Song Bei, the platoon commander of the Tang Army, wanted a living Su Jiakang, naturally he didn't mean that he was worried about Su Jiakang's own life and death, whether he died or lived was his business.

What Song Bei really cares about is how much credit he can get?

You must know that in the battle of attacking the county seat, he didn't get any credit, why?

Because they hadn't started to fight yet, the Ming army defending the city simply surrendered, and the Tang army had successfully entered the city without encountering the slightest obstacle.

After entering the city, Song Bei specially asked his team officers to fight, and brought people to attack the county government, for what? Isn't it just to get a credit so that you can be promoted!

Nowadays, in the Datang New Army, although it is quite easy for officers to be promoted because they are in the era of great expansion, this refers to those officers who were born in the Imperial Academy, and the promotion speed of those protégés of the Son of Heaven is the same as riding a rocket, from platoon commander to team officer, to deputy battalion officer, battalion officer, and excellent ability, it will not take a few months.

But if it is an ordinary officer who has been promoted from the ranks of ordinary soldiers, although he will also be promoted with the expansion of the army, the speed of promotion will be much slower.

Song Bei is a second lieutenant who was promoted from an ordinary soldier, he is just an illiterate peasant boy, he can be promoted to a second lieutenant, and become a platoon commander is because he trains hard, fights bravely, and has made several successive achievements, but limited to illiteracy, it is too difficult for him to continue to be promoted.

This is because the officers Li Xuan wants are a group of high-quality professional officers, and being able to read and write is the most basic requirement, because only after having a basic cultural level can he learn a lot of military knowledge.

Song Bei also worked hard to read and write in his free time, and he never missed the courses in the martial arts hall, but he was really not the material for reading, and he only knew a few hundred commonly used words after so long, and he couldn't even write a popular article.

After taking the exam several times in a row, he failed to get into the Imperial Academy because of his limited cultural level, and not being able to enter the Imperial Academy means that he cannot rise step by step like those protégés of the Imperial Academy, and he must work harder.

Song Bei estimates that there is a possibility that he will be promoted one step higher in the new round of military expansion, but it is estimated that he will be the deputy officer of the team, and he cannot directly become an officer in one step like those protégés of the Son of Heaven, or even an officer in the main force.

If he wants to keep up with the promotion of those protégés of the Son of Heaven in the Imperial Academy, he must rely on other aspects to win, and the most effective and direct is the battle merit.

What is the best reflection of a soldier's ability and his own value? Exploits!

Although the Datang New Army also paid attention to quality, cultural level, and military theory when promoting officers, it also paid more attention to actual combat exploits.

And the dead Su Jiakang naturally can't give him any credit, but if Su Jiakang is captured alive, it will be completely different.

This Su Jiakang is an official Jinshi official of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also the first civil official captured by the Tang Dynasty, and the political significance contained here is quite huge.

With such a big credit, how could he be allowed to die!

Soon, some soldiers put Su Jiakang down, and Su Jiakang's entourage on the side wanted to stop it at first, because he thought that these pseudo-Tang thieves would ruin his master's name, but after being kicked a big kick, he could only curl up in the corner.

After this Su Jiakang was put down, he was not dead and was pinched by a group of soldiers, but after finally recovering his breathing, he soon opened his eyes, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw several pseudo-Tang thieves beside him.

He was smart and reacted immediately, and was about to scold these pseudo-Tang thieves for ruining his name.

I saw a soldier of the pseudo-Tang Thief Army forcibly stuffing a large ball of cloth into his mouth, so that he was stunned and couldn't scold a word.

Song Bei looked at Su Jiakang, who was stuffed with strips of cloth on his mouth and tied up, and finally showed a satisfied smile: "Take it away!" ”

He wasn't afraid that Su Jiakang would scold him for anything, he wouldn't lose a piece of meat if he scolded him twice, what he was afraid of was that this Su Jiakang would bite his tongue and kill himself if he came again.

This person even dared to hang himself, indicating that he was already determined to die, if he let it go, who knows if he will bite his tongue and commit suicide, if he dies, let alone credit, maybe he will be scolded by his boss.

Song Bei soon took Su Jiakang to his own team officer, and his boss was also very happy to see Su Jiakang who was captured alive, and directly brought people to Fang Xitong.

When Fang Xitong looked at Su Jiakang, he also smiled, this captured Su Jiakang, and his share of credit was naturally indispensable.

In the battle at the No. 2 ferry a few days ago, he also knew that his conservative choice made people feel that his combat ability was not very good, although he did not regret it, but he also wanted to make amends.

Later, when he said that he wanted to pursue the remnants of the No. 2 ferry, he also took the initiative to ask for battle, but unfortunately the remnants of the No. 2 ferry had already been dispersed, so he did not get any credit.

finally had the opportunity to lead the army to attack Zhengtai County, but the Ming army defending the city surrendered without a fight, and this credit was naturally gone, but no one would think that the surrender of the defenders of Zhengtai County without a fight was because of his strong command ability.

