stubborn thief

Chapter 522

On the day that the Marshal's flag was replanted in Zhuanglang Acropolis, Liu Chengzong led more troops to meander south, and the dusty army headed straight towards the Yellow River.

When the choice between promotion and immortality was presented to the soldiers of Xiying, everyone chose the former without hesitation.

Zhang Xianzhong's decision-making time was very short, but the matter was arranged very carefully. He brought Zhuang Langwei's property, population, and field yellow books, led [-] officers, [-] masters, and [-] military companions, and brought three good horses. Ten horses and thirty boxes of goods left Zhuang Langwei to meet Liu Chengzong.

The one who went out of the city together was Feng Shilin with a slumped face.

Feng Shilin thought to himself, what is Zhuanglang magistrate?We want to be the City God of Zhuanglang County.

Hundreds of years from now, every county magistrate has to go to the Temple of the City God to sleep and wait for instructions. Our job is mainly to give them dreams. Every land temple on this land sits our My acquaintance, the Town God's Temple in Zhuanglang County is the family temple of our old Feng's family!

Compared with this, 30 years less life is nothing more than returning to the position earlier.

Even if Zhang Xianzhong tied him up and cut him into pieces, gouged out his heart, pulled out his intestines, and burned him to ashes, Feng Shilin didn't care... What's wrong with suffering and suffering a little bit?

With one foot on the threshold of the Jade Emperor, looking like he is about to become a fairy, hey, Zhang Xianzhong decided to leave the city.

It's no wonder Feng Shilin has a good face!
On the other side of the Zhuanglang River, in the western camp of the city, Liu Chengzong was sitting in the camp, and heard Tang soldiers report: "Commander, Zhuanglangwei has opened the city, and Feng Zhixian came out with more than 100 people."

Yang Qi, who was standing in the middle army, asked: "Commander, do you want to order Huben to show them off?"

Liu Chengzong chuckled lightly, waved his hands and said, "No need, it's just good to welcome you in."

In his heart, he had already wrestled with Zhang Xianzhong about Mawei.

Dismounting Mawei is essentially telling others that you are not easy to bully, or that you are dishonest.

What Zhang Xianzhong did in Zhuang Langwei was like this to Liu Chengzong, and it conveyed to him the impression that Zhang Xianzhong was dishonest.

Honest people don't find trouble for others, but Zhang Xianzhong is obviously very good at finding trouble for others. Honest people don't suffer enough, and people who are good at finding trouble often benefit from this. These are two different life strategies, better benefits, greater risk.

He occupied Zhuang Langwei and gave orders as his own territory. In fact, he was looking for trouble. It is a great talent to be good at finding trouble, because there is a limit to finding trouble, and the level is not sure. If it is too low, it will be useless.

Zhang Xianzhong didn't swell enough to think that Liu Shizi couldn't kill him. He only had 6000 troops, and he really had no chance of winning against the victorious army who led the Marshal's Mansion in Gansu.

He was just right, Liu Chengzong didn't deserve to kill him.

First, it chilled the hearts of 1000 rebels, and second, they had to bear losses. Even if six were exchanged for one, it was not worthwhile for Liu Chengzong to bear the loss of [-] people for Zhuang Langwei.

If it's not worth it, we have to use compromise methods other than war. This is Zhang Xianzhong's opportunity to set up a target for Liu Chengzong to bargain. The central idea is to prevent himself from being eaten by Liu Chengzong.

His purpose is to advance one foot and occupy Zhuang Langwei. If the situation is good, he will occupy it for a year and a half;

As long as it succeeds, regardless of benefits or prestige, at least for Zhang Xianzhong, who has few soldiers and weak forces, any concession made by the Generalissimo Liu Chengzong is a victory for him.

But Zhang Xianzhong did not expect that Liu Chengzong's brain shape was different from everyone he met.

Liu Chengzong didn't answer the questions he threw and the targets he set up. Instead, he threw life and death soul tortures to each of his [-] troops.

