On the banks of the Great River, Huangzhou.

Zhang Gui stood on the big stone and said loudly: "Now the northern Tartars are fierce, and they have gathered a lot of troops. Those of us who are far from being able to catch up with the Tartars with the guys in our hands and the armor on our bodies, if we go to General Su so recklessly, I am afraid that it will not help much, and it will become a burden. And that Xiangyang Lu Wende, although he loves the people, has been rejecting dissidents, and he is an important arm of the person in the court.

Therefore, in a certain opinion, now our brothers should be divided into two ways out, the brothers on the water went with a certain to take refuge with General Zhang of the two Huaishui divisions, and the brothers on the road went to seek refuge in Ye Zhijun of the Tianwu Army. In any case, the two people standing behind them are the Qingtian masters on Jiangnan West Road, and they will not keep back down when they say anything, watching this great river and mountain being trampled on. I don't know what you think? ”

"We went to take refuge so recklessly, I wonder if those two generals will believe us?" The horse dealer is willing to use his brains, and he can always grasp the key to the matter.

Zhang Shun was a little displeased: "They are all good people and people on this big river, as well as Qizhou and Huangzhou, thinking of the kindness of the Great Song Dynasty, and do not want to be enslaved by the Tartars. Could it be that you kid still want to eat inside and out? ”

Realizing that his younger brother was a little reckless, Zhang Gui hurriedly grabbed him, looked the horse dealer up and down, and said with a smile: "This hero, then you should tell me, how should you make those two generals believe in these more than a thousand heroes?" ”

Seeing that countless eyes were cast on him inside and outside the woods, the horse-selling man did not have stage fright, but stood up and said proudly: "The big man is standing in the world, since he wants to choose a good tree to live on, he should first vote for his name!" ”

I don't know where these words came from, what's going on is also very unsmooth, and among the more than 1,000 people, there are only so few hundreds of people who have read the book, and where do they understand what it means to "choose a good tree and perch", but the last three words "vote for the name" are all understood, even the talented Zhang brothers are bright in front of their eyes at the moment, and the best way is to frustrate the sharpness of the Tartars, which can be regarded as the basis for our sincere refuge.

"Tell me, then, what should I do?" A man in the woods asked, which immediately attracted the echo of many people around him.

The horse seller smiled bitterly twice, and subconsciously scratched his head: "This ······ No wonder I have poor donkey skills, it's really ······ Let's ask the two brothers of the Zhang family to decide, and we just listen to the command of the two brothers of the Zhang family. ”

"It makes sense, the two brothers of the Zhang family, please give an order." Suddenly, these impatient heroes inside and outside the woods who had been sitting impatiently for a long time all shouted.

Zhang Gui subconsciously looked up into the distance, there were only birds between the water and the sky, and there was no decision in his heart at the moment, he was already bearing the expectations of the people, but how should these more than 1,000 heroes who may be useless or may be the last straw that crushed the camel?

And themselves, and this grass-created rebel army, where should they go?

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Xingguo Army, Yongxing County.

The military tent in the school field.

"Ma Tingyou, how are the food and salary prepared?" Ye Yingwu frowned and asked, just now it can be clearly seen from the point platform that only one or two carts of grain and grass are full in the place where grain and grass are hoarded in the south, and the rest are empty, "Why did you see only a handful of carts of grain and grass in Nanying just now?" ”

Although the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, it was extremely generous in terms of food and salary, and the military salary of the forbidden army, which was once the main military force, could reach 30 yuan a month, which was equivalent to 8,400 yuan now according to the price of grain at that time, even in Bianliang and Tokyo, it can be regarded as the income of the middle and upper classes. And now since the southeast of China, although the national strength has inevitably weakened greatly, because of the vigorous development of maritime trade, the treasury is still full, even if it is a local army like the Tianwu Army, the military salary can reach 20 times.

Because in the battle of Ezhou under the command of Kublai Khan a few years ago, the Mongolian cavalry once broke through to the city of Longxingfu, although the city was not breached, but the plundering and destruction outside the city still caused serious losses to the state capitals in the north of the Jiangnan West Road, so that Wang Yao and others, who were in charge of affairs, had to put the only treasury and silver into the restoration of infrastructure, so that the military salary of the Tianwu army was far from being settled this month.

For this reason, Ye Yingwu said that he had to come here before going north, and he resolutely did not want to make the newly established Tianwu Army go up in smoke because of the issue of military salaries.

