"In less than ten days, two Gepi thieves have been broken in a row, if you add the previous rescue of Nanton thieves, Chen Mo, this time he returned to the dynasty with victory, and he was rewarded for his merits, I'm afraid that the military Sima will be more than that, right?" As soon as he returned to the camp, he saw several colleagues step forward and look at Chen Mo eagerly.

Chen Mo didn't have a city, he would send someone back to report, one was to remember the merit, and the other was to notify Runan Taishou through Bao Hong to send someone to take over the city, but just with a song of people and horses, he won more with less one after another, this record, even if the official war has not yet started, is dazzling enough, and at the same time, it is enough to envy others.

"It's just luck, this is the general's strategy, I'm just doing things under orders, and I can't count on the ability." After Bao Hong's incident, Chen Mo is now much more low-key, no matter what, the first work must be Bao Hong's, so that he will not be rejected by Bao Hong, nor will he be squeezed by his colleagues.

Don't look at so many people running to praise it now, the real thoughts in their hearts, only God knows.

"That's amazing, too."

Chen Mo laughed with everyone, it can be regarded as ventilation, even if these people are lucky in Gao Shun's opinion, but at least they are not all straw bales, this time to do things, even if his two hundred people are iron men, it is impossible to wipe out tens of thousands of Gepi thieves, or everyone must cooperate and help each other to have a chance, the atmosphere is a lot more harmonious after Chen Mo deliberately avoided the issue of credit, Chen Mo ran to find Bao Hong.

"You've made a lot of contributions this time." Bao Hong looked at Chen Mo and sighed.

Ten days, hundreds of miles, with two hundred men and horses in his hands, first break the sleeping hill, and then break Gepo, this battle, Chen Mo's ability can not be suppressed even if he wants to, Runan has begun to spread how powerful this young general's ability is, but Chen Mo obviously knows how to be a man, and he did not monopolize the credit, but first reported to him, and then he reported to the imperial court.

In this way, as the main general, Bao Hong naturally has a share of credit in it, which can be said to be a great joy.

"It's not as complicated as the general thought, the defenders of this sleeping hill are only hundreds, and they were tricked out of the city by me to be easily ambushed, as for Na Ge Po, it was I who disguised himself as a Ge Pi thief to sneak into the camp, and after killing the thief leader, the soldiers had no heart to fight, so they won so easily." Chen Mo shook his head, he didn't want to say more about what had happened, he looked at Bao Hong seriously and said: "But general, this time to the south, the last general found that the main force of the Ge Pi thieves is not here, Ge Po has hoarded a lot of grain and grass, but the garrison is only more than a thousand, I think the surrounding area should be similar." ”

"You mean, we're looking for its main force to annihilate it?" Bao Hong looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"I can't beat it, according to the current intelligence, there are at least more than 10,000 people in the main force of the Gepi thieves, and the soldiers and horses of the counties have not yet been mobilized, and we directly attack its main force is not done by wise men!" Chen Mo shook his head, pointed to the map and said: "According to the captive, this time the main force of the Ge Pi thieves went out to take food from Qian County, and we can take advantage of the absence of its main force to capture as many empty cities in its rear as possible, and seize the grain and grass in various cities." ”

"Without food and grass, no matter how many troops they have, it is useless!" When Bao Hong heard this, his eyes lit up, this is a good idea.

"According to the words of those Gepi thieves who surrendered to the army, now the Gepi thieves occupy a lot of cities, east of Rushui, there are dozens of cities, each city has soldiers and horses garrisoned, if our army is divided into troops to garrison, even if it occupies the city, when the Gepi thieves are shocked to attack, the strength of each city is weak, and it may not be able to hold, the final general thinks that it can be combined with Runan Taishou, our army is responsible for attacking the city, and Taishou is responsible for garrisoning the cities, and at the same time maintaining the grain route and providing grain and grass for our army."

"Even so, it will not be easy for our troops to attack the city." Bao Hong had a headache and said, his battalion is three divisions, 1,200 people, and now there are not enough 1,200 people, relying on this little force to attack the city?

"You don't have to kill every city, general!" Chen Mo pointed out several locations on the map and said: "Just take the cities of Song County, Chengfu, and Shansang, and cut off the retreat of the Gepi thieves, we only need to hold these three cities, cut off the other party's grain route, and at the same time contact the Taishou of the county to send troops to entangle and harass, drag the other party, the main force of the Gepi thieves will be scattered, and the main force will be lost, these cities don't have to bother to attack, just send some eloquent people, most of them can be said to surrender, as for the recalcitrant ones, it will not be difficult to deal with at that time." ”

"Brilliant plan!" Bao Hong listened carefully, and couldn't help but stroking his palm and looking at Chen Mo and said with a smile: "Sometimes Ben Jiang really doesn't understand, you are only fourteen, why do you have so many schemes?" ”

"It's not a clever plan, it's just that the Ge Pi thieves don't have a strong foundation in Runan, if they have been operating here for decades, the people are also used to their governance, and there is also a set of laws inside, and they do things according to the rules, even if it is still on the scale it is now, we wait for these cases, even if there are soldiers from various counties and counties to help, it is extremely difficult to defeat them." Chen Mo shook his head, the imperial court has too many advantages over the Gepi thieves, in terms of talents, one of the leaders of the Gepi thieves is counted as one, and there are not many literate ones, even if the generals selected by Xiyuan are not the best, but in this regard, crush the Gepi thieves.

