Chapter 987: Town Army
After Yang Zhi received the edict, he ordered Xu Wen and Yang Zhongwu to enter Gongzhou and recruit Du Chong's old department Han Jing, Wu Xi, Li Shan, Ren Shi'an and other departments, in fact, nearly half of Du Chong's old department followed Du Chong to join the enemy, and more than 6,000 people followed Du Chong's original command of the three commanders Qi Fang, Hu Cheng, Liu Jing and others to go south to Jinling Mansion, and there were less than 2,000 veterans left in Gongzhou, but Han Jing and others collected a part of the defeated army and displaced people, nominally more than 5,000 people.
Yang Zhi was worried that Han Jing and others would be demoralized, so he specially asked Xu Wen to impress the two fierce generals, as soon as Xu Wen entered Gongzhou City, he successfully met the general Han Jing led by him, Han Jing asked Wu Xi, Li Shan, and Ren Shi'an to lead the army to be stationed outside, and he asked for supplies in the city and in all aspects. As Yang Zhi said, Han Jing did not choose to defect to Jin Guo and go south at the first time, which shows that Han Jing is not a fool, but an extremely shrewd person, who knows that in troubled times, he needs a foundation.
Du Chong's hostility to Han Jing and others was indeed a big blow, especially after the fall of Shandong, Du Chong sent people to send letters over continuously, and even faintly mentioned that Han Jing and others' hometowns were in the north, which made Han Jing and others feel greatly fluctuating, but they were still affected by the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty, and Han Jing and others were really hesitant in their hearts.
Xu Wen happened to be from Shandong, and his attitude towards himself was not bad, Han Jing's heart moved, hesitated, took a step forward, and said: "General Xu, in the eyes of many people, we are now a group of robbers who Du Chong did not take away, especially the people of Henan, who think that we are the people from the north who have come to harm them. General Xu gave us so many things, I always felt that some words were not spit out and unhappy, after all, the south is not a place where we northerners live for a long time. ”
Listening to Han Jing's words, Xu Wen laughed: "General Han, in the eyes of the world, the Dingbei Army used to be no different from the anti-thief, but now, in the eyes of the people of Gyeonggi Road, the Dingbei Army is an iron-clad hero; General Han, didn't you go with Du Chong, didn't you just want to prove that the Central Plains was not the Central Plains of the Jurchens? Liu Yu, Du Chong, and others were not the lackeys of the Jin people in the north, so if you could call the shots, sooner or later you would not end up well. ”
Han Jing showed a hint of shame on his face, and after a while, he stomped his foot and said, "General Xu, but the Jin people are really strong." ”
Xu Wen knew that these people were scared by the Jin army and lost their ambition to fight, Xu Wen sneered: "That's it, tomorrow I will go to your army, everyone will have a discussion, as long as you can win me, I will listen to you, if you lose, listen to me." ”
Xu Wen's style is in line with the boldness of the northerners, and Han Jing did not make up his mind to invest in gold completely, so he said angrily when he heard this: "Then it is decided, just outside the city gate, if General Xu can win the four of us alone, we will take General Xu as the leader in the future." ”
The next day, outside the east gate of Gongzhou, Han Jing and others came with troops, Xu Wen took the headquarters out of the city, Yang Zhongwu watched the battle on the city tower, Han Jing, Wu Xi, Li Shan, Ren Shi'an still had to save face, there were no four people to fight Xu Wen together, but one-on-one, which made Xu Wen get a big bargain.
Han Jing made a spear, and his strength was outstanding, but it was still a step worse than Xu Wen, and the two fought for thirty rounds, and Han Jing was defeated due to lack of physical strength; Wu Xi, Li Shan, and Ren Shi'an's martial arts were much inferior to Han Jing, and in the case of Xu Wen's physical strength consumption, except for Li Shan, who survived ten moves, Wu Xi's three moves, and Ren Shi'an's five moves were lost.
Xu Wen's subordinates cheered, the main general is so mighty, how can he not be happy as a subordinate, Han Jing and the four of them are very honorable, and immediately expressed their willingness to join the Dingbei Army and merge into Xu Wen's command; Xu Wen welcomed the four of them, but told the four that the Dingbei Army has the rules of the Dingbei Army, and they want to give a lecture.
"Everyone. Standing on a high place, Xu Wen exerted his strength and shouted loudly at Han Jing's subordinates: "Everyone wants to join our Dingbei Army, we welcome it, but everyone has also seen that our Dingbei Army is taking the route of elite soldiers, and our goal is to defeat the Jin Army, and we don't want our soldiers to die in vain." Therefore, I will select 2,000 of you to merge into our army, and the rest of you, in principle, will be incorporated into the Tuntian army and train while tuntian.
If there are any people among you who want to leave, our Dingbei Army will send you a passage fee to let you go back, but if you continue to disturb the people or surrender to the Jin, then you will be the enemy of our Dingbei Army in the future. Now, listen to my command, the first step, those who are about to leave put down their weapons and go out of the ranks. ”
Han Jing and the others looked at each other, they didn't expect Xu Wen to say this, under the command of King Kang, from top to bottom, no general would think that there were many people under him;
Xu Wen is at least correct in one point, that is, in such a situation, the soldiers will not be sacrificed in vain, not only Yang Zhi's army in the Dingbei Army, but also Xu Huiyan, Min, Zhang Suo and other generals and Jin people fight fiercely and abnormally, it seems that there is a reason. The silence of Han Jing and the others was seen as support for Xu Wen, and one or two bold people laid down their weapons, cautiously walked out of the team to receive copper coins and left, and more came out one after another, and finally almost more than 700 people left.
The people watching outside the city talked a lot, Yang Zhongwu couldn't help but smile slightly when he looked at the city tower, these are all people held hostage by Han Jing and others, and now they are solved with money, which not only saves face for Han Jing, but also eliminates hidden dangers, at least the remaining people are either high-spirited soldiers or desperate people, such two kinds of people, as long as they are healthy, are the most suitable to train into the army.
Xu Wen selected 2,000 people to line up alone in the south, and several officers under Xu Wen came over and skillfully helped arrange the formation, shouting one by one with their heads held high and their eyes moving forward; Han Jing saw in his eyes that these guys he led could also stand in such a neat line.
Ren Shi'an waited for Xu Wen to come down from the height, and took the initiative to ask, "General Xu, who will the Tuntian Army hand over?"
Xu Wen smiled and said, "If you want, you can also command the Tuntian army, if you don't want to, the left-behind division will arrange for the generals." ”
"I do, I do. Ren Shi'an hurriedly expressed his position, knowing that what was in front of him was an opportunity for him, he was not a fierce man like Han Jing, and it was good to be an official.