Chapter 70: On Meritorious Deeds

This battle was not long for Zhang Xuan.

Even from Zhang Xuan's siege of the city to the overall situation, it was only an hour or two. But the casualties were terrible.

Among the only four hundred household officials left in Zhang Xuan's department, Zhou Fuming and Cao Tie were killed in battle, and five hundred and sixty soldiers, half of them were killed or wounded, and in the end, there were only 100 people who followed Zhang Xuan to the city, and the rest either fled or hid, and they couldn't be used anyway.

As soon as the fighting stopped, Zhang Xuan began to collect the corpses of his subordinates, collecting more than 120 corpses, the reason why the single digit is not clear is because once outside the city, there was a gunpowder box detonated by Zhou Fuming, and there were almost no bones. can only converge the remaining bones, whose corpse it is, Zhang Xuan can't figure it out.

In addition to the more than 120 people who died, dozens of wounded soldiers were sent to the medical camp, and with Zhang Xuan's relationship in the medical camp, these people thought that they would be treated preferentially in the future. And from all over the place, there were no wounded soldiers, more than a hundred. As for the rest of the soldiers, none of them could be found, and they thought they had fled.

Zhang Xuan had to conclude whether the way he trained the army was wrong.

"This time, it's already good." After Cao Zongyu buried Cao Tie, he seemed to break free from his grief and said, "If it weren't for the terrain this time that it wasn't so easy to escape, you might not be able to gather so many people?" ”

Zhang Xuan was speechless, he knew that Cao Zongyu had been in the role of a war supervisor at the end except for the last moment, and he knew the situation found in the army during the war the most clearly, Zhang Xuan said: "Brother Cao, am I not the material for the war?" Five hundred and sixty men went into battle, and in the end, more than a hundred fled. It's ----."

Zhang Xuan felt that the army should not be in the front, one after the other, how could he fight and flee by himself. It must be a question of his personal ability.

"Brother Zhang, don't be presumptuous. You led 500 recruits to break through a fortified city, it has been beyond my expectations, I thought we were all going to die under the city today, you should not only see the bad side, but not the good side, you should see, even if there are heavy casualties, but there are still more than 100 soldiers who followed you to the end, these people are your future team, with more than 100 old soldiers to form a battalion again, the future will definitely be stronger than now. Cao Zongyu said.

"yes." Zhang Xuan sighed secretly in his heart, and then he felt distressed again. These people are just children, most of them are sixteen or seventeen years old, and they are timid and run away, Zhang Xuan can understand. When he took them out of Nanyang, it was obviously to prevent them from surviving, but at this moment he personally sent them to death.

Zhang Xuan was also a little sad for a while.

But such a gloomy sadness, Zhang Xuan only lasted for a while, very simply, this cruel world does not tolerate a little soft-heartedness.

"Brother Zhang, there is one thing now, you must do it immediately." Cao Zongyu said: "Reward and punishment. The so-called reward is not overdue, after all, after letting the soldiers work hard, they can be rewarded immediately, so that they can be impressed, and those who have done wrong must be punished immediately in order to show the gap. ”

"But I don't have that much money right now, do I?" Zhang Xuan said.

Zhang Xuan's private money was not much, and when the funds in the camp were insufficient, Zhang Xuan also pasted his private money into it, and even this was the norm for generals at all levels in the righteous army. It can be said that the soldiers are the property of the generals. There is no clear distinction between public and private spending.

Or it can be said that the entire Cao camp is just a big den of thieves. After winning the battle, Luo Rucai, the leader of the big thieves, shared profits with thieves at all levels, and there was no normal funding at all, and the so-called funds were almost equal to the future property at all levels.

Cao Zongyu said: "Are you going to ask for it?" You have made such a great achievement, Luo Ru will not treat you badly. But now you have to ask for it, and remember that the crying child has milk. ”

As soon as Cao Zongyu's voice fell, someone came over and said, "But is it Leader Zhang?" Please come over with the plate. ”

Cao Zongyu smiled at Zhang Xuan, as if to say: "Look, even Luo Rucai knows the truth that rewards are not overdue, and he wants to reward meritorious deeds." ”

In the yamen of the Xinyang prefect's mansion, the main hall is empty, and the generals on the left and right have already sat down, such as Luo Yulong, Wang Long, the Yang brothers, Zhang Yingyuan, and so on. And his position Zhang Xuan is at the back.

