"What? Converted into a civilian league? Early in the morning, Ding Li, who was eating, sprayed a mouthful of soup he had just drunk on the ground on the side, looking at the little plum and dog who ran in a hurry with an excited face, Ding Li, who was thinking quickly, immediately realized that the regimental training of this militia group was not so easy to do, and hurriedly waved his hand at the two: "You sit down first, this matter is not so simple, you think about it, first the Chaozhou Gang was transformed into a people's league, and now it is our Nanhai Gang, isn't this obviously using thousands of brothers of our Nanhai Gang to contain the development of the Chaozhou Gang?" This is to put us in front of us as cannon fodder! ”

"Brother Li, more than that, after our Nanhai Gang becomes a militia group, the establishment must be based on the regular army! You're also a serious team trainer! "The dog can't agree with Ding Li's opinion, after the Chaozhou Gang became a militia group, Liu Sanye is just a deputy envoy of the militia regiment, and the news just now is very accurate, Ding Li will serve as the regimental training envoy, as long as the festival granted by the imperial court arrives, Ding Li will be the military attache of the five grades by then.

"The formation of the regular army?" Hearing this, Ding Li was also stunned, he didn't expect that the salary in front of him would be so high, and Ding Li also understood what kind of position the regimental training envoy was, it was a military general with actual military power, and he heard the dog say that it was still the establishment of the regular army, all of which was completely unexpected by Ding Li.

"Brother Li, I inquired at the street just now, and it is indeed according to the establishment of the regular army!" Seeing that Ding Li was a little stunned, the dog thought that Ding Li didn't believe the news he brought, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward and stretched out his hand to shake Ding Li's arm, and reassured Ding Li with his neck: "Really! Brother Li! And it is said that if possible, the Jiedu Mansion will also provide certain material assistance for our militia group, the purpose is to form the militia as soon as possible! ”

"This, this doesn't make sense." Ding Li was even more puzzled now, Lingnan Road is rich, Guangzhou Prefecture's financial strength is also very strong, and Jiedu Mansion does have a lot of annual surpluses, but even so, there is no need for Jiedu Mansion to put military baggage on the newly formed militia group. Although the cost is likely not much, it is also a bit too wasteful for the militia militia that has not been on the battlefield to directly equip military baggage. And until now, Ding Li has never heard of any military supplies received by the Chaozhou Gang, even if it is a military standard horizontal knife, and even a bow and crossbow have not been distributed, and all the equipment has been solved by the Chaozhou Gang itself.

But this is normal, because according to Ding Li's understanding, many leaders of today's rebel army also did this back then, as long as they can put together a team of dozens or hundreds of people, it can be unique among the rebel army, but the equipment is indeed unsightly, it is said that at the beginning of the uprising, many people went to the battlefield with shovels and even wooden sticks. And even today's Teochew Gang, in addition to the uniform clothing of the original Teochew Gang, in terms of weapons, they are basically machetes ordered by the Teochew Gang from the blacksmith shop. With the passage of time, in the entire militia group, only Liu Sanye's henchmen and guards have standard equipment, a light armor with decent workmanship, and a standard horizontal knife.

Confused, Heizi ran in quickly from outside the door, glanced at Liu Sheng and Xia Qing who were still on the table, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Li, General Yang has come to the mansion and is waiting in the living room!" ”

"Oh? Brother Yang is here? Ding Li was slightly stunned, the two only met yesterday, Ding Li entrusted Liu Fu and Jin Sanpang to each other, and Liu Fu was able to reunite with his family, and at the same time received absolute security protection. But then Ding Li understood, presumably Yang Hongwen was for the affairs of the militia group, so he helplessly glanced at Liu Sheng, who was looking at him with his eyes, and smiled apologetically at Xia Qing, shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, let's go back and have lunch together, I'll go see Brother Yang first!" ”

After arriving in the living room, there was a burst of greetings and congratulations, and Yang Hongwen directly said his intention, which surprised Ding Li, who was originally prepared, but he didn't expect that Yang Hongwen was not simply here for the people's group, but more importantly, he was borrowed from the other party.

"Brother Yang, you're not joking with me, are you?" After listening to Yang Hongwen's clear intentions, Ding Li shook his head again and again, spread his hands to the other party with a wry smile and explained: "Brother Yang, what you want are soldiers who go to the battlefield to fight hard, how can I have the person you want here?" You should know that most of the people originally accepted by the Nanhai Gang were poor people from our Guangzhou Prefecture, and most of them only made a living by working hard at the docks! It's okay to fight in a conflict or something, but if they go to war, then it won't be a big mistake! ”

"No, no, Ali, you're serious!" Yang Hongwen was unrelenting, smiled and waved his hand, with a prepared posture, and sat down straight before adding to Ding Li with a smile: "Besides, who doesn't have a first time when it comes to going to the battlefield?" How can you know without trying? And the current situation is indeed tight, I can't recruit people here at all, and the young people in the entire Guangzhou Prefecture have almost been used up, either they have already served in the military, or you Nanhai Gang or Chaozhou Gang, and now you have all reorganized the militia group, although it is the reserve force of the army, but I have no right to go to your militia to forcibly recruit soldiers! ”

"That being said, but, going to the battlefield is a desperate thing after all, and it can't be child's play!" Ding Li still shook his head, but his tone was already a little loose, he knew that what Yang Hongwen said was right, and he also knew that what the other party said was much more modest, if it was really forcibly recruited, even Ding Li, the inaugural regimental training envoy, would not be able to do anything to the other party, even if it was sued to the Jiedu envoy, Ding Li would not be able to get any benefits.

