Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

After staying in Dong'a for one night, Liu Ye lost not only his wife but also his soldiers. Two hundred soldiers and Yan Chunyu were killed by Senggelinqin. This was not the end. After returning to Gaotang Prefecture, he had to hand over another hundred soldiers from Baoding Town to assist Senggelinqin in suppressing the bandits.

Liu Ye was very depressed and returned to Gaotang Prefecture. When he left, he had thousands of riders on the plain, but when he came back, there were only a dozen or so people.

Guo Songtao, upon hearing the news, was stunned. He hurried out and asked in astonishment, "Brother, what's going on?"

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it. Our three hundred men have been completely taken over by the Monk King. We can't afford to offend this old fellow. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have gone to Dong'e. I've sacrificed three hundred elite soldiers for nothing..."

Kulha on the side said dissatisfiedly: "Master Liu, how can you say that about our prince? Although he asked for 300 elite soldiers from you, he gave you my personal guard battalion, which has more than 400 people. You didn't suffer any loss at all!"

Gao Qi on the other side roared, "What the hell do you know? I can take down all four hundred of your men with just a hundred of them. Do you think your brothers are all elite warriors? Bastard!"

Gao Qi felt like he was holding back a ball of anger. This adult had come to pay him a visit, and he was afraid that he would get himself implicated. Now, this kid still refused to accept it!

Liu Ye replied calmly, "Okay, Gao Qi, stop talking! Kuerha, you're under my control now. Do you know why Brother Qimou recommended you to me?"

Kulha curled his lips and said helplessly: "I'm just unlucky. Who made me make a mistake? I tried to steal the credit from my comrades and ended up hitting a wall. If I knew it was you, I wouldn't dare to do anything even if you beat me to death..."

"Humph! Useless! You still don't know why your general sent you here. This is the real waste! Do you think your general will care about your little mistakes? Not to mention him, even Yan Chunyu won't take it to heart. Your general sent you here so that I can discipline you and your group of brothers. Do you think I'm short of a few hundred of you? In the past, I was just a captain-in-chief of a foreign mission. I had no soldiers or generals, but I still conquered the world. What's more, now I am a frontier official and a governor. If I want to get some soldiers, it's easy for me. This is because your general values ​​you and knows that you have some future!"

"Hey, hey, idiot!"

Gao Qi chuckled on the side.

Kulha's face flushed red. It turned out that he had misunderstood. The general was not trying to punish him, but to give him great wealth!

Liu Ye continued, "Kulha, now that you're under my command, you must understand that I never keep useless people. The same goes for your subordinates. Four hundred elite soldiers? They're not even worthy of being called elite. After arriving in Jinan, I'll give you two weeks to cut down the redundant personnel. I'll only give you three hundred positions. The remaining one hundred will receive double severance pay. All of them! I want three hundred of the strongest cavalrymen!"

Kulha was shocked and said quickly, "Sir, this is not a good idea... This is the Prince Cavalry Battalion of the Monk King. Every one of them was carefully selected by the Monk King. It would be heartbreaking to lay off any of them. Moreover, after all, we are just borrowing them and will have to return to the Monk King's command after a while. If..."

Kulha's meaning was very clear. You can train us and discipline us, but the organization cannot be changed. We are the personal army of the Supreme Patriarch, and no one except him has the right to lay us off.

Liu Ye nodded secretly. This kid is quite energetic. No wonder He Qimou gave him to him for training.

Liu Ye sneered, "What a joke! What do you think your prince handed you over to me for? To protect me or to help me suppress bandits? No, he was handed over to me for shelter, so I can do whatever I want with him. As long as I can give him an elite army, he'll be happy as honey. He won't care whether you have a large or small number of people. Even if I kill you, the prince won't care! If you can't bear to part with them, that's fine too. Give them severance pay and send them back to the front line of suppressing bandits. In short, I only want 300 people. They must be the most elite 300 people. Not one more!"

Kulha grinned, damn it, he was in trouble, they were all his brothers, which one should he lay off and which one should he keep?

Liu Ye patted Kulha on the shoulder and said, "Brother, this is the first task I give you. I want you to see your ability. Why did Brother Qimou insist on recommending you to me?"

Kuerha was filled with resentment and muttered, "Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come. Isn't this just a hassle?"

Unfortunately, he underestimated Liu Ye's hearing!

Guo Ye turned around, looked at Kulha with a half-smile, and replied, "Okay, that's interesting. You can leave anytime now, but guess what will happen if you return to the Monk King?"

Kulha shuddered suddenly. No matter whether it was the King of Monks or the General, both of them valued face more than anything else. If he ran back in disgrace, he was afraid that the two would tear him to pieces and would definitely not be polite!

Kulha was completely discouraged, and replied with his head drooping: "Yes! I obey your order!"

Liu Ye looked at Guo Songtao and said, "Brother, we can't stay here for long. Once the matter is settled, we will hand over the state affairs to the local state judge. We still have to hurry to Jinan..."

Guo Songtao smiled bitterly and said, "My Lord Governor, everything else is easy to handle. I can handle it in a day or two. The prefect, Sun Tong, is also a good man with considerable abilities. We can set off the day after tomorrow. However, this..."

Liu Ye was stunned and asked, "Brother, is there anything we brothers can't talk about frankly?"

Guo Songtao smiled bitterly and said, "Well, brother, you'll have to deal with the trouble you caused yourself. Send someone to bring back Tie Huai's head. Miss Zheng immediately expressed her willingness to follow the governor, even if it means just serving tea and water..."

Liu Ye's face darkened. Could it be that he was destined to be romantically lucky since crossing over? This was unbelievable! A rich lady was actually serving me tea and water? She made the bed?

Guo Songtao saw Liu Ye's grim expression and continued, "Brother, I've tried to persuade her, but she won't listen. She's determined to do what she wants. She's said she's willing to be a slave to anyone who can avenge her. You can do whatever you want. But, brother, you don't have anyone to serve you, so it's not the same thing. This girl is quite capable, completely different from other rich girls..."