From beggar to emperor: I am not Zhu Yuanzhang

Luzhou governor's office.

"Sir, you are letting the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles!" Xue Huai followed Zheng Xu, chattering endlessly, full of complaints.

Zheng Xu was annoyed by his nagging and said to him: "General Xue doesn't need to say any more. This state has already told Gao Pian the truth and he has agreed. Let this end here."

Seeing Zheng Xu lift up Gao Pian to press him down, Xue Huai turned away angrily.

After Tian Kai and others took Yang Xingmi and his group back to Crouching Tiger Village, they had to face a very serious question: Where to go?

Crouching Tiger Village was severely damaged in the last battle and was almost burned into ruins. It is no longer suitable for living. What will happen to the hundreds of people in the village next?

In the dilapidated meeting hall, several brothers gathered together to drink. Tian Kai buried his head in drinking without saying a word.

Tao Ya wanted to speak, but when everyone was silent, he opened his mouth and swallowed the words as they reached his lips.

Finally, Dai Yougui broke the silence: "Thanks to our brother Xingmi who came to the rescue at the critical moment, otherwise my brothers and I would have gone to the execution ground together yesterday."

"Yes, yes, thanks to Brother Xingmi. Without Brother Xingmi, there would be no Crouching Tiger Village. You are our savior."

Tao Ya became more and more excited as she talked, without paying any attention to Tian Kai's face.

Yang Xingmi was a little flattered: "Brother Tao, that's a big deal. It was you who saved me. If you hadn't put pressure on Zheng Xu, he might not have let me go. If you want to thank me, it's me who thanks you."

Tao Ya suddenly thought of something and picked up the wine glass: "Brothers Xingmi and we are now close friends of life and death, how about we become sworn brothers again? We are brothers who share blessings and share hardships. "

This suggestion won the approval of Dai Yougui, and everyone looked at Tian Kai.

Tian Kai's expression was a little unnatural, but he soon returned to his original state. He smiled awkwardly: "Brother Tao, this is a very good idea. If it weren't for the secret brothers this time, Crouching Tiger Village would be over. How could you and I still sit here?" When I drink here, I have long regarded the secret brothers as brothers in my heart."

Speaking of this, the bold (brainless) Tao Ya stood up and picked up the wine glass: "Okay, then I will give you a bowl first."

Dai Yougui put down the wine bowl: "I think today is a good day, why don't we just sworn sworn brothers here, what do you think?"

"Okay, that's what we mean too."

Tian Kai ordered people to put on the incense table, found a jar of good wine, and everyone made a blood alliance according to the rules. According to age, Yang Xingmi was born in the sixth year of Tang Xuanzong's reign (852). He was the eldest among several people. It was logical that he was elected as the eldest brother. Tian Kai ranked second, Dai Yougui ranked third, and Tao Ya ranked last. Fourth child.

Tian Kai knew it well, so the position of leader of the village would be given to Yang Xingmi. But now that Wohu Village has fallen to this point, Tian Kai is really worried and has nothing to do, so he might as well let Yang Xingmi go and get in. , maybe there will be improvement.

With the support of everyone, Yang Xingmi took the big brother's seat. The problem before him was the way out for these hundreds of brothers.

At this time, what Zheng Xu had said to him echoed in his ears. As long as he was willing, Zheng Xu could accept him. Didn't this mean to persuade him to accept the recruitment?

The hundreds of people in front of them are already exhausted and their morale is low. If they continue to hold on in Crouching Tiger Village, how long can they hold on?

Whether it can withstand the next encirclement and suppression by the government troops is still unknown.

Do you want to take a gamble for the sake of your brothers' future?

Yang Xingmi fell into deep thought.

In the dead of night, Yang Xingmi was wandering under the eaves alone. After a day of careful consideration, he finally made up his mind and decided to give it a try.

Early the next morning, he sent someone to Luzhou to meet Zheng Xu and expressed Yang Xingmi's willingness to accept the recruitment.

Zheng Xu took it very seriously and immediately sent Xue Huai to lead people to Wohu Village to discuss relevant matters.

Yang Xingmi met Xue Huai again in Crouching Tiger Village, but this time the two sides were no longer enemies, but became quasi-colleagues.