"Don't worry, Ali! I thought about it before I came! Seeing this, Yang Hongwen smiled confidently at Ding Li, stretched out his hand and pointed to the guards brought outside the door, and then added with a chuckle: "Ah Li, these brothers were all on duty with me in Jiedu Mansion at the beginning, and they are all real men who have seen blood on the battlefield!" And when borrowing from you, first of all, we have to follow a principle, voluntarily! Then I will let these brothers evaluate them one by one, if they think they are not suitable for the battlefield, then I will definitely not force others, let alone push them to the fire pit without my eyes! After all, I don't want my brothers who followed me to the battlefield to die in vain! ”

"Well, so, well!" Ding Li hesitated again, gritted his teeth and had to nod and agree, this matter actually had to be agreed to sooner or later, after all, Yang Hongwen had to go from Ding Li's side if he wanted to increase his troops, Ding Li didn't think that the Chaozhou Gang would help Yang Hongwen with this. Immediately, Ding Li was silent for a moment, then turned his head and asked the other party: "By the way, Brother Yang, how many brothers do you need?" Or I'll pick it with you later! ”

"No, it's just a hundred and ten people! This little thing doesn't have to bother you with this group training envoy! There should be an envoy coming from the Jiedu Mansion in the future, I heard it when I came out of the yamen early in the morning, and it seems that the office yamen of the regimental training envoy has been arranged for you! Yang Hongwen smiled, turned his head to look at Ding Li, his eyes were a little envious and appreciative, and then he stretched out his finger and pointed at Ding Li and quipped: "I didn't expect it, Ah Li!" He went directly to the regiment training envoy so soon! This is just in the official rank, and he has suppressed Liu Laosan! But what I'm more curious about is that you have hidden this matter deep enough! ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Ding Li was stunned, and he didn't understand the meaning of Yang Hongwen's words. Seeing this, Yang Hongwen raised his head and smiled, then leaned over to Ding Li, and lowered his voice with a mysterious expression: "Ah Li, to be honest, when did you start to catch up with Uncle Xiang and Uncle Zhang?" The team training makes you hide this matter tightly enough! I went to Fuxu Town, you came back with the front foot, Uncle Xiang came back, Uncle Xiang came back yesterday, and the news of the Nanhai Gang rebuilding the militia came out in Jiedu Mansion in the evening! Early this morning, even the office yamen was ready! This is obviously prepared in advance! ”

"I, I didn't." Ding Li couldn't tell how many mouths he had now, so he could only shake his head innocently and deny: "Really not!" Brother Yang, I just heard this news! Or the news that the brothers below brought back! Really, I know this news is no more than a stick of incense! ”

"If it were to you, would you believe it?" Yang Hongwen rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Ding Li and asked rhetorically, then shook his head and stood up with a smile, just about to turn around and leave, but suddenly turned around and walked to Ding Li's side, put one hand on the shoulder of Ding Li, who also got up, his expression suddenly became much more cautious, first swept around with his afterglow, and then lowered his voice and revealed a blockbuster news to Ding Li: "Ah Li, this group practice makes you must do a good job!" I've heard that if done well, the militia will soon become part of the city defense army! That's a formal establishment! At that time, you'll have to move up a bit! ”

"City Defense? Isn't there a city defense army now? This news did surprise Ding Li, although the number of city defense troops in Guangzhou Prefecture is not large, but it is enough for defense alone, and although the garrison on the side of Fuxu Town is divided into two forces, it is two elite divisions, even if the rebel army spreads the war to this point, it is impossible to take Fuxu Town.

"The people of the city defense army are not wearing the same pants as us!" A strange light flashed in Yang Hongwen's eyes, he sighed while straightening up, then patted Ding Li's shoulder heavily, and added in a deep voice: "You should understand that whether it is the business community or the military and political affairs in this Guangzhou Mansion, the depth of the water is not at all what we see on the surface!" Among them, especially the army, the army of Guangzhou Prefecture is not all dispatched by Jiedu Prefecture, and there are also observation envoys, city envoys and local forces, which are extremely complicated! ”

"This..." Ding Li just knew that the situation was complicated, but he didn't expect it to be as serious as Yang Hongwen said, and seeing what the other party meant, there seemed to be many situations that had not been said, and he was stunned for a while.

"You also understand that the recent war situation in Datang is not good, if there is no turnaround, at the latest half a year later, that is, before next summer, the rebel army may come to the city of Guangzhou!" As he spoke, Yang Hongwen's eyebrows were also tightly twisted together, he sighed deeply, raised his hand and patted Ding Li twice on the shoulder, adding: "The city defense army, whether it is for the future transfer of Jiedu Mansion in Guangzhou Mansion, or for the safety of the entire Guangzhou Mansion, is very important!" ”