If you want to live, I am recruiting soldiers; if you want to die, I am recruiting Yin soldiers—in short, they are all Shaanxi township parties. When you come to my territory, I will definitely arrange a job for you.

Zhang Xianzhong's biggest bargaining chip is the [-] Township Party in Qinling. He thought he could be a rich horse.

Unexpectedly, Liu Chengzong recruited a city god to create [-] jobs, and solved the problem. No matter whether you want to die or live, I will arrange a job for you. If things are done to this extent, who can say that I am Isn't the half surnamed Liu?
Not only was the will to resist of the Xiying soldiers disintegrated, but even Zhang Xianzhong himself had no will to be hostile.

If you stay on the city wall, if you die, it is a different path for humans and ghosts; if you are attacking outside the city, if you die, you will be ranked among the immortals... There is no way to fight this battle.

Not long after, as Feng Shilin entered the Chinese army, Liu Chengzong also saw Zhang Xianzhong, who was full of wind and frost, leading a group of generals from Xiying to stand outside the gate.

Yang Qi received Liu Chengzong's instruction, and went forward to welcome all the generals into the camp. The guards had already set up the chairs, and he just waited for everyone to salute and take their seats.

Feng Shilin stepped forward and said: "Commander, the generals of the West Brigade have received their commissions and entered the camp to have an audience."

Liu Chengzong first took a closer look at Zhang Xianzhong who was not far away, and matched this person with the drunken policeman on Black Dragon Mountain many years ago, thinking that Zhang Xianzhong had undergone great changes in both appearance and expression.

Zhang Xianzhong's complexion was still yellowish from the wind and sun, and his two sword eyebrows combined with his burly figure looked extraordinarily mighty, but there were many pockmarks on his face that he had never had before.

The biggest change is temperament, no longer complaining about others when he was a policeman, and his whole body exudes a capable and confident atmosphere.

At this time Zhang Xianzhong was also observing Liu Chengzong, the eyes of the two collided on each other's faces, Zhang Xianzhong stared instinctively for a moment, then he reacted, restrained his expression and hid his eyes aside.

Liu Chengzong supported the little boy and laughed silently, looked around at the generals in the Western Camp, then raised his head and smiled at the dejected Feng Shilin: "I feel that you are very disappointed."

Feng Shilin turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xianzhong and the others again, turned his head and cupped his fists and said, "I don't dare to be humble."

"Just don't dare. It's a great thing to avoid fighting in the same room at any time. In the face of tens of thousands of lives, don't take personal honor and disgrace too seriously... Be a county magistrate, Zhuanglang City God, I will give You keep it."

Feng Shilin was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately bowed down and thanked him.

A kind of guard in the camp looked at him with envy. He envied him for having two good brothers, and envied his luck.

Feng Shilin's background, like Zhao Hengchang, is a role model for the Marshal's Mansion. Being a role model will have a bad influence, that is, no matter whether he is in the army or an official, the general and the chief officer will not cause trouble or take risks for them Opportunity.

This also determines that the rest of his life will be smooth, he will not be rich, but he will not suffer a little.

The death of two good brothers in Zhuang Langwei is naturally the main reason why Feng Shilin was able to receive such treatment, but the more important opportunity is that Liu Chengzong's Marshal's Mansion really has the ability to separate regimes in the northwest.

In the early years, there were many examples of brothers, fathers, sons, uncles and nephews killed in battle in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, but at that time Liu Chengzong was unable to promise anything, not to mention being a role model, which meant that not everyone was treated like this, otherwise there would be no need for role models.

Being a role model is the joint result of the right time and place and the harmony of people.

But then again, the role model itself is useless to most people who yearn for inevitable results, only for those ambitious people who yearn for challenges and achievements, and they can do their best for a chance.

It is precisely these people who are encouraged by example.

Compared with Zhao Hengchang and Feng Shilin, Liu Chengzong gave Zhao Hengchang a better treatment, but his promise to Feng Shilin was better... When a person is alive, he can be promoted to a seventh-rank magistrate; One is four grades.

