Hearing this, several people couldn't help but be a little surprised, and turned to look together.
I saw a tall, strong young man coming out of the back hall, a strong and powerful man. However, none of them knew this man.
So, Ma Shouying turned to look at Lin Chengcheng with some doubts and asked, "Why don't you introduce me?"
"Yes, who is this?" He Yilong also asked curiously.
Judging from Lin's appearance, he must be someone with status. However, they had never seen him before, so they were curious.
When Lin Chengcheng saw them all looking at him, he smiled and said to the man: "These are the four brothers from our fifth battalion of Gezuo. Please introduce them to them yourself!"
After hearing this, the strong man clasped his hands and saluted several people and said: "My name is Yuan Zhuangfei, and my cousin is Yuan Shizhong, the Bo of Xinfenghua County!"
I just heard this, Yuan Zhuangfei, I have no impression, I don’t know who it is!
However, when they heard what happened next, He Yilong and several others were startled and stood up subconsciously.
If Yuan Shizhong was not very famous in the past, then Yuan Shizhong today is definitely famous among the thieves because he was recruited by the imperial court, participated in the Battle of Jizhou, and was named Huaxian Bo by the emperor!
After realizing who it was, they all realized that this person was someone sent by the imperial court!
This was something they really didn't expect and was very unexpected.
In fact, in the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo thought about being recruited.
Yang Zhuoran, the supervisor of the army, knew this, so he personally went to Qianshan and Taihu Mountains to meet with the leaders of the fifth battalion, Lin Yangcheng and Ma Shouying, and used words to induce them to accept the imperial court's surrender.
At that time, Lin Chengcheng replied: "We all have peerless talents, but the court has no use for them. The rest are all due to famine and robbery. If the country handles things properly, how can we not be loyal and righteous people? And I heard that Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing
More than ten battalions have returned to serve the country, and they have worked hard for the country, but I can't care about me alone? But we have more than 100,000 people, where can we put them? And who is the master? Where does the salary come from? And what kind of official title should I be treated with?
also?"
Faced with his questions, Yang Zhuoran agreed without replying to the court, and designated the mountainous area of Huangzhou Prefecture as the place where the Revolutionary Army and the Fifth Battalion from the Zuo were to be deployed, with new salaries sent from Qishui, Guangji, and Qizhou.
Give it.
As a result, there was fierce clique fighting in the court, Yang Zhuoran was knocked down, and the recruitment was ruined.
Originally, after this incident, the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo also saw that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others had become more powerful, and the imperial court was unable to cope with it; they finally saw that the imperial court was basically powerless, so they gave up on recruiting people.
thought.
As a result, they never expected that suddenly, the imperial court won the battle of Jizhou and even destroyed an army of hundreds of thousands of captives, which shocked them.
What shocked them the most was that Yuan Shizhong, whose reputation was not as good as theirs before, was actually knighted! None of those who had been recruited before had been knighted!
Since Yuan Shizhong can be knighted, wouldn't it be possible for them too?
And naturally they also heard that the emperor's imperial edict allowed for the recruitment of people other than Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin.
In this context, Yuan Zhuangfei suddenly appeared in front of Lin Chengcheng, which rekindled Lin Chengcheng's thoughts of recruiting him, and now Lin Chengcheng summoned several other brothers to come together to discuss the matter.
Therefore, when Yuan Zhuangfei introduced himself and revealed his identity, Ma Shouying and others were shocked at first, but they did not say anything like "Come on, drag him out and chop him up", or "Okay, you dare to come to our territory, just
You are not afraid that we will kill you" and the like.
Several of them responded with fists in their hands, and then asked Yuan Zhuangfei to sit down together, and then they entered the key link.
Ma Shouying first asked a concerned question: "Whose order did you come this time to recruit us?"
There’s no need to tell you what you’re here for, because it’s nonsense!
After hearing this, Yuan Zhuangfei immediately replied: "As the emperor's decree is in front of me, I followed the orders of Mr. Sun, the uncle of Jizhou and the Minister of War, to come to recruit you all!"
Sun Chuanting was in charge of Kaifeng, and he didn't just sit there stupidly. With the emperor's favor and the heavy responsibility of exterminating thieves on his shoulders, he was of course thinking about how to exterminate the bandits.
In the previous discussions with Emperor Chongzhen, we finally came up with such a defense mainly because the imperial army's military strength was not strong and it was not possible to comprehensively encircle and suppress the bandits who had become a common phenomenon.
However, this did not prevent Sun Chuanting from thinking about disintegrating the bandits, so after listening to the analysis of Yuan Shizhong who was following him, he sent Yuan Zhuangfei to Gezuo Fifth Camp.
When Ma Shouying heard that Yuan Zhuangfei was sent by Sun Chuanting, he immediately became happy.
Because Sun Chuanting's official position is high enough and he is the most trusted by the emperor today, it is obviously much more reliable for Sun Chuanting to be sent to recruit them!
