Nowadays, although the general soldiers of the Jokhang Dynasty are all called general soldiers, in fact, there is still a big difference in status. And this difference is not mainly based on the merits of the war, but on how many soldiers are in the hand. If the imperial court is running normally, generally speaking, the more victories a general has, the more rewards he can get, and the more troops he commands. But in today's Jokhang Dynasty, the situation is completely different. Because of financial difficulties, the military salaries of the Jokhang Dynasty were often in arrears, and as for the rewards, in addition to the official titles, the real silver was also getting less and less, and many times, these already less rewards could not be honored. Nowadays, how many soldiers a general can have in his hands depends on the general's ability to preserve his strength, and the second is the general's ability to make money himself.

In these two aspects, Zuo Liangyu can be called "the choice of the moment", Zuo Liangyu was born in Jiangmen, Liaoxi, and still has some skills in fighting, but what he is better at is to transfer in time. This is also the tradition of the generals in western Liaoning. At the beginning, whether it was the Zhejiang soldiers, or the Qin army, or the white pole soldiers in Sichuan, when they arrived in Liaoxi, they followed the Guanning army in western Liaoxi to fight against the Jin army. Zuo Liangyu, who was born in western Liaoning, is naturally also proficient in this stunt, fighting against the rogue, when there is cheap, he is always the fastest, and when there is danger, he is always the farthest. So over the years, although Zuo Liangyu has also fought a lot of defeats, but the losses he has suffered are not large, compared with some other general soldiers, such as He Dalong, such as Hu Dawei and others, the troops in his hands are naturally stronger.

In addition, when it comes to making money, Zuo Liangyu is also a good hand. He used a lot of ways to make money, first of all, he killed the good and risked his merits, and used the heads of the local people in exchange for the rewards of the imperial court. Of course, as the court became more and more moneyless, Zuo Liangyu was able to get less and less money with this trick. However, he has a second trick, which is to plunder. There is a folk saying: "A thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate", which is indeed the most suitable for Zuo Liangyu. Of course, the military leaders of my Dazhao basically know this trick, because those who don't know this trick have already died on the battlefield of the army mutiny or fighting with the "rogues" because they have no money to support the army. However, looting is also a university question, when looting, you can quickly judge what can be robbed and what can't be robbed; Knowing where to grab first and where to grab is the most efficient; Know where valuable things are hidden and find them efficiently. It's all about ability. Zuo Liangyu's ability in this regard is Zhang Bingzhong, and he also admires it. According to Zhang Bingzhong's statement, it is: "Where Zuo Liangyu has been, there is no need to go again." You just go there and dig a rat hole, and you can't dig anything. ”

Now as soon as Zuo Liangyu spoke, Xiong Shanhuo knew that this matter was not easy to do. Zuo Liangyu is famous for not seeing rabbits and not sprinkling eagles, and it is not easy for him to honestly send troops to fight. However, Xiong Shanhuo is not completely devoid of things that can impress him. So Xiong Shanhuo said: "General Soldier Zuo, if you can make meritorious contributions this time, based on the elimination of the thief, this official is willing to promote General Soldier Zuo as the 'General of the Thief'." ”

Zuo Liangyu listened, his eyes flashed, and he said: "It is the duty of the last general to exterminate the thief, although there are some difficulties in the army, but the last general will never drag the governor back." ”

"General Ping Thief" seems to be just a title on the surface, and there is no more silver in it. However, after the general soldier is added to the title of "General XX", his status is higher than that of the general soldier, and his subordinate generals can also be added to the total rank. This also means that the establishment in his hands has expanded. According to the rules of the Jokhang Dynasty, the number of soldiers that a general soldier can lead is quite limited. But if you have a title, it is equivalent to having more establishments and more troops, and in this troubled world, more troops are the capital to settle down.

Seeing that Zuo Liangyu agreed, Xiong Shanhuo was also quite happy. Xiong Shanhuo knew that although he was much taller than Zuo Liangyu in terms of official position, in terms of situation, he was much more dangerous than Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu has soldiers in his hands, that is, there is a mistake, and the court does not dare to do anything to him, but himself, it was he who recruited Zhang Bingzhong at the beginning, and now Zhang Bingzhong has rebelled, and the biggest responsibility is naturally himself, the court does not have many ways to take those military leaders, but it is very easy to cut himself. Now, the only person he can rely on the most is Zuo Liangyu.

Under Xiong Shanhuo, in addition to Zuo Liangyu, there is also the chief soldier Wang Ting. However, Wang Ting's ability to make money and preserve his strength is not as good as Zuo Liangyu's, and his ability to fight is also limited. Later, after Zhang Bingzhong surrendered, he got some respite, more or less a little military pay and reward, and now there are more than 10,000 people under his command, but there are not many veterans, in fact, the combat effectiveness is quite limited. If Zuo Liangyu did not send troops, then Wang Ting would not dare to take the initiative to fight Zhang Bingzhong.

