"Is what Your Highness said true?"

Wu Chengju looked shocked, and there was a huge surprise on his face.

At this time, Guan Cheng sat in the main seat in the post house, the tea in his hand was steaming, and the smile on his face was hazy.

Gong Zhiming Buwang and Cao Wuming and others sat on the left and right, and everyone's faces were equally wonderful at this time.

Guan Cheng took a sip of tea lightly and put down the teacup before nodding lightly and said, "Yes, you heard it right, my aunt promised to help, and it happened that the prince of Liang Guo came back, and agreed after a while." ”

"But Your Highness, will such a major event be settled in the future?"

Guan Cheng smiled and took out a roll of bamboo slips and said, "There are seals and annotations of the prince of Liang Guo on it, it's true." ”

The surprise on Wu Chengju's face completely turned into joy and hurriedly said: "In this case, I can start tomorrow, and I can take care of everything on the road." ”

Guan Cheng nodded and said, "What Wu Sima said is good, but Gu feels that if there is such a good opportunity, it is better to wait a few more days." ”

"Your Highness, the foundation of the country of soldiers and the cornerstone of the country of people. Although Liang is a fourth-class vassal state, there are Juchu and Qiang Song countries around Liang State, and there are only more than 70,000 soldiers in Liang State, but can you agree to your Highness to recruit troops in Liang State? ”

"In this way, the population of Liang State is lost, and the recruits are all children of good families."

Guan Cheng shook his head and said: "Bu Yousi's concerns are not unreasonable, but think about it, I have to wait thousands of miles to go west, how many good families with families and arable land are willing to abandon their families and follow us to have an unknown future?" ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly felt reasonable, and then they looked at them suspiciously.

Guan Cheng didn't sell Guan Zi either, and continued: "There are very few children of good families who are willing to go with us, and the reason why Liang Guoshizi dares to say that he also thinks of this layer, so Gu thinks that there should be some homeless people to sign up, which is somewhat a good thing for Liang Guo." ”

"Bu Yousi, you go and find Liang Guoyu to hang it up, and send capable people to take care of the courtyard gate."

The people were puzzled and whispered to each other.

Soon Bu Wang came in with a map, hung it in the center, and presented a thin wooden stick.

Guan Cheng took it, stood in front of the picture frame and smiled at everyone and said, "Come and see closer." ”

"The terrain of the Liang Kingdom is long and narrow, and the widest part of the north and south is less than 100 li, but the length of the east and west is more than 600 li, and we are currently here, Hecheng County, the easternmost county of the Liang country."

The wooden stick in Guan Cheng's hand lightly clicked on the location on the map, and then slowly moved westward and said: "The entire feudal territory of the Liang Kingdom is along the Shouyan Mountain Range, and there are thousands of mountains on both sides of the road from east to west for more than six hundred miles. ”

Guan Cheng casually drew circles at several points and put down the wooden stick and continued to everyone: "The lords of the Liang State in the past generations have not thought about cleaning up the country, but the country of Liang is a bit interesting, and there are frictions with the surrounding countries, so the main military strength of the Liang State is scattered on the border, so it is powerless for the large and small mountains in the territory. ”

In this way, the situation of Liang Guo is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. This is also one of the reasons why Liang Guo had more than 70,000 troops, but repeatedly tolerated Jin Guo's provocation to the end, and even let it go. ”

"Since the day of the separation of the Liang State, the banditry in the territory has been a headache, and the six-hundred-mile long road in the Shouyan Mountains is not only the lifeblood of the Liang State, but also the fish bone of the Liang State running through the east and west."

"So the main target of our army this time is these people!"

The wooden stick in Guan Cheng's hand once again drew a huge circle on the map.

"Bandits?"

"No, to be exact, it's subdued!"

Guan Cheng put down the wooden stick in his hand and sat down on the main seat again and said to everyone: "Gu already knew before, the ten largest mountains in the Liang Kingdom must have at least more than 1,000 people. And this goes to the west more than 300 miles, Eagle Chou Stream, there is the junction of Pingkang, Liangze and Huijun, the mountains and mountains are dangerous, and there are two big rivers of Meishui and Longjiang, the largest mountain bandit in Liang is here, with more than 10,000 people! ”

Everyone gasped in unison.

10,000 people

10,000 people can be an army!

There are only seven armies in the entire Liang State, and a group of mountain bandits is equivalent to one-seventh of the soldiers and horses of the Liang State?

Guan Cheng looked at his subordinates and continued: "The Liang State covers an area of eight counties and fifty-eight counties, and it is a little stronger than the Shu State in the entire nine fourth-class sub-states of Datong, but the population is a full thirty percent more than that of the Shu State, nearly three million, and the registered military strength is more than 73,000 people, but there are as many as 60,000 bandits and bandits in the territory alone!" ”

"Sixty thousand!"

Niu Cheng in the hall exclaimed, but no one blamed him for his rudeness, everyone looked incredulous.

Niu Cheng was originally a company commander in the Jin army, Guan Cheng was captured during the first night attack, and he originally thought that he would die but did not want Guan Cheng to praise his courage for sparing his life, and then bowed a little.

Niu Cheng is single, one person eats enough and the whole family is not hungry, the bastard man on the battlefield, although he is the company commander, but where will the characters above care about a mud leg, and Guan Cheng's identity is scary for ordinary people, and there is no shelf at all, and he is very kind when he meets the elderly and children, and all kinds of actions make this bastard man moved inexplicably, so he decided to follow, and now he still holds the position of company commander under Guan Cheng, but there are less than fifty people under his command, and they need to recruit and supplement themselves.

