"Niu Chao, you bitch, how dare you steal my wine." Early in the morning, Wu Gen's angry roar came from the newly built Guibei Tower for himself on Xingshan Mountain.
Accompanied by the roar, a thin young man sprang out of the building, carrying a jar of wine in his hand, and ran down the mountain like a rabbit.
A smelly boot flew out of the building and hit the young man. The young man staggered for a moment, then steadied himself, ran to the edge of the mountain and climbed onto a branch. After shaking for a few times, he disappeared.
Wu Gen ran out of the building angrily with one foot bare, yelling at the retreating figure.
After the battle at Cuisong Mountain, when they returned to Xingshan, Wu Gen and the Fearless Army began to expand their army.
As for Niu Chao, who was not accepted by Wu Gen, he secretly followed him back. Since he was not allowed to enter the camp, he built a small shack for himself next to Dizhu Village, jumping around here and there every day and surviving by stealing things.
It's not that Niu Chao has never been caught before, but considering his young age, it's hard to kill him, so he can only give him a beating.
But this kid had rough skin and thick flesh. He was beaten to death one day, but he became lively and vigorous again the next day.
It is said that since he was incorporated, many people in Xingshan Mountain are old friends of Niu Chao. It is probably because he has such a bad mouth that no one is willing to help him.
Only Niu also secretly gave him some help, which actually allowed him to stay on Xingshan Mountain. The boy stayed here for a long time, and became more and more courageous. He actually stole it from Wu Gen, which made Wu Gen, who regarded wine as a spiritual jade, furious.
In front of the building, Baoxiang, Sun Hong and others slowly walked over. Seeing Wu Gen like this, Baoxiang couldn't help but laugh.
"Wu Gen, there is something familiar about it."
"What a familiar smell?" Wu Gen asked angrily.
"I think when you were in the Xiang army, you were even worse." Baoxiang winked at Sun Hong and said with a smile.
Sun Hong nodded with deep feeling,
"Not only in the Xiang army, but also in Kaiyuan City, the captain's mansion was tortured."
"Shit, I'm much better than him." Wu Gen cursed angrily, turned around and walked towards the building. When Sun Hong and the others came here, they must have something to discuss.
Every time the high-level discussions of the Fearless Army were held, it was mostly initiated by Bao Xiang and others. Wu Gen rarely took the initiative to organize, and Shui Congyue rarely participated.
Seeing how many people came over today, there must be something Wu Gen needs to decide. When he arrived at the main hall on the first floor, Wu Gen found another pair of shoes and put them on.
"If you want to drink tea, you can pour it yourself. If you want to drink, but you don't have it, that boy stole it all. I don't believe it. Even if it's hidden in such a secret, it can be smelled by his dog nose." Baoxiang sat on the chair. Pour yourself a cup of tea,
"Niu Chao's experience is similar to yours. How do you plan to deal with it? It's not a problem to let him be so dissolute every day." Slumped on the chair, Wu Gen rubbed his eyebrows and said,
"What should we do? We can only put him in the Lingyun Eight Cavalry and watch him. No matter which camp he is placed in, there will be some leaks." Thinking about it now, I couldn't say that he was just because he was in a similar situation to me. By default, let this kid follow you all the way.
They all came from bandit villages, they were all broken into the villages, and they were all caught stealing money and goods.
My current situation is probably quite similar to Zhang Yuan's. Facing such a naughty boy, there was no way to hit him or drive him away. I could only hold his nose and put it beside him to watch.
Retribution, Wu Gen lamented in his heart. Sure enough, the way of heaven is easy to reincarnate. If you don’t believe it, look up and see who the heaven will spare.
"Master, here are the ledgers from these battles." Sun Hong stood up and placed a stack of ledgers on the table next to Wu Gen.