Ma Tingyou hesitated for a moment, and then stood up with shame: "It is not good for the lower officials to do things, it has rained heavily in the past few days, the roads are muddy, and the turnover of grain and grass is difficult. And Xia Guan sent three letters a day to ask Jiangnan West Road to extract Changping Shi Guo, but there was no reply. Yesterday, Guo Zhi couldn't wait, and he had already returned to Longxing Mansion with Pegasus, even if the road was smoother, he should only arrive tomorrow. ”

"Huh?" Ye Yingwu was stunned, he didn't expect that this Guo Chang seemed to shrink his head and brain on weekdays, and he still had such great determination and perseverance? If it weren't for Guo Huai's desire to play some tricks from behind, it was estimated that he would call his son over, or that he did underestimate this Guo Yanei, who could be said to be unfamiliar with him, and he didn't dare to ignore it at the moment, "Why is such a big thing hidden from Yu Yu, but someone can accompany him?" ”

Ma Tingyou opened his mouth and stammered, beads of sweat the size of beans were already covering his forehead, and Wang Jin and Jiang Hao, who were sitting beside him like a clay man, looked at him a little suspiciously, I don't know why Ye Yingwu took Guo Yanei, who didn't seem to have any skills, and knew that he was eating and drinking, so seriously, if he was Ma Tingyou, I am afraid he would not care, without such a burden, even if it was only two or three days of hard work, it was enough to make people happy.

Seeing that Ye Yingwu was a little anxious, Ma Tingyou gritted his teeth at the moment: "This is indeed the negligence of the lower officials, but when Governor Guo left, there were two personal soldiers who went with him, and there shouldn't be anything wrong on the way······"

Ye Yingwu secretly prayed that there was no change in Guo Huai's heart, and said with a little trepidation: "Xiangji (Ma Tingyou's character), you quickly write a letter for this official, send it to Longxing Mansion quickly, inform Wang Xianggong and others of this matter, and remind them to keep an eye on Lord Guo, if Guo Chang is just for military salary, I ask them to help, if ······ Okay, just write it like this, I think a few ministers also understand what it means. By the way, no matter who you are in the future, you must keep an eye on Guo Chang, and you can't let him return so easily. ”

Hearing Ye Yingwu's words, even the reckless Jiang Hao had a cold sweat behind him. A few people present were either participants or insiders of the day, so they naturally knew that Guo Chang was not just a Yanei who came out to practice, but his more important identity was Guo Huai's hostage who stayed in Jiang Wanli's party, and they were now watching the hostages run away, in case something went wrong, the sin was really big.

didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, and several people stood up at the same time: "Obey!" ”

Ye Yingwu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the clear sky outside the open tent of the Chinese army, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: I hope God blesses.

With Ye Yingwu's silence, the atmosphere in the entire Chinese army tent was somewhat solidified, except for Ma Tingyou, who was annoyed and silent in his heart, several other people were in a cold sweat because of such a fright, and they couldn't raise much interest at the moment. Among these people, Jiang Hao undoubtedly has the best relationship with Ye Yingwu, and Jiang Hao has always been the kind of outspoken master, even if he offends something, he will not really be cleaned up.

knew that these two goods were not a good calculation, but Jiang Hao had no other way in his heart, so he could only stand up: "The envoy has just returned to the city, and he came from the city in a hurry, just for the sake of food?" ”

Wang Jin and Zhang Cheng couldn't help but roll their eyes, you Jiang Hao don't know how important food and salary are to an army, and it's really worth coming back for the sake of food. After expressing their unremitting attitude to Jiang Hao at the moment, the two of them looked at Yang Bao who had been standing in a corner again, this veteran who did not know how to crawl on the battlefield and escaped death several times has been watching his nose and nose, silent, as if he was asleep, ignoring Wang Jin and Zhang Cheng's somewhat urgent eyes for help.

It didn't seem that he noticed the various small movements of the people below, Ye Yingwu stood up, and his eyes were already sharper and sharper, and he swept over these brothers who were still trustworthy: "Of course not, this matter was just discovered suddenly." This time, the main purpose of this visit is to entrust the affairs of the Tianwu Army to you. ”

"Huh?" Including Ma Tingyou, several people subconsciously sighed.

"There is news from the north bank that the local heroes Zhang brothers have gathered a righteous army of more than 1,000 people, ready to go north to fight the Tartars," Ye Yingwu said lightly, but in everyone's hearts, they couldn't help but "chuckle", everyone knows what it means to go to the north bank, once the Mongolian cavalry does not say hello and drive straight down, the entire north bank may not be able to resist even a week, isn't Ye Yingwu going to this place is equivalent to sending himself into the tiger's mouth?

