From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

The news that Yang Xingmi was going to form a special forces unit, Black Cloud City, spread like wildfire. As expected, all the generals were shocked and could no longer calm down.

From the leaked news, it is not difficult to see the specialness of this special operations force. Yang Xingmi’s great enthusiasm and hard work have been poured into it. In terms of equipment, configuration and level, the status of this force has surpassed Crouching Tiger Camp and become Yang Xingmi’s core backbone.

Whoever gets the command of this force will be tantamount to becoming Yang Xingmi's most trusted right-hand man, and may even have the opportunity to become Yang Xingmi's successor in the future.

After all, Yang Xingmi is not the emperor at the moment. There is no throne in the family for his son to inherit, and it is not his son's turn to speak. He is still just a military governor who segregates and dominates, and is of a warlord nature. Most of the military governors in the Tang Dynasty were succeeded by trusted generals. Finally, they symbolically reported to the court and asked for approval (usually approved, and the report to you is for you. Face, don’t be ignorant of praise).

From this point of view, whoever controls Heiyun will indeed have the capital to compete with Jiedushi, and no one can turn a blind eye to such a good thing.

From Tian Wei, Tao Ya, Liu Wei to Gao Xu, Li Shenfu, and even people like An Renyi and Zhang Xun are gearing up and eager to try, they are all determined to win.

Only Dai Yougui, who is a Buddhist, has no desires and desires. He fishes by the river every day, or goes to play chess with Yuan Xi and discuss calligraphy. Speaking of which, Dai Yougui is also a cultural person. He was born as a scholar and taught in a private school in his hometown for several years. He may see many things more clearly than others.

When he and Yuan Xi were playing chess, they accidentally talked about the formation of Heiyundu.

Yuan Xi asked Dai Yougui why he didn't go for one?

Dai Yougui smiled: "Sir, please don't make fun of me. Everyone has hope, but I, Dai Yougui, have no hope. I am a helpless scholar. I have no military exploits, no ability, and no ability to please my elder brother. Even if the eldest brother really gives me all the black clouds, I wouldn’t dare to take it.”

Yuan Xi asked: "Brother Dai is really not moved?"

Dai Yougui burst into laughter: "What's the use of me being tempted? The key is to have my brother be tempted. Besides, I'm not that material. If you leave all the most elite black clouds to me, I'm afraid I'll lose sleep."

Yuan Xi: "Then who does Brother Dai think will come out on top?"

"Of course it goes without saying that it must be Tian Kai, Tian Laoer. He is the most powerful general in Crouching Tiger Camp. He has saved his elder brother many times. He has outstanding achievements. In terms of qualifications and military exploits, he is the most suitable candidate. ." Dai Yougui blurted out without hesitation.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi shook his head and smiled.

"What, sir, don't you think it's right?" Dai Yougui was confused.

Yuan Xi whispered: "Brother Dai, please remember, everyone is possible, but this Tian Kai is absolutely impossible."

"Why?" Dai Yougui was surprised.

Yuan Xi patted him on the shoulder: "You will understand, eldest brother's attitude towards him has changed. I think this person has a different face. He will definitely not be inferior to others in the future. I am afraid that what he will never forget in his heart is still lying in bed." That tiger-skin chair in the Tiger Village."

Dai Yougui pondered: "Sir, you mean that he is still worried about the incident in Crouching Tiger Village?"

Yuan Xi: "This is a threshold that he cannot overcome. His heart ailments require heart medicine, and there is nothing we can do."

Dai Yougui: "If the eldest brother abandons Tian Kai this time and gives Hei Yun to others, it will be a huge blow to him. Tian Kai is a man with strong self-esteem. All his soldiers think that Hei Yun is definitely Tian Kai has something in his pocket, and I’ve been treating him to drinks for the past few days to congratulate him in advance. If it weren’t for him then, it would be embarrassing.”

Yuan Xi looked at the sky: "Just let fate happen. What is coming will be unstoppable."

The work of establishing Heiyundu was carried out intensively under the personal deployment of Yang Xingmi. Yang Xingmi sent several groups of reviewers to the camp of Sun Ru's surrendered soldiers to screen them one by one and eliminate them one by one.

