"Press a notice and recruit troops, our Black Mountain Army will conquer the world. Those who follow this king will pay the silver and food every month and will not owe a half of the money!"

Wu Jie occupied three towns and dozens of villages, with a population of more than 100,000.

Wu Jie selected five thousand young and strong people from these populations and formed the Third Battalion of the Black Mountain Army.

The three thousand elite troops brought by Wu Jie were the first battalion of the Heishan Army.

The eight thousand Jin troops were incorporated into the Second Battalion of the Heishan Army.

As a result, Wu Jie had 16,000 troops and expanded rapidly. Otherwise, it would be difficult to gain a foothold here with just a few thousand people brought by Wu Jie.

"These soldiers lack experience and have limited talent, and are difficult to compare with those of the garrison and the flying army without being the ones."

"The Jin army who surrendered to us may not necessarily surrender sincerely. It is just that due to the situation, they can only fight with the wind and not fight fiercely."

Xie Ai and Wu Jie recruited soldiers and horses. Although the number of soldiers increased from 3,000 to 16,000, the combat effectiveness of the increased soldiers was difficult to compare with the high-level troops like the garrison Ya and Wudang Feijun.

"We are just a little bit old and it's good to have a group of troops to supplement it. If we want to build 100,000 elite soldiers, we will not be able to accomplish anything in two or three years."

Wu Jie recruited such a group of troops just to strengthen his momentum. When he really fought for life and death, he also had to rely on the elites brought by Wu Jie and Wang Ping.

"The great leader, famous generals of the Western Jin Dynasty Gou Xi and Li Yun, led 30,000 Jin troops to return to Gaodu from Changshan!"

He did not accept hundreds of households a night and was responsible for reporting the news to Wu Jie and Wang Ping and other military generals.

Not only did Zhang Hua send 3,000 people to conquer the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain, he also ordered Ye not to inquire about information and assist Wu Jie in conquering the city and territories.

"Gou Xi, this is a famous general who was compared with Bai Qi and Han Xin in the late Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Mi, Shi Le and others, who were once defeated by this person."

As a descendant, Wu Jie also knew famous generals from the Western Jin Dynasty.

Gou Xi can be said to be one of the best generals in the late Western Jin Dynasty. At its peak, Gou Xi defeated various rebels and Hu people in Hebei and Central Plains at that time, which was awesome.

Otherwise, people at that time would not compare him with Bai Qi and Han Xin.

Of course, there is still a big gap between Gou Xi and Bai Qi and Han Xin. After Gou Xi's peak period, he was captured alive by the slave emperor Shi Le because of his pride and complacent.

When a confrontation between famous generals, we cannot only look at personal abilities, but also on the strength of the troops in both sides.

Gou Xi defeated Shi Le, and Shi Le captured Gou Xi alive, but Shi Le was still better at it.

"The reason why Gou Xi is called Bai Qi's rebirth is not only that, but also because Gou Xi's military management and strict punishments were severe. The place he managed was bleeding and the people were unable to bear their lives. He was known as "Tu Bo". Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping. Both were butchers, which is a similarity."

Xie Ai, a famous general who was in the period of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, knew Gou Xi's background.

Gou Xi is the number one general under the command of Sima Yue, the biggest enemy of Wu Jie and Xie Ai.

"In addition to Gou Xi, there is also Li Yun. This person is a beggar and is known to Chen Wu and Tian Xu. I wonder if he can surrender Li Yun with his friendship with Li Yun and Chen Wu?"

Wu Jie was thinking about how to destroy the 30,000 main force of the Jin army who returned to his army.

If the 30,000 Jin troops can be successfully annexed, it will be equivalent to destroying the King of Donghai Sima Yue, and replaced it and becoming one of the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountains.

If defeated by Gou Xi and Li Yun, Wu Jie and Wang Ping's plan to conquer the eighteen princes will fail.

Famous generals who unify the dynasty are likely to know each other.

At the beginning, the Qihuo Army was divided into pieces and each Qihuo General went to various places, and Li Yun really knew Chen Wu.

Xie Ai shook his head: "This plan doesn't work. If Li Yun refuses to surrender, Li Yun knows about Chen Wu's relationship with us, he will find that we are not bandits and will also guess our origins because of this. Therefore, we cannot take risks."

"It seems that Li Yun can only defeat him. In the past, we fought side by side with the Qihuo Army, but this time, the Qihuo Army is our enemy."

Wu Jie was also a little tricky when facing Gou Xi. Although Li Yun was not as capable as Gou Xi, the Quaihuo Army was a subordinate that Gou Xi could not control.

The beggars only subdued those beggars.

Even the new beggars are mostly from the beggars.

"We must completely defeat Sima Yue. The lord will send reinforcements when we see that we have the hope of annexing the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain."

Wu Jie took the lead in attacking Sima Yue, the King of East China, among the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain, because Sima Yue was at most capable of being considered medium among the eighteen princes of Taihang Mountain.

