Hearing Ye Li's words, Zhang Hua nodded and said, "Sir, many of us here were actually soldiers in the past, some from the Tang Kingdom, and some from other countries.
We had subordinates in the Lingwu period before, but later we found that they were too weak and often hindered our work, so we simply stopped recruiting any more subordinates in the Lingwu period.
My Lord, and I are not bragging. The people under my command are absolutely no worse than any city defender in terms of combat discipline. Relatively speaking, we are even better at small group mobile warfare.
Even if a government army of equal size and strength were to engage in a small-scale battle with us, we would not be afraid, and we would definitely be the victorious side."
After hearing Zhang Hua's words and looking at the confident look on his face, Ye Li was a little surprised.
If what Zhang Hua said was true, then the strength of this yellow-clothed bandit was indeed very powerful.
"Can you defeat the official army of the same level and number on the front battlefield?"
Ye Li asked doubtfully.
Zhang Hua laughed twice and said, "No, sir, you misunderstood. Frontal assault is not what we are good at. Guerrilla warfare is our forte.
You know, we are thieves after all, so escaping is a skill we must master."
Ye Li nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.
After gathering everyone, Zhang Hua and the other two stood in front of the bandits and announced their decision.
The prestige of these three men among the bandits was even higher than Ye Li had imagined, and his subordinates did not have the slightest resistance to their decision to surrender to Ye Li.
Ye Li didn't know that among these bandits, those who dared to resist and question the bandit leader's decision had already been killed by Zhang Hua and his two companions.
After all, their style of doing things is completely different from that of officers and soldiers. If their subordinates dare to question their decisions, the easiest way is to kill them directly.
As the saying goes, killing one serves as a warning to the hundred. After understanding the strength of Zhang Hua and the other two, the others naturally no longer dared to question them casually. After all, in the face of absolute strength, they could not even resist.
After organizing all his men, Ye Li said to Zhang Hua: "You know where the manor is, take your men and go there quickly.
You three must remember this clearly, you are poisoned. If you dare to escape, your flesh and blood will dry up and you will die in a month!"
As Ye Li spoke, he deliberately showed a sinister smile. Zhang Hua and the other two couldn't help but tremble all over and hurriedly said, "We dare not. We have sworn to be loyal to you, sir, and we will never betray you."
Ye Li chuckled upon hearing this and said, "I hope so. Of course, if you are loyal enough, the benefits you will get in the future will definitely be much greater than being a bandit."
After giving a few instructions, Ye Li and the other two left Huangliang Mountain ahead of time and rode their horses towards the manor.
It’s not that they trust these yellow-clad bandits, they are just testing the other side this time.
After all, Ye Li now has no restraint on his subordinates. If he cannot use poison to scare Zhang Hua and the other two, and cannot completely subdue these bandits, these people will sooner or later escape without a trace.
Now Ye Li put on a relieved look, which was equivalent to strengthening the fact that Zhang Hua and the other two were "poisoned", so that the three of them did not dare to think of escaping.
After Ye Li and the other two left, the expressions on Zhang Hua and the other two's faces became somewhat gloomy.
"Brother, are we really going to submit to that brat!?"
Gu Meng felt extremely unwilling to accept the result.
"What else can we do? We are poisoned. If we don't take a pill for a month, we will die. Do you want to go out and die in a month of freedom?"
Zhang Hua glanced at Gu Meng and said.
Gu Meng thought for a moment and said, "Brother, what if that guy is lying to us? What if the pills he gives us are just ordinary pills!?"
The second brother, Tan Fei, thought for a moment and said, "Third brother, I think for things like this we'd better believe it than not.
Even if we believed the wrong person and were not poisoned, it would be nothing more than that we were recruited by a master in the Divine Appearance Stage. It would not be shameful to tell others about it.
But if we were poisoned and chose to escape, these guys would definitely be fine, and we three would be the ones to die in the end."
Hearing Dan Fei's words, Zhang Hua couldn't help but nodded and said, "Old Two is right, we don't have many choices now, we can only choose to trust that kid.
Alas, I really didn't expect that this guy would have the cultivation level of the Divine Phase. How did he cultivate? How could a person have such a terrifying cultivation speed
This time, I was badly hurt by that old bastard Wang Yue, who kicked me on the nail board."
Speaking of Wang Yue, the three of them all looked angry. After all, Ye Li was lured here by Wang Yue, and Wang Yue had no idea what level of strength Ye Li was at.
"Let's not tell anyone about that kid's true strength. If Wang Yue doesn't know his strength, he will definitely choose to go against him.
Hey, this guy has hurt us, we can't let him off easily, we must make him pay for it."
Tan Fei said.
After the three of them had discussed and decided, they took all the yellow-clothed bandits and their belongings and headed towards Ye Li's manor in a mighty manner.
After Ye Li and the other two quickly returned to the manor, Ye Li came to a huge open space not far from the manor.
"What do you think of me setting up camp here? This area is open and flat, so it should be suitable for setting up camp!"
Ye Li said to Qian San and Ding Si.
The two nodded, and Ding Si said, “Master, this should be a good place to set up a camp.
But isn't this piece of land a bit too large? Our private army is only allowed to have a thousand people, so we shouldn't be able to use such a vast open space."
Looking at the open space in front of him, Ding Si estimated that a camp for 10,000 people could be built here.
Ye Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are going to build an army of 10,000 people, but they are only my private army in name. In fact, they are a special army that Rushan asked me to build for him."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Ding Si and Qian San showed expressions of extreme shock on their faces.
"Sir, with our limited manpower and financial resources, how can we possibly set up a camp for 10,000 people?"
Ding Si said doubtfully.
Ye Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, Rushan will allocate enough funds and manpower to me in the future. We are absolutely capable of building an extremely powerful army of 10,000 people.
Okay, let's first find out the territory that the Yellow Bandits need, and when they arrive, let them set up camp directly in this area.
After they finish their work, we will take Zhang Hua to see Wang Yue. I want to see what he can say this time!"