Zhang Xianzhong keenly noticed that after Liu Chengzong made this promise to Feng Shilin, almost every soldier in the Chinese army had a flash of excitement in their eyes.

He suddenly admired Liu Chengzong. He always thought that he would be Liu Chengzong's daughter, but he never thought that Feng Shilin was the real daughter.

Zhang Xianzhong admired Liu Chengzong's ability to squeeze people's hearts. Just such an innocuous little guy can be used by Liu Chengzong as a prop to buy people's hearts while alive, and a city god is still a prop to buy people's hearts when he is dead.

Even casually saying that the official position of the city god is reserved can mobilize the morale of the entire Chinese military camp.

Zhang Xianzhong thought about it: Fengshen seems to be really fucking easy to use.

But he didn't know that the eyes of the soldiers of the Huben Camp were excited, which was completely different from what he thought.

The name of the Huben Battalion comes from the third and ninth ranks of the Marshal's Mansion. The third rank is Caiguan, Huben and Xiaoqi, each divided into three ranks. Caiguan is a recruit, Huben is a veteran, and Xiaoqi is a grassroots officer.

But at present, there are basically no tigers in this battalion, because the Marshal's Mansion has not conducted large-scale recruitment at all, so naturally there are no recruits. If there are no recruits, where do veterans come from?
They are all Lion Camp officers who are about to be promoted and surrendered soldiers who have done meritorious service on the battlefield. The soldiers are generally first-class and second-class Xiaoqi, and if they go up, they are captains. Xiaoqi is also called the management team in other battalions.

As for those who stood guard and raised the flag on such occasions, they were basically Bai Zong. Because Shaanxi was too large in the Ming Dynasty, the officers of the Marshal’s Mansion had strong regional characteristics. They were all from Yan’an Mansion, Yulin Town, and Ningxia Town. The essence of human beings is that everyone can see the future from Liu Chengzong's guarantee to Feng Shilin.

Liu Chengzong's guarantee to Feng Shilin was of no use to most of the Marshal's Army. Even if Feng Shilin was awarded the title of Monkey King, the veterans would not have any empathy with him.

After all, the veterans of the Marshal's Mansion were not recruited. They did not give birth to four sons who were handed over to the Grand Marshal's three mothers, nor did they have an elder brother who could kill two in the First World War. Clan members.

Even if there are some brothers in the army, the elder brother will be replaced by the elder brother who died in Zhuanglang City, while the younger brother will most likely not be willing to assume Feng Shilin's perspective.

The example that can mobilize the enthusiasm of veterans is the one hundred generals, with real knives and real guns, five hundred riders, charging thousands of troops, stabbing the national division with one arm, earning a regular third-rank general Zhaoyong, and serving as the doctor of Fangqing officials in the Hexi office of the Marshal's Mansion Zhao variable.

All the officers in the Huben Camp can clearly see that a role model like Feng Shilin is the most meaningful role model for who and what – it is an inspiration to the clans, families, and men under the Marshal’s Mansion, as well as the work of conscription, training of recruits, and combat courage. The most meaningful.

As long as this person is alive, he is the gold-lettered signboard of the Marshal's Mansion for recruiting troops. It is of course best for you to fight bravely and make contributions by surviving, but even if you die in battle, don't rush to reincarnate. One person is killed, the whole family is honored.

And when will the Marshal's Mansion, which has never worried about the source of troops, need large-scale conscription and recruit training?

They were not far from going home, and instead of fleeing back to northern Shaanxi, they led troops to fight back to their hometown.

This is what excites the veterans of the Huben Battalion the most.

At this moment, Liu Chengzong stood up, and he waved his hand to Zhang Xianzhong and others: "Since you have decided to join our army, you will be a family from now on. If you are loyal to me, I will treat you equally, so you don't have to be cautious. Please sit down." Bar."

Hearing what Liu Chengzong said, Zhang Xianzhong had no intention of blaming them, felt relieved, hurriedly led the generals to salute again, ordered people to bring the gifts to the Chinese army, and then led the people to sit down one by one.

