That night, Geng Ruqi solved Wu Zimian's matter, and both guests and hosts were happy.

Day 2.

Wang Zezhi originally planned to leave early in the morning.

However, he was a little curious about why these people who came to reinforce didn't leave, and after inquiry, he learned that the food and salary allocated by the imperial court had arrived today, and the big guys had to wait for the food and salary to be distributed before returning to their respective stations.

Wang Zezhi felt that no matter how small the mosquito's legs were, the meat was left, so he stayed with them and waited for food.

Speaking of which, he put down the thieves and destroyed the Wenju people, and so far he has not asked the court for a penny of food, and it is a kind of compensation to be able to get some here.

At noon, the food of the imperial court arrived and began to be distributed.

Wang Zeshang stepped forward to report the number of participants in the battle, the number of people killed in the battle, and received more than 10,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 stone of grain.

After receiving these salaries, Geng Ruqi asked him if he had any other requirements, and Wang Zezhi wanted to ask him for some artillery.

Geng Ruqi's face was embarrassed, mainly because the artillery of Datong Mansion had been damaged after this battle, and it needed to be replenished, if Wang Zezhi was given some more, then the guards of Datong Mansion would be a little stretched.

Wang Zezhi expressed his understanding, retreated to the second, and asked him if he could sell him the war horse under Wu Zimian's command.

Geng Ruqi said unhappily, where is the use of money.

With a wave of his hand, he gave Wang Zezhi the only more than 500 war horses under Wu Zimian's command.

The reason why Geng Ruqi is so generous is mainly because the sergeants under Wu Zimian have been cut off by the general soldiers of the provinces.

Because these people came to aid Datong, Geng Ruqi didn't divide the soldiers, just the war horses.

These war horses belong to him, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about anything.

If it weren't for Wu Zimian selling some privately, there would be more than so few war horses under his command.

With these war horses, Wang Zezhi smiled happily, and was happier than getting food.

He thanked Geng Ruqi again and again, took the war horse and carried the food back to the guerrilla camp.

After a three-day long journey, he finally returned to the camp.

There was a heavy atmosphere in the camp.

Shan Tongshan had already distributed bereavement pensions to the soldiers who died in battle in accordance with Wang Zezhi's instructions.

As for those who had no family, they all stayed in the camp and waited for Wang Zezhi to come back and make arrangements.

Wang Zezhi thought about it, this money could not be recovered, and it could not be left empty.

Eventually, he set up a martyr's fund.

Later, the non-commissioned officers who did not have family members received the pension after they died in the war were added to the fund.

What is this fund for?

First, to give use to the orphaned children of the soldiers who died in the war and raise them to adulthood.

The second is to take care of the elderly parents of the soldiers who died in the war.

The second is conditional, limited to only one son, that is to say, they have only one son, and if their son dies in battle, the fund will provide for them to die.

There is another precondition for this, that is, these old people have allowed it.

It's okay if these old people want to take the money.

After solving this matter, it is a reward for the sergeants.

When the battlefield was cleaned up in Xi'an Fort, Wang Zezhi ordered their military exploits to be recorded.

Most of the sergeants who survived this time became third-level soldiers, and there were not a few fourth-level soldiers, and there were even more than a dozen fifth-level soldiers.

One Tartar head counts as three military exploits, which means that each of them killed at least seven Tartars.

Wang Zezhi was more curious about why these people were able to kill so many Tartars.

After his inquiry, he learned that these people would form a three-talent formation, with three people as a small team, relying on each other, which could not only play an offensive, but also reduce the damage received.

That's why they captured so many Tartars.

After Wang Zezhi heard their story, he called Li Hua and asked him to ask these people to learn the Sancai Formation and teach it in the future.

After Li Hua's understanding, the reason why they had the Sancai Formation was because they were originally border troops in northern Shaanxi.

Because there was no food for a long time, and Shangguan pressed them, they couldn't survive, so they went to Baishui and followed Wang Ercheng into a thief.

However, after the battle of Xi'anbao, Wang Zezhi no longer cares about this.

The rewards are multiple, with upgraded rewards and new epaulettes.

