Chapter 53: Wish-fulfilled
"Hey!" Zhang Biwu smiled, he looked at Wu Sangui, and thought: "Chong Guan is angry and red-faced, Wu Sangui, I'm not as ruthless as you!" But even if you don't lure the Qing soldiers into the customs, after learning that Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Dolgon, who urgently gathered the Eight Banners Army, will find a way to enter Beijing! It's just that you let the Qing soldiers enter the customs, and then helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty to conquer the south and the north, and conquered the entire Ming Dynasty and made a great contribution! Especially to the father and the family, regardless of life and death, you are the real ruthless character! ”
Wu Sangui saw that Zhang Biwu was very fascinated by thinking about things, so he asked, "Biwu, what are you thinking?" Zhang Biwu replied with a smile: "No! I'm not thinking about anything! All right! Drink at the table! ”
Zhang Biwu and Wu Sangui sat down, and the two of them had just raised their glasses full of wine when they heard the sound of shouting and killing.
Yes! At the bottom of the valley a group of people began to fight, they rushed at each other, and just as the two of them were near, they all jumped. "Bell! The sound of "bells", swords intersecting.
A fierce battle ensued, with one of them falling to the ground with a knife and another being stabbed to death with a sword. They are all fighting desperately, they know that there are only a hundred lives! Whoever survives to the bottom will be the winner! When you kill others, save yourself!
For those who have a neck-cutting relationship, they naturally have to fight side by side, and they cooperate very tacitly.
Hunting and counter-hunting are constantly being staged. Originally, they were comrades who fought together, but now they have become enemies, everyone's eyes are blood-red, and they can't wait to dismantle each other! No one wants to be this weakling!
The sound of fighting was endless, but Zhang Biwu and Wu Sangui were chatting leisurely while drinking, as if they didn't care about the blood and fighting that was close at all.
At this moment, the scout came to report: "General, now there are only two hundred left!" But Zhang Biwu and Wu Sangui were still leisurely, and the two were still clinking glasses.
"!" The two of them drank it, then each ripped off a thigh and gnawed it again. The screams reached their ears one by one, and they were both indifferent.
Wu Sangui's eyes kept staring at Zhang Biwu, thinking, "Boy, don't you have a trace of hesitation and fear?" So calm! It was a big surprise to me! ”
And what about Zhang Biwu? He thought to himself: "Wu Sangui has been looking at me, I can't let Wu Sangui look down on me!" Maybe today I am friends with Wu Sangui, but in the near future, Wu Sangui and I will be enemies! I have to calm down! I made this proposal, and I had to pretend that no one was there! Wu Sangui's heart must be thinking a lot! ”
Yes! Wu Sangui pretended to be a person who had nothing to do, and was not moved by blood and cruelty. But Zhang Biwu still had a trace of fear in his heart, after all, it was his proposal that made the three hundred people start fighting.
Zhang Biwu still kept reminding himself in his heart: "Be firm!" Zhang Biwu, you are saving them! If you don't propose to let the strong survive and the weak die, all 300 of them will have to die! If you can save one person, it's one person! And my army is gone! There are only more than 100 people, and if I get another 100 people, although there are still very few soldiers, it is better than nothing! This one is right! How can you govern the army if you are not ruthless? How to lead troops to war? ”
Wu Sangui smiled when he saw Zhang Biwu's heart, and at this time, the scout flew again: "Report!" One hundred and seventy-three people left! ”
Wu Sangui deliberately glanced at Zhang Biwu again, and asked tentatively: "Guoxiong, there are only 173 people left!" Nearly half dead, can you stop? Zhang Bijun responded with an understatement: "I know the way!" Go on! ”
They drank for a while, and the scouts returned that there were only one hundred and forty-five men left. Wu Sangui said again: "Zhang Biwu, why don't I give you these one hundred and forty-five people!" Stop! Wu Sangui seemed to be wrong, he seemed to be testing Zhang Biwu.
Zhang Biwu still replied firmly: "No! I have already said that out of 300, only 100 will remain! Gotta go on! Can't stop! ”
Wu Sangui smiled and raised his wine glass as he spoke: "Okay! I love it! Come! Dry! Zhang Biwu touched a glass with Wu Sangui again, thinking: "This Wu Sangui is really cunning, he is persuading me to stop, but he is trying me!" ”
After they continued to drink for a while, the scout reported again: "There are only one hundred and three left!" ”
Zhang Biwu put down his chopsticks and said, "Okay! Stop! Wu Sangui glanced at him and said, "Go!" Tell them to stop! ”
When the scout went to give the order for one hundred and three people to stop, two more were killed, so that only one hundred and one people remained.
When their clothes were untied, it was evident that the hundred were wounded, and when they heard that they had stopped, they had survived, and they were either slumped on the ground, or leaned against each other, gasping for air.
And not far from them were two hundred corpses, and it seemed that these two hundred corpses were envious of these strong men that they could survive.
The floodgates opened, and first the shieldmen came out with their shields, then the archers and the birdmen, and then the pikemen.