"The plate is here." I don't know who shouted.

Everyone stood up, Luo Rucai came around from behind, and Yang Shan stood behind Luo Rucai.

"Sit down." Luo Rucai sat in the main hall and said. He leaned over, leaning on the official hat chair, looking a little nondescript, and said: "Today, we won Xinyang City, and the first credit is Zhang Xuan." There's no need to confront each other. I can trust Zhang Xuan, but you must be steady in your future work, and don't let anyone grab the handle anymore, otherwise no one will be able to save you. ”

A big stone fell to the ground in Zhang Xuan's heart, and said, "Thank you for holding the plate." ”

Luo Rucai snorted, it was time to come down, and said: "I Cao Cao does things fairly, and I will not forget anyone who has made contributions to me, the day before yesterday, Liu Guo could use 100,000 taels of silver in exchange for us to let the city not leave, I didn't agree, today I will use this 100,000 taels of silver to reward the meritorious ministers." ”

"Zhang Xuan." Luo Rucai's gaze fell on Zhang Xuan's face.

"The students are here." Zhang Xuan said.

"Today's breakthrough of Xinyang City, your credit is the greatest, and the 100,000 taels of silver will be distributed by you." Luo Rucai said.

Zhang Xuan listened to Luo Rucai's words, and suddenly felt that countless eyes fell on him. Zhang Xuan suddenly had a feeling of sharpness on his back.

With Zhang Xuan's shallow qualifications, if he dared to take the 100,000 taels of silver into his pocket, he wouldn't have to mix it up in Cao Ying at all. And Zhang Xuan felt that if Luo Rucai came to share, Zhang Xuan might still get the big head, but now he can't and doesn't dare to take the big head.

Zhang Xuan immediately said: "The student's qualifications are shallow, and he never dares to hold this bull's ear. Please also take back the fate of the plate. ”

Luo Rucai didn't understand what Zhang Xuan meant by Niu Er, but in connection with the context, he could probably guess it, so he waved his hand and said, "No, I said you will share, and you will share." ”

Zhang Xuan saw that he couldn't shirk it, and there were only more than 100 people left in his subordinates who dared to fight, and continued to recruit troops. And without silver, there is nothing. There is no benefit in these years, who will give him his life? Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Since there is an order in charge of the plate, the student can only obey the order." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said: "The army outside the city besieged the three city walls, which had the power of containment, so the minister thought that each city wall was divided into 10,000 taels of silver. ”

As soon as Zhang Xuan's words came out, several people smiled on their faces, and they were the ones who wanted to share the money.

Luo Rucaibing did not interrupt Zhang Xuan's words, Zhang Xuan had no choice but to continue, he said: "Although the student has the merit of breaking the city, but the real final word, it is the Chinese army that fights with Liu Guineng, so the credit of the Chinese army is above the student, so the student thinks that the Chinese army should be given 40,000 taels of silver."

When Wang Lung heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he was a little overjoyed.

Zhang Xuan didn't finish speaking, and said: "The students and others have the work of dogs and horses, but if they don't have the command of the handsome, how can they capture Xinyang City, the student knows that the handsome is not willing to compete with the soldiers under his command." It's just that the students share the merit with the students, so the students should be fair and honest, and the 10,000 taels of silver, please accept the plate with a smile. The skill of holding the plate, this 10,000 taels of silver, naturally cannot be represented, but it is just a meaning. ”

Luo Rucai knew that Zhang Xuan was patting on the back, but he was also very comfortable being patted, and said: "How can I compete with you for this mere 10,000 taels of silver, I will reward you with all the 30,000 taels of silver, quickly rebuild the foot camp, you and I will be of great use." ”

Now I have a different view of Zhang Xuan, seeing that Zhang Xuan can fight, do things, and speak. is a smart person, and most importantly, his daughter also recognized him, since he is really talented, how can he not cultivate it.

I can't say that I will introduce another confidant for myself in the future.

"Thank you for holding the plate." Zhang Xuan said. Blood was secretly dripping in his heart, and tens of thousands of taels of silver slipped through his hands.