I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 149 Zhao Xiao's Rebellion

The volunteer army in Zhending County did not station in the military camp next to the county seat, but in the nearest village near the Taihang Mountains.

According to Zhao Jun, although the rebel army is also an army, it is not a regular army after all. Most of the sergeants are villagers. In addition to organizing spontaneously to fight bandits, they also have to take care of their parents, wives and children at home, farming and living, and cannot be stationed in a unified manner In the military camp next to the county seat, he could only live in the countryside and be there whenever he was called.

Especially in the current situation, Zhending County can't provide enough food and pay for the rebels at all. Without food and pay, let alone worrying about the fathers, wives and children at home, the life of the rebel soldiers has become a problem, so how can they gather in the county? Unified drills in the barracks.

This is a real existential question that cannot be ignored.

However, as Changshan Wang Liu Hao agreed to contribute to buying food, fodder and ordnance for the rebel army, the difficulty was temporarily resolved.

Solving the problem of food and clothing, the rebel army can free up time to patrol the countryside while practicing, and fight against the bandits in the Taihang Mountains.

Zhao Jun summoned the rebels and asked them to gather in the township school field to meet Liu Jian, Liu Hao, Sun Jin and others.

As Zhao Jun said, the equipment of the soldiers of the rebel army is really simple, most of them are not armored, they have all kinds of weapons, and some even use wooden spears, but thanks to the bandits on Chu Yan's side Most of the armaments are not complete, and the equipment of both sides is almost the same, and no one is better than the other.

Liu Hao and Sun Jin couldn't understand anything, they just kept nodding their heads to express their satisfaction. At the same time, they didn't forget to praise Zhending County Magistrate and Zhao Jun for their contributions, and encouraged them to make persistent efforts.

But Liu Jian was very disappointed.

The state and morale of these rebels are not as strong as imagined.

Those soldiers were physically strong, but it may be because Liu Jian participated in the two major battles of Mobei and Yellow Turban in a row, and he was used to the bravery and bravery of the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army and the soldiers of Sanhe, so the rebel army composed of these villagers, It made Liu Jian feel that there was nothing to see.

Zhao Jun then practiced the rebel army in front of the crowd. Although the effect was not as powerful as Liu Jian's training with the soldiers of the Yueqi camp when he was in Luoyang, it was still quite satisfactory and barely usable.

But for some reason, Liu Jian felt a little awkward looking at this rebel army.

But he couldn't tell where it was awkward.

Ask Cheng Pu who came with him, Cheng Pu also has the same feeling as Liu Jian, but he didn't get what he wanted.

After the drill, Liu Jian told Zhao Jun: "The soldiers of the rebel army spontaneously resisted the bandits. The county government did not pay the soldiers. Naturally, there are many things waiting for them to deal with at home. Let them disperse. After all, survival is not easy."

Zhao Jun cupped his hands and said, "On behalf of all the soldiers, thank you Fang Bo for your kindness!"

Afterwards, Zhao Jun immediately ordered that the rebel soldiers disband.

The soldiers of the rebel army thanked each other and then dispersed.

But until this time, Liu Jian finally understood why he felt that this rebel army made him feel awkward.

Whether these soldiers gathered for training just now, or dispersed at this time, there seemed to be a sense of distance between them.

According to common sense, these rebels are all the villagers of Zhending's subordinates, who spontaneously form the rebels who admire Zhao Jun's name. There should be a lot of people who know each other among the rebels in the village.

Just now it was enough to reorganize the team for practice, and now the team is disbanded, it should be formed into groups of three or three, and they will gather and leave every five or five...

But when these people in front of them were disbanded, although there were some people who talked to each other, there were not many people who talked to each other. Even if there were people who talked to each other, it seemed that they were not familiar with each other.

Is this the legendary group of rebels in the countryside?

Liu Jian silently watched the soldiers disperse, his face unconsciously covered with a layer of frost.

"Fang Bo!"

The county magistrate of Zhending came behind Liu Jian and said, "It's getting late. If you go back to live in the county, you still have to walk. Don't live in the village today. The Zhao family is a big family in the village. The house is not small, so you can live in it." , It will not be too late to return to the county tomorrow."

Liu Jian said lightly: "I don't care, you can ask the king for his advice."

"only!"

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That night, a group of people temporarily lived in Zhao's house.

Zhao's family is a big family in the village, their family is fairly well-to-do, the house is not small, and there are many houses, Zhao Jun asked the family to slaughter a sheep, and took out the wine hidden in the cellar, and arranged for a group of nobles.

These days, there are not too many people in the village who can stay here at the same time as state herds, princes and kings.

It is by no means an exaggeration to describe it as flamboyant.

