Wu Fu personally entered the city of Pingyang Mansion a year ago, and all the generals were ordered to come to Pingyang Mansion to listen to Wu Fu's dispatch, this time because Hong Chengchou's affairs in Shaanxi have not ended, so he could not spare his hands to come to Shanxi to deal with the Xingtian Army, so he sent He Renlong and Zuo Guangxian two elite troops to Shanxi, and cooperated with Wu Fu to attack the Xingtian Army.

And Wu Fu was ordered to make great efforts this time, mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses from the Jinzhong area, and even transferred Hu Dawei, the general who guarded Shuozhou, and Xu Dingguo, the general of Shanxi who guarded Taiyuan, together, and gathered nearly a number of officials and soldiers Xiangyong, intending to completely wipe out the Xingtian Army from Shanxi, the land he was responsible for.

After he arrived in Pingyang Mansion, he immediately began to understand the situation of the Xingtian Army, and all the detailed works had already sent some information about the Xingtian Army back to Pingyang Mansion.

After listening to the reports of his subordinate officials on the situation of the Xingtian Army, Wu Fu was a little relieved, and summoned Xu Dingguo, Hu Dawei, Zuo Guangxian and He Renlong and other generals in the palace.

"You can come to Pingyang Mansion on time, this official is very pleased, this time for the attack of the Heavenly Army, it all depends on the cooperation of all the generals! I hope you don't disappoint this official and Inspector Hong! After accepting the audience of the generals, Wu Fu Zhengse said to the four people.

He Renlong and the other four immediately replied in unison: "I would like to listen to Lord Futai's dispatch!" ”

"Good! We don't have much to say, this time for the Xingtian Army, it can be said that the elite soldiers and horses of Shanxi have been concentrated, and the strength of the troops has exceeded 40,000, and from the information received by this official, the Xingtian Army is only five or six thousand people, if we have so many generals this time, but we can't exterminate them, then it will be a great shame for us!

This official has now ascertained that the Xingtian Army has now begun to withdraw its troops from Qinshui, Zezhou, and Yuanqu, and intends to retreat into the boundary of Yangcheng to resist stubbornly, so that it will be more conducive for us to attack and suppress it!

The day after tomorrow is the Spring Festival, as soon as the Spring Festival passes, on the seventh day of the first month, you must immediately divide your troops to attack Yangcheng, so as to fight to level this gang of thieves! This time, you must go hand in hand, and you can't give the thief army any chance, quickly recover Qinshui, Zezhou and Yuanqu County, completely squeeze them in the boundary of Yangcheng, and give a month to completely exterminate this gang of thieves!

I wonder if you generals have any questions? Wu Fu confidently instructed the four generals this time.

Hu Dawei and the other four immediately clasped their fists and said to Wu Fu: "I want to listen to Lord Futai's edict!" ”

It's just that after receiving the order, Zuo Guang first said to Wu Fu: "Lord Futai, there is still something I want to tell my lord!" ”

Wu Fu glanced at Zuo Guangxian, nodded and said, "General Zuo has something to say!" ”

Zuo Guangxian immediately clenched his fists and said: "The lowly official has just led the troops into Jiangxian County, but the current soldiers under the command of the lowly rank have not received their salaries for five months, if they are ordered to set off after the year to attack the thief army, I am afraid that these soldiers and generals under the command of the lowly will make trouble!" Please also ask Lord Futai to settle part of the soldier's salary for the humble duty first! Otherwise, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be willing to give their lives! ”

Wu Fu felt that his head was big when he heard it, and now these soldiers and generals are becoming more and more arrogant, the battle has not yet begun, the first thing is to ask for salary first, and since the beginning of this year, the imperial court has a shortage of new salaries, Emperor Chongzhen once again issued an order to increase, Shanxi has also borne a lot of pressure, and now the ground in Shanxi is not quiet, it is already very difficult to raise these food salaries, if it is not for the fact that the Xingtian Army is really troublesome, he is really unwilling to mobilize an army to suppress it now!

And now Zuo Guang first proposed to ask for soldiers' salaries, Wu Fu was quite big, so he asked Zuo Guangxian: "I don't know how much money General Zuo needs this official to raise for you?" ”

Zuo Guangxian took a big hand and immediately said: "There are more than 6,000 soldiers and generals under the command of the lowly rank, and the salary has been short for nearly five months, so even if the soldiers and generals are paid for three months first, it will cost at least 50,000 taels of silver!" ”

Wu Fu gasped after hearing this, this Zuo Guang is really a lion's mouth, a mouth is 50,000 taels of silver, if he has so much silver, he doesn't have to worry about money every day, but if he doesn't give it, it won't work, after all, this time Zuo Guang first came to help him, if you don't give them soldiers' salaries, don't say that their gang of soldiers will not be able to help suppress the bandits, if there is a mutiny in Jiangxian County again, then this time it is not easy to organize the attack, and if you don't get it, it will be yellow cabbage again!

So after calculating it in embarrassment, he coughed lightly and said to Zuo Guangxian: "Right now, Shanxi is also very short of money, and 50,000 taels of silver can't be taken out now!" But since General Zuo has said it, although the official is embarrassed, he still has to find a way to help you raise some military salaries, so be it! Although you can't get 50,000 taels, the official can still allocate 20,000 taels of silver to you first, you take it and send it down first, and after you have wiped out this group of Xingtian Army, the rest of the soldiers will find another way to help you organize! ”

Although Zuo Guangxian was not very satisfied with the number that Wu Fu promised, it was better than nothing, so he had to nod and agree.

And with Zuo Guangxian's example, He Renlong immediately quit, and also proposed that his generals had been short of pay for a long time, and asked Wu Fu to also allocate a batch of military salaries to him, so that a good military meeting finally became a meeting to ask for military salaries.

Wu Fu was very angry, but he couldn't get angry now, so he suppressed his anger and promised to allocate 10,000 taels of silver to He Renlong, and the rest would be talked about later.

And Xu Dingguo and Hu Dawei are better, when Wu Fu mobilized the soldiers and generals in Shanxi, he had already allocated them a batch of military salaries, and this time he did not jump out again to force them to beg for salaries.

After deciding on the matter of the soldiers' salaries, Wu Fu talked about the suppression of bandits, and after some discussion, he finally had to postpone the day of the army for a few days, and changed it to the twelfth and fourth routes of the first month before the soldiers and horses acted together.

After Xu Dingguo, Hu Dawei and the other four received the order, they each returned to their respective armies with their families and began to prepare.

Although He Renlong has the reputation of He Maniac, he is very brave when fighting against the rebels, but at the same time, he is not strict with the control of his soldiers, and the imperial court often owes the soldiers and generals salaries, in order to recruit troops and horses to strengthen his strength, He Renlong also closes his eyes to the soldiers and generals on weekdays, and does not restrain them very much.

This time they came from Shaanxi to march to Shanxi, and the common people along the way were unlucky, and the officers and soldiers along the way plundered the common people on the grounds of requisitioning grain, and also robbed the women of the people for their amusement.

Not only the officers and troops under He Renlong's command, but also the rest of the officers and soldiers were not much better, Zuo Guangxian, Xu Dingguo, and Hu Dawei's subordinates were basically all virtuous, so that the people around their stations could not survive at all.

Wu Fu also received a lot of complaints, and the angry Wu Fu scolded these guys in the government for not being strict, and sent people to the camp to reprimand them, ordering them to discipline their soldiers and generals and not do such things again.

In this way, these few people reined in a little and began to restrain the generals under their command, and no longer blatantly let them harm the people.