On December 29, the generals who had taken refuge in Li Zhi gathered at the county office of Liangshan County and looked at Zhang Xianzhong's body in a straw mat with joy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This loyal man is tall and big, with a big nose and big eyes, and a long beard, and he looks like a big thief.

Previously, Zhang Xianzhong rushed left and right in Sichuan, and the official army was scattered and fought separately, and was repeatedly broken by Zhang Xianzhong, and the news of the defeat was one after another. Under the tactic of sacrificing thieves to kill the enemy, the officers and soldiers lost an unknown number of states and counties. It can be said that there is no way to take the sacrifice thief.

However, the Taibao Lord entered Shu for just over a month, so he rectified the orders of the various armies and strictly deployed them. Now the Taibao once captured and killed the thieves, and made outstanding achievements. And the generals who followed Li Zhi to besiege and defend Zhang Xianzhong in various states and counties have all changed from generals of the defeated army to meritorious heroes.

The merit will be rewarded, and the Son of Heaven will be rewarded. All the generals felt that it was a wise move for them to abandon the incompetent Yang Sichang and join Li Zhi this time. Not only did he make meritorious contributions this time, but he also established a relationship with Li Zhi in the future, kept up with the pace of Lord Taibao, and had more opportunities to be promoted and make a fortune.

The generals gathered around Zhang Xianzhong's corpse and discussed, wondering how much war exploits Li Zhi would give him this time.

Among the generals, Cao Bianjiao was faintly the leader. First of all, he has the highest official rank, and he is the governor of Zhengyipin. Secondly, he has the greatest credit for the soldiers and horses, and the cavalry played a key role in the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong's thieves, and the 4,000 soldiers and horses under Cao Bianjiao's account were all cavalry, and they held many states and counties in front of Zhang Xianzhong in the past half month.

Of course, the most important thing is that Cao Bianjiao was the first general to defect to Li Zhi. Because of Cao Bianjiao's leadership, other generals followed.

I think that after this big victory, Lord Taibao will not treat Cao Bianjiao badly.

Similarly, the generals also look up to Long Wenguang very much. Long Wenguang, as the governor of Sichuan this time, provided grain and grass for soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and had a strategic contribution to the extermination of Zhang Xianzhong. As long as Li Zhi helps him say a few kind words, this promotion is inevitable. Although his 8,000 Sichuan soldiers did not participate in the war, he was the second to defect to Li Zhi, and it was expected that Li Zhi would also give him some first-class combat exploits.

The other generals have relatively less credit.

The magistrate of Liangshan County stood at the bottom, accompanying the generals and smirking. The people on the list are all big officials, and he is a small county governor and no one cares about him. However, Li Zhi was also happy to kill Zhang Xianzhong, at least there was no risk of the city being breached in the future, and there would be no charge of abandoning the land.

The generals were talking there when they heard the soldiers standing at the door shouting: "Lord Taibao has arrived!" ”

The generals hurried back to the front of their seats, bowed towards the door, and waited for Li Zhi's arrival.

In the middle of the night, Li Zhi was wearing a Zhengyipin official robe and slowly walked into the main hall of the county government.

Led by Cao Bianjiao, the generals shouted loudly: "I've seen Lord Taibao!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Sit!" ”

The generals sat down and looked at Li Zhi respectfully.

Li Zhi sat on the chair and was silent for a while, and said lightly: "This time to exterminate the sacrifice thief, all the generals have merit!" Of the 14,600 heads captured, I will share some of them with the generals. ”

The generals glanced at each other, their faces full of joy.

"Where is Cao Bianjiao?"

Cao Bianjiao stood up with his hands and said loudly: "The end will be!" ”

"This time, you have 1,130 levels of decapitation, do you have any objections?"

Hearing that Li Zhi had divided more than 1,000 heads for himself, Cao Bianjiao felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart. Li Zhi said that he owed himself a favor this time, and he was really generous. With this 1,100 heads in hand, this time I can't run away as a prince and a young prince.

Cao Bianjiao's face flushed with excitement, but he said: "The last general is just besieging Zhang Xianzhong under the command of Lord Taibao, and he has never participated in the war, and he does not dare to share the exploits of the Taibao." ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "This is what you deserve, if it weren't for your 4,000 cavalry, the thief didn't know how many states and counties he would capture, and I wouldn't be able to catch up with him." ”

"Then I will thank the Taibao-sama."

"Where is Long Wenguang?"

"The lower official is here!"

"You have four hundred and thirty-one levels of decapitation in the battle of the pacesetter battalion, do you have any objections?"

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Li Zhi gave back to the generals who helped him to besiege Zhang Xianzhong, and divided some heads to go out. However, in addition to Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang, the other generals were divided into more than 100 levels, at most more than 200 levels, and Li Zhi had a total of more than 2,000 heads, and he still had more than 12,000 levels left.

These generals were very happy, they just marched to encircle Zhang Xianzhong, and they got the first rank, from the general of the defeated army to the meritorious hero. Although this or two hundred first-level leaders will not allow the generals to be promoted immediately, when the next three years are planned, these first-level combat exploits will be meritorious. When the time comes, if you work up and down and work well, you will be promoted to a higher rank.

In short, it is very cost-effective to take refuge in Li Zhi this time.

After Li Zhi finished dividing the heads, he said to Long Wenguang: "Governor Long, now that the thief has been captured, we will write a good report and report the credit." ”

Long Wenguang said loudly: "That's right, let's make two Tang newspapers, one to the Son of Heaven and the other to the Ministry of War. ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Make three copies, and one copy will be reported to the superintendent Yang Sichang, so that the superintendent will also be happy." ”

When the generals heard this, they were silent for a while.

Previously, Yang Sichang ordered all armies not to cooperate with Li Zhi to suppress thieves, and what he was most afraid of was that Li Zhi would make meritorious contributions as soon as he entered Sichuan. As a result, as soon as Li Zhi entered Sichuan, he captured Zhang Xianzhong with a thunderous force, and the efficiency of this thief made Yang Sichang look very incompetent. It is estimated that it will not be long before the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee will collectively impeach the Yang Cabinet Department for misleading the country. At this time, Yang Sichang heard the news that Li Zhi had captured and killed Zhang Xianzhong, which was equivalent to hearing a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Li Zhi obviously didn't listen to Yang Sichang's command, but at this time, he wanted to send a Tang report of a big victory to Yang Sichang? Is this deliberately disgusting Yang Sichang?

The generals looked at each other for a while and burst out laughing.

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In Xiangyang City, Yang Sichang looked at the Tang newspaper sent by Li Zhi and Long Wenguang, and coughed violently.

He coughed very urgently, coughing so red that he looked like he was terminally ill, and as if he was about to cough out his lungs, and he looked like an old man in his last years.

It took a long time for him to stop coughing and sit in his chair panting.

Yuan Jixian, the governor of Xunyang, saw that the superintendent took a breath, and arched his hand and said: "Superintendent, as soon as this Li Zhi arrived in Sichuan, he captured and killed Zhang Xianzhong in a battle, which seems that we are twelve points incompetent. Last month, Yu Shi Huang benefited from attacking us for misleading the country. At this time, the imperial historians in the court will not let go of the opportunity, and they will definitely attack us in groups. ”

Meng Ruhu sighed and said, "Inspector, this is really the end. As soon as Li Zhi arrived in Sichuan, he killed Zhang Xianzhong, and there was no chance for our defeated generals to be cleared of their charges. ”

Yang Sichang looked at the Tang newspaper and didn't speak for a long time.

After being silent for a long time, he said slowly: "Li Zhi captured the thief, and the governor is also very happy. (To be continued.) )