Even those who are as arrogant as Jiang Hao can't help but take a step forward, after all, now Ye Yingwu is the commander of the entire Tianwu Army, if they don't have Ye Yingwu in the middle, I'm afraid that the entire Tianwu Army is just a plate of scattered sand. What's more, there is also the friendship they have accumulated with Ye Yingwu for more than ten years.

Ye Yingwu glanced at Jiang Hao obliquely: "Even you are afraid?" You were the one who fought the most among these brothers. ”

Feeling the faint disdain and disdain in Ye Yingwu's eyes, Jiang Hao's face suddenly turned red, and he subconsciously grasped the sword at his waist: "No, it's mainly Yuanlie, ah no, you can't afford to lose, otherwise, let you change someone, it's really not that I Jiang Hao can also go this for you, isn't it just to recruit a group of rabble, and do you still need to command the dignified Tianwu army to make the horse?" ”

"If the official doesn't go in person, I'm uneasy. Being able to unite and absorb a force now is a benefit that cannot be ignored for us. After all, the Tianwu Army is still too weak. Ye Yingwu's tone was as steady as ever, "This official has made up his mind, so there is no reason to regret it." During this period of time in the north, the training of the Tianwu Army could not be interrupted, and in the auspicious season, the blades of the soldiers must all be in place, including all kinds of crossbows and firearms. When the official returns, he wants to see a Tianwu army that can be pulled up and screaming at any time! ”

Feeling the weight of the responsibility on his shoulders, Ma Tingyou took the lead in raising his head, nodding loudly, and being the first to turn around. The rest of Jiang Hao and the others also clasped their fists and saluted, following closely behind Ma Tingyou, with sonorous steps.

"Yang Bao, are you afraid?" Seeing Jiang Hao and them go away, Ye Yingwu breathed a sigh of relief, the fearlessness and composure of facing difficulties just now also disappeared completely, replaced by a tightly knit brow, he himself knew that if there was any accident here, not to mention that the Tianwu Army created by Jiang Wanli and his party exhausted the entire Jiangnan West Road became a flash in the pan, and the entire Great Song Dynasty would probably return to the track of history, until the sunset of Yashan and the collapse of China.

Yang Bao seemed to have seen through Ye Yingwu's timid psychology, and knew that this was just the reaction that a normal person should have, so he smiled indifferently: "I, Yang Bao, have already died many times, so I can rest assured that I will go north this time, and I will protect you from everything." ”

"Okay, let's go." Ye Yingwu said with a smile, and an indescribable sense of heroism arose. Countless sunshine sprinkled at his feet, since no one gave me 90,000 miles of green mountains, then I went to fight it myself.

Looking at Ye Yingwu's sudden burst of prestige, Yang Bao was also stunned, and couldn't help but feel a little trance in his heart, he had followed so many generals to fight, and he had never seen such a newcomer who could burst out of the majesty of a famous general, could this person really be the reincarnation of the god of war that the soldiers had passed on by word of mouth in private?

"Obey!" Yang Bao is also arrogant, and he has long been not afraid of death.

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Fan Wenhu was wrapped in layers of blankets, and even so, he couldn't help but tremble. Although it has entered May, the river can only be called cool, and this landlubber Fan is not so much frozen by the river as too frightened.

The maid sitting next to the bed scooped the boiling hot decoction with a spoon, and before it could be cooled, she was snatched up by Lord Fan, who spared his life like gold, and drank it in one gulp.

Xia Song, who was standing outside the tent, couldn't help frowning, looking at the burly and upright middle-aged man who had walked in front of him, and even had a trace of elegance, and the soulless Lord Fan who was frightened when he fell into the water in the tent.

"Dutong, it's Master Fan inside." Xia Song bowed respectfully, although it is indeed not good for this two Huai commanders to fight on the water, but he loves soldiers like children, never withholds food and salary, and is good at listening to the opinions of his subordinates.

Zhang Shijie, the commander of the two Huai capitals, just stood quietly outside the tent, and had no intention of going in, as if it was an insult to him to be in the same tent with the Fan who had no image. Xia Song couldn't help but whispered: "Look, my lord, the most ordinary ginger syrup is afraid that it will be regarded as a peerless medicine by Lord Fan." At that time, when Master Fan fell into the water, he shouted "help" loudly. ”

Zhang Shijie glared at this arrogant subordinate: "The next time no matter how unbearable the official comes, you must treat each other sincerely, don't think that Ben Jiang will believe in the excuses that you will come out, what is going on is very clear in his heart, and he will be honest with Ben General." ”

Xia Song couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw Zhang Shijie turn his back, but your old man didn't see this Master Fan at the beginning, but now he has come to bury us.