Zhang Fu was now hesitating. Could such a hero and hero fancy his own daughter? But then he thought, this Taishi Ci would be leaving in a few days. Moreover, his daughter had already agreed to it.
After finding an excuse, Zhang Fu stood up and walked out of the room. Before leaving, he gave Jia Kui a look and handed the mission over to him. Jia Kui laughed bitterly and shook his head, from the looks of it, he was not very good at this kind of thing. He looked at Taishi Ci and hesitated for a moment before speaking carefully.
"Lord Commander, I heard that you haven't gotten married yet. I have a cousin who is in her early twenties and has a good personality. She is the daughter of the Master Zhang, is Lord Commander interested? "
Hearing Jia Kui say that, Taishi Ci immediately turned to look at the door curtain, but he had already understood that the lady was there looking for him. For a long time, Taishi Ci had been the focus of the girls' attention. However, with just that one glance, he had already been moved.
Taishi Ci did not dare make the decision himself, and immediately looked at Yang Lin. In truth, Yang Lin had long since witnessed all of this and nodded his head.
Taishi Ci laughed, and said embarrassedly: Thank you for your good intentions, Brother Jia Kui, how can I let you down? However, I do have a mother. After I report to my mother, I'll go and get her.
Jia Kui nodded his head in satisfaction and heaved a sigh of relief. He finally did not hold up his cousin's plans. "With such a great hero as her cousin, her face would shine." Brother Taishi Ci is right, we will do as you say. "
When the Chen Lin, Yellow Dragon, Liu Shan and Luo Shi, who were drinking, heard that Jia Kui was going to be married to Taishi Ci, they all quietened down. Seeing that Taishi Ci had agreed, the Chen Lin raised her wine cup and stood up. Master Commander, such a joyous occasion, you must drink three cups consecutively. "
Taishi Ci could not reject, and had to drink three cups with Chen Lin. Everyone started to jeer, Taishi Ci hurriedly tried to change the topic and ordered them not to drink too much, only then did they stop drinking.
"Chen Lin put down her wine cup and looked at Jia Kui. Brother Jia Kui, do you have a cousin? We are not married yet. "
Hearing that, Jia Kui was secretly happy, he looked at these guys, and could be considered a hero. Unfortunately, he only had his first cousin, so he decided to tease them.
Hearing that, the Chen Lin's old face immediately turned red, and she hurriedly raised her wine cup. Drink, drink. "
After the Zhang Family Villa's feast ended, Chen Lin, Yellow Dragon, Liu Shan and Luo Shi led their troops back to the village. According to Yang Lin's instructions, on the same night, they sent an urgent letter to all the mountain villages in Five Elements Mountain Area, inviting them to discuss about the matter of going to the hussar general to attack Dong Zhuo three days later.
In these three days, Qin Wu, Qin Yong and Zhao Hong, who were leading the Union State, crossed the Fen River together with Gao Shun, who was rushing towards the west. In one fell swoop, they took over the Hedong County and completely eliminated Dong Zhuo's power in the Hedong County.
On the other hand, Gao Sheng, Jiang Zhen, Yan Zheng, Lu Tong, the two large groups led by Guo Tong, gathered at Liu Pi's location that was breaking out from the east encirclement. Chen Bing had stopped at the border of Jizhou and Hanoi County, facing off against Dong Zhuo's West Cold Army, and had compressed Dong Zhuo's two hundred thousand West Cold Army s into the borders of Hanoi County.
Three days later, the leaders of all the Army of Montenegro s arrived in the Zhang Family Villa one after another. Of these, eleven were sent by their leaders, and twenty-seven were sent by their representatives. Just as Yang Lin had thought, the leaders who personally came were all from a few small mountain villages, and those big mountain villages were all sent as representatives.
Since Li Damu and Yu Digen, the two Army of Montenegro leaders were killed by Taishi Ci, Yang Lin did not take the opportunity to annex them. Instead, he had the two village guards choose a new leader and had their leader personally come to Zhang Family Villa.
Although most of the leaders, especially those famous ones, had not come, Yang Lin was very satisfied as all the representatives from the village had already been sent over. This at least meant that all the bandits were still unwilling or did not dare to become enemies with the cavalry of Youzhou.
The reason why these leaders of the village had sent representatives was because they were worried for their safety. They still couldn't believe Yang Lin, and were afraid that he would use this opportunity to catch them all. No wonder they were there. Historically, the government often used recruitment as an opportunity to exterminate the rebels, so they had no choice but to be on guard.
All the village leaders or village Leader Representative s were gathered in the great hall of the Zhang Family Villa. Including Zhang Fu, there were a total of thirty-nine people. Yang Lin looked at the crowd, and could not help but laugh. These fellows were all big and tall brawny men, each one of them vicious and cruel. At a glance, one could tell that they were bandits and robbers.
"Representatives of the various Great Master s, this is the commander of the cavalry of Youzhou, Master Taishi Ci. This is the special envoy of the hussar general, Master Zhou Yi. On the orders of hussar general, the envoy has the authority to represent the hussar general and negotiate with everyone else. "
As the sponsor of this discussion, Chen Lin was the first to speak. After he introduced Taishi Ci and Yang Lin to everyone, she also introduced the leaders and Leader Representative of each village one by one. Many people didn't even know him, so they had to introduce themselves to each other to distinguish them.