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With the support of Zuo Liangyu, Xiong Shanhuo immediately organized two general soldiers and led fifty or sixty thousand troops to Gucheng to kill him. At this time, Zhang Bingzhong had already robbed Gucheng and the big households near Gucheng, and coerced the people of the brigade to go to Yunxi, leaving only an empty Gucheng for the pursuers.

Once Zuo Liangyu acts, his movements are always extraordinarily fast. That morning, his army was the first to enter the valley. As soon as he entered the city, Zuo Liangyu asked people to control several gates of Gucheng, and then searched for "fellow thieves" in the city. Zhang Bingzhong walked quite calmly when he withdrew from Gucheng, not only robbing a handful in the county, but even making some lime in the spare time, and writing all kinds of words mocking Xiong Shanhuo and Zuo Liangyu on the houses in the city.

"Dashuai, Zhang Thief walked calmly and robbed it very cleanly, but the sons searched again, but they didn't find much of it." Zuo Liangyu was draped all over his body, holding a horsewhip in his hand, walking on the streets of Gucheng, and a general was reporting to him.

"Damn, this Zhang Bingzhong has grown a lot. In the past, he was always too rough to work, and there was always a lot of leftovers, but this time he actually made it so clean? Zuo Liangyu scolded, and at the same time he raised his head and saw a long line of words written in white lime on the wall of the room in front of him. Zuo Liangyu is not very literate, but in the first line of words, he happens to know the first three words, because those three words are his name "Zuo Liangyu", but Zuo Liangyu doesn't recognize any of the words in the back. He then asked the general, "Luo Dai, what is written on it?" ”

Luo Dai touched his helmet and said, "Dashuai, I don't recognize it." ”

"What? I don't recognize it, and you don't recognize it either? Zuo Liangyu laughed, "Dog's day...... Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu......"

A lean man in his forties stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Dashuai." "This person's name is Liu Jingting, he was originally a storyteller, he is very good at storytelling, Zuo Liangyu especially likes to hear him say Water Margin, so he invited him to his own curtain and became a master.

"Mr. Liu, can you help me see, what is Zhang Bingzhong's grandson writing on this wall?" Zuo Liangyu asked, pointing to the line of words.

Liu Jingting had actually seen that line a long time ago, so he said: "It's nothing more than Zhang Bingzhong's thief insulting the handsome." ”

Lao Tzu knew that Zhang Bingzhong had no good words in his mouth. But what exactly did he say? Zuo Liangyu asked again.

"Dashuai, what Zhang Thief wrote: 'General Soldier Zuo, this Gucheng Lao Tzu has been carefully swept over, if you can still find a bunch of money from Gucheng, Lao Tzu will have your grandson's surname!' ”

"Fuck! Zhang Bingzhong is really not a thing! How could Lao Tzu have such an unfilial grandson! Zuo Liangyu laughed instead.

After laughing for a while, Zuo Liangyu said again: "Luo Dai, you have also searched in the city for a while, have you found a penny?" ”

When Luo Dai heard this, he also smiled and said: "Handsome, Zhang Bingzhong has grown a lot, and there are many fewer things left behind than before." But it's not like you don't have a penny. After a little search, the subordinates have found a buried silver, about forty or fifty taels. It's just that it's still a lot less than it used to be. ”

"! Just your hands are fast! Zuo Liangyu gently knocked on Luo Dai's helmet with a horsewhip, and scolded with a smile, "It's okay now, Zhang Bingzhong of the dog day, no, Zuo Bingzhong will become the grandson of Lao Tzu." Dog days have learned a little more skills, so I'll come to ...... What's the axe? ”

"Dashuai, it's the class that gets the axe." Liu Jingting added.

"That's right, it's the class to get the axe! Haha......" But then, Zuo Liangyu said with a sad face, "Oops, it's broken, it's broken!" Zuo Bingzhong's grandson is really not a thing! He is now my grandson, and he has rebelled. This rebellion is to punish the Nine Clans, isn't this to trap his grandfather? What should Lao Tzu do? ”

Speaking of this, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help laughing.

The people around also laughed together, but Liu Jingting said seriously: "Don't worry, as long as the marshal leads the troops to catch up tomorrow, he will kill his relatives and behead Zuo Bingzhong's rebel grandson." The imperial court will definitely not pursue it again when it sees the handsome man killing his relatives righteously. ”

"Hahahaha......" Zuo Liangyu pointed at Liu Jingting with his finger and laughed, "Old Liu, you are still right, kill your relatives in righteousness...... Righteous Destruction of Relatives ......"

The crowd was laughing, but they saw a horse running in front of them.

Zuo Liangyu stopped laughing and asked the tanma, "What's wrong?" ”

The tanma immediately knelt down and replied, "Tell the marshal, that Zhang Bingzhong posted a notice and a bill in the county office. ”

"Clams? What is Zhang Bingzhong's grandson doing? Let's all go over and take a look. Zuo Liang Yu said.

The group walked along the street, walked about 400 steps, and arrived at the county office. The county government of this valley city is also dilapidated as usual. There are two notices pasted on the wall in front of the county office, densely filled with words, and the second notice is finally written with a red pen with a line of large characters. The big characters of the red pen were bright red, like blood.