Wang Xiaohua killed the Black Evil God and gained promotion through meritorious service.
But this credit will only be directly digested within the army.
When it came time to actually report my merits to the emperor, this was no longer the case.
The report read, "Under the wise command of Du Wenhuan, Shaanxi Commander-in-Chief Wang Chengen took the lead and charged forward, personally taking down the head of the rebel Black Evil God."
Wang Chengen has merit, and Du Wenhuan has merit. Both of them can be in the emperor's heart. The only person the emperor will not know is Wang Xiaohua.
Fortunately, the white cat doesn't care about this!
He is an authentic Yuanzu-level rebel, a trusted lieutenant of Baishui Wanger, the iconic figure of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. When it comes to the "rebellious spirit", he is more determined than many elders in Gaojia Village and will never be sincere. I want to climb up in the officialdom.
He is the best candidate to "infiltrate the enemy's interior".
Seeing that the generals were discussing the follow-up events, the white cat retreated to the corner of the room and said in a low voice: "Tianzun, I have become a general and can command four hundred and forty soldiers. The next step is to Bring in your own people to replace the guardsmen, right?"
Li Daoxuan thought about this issue seriously and thought: In the late Ming Dynasty, the life of the guardsmen was very hard, and they were already living a life without enough food. If the guardsmen given by the court were replaced, they would be unemployed and the possibility of joining bandits would be very high.
This is not a good thing!
If they are recruiting bandits for reform and forcing people to become bandits at the same time, then there will be no justice in Gaojiacun.
"These people have to be kept." Ragdoll Tianzun said: "If you have people here, you have to support the guards. You have to catch them with both hands, and you have to be strong with both hands."
"Ah?" Bai Mao was stunned: "Wouldn't this be overcrowded? Will the court regard it as treason or something, and our plan of sneaking in officers and soldiers will not be realized."
A strange smile flashed across the embroidered face of the doll: "No! Just wait and see."
White Cat: "???"
It didn't take long for the white cat to understand.
When the 440 guardsmen assigned to him by Wang Chengen came to report to him, he carefully counted them, nodding their heads one by one, and found that there were only 240 of them.
There were actually four hundred households in the team of two hundred and forty people, and each hundred households had only fifty people under their command.
White Cat broke into a cold sweat: "Why is this happening? Shouldn't there be four hundred and forty people?"
A man named Zhao stepped forward with a strange expression. He looked at the white cat as if he were a newcomer: "General Wang, there is no problem with the number of people we have."
White Cat: "What's the problem? Is it because I can't count, or you can't count? Four hundred households, each should command one hundred and ten people, and the four of you together should have four hundred and forty people. , why are there only two hundred and four here?"
Zhao Baihu came close to his ear and whispered: "Our group has always had two hundred and forty people since a hundred years ago, and every commander-in-chief has maintained this number. The two hundred people who are not counted are The military pay belongs to you, General. If we actually bring 440 people here, you won't have any extra military pay to take. "
White Cat: "Pfft!"
Zhao Baihu thought to himself: "This general seems to be really a newbie. He doesn't even understand the old rules in the army. When he encounters this kind of thing, he actually shows such a disgusting expression. Normally speaking, Shouldn’t you show a happy expression? Here’s the military pay for two hundred people, how cool it is to eat it.”
Bai Mao now understood what Tianzun meant by "no overcrowding". Tianzun probably meant to retain these two hundred and forty people and only bring in two hundred people from Gaojiacun.
He snorted and said, "I understand! No wonder the guardsmen's combat effectiveness is like shit. It turns out that their numbers are insufficient. The army outside is said to be ten thousand, but it actually only has more than six thousand, right?"
Zhao Baihu whispered: "Six thousand people are too much to say. A man with more than five thousand people is a conscientious general."
The white cat couldn't help but complain: "Aren't those generals afraid that they won't win the war?"
Ragdoll Tianzun whispered in his ear: "That won't happen! The generals are all
As for raising private soldiers, they used the military pay of the two hundred men to raise a group of desperadoes as servants. During the war, the servants were in front and the guardsmen were behind. "
The white cat suddenly realized: "I understand. When people from Gaojia Village come over, they will be treated as my servants and private soldiers."
He tidied up his scumbag soldiers and returned to the meeting hall.
I saw a group of generals discussing the next strategy.
A scout was standing in the hall and reported loudly: "Wang Jiayin's troops fled towards the south. The only troops still following him are Zijin Liang and Bai Yuzhu, and the total strength is only 50,000 or 60,000. "
"As for King Chuang (Gao Yingxiang), the Eight Kings of Xiying (Zhang Xianzhong), Lao Huihui (Ma Shouying), Cao Cao (Luo Rucai) and others, they have all separated from Wang Jiayin's main team and dispersed in all directions."
Du Wenhuan pondered for a few seconds and then said: "Our troops are not strong enough to disperse and pursue the various bandits. Anyway, the emperor only wants Wang Jiayin's head, and the rest of the bandits can be appeased. We can just focus on Wang Jiayin for now."
The generals clasped their fists and said, "Yes!"
Now that this grand strategy has been decided, the generals know how to operate. Anyway, just pursue southward and pretend that nothing else is visible.
Du Wenhuan added: "When Wang Jiayin and his group broke out, more than 30,000 old and weak women and children were left behind by the bandits in Hequ County. They were unable to escape with the young and middle-aged bandits. What should we do if these people stay in the city now?"
As soon as this question was asked, everyone immediately felt headaches and headaches.
As soldiers, these people actually have the same idea, which is one word: kill!
But they are not stupid. If anyone is the first to say the word "kill" and others follow suit, then the civil servants in charge will definitely pour dirty water on the first person to speak. , I will spray you to death with my spit.
This is difficult to do!
It is difficult for civilian officials to handle, let alone a group of military attachés whose administrative abilities are worrying.
The ragdoll Tianzun used the ball cloth hand to gently poke the white cat's face, and whispered: "The proposal should be given to the censor Wu Zong."
The white cat was suddenly enlightened. He quickly stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "There will be a solution in the end."
As soon as he came forward, the generals were immediately overjoyed. Well, finally someone was going to take the lead, and the target of scapegoating the blame was here.
Although General Du Wenhuan was still angry, he rarely managed to squeeze out a smile. I really don’t know how he managed to put on this angry and laughing expression: "Mr. Wang, tell me, what's good about it?" Method?"
As soon as he asked this question, all the generals nearby agreed in their hearts: Kill! Say kill them all! Hurry up and kill them all! If you dare to say it, we dare to do it!
The white cat said: "Didn't the censor Wu Zong bring one hundred thousand taels of silver to pacify the bandits? The 30,000 family members of the bandits we captured should be handed over to Wu Zong for disposal."