Liu Xiyao was also very concerned and immediately asked: "If we accept the recruitment, how will we be accommodated? What kind of officials will we be given?"
This topic was obviously the one they were most concerned about, so everyone stared at Yuan Zhuangfei, waiting for his reply.
After hearing this, Yuan Zhuangfei immediately replied: "You can only accept the recruitment unconditionally, and then the team will be reorganized to eliminate the weak and retain the strong. As for you, Master Sun will let you serve as guerrillas after the reorganization. In the future,
Promotion based on military merit!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiyao and others couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Among them, He Jin even sneered and said: "Our Gezuo Fifth Battalion has more than 100,000 elite soldiers and generals, why do we need to reorganize them? With so many troops, just give us a guerrilla? Do you think too highly of yourselves, or do you think too little of yourselves?
Are we here?"
After hearing this, before Yuan Zhuangfei could answer, Lin Yangcheng smiled and said to them: "Brothers, please don't be anxious. You should listen to what happened when little Yuan Ying was recruited!"
Hearing this, He Jin and the others stopped talking. To be honest, of course they were curious.
So Yuan Zhuangfei said to them: "At that time, Lord Du Yinxidu, the former prefect of Changsha, suddenly came to our door. He did not make any promises. He just said that he came with an order and asked us whether we would accept the recruitment..."
Speaking of this, his speaking speed slowed down, as if he was recalling the original situation.
He Jin and others were a little surprised when they heard that there was someone recruiting people like this without any promises? Is this all right?
"...My brother saw that Mr. Du dared to enter the camp alone and still used such a method to recruit people. He admired his courage and agreed," Yuan Zhuangfei looked at them and said, "Then Mr. Du took us to the capital according to the order.
, together with the Yongwei Battalion, we conducted mixed training with the Beijing Battalion, which was full of new recruits. My brother was personally received by the emperor at that time, and he commended my little Yuan Battalion for not harming the people, so he issued an order to recruit and appoint him to the post of General..."
"Wait a minute!" Just as he was saying this, He Yilong, who had not asked any questions, couldn't help but interrupt, "You said that you and the Yongwei Battalion trained together with the Beijing Battalion, which was all new recruits, and then you won the battle.
There are hundreds of thousands of Jianlu troops. This can't be true, right? Honestly, how many Jianlu were defeated in total?"
"No, how much did you lose? Did you also become disabled, and then you thought of coming to recruit us?" After He Jin heard this, he also asked, and there was even a hint of certainty in his words.
The expressions on several other people's faces were similar. They all stared at Yuan Zhuangfei to see how he would answer.
After clarifying this issue, they will have a better understanding of the subsequent negotiations.
After hearing this, Yuan Zhuangfei couldn't help but smile. He stood up immediately, tore open the coat he was wearing with both hands, revealing the breastplate he was wearing, and then said to them: "Look, what do you think of this breastplate?"
The people here are all warriors on the battlefield, so they naturally attach great importance to life-saving armor. Upon seeing this, they were all shocked at first, and then they ignored etiquette. In fact, they are all rebel thieves, and they have no etiquette or etiquette.
They immediately surrounded Yuan Zhuangfei and reached out to touch the breastplate.
In short, this is to evaluate this breastplate, nothing else!
"Tsk tsk, this breastplate is okay! The whole thing is made of fine steel, it's invulnerable!"
"It doesn't seem to be heavy. It's sturdy but not heavy. It's a good thing. It's definitely a good thing!"
"Isn't this breastplate not cheap? How much does it cost?"
"..."
However, He Jin came to his senses first, and he immediately asked: "I asked you just now, why did you put on the breastplate?"
Upon hearing this, several other people came to their senses and looked at Yuan Zhuangfei to see how he would answer.
"Didn't I already answer it?" Yuan Zhuangfei smiled and immediately replied, "What if I told you that all of our New Army soldiers have this armor for protection?"
"What?"
"impossible!"
“You don’t have to draft when you’re bragging!”
"..."
As soon as he said these words, there was an exclamation of surprise!
Seeing their shocked looks, Yuan Zhuangfei felt very proud for some reason, and immediately said to them: "Not only are they hand-made, but all of them are made of fine steel, including flintlock guns.
Self-generated fire blunderbuss are also made of fine steel. Think about it for yourself, if Jianlu encounters such an army unexpectedly, will he suffer a big loss?"
Hearing this, Ma Shouying, He Yilong and others couldn't help but look at each other. Yuan Zhuangfei's words made them speechless in shock.
Seeing them like this, Yuan Zhuangfei puffed up his chest and said: "Furthermore, according to the guidance of Emperor Taizu, he had already expected that the first battle when Jianlu entered the pass would be to fight Jizhou, so he planned the battle of Jizhou from the beginning.
.In the end, we defeated hundreds of thousands of captives and only escaped about 20,000 captives. Is it any wonder? As for our own casualties, haha, I said they were few enough to be ignored. Do you believe it or not?"
"..." After Ma Shouying and others heard this, they were still in shock and speechless!