Chapter 484: Recruitment

The next day, a piece of news spread quickly in Qi.

It is reported that the King of Qi donated countless grains and silver to cooperate with the imperial court to recruit Liangshan bandits, as a sign of sincerity.

On Liangshan, the bandits who learned of the news were immediately excited.

When have those low-level minions ever seen such a scene?

Even the government has to send them wine? !

"Recruit, recruit, what kind of recruitment? Brother, we are still afraid of the court when we are on this mountain?"

"That's right! If you are willing, I am willing to be the vanguard, occupy Jinan Prefecture for you, and play as a King of Qi!"

In the Juyi Hall, discussions were heard one after another.

Not to mention, at this moment, there are more bandit leaders on Liangshan than the 108 leaders in the original book Water Margin!

The reason is very simple.

After Song Jiang became a Liangshan bandit, he not only attracted the Liangshan heroes in the original book to surrender, but also bandit leaders from all over the world came here.

It is no exaggeration to say.

At this moment, the Liangshan Mountain is full of strong bandits who are engaged in uncapitalized business from the Li Tang Dynasty!

Song Jiang looked coldly at the bandit leaders who shouted that they were unwilling to surrender, and said nothing.

Because he, the leader, did not need to speak, and his confidants spoke for him.

"Hmph, brother, this move is for our future, you don't talk nonsense!"

The one who said this was none other than Wu Song, who called himself a walker on the mountain and killed tigers!

Compared with the original book.

Wu Song in this world also had the deeds of killing tigers, but his fate was different.

Without the incident of Pan Jinlian, Wu Da was still selling pancakes in Qinghe County.

But Wu Song was a person who could not sit still. After the chaos in Shandong, he met Lu Zhishen and Song Jiang, the big brother on the road, and joined Liangshan in a daze.

However, Song Jiang treated Wu Song very well, and even told Wu Song that he was a hidden man of the court.

You know, Li Tang is not comparable to the Song Dynasty.

Most of the heroes in the original book suffered because of their official duties, so they naturally did not want to surrender.

But in this world, surrender is the best way out.

Although the Liangshan bandits are powerful now, they have no solid foundation.

Once the army approaches, the people of Liangshan will probably be unable to resist and will collapse without fighting!

All this is the result of Song Jiang's careful planning.

As a hidden man of the court, he will naturally not let Liangshan grow to the point where it cannot be dealt with.

At this time, in the Juyi Hall, just like the situation when Liangshan surrendered in the original book, it was divided into two factions and argued endlessly.

What is ridiculous is that

Most of those who are willing to surrender are those who have gone up the mountain for some reason and have an upright temperament. Most of them have been won over by Song Jiang.

And those who are unwilling to surrender are those evildoers who burn, kill, rob and do all kinds of evil in various places, including Sun Erniang and Zhang Qing, the bastards who use living people as steamed buns.

These people were worried that if they surrendered, the court would investigate their past crimes.

Therefore, they would rather continue to hold the banner of Liangshan and go unpunished.

Just as the two factions were arguing, Song Jiang finally spoke:

"Brothers, please be patient. If there are brothers who do not want to surrender, I will definitely arrange a good place for everyone."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the leaders who did not want to surrender changed slightly.

They understood that this was Song Jiang's attitude, and he himself was also a surrender faction.

"Brothers, you can go to Liangshan Lake!"

In order to stabilize the emotions of the crowd, Song Jiang continued: "There is a place in the middle of the lake, and there are thousands of miles of water around it, which can be used as a place for brothers who do not want to surrender."

Hearing Song Jiang's words, the leaders who did not want to surrender were overjoyed.

According to Song Jiang.

The Liangshan Lake is enough to feed 30,000 to 40,000 people, and the lake is a natural barrier, so the court can do nothing about it.

But is Song Jiang really so kind?

Of course it was fake, it was just Song Jiang's expedient measure.

He only knew that if these guys really went to Liangshan, they would probably die before reaching their destination!

In this regard, Song Jiang would only watch coldly and applaud.

Because as an official appointed by the court, he would naturally not let these villains continue to cause trouble to the world.

However, one wave just subsided, another wave rose.

Since the two factions parted ways, the Liangshan bandits began to make trouble for separation in the past few days.

In order to fight for some property, they were quite unhappy.

In the end, Song Jiang came forward again, taking the overall situation as the priority, saying that they were going to surrender, and the things would be left to the brothers who did not want to surrender.

So, the surrender faction headed by Song Jiang took nothing, only about 45,000 soldiers.

The remaining more than 10,000 people continued to stay in the mountains to enjoy themselves.

"Huh!"

Song Jiang felt relieved at this moment and took a deep breath.

He knew that he was entrusted by General Lin to join the grass.

I thought I couldn't do such a thing, but I unexpectedly had an unexpected accomplishment in the way of bandits.

At the same time, Lin Chen also got the list of Liangshan bandit leaders who followed Song Jiang to recruit.

The list clearly listed the names of Song Jiang, Pei Xuan, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others, as well as a group of heroes in the original book such as Lin Chong, Shi Jin, Hao Siwen and others.

Speaking of Hao Siwen, although he was not well-known in the original book and was in the position of Disha, he was born in a family of military generals and studied military strategies since childhood.

According to his mother, when Hao Siwen was born, the stars in the west were bright, and the omen was extraordinary.

So Hao Siwen called himself Jing Mu'an, obviously with the wish to glorify his ancestors and rebuild his family.

But the original book had a bad fate and died in the southern expedition against Fang La.

But in Lin Chen's view.

Among the Liangshan bandit leaders, only Hao Siwen, Lin Chong, and Lu Zhishen, who were born as military generals, were worth using.

After all, one of his intentions in recruiting Liangshan bandits was to train them well and then march south to fight against the rebels of King Wu.

In this way, after everything was done, Lin Chen held a grand ceremony to recruit Liangshan bandits.

This move was not only intended to show the majesty of the court, but also to let King Qi witness his achievements with his own eyes.

After all, he had to show the victim that he, Lin Chen, had taken the money and food, not without doing anything.

Indeed.

Although Chai Rong felt sorry for the money and food he had taken out, he was relieved to see that the Liangshan bandits accepted the court's recruitment.

With his ability and the richness of Qi, these losses could be earned back in a few years.

Military camp training ground.

Lin Chen stood tall on the high platform, scanning the Liangshan bandits who seemed a little uneasy in front of him.

In order to demonstrate the magnanimity and generosity of the court, this move of recruiting was grand and spectacular.

He cleared his throat and announced loudly:

"This time! Thanks to the emperor's grace, the court will forgive you for the past.

From now on, you will be incorporated into the two guards of Huaiyang and become the regular army of the court.

If someone is unwilling to join the army, you can receive a generous reward and return home, but remember not to cause any more trouble.

Otherwise, you will be severely punished!"

However, surprisingly, no one in the parade ground was willing to receive the reward and return home.

Obviously, these bandits are used to doing business without capital, so how can they be willing to go back to be farmers?

For them, staying in the army and receiving military pay is undoubtedly a wiser choice.

After all, being a soldier not only has a stable income, but also has the possibility of making achievements and glorifying the family.

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