Li Xiang stood up, walked around the table to Lu Bing, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists with his hands, and said, "See Lord Lu." Many thieves also followed Li Xiang and bowed down, Lu Bing couldn't help nodding secretly, Li Xiang belongs to the people who know the times, and he knows that he is anxious to deal with Sato of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and he has no time to deal with them.

Not to mention whether the two masters and those strong guards beside Lu Bing will let them leave alive, even if the two sides really start a battle, they are not guaranteed to win when they arrange their troops to fight, although the number of people is about the same, but it can be seen that Lu Bing's leaders are all elites, and the strength of the rabble is far from the rabble.

Lu Bing pointed to the few people who were still standing on the spot or sitting on the spot and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Those people didn't speak, and Lu Binghe laughed a few times and said, "Never say a word." ”

Those people still didn't speak, and Lu Bing nodded: "Since you are silent, then I will let me think that you disdain to talk to me Lu, that is, you intend to be enemies of me Lu and Daming." ”

"Lu Wenfu, you want to deceive the thousands of troops just by rhetoric, isn't this a fool's dream, you still need to sign and take some real money to show your sincerity, otherwise why would we be born and die with you." One of them shouted, and many of the thieves who had just surrendered to Lu Bing and were still kneeling on the ground began to panic at this moment. Indeed, it is too hasty to recruit them in this way, what if Lu Bing sets them up in the future, first maintains them, takes away the military power, and then catches turtles in an urn.

Li Xiang shouted at this moment: "I wish to follow Lord Lu before and after the saddle." As soon as everyone saw that Li Xiang recognized Lu Bing even touching the sky, they also strengthened their confidence, and they could only take one step at a time in the future. Lu Bing didn't care about those who still didn't obey, and raised his voice to order: "The generals listen to the order." ”

The bandit leaders replied in unison: "The end will be there." ”

"Eliminate the disobedient bandits, and those who are captured will be imprisoned and punished lightly, and those who resist will be punished." Lu Bing said lightly.

Li Xiang was the first to react, pulled out his waist knife and pounced on the few bandit leaders who were still resisting without hesitation, and the bandit leaders were hacked to death by random knives in an instant, of course, Chao Yu and Zheng Mingchuan also helped a lot. Lu Bing looked at the bloody corpse, pursed his lips, and continued to order: "Wait for the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to be withdrawn as soon as possible, don't let them mutiny, I will send someone over to count the number of people in half an hour, and it is also convenient to report to the imperial court to give you official salaries." Everyone went back in a nervous mood, and Li Xiang asked timidly: "Lord Lu, what do you think about what to do with the soldiers and horses of the thieves who were killed just now?" ”

Lu Bing smiled and patted Li Xiang's shoulder and said, "Those people will be incorporated into your command, you performed well just now, and this can be regarded as a reward for you." ”

"Master Xie's cultivation." Li Xiang left happily.

There are civilian officers in the army such as the chief book, and Lu Bing, who counted the people and horses, didn't bother too much, but just sent a letter to Zhu Houxi to explain the current situation, and indeed applied for an official position for this group of bandit leaders, which can be regarded as a letter to his word. In the evening, Lu Bing slaughtered pigs and sheep and held a banquet to celebrate the return of these former bandits to the imperial court.

The thieves seem to be arrogant and arrogant, and they kill people and set fires on weekdays, but in fact, most of them are from poor families, and they often live a hungry and full life after falling into the grass. Now a large piece of meat and a big bowl of wine, where have they seen this situation, they have thrown off their back molars to eat and drink, one by one to stuff their bellies round before they stopped, everyone is praising their leaders for the correct choice, follow the court to eat, eat and sleep soundly.

Lu Bing looked around, then called Li Xiang to his big tent, and Lu Bing asked, "Li Xiang, what is the situation of the Sato of the Ryukyu Kingdom that you mentioned before?" ”

Li Xiang said: "My subordinates also got to know others just now, and I want to report to my lord," Lu Bing nodded, Li Xiang didn't look very vulgar, but his heart was very fine, and he was really a subordinate with eyesight, so he motioned to Li Xiang to continue: "The king of Ryukyu is the king canonized by my Ming Dynasty, the area of the Ryukyu country is not large, divided into three small countries of Shannan, Shanbei, and Zhongshan, and later King Ba Zhi unified the three small countries and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and the Yongle Emperor gave the surname Shang, which is often said by fishermen as the first dynasty of Shang. ”

Lu Bing couldn't help but be happy, this Li Xiang looked like a robber, but he didn't expect to talk about things like a teacher. Seeing that Li Xiang stopped talking and looked at Lu Bing suspiciously, Lu Bing hurriedly coughed twice and motioned for Li Xiang to continue.

Later, they staged a coup d'état in China, which is now the second Shang dynasty. I have to admit that the development of the Ryukyu Kingdom has been good in recent years, and the trade with Xiaoliuqiu and my Ming Fujian and other places has been continuous, in short, it is a rich place. The Japanese people were in civil strife, and the people were miserable, and many lords also encouraged the people to be pirates and plunder the Ming Dynasty and the Great and Small Ryukyus. In the last five years, a group of pirates have arisen in Yaeyama and Yonaguni Island in the Ryukyu Kingdom, and they have supported the leader Onitora to fight against the Ryukyu Kingdom. One of the emerging bandits is particularly strong, the so-called Sato, who has only risen in the past two years. This Sato is a Japanese man, he doesn't have much ability, he is just a gangster on the street, he is not even a serious samurai, and the people under him are not very powerful, they are all countrymen, and their faces are yellow and thin. Li Xiang said.

