At noon the next day, Zhonglang General Xu Dapeng returned to Lingzhou with a large number of Shuofang army soldiers, in addition to the more than 4,000 soldiers who were captured, there were more than 5,700 soldiers who fled to the mountain and escaped a catastrophe, and the surviving Shuofang army officers and soldiers added up to about 10,000 people.

The soldiers were in a very low mood for the rest of their lives, and they were taken into the camp and sat in the open field, everyone was silent, not knowing what their fate would be.

At this time, a general shouted, "The festival is here, everyone stands!" ”

The soldiers stood up one after another, only to see dozens of generals walking briskly around a tall commander, although most of the soldiers had never seen Guo Song, but they could all guess that this young commander wearing a golden helmet was Guo Song, the world-famous envoy of Hexi Jiedu.

Guo Song stepped forward, looked at the soldiers and waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, relax, sit down!" ”

Seeing the commander's kind smile and a little reassured, the soldiers sat down one after another.

Guo Song glanced at everyone and said in a loud voice: "First of all, I want to say that the defeat of the Shuofang army this time has nothing to do with the soldiers, it is entirely because the decision-makers blindly trust the party members and conspire with the tiger, and the result is that the responsible person is dead, so I don't want to continue to criticize, but please rest assured, in my Guo Song's heart, the soldiers here are all innocent victims!" ”

After Guo Song finished speaking, the crowd suddenly burst into warm applause, the gloomy atmosphere at the beginning was swept away, and many people's faces gradually showed hope, this is the most important thing, the defeat has nothing to do with the soldiers, it is the result of the main general Cui Kuan's blind trust in the party, this clear characterization made the tens of thousands of soldiers present are encouraged.

Guo Song waited for everyone to be quiet, and continued: "I believe everyone is very concerned about their next fate, I want to tell everyone that your fate is in your own hands!" ”

The playground was unusually quiet, so quiet that it was audible to the drop of pins, and it was a matter of vital interests, and everyone pricked up their ears for fear that they would miss a word.

"As is customary, everyone has two choices!"

Guo Song raised his voice and said: "The first choice is to leave, if you don't want to join the army again, and want to retire and return to your hometown, I will never stop you, I will give according to the resettlement money and food of the soldiers of the Hexi Army, simply put, three ones, according to the number of years in the army, one acre of land, consistent money and one stone of rice per year, if you have been in the army for ten years, you will get ten acres of land, ten guan money and ten stone rice, and the general will understand a little higher." ”

There was a buzz on the drill ground, which was higher than what the Shuo Fang Army gave, and the Shuo Fang Army was all eight yuan and had no land and food, provided that the army was allowed to withdraw after five years, and the Hexi Army was obviously more generous and fairer.

"Quiet—" Xu Dapeng shouted loudly, and the humming disappeared.

Guo Song smiled and continued: "The second choice is naturally to continue to serve in the army, but your identity is no longer the Shuofang Army, but the soldiers of the Hexi Army are stationed in Shuofang for a long time, and enjoy the treatment of the soldiers of the Hexi Army, what is it, I tell you, needless to say, there is a meal of mutton every three days, the key is the soldiers, you will all be regarded as the second-class soldiers of the Hexi Army, and the soldiers will be paid twice a month......."

When Guo Songgang said this, he was immediately drowned out by cheers, the military salaries of the Shuofang army were the same money, and the Hexi army actually doubled.

"Listen to me!"

Guo Song waved his hand, quieted everyone down, and said with a smile: "The Hexi Army implements the system of exchanging military salaries for land, and the military salaries received every month are consistent money, and the consistent money is exchanged for double land, for example, if you continue to serve in the army for five years and then retire from the army, then you have saved sixty yuan of money, which is converted into one hundred and twenty yuan of land, if it doesn't matter where your hometown is?" Jiedu Mansion will give you land worth 120 yuan, if you haven't understood it, it doesn't matter, our civil officials will explain it to you in detail, give you three days to think about it, pay attention to staying, or are you willing to retire and return to your hometown? ”

.........

In the afternoon, Guo Song led 10,000 cavalry to leave Lingzhou and go to Fengzhou.

Guo Song said to Liang Wu, who saw him off: "If nothing else, you will be the envoy of the soldiers and horses in Lingzhou, and you will be responsible for the five states of Shuofang except for the accident in Fengzhou, and you must take the responsibility in advance." ”

Liang Wu pondered for a moment and said: "The Liang family is in charge of the military and political affairs of Shuofang, and they are worried that there will be criticism. ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "The criticism is because the system is not perfect, the Suzheng Observatory and the military discipline battalion will be stationed at the same time, and this is not a lifelong position, your task is to stabilize the overall situation of Shuofang, at most one year, you will have another appointment, do not have a psychological burden." ”

Liang Wu nodded, "Humble duty understands!" ”

Guo Song said: "Your top priority now is to build a large refugee camp to accommodate the women, children and elderly people of the party, and they should be escorted over soon." ”

"What is the envoy going to do with them?"

"The problem of marriage matching in the Hexi Army has always existed, and many soldiers can't find wives, so I plan to use the marriage method to get the party women and the soldiers of the Hexi Army to get married."

