If Zhang Xianzhong did not die, the two armies faced each other, this strategy would naturally be difficult to succeed, but as soon as Zhang Xianzhong died, the Great Western Army was leaderless, and the people were panicked, but it gave Sun Chuanting an excellent opportunity to start, a letter of persuasion, and the 100,000 Western Army was lost, and Sun Kewang was headed!

"Dong Xianguang, He Bing, are you really willing to surrender to the court and no longer rebel?"

Returning to Jiujiang Mansion, Dong Xianguang and other generals of the Great Western Army came to Sun Chuanting one by one, and Sun Chuanting asked in a deep voice.

Dong Xianguang obviously has not recovered from Liu Wenxiu's tragic death, and his face is sad.

"Lord Inspector, this is the last order of the king of Dingnan, we have followed the king of Dingnan for more than ten years, and we are deeply gracious, but there is a life, naturally I am going to the soup and fire, and I will not give up, not to mention that now the emperor is sage, we are also in the eyes, if we can live a good life, who wants to pull the flag and rebel? We are willing to sincerely submit to the court and serve the court! ”

Sun Chuanting's eyes narrowed, nodded, and replied: "In this case, the governor will accept you, however, the court has a law, and there is discipline in the army, once you become a soldier under the command of the Ming Dynasty, you should strictly abide by the law, otherwise, military discipline is ruthless, the Great Western Army has always had extremely poor military discipline, burning, killing and looting, and is notorious, you must restrain your subordinates and not make trouble!" ”

"Yes, my lord, I am willing to serve military discipline!"

Sun Chuanting looked at Gao Jie and Zhong Yue, and the two of them nodded their heads, indicating that they were at the mercy of Sun Chuanting's arrangement.

Sun Chuanting said in a deep voice: "In this case, pass the order, the surrendered officers and soldiers of the Great Western Army, the dead will be buried alive, and all the wounded will be placed on the spot, and silver taels will be allocated to support their lives; From now on, the Great Western Army will be rectified, the homeless and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be eliminated, and eight infantry battalions and two cavalry battalions will be set up in the whole army, with a total of 20,000 people, and the rest of the officers and men will be disbanded on the spot! Two cavalry battalions were charged into the front town of Nanjing, and eight infantry battalions were filled into the back town of Nanjing and Luzhou town respectively, to replenish the troops, and immediately sent six hundred miles to expedite to report to the emperor, and at the same time ask for Dong Xianguang and others to be sealed! ”

Dong Xianguang and He Bing and other generals looked at each other, even after a big battle, now their army is still about 80,000 people, and the Governor only let 20,000 people remain, and all the others are disbanded! How can this work?

"Inspector, Inspector! This, is there too many soldiers who have been laid off? The Great Western Army has 20,000 troops, and the elite of the Great Western Army alone is more than 20,000 people. ”

Dong Xianguang asked in a slush.

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "What, General Dong, are you distressed?" Moreover, do you think that the elite of the Great Western Army is really the elite, not to mention that compared with the former town of Nanjing, even compared with the former town of Nanjing, which has just been established, they are really worthy of the word elite? ”

Dong Xianguang's heart jumped, ruthless, and replied: "It's just, it's just, this is inevitably too ruthless, they are all brothers for many years, and their subordinates are really a little reluctant, could it be that the Inspector is afraid that we will regret it and rebel against the court again, the Inspector, it is not necessary, although Dong Xianguang is not a hero, but this word of promise, Dong Xianguang still understands......

There is no way, it is all the soldiers brought out from Sichuan by these generals, and they just let it go, Dong Xianguang is really embarrassed, and in desperation, he has to say hard.

"Haha,"

Sun Chuanting laughed and said: "General Dong, the so-called suspicious people don't need to be used, since I have accepted your surrender, I naturally will not suspect you, and even if you rebel again, what can you do?" When you joined forces with Sun Kewang, the governor didn't pay attention to it, and now that General Liu Wenxiu is dead, Sun Kewang is the head, and the strength of the Great Western Army is less than two-thirds of the original, what else do I have to worry about? ”

Dong Xianguang's face turned red and he didn't speak.

Sun Chuanting continued: "General Dong, you are just afraid that these people will retire from active duty and live without support, this pension, this governor will naturally take into account this problem, all the dismissed personnel, each will receive a pension of ten taels of silver, to ensure that they can eat in the future, ten taels of silver, as long as these people do not spend all their time drinking and living honestly, it is enough to ensure that they live for two or three years; Second, there are not many soldiers, but in the fine, a group of rabble, even if there are many troops, they are just fat, and they spend money and food in vain, and it will not help, you think about it, from the Great Western Army to the Chuang Army, when is it not about three times my strength? It's still more defeats and fewer wins, why? The good and the bad are uneven, those soldiers dragged their feet, the war just began to run frantically, and the morale of the elite forces was hit, the success was insufficient, and the defeat was more than enough, you look at the Tianwei Army, or the three towns of Nanjing, together, eight towns, only more than 100,000 troops, but these hundreds of thousands of troops can be called proud soldiers, the soldiers are pointed, invincible, from the beginning of its establishment to the present, how many defeats have been fought? You must know that next, Bendu is going north, we are not facing an ordinary opponent, but the Manchurian Eight Banners, which have always been known for their fierceness and brutality, if our troops are not elite enough, we are only afraid that a charge of the Manchurian Eight Banners will be enough to tear our camp apart, and even fight a crossing, how can we be other people's opponents? ”

Dong Xianguang's face turned even redder, Sun Chuanting's every sentence was to the point, and he gave ten taels of silver to each of the people who were cut in one go, which is definitely a huge amount of money, even if it is the elite army of the imperial court now, each person's monthly salary is only five taels of silver, and it is also the result of Zhu Jie's continuous improvement of treatment, before, everyone was only two taels of silver, as for the Great Western Army, it is even more pitiful, it is good to be able to fill their stomachs, as for those homeless people, it is even more miserable, it is difficult to even fill their stomachs, ten taels of silver, It is enough to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing for a year.

"My lord, Dong Xianguang and his brothers thank you for your kindness!"

Dong Xianguang fell to his knees and said in a choked voice.

Sun Chuanting waved his hand and replied: "Okay, get up, the reason why I said that you are in the army is not because I am afraid that you will form a gang and set up a mountain, but because among you generals, no one can take charge alone, and there are not many generals in our army who can lead an army alone, see how the imperial court arranges, if the emperor intends to build a military town, he will send suitable generals again, no matter what, this governor guarantees that each of your generals will have a good future!" ”

(End of chapter)