"These few harvests have been good. Coupled with the military resources of the Ji family, our fearless army can support another three thousand people without any problem, but this camp still needs to be expanded." Wu Gen flipped through the ledger. Then he threw it aside,
"Just take care of it yourself. Anyway, we have to have a year's reserves. If anything happens, we won't be short of food and medicine." After the battle at Cuisong Mountain, the Fearless Army got a lot of spoils.
Encouraged by this, Wu Gen sent people non-stop to deal with other large groups of bandits, so that he could not only train his troops, but also supplement Xingshan's income.
Later, Wu Gen divided the Fearless Army into two armies, the left and right armies, and sent people to lead the troops in turns to fight each time. Shui Congyue, Baoxiang, and Xue Xin all led the army to fight alone.
In this way, the Fearless Army does not have to be too exhausted and at the same time accumulates combat experience. Now, the Fearless Army has expanded to 5,000 people. Wu Gen originally wanted to expand more, but after Sun Hong calculated, he was afraid that the military resources would not be able to keep up with the expansion, so he had to give up and could only arrange for the extra people to farm. Hunting, anyway, the Fearless Army does not raise idlers, except for that damn Niu Chao.
"Okay, you can discuss this matter with Xue Xin and add it to the left and right armies." Wu Gen weakly ordered. Now that Yang Zheng and the others are back, they don't have to worry about everything themselves, and they are happy to be the hands-off shopkeeper. .
"Jia Kui's place is going well. This line is finally closed." Yang Zheng suddenly spoke, stroking a two-inch-long black cylinder in his hand, which was carried by Xin Falcon.
"According to what he said, several families are also interested in the Fearless Army. By the way, Lu Lie may want to treat you to dinner."
"Lu Lie?" Wu Gen was stunned when he heard this, and frowned: "What did he ask me to do? Maybe he still wants to fight."
"I don't know. I originally thought he was trying to do something dirty, but according to what Jia Kui said, Lu Lie had no such arrangement at all, and he really wanted to treat us. It seems that the last time a few families came together, they had some ideas. ." Yang Zheng sat up straighter to make his stomach feel better.
It must be mentioned here that the fearless army has won consecutive battles, and its reputation has naturally grown. Moreover, these families have their own connections, and the collection of various information has made them realize that the fearless army, which was originally unknown, has become powerful enough to compete with small families.
In a few days, it is impossible to say that some Wanhu families will not be opponents of the Fearless Army. As a powerful army under Ji Ye, it naturally makes people think a lot, and they also have more speculations about the future trend of the Ji family.
So after getting Ji Ye's permission, several members of the family made an appointment to go to Xingshan to find out. Some things were better to see in person.
The Gu family, Wu family, Cang family, Gongxi family and other families all came together, and even Murong Yuqiang came to Xingshan.
However, Wu Gen refused to let them go up the mountain. He only set up a shed at the foot of the mountain and drank a lot of wine to settle the matter.
As luck would have it, when the banquet was about to end, Shui Congyue returned with his army. Looking at the murderous, fierce and unruly team, the children of these families are not fools. They also have soldiers, so of course they can see how tough this team is.
So, these people got drunk one after another, saying that it was difficult to travel after being drunk, and they had to stay for a few days to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xingshan before going back.
Even Murong Yuqiang looked for Ji Yan, insisting on talking about their childhood friendship, completely forgetting that Wu Gen had humiliated her.
In desperation, Wu Gen had no choice but to let these people stay in Dianzhu Village for a few days. They were not allowed to climb to Mingming Village. The Rebel Army was on the top of the mountain. It would be a big loss to let these people touch it.
After these people left, Wu Gen had many more gatherings with various families, and was invited to Hanlu City to meet many times.
After every banquet, some novelty items would be given as gifts, and Wu Gen would always welcome them. It's best to give money. If other items are sold by him and replaced by spiritual jade, his own Volunteer Falcon Army and Zhentian Bow will be a bottomless pit, and no amount of them will be enough.
