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"I am Nan Jiyun."
The middle-aged man answered loudly.
"Nan Jiyun!"
Ang Lee was shocked. He was very familiar with this name. During the An Lushan Rebellion, there was a general of the Tang dynasty called Nan Jiyun. Was he the man in front of him?
"General Li, I am Nan Jiyun, from Dunqiu, Weizhou. I have made a living in Luzhou for many years and can be considered half a citizen of Luzhou. Please accept me as your subordinate."
Nan Jiyun sincerely requested.
Ang Lee was secretly delighted when he heard Nan Jiyun's strong request to join the army, but he did not show it.
"You have made a living in Luzhou for many years. What do you do for a living?"
"General, I sell wine for a living, but I am not cut out for it. Not only did I not make any money these years, but I also lost a lot of money and am in debt. So, I want to join the army to kill the enemy and fight for a future."
Nan Jiyun looked sincere.
Ang Lee grinned and said, "The reason why I don't accept northerners is that it is difficult for northerners to adapt to the hot climate in the South. They will fall sick and affect their combat effectiveness. But you have made a living in Luzhou for many years and are still strong. It seems that you have adapted to the climate in the South. So, I can accept you."
"Thank you, General. Thank you, General."
Nan Jiyun was overjoyed and thanked Ang Lee repeatedly.
"General, please accept us too. We are from the same hometown as Nan Jiyun and have made a living in Luzhou for many years."
Several of Nan Jiyun's companions begged.
Ang Lee glanced at them casually and pointed at several strong people. He said seriously, "You can stay. The rest of you should leave quickly. I don't accept weak people."
A few thin and weak people glanced at Nan Jiyun, then lowered their heads and left in embarrassment.
"Nan Jiyun, do a good job. I will not treat you badly."
"General, don't worry. I will do my best."
"Haha!"
Ang Lee laughed and patted Nan Jiyun on the shoulder.
"Nan Jiyun, you can't join the army. You still owe me money for wine."
A chubby middle-aged man panted as he ran to the entrance of the military camp with the help of two attendants.
"Third Fatty Tong, I, Nan Jiyun, have already joined the army. Don't bother me anymore. Don't worry, I'll definitely return the money I owe you."
Nan Jiyun did not hide and stepped forward bravely.
"Pay me back? What are you going to pay me back with? Hurry up and help me out at my shop. Pay off the money you owe me."
Third Fatty Tong put his hands on his hips and shouted while panting.
"Third Fatty Tong, wait until I kill the enemy and earn some merit. Naturally, I will have the money to pay you back."
"Kill the enemy and gain merit. The notice has already been posted. If the army doesn't go to war for three months, what merit can you gain? Luzhou has recruited soldiers to suppress the bandits several times, but every time they returned in defeat. I'm letting you work in my shop to save your life."
"Bastard, what are you saying?!"
When Li Kunxiong and the others heard this, they were enraged. This damn fatty had seriously shaken the morale of the army by saying such things in the barracks. uu1;
Ang Lee looked at Nan Jiyun and asked, "Nan Jiyun, how much money do you owe him for him to muster so many people to come to the barracks to find you?"
"Fifty strings of coins! A whole fifty strings of coins!"
When Third Fatty Tong heard Ang Lee's question, he rushed to answer.
Ang Lee smiled and looked at a Dragonmartial Lieutenant beside him. He asked loudly, "What crime is it to shake the morale of the army in front of the barracks?"
"General, anyone who shakes the morale of the army will be executed immediately."
The Dragonmartial Lieutenant replied loudly.
Ang Lee's smile became even sweeter. He looked at Third Fatty Tong and said, "Third Fatty Tong, did you hear that? Anyone who shakes the morale of the army will be executed immediately."
"Executed immediately!"
Third Fatty Tong was startled. He immediately recalled what he had just said and was so frightened that his legs turned to jelly.
"General, please spare me. This commoner didn't mean it. I didn't mean it."
Third Fatty Tong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.
Ang Lee took a step forward and looked down at him. "I know you didn't mean it, but you shouldn't have said it in front of the barracks. Men, tie him up."
"General, please spare me! General, please spare me! This commoner has elders and children to take care of."
Third Fatty Tong was so frightened that he was about to cry.
"General, are you really going to kill him?"
Nan Jiyun asked nervously.
Ang Lee smiled. "Third Fatty Tong shakes the morale of the army and deserves to be executed. As long as he dies, you won't have to pay back your debt. You should be happy."