The second is righteousness, although the Ge Pi thieves were under the banner of the Yellow Turban Thieves back then, but it has been four years since the Yellow Turban was destroyed, and the people's good impression of the Taiping Sect has long been gone, and all that remains is the memory of the sores caused by the war, and they can't bring them any decent reason under the banner of the Yellow Turban.

And the most critical point is that Chen Mo asked which Gepi thieves surrendered to the army, although it was caused by the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court's continuous tax increases in the past two years, but after occupying so many cities, the Gepi thieves not only did not formulate rules in time and feed the people to win people's hearts, but after the identity changed, they began to oppress the people, and their methods were rough and direct, which was more than the tax increases of the imperial court in recent years, not to mention the family wealth, even if their lives were not guaranteed.

Started from the people, but in the end it deviated from the original large number of people they were most likely to attract to the people, but pushed them to the opposite side, this last point, but also the biggest failure of the Ge Pi thief, Runan is not like the mountains and obstacles over there, the terrain is complex, the terrain is flat, most of the cities are easy to attack and difficult to defend, the bigger the trouble, the worse the defeat.

"Okay, don't come with me, after defeating the Ge Pi thief this time, you have a lot of credit, maybe, it is possible to be promoted to a captain or a cavalry captain, hey, after the New Year, you are only fifteen, right? Fifteen-year-old cavalry lieutenants are not common, so get the money ready. Bao Hong waved his hand and smiled.

"Money?" Chen Mo looked at Bao Hong in amazement, what do you mean? Do you want to have a celebration party?

"Promoted to cavalry lieutenant or captain, you are a real general, at least two thousand stones, according to the rules, you can be regarded as a meritorious person, you can be reduced by half, about six million." Bao Hong said with a smile.

"How much!?" Chen Mo's voice suddenly raised several degrees.

"Six million dollars, almost, the captain's salary is more than two thousand stones, that is, 1,200 stones, according to the previous rules, you need to pay 12 million, but you are from a poor background, you can reduce it by half, but six million is not less." Bao Hong groped his chin, looked at Chen Mo with some envy, he, a military cadet, donated 12 million yuan to get it.

Although Chen Mo knew about the sale of officials in the imperial court, when it was really his turn, Chen Mo was really a little panicked, six million yuan? If he wants to take it out, he doesn't have to go to Xun's house to carve bamboo slips for others.

Even if he makes bamboo slips for the Xun family, the remuneration given by the Xun family is also rich, if he works hard, he can earn 20,000 yuan a day, and he does it like this for a year, almost there, but not to mention whether there is so much work for him, even if there is, he has carved bamboo slips all year round, how is it possible?

"No money?" Bao Hong looked at Chen Mo and said in surprise.

"Since childhood, my family has been poor, why did I get so much money to buy officials?" Chen Mo felt that he had suddenly lost motivation.

Bao Hong looked left and right, then looked at Chen Mo and said in a low voice: "Actually, six million money is not difficult, when capturing the city, those captured loot also have a lot of money, every time you deduct a part, as long as we do a good job, we won the battle, and the court will not count much more, in addition, you can also ask for some funding, after all, this time we helped this Runan defeat the thieves, they need to ...... more or less."

Chen Mo frowned when he heard this, obviously Bao Hong's statement was contrary to his own concept.

But if you don't......

In the end, Chen Mo shook his head: "The general has a heart, I'll think about this matter again." ”

Not only does this go against his own philosophy, but more importantly, if he really does it, it is equivalent to being pinched by Bao Hong, you can say that the court will turn a blind eye most of the time, but if it is investigated in the future, it will be an endless trouble, not to mention that if someone wants to deal with himself, these filths in Bao Hong's hands, at a critical moment, it can be fatal.

"Chen Mo, although you are more resourceful and decisive than me, but in this world, sometimes it is like this, most people in the DPRK and China do this, if you don't do it, in their eyes, you are an outlier, and the road in the future will be very difficult." Bao Hong patted Chen Mo on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"But there are always a few, right?" Chen Mo shook his head and said.

"Yes, Duke Lu, Duke Yuan, now there are many virtuous people in the court who disdain this, but there are countless people with countless wealth, how can we compare?" Bao Hong shook his head and said: "Don't think about this, listen to my brother's advice, in this officialdom, you can only be qualified to speak clearly if you are in a high position, and when you are nothing, it is best not to think about this, otherwise, it will be difficult to climb to a high position for the rest of your life." ”

"Thank you for the general's teachings, but this matter still needs to be considered, and it is difficult for the general to accept it for a while." Chen Mo saluted Bao Hong.

"Whatever you want, I'll keep one for you here, and when you need it, tell me that is." Bao Hong nodded, and didn't force him, this kid was so smart, he believed that Chen Mo would make the right choice.

Looking at Chen Mo's back, Bao Hong shook his head, when he was young, who wasn't like this? It's just that sometimes if you insist on this, the future will be gone, and he believes that Chen Mo will figure it out.