Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"His third uncle, you are very literate. See if the government is serious this time?"

"Old Uncle Zhong, don't worry, this time the government has invested a lot of money, not only to form a regiment for training, but also to recruit [-] soldiers. This time it can be regarded as a peaceful life, and you can rest assured. Fishing on the Minjiang River."

"Wang Cilong, Brother Wang, look, here it is said that the monthly silver is five liang, and there are three meals a day, and there is meat. Shall we try it?"

"C'mon, it's so rare, isn't it? Our big brother Sun Mingyan has already registered with Guo Tuan Lianshi for the three hundred men in the south of the city. None of the brothers can escape, and no one will be lost."

"Ah, is there really such a good thing? It seems that the rumors are true. Our brother Sun and Guo Tuan practiced envoys, and they are really brothers who have beheaded chicken heads and burned yellow paper!"

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Guo Ye and Fatty Zhu looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

At this time, Cheng Erniu passed through the crowd, ran here quickly, and whispered in Guo Ye's ear: "Brother, there is news from the brother who was watching at the yamen. The brothers in the arresting squad all took off their soap clothes one after another and joined our regiment for training."

Oh?

Although this matter was within Guo Ye's expectation, he was really surprised to see the result so soon, and asked, "Then where are they now? How many brothers have defected to us?"

After Cheng Erniu stood firm, he calmed down his breath, and said with a sunny face: "The third class of yamen, except for the station class who usually clears the way for the county magistrate, did not come, the other classes of brothers, especially the handyman class Nearly a hundred of them have all joined us. Hehe, brother, you didn’t expect that even the brothers who carried the corpses in the house and fed the horses in the stables all defected to us. Haha, in the current county government, except for those who are on duty Except for the old man, the building is basically empty, and the county government office is as quiet as hell."

"Ha ha……"

No matter how calm Guo Ye was after hearing this, he couldn't help but let out a smile, and it was really effective.

Cheng Erniu continued to laugh and said: "Now those yamen servant brothers are staying on the bank of the Minjiang River outside the city. I will arrange for them to board the Yinlang boat first. The boat is very big and can accommodate at least two hundred people. For the time being As our resting place, enough!"

Guo Ye praised: "Well done!"

Then he turned around and asked Fatty Zhu: "Old Zhu, I told you to investigate the water bandit forces in the Minjiang area. Have you noticed any places near the middle of the river that are suitable for our army training? For all combat power, armor and armor are indispensable, and training is also essential!"

Fatty Zhu was already prepared, nodded and said: "Don't worry, little brother. Lao Zhu asked an old boatman on the Minjiang River before. There is an island in the middle of the river where the Minjiang River meets the Minjiang River in Longxi and Bashu. It's not far away, if my little brother feels that Jiangxin Island is not safe enough, we can also move to Sunset Mountain, that place is better because the mountain roads are rugged, there are natural dangers to defend, and the bottom line is that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Jiangxin Island, Sunset Mountain?

Guo Ye muttered two place names, and weighed it in his mind. Although the setting sun mountain is steep and suitable for entrenching, it has a bad reputation because of the gangsters like Meng Laogui who stayed there before.

In addition, they are a regiment training soldiers, and their main jurisdiction is the Minjiang River, so it is not appropriate to go to the mountains rashly.

Immediately made up his mind and made up his mind, he said to Fatty Zhu: "Let's just take Jiangxin Island, old Zhu, you have been in charge of our money, so you can hire some folks, and take care of Jiangxin Island in the next few days." Clean it up, at least make it look like a military camp."

Then he sighed with resolute eyes: "Finish it well, and it will be our brother's base in the future."

After Fatty Zhu heard this, he naturally respectfully obeyed, and Pidianpidian started to work again and left.

After Fatty Zhu left, Cheng Erniu also followed Guo Ye's gaze. Looking at the bustling scene under the notice, and thinking of so many yamen servants leaving the yamen, he couldn't help but gloated and said, "Brother, what do you think?" Will Gu Dezhao be scratching his head in a hurry right now?"

Scratch your heart?