"General, Third Fatty Tong isn't a bad person. If he didn't lend me money, I would have starved to death. He just didn't mean it. Please spare his life."
Nan Jiyun knelt down and pleaded for Third Fatty Tong.
Ang Lee gave a signal to the soldiers to bring Third Fatty Tong back.
"Third Fatty Tong, did you hear that? Nan Jiyun is pleading for you. Are you still going to force him to pay back his debt?"
Third Fatty Tong was startled and hurriedly said, "No need, no need. This commoner is willing to take out fifty strings of cash to fund the army."
"Look at how stingy you are. I won't fund you. Go back."
If Ang Lee really accepted the fifty strings of cash, Third Fatty Tong would be so distressed that he wouldn't be able to sleep for a few nights.
"Thank you, General. Thank you."
Third Fatty Tong thanked Ang Lee profusely and quickly left with his two subordinates. He was afraid that Ang Lee would suddenly change his mind.
"Hahaha!"
Looking at Third Fatty Tong, who was twisting his butt and quickly running away from the camp, everyone in the camp burst out laughing.
The work of organizing the army went smoothly. According to Ang Lee's request, his trusted soldiers were given different weapons according to their physique and agility. This was to make use of their strengths.
Of course, the sword-shield soldiers had the highest status in the army. They were all platoon leaders, vice platoon leaders, and were the most basic leaders. They were also the strongest soldiers in a basic army. uu2;
In order to train these new soldiers and ensure that they had sufficient combat ability, Ang Lee took out three hundred soldiers from the Dragon Martial Army to train them. There were sixty teams, and five soldiers from the Dragon Martial Army were added to each team to be their temporary leaders.
Although the Dragon Martial Army's combat ability wasn't to Ang Lee's satisfaction, they were still well-trained. After all, Ang Lee couldn't be the only one in charge of training the soldiers. If he did, there wouldn't be enough time.
"Big Brother, all the teams have been organized. We can bring them to the Gourd Cave for training tomorrow morning."
Li Kunxiong reported softly.
Ang Lee nodded and pointed at the map of the Gourd Cave. "Tomorrow morning, I will personally lead these new soldiers to the Gourd Cave. The Special Forces will be stationed at the West Valley, the Supply Forces will be stationed at the East Valley, and the Combat Forces will be stationed at the Central Valley. It will be better to train them separately."
"Yes, Big Brother. I understand."
Ang Lee sighed. "The new soldiers don't know anything. That's why the Dragon Martial Army soldiers are in charge of training them. Once they grasp the most basic military knowledge, Big Brother will personally train them so that they can fight better."
"That's right. Back in Anbian City, Big Brother personally trained the skiing soldiers and defeated the enemy. However, the weather in the South is hot, so skiing soldiers definitely can't be trained. How does Big Brother plan to train them to be as strong as the skiing soldiers?"
Ang Lee smiled. "The South is hot and humid. If we want to train a strong army, we have to be able to adapt to the climate here. We have to train an agile forest army. Only then will we be able to intimidate the enemy."
"Forest army."
Ang Lee smiled and explained, "To put it simply, we have to train all the soldiers in this army to be able to move nimbly through the forest and launch surprise attacks to deal a huge blow to the enemy."
"Big Brother, I understand now. When we were in Yuzhou, a hundred of our soldiers relied on skis to attack the rebels in the snow. We killed nearly a thousand of them without suffering any losses."
"That's right. This time, the army we train must reach that level. Only then will we be able to take on the responsibility of quelling the rebellion."
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
"General, there's someone called Luo Dahu outside the tent. He's asking to see you."
Ang Lee was slightly surprised. He looked at his subordinates. "Go back and prepare. Tomorrow morning, we'll head to Gourd Cave."
"Luo Dahu, why did you come personally? What's so important?"
Ang Lee went straight to the point when he saw Luo Dahu.
Luo Dahu smiled. "I'm just an errand boy. I'm here to tell General Li that Piluoge has already sent out their troops."
"Oh, they have already sent out their troops. How many of them and where are they now?"
Ang Lee was not too surprised. However, he was still slightly shocked.
Luo Dahu said, "General Li, Piluoge sent out 20 thousand elite soldiers and they have already reached Moon Prefecture. They're less than a hundred miles away from Kun Prefecture. It seems like they want to take over Liangcun before you send out your troops."
"Sending out 20 thousand troops to reach Moon Prefecture? That's pretty fast. Let the Nanzhao Army work slowly. I still need to train my troops. I won't send out troops in the next three months."
Ang Lee clearly expressed his opinion.
