Mo Changsong saw the two of them looking at him so solemnly, and he didn't feel that he wanted to laugh inexplicably, he sighed lightly, and said slowly: "Don't worry, my Tang Army will accept and accept rebellion, and there will be regulations." They will not be discriminated against on the basis of a whim. If your troops return from surrendering, our troops will first treat your surrendered soldiers and horses differently. ”

Seeing that the two of them listened attentively, Mo Changrong continued: "Our army will report each other to let anyone who has bad deeds in the past, although they can keep their lives, but they will be immediately removed from the army, and forcibly sent to remote areas to serve hard labor, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, decide the place and time of labor, and after the final service period is completed, let them become ordinary residents of the local area, and allow them and their families to live in peace in the local area." ”

"As for ordinary surrendered soldiers who have not committed a major crime, it is to first look at their state and whether they are competent to continue to serve as soldiers. If they are old, weak, sick or disabled, they will be paid severance pay and allowed to return to their hometowns to settle down, or they will be designated by the imperial court to settle down in overseas areas. The elite soldiers who remained, depending on their attitude, were unwilling to continue to serve as soldiers, or if they had other ideas, they were also given severance pay and allowed to leave on their own. As for those who are willing to continue to stay, our army will arrange for them to be assigned to various units that need them according to the situation, starting with auxiliary soldiers, and then arranging them to the ranks of soldiers after they are familiar with the rules and regulations of our Tang Army. ”

Listening to Mo Changrong's explanation, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying were greatly relieved. Before the two of them could speak, Mo Changrong smiled again: "As for the generals, our army is also like a soldier, depending on their own attitude. Those who are willing to stay in the army can serve our army after the transformation. If you wish to stay, you can also pay severance pay, and you can go on your own. It's just that now that your army has returned in time, Lord Tang attaches great importance to your troops, especially the two of you. ”

"Oh? Lord Tang Wang, you actually know the two of us? Hearing this, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying were both surprised.

"Yes, do you think that the secret agents of our army's security department eat dry food?" Mo Changrong said proudly: "What's more, for your situation, Wang Deren, the deputy mayor of my Eleventh Town, and Jin Shenghuan, the commander of the C Battalion, are both old generals on the left, and they know a lot about your general candidates. Therefore, Tang Jun said in the letter that if your troops come to surrender, as long as you are willing, you can entrust the two generals Lu and Li with important tasks. ”

Hearing Mo Changrong say this, Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying's eyes were full of radiance, and they had expressions of joy and suicide.

The two immediately expressed their position in unison: "Please rest assured, my lordship, the two of us are absolutely willing to serve your army!" If the Tang King can use the two of us, the two of us should die to repay the service in order to reward the Tang King's kindness! ”

Mo Changrong was very satisfied with the statements of the two, and then gave a few words of encouragement to the two, and then wrote a letter back and sent them back to report the letter.

Lu Guangzu and Li Guoying returned to the mountain fort and immediately reported to Zuo Mengeng, and told Zuo Mengeng all about the situation of meeting Mo Changrong.

After listening to the report of the two and carefully reading Mo Changrong's letter, Zuo Mengeng finally dispelled his doubts completely, and personally led all the soldiers and family members on the mountain to go down the mountain together and surrender to the Tang army.

Mo Changrong received them very warmly, and then, as he said with Lu Li and the others before, he first selected the 80,000 soldiers and horses who surrendered on the left.

Among them, more than 4,000 people were accused of being guilty of crimes by reporting each other, and all of them were detained on the spot, and they were sent to the north to go to Wuchang. Prepare to be there, and then arrange for them to go to the bitter cold land of Eastern Siberia, where they will serve in labor and settle again.

Of the remaining 75,000 people, more than 15,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as those who were willing to go home with severance pay, had to be retained.

After the selection of soldiers, the next step was the surrendered generals, about a quarter of the generals were willing to take money to dismiss, and the Tang army also kept its promise, gave money and let them go.

Seeing that the Tang Army was so orderly and efficient in the selection of troops, Zuo Mengeng sighed in his heart.

He secretly thought about props, from the perspective that the Tang Army was so serious about selecting soldiers in such a trivial matter, it was enough to imagine the Tang Army's strong combat effectiveness. It was really the wisest move that he did not choose to fight the Tang Army to the end.

Seeing Mo Changrong walking towards him, Zuo Mengeng let out a long sigh and said to Mo Changrong first: "General Mo, I have already figured it out." He is no longer willing to serve in the army, and he is willing to leave the army and find his own way out like those soldiers who were sent. ”

His statement made Mo Changrong stunned.

However, he quickly figured it out. Zuo Mengeng still can't let go of Tang Jun's killing of his father in his heart, so he really has no face to serve his father's enemy again, which is also human nature.