Xue Huai was also an old fox. Seeing that Zheng Xu had his own way and would not listen to his advice, he simply put away his opinions and started playing dirty tricks.

In the village, Xue Huai was welcomed into the meeting hall by Yang Xingmi, where a banquet was already held.

Xue Huai was not polite. He ate and drank heavily and said while eating: "The governor has an order. You must burn down the stronghold and hand in the personnel list. By the way, all weapons and property must be handed over. Everyone must be handed over." Line up and go to Luzhou to be summoned by the governor to be arranged."

This harsh condition angered Tian Kai, and Dai Yougui and Tao Ya also looked at each other.

Hand over weapons and property?

Then don't we just abandon our martial arts and let others slaughter us? Tian Kai almost stood up and started arguing with Xue Huai, but Yang Xingmi glanced at him and signaled him not to be impulsive.

Tian Kai turned his face away bitterly and no longer looked at Xue Huai.

A small impatience messed up a big plan. Yang Xingmi finally accepted Xue Huai's request, and the whole army lined up down the mountain. Before leaving, he set fire to Crouching Tiger Village.

From now on they never come back.

Yang Xingmi led the team slowly towards Luzhou, with Xue Huai's people following behind to monitor. Outside Luzhou City, Zheng Xu inspected the team in Crouching Tiger Village. Zheng Xu was very happy to see Yang Xingmi and others returning. The next step was to discuss how to adapt it.

Xue Huai, who was full of bad ideas, proposed to break up the men and horses of Wohu Village and organize them into various camps in Luzhou, so as to achieve the purpose of dismembering Wohu Village.

This plan was unanimously opposed by Yang Xingmi and others. This trick was too insulting to people's intelligence.

Yang Xingmi's attitude is very firm. Crouching Tiger Village must be organized into a separate battalion. This is the bottom line, otherwise there will be no discussion.

Zheng Xu also felt that forcibly dismantling the troops was a bit unrealistic, so he had to make a compromise and agreed to reorganize the troops from Crouching Tiger Village into Crouching Tiger Camp on the spot without dismantling them and assigning them to Yang Xingmi.

But Zheng Xu also had a bottom line, that is, Crouching Tiger Camp must have a government representative permanently supervising. This representative Zheng Xu chose Xue Huai, who was responsible for the adaptation and training of Crouching Tiger Camp.

Yang Xingmi knew that Xue Huai was by no means a good person, so he kept him in Crouching Tiger Camp, fearing that the real trouble had just begun.

Sure enough, trouble came not long after the adaptation. Xue Huai sent people to count the personnel. After investigation and statistics, Crouching Tiger Camp's 500 people could only provide weapons, armor and military pay to 300 people.

The reason given by Xue Huai was that the other 200 people were support personnel and family members and were not combatants, so they could not enjoy these configurations.

In fact, the truth that Xue Huai didn't tell was that Zheng Xu was allocated military salary for equipment based on 500 people. When he arrived at Xue Huai's place, he received a kickback and cut off nearly half of his salary.

Of course Yang Xingmi was very angry, and he hated Xue Huai even more. He had never seen such a bully. Just wait.

In addition to the exploitation of equipment and military pay, even the food is different. The food in Crouching Tiger Camp is the worst compared to other camps.

The brothers all complained, especially Tian Kai, who was very angry and felt aggrieved every day.

But Yang Xingmi knew in his heart that he could only endure it for the moment and could not act impulsively and ruin the matter.

Under Yang Xingmi's comfort, the restless military morale gradually stabilized. The task Zheng Xu gave to Crouching Tiger Camp was to cooperate with Xue Huaiqing to suppress the bandits near Luzhou. This coquettish operation has the flavor of killing someone with a borrowed knife.

You are all of the same kind, killing each other, and the government is sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers. You have defeated the thieves and the moles. This business is okay, and it is not a loss anyway.

Needless to say, this vicious strategy must have come from Xue Huai, but what Xue Huai never expected was that Yang Xingmi miraculously turned this extremely unfavorable thing into a good thing.

Instead of weakening Crouching Tiger Camp, this incident was cleverly used by Yang Xingmi to strengthen Crouching Tiger Camp and recruit a large number of outstanding talents to join his team.

After Xue Huai learned of the situation, he was so angry that he was speechless as if he had been struck by lightning.