Chapter 565: Shunjie Army
Pseudo-Qi suffered more than 70,000 casualties in the decisive battle, more than 10,000 people fled, and more than 15,000 people were blocked by the Feng family army in time and made prisoners, but whether they escaped or were captured, what shocked everyone was that the number of wounded was less than thirty percent, which only proved a problem, these people almost never fought with the Feng family army, that is to say, they were completely on the field to watch the excitement.
Regardless of whether they didn't have a chance or didn't want to fight with the Feng family army at all, this made Shang Rang, who listened to Mao Hao's report in the tent, feel very helpless, and even a little humiliated. If these 20,000 people can work together to fight a decisive battle, the final outcome may really change. But that's only if, and the current outcome has already come out, for whatever reason, the pseudo-Qi was defeated, and the coach Shang Rang surrendered before the end of the war.
Shang Rang and Huo Cun and all the pseudo-Qi rebels who surrendered were indeed treated fairly in the Feng family army as Lin Feng ensured, not only were they not oppressed for no reason, but all those who were unwilling to continue to serve in the army could go home, and those who did not have a home could receive a piece of land in the wasteland occupied by the Feng family army near Wuzhang Yuan that had just opened up and continue to cultivate, and they would also be protected by the Feng family army like ordinary people.
More than half of the more than 10,000 captives chose to stay in the army, and only a few of the remaining people chose to return to their homes, and Lin Feng also arranged for people to prepare a part of the rations and a small amount of money and silver for these people, and most of the remaining people were homeless people, even if they were given money and food, they didn't know where to go back, so they stayed on the Wuzhang Plain to receive land for farming, and while being self-sufficient, the Feng family army also offered attractive conditions, after harvesting, according to the market price to buy the grain in their hands, but to do so, the Fengjia army can collect grain nearby for replenishment, and at the same time, the loss of a large number of soldiers and horses has temporarily relieved a lot of pressure on logistics grain and grass.
A month passed quickly, and the news of Shang Rang's surrender also spread to all areas of Guannai, Shang Rang not only did not receive any punishment, but Lin Feng also wrote a report to the imperial court to ask for an official for him, but for the time being, he could only serve in the Feng family's army, although there was no specific title and position, but Lin Feng let Shang Rang continue to lead the troops, and he was also a soldier of the original pseudo-Qi.
Moreover, during this period of time, Shang Rang also cooperated with the wide announcement, so that many of the surrounding cities and villages that were originally under the jurisdiction of the pseudo-Qi directly turned around and surrendered to the Feng family army.
Not only that, but in less than a month, Shang Rang also gathered seven or eight thousand defeated soldiers who fled during the decisive battle, and at this time Shang Rang alone already had nearly fifteen thousand troops. And the Feng family's army, plus the 3,000 people selected from the puppet Qi rebels, the total strength is only close to 20,000.
For Shang Rang's unlimited collection of troops to expand the troops, the generals of the Feng family army are naturally very unhappy, for a month, watching Shang Rang's total number of troops increase by leaps and bounds, everyone must be uneasy in their hearts, almost every day they will see Lin Feng mention this, but Lin Feng laughed every time, didn't pay much attention to it at all, just told everyone not to make things happen at will, and to do everything that should be done at the moment first, as for the rest, he knows it in his heart.
Seeing that Shang Rang's strength was about to compete with the total strength of the Feng family's army, the generals naturally couldn't sit still, after all, Shang Rang surrendered out of desperation, and according to the current strength of the two sides, if Shang Rang made any out-of-the-ordinary moves, the Feng family army on the entire Wuzhang Plain would reach the point of no return.
However, Lin Feng is obviously not only thinking about the situation in front of him, but the whole overall situation, according to the overall situation, the pseudo-Qi has completely become the end of the crossbow, especially according to the battle report sent from the front, the entire Fengzhou City is already in danger, although there are still huge forces in Chang'an City, but it can almost be said to be a bird of shock, there are more than ten or two hundred thousand troops in the air, and in the face of Tongguan, which is only a few thousand Thunder Pioneer Regiment and the Meridian Army garrisoned, they only dare to look far away, and they have no intention of fighting at all.