Lu Bing interrupted Li Xiang and asked, "Brother, wait a minute, I don't know much about maritime affairs, can you point me to the chart and tell me about these places." ”

"Subordinates obey orders." As he spoke, Li Xiang ordered a map of the sea area, indicating the locations of Ryukyu and Koryukyu, as well as Yonaguni Island and Yaeyama Islands.

Only then did Lu Bing understand that the original Ryukyu Kingdom was the islands near Okinawa in Japan, while the small Ryukyu referred to Taiwan, and the island of Yonaguni was located at the westernmost tip of the Ryukyus, and the place was not big, and it could not be found without looking carefully. Lu Bing saw it clearly and said, "You continue to be brothers." ”

Li Xiang is a few years older than Lu Bing, but after all, he is mixed with Lu Bing, and his official position must be under Lu Bing, even if he is the same Qianhu and Lu Bing's status, there is a world of difference, so he has always called Lu Bing Brother Wenfu before, and Lu Bing's few brothers at this time made Li Xiang warm, this kind of title is much closer than any messy official title.

Li Xiang hurriedly continued: "Yaeyama has been at odds with the Ryukyu regime since more than 20 years ago, and it has been difficult to calm down many times in the past 20 years. Not only did it pose a threat to the Ryukyu Kingdom, but it also caused a lot of pressure on Japan, but Japan is now in a mess of its own internal turmoil, and it is difficult for the mud bodhisattvas to cross the river themselves. So the king of the Ryukyus now has a headache and can only face it alone, and he was recruiting troops in the country to fight to the death with the ghost tiger. I mentioned Sato just now, his previous strength was very weak, but less than a year ago, his strength suddenly increased suddenly, and the number of people with strong martial arts around him became more and more generous. After a few tough battles, the reputation was resounded, and the thief was to follow the big one, so it was like a snowball, and there were more and more people in Sato, and now it is estimated that there are more than a thousand people, in short, it is very tight. It's just that most of them loot on the southeast coast, and they also wander around the small Ryukyu and the Ryukyu countries to loot, and they don't come to the central and eastern parts of the country very much, so they haven't dealt with me. The Japanese people who knew him were just because they were fellow villagers, and this time they suddenly went north and came to commit crimes near Changzhou, I think there must be a reason. I mean, as the adults deduced, they might just be coming straight for the landing adults. ”

"There's some truth to that." Lu Bingzan said: "But I have no grudge with that person named Sato in the past few days, so it should be the group of Han people around them who led him to attack me, right?" Lu Bing fell into deep thought, and Li Xiang saw that Lu Bing was thinking about things again, so he bowed and retired.

On the same day, Zheng Mingchuan went to find the Shen family business in the south, urged money and grain and increased warships, after all, so many people were newly recruited, and enough grain, grass and transportation tools should be prepared. As for weapons or something, there are still some wealthy people with them, so they will use them first, and those who are not enough are also preparing intensively, which is just a drop in the bucket for the wealthy Shen family.

Lu Bing began to train these thieves who recruited An, in order not to be confused with the military attachés of the DPRK and China, and to take them under his account more thoroughly, Lu Bing asked Wei He to preside over the training. But after all, Wei He had only done the general banner, and even though he had done a good job in intelligence work, he still had little experience in large-scale operations and leading troops, so Lu Bing transferred several thousands of households from the imperial court to assist and let Wei He Si supervise the position.

Three days later, the Zhili army arrived, and they did not come to reinforce them, but instead started a fight with Lu Bing, but seeing that Lu Bing had already taken the gang of thieves as his own, his strength had greatly increased, so he could only retreat and withdraw his army. Lu Bing sent a letter to the generals of the Zhili Army, Shangshu: I want to ask for Ryukyu, I only hope to save my righteous brother, and the army is only for this matter, not what you think, and I hope that it will be convenient for each other.

Sure enough, the Zhili army and regimental training dispersed one after another, leaving only more than 2,000 people dozens of miles away, and sent a few people from time to time to investigate Lu Bing's movements.

Half a month later, Tang Kekuan, Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou, Li Du and others arrived on the emperor's order, Lu Bing was overjoyed, and sighed that Zhu Houxi still understood his own thoughts, and this move was better than the role of Ganlin after a long drought. Qi Jingtong naturally needless to say, he is a veteran of leading troops, and he has been the chief officer of the Shandong Bei Japanese Army for some days, and he can be called able to fight well, at this time he was appointed as the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and brought a thousand firecrackers of the Shenji Battalion.

As for Tang Kekuan, he learned a lot from Qi Jingtong, and he is a son of a military general's family, and he also knows a lot about the art of war. Yu Dayou, Li Du and others are extraordinarily smart, among the ten talents in Qingyuan Cave, Yu Dayou is the leader, and Li Du is second, the two are not only excellent in swordsmanship, but also proficient in the art of war.

Lu Bing was relieved, he still used it easily, and the generals next to him were either unfamiliar or had different intentions to preserve their strength, Lu Bing had long wanted to replace him, but although he had the power to appoint and dismiss, there was still no one available. Wei He and himself are not good at leading troops to fight, and Lu Bing deeply feels the true meaning that thousands of troops are easy to obtain and difficult to find.

Of course, the happiest person for the arrival of this group of people is Wei He, he finally doesn't have to lead the army, he doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, Wei He became the commander of these thousands of people to know that there is not only the majesty of the scenery, but also the hardship and headache. So as soon as these people came, Wei He immediately stepped down and became Lu Bing's personal captain.

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