Chapter Fifty-Four: A Wave of Unsettled Waves Rises Again
Shaoling, the council hall of the county office, in rows of wooden boxes, each containing human heads, the faces of which have been carefully cleaned, and the boxes are also filled with quicklime to 'keep fresh', because these heads are about to set off for Chang'an, thousands of miles away.
The Son of Heaven has returned to Chang'an, but also needs a great victory and head stability of the people's hearts, the battle of Shaoling, the enemy army of more than 100,000 troops was wiped out, the situation has changed, want to come to the good news to pass to Guanzhong, people from all parties will have more confidence in the rebuilt court.
In last night's battle, the Shannan army beheaded more than 10,000 people, and there were 36 heads of the generals above the same level, including six marching managers, not to mention the heads of middle and low-level generals, which was really a "bumper harvest".
Since ancient times, the first level of military merit is mostly counted in the battle, and the head of the general above is naturally different from the head of the ordinary soldier, and it needs to be treated differently, the battle of Shaoling, the soldiers and horses of each department have contributed a lot, even the ordinary soldiers have also made quite a success, so what awaits them in the future must be a rich reward.
Winning the head of the enemy general, that is a great feat, it is not impossible to be knighted, the Zhou State is divided into six levels: king, duke, uncle, marquis, son, and male, even if it is the lowest level of the countryman, it is enough to make the soldiers who have no family background excited.
The prince can only be awarded unless the clan or those who have made great contributions, and the other five-level titles are nine lives for justice, eight lives for Hou Zheng, seven lives for Bozheng, six lives for Zizheng, and five lives for men.
The long history of a state with eight lives, or the county guard of a thousand counties, has a rank of five lives.
There is a township baron, and when he returns to his hometown, the magistrates are treated politely, and he is beautiful in front of the villagers and elders, which is a glorious ancestor.
At this moment, all the generals in the chamber are overjoyed, some people have not yet been knighted, so they are looking forward to the scene of returning to their hometown, and some people have already won the title, this time they will inevitably be promoted, and they may even be able to follow their wives and children, and they are naturally full of spring breeze.
While everyone was talking, there was a voice at the door, "Silence! The king has arrived! As soon as the words fell, the hall fell silent, and the generals stood in line one after another, quietly looking at the door.
Several people walked in, the first one was Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen, seeing the generals saluting him, nodding frequently to show that he returned the salute, as the commander of the whole army, the king of the Great Zhou clan, his status is incomparable, and it is already very good to be able to nod and return the salute.
At this time, Li Yunxin, who is also the chief historian, is sitting in the hanging gourd and stabilizing the rear, so theoretically no one can control Yuwenwen, and even if Li Yunxin is there, he can't actually control Yuwenwen.
The generals know that now in addition to the Son of Heaven, the only person who can control the King of Xiyang is King Qi, and the Prince of King Qi is probably reluctant, but no one thinks it is inappropriate, King Xiyang continues to bring victories to everyone, and such an excellent commander should not be constrained.
Among the generals present, most of them were the generals of the Anzhou Army, who were originally subordinate to the Shannan Province Daxing Taishang Shuling, Qiwang Shiziyu Civilization and Moderation, and were later seconded to the Huangzhou Governor, Xiyang Wang Yu Wenwen, since then, continuous victories, so that everyone is happy and convinced of the Xiyang King.
Therefore, the generals did not have any objection to the head distribution plan set by King Xiyang himself.
Yu Wenwen glanced at the rows of heads, came to the top, looked around at the generals, and then spoke: "Our army's initial victory, we must not take it lightly, we must hurry up and arrange defense, and the statistical results of the first level..."
The Yin World Master, who was also Gong Cao, stepped forward and read aloud with a document, which was the number of beheadings determined after repeated reviews, and now began to announce the "quota" in public.
The heads of large and small generals are eliminated, and only the general heads are "quoted".
This is to avoid the soldiers competing for the first rank and not killing the enemy, resulting in a big change in the battle situation to win first and then lose, Yuwenwen in order to avoid this situation, specially formulated a "guarantee" plan.
Last night, the team that took the lead and made a detour was given half of the total number of heads, and then the team that rushed into the big camp to fight was given a head of 30% of the total, and the auxiliary soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield were given 10% of the head.