Mo Changrong sighed: "General Zuo is unwilling to stay in the army, so we naturally can't force it, but I don't know, where does the general plan to settle down next?" ”

Zuo Mengeng smiled miserably, and said: "Alas, I am waiting for the surrendered general, can there be any better choice?" Leaving this time, Wuchang, a sad place, will not go again. In the next plan, I took my family to live in Songjiang Mansion in Jiangnan, where I did business and lived in peace, thinking that it was a way to survive and support my family. ”

Mo Changrong nodded: "General Zuo's decision is very good. Now the area south of the Yangtze River, since the pacification, has been opened up by the Tang King into a real land of grain, rice and silk, extremely rich and rich. The military is rich in wealth, and if he does business in his own place, he will definitely be able to reap great profits and revitalize his family. This time I will definitely do a lot. ”

Zuo Mengeng bowed his hand: "General Xie Mo's auspicious words, then say goodbye here, and hope that the general will treat my old department well, so that they can all settle down and serve the Tang Army well." ”

Mo Changrong helped him up: "This is natural, General Zuo should not worry." If you leave this time, I will send troops to escort you and let you arrive in Songjiang safely. ”

Then, Mo Changrong sent a team of cavalry to load Zuo Mengeng and his family, as well as all their belongings, into the car and escort them away.

After sending Zuo Mengeng away, Mo Changrong immediately sent a letter to Li Xiao, the king of Tang, and reported to him about the collection of Zuo Mengeng's soldiers and horses.

Three days later, Li Xiao received the letter and was also very happy. After discussing with his staff, specific arrangements were made for the incorporation of the rest of Zuo Mengeng's department.

That is, the troops of the Tang Army were reorganized into soldiers and horses of the thirteenth town of the Tang Army, among which, Weng Zhiqi, the former deputy mayor of the ninth town of the Tang Army, who made great efforts in the conquest of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou, and the conquest of Annan, and is now stationed in Shenglong City, Annan, served as the chief general of the thirteenth town of the Tang Army.

The deputy mayor of the thirteenth town was originally under the city of Xuzhou, the former general of the Great Western Army, who was captured by the Tang army, and Ai Nengqi, the third of the four righteous sons under Zhang Xianzhong.

It turned out that after being captured by the Tang army, Ai Nengqi was imprisoned in eastern Sichuan for several months, and after pacifying Zuo Liangyu, he was escorted all the way to Nanjing along the waterway.

In the days when he was imprisoned in eastern Sichuan, the civil officials of the Supervision and Relief Department came to brainwash him every day, and Ai Nengqi, who was originally strong-minded and wanted to escape, finally began to gradually change his mind.

In this era, almost no one can resist such a pyramid scheme-style brainwashing propaganda.

He began to reflect on himself, and whether it was worth it to follow the so-called father-in-law and serve him all the time.

In particular, those civil officials of the Supervision Division, and then he and the current Tang Army's third town mayor Li Dingguo, Tang Army twelfth town mayor Liu Wenxiu, these two of his previous brothers, repeatedly told Ainengqi, although Ainengqi is still tough on the surface, but in his heart, he also has an indescribable loss.

Alas, if he continues to follow Zhang Xianzhong, even if he is not captured by the Tang army, his future prospects are limited.

If it really goes on like this, the end of his own talent is also imaginable, how can it be compared with the momentum of Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, the two righteous brothers, who have shown their talents in the Tang Army.

In the day and night of brainwashing and self-torment, Ai Nengqi spent a difficult few months, and he had already collapsed psychologically, and finally waited for the news that the Tang Army defeated Zuo Liangyu and opened up the communication channel with eastern Sichuan.

Subsequently, Ainengqi took a sailor ship all the way to Nanjing, where he was personally received by Li Xiao, the king of Tang.

Seeing this Tang King Li Xiao, who was extraordinarily arrogant, Ai Nengqi was already secretly impressed in his heart. Therefore, after Li Xiao persuaded a few words, he finally solemnly stated that from now on, he was willing to serve the Tang army, and he would be arranged by the Tang King.

Ainengqi's statement made Li Xiao very satisfied.

Considering that as a military general, he was unwilling to leave the army, Li Xiao first arranged for him to go to Zhejiang to serve as a general in Cao Bianjiao's Seventh Town of the Tang Army, so as to familiarize himself with the rules and regulations of the Tang Army and related regulations.

Now that the soldiers and horses on the left are coming, Li Xiao has suddenly obtained sufficient troops, and he decided to immediately use these troops as the basis to draw the backbone from other troops to form the soldiers and horses of the 13th town of the Tang Army.

