"Ah?" Shangguan Yuanji wondered if he heard wrongly. Don't his two brothers hate Tang Yin so much? Why did they suddenly decide to take refuge with him? How is this possible? He was speechless and was stunned for a while before asking.
: "Master Tang, do you really mean what you said?"
"Of course!" Tang Yin said with a smile: "Both of them were slightly injured just now and are resting in the backyard now. If Brother Shangguan doesn't believe it, you can go and see it yourself!"
Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and there was no need for him to lie to himself, Shangguan Yuanji stood up involuntarily and asked, "But...is it okay?"
"Of course!" Tang Yin stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Shangguan, please come with me!" As he spoke, he walked towards the back door at the end of the living room.
Shangguan Yuanji hurriedly followed. Along the way, he was in a state of confusion, mainly because he couldn't understand how his two brothers had changed so quickly and so drastically.
Tang Yin led the way and took Shangguan Yuanji to the backyard of the county magistrate's house. After walking for a while, he stopped in front of the door of a guest room and knocked on the door twice. After a short time, the door opened. The person who opened the door was someone.
A middle-aged man in a blue robe.
This was the military doctor treating Shangguan brother's eyes. When he saw Tang Yin, the military doctor hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "Master Tang!"
Tang Yin nodded, looked at Shangguan brother who was lying on the bed in the room, and asked, "How are their eyes?"
"It's nothing serious. It's just a bruise. It will return to normal after a few days of recovery." The military doctor said sincerely.
"Yes! Very good." After hearing this, Tang Yin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the room with Shangguan Yuanji.
Entering the room, he saw the two brothers motionless with their eyes covered with gauze. Shangguan Yuanji hurriedly walked forward and called with concern: "Yuanwu, Yuanbiao!"
"Brother, you... why are you here?" The two Shangguan brothers were indeed not injured, but their eyes were damaged by the smoke. Now that they have been given medicine, the pain is not as bad as before. At this time, they suddenly heard Shangguan Yuanji's voice,
Both brothers were surprised.
Just by listening to their confident voices, Shangguan Yuanji knew that they were indeed fine. In addition, the military doctor said that their eye injuries were not serious, and his heart dropped as he raised his throat.
The tension was relieved, and his anger immediately ignited. He said angrily: "Why am I here? Do we have the nerve to ask? In the past, you were just doing random things, but now you have gone even worse and dared to assassinate Master Tang. You...
you……"
Shangguan Yuanji became angrier as he talked and didn't know what to scold his two brothers.
Shangguan Yuanbiao chuckled. Although he couldn't see it with his eyes, it was not difficult to guess how angry his brother was at this time. He said with a playful smile: "Brother, don't be angry. Third brother and I just have some misunderstandings about you.
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, we have decided to follow your master."
Shangguan Yuanwu then said: "Brother, I think you should not be a big businessman, and you might as well take refuge with me. In this way, we brothers can be together again and take care of each other."
"Ah?" Shangguan Yuanji couldn't react. The two brothers who hated Tang Yin the most were now pulling him to join Tang Yin. He was so angry and funny that he almost wondered if Tang Yin had poisoned them.
Just when he didn't know how to react, Tang Yin came up from behind and asked with a smile without leaving any trace: "Brother Shangguan, what do you think Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao said?"
Shangguan Yuanji shook his head and smiled bitterly. Can he still say no now? At this point, he can only take a desperate gamble. Since Tang Yin has the magic power to tame his two unruly brothers, maybe he will achieve great things by assisting him.
Thinking of this, he turned around, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "My subordinate, Shangguan Yuanji, is willing to accept your invitation, sincerely assist me, and contribute a small amount to your great cause!"
As soon as these words came out, the spirits of everyone present were lifted up, especially Tang Yin. Without thinking, he stepped forward and held up Shangguan Yuanji's arm, and said with a smile: "As long as Yuanji helps me, I will take care of myself."
No more worries!”
Later, three of the four Shangguan brothers took refuge in Tang Yin's command. Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao became Tang Yin's closest and most loyal guard generals. In the future, they would follow his left and right in battles in the north and south, and made countless military exploits.
, and Shangguan Yuanji became Tang Yin's internal affairs backer, providing him with a solid backing for his conquests in the world.
Meeting Qiu Zhen can be said to be a turning point in Tang Yin's fate, and conquering Shangguan Yuanji was another big turning point. It was only at this time that the core skeleton of Tang Yin's family was basically formed.
There is Shangguan Yuanji inside, and Qiu Zhen outside. These two people can be said to be the two most important think tanks in Tang Yin's early stage, and they are also the accelerator that truly promoted his rapid rise.
In the next few days, Pingyuan County was peaceful. The banditry was greatly reduced due to the recruitment of two brothers, Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao. The Morpheus Federation of Linguo did not send troops to harass, which provided Tang Yin with a rare opportunity to train his troops.
The benefits of Shangguan Yuanji's defection were quickly revealed. Not only was Pingyuan County's chaotic internal affairs rectified, but it was also much easier to recruit new soldiers. Shangguan Yuanji had a high prestige in Pingyuan County. Even he was willing to defect to Tang Yin. Ordinary people
They all have confidence in their hearts and are willing to join the military.