Niu Chengren is as his name suggests, tall and strong, and at this time, a pair of eyes are round and really a bit of a bull's eye.

"Obediently, 60,000 people, this Liang country...... This ......"

Niu Cheng couldn't speak, you must know that the original Jin Kingdom only added up to 50,000 soldiers and horses, which is already a little bit of reckless force.

It is still known that there are more than 60,000 bandits in one country.

"Are the people of this Liang country going to be bandits?"

No one paid attention to Niu Cheng's words, they were all pondering.

If your family knows about your own affairs, do you have to rely on these seven or eight hundred people to suppress the bandits?

Suppress more than 60,000 bandits?

Are you kidding?

Bu Wang stood up and saluted, and said angrily: "In this way, the prince of Liang Guo is not at all happy!" ”

"That's right, this prince of Liang Guo clearly wants to put me to death!" Cao Budo stood up and shouted loudly.

In Guan Cheng's team, Cao Bu is undoubtedly a relative, Cao Ling'er's cousin, and he dares to say some things without using his brain.

In an instant, the room became dead and silent with these words, Cao Budo was a little puzzled, looked at everyone suspiciously, and finally sat down very nervously and did not dare to speak.

Conspiracy!

These are two words that linger in many people's minds.

The atmosphere in the room was a little solemn, and even a rough man like Niu Cheng had a little melancholy on his face.

After a long time, Bu Wang broke the silence and asked, "Your Highness, the intentions of the prince of Liang Guo are unknown, it is better for me to leave early!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a burst of echoes.

But Guan Cheng shook his head calmly and said: "The prince of Liang Guo really didn't have any good intentions, Lone is the king of Datong Jin, according to the etiquette system, even if he personally led the troops to escort the team, it is not an exaggeration, but now is not the era of etiquette and happiness, everything depends on strength to speak." ”

"Don't talk about it, let's talk about Jinguo. Why did a fifth-class prince Jin dare to directly send troops to attack, the main reason is that Jin has a strong country like Zhou Wei as a backstage, and it is inevitable to act arrogantly, but Liang Guo can't, although he has a certain strength, there are too many strong enemies around, so he doesn't dare. ”

"And you're ignoring one thing."

Everyone was puzzled, and all eyes were focused.

Guan Cheng took a sip of tea before continuing: "This old lord of Liang has more than one son, and the current son of Liang is not the eldest son, but his wife, Aunt Jinghui, is the lord of Datong and the sister of the Queen Mother of Chu, which is a huge political capital. ”

"But as Chu Liang's relationship has become delicate, the opportunity for that eldest son seems to have appeared, especially in the recent period of being extremely active."

"If His Royal Highness wants to stabilize his position, he needs a certain amount of support both at home and abroad."

"Speaking of which, we are still stained with Aunt Jinghui's light, the prince of Liang Guo has sent three waves of envoys to Chu in succession during this time, and the relationship between Jinghui and Jinghui's two aunts is good, which is naturally worth making a fuss."

"If it is said that the queen mother of Chu is moved, and there is Qiang Chu as the backstage, then the position of this prince must be as stable as Mount Tai."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, this prince of Liang was very calculating, but His Royal Highness the King of Jin was only a few years old now, and he could see through the prince of Liang so easily.

Those present were either fighting in the army or hunting and hoeing in the past, and it is normal to react slowly in this kind of fight.

"This prince of Liang is not stupid, this is an out-and-out conspiracy to eat us. As long as we want to grow, we must eat such a seemingly poisonous piece of meat! And you need to eat as much as you can! ”

"No one is born willing to bear infamy, more than 60,000 people are lonely and don't believe it, how can there be no people with righteousness in their hearts, even so, what about the name behind them?"

"So then our main goal is going to change."

Guan Cheng didn't seem to care how much poison was in front of him, whether it was deadly, but he was full of confidence.

This overflowing self-confidence gave the originally dull crowd a glimmer of hope.

"Soldiers must be recruited, but good families must not be wanted, our first target is willing to go west with us and other people who have no concern, followed by orphans, half-grown boys, who can be taken away with some food, and then they are homeless, but they must be honest and simple, and those who have committed crimes must not be considered."

"The time for recruiting soldiers is only for three days, and how much can be recruited, but each person who is recruited will be given 1,000 yuan first, which will be counted as a settling-in fee, and then they will be told that they will be paid at least 300 yuan a month."

"Your Highness not!" Bu Wang immediately stood up and interrupted the objection.

"Oh? Why? Guan Cheng seemed to have expected it and asked lightly.

"Your Highness, the monthly salary of the standing soldiers is only two hundred yuan, which is enough for a family of four to live, and the three hundred monthly salary of Your Highness is already enough to be benevolent. And the settling-in fee is even more unheard of. Such a high standard is fine now, but if there are many soldiers in the future, it will be a huge expenditure, besides, a thousand dollars is enough to attract many people, and it is inevitable that some people will fish in troubled waters! ”

Guan Cheng waved his hand and said: "From now on, it is a few thousand miles of road in Huoyang County, and it is also appropriate to give it higher, besides, how can we recruit troops in Liang Country without some attractive conditions?" ”

"As for those who fish in troubled waters, don't be careful, Datong's military law is not vegetarian, if you take it, you have to abide by the law, otherwise what is the sword in your hand for?"

"This matter has been decided!"