There is a change of household registration, money, grain, acres of land, and houses. 18

In addition to these, the most important thing is to tell them about their daughter-in-law, which Wang Zezhi promised them.

These rewards are quite numerous, so Wang Zezhi plans to hold a commendation ceremony.

"My lord, Sect Leader Li and Yu Zhong are back."

Wang Zezhi was thinking about a good day to give the sergeants a commendation meeting, and the herald came back to report.

"Let them in."

"Yes."

After Li Hua came in, his face was worried, and he lowered his head and was silent for a moment before he said carefully: "My lord, my subordinates are not doing well, and I didn't recruit people, please punish my lord." ”

Wang Zezhi raised his eyebrows, this was expected, this was also the reason why he sent Yu Zhong to infiltrate, he looked at Yu Zhong and raised his head at him.

Yu Zhong understood and immediately spoke.

Yu Zhong and his secret spies disguised themselves as civilians hiding from the scourge of war and talked to them.

Originally, there was a certain amount of land used for self-cultivation in each pier and fort city in Datong, but now these fields are in the hands of generals at all levels, local governors, and local heroes.

In addition, the rule of officials in Datong became more and more corrupt, and the lives of the people were even more miserable.

All the people could cultivate was land that was far from the water source and was not very fertile.

The harvest of these lands is not good, but there are more and more grains, taxes, salaries, and salaries, and the people are already overwhelmed.

If you can't hand these in, you can only go to the old man to borrow money and grain, and use it to hand it in.

However, these lords are all usury, and the people can't afford it.

In the end, there was no way, and the people had to sell their fields, houses, children and daughters, and their families were ruined.

This time, with the help of the Tartars' southward journey, these people finally got out of the sea of suffering, and they didn't want to go back, and most of them had plans to flee.

Even, many people have fled to the south.

This time, Li Hua went to recruit the young and strong among the people, and the people were very vigilant, for fear that they would just come out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's mouth.

Because of these reasons, Li Hua's voice was dry, but not a single citizen was recruited.

"My lord, my subordinates have brought more than ten people over, these people are the lieutenant chiefs and first lieutenants in the Datong area, as long as these people can be moved, the matter of recruiting soldiers will not be a problem."

The chief and the first chief can be said to be the existence of the snake on the ground.

During the Ming Dynasty, communications and transportation were backward, and it was impossible for the government to intervene in time every time there was a dispute.

Where there are people, there are disputes, and the cattle of the Zhang San family trampled on the crops of the Li Si family; Wang Wu and Chen Liu had a verbal altercation and slapped Chen Liu twice, and so on.

It is impossible for all these small disputes to be reported to the government, and even if the people talk about the government, these lords are troublesome and will not accept them.

These are all things that need to be solved by the governor to judge who is right and who is wrong, and who should compensate whom.

Therefore, the prestige of these people is greater in the hearts of the people than in the government.

Yu Zhong blended into these people and knew from their mouths.

The life of the chief and the first chief here is not easy, the Datong Mansion is corrupt by officials, and the Tartars often harass and plunder.

After these disasters came, the people fled, and the lieutenant chiefs and chiefs could not collect taxes, so they would be punished and even tortured by the government.

If it is serious, it will be deducted and imprisoned for the crime of resisting tax arrears.

So, Yu Zhong told them that Wang Zezhi's guerrilla camp not only had food and drink, but also silver flowers.

These people originally didn't believe it, but Yu Zhong said it sincerely, and he was willing to lead the way and take them to see it, if Yu Zhong deceived them, they would do whatever they wanted.

These people were moved by Yu Zhong's words, so they came.

"What about people?"

"It's just outside the camp, and they don't dare to come in, for fear of being caught."

Wang Zezhi stood up, stretched out his finger and checked it, and said: "Tell the kitchen, good wine and meat are entertained, Yu Zhong, you go and bring them back, and make room for them to live in." ”

"Yes."

"Ah Niu."

"Yes."

"I told everyone to prepare, and tomorrow at the end of the day, we will hold a commendation meeting, and sort out the rewards that should be given to the sergeants overnight, and we will use them tomorrow."

"Yes."

Ah Niu took the order and left.

Wang Zezhi breathed a sigh of relief, patted Li Hua's shoulder, and pulled him to eat.