After listening to the explanation, Zhang Zhongyao immediately apologized to Wu Yingying, and was willing to bear all the punishments on behalf of his subordinates, but Wu Yingying smiled and said: "Those who don't know are not guilty, as subordinates, they try their best to rescue Shangguan, and they are not afraid of a strong enemy, and they have the spirit of fighting millions, and they are really one of the elite divisions in a thousand." His praise made Zhu Dao and the others extremely embarrassed, these people already knew Zhang Zhongyao's decision to join Lanzhou, and the commander's praise naturally made these veterans feel that their faces were bright, and they heard Wu Yingying ask: "Zhong Yao, I don't seem to have a Hexi accent, but like a thistle athlete?"

Zhang Zhongyao bowed and said: "Exactly, they are all warriors under the late Guannan Patrol Cai Hanchao. After speaking, he will tell how to meet Director Zhu on the street to sell knives, how to give money to solicit, and Director Zhu brought these comrades to join him and wait for him.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Yingying was even more amazed, and said to Zhu Dao and others: "All the strong men of Guannan, thousands of miles to protect the coffin of the deceased lord and return to Beijing, have the righteousness of loyalty, carry a sharp blade, but do not become a traitor because of poverty, there is a festival of self-denial, they are all rare heroes, today they have become the brothers of the robe, Lanzhou is very fortunate! This sword I have worn for many years, and I will give it to the warriors of the righteous festival." After speaking, he untied a horizontal knife he carried with him and handed it to Director Zhu, and said with a smile: "Sergeant Zhu needs money and tells me not to sell it." ”

Director Zhu took the saber and said, "Thank you for your Excellency." He was about to kneel, but was stopped by Wu Yingying and said: "Wu Lanzhou robe is kneeling to the sky and kneeling on the ground, but others only salute the army." Then he turned to Chase and said, "Go back and find a few officers, and tell these sergeants about the rules and rights of the Wulanzhou Army." Director Zhu was helped up by him, his face was flushed, he couldn't speak, but his eyes were full of excitement when he looked at Wu Yingying. In the past, when he was a tooth soldier under Cai Hanchao's account, the lord had never spoken to him so kindly, let alone a saber as soon as they met.

Chase understood, and immediately called a few clear-spoken Yajun officers, and explained to Director Zhu next to the school field that the Lanzhou sergeant has a civilian household, and the basic system of winning the ten-man commander with bravery, and the centurion and above being promoted by the lower-level officer. Wu Yingying took Zhang Zhongyao and the others back to the meeting hall.

Inspired by Zhang Zhongyao's move of recruiting Cai Hanchao's soldiers in Guannan, Wu Yingying pondered all the way, and asked sideways: "Zhongyao, the generals of the various festivals of the Great Song Dynasty have always recruited many warriors and soldiers, this is the essence of each army, and now the imperial court has collected the military power and financial power, such as Cai Hanchao's account of the Guannan heroes who were dismissed, do you think it is a special case, or a common situation?"

Zhang Zhongyao pondered for a long time, knowing that Wu Yingying had the idea of recruiting the dismissal of the soldiers in various towns, and replied: "Like Director Zhu, the main general will be mourned, and there should be a few people who have nowhere to take refuge. However, the official family has taken over the financial power of the town, and it is difficult for the towns to come up with a large amount of money to maintain the treatment of these warriors as before, which will inevitably chill the strong men. In addition, the official family was anxious to replace the Jiedu in the border towns with domestic slaves and civil officials that they trusted, and many old Jiedu envoys were relieved, and in order to avoid suspicion and save expenses, they had to dismiss some of the old ministry. Since he served Wu Yingying, he answered with all his heart with his observations of the court and army of the Great Song Dynasty in recent days.

"This group of strong men is the elite honed by the war in the Central Plains, and it is a pity that they are so dismissed and wasted. Wu Yingying sighed, he paused, and said: "The Lanzhou caravan traveled all over the place, and there were many bandits watching, although those tribes on the grassland were severely punished by me once last time, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be attacked by strongmen in the future." There are also many places that are beyond the reach of the whip chief of Wulan Prefecture. ”

He saw that Zhang Zhongyao and Chase were listening attentively, and Wu Yingying continued: "I have a plan, in the name of recruiting guards from the caravan, I will recruit these soldiers who have been dismissed from the border towns to my account, and scatter them all over the country with dozens or more than 100 people as a team, specifically to deal with those bandits who are watching the goods of the caravan in Wulanzhou. What do you two think?"

The other lieutenants had all returned to their base camps, and now Wu Yingying was only Chase and Zhang Zhongyao by his side, and Wu Yingying was asking them questions.

"This strategy is very clever, which not only protects the safety of the Wulanzhou trade road, but also gathers a group of fierce soldiers. Zhang Zhongyao said, he has been fighting with the Hu people all the year round, and he deeply feels that the Han people in the Central Plains are weak, and now the Song State has dismissed the old generals and soldiers, so that even heroes like Zhu Dao have fallen to the point of selling knives in Bianjing, and he often feels bitter when he thinks about it, "However," Seeing that Wu Yingying was still looking at him, Zhang Zhongyao said the doubts in his heart again, "These people have complicated backgrounds, and they have been performing tasks outside all the year round, so I am afraid that even if they are brought together, they will not be very concerned about Wulanzhou, and they will be embarrassed in the future. Of course, he wouldn't think that Wu Yingying gathered these thugs just to protect the caravan, and privately guessed that this was a means for Lanzhou to lurk his forces in various places in advance, and the caravan was the light, and these thugs were the dark.

"Hmm," Wu Yingying nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and asked Chase, "What is Captain Cai's plan?"

Chase thought about it for a while, hugged his fists and said: "These knots make the minions and warriors under him, in terms of combat strength alone, it is more than enough to join the Lanzhou Ya military camp, and the station is far away from my Lanzhou forces and fights for my Lanzhou, they must be loyal and righteous. "The Lanzhou caravan has mobilized a lot of elites from the Ya military camp, and there are still less than 300 Ya soldiers in the city at present. He is not afraid that Wu Yingying will be jealous of his selfish abuse of power. The Ya Barracks often gets Wu Yingying's personal care, and the actions of giving knives to Zhu Dao like this today are commonplace for the Ya Barracks sergeants. Wu Yingying has some strange theories that have not been sent before, and he is very popular with the army, and he summons the tooth army to discuss the strategy every day when he has nothing to do. Therefore, Wu Yingying is the de facto master of the Tooth Barracks, while Chase is more like a staff role such as joining the army and being a judge.

Wu Yingying thought for a while, and said to the two of them: "Let's do it, Zhong Yao will set off to the border towns of the Great Song Dynasty after a few days of rest, and in the name of recruiting guards for the caravan, recruit athletes from all over the world for me, and divide the warehouse and artery of the Wulanzhou caravan near the road, and secretly protect, these warriors will set up a battalion alone, called Chengying, and Zhong Yao will be the captain." The Ya military camp first allocated a team of 100 people to enrich the Chengying battalion and listen to Zhong Yao's deployment. ”