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Chapter 168 Recruitment

The county temple in Ling County is very large, almost halfway across the city, and the gate of the county temple is also open. Thousands of people gathered here after hearing the drum, and the road was blocked for a while.

As soon as Liu Jing said "Punish him", someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "Good job! Damn Gong! The county magistrate is wise..."

"Damn the Gong family! The county lord is wise..." There are not many people in Ling County who hate the Gong family. They are just afraid of the power of the Gong family and dare not speak up. Now they have responded.

"The hearts of the people are available." Liu Jing turned his head and signaled Chu Fang with his eyes. The latter nodded slightly, stepped out, and said in a loud voice: "I am Chu Ziping, please listen to me: since the Ming court came to office, I have visited virtuous and good men." , Exemption from corvee, building a market house, punishing the Gong family, there is nothing that is not urgent for the people, and relieves the difficulties of the people.

Our Ling County is full of rivers and rivers, with hundreds of miles of fertile fields and abundant crops. However, it was named "Ju County". County Lord.

Now, we finally look forward to coming to the Ming court to take over the government, and the Gong family is also executed. Our Ling County finally has hope, and we must not allow the remnants of the Gong family to harm the Ming court. "

In Ling County, you don't need to know who the county lord is, but you have to know Chu Ziping. Even a three-year-old boy with a slurred speech can say "Xiaoyong Wushuang Chu Ziping".He came out and shouted for Liu Jing, which immediately caused a huge sensation: "Excellent! Chu Ziping!"

"Chu Ziping is right, we must not let Mrs. Gong harm the county monarch."

"I would like to fight Gong Bandit together with Chu Ziping."

"Count me in."

"And I……"

For a time, the crowd was excited and followers gathered.

Seeing this, Chu Fang immediately began to recruit warriors and athletes. He was busy from early morning to evening, and a total of 350 five people were recruited.

Surprisingly, nearly a hundred of them were all prisoners who had been released seriously before.They were imprisoned for various reasons before, they were neither judged nor released, they were tortured, and it was Seriousness who saved them.So when they heard about the conscription in the county temple, they immediately told each other and joined the army together to repay their serious kindness.

In addition to nearly a hundred prisoners, there are more than 250 other people, most of whom are either knight-errants, villainous youths who admire Chu Fang, or prodigal children who do not own property. Anyway, in the eyes of the common people, they are not "good people". .Let's live a good and stable life, but if you live a life of licking blood all day long, you are either a lunatic or a fool.

In the past, Yu (Xu) Shengqing was appointed as the head of Chaoge, and the criteria for recruiting strong men to eliminate thieves were: those who attacked and looted were the top priority, those who hurt others and stole second, and those who wore mourning clothes and did not care about family business were the bottom.From top to bottom, how can there be half a good man.

Now Chu Fang is in charge of more than 350 five recruits, and [-] county officials and soldiers.

As we all know, there are bandits and barbarians in Ling County from time to time, so there are many soldiers in the county.If it weren't for the heavy casualties in the battle between soldiers and Cao yesterday, perhaps another 100 people could be gathered.

The two sides joined forces, making Chu Fang's troops reach 550 and five people.

On Liu Jing's side, there are more than a hundred infantry and two hundred soldiers, with a total force of nearly 900.

This amount is already very exaggerated for a county. Not counting other things, the annual consumption of grain and fodder alone is as high as more than [-] hu, which is definitely not what a county can afford.

Chu Fang started his business with five or six hundred people, and at most he had no more than a thousand people.

If it was only used to defend the city, even if the Gong family came with 5000 or 1 people... they would never want to capture Ling County.After all, they are just rural nobles and savages, and at best they can build some simple ladders, which is nothing to worry about.

Of course, the Gong family definitely didn't have the strength to pull out 1 or [-] people. They could recruit a thousand people at most. Even with Jingman's help, the maximum number of people was only three or four thousand.

Liu Jing has cavalry, armored soldiers, and strong crossbows, so Chu Fang is full of confidence. He believes that even if he doesn't defend the city, he can go out of the city to fight with him, and he can easily defeat him.

This is not to belittle the enemy, but out of absolute confidence in himself. Among Chu Fang's previous opponents, Ou Xing, Guo Shi, and Zhou Chao, which one is not a big thief with over [-] troops and a whole county, like Gong's generation, What's the point?

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Zhongshui Township.

Gong Fei is over [-] years old this year, his height is more than seven feet, his facial features are grand, his appearance is honest, and he looks like an elder.

Although he is the eldest among the five brothers of the Gong family, he is not as good as his second brother Gong Ying in terms of reputation, not as good as his third brother Gong Fu in terms of making money, not as good as his fourth brother Gong Wu in terms of bravery, and not as good as the fifth brother in terms of aggressiveness. Brother Gong Ge.

But he has one advantage, that is, he is kind and gentle, so among the five Gong family brothers, he is the only one who can be the villager of Zhongshui Township.

There are many rich families in Zhongshui Township, each of them built a fortress, defending themselves with troops, and refused to obey the county's order. Gong Fei treated people generously, handled things fairly, and convinced everyone. He worked as a miser in Zhongshui Township for eight years. Man can shake his place.

Gong Fei is not a person with particularly big ambitions. Zhongshui Township is called a township, but in fact it is no different from a county. He is very satisfied with the current life and does not want to change it.

"What did you say?!" Gong Fei looked at the guests kneeling on the ground, dripping with tears, and there was a "buzz" in his head, and he almost fainted.

The guest repeated: "The second master, the third master, and the fourth master are all dead...!"

Gong Fei firmly held the pen holder with his right hand, and only heard a "click", the pen holder broke, sawdust pierced his palm, and blood burst out immediately, dripping down the pen holder to the ground.

"Liu Jing'er!..." Gong Fei gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes.

Earlier, the second younger brother Gong Ying wrote in a letter, saying that since Liu Jing took office, he has been persecuting their brothers, and he had to give way again and again.

For this reason, the fourth younger brother, who had always respected him very much, quarreled with him for the first time.

However, even though the second brother swallowed his anger and begged for perfection, he still couldn't escape. The three brothers were all killed by Liu Jing, how cruel this place is!

"Young Liu Jing! You are too much of a bully!" Gong Fei was furious, but on the other hand, he was also a little panicked.

Liu Jing killed his three younger brothers, and there was absolutely no reason for compromise between the two parties.

However, the other party is the king of a county, as long as there is a legitimate reason, it is okay for the king to kill the minister, but it is absolutely impossible for the minister to kill the king.

He raised his troops to avenge his younger brother. If he failed, the family would be in danger of being destroyed.

At this critical juncture that not only involves himself, but also concerns the survival of the entire family, Gong Fei hesitated, sweat dripping from his forehead.

Gong Fei hesitated for a long time, then suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said to the guests: "Go, go...call my fifth brother." The fifth brother Gong Ge has always been decisive, let's see what he says.

(End of this chapter)