A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 117 Leading Troops for the First Time

(Miao Dao, the blade is as thin and long as a seedling. Also known as Qijia Dao)

After publicly beheading the generals who had fled and embezzled military pay, Xiong Tingbi looked at the soldiers and civilians below and bowed: "Soldiers and civilians of Liaoyang City, I, Xiong Tingbi, am late!"

Some people in the crowd who had met Xiong Tingbi 10 years ago could not help but kneel down and shout, "Master Xiong!"

"Mr. Bear, please save us!"

Xiong Tingbi stood up and looked at the people below, feeling even more guilty: "Please rest assured, as long as I, Xiong Tingbi, am here, I will never let the Jiannu capture the city and kill my people. Come on, set up an altar, I want to commemorate the dead soldiers and civilians!"

An altar was soon set up below, and Xiong Tingbi personally led the civil and military officials to mourn all the soldiers and civilians who died.

This series of actions quickly stabilized the people of Liaoyang and made all the soldiers, civilians and people more favorable towards Xiong Tingbi.

Of course, during this period Lu Cheng also accelerated the gathering of defeated soldiers and deserters.

After those deserting and corrupt generals were beheaded, the soldiers under their command lost their superiors and support, so it was naturally easy to gather them together.

After stabilizing Liaoyang City, Xiong Tingbi immediately led his men to the front line in Shenyang to prepare for defense arrangements to deal with enemy forces that might appear at any time.

After arriving in Shenyang, Xiong Tingbi immediately ordered an inventory of the government treasury to find out the reserves of various types of materials.

When he learned that the entire Shenyang city only had more than 1,000 kilograms of gunpowder to defend against the enemy, Xiong Tingbi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, after the Later Jin captured Kaiyuan and Tieling, they did not attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, but instead attacked Beiguan where the Yehe tribe was located. This also made Xiong Jinglue feel relieved.

Then, Xiong Jinglue walked to the map, looked at the location of Beiguan, and said, "Captain Lu, the Later Jin army is now advancing to Beiguan, and we can't just sit back and watch. I plan to send three generals, Li Ruzhen, Li Guangrong, and He Shixian, to Beiguan to bluff and make the Later Jin army dare not attack Yehe with all their strength. What do you think?"

Lu Cheng shook his head and said, "Sir, this arrangement may not be appropriate. When the Later Jin army attacked Tieling, Generals Li Ruzhen and Li Guangrong did not send any soldiers to help Tieling. Only General He Shixian sent troops to Tieling.

Now if we let them take the initiative to attack, General He may have no problem. But the two Generals Li may flee before they even come into contact with the enemy. By then, not only will it not work as a bluff, but it will also let the Later Jin army see our weakness. "

"You do have a point, but now the troops in Shenyang all obey the Li family. If we don't let them go, He Shixian's troops alone will probably be useless and may even be defeated by the enemy."

There was no way around it. Li Chengliang's family had been operating in Liaodong for many years. Many of the military generals throughout Liaodong were old members of the Li family, and no one else could command their troops.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiong Tingbi made a decision: "We should still send the three of them. If Li Ruzhen is really afraid of the enemy and refuses to move forward, we can take this opportunity to eliminate him and eliminate the influence of the Li family on the Liaodong soldiers. Only then can we control the situation in Liaodong."

After making the decision, Xiong Tingbi looked at Lu Cheng again: "Captain Lu, how many troops do you have now?"

"My Lord, all the soldiers combined only have about 450 people. These soldiers are deserters and defeated soldiers. They were previously under different affiliations and have not been reorganized. They have not yet formed combat effectiveness. If we really take them out, I'm afraid they will collapse at the first blow."

Hearing this, Xiong Tingbi could not help but sigh: "What we need most now is time. But the Later Jin army will not give us time."

Shaking his head, Xiong Tingbi continued to look at the map.

Lu Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, if you give me part of the escort team you brought from Kyoto and equip them with war horses, I can go and harass the enemy and eliminate some of the scouts of the Later Jin army, so that they will not be able to find out our situation in a short time."

Xiong Tingbi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "That's a good idea, but it's too dangerous. You..."

"Sir, since I have already returned to Liaodong, I am not afraid of danger."

"Okay! I will send you a hundred men, give you all the horses and bows and arrows, and ask Li Ruzhen for some war horses so that each of you can have a horse."

"Thank you, sir!"

"Pei Hu, take Captain Lu to pick the soldiers!"

"Yes!"

Lu Cheng arrived at the camp where the guard was stationed, and the leader of the guard immediately gathered all the troops.

On the way to Liaodong, whenever they stopped to rest, Lu Cheng would compete with the officers of all levels of the escort team. Many times he would ask several, a dozen or even more people to fight together.

Through all the competitions along the way, Lu Cheng used his own fighting skills to establish a certain prestige among these guards from the Beijing camp.