These Army of Montenegro s had always been paying attention to Taishi Ci, thinking that Taishi Ci was the main character today. They didn't expect a special envoy from hussar general with the surname Zhou to appear here, so they couldn't help but think about it and guess Yang Lin's identity.
Yang Lin did not want to reveal himself, so he borrowed Zhou Yi's name. After the Chen Lin finished his introduction, he slowly stood up. Seeing that everyone's eyes were fixated on him, he couldn't help but laugh softly and begin his speech.
"Various leaders and Leader Representative s, in the first half of this year, the hussar general had sent a letter to each mountain stronghold, requesting everyone to cooperate with the officials and army and walk out of the Five Elements Mountain Area, and point out a way out for everyone. Half a year's time has passed, but every village has been watching without any movement. "
"Half a year has passed, and the situation under the heavens has changed greatly. Dong Zhuo has taken control of the imperial government, crippled the government, and killed the ministers of justice, provoking the anger of the people of the world.
"However, no matter how the world changed, the hussar general's determination to unite the world with the big man would not change. The determination to implement the Surveillance History's conference system would not change. Anyone who wants to divide the strong, enforce the imperial power, or invade the common people, the hussar general will eliminate them with determination. "
"Army of Montenegro who is active in the Five Elements Mountain Area, was forced into the due to the oppression and exploitation of corrupt officials and wealthy people. Regarding Army of Montenegro's past actions, they will not investigate it, and will pardon all your past actions."
"From now on, each village will be responsible for their own actions. "No matter the reason or under what circumstances, if there is another robbery or burning and killing incident that harms the people of the big men, we will mobilize heavy soldiers to encircle and annihilate them."
"The reason why we have gathered here today is to give everyone a chance. Right now, the hussar general had already mobilized all of his over two hundred thousand West Cold Army s into the river and was about to launch an attack. If you are willing to participate, we can possibly eliminate these two hundred thousand West Cold Army s. If you are not participating, we can only drive them to the south of the Yellow River. "
"Anyone who wishes to join in the attack on Dong Zhuo can have their elite soldiers join the battle. There is no limit to the number of people. Each soldier participating in the battle will be given three kilograms of food, and all the military equipment and foodstuffs obtained from the Dong Zhuo West Cold Army will belong to the respective village. "
"We have other rewards for soldiers who fight bravely and accomplish their tasks. The first prize would be three hundred catties of grain, the second prize would be two hundred catties of grain, and the third prize would be a hundred catties of grain. If a squadron makes a group contribution, everyone will get a reward. "
"Of course, for generals and soldiers who are afraid of death, who flee when the time is right, who mislead the battle, who do not listen to orders, and who maim the common people, the punishments are also very severe. All of you will strictly follow the military laws of the army. The ones that are light will have tens of military sticks, while the ones that are heavy will be beheaded and demonstrated to the masses. "
As Yang Lin said till here, he purposely stopped in his tracks to see everyone's reactions. In order to appease these Army of Montenegro, Yang Lin had baited them greatly. This year, Central Plains did not receive much, the price of food had skyrocketed, and was now filled with refugees. Not only were Army of Montenegro unable to buy food, even if he wanted to, he could not steal much.
On the other hand, the Youzhou, Triple Korea, Pirates' Island, Pirates' Island and other places under Yang Lin's control received bountiful harvests, causing the price of food to drop instead. Due to Yang Lin's blockade, not even a single grain of food could flow out, and Yang Lin just so happened to be able to use this food to buy off Army of Montenegro.
From his conversations with Chen Lin, Yellow Dragon, Liu Shan, Luo Shi and the others, Yang Lin found out that although there were more than a million people in the Army of Montenegro, the food per person was not even worth three taels of silver. And this was only for the strong and robust soldiers, while the women, elders and children following the Army of Montenegro were not even worth one tael, and could only rely on wild vegetables and tree bark to survive.
"You must know that due to natural and man-made disasters, this year's Central Plains food harvest was not good, and refugees were everywhere. As long as the hussar general took out food, as many soldiers as they wanted to recruit, they would have to use these soldiers to annihilate all of the Army of Montenegro's Army of Montenegro. However, the hussar general did not do so. He knew that the Army of Montenegro was forced into a corner and he wanted to give the Army of Montenegro a chance. A chance to get him out of the past and move towards the future. "
As expected, most of the Army of Montenegro leaders were moved and immediately started whispering. As families, they knew that in this chaotic world, whoever had food would have an army. The hussar general did not look for them, as long as a kilogram of food was distributed to them daily, they could immediately call for hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Central Plains. A soldier can feed a family, however, with only three catties of food a day.
"Lord Envoy, each soldier weighs three catties of food per day. It is indeed touching. The reason the Army of Montenegro gathered in the mountain forest was to prevent himself and his family from starving to death. To be able to eat, we are certainly willing to work for the hussar general. However, there are a few things that we are unclear about.
The one who spoke was the representative of the Army of Montenegro, Bai Rao. Not only was he not moved by the conditions offered by Yang Lin, he was even a little frightened. As long as Yang Lin's conditions were spread out, regardless of whether Bai Rao was willing or not, most of his soldiers would escape.
"Firstly, how are the soldiers that we send to be managed? Are they under our command, or are they the generals of the hussar general? Secondly, after we eliminate Dong Zhuo, what about our soldiers? "Third, what about the soldiers who were killed or wounded in the battle?"