Chapter 99 Pioneer Troop Tiger Corps

On August 22, Liu Xia has led soldiers and tens of thousands of people to leave Guide Mansion. Today, Guide Mansion is in a depression, and few people can't be seen on the street. The previous lively scene has disappeared without a trace.

The whole people in the house of Guide basically followed Liu Xia, and the remaining people who can't walk or have very deep feelings for the house are unwilling to leave.

On August 23, Liu Xia led so many people to leave Guide Mansion. Naturally, it was impossible to keep it a secret. Several surrounding counties already knew it. Now Henan Province has also received the news and began to strengthen its defenses.

At this time, Liu Xia had been out of the jurisdiction of Guide Mansion. Liu Xia's departure made the officials of Guide Mansion breathe a deep sigh of relief and finally sent Liu Xia away. You can think about how to live in the future.

Zhang Liang's new barracks began to recruit recruits among tens of thousands of people under the advice of Liu Xia. In a few days, more than 1,000 people signed up, but in the end, more than 400 people were brushed down, and less than 600 people passed.

Although there are as many as 70,000 to 80,000 people here, there are not many people who want to join the army. Since ancient times, it is not for good men not to be soldiers. Which of those ambitious and promising men wants to be a soldier? The main reason is that the welfare of ancient soldiers is not high, and they are often beaten and scolded. It is the fastest to die.

Who would like to be a soldier in this kind of treatment? Unless you can't survive, you have no choice but to go to the army to make a living. At least you can eat when you enter the army. If you don't participate, you may starve to death, and only such people will come to join the army.

And it is a little difficult for Zhang Liang to recruit soldiers from these good people. Most of these more than 1,000 people are bankrupt, and there are some things that admire Liu Xia's power.

So if you want to recruit soldiers, as far as the case is concerned, it is not good to recruit in the good family. The soldiers of the ancient army were either ruffians or death rowers. How many good people are there?

Liu Xia decided to change the current situation. Soldiers should not be linked to hooligans, ruffians, etc. They should make the people feel that it is better to be soldiers. Soldiers are qualified people, not hooligans. When Liu Xia talked about recruiting, the people sent their children to the barracks one after another.

"Where are you now?" Liu Xia asked.

August is already autumn. (August here is August of the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar. According to the solar calendar, it is estimated to be October.) The weather is starting to cool down, and the march is not so hot.

Along the way, many exiles joined Liu Xia's team, and Liu Xia readily agreed that after all, these exiles can become the object of conscription.

Liu Xia is not worried about food, at least not now.

When Liu Xia left Guidefu before, he emptied the grain in Guidefu, and there was not a grain left.

At this time, a personal guard Baiquan said, "Return to the general, now we are in Qi County under the jurisdiction of Guide Prefecture, and there is still a long way to go to Chen Liu."

Liu Xia nodded and said to Chen Liu, "Now the speed of our march is too slow. I don't know when it will be when we arrive in Henan Province."

Chen Liu nodded with deep consent. He saw him swinging his feather fan and said to Liu Xiagong, "General, we can let some people protect the people, and then the army can ride a horse to Henan Province first."

Liu Xia said happily, "Well, this is a good idea, but who is to protect the people and how many people are allowed to go? Now we don't know the specific situation of Henan Prefecture. We only know that there are not many guards in the generation of Fenshui, Yanshi, Dengfeng and Gong County, but we don't know who the generals are or what their strategies are!"

Chen Liu pondered for a moment, and then said, "The general can send a vanguard army to Henan Prefecture first. If he can capture the city, he will take the lead. If not, he can search for information everywhere."

Liu Xia said in a low voice, "That can only make the Hu Bentuan go. Now only the Hutuan is suitable for being a vanguard."

"Come on, go and call Liu Dazhuang, the head of the Hu Ben Regiment."

"Yes" a personal guard immediately took the order and left.

After a moment, Liu Dazhuang ran over on a war horse and said to Liu Xia, "I don't know what the general is looking for?"

Liu Xia said, "I have a task for you. This task is extraordinary and can't be careless."

Liu Dazhuang said, "Please only ask the general to order that the last general will definitely go through fire and water and complete the task satisfactorily."

Liu Xia nodded and said, "You lead all the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment to the water, Yanshi, and the area of Gong County first. If you can attack, take down the city. If not, you can pass on the information there. This task is very difficult. It is the enemy's territory. Everything is unknown to us. There may be ambush in many places. You should be careful.

Liu Xia said coldly, "The general, don't worry, the last general will definitely take down these three places. Jing waits for the general to lead the people to come. At that time, the general only needs to settle in the three cities."