Guo Ye couldn't help but smile, the word "erniu" is quite appropriate.

Then he jokingly said: "I don't know if I scratch my heart, but I can guess that no matter how angry Gu Dezhao is now, he is powerless, so he can only feel sad, haha!"

Cheng Erniu didn't understand, his eyes were blank.

Guo Ye smiled and pointed to the big red notices that can be seen everywhere, and cleared his doubts: "In the past, as soon as this notice came out, Gu Dezhao would have sent someone to tear it down. Now? It's been posted all morning, this **** I haven't sent anyone to tear it up until now, why? Isn't it because there is no one to send? Haha..."

"Yeah, that's right, it's Lier. There is no one under his command, and his county captain is just a bird county captain, haha!"

Cheng Erniu also laughed wildly, trying to understand the bird anger he had received from Gu Dezhao these days.

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"Bang!"

In the living room of the Gu Mansion in the east of Chengdong, Gu Dezhao picked up a half-person-high porcelain vase again, and smashed it to the ground without any distress, making a crisp sound.

Seeing the broken porcelain pieces all over the floor, Gu Dezhao murmured ferociously: "These lowly stinky yamen servants have joined forces to fight against the county captain. How dare they take off their official uniforms in the morning and quit. I am so angry." official!"

"Dangdang!"

Gu Dezhao casually picked up a porcelain bowl on the table, and slammed it on the ground again, splashing water stains and debris all over the floor.

rub rub...

The long follower Qian Gui hurried into the living room, put his feet back before crossing the threshold, saw the broken porcelain pieces all over the floor, and said in his heart, fortunately, he wasn't there just now, otherwise my head might have suffered.

"What's the matter?"

Gu Dezhao glanced coldly at Qian Gui who wanted to enter but dared not, and snorted coldly.

Qian Gui felt a little guilty about Gu Dezhao, bit his lips, and said bravely, "Master County Captain, the concierge came to report just now, and County Magistrate Gu has an invitation, please move to the county office, saying that he has something to call on you." discuss!"

Gu Weiyong?

Gu Dezhao silently muttered the name of County Magistrate Gu. At this time, he came to see him, could it be because the nearly [-] yamen servants of the county government suddenly quit and left collectively?

It seems that this is the case, Gu Weiyong wants to blame himself for this matter, it seems that he has to think about the countermeasures.

Damn it, Gu Dezhao raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the Minjiang River twenty miles away, and said bitterly in his heart, Guo Ye, wait for me to recover before I settle accounts with you, you little bastard!

Chapter 158 Promotion and Placement of the Brothers

Recruiting [-] regiments for training is obviously not difficult for Guo Ye, who is now famous. Posting notices everywhere is nothing more than adding obstacles to Gu Dezhao and disgusting him.

Three days later, the recruitment of [-] regiments was completed.

The six-county regiment training army with a full quota of [-] was formed by [-] Chengnan thugs, [-] yamen servants who had run away collectively from the yamen, and [-] young and strong from Longxi who came here admiringly.

Ten days later, more than [-] people from the six county regiments gathered on the bank of the Minjiang River.

In the afternoon of the same day, Guo Ye led the people to take two huge silver boats, braved the wind and waves, and hurried to Jiangxin Island.

At the junction of the Minjiang River between Longxi and Bashu, Jiangxin Island.

Although Jiangxin Island is an island, it is not barren and barren. Apart from the absence of mountains and rivers within a radius of nearly ten miles, it is basically the same as the land.

The island is surrounded by water, and there is no other way to get there except by boat.

Fatty Zhu hired hundreds of civilians with a high salary, and spent nearly half a month cutting down trees on the island to repair row after row of wooden houses, which were used as barracks for the [-] regiments to train and sleep in shifts.

At the same time, a lot of fertile and good fields have been reclaimed on the island, and some seasonal vegetables and melons and fruits have been planted, so that they can be self-sufficient when it is difficult to send food from the outside world on weekdays.

About half an hour later, two silver boats arrived at Jiangxin Island one after another. Guo Ye led the crowd to train with the [-] regiment, and headed towards the camp under the guidance of Fatty Zhu.