Xiao Qide had already known from other channels and Master Tianxin's letter that Yang Zhi had done a lot for the resentful army, raising military rations and cotton clothes, although in addition to the King of Jin and Tianxiong Temple, few merchants had come to negotiate with the merchant group, but Yang Zhi had already relied on his own strength to obtain 3,000 cattle and sheep and some winter grain and cotton clothes for the resentful army. Xiao Qide just thought that Yang Zhi wanted to settle down in Liaoguo at first, so he spared no effort, but after listening to Yang Zhi's words on the spot, he understood that the significance of the resentful army was huge, no wonder Emperor Tianzuo and Yeluchun were unwilling to give up on the resentful army.

As a nobleman of the Liao State, Xiao Qide naturally knew which was more important; Yeluli patted the table and said, "Second brother, if only you had thought like this earlier." ”

Yang Zhi thanked him: "The lower officials want to personally pick people on the spot, if there are people who are unwilling to complain about the army, I hope the two bosses will help persuade them." ”

"Whoever doesn't go, Lao Tzu will cut off his head. Yelu's appearance reminded Yang Zhi of Shi Nai'an's Li Kui, and hurriedly stopped him and said: "Boss Yelu, please calm your anger, this kind of thing is mainly voluntary, some people have worries to convince, and some people don't have to be reluctant if they are really afraid of death." ”

Zhang Nu and the others nodded, Yang Zhi said a wise saying, but many people can't do this; Yang Zhi, accompanied by the steward, went around the crowd, and among the more than 1,000 people who were ready to find trouble, there were deserters, slaves, civilians, and some people who were born as horse thieves at first glance. Yang Zhi understood why Shangjing allowed such a place to exist, if it was time to pull people into the army, more than 1,000 people would be directly incorporated into the army.

Yang Zhi finally selected fifty people from the escort team, and only valued two people for his own business, one was named Luo Lu, a Khitan, born in a businessman, and later went bankrupt, so he could be a treasurer, and the other was named Liu Kui, a Han man, who was good at arithmetic and could be a bookkeeper. Some of them were slaves, but Sha Jing came forward on behalf of Master Tianxin, and there were two big bosses in Yelu Li who opened their mouths as guarantees, and they all agreed that Yang Zhi would take people away with an IOU.

Master Tianxin came forward to ask for a hundred elite soldiers of the Han nationality, plus fifty people from Tianxiong Temple to form a two-hundred-person escort team, which was commanded by Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi learned that Zhang Nu could go to Zhongjing with him, and directly appointed Zhang Nu as a centurion, and selected Geng Shan Ji from among the eight personal soldiers left by Yelu Dashi, and Xue Libao was his own personal soldier, Luo Lu was in charge of his own business, and Liu Kui, Li Dayan and Ji Hong were associates.

Yang Zhi dismantled the army after Master Tianxin's consent, Yang Zhi dismantled the army after Master Tianxin's consent, and the centurion Yuan Huang, who was transferred, took a hundred people to escort supplies with Buddha Nanda, Yang Zhi, Zhang Nu, and Sha Jing rushed to Xianzhou first, and met with Yelu Neithorn to discuss matters in the army. Master Tianxin understood that he was the Buddha sitting in the temple, and Yelu Nei Thorn and Yang Zhi were the monks who made incense, so they naturally agreed.

Xianzhou is the front line of the Liao army now, Yang Zhi and other hundred horsemen carried enough food, all the way to the dust, passed the Dading Mansion without entering, and directly arrived at the camp of the Xianzhou resentful army, which made the deputy capital commander Yelu Nei stab breathe a sigh of relief. Now that he has been defeated in successive battles with the Jin army, Xianzhou is already unstable, and Xianzhou Jiedu has left an army of less than 2,000 people under Yelu Marge, and 600 households in two states and three counties under its jurisdiction, all of which are full of complaints, and the situation of the resentful army is embarrassing, and they can neither raise food and salary, nor can they decide what to do next.

Zhongjing sent people to send food, at first Yelu Nei Thorn thought that Ye Lu Chun's conscience had discovered, but after listening to Ye Lu Ma Ge, he knew that Yang Zhi sold the Tiger Wing Bow to Ye Lu Chun in exchange, so when he heard that Yang Zhi had arrived, Ye Lu Nei Thorn personally took five commanders to meet him outside the tent. Yelu Nei Thorn was slender and sturdy, and a man who was almost fifty years old still stood as straight as a gun, and after Yang Zhi finished saluting, he laughed and said: "Yang Zhi has come from the Central Plains, and he will definitely be able to help us regain our military prestige." ”

After all, Yelu Nei Thorn is a Khitan with an upright personality, what to say, a sentence is not only to remind Yang Zhi of the identity of the Song people, but also to indicate that the power of the army will not be conceded. Yang Zhi smiled humbly and said: "The lower official is in charge of the merchant group, and he will not embarrass the adults, as for the battle before the battle, it will all be commanded by the adults." ”

Yelu Nei stabbed him comfortably, and introduced Yang Zhi to the three commanders behind him, Nu Yeren, Xiao Baigao, and Tie Ying, all of whom were good generals with tigers and bears, and they were also old men who complained about the army, and they were the commanders when they raised the resentful army from the Liao State. Yang Zhi inquired about the situation of the three people, Nu Yeren was the Jurchens, but their group was slaughtered by Wanyan Agu because of their opposition to the establishment of the Jurchen state, and the people who did not die became slaves, so Nu Yeren defected to the Liao State with all his heart; Xiao Baigao was a Khitan from Liaozhou, and Tie Ying was a Xi from Bohai, both of whom were local magnates.

Yang Zhi saluted one by one, and the three of Nu Yeren did not have much affection for Yang Zhi's arrival, but they were still polite on the surface. Yang Zhi has drawn with Master Minglun and Xiao Yixue in a row, which shows that his martial arts are outstanding, and Yang Zhi has brought food, even if it is not much, but it is always a good phenomenon, even Yelu has hope for Yang Zhi, and the three of them still understand this truth.

Yang Zhi walked all the way and saw the situation in Xianzhou, which was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, one was the harassment and looting of Jin soldiers and thieves, and the key was the inaction of the Liao army in Xianzhou, allowing the other party to come and go freely, so the local people did not dare to farm, and most of the rich people fled, who knew that the Jin army did not attack Xianzhou for a year, resulting in the current dilemma of defeat without a fight.

Yang Zhiqian smiled and asked: "Now is the time of the autumn harvest, the army has no idea at all? It is still too late to think of ways in all aspects, if it is really winter, then it will be too late." ”

Tie Ying's face suddenly turned angry: "Yang Zhi, this is something that your business group needs to solve. ”

Yang Zhi smiled and said: "The Liao army generally prepares its own grain and grass for a month, and now that Zhongjing has begun to allocate grain, if you don't fight, how can the merchant group run?"

Nu Yeren smiled bitterly: "Yang Tong, everyone eats in a pot, I won't tell you, the resentful army has been defeated repeatedly for more than a year, the army's morale is fluctuating, and morale is low. ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "But we can take turns to go to Xing'an Mountains and Yanshan to hunt, and Tianxiong Temple will arrange a batch of salt to come, and the prey can be pickled and eaten in winter." In addition, can you transfer some soldiers to the pasture of Tianxiong Temple, and now raise a thousand pigs to eat in winter, that incident is that Master Tianxin's high disciple Buddha Nanda is coordinating with King Jin. ”