"No, I'm afraid I'll want to fight when I see him. If I beat him to death, wouldn't it be very difficult for Ji Ye." Wu Gen waved his hand and refused on the spot. He had a drink with Gu Yangsi and others who were on good terms with him. That's all, I don't want to know who Lu Lie is.
"It's better to go there." Hu Jia stood up and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
"This time Yang Zheng and I traveled around the Iron Hand Province. To be honest, although more than 70% of them are opposed to the restructuring, the demands of these people are different. Some are fiercely opposed, some are hesitant, some are neutral, and some are compromise. That's enough. Now that we are starting up the Fearless Army, there is no need to make such a clear position. It is not a bad thing to contact more families and listen to their ideas. Moreover, they are all smart people and there is a group of staff behind them who will know everything. Adjust your position at any time based on the situation and family interests. The person who is the most opposed today may not be the most supportive tomorrow. Although Lu Lie is harsh on the human race, there is nothing wrong with it from the perspective of a shepherd. This person has a violent temper, but is relatively scheming. Less would make it easier for us to start, and we still have Jia Kui as a lead. Wu Gen, you might as well go and listen to what he thinks, and we can make a decision as appropriate." Wu Gen grinned, seeing that no one was against Hu Jia's suggestion. He had no choice but to nod his head and say: "Okay, I'll just go and meet Lu Lie for a while, just like eating with a pig." Everyone present was relieved to see that Wu Gen no longer objected.
To be honest, although Wu Gen sometimes does ridiculous things, everyone agrees on one thing, that is, he listens to persuasion. Even if Ji Yan asked him to apologize to Murong Yuqiang, after several persuasion, he still shamelessly bought a new one. I gave the hairpin to the little girl.
"Fortress Master, Xingshan is too obvious here. I think our Fearless Army might as well establish another stronghold and quietly expand our army, so as not to arouse the fear of some people." A group of people discussed other matters about the Fearless Army, and saw that the discussion was over. At the end, Zhang Wuyang, who was sitting far away, suddenly made a suggestion.
Everyone present was stunned when they heard this. This matter had been discussed before, but it was shelved because of the lack of fearless soldiers.
"Yes, Wu Yang's proposal is very good." It was Yang Zheng who was the first to confirm. He nodded at Zhang Wuyang, turned to Wu Gen,
"Although we are protected by Ji Ye, he is only the second young master after all. The power of the clan is still in the hands of his father, elder brother and a group of old people. As a team led by a foreign race, our Fearless Army was weak at the beginning. They won't pay attention to it. As it grows stronger, someone will inevitably get interested. If this was in Tianyuan or Beizhou, the military power would have been taken away or other personnel would be deployed to monitor it. Therefore, if the army was to expand, there should not be too many here in Xingshan. At most 10,000 people, which is equivalent to a family of 10,000 households. If there are any more, someone may take action. By then, we may have to turn against the Ji family. Therefore, for safety reasons, we really need to Establish a stronghold and put it in the dark to slowly grow. This matter cannot be postponed any longer. However, in this case, we people will be divided into two teams, and it is up to you, the leader of the stronghold, to decide how to distribute them. Moreover, the design of this new stronghold Where to go, we still need to think carefully.”
"Yes, I agree with you." Hu Jia continued what Yang Zheng said: "If we establish a new stronghold, we must ensure that the fearless army here in Xingshan is firmly in our hands to avoid being plucked. We will try our best to pass Ji Ye Use pressure to prevent others from adding too much sand. As for this new stronghold, I would suggest that you, the leader of the village, go over and take charge of it in person. After all, you still have some connections in the Iron Hand Province."
"What should we do here in Xingshan? Didn't we give our lives to others?" Yang Zheng asked anxiously.
"Being in charge here from Yue is enough to stabilize the morale of the army. Xue Xin also has to stay, after all, he is more familiar with these soldiers." Hu Jia was confident and talked eloquently.
From the moon, Wu Gen's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but make calculations in his mind.