In his spare time, Lu Cheng would also tell them stories of heroes, such as Huo Qubing, the champion marquis who conquered the Wolf's Lair, Xuan Ce, the Tang Dynasty king who destroyed an entire country alone, Yue Fei, who was loyal to his country, and so on.

These soldiers all like to listen to stories like this.

Sometimes, Lu Cheng would also give some pointers on martial arts to the soldiers.

The strong have always been respected in the army.

After getting along like this, these guards all had a good impression and respect for Lu Cheng.

Facing the hundreds of guards below, Lu Cheng began his first speech in this world: "Brothers, I came here today to lead everyone to make a fortune. Is there anyone willing to join me?"

The people below were all stunned. A general who was familiar with Lu Cheng asked, "Captain Lu, what is this opportunity to make a fortune? Tell us about it first."

"I think everyone has heard about the battle situation in the front recently. Jiannu is now attacking the North Gate. We are not far from the North Gate. Jiannu sent a large number of scouts in groups of three or five to come to our side to gather information.

I heard that the Houjin scouts are very fat, and they often go to rob the people outside the pass. I don't know how much treasure they have hidden on them. For such fat sheep, is there anyone who wants to kill a few of them?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. A small flag officer asked, "Sir, those Jiannu are very fierce. I heard that one of them can beat 10 of us. If we get outside the city, won't it be very dangerous?"

Lu Cheng laughed: "What do you mean one man beats ten? That's all bullshit. I came back alive from Sarhu, what kind of Tartars have I not seen? Those Tartars of the Later Jin Dynasty are the same as us, with two arms and a head. If you chop them off with a knife, their heads will fall to the ground. I chopped from morning to night, and if I hadn't fainted from exhaustion at the end, I don't know how many I would have killed.

If we encounter a dozen Jiannu scouts, you don't have to do anything, I can take care of them all by myself. If we encounter a large group of people, we can also avoid them and only attack those who are small and alone.

Originally, the governor asked me to come here and select 100 people, but I think that's still too many. I don't know if there are scouts outside, and they are scattered everywhere, so we may not be able to find them all. If too many people go, there won't be enough heads for us to share.

Therefore, I will only select some people who can ride horses and shoot arrows to follow me to capture scouts. The number of people should not be too many, 10 or 20 is not too few for me, and those who meet the requirements and are willing to come with me, please step forward.

I can assure you that every time we capture a scout, we will divide his property in half. As for weapons, armor, and horses, we will also share the money after selling them. If anyone is able to kill a scout, in addition to the money we share in half, I will reward him with an extra five taels of silver.

Such a good deal, is there anyone willing to do it with me?"

As soon as Lu Cheng finished speaking, the guards below were all excited.

If they were only going to capture a few scouts, and not to confront a large group of Jiannu, it didn't seem dangerous. Moreover, if they captured a scout, the horse alone would be worth a lot of silver.

Seeing that everyone was already somewhat interested, Lu Cheng laughed again: "Those who want to sign up should hurry up, otherwise you will miss the chance. As for those who don't want to go, don't force yourself. However, when we come back with gold and silver, you should not be envious. Is there anyone? The first five people who sign up will each receive one or two taels of silver, which will be distributed on the spot!"

As he said that, Lu Cheng directly took out five pieces of silver.

At this moment, twenty or thirty people immediately stood up and said, "I'll sign up! I'll go first!"

"I'll come first!"

At present, Lu Cheng's appeal is not enough to make these soldiers fight for him directly, so he can only use benefits to drive them first, and then lead them to win a few small victories and let them gain benefits. Later, he will change the method and gradually build a sense of belonging...

Seeing that everyone was very anxious, Lu Cheng directly pointed out the first five people and gave each of them one or two taels of silver on the spot.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng selected some soldiers who could ride horses and shoot arrows, totaling less than fifty soldiers.

Although Xiong Tingbi gave him a hundred soldiers, the more soldiers the better is not necessarily true.

Among these more than 40 soldiers, many are small flags, and there are two general flags.

Lu Cheng often practiced with them, so he naturally knew their details. He directly divided these people into four small flags, each with eleven or twelve people, and selected four with the highest martial arts or the best archery skills to serve as temporary small flags.

Then they selected the strongest war horse, one man and one horse, and each of them was equipped with a sword and bow and arrow, and they assembled together.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng called Ding Xiu and Ding Xian again: "Ding Xiu, this time you will come with me out of the city to kill the enemy. Ding Xian stays."

Ding Xian wanted to say something else, but Lu Cheng gave the order directly: "Follow orders. You are not left with nothing to do. The defeated soldiers we left behind are still in a mess. You should first train them according to the method I taught you before. No matter how effective the training is, you cannot let them stop. If the food is insufficient, go find Pei Hu."

"Yes!" Ding Xian had no choice but to agree.