But when everyone was having a banquet in the courtyard, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the courtyard, followed by unscrupulous laughter and cursing.

Immediately afterwards, the door opened, and a group of teenagers with bows on their backs, dogs on their hands, and pheasants and wild deer in their hands were walking into the house while telling jokes.

They spoke without any scruples, their voices were extremely high, and there were some swear words mixed in between their words, which made people uncomfortable to listen to.

Especially Sun Jin and the county magistrate of Zhending, both of whom were well-read poets and books, couldn't help but frowned at the moment, as if they were rather disappointed.

"Hmm! Cough, cough!"

The magistrate of Zhending coughed deliberately, and then gestured to Zhao Jun with his eyes.

Zhao Jun understood what the county magistrate meant, got up quickly, strode to the front of the yard, and said to the laughing and cursing teenagers, "Don't make any noise, don't you see that there are distinguished guests in my house today!"

Those laughing teenagers all turned their heads to look at Zhao Jun, they were polite, and then silenced.

Come to think of it, these are the "idlers" that Zhao Jun and the county magistrate talked about.

But I saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy push away the crowd and walk in front of Zhao Jun, saying: "Brother, your people are distinguished guests, so mine are not considered guests?"

The young man's appearance and figure were almost the same as Zhao Jun's, both had the appearance of a warrior and hero, but he hadn't grown up yet, and was still a condensed version of a hero.

However, among his peers, his figure is considered extremely strong. Although his appearance is immature, it has sharp edges and corners, quite heroic, and his whole body shows the heroic spirit of a Yanzhao man!
Facing the young man's questioning, Zhao Jun's face was a bit ugly: "I never said that!"

The young man said: "Since we are all guests, brother doesn't ask for courtesy, why does he reprimand him as soon as he comes up? Is this the elder brother's way of hospitality?"

Zhao Jun's face turned red when his younger brother said it, but Liu Jian, Liu Hao and others were present, so it was inconvenient to have an attack.

"Second brother! Those who came today are all big shots in the prefecture and county! You don't want to make trouble!"

Beside Zhao Yun, a young man tugged at his sleeve, then winked at Zhao Yun, and said, "Yun, you have guests at home today, so we won't stay any longer, see you at the old place tomorrow!"

After finishing speaking, the young man cupped his hands at Zhao Jun: "Brother Zhao, these mountain and wild things are a little bit of my heart, brother, please accept it, Yun is still young, please don't be as knowledgeable as him!"

Zhao Jun said with a stern face: "Teach him to learn well on weekdays, I won't be as knowledgeable as him! Take the things away and go back to honor your parents. I don't lack anything!"

Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows: "Brother, this is a present for you!"

Zhao Jun said: "I said no, let them take it back to honor their parents!"

Behind Zhao Yun, the young man said: "Whether you accept it or not is my business. Whether I will send it or not is my business. If I send it today, there is no reason to take it back. If the elder brother dislikes it, order someone to give it back." Just throw it out!"

After finishing speaking, he said to Zhao Yun, "Yun, let's go!"

After all, all the young men turned around and left the Zhao family's house.

It's just that a bunch of prey was placed in front of the courtyard, and the laughter and teasing of the teenagers could be faintly heard outside the courtyard, and the sounds were quite unrestrained.

In the courtyard, only brothers Zhao Yun and Zhao Jun were left looking at each other.

Zhao Yun was not angry, he just pointed to the prey on the ground and asked his brother, "Do you want it? If you don't want it, I'll throw it out."

Zhao Jun didn't care about those prey anymore, he grabbed Zhao Yun, pulled him in front of all the nobles, and said with a smile: "My brother is young and naughty, he lost his manners, please don't blame me!"

After finishing speaking, he patted Zhao Yun's back and said, "I'll see you all soon!"

Zhao Yun glanced at Zhao Jun lightly, sighed lightly, and cupped his hands, as if a little carelessly:
"Meet the nobleman!"

"This is our Fang Bo of Jizhou!"

"Meet Fang Bo."

"This is King Changshan!"

"I've seen King Changshan."

"This is the Prime Minister."

"Meet Xiangjun."

"This is the county official! You have seen it before."

Zhao Yun was silent.

When I was young, Zhao Yun turned to look at Zhao Jun: "Brother, I'm done asking, I'm going back to rest."

Zhao Jun's complexion suddenly changed, and she said angrily: "There are distinguished guests here, and you are not here to accompany them, so what's the point of going back to the room at this time?"

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "My guest, has elder brother entertained you before?"

Zhao Jun was speechless angrily, yet unable to refute.

The young Zhao Yun bowed his hands to all the nobles present, and strode away.

Zhao Jun was stunned for a long time, then apologized helplessly to everyone: "My younger brother is young and energetic, and is extremely stubborn. It's my fault as an elder brother. Please don't blame me, gentlemen."