With the large influx of new soldiers, the three corps in Pingyuan County became busier and busier. Soon, the numbers of the three corps were fully replenished, and there were still some remaining soldiers. At this time, Tang Yin began to consider adding two more corps.
It was also at this time that his memorial to Yancheng received a reply. Feng Wang Zhanhua approved his proposal and recognized Tang Yin's establishment of five corps in Pingyuan County. However, due to the war, the capital was unable to dispatch manpower to add additional corps.
The manpower needs to be solved by Tang Yin himself.
Tang Yin had no hope that Yancheng would send anyone over, and Zhanhua's wishes were exactly what he wanted.
Following Zhan Hua's will, Wu Mei's letter was also sent.
The letter mentioned that Wu Yu greatly appreciated him for increasing the number of corps under his command. The reason was simple. Tang Yin was single-handedly promoted by the dancer. The more corps he controlled, the more corps the dancer controlled. Of course, Feng
Wang Zhanhua's ability to approve Tang Yin's memorial so quickly is inseparable from Wu Yu's strong recommendation.
Wu Mei was also very happy about this matter, but she and Wu Yu had different ideas. She felt that the increase in troops in Ping Ping County would naturally make Tang Yin's situation safer. In the letter, she repeatedly asked about Tang Yin's current situation and whether he would be in Ping Ping County after arriving in Ping Ping County.
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After Tang Yin read the letter from beginning to end, he wrote a reply to Wu Mei. The contents were all insignificant matters, and he also told Wu Mei that she didn't need to worry about herself, that he would act with caution, etc.
In addition, he wrote another letter to Deng Mingyang, asking him about the recent situation in the capital.
With King Feng's approval, Tang Yin's army expansion became even more vigorous.
He established the fourth and fifth infantry regiments in Pingyuan County. The commander of the fourth regiment was Gu Yue and the deputy commander was Chen Fang. The commander of the fifth regiment was Li Wei and the deputy commander was Liu Zhongsheng. Although the personnel of the two regiments
It's not yet complete, but together there are nearly ten thousand people, which is a fighting force that cannot be ignored.
A month was spent busy.
On this day, Tang Yin had just gotten up when there was a knock on the door.
"recently!"
The door opened and a middle-aged man in his early forties walked in from the outside.
This is Tang Yin’s newly hired housekeeper. His real name is Zhang Zhong. He is a veteran in the army and serves as the chief of staff of the First Battalion of the First Corps. He is a native of Pingyuan County. His family has long been killed by the iron hoof of the barbarians. Although he is over 10 years old,
He was forty but still alone. He had already reached the age of retirement, but he still stayed in the army because he had nowhere to go. Tang Yin accidentally discovered him, asked him to be his housekeeper after asking, Zhang Zhong happily accepted, and his surname
Following Tang Yin, he was changed to Tang, and his name became Tang Zhong.
Tang Zhong was a secretary-general, and he was very good at being a housekeeper. In addition, he came from the army and was honest and honest. Tang Yin trusted him very much and left all the major and minor affairs of the county governor's office to him alone.
"Is something wrong?" Tang Yin asked.
"Sir, Sir Shangguan, please see me!" Tang Zhong first bowed deeply and then said softly.
"Oh?" Tang Yin smiled. Perhaps because of his busy government affairs, Shangguan Yuanji rarely came to him. He said, "Please come to the living room and wait for me for a while!"
"Yes, sir." Tang Zhong agreed, turned around and walked away quickly.
Tang Yin did not keep Shangguan Yuanji waiting for long. The latter had just taken two sips of tea after sitting down in the living room when Tang Yin arrived.
"Yuanji, what do you want from me?" During this period, Tang Yin admired Shangguan Yuanji's abilities very much and called him very affectionately.
"Sir!" Seeing Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji hurriedly put down his tea cup, stood up, bowed his hands and saluted, and then said seriously: "I heard that there is a shortage of war horses in the army. Is this possible?"
Tang Yin sat in the middle, nodded and said, "That's true!"
Pingyuan County had no cavalry corps at all, and all war horses were missing. And Tang Yin was determined to build a cavalry force, so war horses were indeed a problem.
He rolled his eyes, changed the subject, and asked with a smile: "Is there any way Yuanji can get the war horse?"
Shangguan Yuanji secretly praised Tang Yin for his quick response. He nodded and said: "I have dealings with many merchants, including horse dealers. It is not difficult to buy a batch of war horses. I just want to know, what do you want to do with this batch of war horses?"
Tang Yin said: "Of course we are fighting against the barbarians!"
Shangguan Yuanji nodded, he had already expected this answer, smiled slightly, and said: "The barbarian soldiers are strong, brave and good at fighting, but the war horses of our country of Feng must be fast but not fast, and strong but not strong. Even if we form a cavalry team, I want to
It won’t be of much use in the battle with the barbarians, and instead it will be a waste of our own money!”
"Oh?" Tang Yin didn't think about this. He lowered his head thoughtfully and considered his words carefully. After a moment of pause, he asked: "What do you mean by Yi Yuanji? Don't we want cavalry?"