Moreover, Lin Feng still has an internal response in Chang'an City, according to the news sent back by Chen Wansan and Zhang Qi, the contradiction between Wang Teng, the current commander of the Imperial City Guard, and Zhang Li, who stayed in Chang'an, is getting deeper and deeper, and although Zhang Li has stronger troops, he never dares to act rashly. Not only that, even the gate of Chang'an City is now only open to the three main gates, and the rest of the gates are closed on weekdays, and there are strict checks and guards around the three main gates every day, it can be said that as long as there is any change in the Feng family army far away in Wuzhangyuan, the entire Chang'an City will immediately close the city gate without hesitation, and the whole city will be on guard.
And it was also mentioned in the secret letter that Wang Teng is becoming more and more anxious now, because he is bent on staying with Ziyao as soon as possible, Wang Teng has even recently gathered his henchmen in secret under Zhuge Shiwei's finger pinching god, and vowed to help the Feng family army at a critical moment.
All the information on the situation showed that the time of the pseudo-Qi was short, so Lin Feng was not worried that Shang Rang would rebel and surrender again, since he had already made a decision in his heart, Lin Feng naturally used people without suspicion. And in general, Shang Rang is definitely a handsome talent who can fight well, how could Lin Feng completely empty the other party's power and cause the other party to be just a waste person by his side, or have to think about the future again because he made the other party suspicious.
Although all the generals of the Feng family army also silently agreed with Lin Feng's approach, they were still not very comfortable in their hearts, after all, in their opinion, Shang Rang was always an outsider, and there were many more soldiers and horses under his command than each of them. However, immediately after, after arranging the things at hand, Shang Rang took the initiative to find Lin Feng and made an incredible decision that made everyone stunned.
Shang Rang asked Lin Feng to take back the military power in his hands on the grounds that he was a prisoner, leaving only 3,000 people to continue to serve the Feng family's army. Of course, Shang Rang did this for a reason, how could he not have heard the attitude of the generals towards him and the rumors in the army, although he was grateful to Lin Feng for his trust, but in order to avoid suspicion, Shang Rang still decided to hand over the soldiers and horses that had been collected.
However, when the matter came, Lin Feng refused to agree, and he also blamed the generals of the Feng family army in front of Shang Rang, and swore that he slashed the table with his war knife, saying that in the future, who would dare to spread rumors casually in order to disturb the army's heart.
Hearing Shang Rang in his ears, he also understood in his heart that Lin Feng was doing this, and the acting component for himself was too big, and of course he had to hand over the military power. However, the final result greatly surprised Shang Rang, because Lin Feng really did not confiscate his military power, and in front of the generals of the Feng family army, he personally ordered to name Shang Rang's soldiers and horses, Shunjie Army, also as an independent corps of the Feng family army, and at the same time expressed his attitude to Shang Rang, in the entire Feng family army, except for Lin Feng's order, Shang Rang can completely make his own decisions and do not have to obey the dispatch of others.
In this way, Shang Rang and Huo Cun were completely shocked, originally the two of them were a little hesitant to hand over the military power, and if they handed it over, they would have no military power, and they would completely become fish on the chopping block, but if they didn't hand it over, the rumors in the army were too strong, and the two of them couldn't stand the pressure.
finally made up their minds, but the final result made the two overjoyed, and even standing in the tent at that time was a little unacceptable. However, later, under Shang Rang's repeated requests, Lin Feng reluctantly accepted it, and Shang Rang allocated 5,000 troops to distribute to the generals of the Feng family's army, and kept less than 10,000 troops under his command, and at the same time assured Lin Feng that if there were no special circumstances, he would never expand his troops by more than 10,000.