Zhengjiazhuang's recruitment work lasted for three days, recruiting more than 300 young and middle-aged people. exceeded Long Qian's expectations. The smooth recruitment work is largely due to the surrender of Tian Shubang, the captain of Zhengjiazhuang's former hometown soldiers.

Tian Shubang was captured by the Fourth Company of Feng Guozhu that night, and his identity was quickly clarified. Zheng Zhong, the captain of the township soldiers, is dead, Zheng Jing fled and did not know what to do, and this large-scale township soldier is Tian Shubang for the supreme leader.

As soon as Tian Shubang's identity was screened, Long Qian immediately interrogated this big-shouldered and round-waisted Northeast man.

As soon as Tian Shubang spoke, Long Qian was stunned, "It turns out that you are from the Northeast!" Where is your hometown in the Northeast? Why did you run to Zhengjiazhuang to sell your life for Zheng Jing? ”

Tian Shubang was a bit of a single, and he didn't hide anything about Long Qian's problem, and he talked about it all.

"Naruwoji?" Long Qian really didn't understand where Tian Shubang said, the two chatted for a long time, Long Qian finally understood that Tian Shubang's hometown was in the east of Jilin, not far from North Korea, "Isn't it called Hunjiang?" Long Qian muttered to himself.

"Well, I believe it. Tell me about your township troops, how many people there are? How many weapons? How many squads are there? Who are the leaders? Tell me honestly, I won't kill you. ”

Tian Shubang was originally a mercenary, and he was not loyal to Zheng Jing, and for Long Qian's question, he sorted out his thoughts a little, and then explained it one by one.

Staff Officer Fan der Ping, who was in charge of the record, had to remind him to speak slowly.

Long Qian touched his chin and pondered this Tian Shubang with Hesen Sen's beard. It doesn't matter where this guy who looks very horizontal is from, how he came to Shandong to be a thug Long Qian doesn't want to delve into it. But the experience he explained and the fact that there were many outsiders in the township army aroused Long Qian's interest, and Tian Shubang's accurate memory, and the extremely expressive description of his subordinates impressed everyone present.

Several people present during the interrogation of this "senior leader" of the township soldiers had the same feeling that this guy was a talent.

"Captain Tian," Long Qian said to the captive amicably after asking the question, "I will send someone to verify what you said." If you prove that you are telling the truth, you earn. The last question, if you don't want to talk about it, can do it. ”

"You ask."

"You participated in the military discussion with Zheng Jing before the war, and you also participated in almost the entire battle, I want to hear your evaluation of the battle that night, oh, what do you think of the performance of our Mengshan army that night? What's wrong? ”

Tian Shubang looked up at Long Qian, who interrogated him, with some disbelief, the identity of this person was introduced at the beginning, and he was blunt, he was the big boss of this team called Mengshan Army, they were called commanders, and they all meant the same fucking. This is a big man who is more powerful than himself, and he is also a first-class good man, "Ask me about the problems of your team?" ”

"That's right. It was a chaotic battle that night. I'm not very satisfied. You, the commander of the Township Troop, were my opponent that night. You are best qualified to speak out about our shortcomings. I see that you are also a cheerful person, Lao Tian, don't worry, tell the truth, I will never blame you. ”

Tian Shubang thought for a moment, "Bai Wei is surrounded, I'm afraid that you will set up an ambush in the middle, so I suggest you wait and see." But Zheng Jing changed three times in a moment, and he had to send troops at night, and he ended up in an ambush with you. ”

"You are trapped in Zhengjiazhuang, aren't you sitting still?"

"My plan is to wait for dawn before sending troops, we are familiar with the terrain, and it is daytime, so it will not be so easy for you to ambush." Tian Shubang was quite annoyed by his words.

"Then what if we take a handful of fish in Baiwei and leave?"

"If you have few soldiers, you can't open Bai Wei. It doesn't hurt to come to the rescue later. If you have a strong army, it is too dangerous to attack at night. As a result, Master Zheng Zhuang didn't listen to my ......"

