Volume 1 Chapter 21 Recruiting Soldiers Under False Pretenses (Part 1)

  After seeing off Chu Jingming, Qiao Anbang and the other two returned to the main house. Without Chu Jingming, the three brothers drank a little less, and soon the banquet came to an end.

  After dispersing the crowd, Qiao Anbang brought Ya Li to the backyard, where Wang Gen Sheng and several fully armed housekeepers were guarding. Seeing Qiao Anbang.

  Several people hastily stood up straight and said: "Young Master!"

  "From now on, don't call me Young Master anymore, just call me Deputy Captain!" Qiao Anbang felt very uncomfortable hearing the term "Young Master" all the time. Modern people can't stand being called things like "Young Master" or "Old Master".

  "Yes! Young Master!" Wang Gen Sheng and others stood up straight again and responded in unison.

  Qiao Anbang shook his head helplessly and walked into the small warehouse where he stored his ocean and weapons. This was originally a miscellaneous room, about twenty square meters in size, used to store some farm tools that were not often used and some coarse grains for raising poultry.

  But now the place has been thoroughly cleaned up, and the floor is covered with a thick layer of dry hay to keep out dampness, and the whole house is almost filled with bales and weapons.

  In terms of weapons, apart from the over 100 rifles and more than 20 light machine guns equipped to the security team, there were also 15 light machine guns and 5 Maxim heavy machine guns given to Chu Jingming. As a result, the warehouse still had 5 heavy machine guns, over 30 light machine guns, 1,000 hand grenades, and an unspecified number of bullets.

  Looking at the piles of rifles and ammunition, Qiao Anbang fell into thought for a moment before shaking his head and saying, "No, there are still too few rifles and bullets."

  "Master, these rifles are already enough for the security team to use. Why do you think they're still not enough?" Yalai asked puzzledly as she looked at the guns in front of her.

  "No, these weapons will soon be insufficient for the security team's needs, as they will soon expand." Qiao Anbang paused and said: "Yali, can you drive a truck?"

  "Understood, master." Yali nodded in response.

  "Alright, you drive and bring a few people to get 2,000 rifles, 400,000 bullets, 5,000 hand grenades, 30 light machine guns, 30 heavy machine guns, with 400,000 bullets. Also, equip all the rifles with bayonets." Qiao Anbang instructed. (According to 3,000 bullets per machine gun, 60 machine guns would be 180,000 bullets, and half of the 400,000 bullets are reserved.)

  "Yes, master!" Yali replied with a smile, and immediately turned around to lead Wang Gen-sheng and several servants away.

  Because a lot of equipment was needed this time, it wasn't until late in the evening that Yali drove the truck back and forth several times to transport everything. The equipment suddenly increased a lot, and the small warehouse could no longer hold it all. Qiao Anbang tidied up another room next door, and by the time they finished with all of this, the sky had already darkened.

  Qiao Anbang hastily finished dinner and returned to his bedroom to rest, a night of silence.

  The next morning, Qiao Anbang had just woken up when he heard Wang Gen's anxious and urging voice outside the door: "Young master, many civilians have arrived outside the city, and the young master asked me to call you."

  Qiao Anbang quickly put on his clothes and opened the door to see Wang Gensheng standing at the entrance with a look of anxiety, asking: "Gensheng, what's wrong?"

  "Master, the soldiers just came to report that a large number of civilians are swarming in from all directions without warning. The young master is afraid of chaos and has already taken the security team there. He asked me to inform you to hurry over as well."

  "Tens of thousands of people? Are they all commoners?" Qiao Anbang exclaimed in surprise and delight, "This time we won't have to worry about not having enough recruits."

  "Master, you mean all these people are here to watch Wei Dexi's execution?" Wang Gen asked in confusion.

  "Yes." Qiao Anbang nodded and said, "Wait for me a moment, I'll wash up."

  After washing up, Qiao Anbang walked out of the room with a spirited air and said to Wang Gensheng, who had been waiting for a long time: "Gensheng, you immediately go and bring Wei Dexi to me, we're going to the south of the city."

  "Yes!" Wang Gen Sheng responded loudly and immediately accepted the order and left with a smile.

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  In the south of the city, a large number of civilians gathered in groups outside the city, and the security team was fully armed on the city wall, with guns set up at all times.

  Qiao An Guo knew that Qiao An Bang had spread the news of Wei De Xi's execution today, but he was still caught off guard by the sudden arrival of so many people. To prevent any unexpected incidents, he ordered the city gates to be closed and led his security team onto the city walls.

  The people outside the city saw the closed city gate and the majestic soldiers on the city wall, and they were all puzzled.

  "What's going on? Didn't they say that old bandit Wei Dexi had been caught, so why aren't they letting us into the city?"

  "Right, wasn't he supposed to be executed today? Why aren't they letting us into the city?"

  Just then, Qiao Anbang and Wang Gensheng led several servants to escort Wei Dexi onto the city wall.

  "Big brother." As soon as he climbed up onto the city wall, Qiao Anbang saw Qiao Anguo.

  "Lao San, you're here." Qiao An Guo turned his head and asked, "Now that so many people have arrived, could there be remnants of Wei De Xi's troops among them? What if they take the opportunity to rescue or cause trouble?"

  Qiao Anbang walked past the city wall and looked down to see that hundreds of meters away from the city wall, the roads and both sides were crowded with people, men and women, old and young, bustling.

  With a sweep of his eyes, Qiao Anbang turned to Qiao Anguo and said: "Big brother, you're worrying too much. Those bandits have long been eliminated by us, and any stray fish that escaped would have been scared off and fled in all directions. There's no way they'd dare come here to send themselves to death. Wei Dexi doesn't have such great personal charm, nor do his subordinates have such a strong sense of loyalty."

  "What do you mean?"

  "Open the city gate, let the people in, arrange manpower to organize the people to enter the city in an orderly manner, and then gather at the horse arena inside the city. The place is big, it should be able to hold these people." Qiao Anbang said confidently.

  "Alright, I'll go make the arrangements. You take care of Wei De Xi, that old thing, and don't let anything go wrong." Qiao An Gu cautioned a few words, then turned around and left with a team of soldiers.

  The number of words is a bit less, it's too cold, can't stand this weather. According to the weather forecast, it will be fine in two days. At that time, I'll resume updating three thousand more.