To attract people to build up momentum, he could use this as a capital to raise his status in the Northern Dynasty and get a high-ranking official with a generous salary. Xu Min calculated very well. And Boss Zhao was also very active in getting Xu Min's promise.
In his heart, he has long regarded the people of Xujiaying as his capital. Even if he has the name of Xu family, as long as he has the sword and gun in troubled times, it is his own. With the name of Xu family, he can not only succeed
If you can clean yourself from being a bandit, you can immediately transform yourself into an officer or even a general of the new dynasty. Why not?
How many people can be recruited will determine whether he will be a defender, a general, or a guerrilla general in the new dynasty. Therefore, Boss Zhao is also very concerned about it. He arranges his confidants to go to the surrounding areas early to recruit rogues and gangsters to come and participate in the important event and give them good wine.
They were treated to good meat, paid with money, and then asked the old brothers to take these scoundrels to various villages to recruit young men.
Three thousand is too little, and five thousand is not much. I would be more satisfied if I could get ten thousand.
Early in the morning, a recruiting flag was set up in front of Xuyuan, a lakeside area on the outskirts of Kanpu City. Boss Zhao had pigs and sheep slaughtered, and a long iron pot was set up in front of the camp to boil water and stew meat. The aroma spread for ten miles.
A large apricot-yellow flag was erected high, with the word "recruitment" written on it.
A few rogue teenagers stood under the flag and shouted loudly.
"Xujiaying is recruiting soldiers. Zhao Ying's principle Bo Yuntian, as long as he is selected, he will be given half a tael of silver and three dou of food every month, and he will be exempted from corvee. If one person serves as a soldier, the whole family will benefit!"
"When you join the camp, you will be given one tael of silver to settle down. This is a rare opportunity, don't miss it."
“Hurry up and sign up, otherwise you will have no chance.”
Boss Zhao is also a talented person. He specially sent someone to invite a theater troupe. They set up a wooden stage and started singing. The singing was still that kind of pornographic, with frivolous clothes and frivolous lyrics. It was difficult to be elegant.
This little play is the most popular among the people in the countryside. As soon as the play starts, people from far and near come to watch the fun.
There were also many small traders who came after hearing the news. They set up stalls and shouted to sell, hoping to take the opportunity to earn a small amount of money to support their families.
For a moment, the barracks at the gate of Xuyuan was as lively as a temple fair.
"Master Jun, let's sign up!"
A few strong men opened their clothes and rolled up their sleeves to reveal two colorful arms with tattoos of various tigers, leopards, wolves and bears. Coupled with their thick bodies and slightly sinister looks, it made the few rogue youths under them look a little bit.
fear.
An older scoundrel bravely stepped forward and asked, "Which road do you guys belong to?"
The burly man with the most beautiful arms grinned, but it looked even more ferocious, "We are originally from Nanzhi, and we are salt cubs who cook salt in the Lianghuai Salt Fields."
Looking at them like this, the scoundrel thought that there are no salt diced boilers like this. He said they were smuggled in salt from Lianghuai.
He immediately said, "Brothers, please wait a minute. I'm going to call our boss." This scoundrel was just a teenager. He used to hang out at Haiyan Pier. His boss was a smuggler in salt.
Haiyan County is famous for its rich production of sea salt. The salt is as white as snow. It was very famous from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. Even in the Ming Dynasty, it was also a famous salt field in western Zhejiang. The salt fields in the two Zhejiang provinces in the Ming Dynasty were second only to the Lianghuai salt field. The Salt Fields of the Western Zhejiang Province are ten
One place, and Haiyan County occupies three places.
Centered around Kanpu is the Baolang Salt Field, including Liuliyan and Changchuan Dam. To the north of Zhapu is the Luli Field, and from Kanpu to the southwest of Zhapu is the Sea Sand Field.
The three major salt fields in Haiyan County belong to the official salt fields and have a large number of salt cooking households. They obtain licenses to cook sea salt and sell the salt they produce to the government salt warehouse.
However, because sea salt has been an excellent salt field for thousands of years, there are many private salt fields here, and private salt sales are naturally banned. Private salt smuggling is everywhere, and salt dealers have become the largest road force here.
Centered on the three official salt farms, dozens of private salt dealers, large and small, were divided.
The pirates in the southeastern sea do not dare to easily provoke these private salt traders.
Although the rogue boy is young, he has been hanging out in Haiyan County all year round. He is very smart and is very familiar with all the salt gangs on the county roads. This is why he was placed here.
Seeing that these big men looked strange to him, he immediately ran to report them.
After a while, several flowery arms came out.
When a visitor meets someone, he or she will first say a few words of praise, which are all code words used by private salt dealers to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings.