"So, how many troops do you think we have in last night's battle?"

"At least a thousand......"

Long Qian smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Three hundred?" Tian Shubang couldn't help but stand up, and was pressed down by Jiang Cunxian, who was standing next to him, "You sit honestly for me." ”

"Wouldn't it? Then how many people did you fight Bai Wei? ”

"Together, there are less than 300 people in total. It was my two companies that attacked Bai Wei, a little in their early hundreds. Fighting against your reinforcements from Zhengjiazhuang were three companies, less than two hundred men. How many do you have? Four hundred? ”

Tian Shubang nodded in frustration.

"Actually, you suffer in the terrain, and you can't spread your troops." Long Qian was still smiling.

"You're strong, really strong." Tian Shubang raised his head and looked at a certain point in the window, recalling the fierce battle that ended last night. The second team he thought he had trained was already fierce, but he was quickly defeated in the hand-to-head battle. Tian Shubang, who was born with a beard, has seen blood, and has slaughtered more than ten with his own hands, and knows the ferocity of hand-to-hand combat. The defeat of his second team can only show that the opponent is stronger, "I really didn't expect that you only have a few hundred people." Don't you know our forces beforehand? ”

Long Qian didn't answer his rhetorical question, "You haven't answered my question yet." I see you know a little bit about the military, in terms of tactics, what do you think is wrong with us? ”

Tian Shubang pondered for a moment, "What if we don't divide our troops and go straight to Bai Wei along the avenue, won't your ambush on the trail be useless?" ”

Long Qian smiled and said his original plan, "__My fourth company was withdrawn from the blocking position to reinforce Bai Wei. As soon as Bai Wei went down, and gunshots rang out on the avenue, he temporarily decided to outflank your soldiers and horses on the main road from the small road. I didn't expect to hit you head-on__"

"What?" Tian Shubang stood up again, and this time Liu Chunning didn't stop him, "You also ambushed a group of men and horses at the fork in the road?" The original plan was to surround us on the road and eat them all? He sat down abruptly, "I didn't say it, you are so ruthless, and the people are so strong." Relying on dozens of people, they dare to intercept hundreds of us. It's so strong. ”

After learning all of Long Qian's plans, the rest of Tian Shubang was admiration, mixed with a little envy, "Compared to you, the second team is tofu scum." It's really sitting in the well and watching the sky. I thought there were thousands of you, but I didn't expect you to take Zhuangzi with just such a few people. Tian Shubang shook his head in annoyance, "It would be good if Zheng Jing didn't send troops, if my people stay in Zhuangzi, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything." The walled wall of Zhengjiazhuang is not comparable to Bai Wei. ”

"Not necessarily." Long Qian smiled slightly, "I occupied Bai Wei as a base, with Chenjiaya as an outpost, besieging Zhengjiazhuang, I don't believe that you will not send troops, as soon as you send troops, my opportunity will come." I don't do such stupid tricks as sieges. ”

Tian Shubang didn't speak again, looking at his appearance thinking about something, Long Qian didn't interrupt him, "I didn't say it, if you lose, you lose, give me a good time." ”

"Captain Tian, would you like to come to our Mengshan Army?"

"You want me?"

"Yes. Our two armies fought each other, and there was no hatred. You come here, the previous thing, a write-off. I did a good job in my army, and I was promoted. Long Qian replied affirmatively.

Tian Shubang dropped without hesitation.

"Okay, so we're a family." Long Qian stretched out his hand and wanted to shake hands with him, but Tian Shubang didn't understand this etiquette, and looked at Long Qian at a loss, "Okay, let's take Captain Tian down to rest and have a full meal." Long Qian withdrew his right hand and said to Jiang Cunxian.