Staying in the camp and guarding the baggage team, they will get one percent.
The ratio of five, three, one, and one had been determined before the war, and how the generals of each department assigned the number of heads to their subordinates would be handled by themselves, but the distribution results should be reported, and the king of Xiyang would personally look at and inspect them.
Whoever dares to cheat, reward and punish unfairly and drink the blood of soldiers, Yu Wenwen will teach him how to write the word "death".
All the heads have been divided, almost everyone has a share, and the guest soldiers who help the war also have a share, but Yu Wenwen, who is the head coach, has no head under his name, not because he is hypocritical, because it is not necessary.
Since the end of the previous year, Yuwen Wen has made countless military exploits, and if he continues to make such great achievements, what will the court reward him for?
He is already the prince of the county, and if he is promoted to the top, that is the king of the king, that is, the "one-word king" in the romance, purely based on merit, Yuwenwen is fully qualified to be promoted.
However, Yuwenwen's son became a puppet emperor, and the princess became a rebellious 'demon concubine', although the Son of Heaven had issued an edict to pardon the sins of the two when he was in Xiyang, but this kind of matter related to orthodoxy will be settled in the future, and he will have to hemorrhage to settle it.
It is said that Yu Wenwen should make more contributions to atone for his wife and children, but he chose another path, that is, to buy the hearts of the army.
A commander who often wins battles, is most popular among soldiers, and when he releases rumors at the right time, he can muddy the waters, Yuwenwen does not want a yellow robe, but to implement a sense of self-respect.
If anyone in the court dared to embarrass Wei Chi Chifan and Yuwen Weicheng, he would dare to mutiny, and he would not be afraid of making a big incident.
At that time, he will sing and harmonize with his father and brother with red and white faces, who else will dare to come to Yin?
Yu Wenwen thought in his heart, the generals had no objection to the number of heads counted by the Yin World Master, and the soldiers stepped forward to put seals on these wooden boxes containing the heads and take them away, and the messengers would send them to Chang'an, thousands of miles away, to report the victory.
"As the saying goes." Yu Wenwen suddenly spoke, once again attracting the attention of the generals, "A wave of unsettled waves has risen again and again, and the widow has just got an urgent report, saying that there has been a mutiny in Jiankang, the capital of Chen State, and the scale is not small. ”
As soon as these words came out, the generals were dumbfounded, and before they came back to their senses, Yu Wenwen continued: "Everyone has led the army for many years, and they know the bad habits in the army, and this time Chen Guojun and his ministers are afraid that they have gone too far, so something happened." ”
"And it's still a big deal, I'm afraid it won't be able to calm down for a while."
Yang Su, who looked tired, came to his senses and took the lead in asking: "King, I don't know how long it has been since the Jiankang Mutiny?" ”
"Four days ago."
"So fast?"
The generals were surprised, and Yang Su smelled a different implication from this answer, because the news came too quickly, but Yuwen Wen came back:
"This time, the imperial envoys sent an envoy to Jiankang, and arranged a detailed work in the city, and after getting the news, they rode to Anlu day and night, and finally rushed back in time."
The generals nodded when they heard this, Yang Su didn't groan anymore, Yuwenwen lied in public like this to cover up the secret of the flying pigeon's book, after all, theoretically speaking, it is not impossible to ride back to Anlu from Jiankang on horseback, and travel eight hundred miles a day.
Of course, the details will not be revealed, because it can't stand scrutiny, Yuwen Wen was just now by the river, De'an Lu sent a messenger to deliver the news, and immediately returned to the city and announced it.
Chen Guoguo had a large-scale mutiny, if it is handled well, it is just a disease of scabies, and if it is not handled well, it will directly lead to another change in the Huainan war situation, and Yuwenwen has to guard against it, so he must inform the generals of this news in order to adjust his strategy as soon as possible.
He didn't have much rest last night, and he didn't care about being tired and began to dispatch troops: "Yang Envoy Jun." ”
"The lower official is here!"
"Your troops and horses will rest immediately, and they will attack early tomorrow morning, attack and harass the enemy's territory, and announce the message!"
"The subordinate officer receives the order!" Yang Su paused and asked, "King, don't know the text?" ”
Yuwen Wen grinned when he heard this: "Come on, prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!" ”