The strong man with the winged tiger tattooed on his arm is none other than Zhang Mingyang. Although this man has never been a private salt dealer, his family is a hereditary official in Nanjing. He lived outside when he was a child. Later, he followed his brother Zhang Mingyang to travel around the world and ran away from Nanjing.
When I arrived in Beijing, I was well-informed about the Salt Gang, Caobang and Caravan. I even actually joined the Yangzhou Salt Gang and Xuzhou Caogang for a period of time, so I was well connected.
His brother later made his fortune in Beijing and became a wealthy businessman. He used to help with business, and later joined the army with his brother, gaining rich experience.
When I faced several private salt dealers from small counties in western Zhejiang, I was able to shock them with just a few words.
"I don't know why the seniors came to Haiyan, but if they encounter any difficulties, my brother is willing to help with some money." The salt seller with the two-headed wolf tattooed on his arm did not dare to take the big one.
"We used to hang out at the Yangzhou wharf and often run on the Yangtze River. But now the situation is turbulent. Yangzhou has been massacred into a ghost town. The Yangtze River has also been severely investigated. We brothers are also in trouble and have been running south. Now I heard that
We are recruiting people here, so I plan to come here to do something."
Zhang Mingyang's words were straightforward, he just came to join the gang.
"Senior, why don't you come with me to meet our boss Zhao?"
"Can."
After meeting Zhang Mingyang and his party, Boss Zhao was more cautious. He crossed his legs and tried several times with words. Finally, based on his experience in the world, he believed that these people should indeed be on the road, and they should not have any evil intentions, but they are in trouble now.
, who came to join the gang.
After it was confirmed, Boss Zhao was very excited. He was now recruiting troops everywhere, no matter if you were a gangster or a beggar or a thief.
After all, he used to be a mediocre person. Although he had rich experience in the world, he was beaten by his rival salt dealer and fled into the mountains. There is nothing worthy of praise. Now that he has created such a Xujiaying by using the name of the Xu family, he lacks the immediate attention.
People like Lao Si serve as helpers.
"On the Jianghu Road, since brothers are interested in joining the gang, from now on we are no longer real brothers, but we are better than real brothers. From now on, we will share blessings and share difficulties."
Zhang Mingyang was not polite and made a request directly, saying that when he was living in Yangzhou, he was somewhat famous on the road, but now that he is here, he wonders if he can be taken care of by a battalion of people.
"No problem. Brother Zhang will bring your brothers to recruit people here. If you can recruit five hundred people, you can recruit five hundred people. If you can recruit one thousand people, you can recruit one thousand people. I will recruit some older brothers."
How about coming over to help?"
"Of course it's no problem."
Boss Zhao directly took one hundred taels of silver to Zhang Mingyang, and then said to him, "Brother, don't be too little, keep it first, and from now on we will eat hot and spicy food together, eat big pieces of meat and share the gold. You recruit people first
, I promise to give you one tael of silver to make a home, five taels of silver per month and three measures of grain for each person you recruit. However, if you recruit someone, you will be given five taels of silver first, and you will owe the remaining half."
"An Jiayin is also in arrears?" Zhang Mingyang asked.
"Don't feed them too much. Raising soldiers is like raising dogs. If you feed them too much, they won't be able to be used. Of course, we are brothers, and you will not lose your share of the benefits. If you recruit a soldier, I will give you another coin.
"
Zhang Mingyang laughed a few times, this guy really went too far.
Holding a few silver ingots in his arms, Zhang Mingyang pretended to thank him. As soon as Boss Zhao and the others left, Zhang Mingyang winked at Ruan Qi and the others and began to act according to the plan.
It went more smoothly than expected. Not only did they successfully join the gang, but they were also able to deceive Boss Zhao into trusting them and let them start forming their own camp directly. This time it was even smoother.
As soon as the flag was raised, the next step was to call for recruitment. According to the plan, officers and soldiers from the flag-bearing battalion disguised themselves as rogues, salt farmers, pirates, and other identities, and came in twos and threes to apply for recruitment.
He quickly recruited more than 200 people, and then went to find Boss Zhao, hoping to receive some weapons.
As a result, Boss Zhao was surprised that he recruited troops so quickly, but he was also very excited. As agreed, he gave Anjia more than 100 taels of silver, and gave Zhang Mingyang more than 20 taels of commission. Then, in terms of weapons, he only drew a dozen swords and guns. "These first
For the brothers you trust, pick some strong and honest men to be your servants and equip them first. As for the others, find some wooden sticks and sharpen bamboo poles to serve as spears and spears."
Zhang Mingyang thanked him with a smile, took the things back, and asked his brothers to arm themselves. Their weapons were all hidden nearby, and they only had some daggers and other weapons secretly hidden on their bodies.
In the afternoon, many people came one after another, but they were coming back from the countryside to recruit young men.
