"Hey! Did you hear? After noon today, our general will send someone to fight Xiao Hou's men!"
"Tch! Nonsense! Who doesn't know this? I'm not afraid to tell you! Brother, I was also lucky enough to participate in the personal selection of the captain!"
"Oh? Is this happening? Brother, you were chosen?"
"Humph, the captain said, the general will choose one hundred people this time! Unfortunately, brother, I was not lucky, I was ranked one hundred and one..."
"Eh? One hundred and one? Doesn't that mean you didn't choose? Since you didn't choose, what's the difference between one hundred and one and ten thousand and one?"
After a night, by the morning of the next day, almost the entire army knew about the battle between Xiao Han and Liu Hongji's men yesterday!
Now, the originally boring and lifeless marching team immediately became as lively as the Chinese New Year!
The soldiers who were too lazy to say a word in the past have turned into old women at the entrance of the village. They are all discussing various discussions about the battle and speculation about the victory or defeat.
Of course, most of these people are still optimistic about their own generals.
Because they all know: since last night, the general has been busy selecting people in the team.
And those who can stand out from tens of thousands of people are all tough and brave people, and among them there are many officers and lieutenants at all levels who rely on themselves to get promoted to the top with one punch and one kick!
Such a group of fierce generals and soldiers, if put on the battlefield, can not only defeat one against a hundred, but there is still nothing wrong with one against ten!
On the other hand, when Xiao Han's group of people caught up with them that day, it was not like they had never seen them before!
Yes, their equipment is better! Their horses are also more impressive!
But the problem is that people really don’t pay attention to the age and appearance of those people.
I don’t know how the famous Xiao Hou could find such a group of weirdos as his subordinates.
The tall ones are tall, the short ones are short, the fat ones are fat, and the thin ones are thin!
And the most critical point is that these people are too young!
Judging by their appearance, the oldest one among them was only in his twenties. He didn't even have hair on his mouth, and he tied his cape like other coquettish men.
You know, on the battlefield, the older the person is, the more experienced they are in battle! The more powerful their methods are!
And these people, have they been on the battlefield? Fighting in a war? They won’t run away crying and screaming at the sight of blood, right?
Because of this comparison, in the minds of ordinary soldiers, this competition has become like a grandfather beating his son, without any suspense.
However, there are also a small number of people in the military who are skeptical about this speculation.
After all, Xiao Han's reputation is too loud! In addition, he is famous for firearms, and the recent emergency at the border is also due to firearms.
So these people think that Xiao Han's side may not necessarily lose completely. Who knows, can the two sides draw a tie?
For this reason, the two parties often bickered, and finally in the end, the bickering turned into a gambling game as expected.
It's useless for everyone to just talk! It's better to use real money to support your judgment. In this bet, you bet on whether this battle will win or lose!
Not surprisingly, as soon as the gambling game was launched, it attracted countless people rushing to place bets!
However, judging from the number of people betting, less than one-tenth of Xiao Han was defeated!
"Damn it! How rebellious! How dare you set up a secret gambling bureau in the army!"
The whole morning passed quickly with countless buzzing discussions. At noon, Liu Hongji also received a message from his subordinates, saying that the gambling about this fight had now spread among the army.
Many people who are addicted to gambling have participated in this gambling game, which involves countless gold, silver and copper coins, and many military officers are involved in this!
"General! Do you want the military judge to come forward and take care of it?"
The man who reported the news asked cautiously, but to be honest, if he wasn't afraid that Liu Hongji would give up, he would also like to place some bets!
I've been driving around all day and I'm almost bored to death. I finally had some fun. Who wouldn't want to join in?
"Military judge?"
After hearing what his men said, Liu Hongji touched his chin, thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "What are the odds now?"
"Bet on us to win, pay one point to one! Bet on Xiao Hou to win, pay fifteen to one! Bet on a tie, pay two to one!" With almost no time to think, the subordinate memorized the latest odds.
When Liu Hongji heard this, his brows furrowed: "If we win a bet, we will pay one point per dollar? If we bet a hundred coins, we will get back one hundred and ten coins? Is it too little? Is there someone else betting here?"
When the subordinates saw this, they hurriedly explained with a smile: "Isn't there someone who will do it?! They all firmly believe that we will not lose! Give it to yourself. Although the money won in the end is a little less, no matter how small the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat, right?"
Besides, when it comes to gambling, the word gambling comes first, then the word money! As long as you can experience the excitement in person, that’s enough!”
These words actually do not require any special explanation from my subordinates.
Because Liu Hongji is also an expert in gambling, he naturally knows that the odds of gambling are calculated based on the bets made by both parties.
As a banker, as long as you measure the amount of money in your left and right hands and calculate the ratio, no matter how gamblers place their bets, they will not lose!
Of course, there will be no loss here, as long as there is no sudden arrival of large amounts of gambling money.
If someone invests a large amount of money to enter the market according to the current odds, no one will invest corresponding money on the opponent's side in the future.
Then once this person wins, the dealer will immediately lose even his pants!
"That's it!" A glimmer of light gradually flashed in his eyes. Liu Hongji suddenly turned around and ran to the corner of the handsome tent to rummage around. Finally, he took out a wooden box from nowhere and reluctantly handed it to his subordinate when he came back: "What's inside here?"
There are about two thousand gold, silver and silver notes! This is all my personal money saved. You will take all this money and buy it for Xiao Han to win!"
"Ah?" The subordinate was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. He held the wooden box tremblingly and said, "Buy? Buy Xiaohou Ying? All?"
He was really confused at this time!
Your general wants to spend 5,000 coins to buy his opponent to win? What kind of operation is this? Can you still play like this? How can you talk down about yourself?
Besides, are you going to win by buying those bean sprouts? Isn’t this just taking your own money and throwing it into the water?
"Ah what!" Liu Hongji didn't have much thought to explain the reason to his subordinates. He just straightened his face in displeasure and shouted coldly: "Didn't you hear what I said? Why are you standing there? Go quickly!"
"Uh, oh..." After hearing this, the subordinate suddenly woke up and did not dare to continue questioning. He picked up the wooden box and ran out quickly.
But as he ran, he muttered in his heart: It's over, it's over! The general's small treasury can't be saved...