After getting to know each other, Zhao Bai and Tongtong followed Jianchuan to the mountain stronghold built by Huangshi Army.
"This is our cottage. There are many vacant cabins there. You can choose one to stay in as you like!"
Kanakawa pointed to the pile of huts on the left side of the village and said.
"We brothers really want to thank Huang Shijun for taking us in!" Zhao Bai said with a grateful look on his face.
"It's okay, everyone has troubles sometimes, but not many people keep their true intentions unchanged!"
Hearing Jianchuan talk about this, Zhao Bai immediately took the opportunity to ask about other bandits.
"I heard before that the Free Army (the self-proclaimed name of the rogue bandits) is mostly composed of extremely vicious people. Will an army like ours be attacked by both official forces and other Free Army forces at the same time?"
"The behavior of our Huangshi Army is indeed different from that of ordinary bandit forces. They all like to call themselves the Free Army, but in fact there are not many forces that can really be called the Free Army instead of bandits."
"How did we survive?"
Hearing Zhao Bai's question, Kanegawa said helplessly: "In order to survive, sometimes it is inevitable to do something that goes against your heart. We have joined a Free Army Alliance. Although it is called the Free Army, there are still rogue forces in it, but there are also
It is precisely because of the existence of this alliance that we can help each other, so we can resist the invasion of official forces!"
After hearing what Jianchuan said, Zhao Bai immediately made some judgments in his heart.
In this so-called rogue alliance, there are actually categories that can be absorbed and those that cannot be absorbed.
People like the Huangshi Army who were simply forced to become bandits by the government can be absorbed back into the official force.
That is, Zhao Bai's own subordinates.
He is now the highest-ranking military officer in the entire Western Frontier County!
It's just that the soldiers in the Western Frontier County don't know him very well yet.
At present, there are so many soldiers in the Western Frontier County, and it is impossible for them all to be controlled by An Yu, Wu Shan, Fu Jiang and others.
Even the number of soldiers they have complete control over is less than half.
Just through mutual influence, in the end they could mobilize and control a lot of soldiers.
But there are ways to improve this situation.
These people who have been forced to become bandits may be able to gather together again and form an army!
If you do this, you will suddenly get a large army that you can control.
At the same time, it can greatly weaken the power of rogue bandits.
And these reorganized troops have already penetrated deeply into the forces of the rogue bandits, so obviously they will have more information about the rogue bandits.
In this way, intelligence and manpower are all under control.
It's simply killing two birds with one stone.
But what we need to do now is to find a suitable opportunity to talk about this matter.
Zhao Bai thought for a moment whether he should mention to them that he had arrived in Xiqiao County and took over military power.
Of course, I am not exposing my identity here, but bringing it here as a piece of news.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Bai finally decided to reveal this matter and then observe and see what considerations they were going to make!
But of course he wouldn't say it directly, but turned a corner first.
"Most of our Huangshi Army were forced to surrender to the bandits. How many of us were originally soldiers like us?"
"The proportion is quite large. Although they are not border troops, most of them are soldiers from various parts of the county. Many people have been curious about why it is difficult to get rid of rogue bandits, and why sometimes they ignore the news that there are rogue bandits.
By chance, we finally learned a reason. It turned out that there was something evil above.
Many people couldn't stand the too dark behavior of their superiors, so they quit. There were also many people who knew information they shouldn't know and were discovered and persecuted by their superiors. In the end, everyone slowly gathered together and became the Free Army.
, to save your life and stay safe!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bai immediately lost no time in asking: "Have you ever thought about returning to the country? Of course, you can return to your posts after cleaning up corrupt officials!"
Jianchuan smiled bitterly and said: "We think about this kind of thing day and night. We came out to join the army. Who would think that one day we would become a bandit? We are too embarrassed to go back to our hometown to see our parents. If there is a chance, of course, we will
I want to return, but where is the opportunity?
The entire West Frontier County is now like a stinking ditch flowing into the big lake, and the originally clean big lake has been stinked by this stinking ditch!"
"Actually, we two brothers heard some news on the way out! Maybe it's an opportunity!"
"What's the news?" Kanegawa asked immediately.
"I heard that the West Frontier County has recently transferred a new governor and envoy from the imperial city. He may be an opportunity for us!"
"Oh? The superiors sent someone here? And they also took over the governor and the envoy at once. Could it be that the superiors have discovered the problem here?"
Just after he asked his question, Kanekawa immediately asked and answered his own question and shook his head.
"No, if a problem is discovered, it's not just the magistrate and the envoy who should be dealt with. Especially the envoy, there is no need to deal with it at all. Isn't it the county governor who really needs to be dealt with?
The county guard has not moved, so how can the situation in this western border county be improved?"
"By the way, what is the background of our county guard?"
"I heard that he has made outstanding achievements and has some connections with the royal family. I don't know the details."
"That's really tricky!"
"So, since he is still here, this Western Frontier County cannot be completely peaceful. The reason why the bandits can appear is that without his nod, it would be impossible to survive.
He is the one with the biggest problem!"
"But he has no military power. The new lord has the military power of the entire West Frontier County. Maybe he can check and balance the county guard and eliminate the bandits in the entire Daonan County!"
"It's too difficult. Although the county guard only has political power and no military power, he has been rooted here for so long and the forces in the entire Xijun County are so intertwined that he may have already secretly mastered most of the military power.
At present, it is a question whether the new arrival can completely consolidate military power.
Not to mention whether he would fall directly into this sludge and dye himself black is a question."
It can be heard that there is hope in Kanakawa's words, but for him, this hope is too small, so it is difficult for him to believe this hope!
He hoped that this new adult could play some role, but it was more likely that this adult would be influenced by the county governor and join the darkness.
After understanding Jianchuan's thoughts, Zhao Bai was not in a hurry. After all, persuading him would not be of much use, but persuading the leader of the Huangshi Army would be really useful.
[ps]: Let’s finish the sixth update today. In fact, there is still time to write a chapter, but my mind is too messy and the effect is not good. I still hope to update ten tomorrow. Looking back on the days when I could write ten chapters easily, I now find that this
The further the book goes, the more involved it is, the more complex the ideas, the more confused the mind becomes, and the more difficult it becomes to explode.