Zhang Mingyang saw many familiar faces among the newly recruited young men, and even Yang Boxing. They all pretended to be honest country farmers and attracted young men.
Ruan Qi looked at this lively scene and sneered, "Everything went as planned, even smoother than expected."
"Well, let's go with the plan tonight."
Xujiaying's recruitment plan went smoothly. A stage was set up, meat operas were sung, money was laid out, meat was stewed in a cauldron, and countless people came to join the army.
Many young men from the countryside were raped. In one day, Xujiaying's number of people quickly expanded from a thousand to more than 3,000. Boss Zhao planned to expand the stage to at least 7,000 or 8,000 people after a few more days of singing.
By the time it got dark, Zhang Mingyang had recruited seven to eight hundred people and established his own battalion.
When it gets dark, his camp head is as noisy and chaotic as other battalions, but beneath the surface chaos, the camp is actually already loose on the outside and tight on the inside, quietly preparing for battle.
One after another, more than ten people quietly came to Zhang Mingyang's tent in the dark.
Yang Boxing, Ruan Qi and others arrived one after another.
"Then Boss Zhao is eating and drinking with a group of his gangsters. They will probably drink all night long." Zhang Mingyang sat down. He had also gone drinking together just now, and made an excuse to come back first.
A few people quickly summed it up. At this time, the Banner Battalion had taken the opportunity to recruit soldiers and recruited more than a thousand people. Among them, most of the soldiers were concentrated in Zhang Mingyang's battalion, and many of them were in the villages in the countryside these days.
The recruits recruited are among the strong men.
"His Highness has already led the rest of the troops to the nearby area. He will kill them as soon as there is chaos here."
Zhang Mingyang nodded excitedly. This battle plan was drawn up by the Supervisor himself, in order to disintegrate this bandit army as quickly as possible and resolve the battle as quickly as possible with the least casualties.
So in the end, instead of attacking directly, we used a coordinated approach to deal with these traitors.
This tactic will definitely not work against regular enemy troops, but it can be said to be the most effective against this kind of rabble.
At night, there was singing and dancing in Xu Garden, and the military camp outside the manor was like an open-air dance party. There were messy tents and shacks everywhere, and even most of the newly recruited people were sitting and lying on the ground.
They were chatting in groups of three, five, and seven or eight.
It wasn't until midnight that the campground gradually became quiet.
Suddenly, a firework exploded in the sky above the camp, filling the sky with brilliant lights.
Then countless shouts of death broke out, breaking the silence of the night.
Zhang Mingyang, Ruan Qi, Yang Boxing and other officers from the flag-bearing battalion, one after another, were shouting for kill inside and outside, and launched a surprise attack. After Zhu Yihai saw the fireworks signal in the sky not far away, he also took the musket and led the troops forward.
Blast the camp.
Boss Zhao and other leaders of Xujiaying were mostly drunk, and today they recruited too many scoundrels and pulled in too many strong men, causing chaos in the camp.
Especially when Zhang Mingyang and the others launched a surprise attack from inside the camp, the camp collapsed into complete chaos.
No one in Xujiaying knew what happened, who called, where they came from, or how many people came.
In the chaos, the drunk Mr. Zhao was still shaking his head and could not wake up, so Zhang Mingyang who arrived had his head chopped off with a knife.
Several of his close associates and bandits were also hacked to death with swords.
The camp exploded.
The newly recruited young men were running around in a panic, like headless flies, while the flag-bearer battalion was purposefully dividing the camp according to the plan, creating chaos, and not giving the slightest chance to react and gather together.
When Zhu Yihai arrived from the outside, the sky above Xu Garden was illuminated by fire.
After Zhang Mingyang raided Boss Zhao's old camp and killed a group of leaders, he didn't pay much attention to the chaotic recruits, but took advantage of the situation and rushed straight to the nearby Xu Family Manor.
Xu Min thought that by raising more than a thousand scoundrels as guard dogs, Xu's manor would be safe.
Unexpectedly, the Xujiaying camp collapsed tonight, and the Banner Camp rushed into Xuyuan in an instant.
Yang Boxing led his team of servants directly over the wall and jumped into the manor, chopped down the servants guarding the gate, opened the gate, and let in the soldiers of the Flagman Battalion. The entire Xu Garden was quickly captured.
Xu Min was still sleeping soundly on the young concubine's bed when she was dragged out like a dead dog without even having time to put on any clothes.
The chaos lasted all night.
At dawn, the entire Xu Garden has been completely occupied and controlled by the Banner Battalion, including the Xujia Camp outside. The continuous chaos behind last night was actually the Banner Battalion intercepting and gathering these panicked defeated soldiers.
As the sun gradually rose, Xuyuan regained its tranquility.
Xu Papi and his Xujiaying have become yesterday's news!
