Jiang Tuo gave many instructions and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"
Hao Santong looked pale and said with trembling hands: "Sir, can I not go?"
Jiang Tuo narrowed his eyes and threatened fiercely: "Since you are unwilling to go, it seems that you are of no use. I will kill you first! Geng Bin, chop him!"
"yes!"
"My lord, spare my life! My lord!"
Hao Santong's face turned pale, and he knelt down in front of Jiang Tuo, begging for mercy: "I am willing to go, I am willing to go. I have loved being a spy since I was a child, and when I get to the Wei camp, I will risk my life to find out information for you!"
Jiang Tuo narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you not forcing yourself?"
Looking at Jiang Tuo's fierce face, Hao Santong shook his head and said: "Don't force it, don't force it!"
"Hahaha, okay, you are really a fucking genius!"
Jiang Tuo held a banquet in honor of Hao Santong and pulled him to sit down. Hao Santong was shocked. He looked at Jiang Tuo, Lu Qing, and Geng Bin, and for a moment he couldn't tell who was the thief.
This Liangzhou governor is too cruel!
When the banquet was over, Jiang Tuo asked proudly: "How was it? Did I suppress him?"
"Your Excellency is so awesome. What you just acted was so real. I thought you were a real bully!" Geng Bin praised.
Lu Qing reminded: "Sir, if you ask Hao Santong to be a spy, can he do it? With Sima Yi's intelligence, I'm afraid it won't take long to see through Hao Santong's identity, right?"
"It doesn't matter. I sent him there just to create trouble for Sima Yi. I don't expect him to spy on any useful military information."
"Anyway, we won't suffer any loss this time!"
"Oh." Lu Qing nodded and then said thoughtfully: "What if Hao Santong takes the opportunity to surrender to Sima Yi? His affiliation with our Han Dynasty is not strong in the first place, and he is more inclined to Cao Wei."
Jiang Tuo thought: "No problem, send a few cronies to follow him. If Hao Santong has any thoughts of rebellion, kill him immediately!"
After saying that, Jiang Tuo laughed again: "Hao Santong is neither civilized nor martial. He has no ability to repeatedly jump between the two major forces, and he only wants to act safely. He should not be planning a rebellion."
At this moment, Hao Santong, who had returned to the camp, was very uneasy.
He didn't expect that Jiang Tuo was the governor, but what he didn't expect was that Jiang Tuo would appoint him to spy on the Wei army's intelligence.
What is the difference between this and committing suicide?
Soon, under his surprised eyes, four or five soldiers rushed into the tent, pushed Hao Santong to the ground, picked up a stick and hit him hard on the buttocks, and after a while, they beat him to pieces.
Before Hao Santong could recover, several more strong men rushed into the tent, knelt in front of him, and said loudly: "The boss, the big man has no morals, let's just gather our troops and vote for Cao Wei together."
"Ah?" Hao Santong, who was lying on the bed, was stunned.
"Master, you agreed, right? When did you say you would leave?"
"Ah?" Hao Santong was very surprised.
"Is it tonight? Okay, I'll contact the others now!"
"Ah?" Hao Santong looked confused.
The leader said loudly: "First Master, don't worry. The Second Master is cruel and will hit you on your body and hurt in my heart! After we surrender to Cao Wei, we will make great achievements and fight back to Liangzhou in the future! Thirty years to Hedong, thirty years to Hexi, don’t bully young people into poverty!”
"ah?"
These people moved very quickly. Within two hours, they found two to three hundred people in the bandits' den. At night, they surrounded Hao Santong and went to meet the Wei army envoy.
Hao Santong pursed his lips and looked at the people around him who were eager to try. Damn it, you really have to catch a duck!
As the saying goes, when Jiang Tuo fights Hao Santong, one is willing to fight and the other is unwilling to suffer.
Previously, when the envoy of the Wei army heard the news that the bandits had surrendered to the Han army, he was frightened and uneasy, fearing that the bandits would hand him over. If he fell into the hands of Jiang Tuo, there would be nothing good to gain.
But he never expected that Hao Santong would lead people to defect to him.
This moved him to tears. He held his hand and said loudly: "Master, after you meet with Governor Sima, I will definitely give him advice. You may be able to serve as a general by then!"
Before Hao Santong could speak, someone beside him said: "Then why are you hesitating? Sir Envoy, without further ado, let's run away while it's dark!"
"Okay, okay!"
The envoy packed his bags and sent people to explore the road ahead. Fortunately, the bandits' security was lax, which allowed them to successfully escape from the camp, then figure out the direction and head towards the Wei army's position.
"Sir, Hao Santong has escaped."
Hearing Lu Qing's report, Jiang Tuo nodded and smiled.
The three to four hundred people Hao Santong took away were not just Shu Han craftsmen.
In order to be realistic, there are still two to three hundred real thieves, who can be regarded as the thorn in the thieves. These people are loyal to Cao Wei and are difficult to deal with. It is best to let Hao Santong take them away.
In the next few days, Jiang Tuo began to rectify these bandits.
The number of thieves has already exceeded 10,000, and is approaching 20,000. Although they are large in number, their fighting power is not strong, and they can only bully those tribes of wealthy families.
Nowadays, the bandits and bandits have basically become Geng Bin's one-stop shop, so Jiang Tuo's training work is going very smoothly.
The other bandit leaders looked at Jiang Tuo's drastic reforms. They couldn't understand why the second master Geng Bin, who was as fierce as a tiger, was as docile as a kitten when facing Jiang Tuo?
It was not until Jiang Tuo announced that he would simply lay off 5,000 people that these people were shocked.
"What?"
"Why? These soldiers are already elites, why should they be laid off? Have they ever made any mistakes?"
After Jiang Tuo waited for them to calm down, he said seriously: "After the troops are streamlined, we can get rid of the old soldiers and wounded soldiers. Some of them are not physically strong enough to cope with the battle between the two armies."
"There are also some soldiers who just want to hang out every day and have no strong will to fight. These people must also be eliminated."
Jiang Tuo said: "It's not about having too many soldiers, but about being good at them. I will equip you with crossbows and armor, strengthen your battle formation training, and improve the mobility and combat capabilities of our army."
"You are going to the battlefield and will fight the Wei army." Jiang Tuo explained: "The prime minister only has 60,000 or 70,000 troops, so it will be very difficult to fight on the front line. But we, with more than 10,000 people, have immediate combat power and can Directly changing the battlefield situation."
"Whether it is Cao Zhen or Sima Yi, the Wei troops under their command are well-trained, and their horses and weapons are extremely sophisticated. In addition, the two of them are resourceful and full of tricks. So we must train our soldiers well!"
"If we can defeat the Wei army, then regaining Chang'an is no longer an extravagant hope. By then, with Shu, Hanzhong, Liangzhou, and Yongzhou, vast fields and strategic depth, it will be a matter of time to revive the Han Dynasty. "
Jiang Tuo's expression was very serious. He slowly stated his plan. Everyone was born in a poor family and still didn't understand his ideas.
Jiang Tuo set the tone for this army with a wave of his hand.
In the next ten days, under the auspices of Jiang Tuo, the number of people in each organization was determined.
Lu Qing and Geng Bin each led an army of five thousand. Under their command, there were ten troops for each group, and one captain was chosen;
Geng Bin is responsible for the training of these bandits.
After more than ten days of training, Jiang Tuo took these bandits and embarked on the journey back.