Wu Sangui and Zhang Biwu came side by side. Zhang Biwu smiled and said to them: "Okay! Great! I just need a warrior like you who will survive a hundred battles! The weak die, the strong survive! From now on, you will be my brothers! I will treat each and every one of you as if you were my own brother! Go and rest first! Good wine and good food are treated! From now on, you will be the pride of my Ming! ”
One hundred and one people looked at Zhang Biwu, they knew about Zhang Biwu's deeds, and they could really make contributions to Zhang Biwu.
Funing Zhixian also had to donate money as Zhang Biwu said, and mobilized the gentry, asking them to donate money to the mutineers together, and threatened that if they didn't give the mutiners, the mutineers would become thieves, and their lives were not guaranteed at that time.
Although it was only five days, Funing Zhixian helped Zhang Biwu raise 130,000 taels of silver, plus 80,000 taels of silver from Zhixian and 40,000 taels of silver brought by Zhang Biwu, a total of 250,000 silver, which could completely pay the military salary of the mutineers.
After doing this, Zhang Biwu resumed his life in Beijing. Wu Sangui also immediately rushed back to the station.
The emperor summoned Zhang Biwu, Chongzhen was smiling, he was very appreciative of Zhang Biwu's counterinsurgency process, Zhang Biwu was a counterinsurgency process, he was clear, after all, Jinyiwei had already reported.
Chongzhen smiled: "Aiqing, you did a great job this time!" Ha! I never thought that you would expose Jianlu's conspiracy, and thus make my soldiers hate Jianyu to death! And you can also make the soldiers grateful to me! Ha Lu Ha! can not only make meritorious contributions, but also take care of the heavenly power of the whole me. Very good! ”
Chongzhen naturally knew that Yang Sichang only gave Zhang Biwu 40,000 taels of silver to calm down, and he was worried that Zhang Biwu would not be able to do it!
After all, 40,000 taels is too little! But I didn't expect Zhang Biwu to do it, and he could make the mutineers be grateful to him as the emperor, and he used Funing Zhixian and Funing gentry to pay money, without the court to pay, this is also a great achievement! He even appreciated Zhang Biwu's ability to do things.
Gao Qiqian's face was not good-looking, he knew that it was very difficult to stop Zhang Biwu's soaring Huang Tengda this time, but he had nothing to do.
Chongzhen said, "Okay! Zhang Biwu, as you wish, I will promote you to a guerrilla general, and serve as the garrison of the Lu family, Lingbao, and Ruxiang! Shaanzhou was originally the second county of Lingbao: Lingbao and Ruxiang two counties, and now I have divided these two counties for you, and the governor of Shaanzhou is afraid that he will not be able to think about it, after all, the territory under his jurisdiction has shrunk! Ha Lu Ha! Zhang Aiqing, you can't live up to me! ”
"Ahh Zhang Biwu was overjoyed when he heard it, he finally succeeded! He can return to Lushi County, which can be regarded as a return to his hometown, he is so excited! With your first piece of territory, you can cultivate your own potential. Although he only has 200 men in his hands, as long as he has three lands, it is not difficult to appease people.
Chongzhen continued: "Zhang Biwu, you must know that Lu Dao is near Tongguan, and the banners of thieves have appeared in the Lingbao area, you must find the thieves and then destroy them!" If necessary, the soldiers of Tongguan can be handed over to you at your disposal! Even if it's He Renlong's army, you can transfer them to attack and destroy the thieves! ”
"Ahh Zhang Biwu is really flattered! Chongzhen actually gave him the right to mobilize He Renlong and He Lunatics, but Zhang Biwu also knew that He Renlong was the deputy commander-in-chief, and if he wanted to listen to a guerrilla general of so many levels lower than him, he would never do it! It is better to say that it is a grace than a verbal grace! It doesn't help much.
It's just that if you can get such grace as Chongzhen, it can be regarded as the grace of the emperor, and once you go to Lingbao and other three places, this is a big one! It can also calm others! It's a good thing!
"Yes! As soon as the whereabouts of the thieves are discovered, the ministers will surely exterminate them! Zhang Biwu immediately responded loudly, but he knew in his heart that he would exterminate Li Zicheng? It's hard, it's hard! It's almost a dream!
After Zhang Biwu withdrew, he was going to hurriedly prepare to go to Lu Shi and other places to take up his post, of course he wanted to bring a hundred dead soldiers who were still there in Yao Dongzhao, as well as one hundred and one soldiers who defected to him in the mutiny, he only had more than two hundred people, and he relied on this team to create an invincible iron army!
Zhang Biwu naturally had to go to see Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng heard that Zhang Biwu could become the garrison of the three places, he was very happy, he now only hoped that Zhang Biwu could become the pillar of saving the Ming Dynasty. Now Lu Xiangsheng has lost confidence in everything, and he is no longer the hero he used to be.
Zhang Biwu asked Yao Dongzhao to take care of Lu Xiangsheng, and he himself took more than 200 people to take up his post......