Liu Hao ate and drank quite happily today, and he waved his hands carelessly: "Forget it, young minds are nothing to worry about! Among the people present, who has never been young? Who didn't do a few ridiculous things when they were young? Who didn't?" Not a hero anymore?"

Speaking of this, Liu Hao hastily added another sentence: "Except for Deran, he is not old, he is still very young! Hahahaha!"

When everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter, and the embarrassing atmosphere just now was swept away.

Chang Shan Wang is not good at other skills, but he still has the ability to ease the atmosphere at the wine table.

This made Liu Jian think of Jian Yong involuntarily.

It seems that everyone in this world has his strengths, even a waste like Liu Hao has his strengths.

The magistrate of Zhending stroked his beard, and said to Zhao Jun earnestly: "Zigui, your younger brother is aggressive, you need to be disciplined, why are you so disrespectful in front of many nobles? Cheng He Decent!"

Zhao Jun hurriedly said: "What the county lord taught me is that I will definitely discipline him strictly in the future!"

Liu Jian sipped his wine lightly, and while the crowd was talking, he turned his head and ordered Cheng Pu to stand behind him and said in a low voice, "Demou, I have something to do."

"Fang Bo ordered."

"I will be staying at Zhao's house these few days. That Zhao Yun, help me keep an eye on him and see what he does on weekdays, and...notify Xu Mengtong to check something..."

Cheng Pu listened to Liu Jian's whispered instructions, and kept his words firmly in his heart.

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That night, Liu Jian and others lived in Zhao's house. On the second day, he told Liu Hao and Sun Jin that he wanted to survey the terrain of Taihang in the villages around Zhending, and asked Zhao Jun to send two hundred volunteers to accompany him on the survey.

Although Liu Hao wanted to go back sooner, but Liu Jian spoke up, even if he was the King of Changshan, he had to obey.

Therefore, the group could only temporarily stay in the village near Zhending, and continued to eat and live at Zhao's house.

Liu Jian surveyed the terrain near Taihang for two days. Two days later, Cheng Pu, who was in charge of watching Zhao Yun, roughly figured out Zhao Yun's daily route, and then reported to Liu Jian.

On the third day, Liu Jian did not continue to inspect the vicinity of Taihang, but took Cheng Pu and his personal guards out of Zhao's house early in the morning, bluntly saying that he had something important to do.

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After several days of investigation by Li Pu, it was discovered that Zhao Yun went out with his so-called "husbands and dogs" every day to shoot and hunt in the mountains and forests, leaving early and returning late.

Even if a boy of this age is fond of playing, he is not as crazy as Tian Tian. When Liu Jian was the Four Tigers of Zhuo County in Zhuo County, he was not as indifferent as Zhao Yun.

In the morning of this day, Liu Jian and others followed Cheng Pu to a mountain forest near Zhending County, where Zhao Yun and his bad friends hunted. here.

When Cheng Pu met Zhao Yun on the first day, he found that the young man was extremely vigilant and it was extremely difficult to follow him, so he did not follow him into the mountains and forests, but stayed on the small road into the countryside. A group of them chose one who was less vigilant, and followed them to find out where his home was.

But the next day, Cheng Pu changed his target and followed this person, and roughly figured out where Zhao Yun and the others gathered.

Today, Liu Jian and Cheng Pu brought a group of guards to the gathering place of those teenagers.

After entering the mountain forest, it is not far to walk in, and there is a spacious open space in front of you.

As the open space came into Liu Jian's field of vision, it wasn't a group of prodigal sons leading dogs for hunting or outings.

On the contrary, it was a group of people with serious faces and holding wooden spears and wooden bows!

They shoot arrows in twos and attack in threes and threes. They are honing and practicing their martial arts and coordination.

And the person in charge of commanding them is none other than Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun's ears were very sharp. When he heard the sound, he hurriedly turned his head to look.

But they saw a group of people headed by Liu Jian and Cheng Pu watching them not far away.

"stop!"

Zhao Yun shouted loudly, making all the "dog friends" stop what they were doing.

Then, he jumped off the highest rock and came to Liu Jian with a wooden spear.

"You...why are you here?"

Zhao Yun knew that the person in front of him was Fang Bo of Jizhou, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Little brother of the Zhao family, what are you doing? Playing a private army? You need to know that what you are doing now, in a certain view, is suspected of gathering crowds to perform martial arts."

Liu Jian looked at him with a half-smile: "Do you want to learn from Chu Yan? Do you want to bring someone together?"

"No!" Zhao Yun hastily denied it: "A man and husband, it's a pity that you can't use the three-foot sword to make meritorious deeds. How can you be a thief!"

(End of this chapter)