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Chapter 44 Lao Tzu's Team

Weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Yicheng finally agreed to Wang Dong's request and accepted this large number of burdens to follow him.

But after accepting this burden, the original plan could not be implemented at all. It is impossible to hide the traces with such a large group of people through the state and the county. Moreover, the Hangzhou War has just ended, and the officers and soldiers will definitely pull the net to search for the various rebels who escaped from the encirclement. Once they are paid attention, they will definitely have many dangers.

After the situation changed, Zhu Yicheng's plan was rescheduled. Wulong Mountain could not be visited for a while, and this place was not a place to stay for a long time. Thinking of this, Zhu Yicheng planned to plan it carefully.

Before planning, Zhu Yicheng also needs to make an arrangement for the people he followed. The matter of being a puppet in Yuan Qi's hands must not be reborn. No matter what in the future, these people must command themselves with themselves as the core, that is, with absolute command.

After counting, there were 318 people who followed. These 318 were all strong rebels. Among them, 130 were from Yuyao County, like Wang Dong, and belonged to Yuyao fellow villagers. The rest came from various places in eastern Zhejiang, and eleven of them joined the rebels before the Battle of Hangzhou.

As the elite of Yuan Qi's central army, these people have basically been on the battlefield. Even those who have never been on the battlefield have had the blood of their fellow villagers when they joined the rebel army. So they have no way back, and the only way they have left is to go to the end.

Three hundred and eighteen people, plus Zhu Yicheng and the others, that is, three hundred and twenty-five people. This is the total number of people in this team. As for the weapons, although they are not complete, they still have about 70% of them, and they are all obtained from the warehouses occupied by the counties.

This force is not big or small, but it is inevitable that it is depressed just now and is on the way to escape.

Zhu Yicheng decided to reorganize these more than 300 people. He broke up again according to his hometown and relationships, and reorganized into six teams, with nearly 50 people in each team. The captains of each team were Tian Wenyong and the other four. Zhu Yicheng believed the first five people who defected to him, and judging from the performance of Tian Wenyong and others, it was also worth entrusting.

As for Wang Dong, Zhu Yicheng handed over more than 50 people who were not from Yuyao to him for management, and Hetian Wenyong and five others also served as captains. Tian Wenyong's team, as his personal soldiers, was directly commanded by Zhu Yicheng, and gave all the most exquisite weapons and equipment to this team. There was no objection to this arrangement, so only Wang Dong found Zhu Yicheng.

"Master Hong..." Wang Dong, who became the captain, said with a new title according to Zhu Yicheng's request: "The villain wants to become Master Hong's personal soldier, but the villain does not want to be the captain."

Wang Dong's request surprised Zhu Yicheng. After asking, Wang Dong told Zhu Yicheng that he said he only had the strength and did not have the ability to be a captain, and he wanted to follow Zhu Yicheng. Looking at Wang Dong's silly smile, Zhu Yicheng felt that these words were half true and half false. Wang Dong's lack of ability probably means that he lacked his ability. If he didn't have any ability, how could he lead so many people to escape with Zhu Yicheng?

As for the words that want to be a personal soldier by his side, Wang Dong probably is making a small plan. As a grassroots civil servant, Wang Dong, who has been in a grassroots civil servant position, it is very clear that only when he gets closer to his leader, the more he is, the more he is, even if he runs away and follows his leader, he is the most likely to save his life.

Zhu Yicheng considered this request and agreed to it, and reassigned a captain to replace Wang Dong, and Wang Dong joined Tian Wenyong's squad as an ordinary personal soldier.

The personnel were roughly reorganized, and then counted them. Zhu Yicheng had never been a soldier, but he did not eat vain in the rebel army these days, and had never eaten pork and had never seen pigs run. What's more, he had experienced "military training" when he entered school. Unified supplies were the basis for leading troops. Zhu Yicheng knew a little about this and immediately asked several team leaders to count the supplies they carried, of course, mainly gold and silver and food. Everyone was a little resistant to this order, but in the end they carried it in sloppy.

After all, the gold and silver in each person's pockets were earned with their heads, and they were about to get rid of the above sentence, and they refused to put it on anyone. Zhu Yicheng knew this, so when he was executing, he knew that these people had hidden a lot of them and only took out a small part. However, it was good to be able to do this, and now he could not demand it. He could only turn a blind eye to many things.

After counting the supplies, there were a total of 1,100 taels of silver and 65 taels of gold. There were also some messy decorations that could not be counted, and it was also possible to supply dry food for about two days, etc. These supplies were registered and kept by Li Juaner. At the same time, two seemingly honest rebels were sent to assist Li Juaner.

While making these preparations, Zhu Yicheng also decided on what to do next. He decided to continue to walk towards Wulong Mountain as planned, but the specific steps need to be adjusted.

As mentioned earlier, people in this era have more night blindness, and few people go out to operate at night, even the army. As a later generation, Zhu Yicheng certainly lacks nutrition and does not have this problem. Then he picked out people without night blindness from the team to form a pathfinder and hike in the day and go out at night.

During the day, you will find a mountain or forest to relax, and wait until the sun sets before taking action quietly under the leadership of the vanguard of the way. Although this method is more troublesome, you will also need to get some ropes along the way. Rebels who cannot see at night can follow the team.

The route does not follow the avenue, but only takes mountain paths or remote places. If you are lucky, you can walk forty or fifty miles in one night. If you are not lucky, you can only walk for about thirty miles. Zhu Yicheng and others are lucky. After two days, they have not met anyone.

The march these two days is also a running-in for this team composed of newly defeated soldiers. After the march and arrangement, the mood in the team has eased a lot compared to the beginning. Moreover, Zhu Yicheng does everything himself, both because he is worried, and on the other hand, he also wants to take this opportunity to contact the team more and establish his prestige. From the current point of view, Zhu Yicheng's actions are still effective. Although many people don't know what Zhu Yicheng's true identity is, at least they have some favors for this young leader.

"Brother Hong, we don't have much food anymore." During the day, in a forest on the shady side of Qingshantuo, Li Juan'er reported the loss of supplies to Zhu Yicheng. After two days, the gold, silver and wealth were still there, but the dry food she carried was almost over. If she didn't replenish it, I might not last long.

Zhu Yicheng knew this very well. Although he knew that many people in the team were secretly hiding food and not taking it out, he could only think that he didn't know it at this time. The key was that he had to have the food in his hands. Once the food was really cut off, their team would inevitably be in chaos, so it was urgent to make food.
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