The shouts of the generals spread far away, echoing between the towering Xuanhuamen city walls and reaching the bottom of the city tower.
Previously, Guo Ning asked Jing'an Min's troops to guard the walls outside the palace city, while Li Ting's troops were responsible for patrolling. Li Ting then assigned his capable men to divide the 300 soldiers into six teams. One team was sent out every other moment to patrol the city wall, and one team was rotated every hour.
These soldiers are all good soldiers in the army. Each one of them can be called a tiger or wolf warrior, and they have all been on the battlefield. They wielded their armor and held their guns, and their armor clanged away as they marched away. They were really murderous and eye-catching.
But Li Ting himself was lazy.
Guo Ning and other generals were not natives of Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu, but Li Ting was, and he was also a well-known ruffian in Zhongdu. So although he was stationed in Xuanhua Gate, he got in touch with a few of his old friends, and then he got some roast chicken and a lamb, and he hid in a corner with his friends and ate happily.
Suddenly he heard the generals above him shouting in unison, and he was startled: "What's wrong with this? What general order is so solemn?"
One of his servants stood up and said, "Let me ask."
"No, something big must have happened!" Li Ting rushed out.
He ran along the trail to the city, made two turns, and arrived at the bottom of the city platform where Guo Ning and others were. Seeing the generals saluting, he quickly shouted: "Count me in!"
After yelling, I realized that I was holding a fat chicken leg in my hand, which was very disrespectful. He didn't care to think about it, and when he saw a soldier standing next to him, he didn't care who the person was, he just stuffed the chicken drumstick into the man's hand, and immediately ran up the platform, continuing to shout: "Is there a fight? Don’t leave me, Li Erlang, behind!”
The soldier next to him had a scar on his face and looked quite weathered. He was Guo Zhongyuan who had been summoned by Guo Ning and came here to pay his respects.
Standing at the bottom of the city platform, Guo Zhongyuan was holding his breath and waiting for the guards to report when he suddenly saw Li Ting rushing up shouting.
Yesterday, he first attacked the tower of Donghua Gate, then fired the iron cannon, killing Hu Shahu, which was a great achievement. Guo Ning had met him specifically to express his condolences. However, Li Ting's troops suffered a series of fierce battles and suffered heavy losses. They had already gone to rest, so the two did not meet.
Suddenly seeing his old friend, he hesitated and wanted to say hello; before he could say anything, his eyes blurred and Li Ting passed him by. In Guo Zhongyuan's hand, there was a chicken leg soaked in oil and fragrant.
Several guards around him were snickering. Guo Zhongyuan's expression changed twice, and he just sighed: "Li Erlang always does a lot of harm to others!"
At this moment, people on the city platform could be heard talking. It seemed that Guo Ning was soliciting everyone's opinions, and the generals agreed one after another.
The guard who went to report the previous time came back and said, "Guo Zhongyuan? Mr. Lang invites you."
"Yes!" Guo Zhongyuan casually put the chicken legs in his sleeves and walked up quickly.
As they walked up the stone steps, Guo Ning's voice became clearer and clearer. His tone was very relaxed, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
Watching Guo Zhongyuan walk up to the city platform, Guo Ning smiled and said to Li Ting: "To tell you the truth, if you want to recruit troops in Zhongdu, I have a candidate who is much more suitable than you!"
Li Ting shook his head repeatedly: "That's impossible!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Zhongyuan stood next to Li Ting: "Guo Zhongyuan pays homage to Mr. Lang."
This time it was Li Ting's turn to be stunned.
When Li Ting was working as a gangster in Zhongdu, Guo Zhongyuan's reputation and status were higher than Li Ting's. Li Ting himself made some money by reselling stolen goods for Guo Zhongyuan. When he suddenly saw Guo Zhongyuan, he was surprised, happy, and a little frustrated. He sighed in his heart: "With Boss Guo here, it's really not my turn to recruit troops!"
Guo Zhongyuan was calm and ignored Li Ting: "Mr. Lang wants to recruit troops, and Guo is willing to help."
Guo Ning was not polite: "Our troops entered Zhongdu yesterday. Some were lost and some were replenished. We will be transferred to Laizhou, Shandong in the future. We currently have more than 4,000 troops, which is still insufficient. I heard that you are a famous figure in Zhongdu. Although he is a general in the armed guards, he is trusted by others. Then I ask you, how many old soldiers can you recruit for me who have fought in battles, killed people, and have courage and strength?"
"Then, Lang Jun should ask how many people are needed instead of asking how many people I can recruit."
Guo Ning laughed: "Guo Zhongyuan, you are such a bully, don't you mind blowing too loudly?"
"I am telling the truth."