"General Li is calmly training your troops here. Aren't you afraid that Piluoge will take over Liangcun?"
As a surviving member of the Five Zhao, Luo Dahu naturally hoped that Ang Lee would send out his troops to take over Liangcun and extinguish Piluoge's ambition to expand their power.
Ang Lee smiled faintly. "I only have six hundred Dragon Warriors under my command. Three thousand new recruits have yet to be trained. Do you think I can defeat the rebels in Liangcun with my current strength?"
Luo Dahu pondered for a moment and did not say anything. He clearly knew that Ang Lee's current strength was too weak. He was not a match for the rebels in Liangcun. Of course, he also felt that even if Ang Lee trained three thousand soldiers, they might not be a match for the rebels in Liangcun, let alone the 20 thousand elites in Nanzhao.
He even began to suspect that the Tang Dynasty was planning to give up on Liangcun and hand it over to Nanzhao. Otherwise, why would they only send Ang Lee and six hundred soldiers to Luzhou to recruit?
"The Tang Dynasty has nearly a million soldiers, but they only sent six hundred soldiers to Luzhou to recruit. Does the Tang Dynasty's emperor not know that there are tens of thousands of rebels in Liangcun?"
Luo Dahu grumbled.
Ang Lee smiled faintly and explained, "The Tang Dynasty's border army has four hundred and ninety thousand soldiers. Together with other troops, it's not a problem to have a million soldiers. However, there are many enemies to deal with. Right now, we don't have any extra soldiers to quell the rebellion. Moreover, I feel that as long as three thousand soldiers are well trained, they will be fully capable of quelling the rebellion in Liangcun."
"I'm afraid that before the three thousand soldiers are trained, Piluoge will have already taken over Liangcun. At that time, will you dare to attack Nanzhao's army?"
Luo Dahu asked unrelentingly.
"You just said that there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Liangcun. Nanzhao has sent 20 thousand elites to Liangcun. The difference in strength is not big. Within three months, Nanzhao will not be able to take over Liangcun."
Ang Lee said confidently.
"General, are you really confident that you can stop Piluoge from taking over Liangcun?"
Ang Lee smiled. "If I don't have the ability, what am I doing here? Training soldiers for fun?"
Luo Dahu's face was serious. "Good. With your words, I am relieved. Goodbye."
"Take care."
"Oh right, General Li. On the way here, I met a large group of bandits. There were about two hundred of them. They were gathered in the forest and were discussing something."
"Two hundred bandits? Where are they?"
"About thirty miles southwest. They are near Gourd Cave."
"Looks like the bandits are going to do something. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gathered so many soldiers. Are they going to attack Gourd Cave?"
Ang Lee was a little worried that the bandits would attack Gourd Cave.
However, he had stationed a hundred Dragon Warriors in the direction of Gourd Cave. Five hundred of the Provincial Governor's subordinates were also there. Furthermore, the thousands of people in the cave were all very strong. Once they picked up their tools, they would be a fighting force. The bandits wouldn't have any chance of winning.
However, just because Luo Dahu had discovered two hundred bandits, it didn't mean that there were only so many of them. If this was just a small group and there were even more bandits, things would become troublesome.
"Luo Dahu, thank you for your reminder. I understand. You can go back."
"Yes, General. Take care."
Luo Dahu bowed and quickly left.
"Reporting, General. Lu Province's people were transporting supplies to Gourd Cave and were ambushed by bandits on the way. A hundred days' worth of supplies were all stolen. Five people died and thirty were injured."
A Dragon Warriors soldier ran over to report the situation.
"What? Bandits actually dared to ambush Lu Province's grain transport team? How bold!"
Ang Lee clenched his fists and cracked his knuckles.
Soon, Li Kunxiong and the others rushed over. They all angrily cursed the bandits and even demanded that they lead their troops to wipe them out.
Ang Lee knew that the bandits would have long since retreated to their dens after obtaining the supplies. If they sent out their troops now, they wouldn't be able to find the bandits. Moreover, the bandits' dens were definitely deep in the mountains. The Dragon Warriors weren't familiar with the terrain and would be at a great disadvantage.
"Soldiers, I know that you're all furious, but this isn't the time to seek justice. What you need to do now is train your troops. Before your troops have a fighting force, you can't wipe out the bandits. Our army can't do anything that we aren't confident in."
Ang Lee loudly comforted his subordinates, telling them not to let their anger get to their heads.
"General Li is right. Before we train our troops, our current strength isn't enough to deter the bandits. We can't act rashly."
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