Liu Xia said happily, "Well, you go and be careful."

"Yes, I will leave at the end."

After saying that, Liu Dazhuang rode away and went to the Hu Bentuan's camp.

"Brothers! Look what that is! Yes, that's a flag, that's a tiger flag! That's our honor, the honor of those heroic soldiers in exchange for blood! I know that many of these soldiers are from the new barracks, and some of them have not even fought or even killed anyone, but I tell you that you don't have to be afraid. Others say that you are new recruits and don't know anything. But which veteran did not come from the recruit, and which veteran did not fight desperately on the battlefield! Do you want to be a respected veteran and get rid of the title of a new soldier?

"Think!" Those recruits shouted loudly.

"I didn't hear it!"

"I want to!!" The recruits shouted loudly again.

Liu Dazhuang nodded with satisfaction and said, "The general trusts our Hu Ben camp. Now he has given us a task to go to Henan Province first to be the vanguard of the army. I don't know how many enemies are waiting for us in front of us. Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!!!" This time, all the soldiers shouted in unison.

Liu Dazhuang was very satisfied with the soldiers' answer, and his morale was high.

"Go on the order, make a fire to make food first, prepare your bags, and ride away immediately!"

"Yes"

Today, there are 4,000 war horses in Liu Xia's army, of which more than 1,000 people in the Guards are equipped with war horses, and then more than 2,000 people in the Hu Ben Camp are also war horses, and less than 1,000 war horses are divided into the Lion Camp and the Wolf Xiao Camp.

"General, general, secret letter" A personal guard handed a tightly packed letter to Liu Xia.

Liu Xia immediately tore open the envelope and took out a letter from it. This was Yu Mingjun's note.

It says what happened to them in Luoyang City at this time, and the changes in Luoyang City at this time.

Yu Mingjun said that they bribed some local officials, who only thought they were ordinary traders, so they were not on guard. According to Yu Mingjun, they have arranged a plan to welcome the army into the city, just waiting for the army to go. He also said in the letter about the situation in Luoyang City at this time. Now the guards in Luoyang City began to be on guard after knowing the news that we were going. However, due to the shortage of soldiers and horses, not too many people have been sent to Fenshui and other places, but only strictly guard Luoyang City.

Chen Liu smiled and said, "With the words of Yu Mingjun, you will definitely be captured when you take Luoyang City."

On August 24, the Xuanzhi eunuch sent by Nanming had arrived at the Guide Mansion. However, when he entered the Guide Mansion, he found that the death of the Guide Mansion was so quiet. The gate was open, and there was no guard. The hotel teahouse on both sides of the road in the city was closed, and there was no pedestrian on the road.

This made the eunuch feel cold. Could it be that the Qing army came again and the people here fled?

"Come on, you guys, hurry up and find a few people for our family in this city. Let's ask what's going on here?"

The few guards who were assigned said with a bitter face, "How can my father-in-law have half a shadow? Where can I find someone?"

The father-in-law's face turned cold and said, "If you can't find it, don't come back."

Then the praetorian guards no longer dared to say anything and walked to the hotel tea shop around them. The angry guards vented their dissatisfaction with the father-in-law on the door. They kicked the door open fiercely, and then swaggered into the room and shouted, "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?"

"Is there anyone alive?"

No matter how they shouted, no one spoke.

The autumn wind blew and rolled up a pile of fallen leaves.

"Jingle! Dingdang! Jingle!"

A crisp bell rang.

Suddenly, the father-in-law and dozens of praetorian guards were alarmed.

"Who is it!"

A praetorian guard shouted.

For a moment, an old man came out of the corner of a street. The old man was holding a donkey, and the jingle sound came from the bell on the donkey's neck.

"My father-in-law is a living person." A guard said to the father-in-law happily.

The father-in-law frowned and said, "I saw it. Do you still need to say it?"

"Go and call the old man over. My father-in-law wants to ask."

"Yes, the small one will go there." After saying that, the guard walked towards the old man.

The old man looked at the father-in-law and saw that he didn't care about the Han costume, so he continued to walk forward.

"Hey, hey, don't leave the old man. My father-in-law has something to ask you. Come with me. Hurry up."

The praetorian guards shouted harshly.

The old man shrank in fear and hurriedly said, "The little old man has nothing, only this donkey is left. Please don't accept it."

The guard looked at the old man with disgust and said, "Who wants your broken donkey? My father-in-law wants to ask you a few words. Hurry up. If the answer is good, there will be a reward!"