The chief general of the thirteenth town of the Tang Army has been held by Weng Zhiqi, the former deputy mayor of the ninth town, and Li Xiao decided to let Ai Nengqi take the position of deputy mayor of the thirteenth town.

After making an impassioned statement to Li Xiao, he immediately took the order and went to Wuchang by boat from Nanjing, and quickly rushed to the place where the thirteenth town was reorganized.

The commander of the C Battalion of the 13th Town, in order to show that the Tang Army reused the surrender, Li Xiao decided to have Li Guoying, the general of the left department, serve as the commander of the C Battalion.

The general who succeeded the deputy mayor of the ninth town of the Tang Army and was also in charge of the soldiers and horses of the second battalion was Liu Liangshun, the former commander of the C battalion of the ninth town of the Tang Army. It is also in this way that the Tang Army's reuse of generals is eclectic.

So far, the Tang Army has formed a total of thirteen military towns, and its power and limelight are incomparably powerful compared to other forces.

Therefore, Li Xiao decided in his heart that the expansion task of the Tang Army would end here for the time being, and would not continue to expand. Now with these thirteen military towns, the Tang army is enough to sweep away the world and dominate East Asia.

Li Xiao believes that if it is really necessary to set up another military town in the future to achieve the strategic goal of sweeping away the heroes and dominating the world as soon as possible, it will not be formed in the south, but will be formed in Jintangcheng, an important town in the north of the Tang Army, and then set up the 14th town of the Tang Army.

When it came to the 14th town of the Tang Army, Li Xiao believed that the size and strong combat power of the Tang Army were invincible in the whole world. Since then, the strength of the Tang army has been stable, and there will be no plans to expand the army.

In the future, the goal of the newly formed 14th Town Soldiers and Horses is, of course, the first to bear the brunt of Li Zicheng's Great Shun State, and then to the Manchu Qing. Next, it was to sweep away the Mongol tribes that had not yet submitted to the Tang army, and finally the troops advanced northward and attacked Western Siberia.

Perhaps, this army, together with the soldiers and horses of the fifth and twelfth towns of the Tang Army, will occupy the entire east of the Ural Mountains and realize the maximum territory of China since the Yuan Dynasty.

At this point, even if Li Xiao's territorial ambitions are all achieved, such a great cause is beyond the reach of even Temujin back then.

So next, the newly formed thirteenth town was reorganized in Wuchang, and after pacifying Guangxi, who will the Tang army start to attack next?

Is it the first to destroy Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Kingdom? Or attack Li Zicheng's Dashun Kingdom first? Or is it more conservative, and he will continue to deploy troops to attack the Nguyen clan, which Annam has not yet surrendered?

After careful study and discussion, Li Xiao and his subordinates finally decided to mobilize a large army to the north and pose a feint attack on the Great Western Kingdom, but in fact, they wanted to take Li Zicheng's Dashun Kingdom as the main target.

The reason for this action was that Li Zicheng had 150,000 troops stationed in Tunhanzhong, which was in a situation of horns with Daxi, so as to ensure that if the Tang army came to attack, they could immediately send troops to rescue, so that when the Tang army attacked western Sichuan, it would be difficult for the Tang army to have a superiority in troops, and finally had to withdraw from here because of the delay in the war.

If the Tang Army feints to attack Daxi and mainly attack Dashun, it can easily gain many strategic advantages, so that it can be more flexible and active when transporting troops to fight.

Because Li Xiao's plan is that now that the three provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Guangxi are established, then let the three battalions of soldiers and horses of the ninth town of the Tang Army be stationed in Yunnan, Annan, and Guangxi.

Then from the southern battlefield, the second town of soldiers and horses was transferred to re-enter eastern Sichuan, and the eleventh town of soldiers and horses was stationed in western Hubei.

Then let Liu Zehan, the eighth town of the Tang Army, have troops and horses stationed in Jiangxi and Zhejiang to guard against Zheng Zhilong in the south. In this way, the soldiers and horses of the seventh town of the Tang Army can be smoothly transferred to the Luzhou area.

And the soldiers and horses of the Sixth Town of the Tang Army, which were originally scattered in Nanzhili, were also all concentrated in the Fengyang area. With the soldiers and horses of the sixth town of Luzhou in the south, they form a mutual defense trend.

At the same time, to the north of the Tang Army, let the newly formed Twelfth Town Soldiers and Horses Liu Wenxiu Department stay in place, responsible for guarding the Xuanfu North Road, and defending the transportation line from Shanhaiguan to Jintangcheng across the grassland, while letting the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Town Section of the Tang Army go south to the southern border of Xuanfu North Road.

At this point, after this series of troop transfer operations, the Tang Army was like opening a large net on all sides, and finally completed the complete encirclement of the entire Dashun State.

An unprecedented battle will also begin.

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