But now that Su Jiakang has been captured alive, it is different.

After leaving some of the people on the side of the robbery camp to garrison Zhengtai County, Fang Xitong didn't have the heart to stay in this county, and soon returned to Lanjiang Ferry with Su Jiakang!

On the way, in order to prevent Su Jiakang from committing suicide or any other accidents, he strictly ordered Su Jiakang to stop, and always blocked his mouth with a cloth and tied him tightly, not giving him the slightest chance to commit suicide.

Just when Fang Xitong and Su Jiakang had just returned to the Lanjiang Ferry, Li Xuan was also meeting Liu Bagou and others who had rushed from Xikou Village.

The new army of the Tang Dynasty is about to cross the river and attack Xingquan Mansion, which involves a lot of things and complex, not only a large number of military problems, but also a large number of political and people's livelihood problems.

And Li Xuan didn't have so many complicated things to deal with personally, he needed to call Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu over to assist.

Not only did Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu and a few other high-ranking officials come over, but in fact, Li Xuan moved most of the cabinet from Xikou Village to Lanjiang Ferry.

After crossing the river and taking Xingquan Mansion, it is naturally impossible for the ruling center of the Tang Dynasty to continue to nest in Xikou Village, even if it is Zhengtai County, it is not suitable, and Li Xuan will relocate all kinds of institutions of the entire Tang Dynasty to Xingquan Mansion City.

After all, the scale of the Tang Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and the various institutions of the cabinet need to deal with more and more things, and the demand for all kinds of talents is very large.

And Xikou Village and even Zhengtai County are unable to meet the ruling needs of the Tang Dynasty, and the best place is naturally Xingquanfu City.

Let the senior officials of the cabinet act with the army now, and after the defeat of Xingquan Province, the cabinet will be able to accept the governance of Xingquan Province as soon as possible, and bring the entire 300,000 people of Xingquan Province into rule.

When Li Xuan, who was having a meeting with Liu Bagou and them, heard that Fang Xitong, who was outside, had come back and brought back Su Jiakang, his interest immediately increased.

Immediately, he said, "Bring him in!" ”

To be honest, he is still very curious about Su Jiakang!

He Li Xuan and Su Jiakang have been hostile to each other for several years, they have fought each other several times, and they have also seen each other from a distance when they are on the battlefield, but they have never really looked at each other up close.

Now that Su Jiakang has been captured, how can he not take a look!

Su Jiakang was soon brought in by the soldiers, and the first time he saw Su Jiakang, Li Xuan felt that this person was different from what he expected, his official robe was dirty, and he didn't know where to run with the black gauze hat he was wearing on his head, and his hair was a little scattered.

But none of this is important, what is more important is that the person has his head down, as if he has lost all color, and there is no expression at all.

Is this man stupid?

Li Xuan was a little confused, according to the information he had heard and his understanding of Su Jiakang from the battlefield, this person should be very capable.

How can this look like a dead pig?

Even when the soldiers shouted for him to kneel, he was indifferent and let the soldiers hold him and fall to his knees, but he was not kneeling, but collapsed on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan frowned slightly, he didn't know if this Su Jiakang was really completely desperate and bored, or if he was deliberately pretending to be stupid.

After frowning slightly, he spoke: "Take him down and take care of him!" ”

As he spoke, he added: "Don't let him die!" ”

The political meaning of this Su Jiakang is still very huge, but he can't let him die in vain, for the Tang Dynasty, the living Su Jiakang is more meaningful than the dead Su Jiakang.

Because as long as he lives, then the Tang Dynasty can say it casually, for example, Su Jiakang returned to the Tang Dynasty and became a big official.

You can even post a few articles in the name of Su Jiakang to crusade against the Ming Dynasty, which is very beneficial to boosting the morale of the army and improving the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.

As for whether Su Jiakang is willing to do something, it doesn't matter, Su Jiakang is unwilling, and Li Xuan can also borrow his name.

Li Xuan only needs to let others, especially the Ming officers and those ordinary scholars, and the gentry know that Su Jiakang has done this.

Su Jiakang's role is not whether he is really a thief, but to let others know that he has surrendered to the thief, and this alone is enough to greatly improve the status of the Tang Dynasty in the upper echelons of contemporary society, especially those scholars, officials, and generals of the Ming army.

They will think when the situation is not good, Su Jiakang, an official from Jinshi, has defected to the Tang Dynasty, why can't they?

When Su Jiakang was escorted out, he seemed to be struggling to turn back, but Li Xuan ignored it when he saw it, and the soldiers ignored it even more, and went out directly with Su Jiakang, who was still struggling.

Seeing that Su Jiakang was escorted out, Li Xuan looked back at Liu Bagou and them: "Let's continue to talk about the opening of the imperial examination to recruit scholars after Fucheng, Liu Aiqing just now, where did you talk about it?" ”