The investigation report provided by Luo Dabao showed that Guo Zhanshan came from a rough background. His father was originally a horseman, pulling carts and delivering goods for wealthy families. There were five brothers in the family. Although they were not rich, they could still afford to eat.
During the reign of Emperor Jing, the Luobei people invaded Liaoyang to fight the autumn wind. When Guo Zhanshan and his family fled, several people died. In order to survive, Guo Zhanshan took refuge with Dong Dapao, the famous bandit leader in Liaoyang at that time and the owner of Jiukongya Village. Daring to fight and charging, coupled with his loyalty to Dong Dapao, Guo Zhanshan soon became Dong Dapao's right-hand man.
If you want to start well and end well in the banditry business and enjoy your old age, you basically have only one choice, and that is to accept the recruitment!
At that time, the Luobei people invaded. In order to resist the Luobei people, Song Wenhui, the governor of Liaoyang, said that as long as he accepted the invitation and jointly attacked the Luobei people, he could forget the past. Therefore, many bandits at that time chose Accepting the recruitment, this also included Dong Dapao.
After accepting the recruitment, Dong Dapao's hundreds of troops were transformed into official troops. Under the leadership of Song Wenhui, they followed the Luo Bei people to fight. However, Dong Dapao himself was very unlucky, and it didn't take long for him to be killed. In a battle, he died at the hands of the Luobi people.
Guo Zhanshan was elected as the new leader because of his loyalty and high prestige, and because he was married to Dong Dapao's daughter...
Later, the Luobei people were driven away, and when the rewards were given based on their merits, Guo Zhanshan, who had made many military exploits, was dissatisfied with the officers and soldiers for bullying the people and spoke out a few words, so he was only banned from the position of general, and added Because of his background as a bandit, he was ostracized by Song Wenhui's command, so Guo Zhanshan, who was young and energetic at the time, pulled a pole up the mountain and returned to Jiukong Cliff, where he became a bandit again.
Of course, the officers and soldiers would not sit idly by and watch Guo Zhanshan's rebellion. After discovering that Guo Zhanshan had left, they sent troops to chase him. However, Guo Zhanshan also had some skills. Not only did he successfully return to Jiukong Cliff, but he also defeated his pursuers.
Guo Zhanshan was a man of loyalty and only robbed those landlords and squires who were causing harm to the countryside. Not only did he not touch the poor people who had no money, he would also distribute food to the poor in bad years. Therefore, in the countryside around Jiukongya, Guo Zhanshan could He was said to be deeply loved, and many people admired his reputation and came to seek refuge with him.
During this period, the government troops also organized several sieges against Guo Zhanshan. However, because the terrain of Jiukong Cliff was dangerous and Guo Zhanshan's men were fierce, and all of them were willing to die for Guo Zhanshan, the sieges by the government troops were all in vain.
In recent years, due to his increasing age and lack of strength, Guo Zhanshan gradually handed over most of the power in the village to his eldest son Guo Zhiping.
Guo Zhiping is even more powerful than his father Guo Zhanshan. As soon as he took power, he fought several tough battles, annexed some other bandits, and established a great reputation in the green forest...
Guo Zhiping did not follow the path of other bandits, blindly expanding the scale and recruiting people. Instead, he took the route of elite soldiers, strictly disciplined, and paid his subordinates regularly.
Therefore, although there are only a thousand men under his command, their combat power is very strong. But what matters most to Ye Mingsheng is that Guo Zhiping has a trump card in his hand!
Three hundred well-trained cavalry!
Several groups of bandits once united and organized 3,000 people to kill Guo Zhiping, but they were defeated by the cavalry led by Guo Zhiping...
Ye Mingsheng was very coveted for this 300-man cavalry unit. In the cold weapon era, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was definitely second to none!
Since the annihilation of Hong Min, Ye Mingsheng's subordinates have expanded to 5,000 people. The progress is not unpleasant, but unfortunately these are ordinary soldiers and there is no organized cavalry unit at all. This has become Ye Mingsheng's The biggest shortcoming of Mingsheng's department.
Ye Mingsheng, who was aware of this problem, spent this time thinking about how to quickly fix this shortcoming, but he still couldn't think of any good way!
At this time, Ye Mingsheng received Ye Tie's report that Guo Zhiping asked to see him!
At that time, Ye Mingsheng was not surprised, but he also thought carefully about Guo Zhiping's motivation for doing this...
He, Ye, was an officer and Guo Zhiping was a bandit. Guo Zhiping showed his favor to him. Apart from wanting to be recruited, Ye Mingsheng could not think of any other possibility.
But Ye Mingsheng couldn't understand why father and son Guo Zhanshan and Guo Zhiping would choose him who they had never met!
Even if the domineering spirit leaks out and people bow to you at the drop of a hat, then you have to meet first, right?
Although I don’t know the reason why the Guo family and his son did this, no matter what the reason is, even for the sake of the three hundred cavalry, if they dare to surrender, Ye Mingsheng dares to follow!
Although the three hundred cavalry is not many, it is still a lot. With the men and horses in hand, and with this foundation, Ye Mingsheng is confident that he can expand to a thousand men within a year. By then, looking at the entire Liaoyang, he Ye Mingsheng He is also the number one person!
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At noon the next day, in the military camp in Fengshan County.
Thousands of soldiers, led by military attaches at all levels, armed with swords and guns, trained in formations and improved their martial arts, and the shouts of killing were deafening.
"Zhiping, what do you think of the momentum of our army?"
Pointing at the soldiers in front, Ye Tie smiled and asked Guo Zhiping:
Guo Zhiping, who was invited to visit the military camp, saw a complicated look in his eyes as he looked at the soldiers who were already in shape, acting quickly and following orders under the command of military attachés.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for him to believe that these soldiers were recruited from the countryside by Ye Mingsheng more than a month ago. Due to his thoughts, he also said sincerely:
"General Huwei's troops are indeed extraordinary!"
Listening to Guo Zhiping's praise, Ye Tie couldn't hide the complacency on his face. After observing the training of the soldiers for a while, he took Guo Zhiping to a corner of the military camp.
Here, hundreds of soldiers are holding three-eyed blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, tiger crouching cannon and other firearms, conducting shooting training.
Seeing the firecrackers and squatting cannons in their hands, which kept roaring, Guo Zhiping had a look of surprise in his eyes, and he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask Ye Tie:
"Are they all firing live ammunition?"
Listening to Guo Zhiping's inquiry, Ye Tie understood what he meant, and immediately said with a smile:
"My young master said that this musketry team is fed with live ammunition. Only by firing more live ammunition in training can we kill more enemies on the battlefield. Therefore, most of our firearms are trained with live ammunition."