When Tian Shubang was taken out of the city, Ning Shijun and Jiang Yun, who participated in the interrogation, objected in unison, "Commander, this person is a soldier and unreliable. ”

"yes, it's a complicated experience, mercenary. Jiang Yun, have you noticed? This guy has a good memory, a clear mind, and is a good intelligence player. Keeping him is very good for stabilizing Zhuang Ding, especially his second team. Shi Jun, make good use of him, it is beneficial to recruit troops in Zhengjiazhuang. ”

The facts confirmed Long Qian's inference, and Tian Shubang first persuaded dozens of his old subordinates to join the Mengshan Army, which led to the pace of changing the original hometown army. Of course, the rise of the army boom was more due to some of the economic measures of the Mengshan Army in Zhengjiazhuang.

Jiang Yun admitted that because of Tian Shubang's surrender, he saved a lot of effort when screening and registering the original hometown soldiers. When Zhengjiazhuang's recruitment work was over, Long Qian assigned Tian Shubang to Jiang Yun and became his direct subordinate. Jiang Yun's position is still the deputy captain of the cavalry, but he is actually engaged in intelligence work, including counter-espionage work. Of course, this word has not yet been called, Long Qian gave Jiang Yun a copy of "The Art of War", which was found from Zheng Jing's study, and asked him to read the content about the room, "This book, you have to read it well and strive to memorize it." I don't know where to ask Shi Jun. In the next step, the troops will be reorganized, the headquarters will be regularized, and an intelligence section will be set up, and you will be the section chief. There is a special talk in this book, you must read it carefully, it is best to memorize it, and ponder it often. Long Qian gave Jiang Yun a task.

After the completion of the recruitment work in Zhengjiazhuang, the recruitment work of Baiwei Town and Chenjiaya was also carried out one after another, and a total of more than 180 young adults in the two villages joined the Mengshan Army.

It is worth mentioning that some people from nearby villages actually came to join the army. When asked why they joined the army, their answers were almost the same, they couldn't live anymore, I heard that the soldiers here were given land and food, and the military salary was also high, so they were looking for a way to live.

They are all extremely poor peasants, and the Mengshan Army naturally does not refuse. More than 100 people joined successively, bringing the total strength to more than 1,000.

There weren't enough guns for each person. After a full fight, there were some firearms of special caliber and in poor condition, and nearly 250 people could not get firearms.

For this result, the top brass of the Mengshan Army were naturally overjoyed, they had no idea that they would recruit so many recruits, except for Long Qian, of course.

Tian Shubang participated in several training sessions of the Mengshan Army, and immediately felt the difference in this ringing horse that easily defeated him. He didn't understand the meaning of queue training, but the two running drills in the morning and evening shocked him, and it was difficult for him to keep up with the weight of forty pounds, and it was even more difficult for his subordinates to complete the course within the allotted time.

Lu Shan, who was in charge of military training, said to him, see it, the people who completed it easily were all veterans who participated in the reorganization of the Mengshan army. If you want to keep up, you have to work hard. As for other aspects, he was conceited and outstanding in martial arts, and a platoon commander surnamed Jiang who was pushed out by Mengshan Army had a trick, that is, the capable man who did not leave him in the interrogation room that day, and he had almost no power to fight back. This platoon commander named Jiang Cunxian said to him, I am a defeated general under Commander Long. However, Commander Long never valued individual martial arts, he valued collective cooperation. So you don't have to be upset.

In the confrontation training of assassination, the two masters selected by him from the original Zhengjiazhuang second team confronted the three veterans randomly pointed out by the Mengshan army, and the opponent's back-to-back tactics killed the three of them, and they were not opponents at all. And then the later live-fire training shows the gap between the two sides, whether it is accuracy or shooting speed, the original eyes are above the top of the township soldiers and others are not at the same level at all, you shoot a shot, people have already shot twice, and the accuracy is amazing.

Tian Shubang has only been convinced since then, no wonder 300 people dare to fight Zhengjiazhuang. If there are more than 1,000 people with such skills, there will be no problem in crisscrossing the Northeast, and none of the locks who are entrenched in various mountains are opponents! Thinking of this, Tian Shubang became excited.