Liu Chengzong didn't care about the little gifts, but said hello to the generals at all levels of the Western Brigade. Whether they are close or far away, they all started in northern Shaanxi. They are the same, and they have both been frontier soldiers, so it is very easy to build a relationship.

However, after people finish talking about things far away in the sky, and talk about things that are close at hand, the atmosphere becomes a little dignified.

Zhang Xianzhong asked: "Commander, the last general has now taken the post of brigade commander, but he doesn't know where the trust of the fourth battalion of the west brigade is, and where does the food, wages and supplies come from?"

Liu Chengzong didn't answer, but gestured towards Yang Qi.

Yang Qi used to be the commander-in-chief and led the governor's battalion. He is most familiar with the documents and organizational system. Liu Shizi had talked to him about the acquisition of the West Camp earlier. The battalion is not full, and they are temporarily stationed in Zhuanglang County, and within three days, officials from the commander's government will come to the army to sort out their military registrations and order them to be rewarded and paid."

"As for the subsequent trust, it will be dispatched by the commander-in-chief at that time."

That's what Yang Qi said. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the so-called faith is just a good word. In this era when soldiers and food are expensive, no one has enough to support the recruitment of troops to station in the field. It is normal to recruit troops today and fight tomorrow. .

What Zhang Xianzhong wanted to ask was actually the direction of the Marshal's Mansion's next attack, whether it was Guanzhong or Sichuan.

But seeing that Liu Chengzong and Yang Qi didn't talk about Xindi, he didn't ask any more questions, and simply clasped his fists and said: "The last general has just come here and has made a lot of achievements. Thanks to the commander-in-chief's grace, he bestowed the post of brigade commander, so the last general invites you to fight."

"Oh?" Liu Chengzong's smile was very complicated, and he asked with great interest: "At present, Ningxia, Lanzhou, and Turpan are all fighting. I don't know if Zhang Lushuai is calling for the battle. Which direction do you want to invite?"

This made Zhang Xianzhong stupid. He has never been to Turpan, let alone Ningxia. Tens of thousands of frontier troops are waiting to be fed. Our old Zhang threw 6000 people there. What are you doing?
As for Lanzhou, he didn't want to go either. The situation in that place was too weird, with a radius of two hundred miles, the rebels and the officers and soldiers had me among you and you among them, and they were like a family.

In Gansu in the north, life and death were fought, but in Lanzhou, the brigade commander could not command the rebel army, and the governor could not command the officer army. One by one, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't understand their behavior.

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong clasped his fists and said: "When the commander-in-chief advances into Guanzhong, the last general will ask for a partial division to do business in Luo and break through Nanyang Mansion, and plant the commander-in-chief's flag at the head of Fengyang City, the capital of Zhu Mingzhong, and then return to Huguang for a fierce battle. The north and the south can't help each other, help the general to break into the capital!"

"Good plan!"

Liu Chengzong clapped his hands and laughed, and then you led the army into Sichuan to establish Daxi, right?
As far as he was concerned, the generals and soldiers of the West Camp would not be allowed to fight even if they called for a battle for the time being.

He laughed and said: "But there are some things you don't know at the moment. Feng Zhixian came from Hehuang, and he got a report from the imperial court a few days ago. Besides...the West Brigade has another mission to do."

Zhang Xianzhong regained his energy and tried his best to put himself on the look of being brave enough to do things. He saw Liu Chengzong counting with his fingers: "Zhuanglang River Valley needs a Guandi Temple, a Chenghuang Temple, a County School, and 47 Earth Temples. Send your men to repair it."

Zhang Xianzhong blinked, suspecting that he heard it wrong: "I, build a temple?"

"Of course."

Liu Chengzong took it for granted: "Brother promised in Zhuanglanghe that officials and people would be exempted from taxation for three years. Naturally, it is not easy for the commander-in-chief to impose corvee. If this is the case, if you don't repair it, who will repair it?"

　good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)