"This is a good solution, and the lowly position is also considered in this way."

Guo Song smiled and patted Liang Wu's shoulder, "Let you sit in Lingzhou, not only because you are the head snake, but more importantly, because of my trust in you." ”

"Thank you for your trust!"

"Stay! I set off. ”

Guo Song urged the war horse and galloped away with hundreds of personal soldiers........

Fengzhou Thorn History is Xue Changshou, who followed Guo Song to Anxi as a military doctor, was reused by Guo Song, and became the chief official of Fengzhou step by step, he also served as the governor of the Three Towns Economic Strategy History, Xue Changshou is more sleek, good at flexibility, he has won the trust of Guo Shu and Cui Kuan, because Cui Kuan concurrently serves as the envoy of the three towns, but the actual military affairs are in charge of Xue Changshou.

Early in the morning, Xue Changshou gathered the five Zhonglang generals, and he said to everyone: "I believe everyone knows what happened in Lingzhou, Guo Yuanjun will arrive in the next two days, and we need to have a clear attitude." ”

Xue Changshou saw that everyone did not speak, and continued: "Guo Yuanjun is our old boss, it is he who laid the foundation of today's Fengzhou situation, without him there would be no today's Fengzhou, I am personally willing to continue to follow Guo Yuanjun, if you are unwilling, I Xue Changshou will not be reluctant, everyone can leave with their own belongings, but the army can't." ”

As soon as Xue Changshou's voice fell, Li Ji took the lead in raising his hand to say, "I am willing to follow!" ”

Li Ji was suppressed by Guo Shu before, and was demoted to the general of the eastern surrendered town, after Cui Kuan took office, he was reused whenever Guo Shu was demoted, and Li Ji was transferred back to Fengzhou to serve as Zhonglang General, he was Guo Song's old deputy general, of course, the first to support.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Yuan and Feng Qumin also raised their hands to express their willingness to follow, they were all old generals of Guo Song, one of the seventy warriors who returned from Anxi, and of course they also supported.

The remaining two, one is Zhang Sen, who was transferred from Hexi to Fengzhou, and won Guo Shu's respect, but Cui Kuan didn't like him, Zhang Sen hesitated, raised his hand and said: "I am willing to serve Guo Yuanjun!" ”

Xue Changshou is not worried about Zhang Sen, Zhang Sen is a smart person, although Cui Kuan doesn't like him very much, he can still protect himself.

At this time, Xue Changshou's eyes fell on the last person, this person is called Yang Bo, Cui Kuan's confidant, he was transferred to Lingzhou two months ago, he obviously came to serve as the chief general of the Fengzhou army, but before he could turn positive, Cui Kuan was killed by the party members.

Yang Bo was silent for a long time and said: "Guo Song is not the imperial court after all, he can't appoint himself as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, I suggest that it is best to listen to Taiwei Zhu's opinion again." ”

Luo Yuan and Feng Qumin exchanged a look, Feng Qumin slowly pulled out his sword, suddenly attacked, and stabbed Yang Bo in the back of the heart with a sword, this sword pierced the heart, Yang Bo screamed, and was killed instantly.

Xue Changshou stood up in shock, "You.... What are you doing? ”

Li Ji and Zhang Sen's faces also changed greatly, and they all stood aside and looked at Feng Qumin vigilantly.

Feng Qumin bowed and said: "We have long heard that he was co-opted by Zhu Jun, and when we say this today, it is obvious that we have different intentions, if we don't kill him now, it will be difficult to kill him when we return to the barracks." ”

Li Ji's eyes were sharp, he saw the corner of a letter in Yang Bo's arms, stretched out his hand and pulled it out, and said with a sneer: "Look at this letter!" ”

He threw the letter on the table, and everyone was stunned, only to see that the letter jacket read, 'To General Yang, the Governor of Hanhai.' The inscription is none other than Taiwei Zhu Zhu.

Zhu Zhu is really willing to spend the money! He was actually named a general and appointed as the governor of Hanhai.

Everyone gasped, Yang Bo carried the letter with him, it was likely that he was going to do it tonight.

Zhang Sen said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid he has already deployed, without further ado, I can use his name to gather his subordinates, and then catch them all!" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Xue Changshou, Xue Changshou pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "This matter is indeed without further ado, let's discuss the details of the action!" ”

Half an hour later, several lieutenants of the Fifth Battalion hurried to Yang Bo's tent.

The strength of the Fengzhou army reached a peak of nearly 20,000 in the Guo and Song dynasties, but Fengzhou could not afford such heavy military expenses, and the number of troops gradually decreased, and now there are only 5,000 professional soldiers left, all of whom have been granted land and become military households.

The five thousand soldiers are divided into five battalions, and the commander of each battalion is the Zhonglang General, which is actually only equivalent to the Lang General, so there is no Lang General under the Zhonglang General, and he is directly a captain.

As soon as the five lieutenants entered the tent, they found it empty, and they screamed that it was not good, and turned sharply to withdraw, when hundreds of soldiers rushed out and trapped them with spears.