In the afternoon, Li Yan gathered the team and announced: "We fought a battle today, although it was a small battle, but everyone performed very well. If you perform well, you will naturally be rewarded! ”

The soldiers were talking to each other, not knowing what they were going to be rewarded. And the recruits also feel fresh, they don't know how to reward them yet.

Li Yan waved his hand, Li Zhong took a piece of paper and read out: "Wang Renjie, Zhou He, rescue your own people, call the police in time, and reward two liters of food per person!" ”

"General Xie's reward." Wang Renjie and Zhou He bowed their hands, and the two responded happily.

"Zhao Datong, command properly. Shi Jincai, facing the enemy's opportunity, rewarded two liters of food. Others, such as those who are not chaotic in the face of danger and stick to the formation, are also meritorious, and they will be rewarded with a liter of food. ”

The soldiers clenched their fists and thanked loudly: "General Xie reward!" ”

Li Yan nodded, then pressed his hand, quieted everyone down, and said, "Meritorious, rewarded." Then next, those who have been punished will also be punished! ”

Everyone is very puzzled, obviously everyone has been rewarded, why should they be punished?

Li Yan said loudly: "Wang Renjie, Zhou He, your task is to stand guard at the entrance and call the police if there is an enemy situation. Whatever the situation, you must keep the entrance safe and not leave your post to do something else. So five shots per person! ”

"But we're here to save our own people!" Wang Renjie said incomprehensibly.

Li Yan nodded and said, "I have already rewarded you for saving people." This time, it was you who left your post without permission. ”

"Then, then I don't want my reward, I don't need to beat the baton, right?" Zhou He asked timidly. His thighs are trembling a little now, he has seen the board in the yamen, pulling off his pants, and the palm-wide board falls on his buttocks, and every time he blows, the skin is open and the flesh is blooming.

"No! Merit is merit, and transgression is excess. The reward will be given to you, and the punishment will not be escaped! Li Yan said sternly.

Wang Renjie and Zhou He were very aggrieved, obviously they were going to save people, and they had already been rewarded, so why should they be punished? However, in order for their families to stay in the village, they did not defend again, so they had to admit it silently.

Li Yan saw that they were not convinced, so he explained: "Your fault is not to save your own people, but to leave your post without authorization and let the entrance become unguarded!" If the thieves rush straight into the entrance, everyone in the stockade will be in danger, including your family! Do you understand now?! ”

The two of them thought about it, and cold sweat ran down their backs. If it weren't the homeless people who came, but the bandits and thieves, then their actions would have plunged the entire village into a place of no return. Even if their family members don't die, they will still be robbed by thieves, just like they were robbed by the 'Lu Bu' gang before, they can't eat enough, and they have to be driven to be a shield.

The two glanced at each other, knelt on the ground at the same time, and said, "The subordinates know that they are wrong, and the subordinates are willing to be punished." ”

Li Yan took the opportunity to teach everyone a lesson: "You all have to remember too!" Stick to your post! Fortitudinous! Fight your way to the enemy! That's what you have to do! To the next level, I hope you will be flexible and resourceful! ”

"Subordinates follow the general's teachings!" Everyone bowed their hands and shouted loudly.

After everyone thanked him, Shi Jin suddenly said loudly: "General, we have something to say." ”

"Huh?" Li Yan was a little puzzled and asked, "What are you not satisfied with?" ”

Shi Jincai smiled and said, "We are not dissatisfied, we just want to make a small suggestion." ”

"You say." Li Yan nodded and agreed with Shi Jincai's opinion. If it is reasonable, you might as well agree, if it is unreasonable, you can also take the opportunity to beat this little clever guy, so that he can calm down and not always think about stealing and playing tricks.

Shi Jincai spoke: "There is a single subordinate person, and it is useless to ask for that food." It's better to exchange wine and meat for his subordinates, what does the general think? ”

Li Yan smiled: "This is okay, two taels of bacon, a corner of wine." ”

"Subordinate General Xie!" Shi Jincai said happily with a grin. After that, he also glanced at the other border soldiers proudly, which means that everyone knows that this is to anger a few of them. In the past few months, except for a bowl of wine on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, they have not smelled the smell of wine.

After the reward and punishment were announced, Li Yan asked two border soldiers to execute the baton on Wang Renjie and Zhou He. didn't take off his pants, and the military stick with a thin wrist fell on his buttocks, and the beating made a crackling sound, which made people's buttocks hurt when they listened to it. Fortunately, there are only five military sticks per person, and if there are more, they must be disabled.

Zhili, on the official road leading to Henan.

Zuo Liangyu led the army to the south. He was the king of diligence this time, and finally received a commendation from Emperor Chongzhen. But there was only a verbal reward, and there was no benefit at all, so he sent him back to Henan again, specializing in exterminating Henan bandits.

In fact, Chongzhen didn't have anything to reward Zuo Liangyu, the household department had no money at all, and the hundreds of thousands of food and salaries for the reinforcement army that the Qing soldiers from the north had to be collected everywhere. As for the internal money, it is almost gone.

When the ministers talked about having no money, the first thing they did was to ask the emperor to send internal money, but the internal money was not a cornucopia, and they could make money by themselves. The seed money of Huangzhuang is all for the queen mother, and the gold and silver are also used for salaries and rewards for the relatives and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, where will there be how much silver?

Along the way, the soldiers and military academies were all scolding and scolding, full of righteous indignation, and they were all dissatisfied with the emperor's stinginess.

"Father, the soldiers and generals are complaining, will something happen?" Zuo Mengeng was by Zuo Liangyu's side and asked worriedly.

Zuo Liangyu looked up and looked around, and said, "Well, yes, this place has not been looted by captives." ”

Zuo Mengeng was a little confused and asked, "Father, this has nothing to do with what the child said, right?" ”

"It'll be related in a moment." Zuo Liangyu said a word and instructed the guards: "Order all battalions to set up camp." Let them be quick with their hands and feet, and after the camp is set up, if they lack anything, they will go and borrow it from the villagers. ”

The soldiers grinned and rode to the battalions to give orders. After a few moments, the group erupted in cheers one after another.

"Thank you!"

"I am willing to die for the handsome!"

……

Zuo Liangyu heard these shouts and asked Zuo Mengeng, "Got it, silly boy?" ”

At this time, Zuo Mengeng finally knew that his father meant to allow the soldiers to loot the town, so as to eliminate the grievances of the soldiers and reinvigorate the morale of the whole army.

"This, where the prison army is, where the court is, won't there be a problem?" Zuo Mengeng asked hesitantly.

Zuo Liangyu smiled and said in a low voice: "We are not Wenchen, we have these sons in our hands." Now that the thieves in Henan are making trouble, it's time to use us. Besides, even the emperor can't send hungry soldiers, and the court doesn't give rewards, can't I get some food and grass supplies for my sons? ”

"The child thanks his father for his teachings."