If they could not even settle Sima Yue, then Zhang Hua would not send the main force into the basin of Taihang Mountain to fight.

The taciturn Wang Ping said: "Our troops are enough."

Wu Jie and Xie Ai smiled at each other. They were both famous generals from various dynasties and had confidence in themselves.

Gaoducheng, Gou Xi, and Li Yun led 30,000 Jin troops to join Sima Yue.

Sima Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief when he got 30,000 main troops, and the number of soldiers available in his hand reached 40,000.

He was almost destroyed by thousands of bandits.

Before Gou Xi and Li Yun came back, Sima Yue tossed and turned, unable to rest all night.

Until the main force of the Jin army returned, Sima Yue was full of energy again.

"I want to lead the army to fight in person and completely eliminate this bandit!"

Sima Yue plans to fight in person again.

“…”

Sima Yue's civil and military ministers were once again sure that their lord's ability to use troops was indeed inauspicious. This time Sima Yue planned to lead the army in person, afraid that it would be a waste of his head.

The only forces of Sima Yue were left with Gou Xi, Li Yun brought back 30,000 Jin troops, and 10,000 Jin troops to defend the city.

If these 30,000 Jin troops were defeated again, it would be Sima Yue's turn to escape into the mountains and forests and become a bandit.

"Present to the general and Li Yun to attack the bandits."

Gou Xi, a famous general who was known as Bai Qi of the Western Jin Dynasty, did not want Sima Yue to command randomly, otherwise his reputation would be ruined by his lifetime.

"King Sima Xuan can lead troops to fight, why can't I? No need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind to command the army in person. But you don't have to worry. When the two armies fight, they are all commanded by you."

Sima Yue thought about it and it seemed that he was not the same piece of material, but Sima Yue didn't want Gou Xi to become famous and threaten his position after defeating the bandits. Therefore, Sima Yue insisted on being the commander of the 30,000 Jin army.

"All right."

Gou Xi just needs Sima Yue not to get involved.

Many emperors just commanded randomly and killed many famous generals.

Sima Yue scored twice, and this time he led 30,000 Jin troops to fight, personally serving as the chief general, Gou Xi and Li Yun as deputy general, and Qi Hong led the Wuwan Tuqi as the vanguard and launched a large-scale counterattack.

This battle is related to the life and death of Sima Yue's forces.

...

Around Sima Yue's forces, a prince led an army of 50,000 to his territory, summoned all the generals, and drank and talked happily.

"Sima Yue led 20,000 troops and was defeated by a bandit of thousands of people? Is this true or false?"

“It’s true.”

"Sima Yue is a man with great ambition and talent, and it is not worth worrying about. However, under his command, there are two elite troops of Wuwan Tuqi and Qihuo Army, as well as the famous general Gou Xi, which is somewhat difficult. Gou Xi has led 30,000 Jin troops back to Gaodu City, and it is believed that this group of bandits will be able to pacify Sima Yue soon."

This prince laughed when he heard that Sima Yue was defeated by the bandits.

But he didn't think this group of bandits could really destroy Sima Yue.

Sima Yue himself has poor military ability, but Sima Yue has two or three famous generals under him to help Sima Yue conquer the world. Sima Yue only needs to farm well.

Ordinary bandits would not have defeated the regular army of the Jin Dynasty, not to mention the famous Western Jin generals.

"General, should we take the opportunity to send troops and collect all Sima Yue's territory?"

"No hurry, when Sima Yue suppresses this bandits and is exhausted, we will send troops to seize the land."

"At the end, we will lead a small team of cavalry to check the reality of the situation."

"allow."

...

In Ruzhou County, the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu and the Ming Dynasty loyal minister Yu Qian fell in love with each other and had a happy conversation.

Yu Qian knew Du Mu, but Du Mu didn't know Yu Qian.

In addition to being a minister of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian also wrote many poems, the most famous one is "Lime Song" - he is not afraid of being broken by his bones and keeping his innocence in the world.

Therefore, the two have a lot of topics.

"Tingyi, and Miss Yiying, do you think who I brought?"

Du Mu took the initiative to visit, with a person around him.

When Yu Yiying saw the man, she was overjoyed: "Honey!"

"Shangde has met his father-in-law and wife."

When Zhu Ji, the commander of the Jinyiwei, saw Yu Qian, and Yu Qiying and his daughter, he was also very happy.

"So it's Shangde."

Yu Qian was very satisfied with this son-in-law.

He has heard of it.

In history, after Yu Qian was killed by Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Ji, who was a thousand households of the Jinyiwei at that time, buried him. Zhu Ji was also implicated in the Yu Qian case. It was not until Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty that Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and rehabilitated Yu Qian, that Zhu Ji was reappointed and rose to prominence and became the supreme leader of the Jinyiwei.

When Yu Qian married his daughter to Zhu Ji, he had doubts about it.
To be continued...