killed. β
"How big are our losses?"
"The subordinates personally led the team and raided the Yifan camp, with 3,000 against 3,000, and finally our side killed eight people and injured more than 100. His subordinates found that the Wudang Flying Army was extremely strong in the mountains. Zhang Liao was very excited between his words.
The Wudang Flying Army is one of the few elite soldiers with the characteristics of two arms, and is particularly good at mountain warfare, which is perfect for suppressing thieves, so Liu Miao specially trained 3,000 soldiers.
γSoldier (Wudang Flying Army)
Affiliation: Liu Miao
Loyalty: 100
Force: 55
Class characteristics: Mountain Warfare (Soldiers are added to their combat power by 5% when fighting in the mountains), Good Guard (5% increase in combat power when they are on guard)]
Yi Fan's cottage is said to have 3,000 people, but after excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are 1,500 young people who can be put into battle. With the combat power of the Wudang Fei Army, it was a surprise attack, and there were so many casualties, it can only be regarded as decent, so Liu Miao was not too satisfied with the results of Zhang Liao's relish, but he would not be too harsh on Zhang Liao, so he said: "For the generals, you must know yourself and your opponent before the war, and you must be good at summarizing lessons and lessons after the war. β
"Liao remember the teachings of the lord!" Zhang Liao suppressed the excitement in his heart and replied solemnly.
"Yi Fan's head is ready, and I will show it to those thieves later."
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At the same time, in the hall of the Taishou Mansion where the last banquet was held, there were hundreds of men with a strong reckless atmosphere, most of them with rough faces, all dressed in short and energetic suits. These are the leaders of the bandits in the county who came to the meeting at the invitation of Taishou Liu Miao.
Maybe it's because of the identity, or maybe it's a little pressure here in the Taishou Mansion, although all the people here are peers, but basically no one talks about it, they just lower their voices and communicate with a few people around them.
Two of them seemed a little special, they didn't greet anyone around them except each other, and they gave others an attitude of not approaching anyone. At this time, the two of them were also whispering.
"Youping, it seems that as you said, there are still a lot of heroes who come to the meeting."
"It's a lot, but Gongyi, you also think too highly of them, in my opinion, there are few who can be called heroes, but they are just some unpopular thieves, and it is estimated that few people are real masters."
"Well, there are a lot of things that I have some impressions of. Those big bosses may be worried that Mrs. Liu is holding a banquet, but they hesitate, so they have to send their subordinates to listen to the news. β
"It's just some indecisive, gutless bandits."
"Then you said that we are going to directly serve Liu Taishou today?"
"Of course, you and I were forced to succumb to thieves, and now we can finally meet a Taishou who has won the hearts of the people and is ambitious, what are you waiting for if you don't work?"
"That's right, I think what Liu Taishou has done will become a big climate in the future, and we are at the right time to put in the service at this time, in its initial stage, there is a shortage of manpower, and we will be able to be reused and show our strengths."
"Yes, that's exactly the truth, not to mention that we are all from Jiujiang County, and Liu Taishou is Jiujiang Taishou, which can be regarded as having friendship with the same county."
After the two men had talked for a while, there was a sudden sound of uniform footsteps outside the hall, and in a short time a large number of soldiers with bright armor and neat swords and guns surrounded the entire hall.
The thieves in the hall couldn't help but be in an uproar, and many people were terrified, thinking that these soldiers were here for them, if this was the case, which of them could still live, and they all handed over their personal weapons when they entered the Taishou Mansion.
But soon there was another shout: "The prince has arrived!" β
Hearing this, all the thieves involuntarily stood up and looked at the door of the hall.
Three people walked in at the door, and in the middle was a young man in an official robe, who was one on the left and one on the left, and it was Liu Miao, Liu Ji, and Zhang Liao.
Liu Miao walked to the main seat that had been arranged earlier, arched his hand with a smile, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, please take a seat, Miao is polite here!" β
Then came a jumble of answers.
"Hello Fujun!"
"I've seen Fujun!"
"The prince of the house is polite!"
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Liu Miao waved his hand, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
Liu Miao said with a smile: "Today, I am very happy to see so many heroes and heroes invited to come. This official invites you to come, firstly, I want to get acquainted with the heroes and heroes under my rule, and secondly, I want to cooperate with you to create a peaceful living environment for the people of the county. β
The thieves are very curious about Liu Miao's statement of cooperation, they are thieves and bandits, Liu Miao is an official, natural opposites, what cooperation can there be on the surface? Of course, there are also precedents for officials and bandits to cooperate and engage in some shady deeds, but they will not say it in such a dignified manner.
As a result, someone immediately couldn't bear to ask: "I don't know how Fujun wants to cooperate?" β
Liu Miao smiled and said: "It's very simple, probably you have also heard that this official is recruiting people to Tuntian, although you are heroes who opened mountains and villages, but they are also the people under the rule of this official, why don't you put down your knives and guns, pick up farm tools, and devote yourself to the great cause of your official Tuntian." Of course, if you want to join the army, you can also go to the recruitment point to sign up, and the officer can promise that whether you choose Tuntian or choose to join the army, the officer will not blame you and the past of the cottage. What do you think? β
"Huh?" Many thieves exclaimed.