"Thank you seniors for helping, dare to ask seniors ......"

Jiang Cheng respectfully bowed to Yang Dong, and was about to speak, but saw Yang Dong waving his hand gently.

"I just happened to be passing by here, so I don't have to worry too much about it."

"If you don't mind, can you take me to the village for a sit?"

Jiang Cheng didn't think about it, so he nodded and agreed.

"As it should be!"

In fact, it was not that he had no doubts about Yang Dong's identity, but in this situation, if Yang Dong wanted to attack them, they would not have the strength to resist at all.

Besides, if the other party really makes a move, why wait until now?

Jiang Cheng led Yang Dong and was about to return to the village.

Yang Dong beckoned to the side, and Baihua immediately appeared and followed him.

Suddenly such a big living person appeared, the key is still a beauty, Jiang Cheng's eyes instinctively flashed a touch of vigilance.

But seeing that Yang Dong and the woman seemed to know each other, he breathed a sigh of relief again.

"Senior, and this female senior...... Please follow me! ”

When Baihua heard this, she raised her eyebrows, and her delicate cheeks were immediately filled with dissatisfaction.

"Don't call me senior, just call me Baihua."

"That ......"

Jiang Cheng secretly glanced at Yang Dong, and seeing that the other party did not refuse, he simply spoke:

"In that case, the seniors still have ...... Girl of Flowers, please come with me. ”

This time, Yang Dong and Baihua entered Dahe Village openly.

The old village chief and the villagers learned that it was Yang Dong who saved Jiang Cheng and the others, and their cheeks were immediately full of gratitude.

Although Dahe Village was very poor, they still brought out the best food to entertain Yang Dong and the others.

Yang Dong did not refuse, but sent a signal to the secret agents of the West Factory who stayed not far away.

Soon, these spies led their horses and entered the village of Dahe together.

After three rounds of drinking, Yang Dong and others naturally felt the simplicity and enthusiasm of the villagers.

Baihua has never experienced this feeling, and drank several glasses of low-alcohol rice wine in succession, and her pretty face was flushed, which was extremely cute.

She secretly tugged at Yang Dong's sleeve and asked in a low voice:

"Yang Dong, why is this? These meals are very common, but I feel very happy. ”

"Perhaps, this is the joy of helping others."

Yang Dong smiled casually, turned to look at Jiang Cheng and asked:

"Speaking of which, I just heard that the kidnapper you kidnapped is the son of your Shangguan."

"Aren't you under Yang Yan's command, why is this happening?"

As soon as these words came out, the originally lively banquet seemed to press the pause button. The original noise and staggering stopped, and a pair of eyes subconsciously looked at Yang Dong.

Being watched by so many people, Yang Dong did not show any panic.

His face was still calm, giving people a sense of inscrutable.

Jiang Cheng simply put down his chopsticks, a little drunk, and his eyes unconsciously revealed deep sadness.

"This matter is not a secret, the predecessors have saved our lives, and we should know the cause and effect."

After saying this, he sighed softly and began to tell what happened to him.

Speaking of this Jiangcheng, it was originally just an ordinary villager in Dahe Village.

But more than ten years ago, due to the increasingly tense relationship between the Great Zhou and the Great Qin, the imperial court at that time sent the general Yang Yan to Pingzhou to guard the border pass.

After Yang Yan came to Pingzhou, he began to recruit troops on a large scale.

It was at that time that Jiang Cheng joined the army.

Later, in several skirmishes with Daqin, Jiang Cheng relied on his brute strength to make some military exploits. Then he was selected by his boss at the time and became an elite member of the army.

And Jiang Cheng's current martial arts were learned in the elite battalion.

As for this elite battalion, it is not actually a combat unit, but was created by Yang Yan in order to train elite soldiers. Similar to the function of the recruit battalion, it is just that the non-commissioned officers in the elite barracks are most of the elite who have experienced many wars and have made brilliant achievements.

According to Jiang Cheng's words, there are indeed some fierce soldiers in this elite barracks. Even with his skills, he is barely at the mid-level level.

As for the best in this elite barracks, he basically became the confidant of the great general Yang Yan.

After leaving the elite barracks, Jiang Cheng also became a colonel in the army. Leaping from a sergeant to an officer, he was also uncomfortable at first.

Later, after a series of large and small battles, his command gradually grew.

If it is inferred according to common sense, as long as Jiang Cheng does not make mistakes, he can basically live a very nourishing life in the army, and even like a fish in water.

However, sometimes things happen suddenly and unexpectedly.

Just a few months ago, the general suddenly decided to rebel against the Great Zhou and establish himself as king.

As a result, the entire Pingzhou was included in Yang Yan's range of strength.

For Yang Yan, he was the king and hegemon, but the soldiers under his command did not get any benefits.

For a long time, the soldiers and soldiers of the entire Pingzhou general have been supported by the imperial court without discount.

Therefore, even if some people are greedy for ink, most of the low-level soldiers are still alive and well.

But after Yang Yan became self-reliant, Da Zhou naturally would not send a penny of money and grain to Pingzhou.

Although Yang Yan had already prepared, it was still difficult to ensure that the soldiers' money and food could be distributed as usual.

If this is the case, with his prestige in the army, although the soldiers will be dissatisfied, they will not say anything.

But the question is,

After preliminarily determining the sphere of influence of Pingzhou,

Yang Yan launched his elite military policy and prepared for a wave of disarmament.

In the past, it was the military rations of the entire Great Zhou, supplying Yang Yan's command. He just had to think about recruiting soldiers.

But the so-called inappropriate family does not know the price of firewood and rice,

Soon after Yang Yan experienced the joy of becoming a king of his own power, he was almost crushed by the expenditure of the army.

In order to ensure the stability of their rule,

Yang Yan released a strategy for elite soldiers.

In fact, the so-called strategy of elite soldiers is disarmament.

It's just that when he was disarming, Yang Yan moved other thoughts.

Although most of the soldiers under his command were natives of Pingzhou, a small number of them came from other states and counties in the Great Zhou.

And these people are regarded by him as aliens.

The first wave of layoffs was also this group of soldiers.

These soldiers, in fact, had long expected their fate. At this time, they were expecting the general to defeat the Great Zhou and let the people live a good life.

However, Yang Yan's next operation made them completely chilled.

is also because of lack of money and food, Yang Yan laid off these non-local soldiers at the same time, but also deducted the money and food they originally deserved!

What's more, they were even charged with trumped-up charges!