After extremely strict screening and screening, 1 tough guys were finally selected from more than 3000 people. They can be said to be the elite among the elites. Each of them must be personally checked by Yang Xingmi. These [-] people were eventually incorporated into the newly established The mysterious army, its name is - Heiyundu.

Under Yang Xingmi's personal instructions, Heiyundu's food, wages, equipment, weapons, and war horses were quickly prepared, and now only the candidate for the commander-in-chief who attracted everyone's attention was left.

Yang Xingmi remained silent for three days without mentioning this matter. Everyone was talking about it, wondering what Yang Xingmi was doing.

Until three days later, Yang Xingmi suddenly summoned the civil and military generals to gather at the Commander's Mansion in Xuanzhou for a meeting. He wanted to announce a major decision.

Since this was a general military meeting, all civil and military generals were present. Yang Xingmi first made an opening speech, describing the significance of establishing Heiyundu. Of course, no one is interested in these. What people really care about is the candidate for the commander-in-chief of Black Cloud City. Who will be chosen? The truth will be announced soon.

Finally the most exciting moment has come, Yang Xingmi is about to announce the candidate for the commander of Black Cloud City.

When Yang Xingmi stood up, the whole place fell silent instantly. Everyone's eyes widened and their ears stretched out to listen to Yang Xingmi's answer.

"As for the candidate for the commander of Heiyun City, after repeated careful consideration, I finally decided to..."

Yang Xingmi paused deliberately, and then said the person's name.

After hearing that name, after a brief silence, the whole audience suddenly erupted into a tsunami of discussion. No one expected that Yang Xingmi would choose an unexpected person. No one thought that he would Win.

The person Yang Xingmi chose was Xu Wen, Lao Shisan from Thirteen Miles of the Crouching Tiger, the most low-key person with the least presence.

The conference hall was boiling, and everyone was talking. Only Xu Wen himself felt a little restless. He felt that everyone's angry and resentful eyes were directed at him, and he felt unprecedented pressure.

The most angry person was Tian Kai. When he heard Xu Wen's name, he was shocked and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. Feeling humiliated, Tian Kai's mind became hot, and he didn't care about Yang Xingmi's presence. He slapped the table, stood up, walked away, and left directly.

As soon as Tian Kai left, everyone was even more upset. The melon was getting bigger and bigger, and the people eating the melon couldn't even see it.

What Tian Kai did was tantamount to a public showdown with Yang Xingmi, pouring out his anger and dissatisfaction in front of the public, without any regard for Yang Xingmi's feelings.

Looking at Tian Wei's retreating figure, Yang Xingmi felt mixed emotions in his heart. He realized that Tian Wei would become his trouble sooner or later.

Next to them, Yuan Xi and Dai Yougui looked at each other. Yuan Xi saw a trace of uneasiness and fear in Dai Yougui's eyes. Obviously, he did not expect that Yang Xingmi would choose Xu Wen. He didn't dare to think about the consequences of giving up Tian Kai.

Why Yang Xingmi chose Xu Wen from many generals is probably related to the performance of his brothers after they conquered Xuanzhou.

During that operation, everyone rushed to grab the gold and silver treasures after entering the city. Only Xu Wen rushed into the Yamen to collect and preserve books, classics, and various government account books and albums, and rescued a batch of precious archives for Yang Xingmi. , which provided powerful help for him to implement the New Deal in various places.

Perhaps it was this that left a deep impression on Yang Xingmi, which made him finally decide on Xu Wen this time.

Of course, there may be a more important reason, and that is that after years of fighting side by side, the brothers in Crouching Tiger Camp have already formed large and small factions and small gangs. You can say this is about brotherly love, or you can say it is about cliques and evil intentions, depending on how you look at it.

The reason why Yang Xingmi gave up on those people probably had this reason. He didn't trust those who formed cliques, even old brothers like Tian Kai and Tao Ya.

Because Xu Wen joined the company late, and he was low-key and kept to himself, he did not participate in any small circles. This made Yang Xingmi very pleased and appreciated, and he felt more at ease with him.