"Oh?" Guo Ning looked around at the generals and said: "In that case, I will move outside the city today, and I will leave for Laizhou within ten days. Give you five days, can you recruit someone for me? Thousands of elite soldiers? I want those who can truly fight, not ruffians!"
"Three years after Da'an, the soldiers who broke into Hebei from northern Xinjiang gradually gathered in Zhongdu. There were no less than ten thousand people. Among these ten thousand people, there were no less than thousands of people who had no food to eat and lived in poverty and embarrassment. Guo Langjun was The best soldiers in Northern Xinjiang will naturally respond to the call. In addition, I, Guo Zhongyuan, have a small reputation among ordinary soldiers in Zhongdu... I can recruit two thousand people for Lang Jun. "
Guo Ning smiled: "Okay, you will receive some money in a while and do this for me!"
Guo Zhongyuan did not refuse or ask any questions. He bowed deeply, turned around and stood at the bottom.
While turning around, he nodded slightly to Li Ting.
Li Ting grinned and was about to say something in a low voice when suddenly his palms felt cold and the fat chicken drumstick was stuffed back by Guo Zhongyuan.
Guo Ning clapped his hands: "In this case, soldiers are no longer a problem. The personnel arrangement is roughly like this. Brother Anmin will be the deputy envoy of Jiedu, brother Jinqing will be the judge of Jiedu, and Mr. Jinzhi will be the observation judge. Other staff were slowly re-arranged. The Military and Horse Division under Jiedushi did not have a capital commander for the time being, with Monk Luo as the leader, Li Ting as the second, and then seven people including Wang Shixian, Han Xuan, Qiu Huiluo, Hao Duan and Ma Bao. , are all commanders. Hmm...Brother Anmin might as well consider adding one more person to make up the eight commanders."
Jing Anmin nodded, then shook his head: "Only Hao Duan and Ma Bao are suitable for me here. Let's discuss the vacant positions later!"
Guo Ning was slightly surprised and turned to look at Jing Anmin.
Jing'anmin bowed his hands solemnly.
Guo Ning smiled and said: "That's good!"
Jing'anmin himself was a powerful man in Hebei. Long before Guo Ning's rise, his power affected most of Zhuozhou. When his power was at its strongest, Zhuozhou governor Nian Gezhen was completely ignored by him, and even the Great Jin Emperor in the mountainous area in the north of Zhuozhou was ignored. The entire area around the mausoleum is within his control. In terms of strength, he is on the same level as Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou.
But he is very different from Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou.
Miao and Zhang were natives of Yizhou and Dingzhou. Their power came from their clan's decades of operation, and they had long taken root in Hebei. Therefore, they are willing to be stationed in Zhongdu, because being in the center and relying on local forces close at hand is a reliable way to gain a foothold in a chaotic situation.
Jing'anmin was from Dexing Prefecture's defeated army. Most of his relatives and family members have long been separated from him because of Da Jin's disastrous defeat behind the Monan Mountains. Although the people of Jing'an were powerful in Zhuozhou, in the final analysis, their foundation was not in the place, but in their force.
He is a man who relies on the force of defeated soldiers to survive in troubled times. In this regard, he and Guo Ning are the same.
Because of the same reason, he increasingly felt that there was an insurmountable gap between him and Guo Ning.
Earlier, Guo Ning captured Yang An'er's general Ji Junli alive at the Gucheng Store and forced Yang You and Guo Jiao'er to retreat. At that time, the people of Jing'an did not take Guo Ning seriously.
Then Guo Ning defeated Hu Shahu's private soldiers and forced back Yang An'er who had rebelled. Although Jing'an people took the opportunity to capture Fanyang City, they admired Guo Ning in their hearts.
Later, in just over ten days, Guo Ning hijacked King Sheng, defeated the fourth Mongolian prince Tuo Lei, and killed Hu Shahu during the invasion. This series of victories was so simple! Not to mention, Guo Ning also found a future direction for the people who fled the Mongolian army and took refuge in Tangbo. Can anyone in Tangbo do such a thing?
Not to mention doing it, no one even dares to think about it!
Jing Anmin believed it from the bottom of his heart, so he was willing to stand with Guo Ning. At this point, he was willing to lower his profile and regard Guo Ning as his leader.
Guo Ning was also very polite to Jing Anmin, not only making it clear that he was superior to everyone, but also leaving enough places for him among the commanders who actually led the troops.
That's enough.
Jing Anmin is not an ambitious person, and he understands the principle of reciprocating kindness in return: "From this point of view, there is only one difficulty left."
"Brother Anmin, what's the problem?"
"I wonder what the Mongolian army's movements are... If the Mongolian army rampages across Hebei and the Central Plains and blocks the road, how will we get to Laizhou?"
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