and Tianming, Li Zicheng began to collect troops, and the fleeing soldiers did not have to chase anymore, Wang Weizhang's fiasco was greatly damaged, and he should not be able to stop the Mandate of Heaven Army from going south. Please search (product book network) to see the most complete! The fastest update!

Besides, this is the first time that the Mandate of Heaven Army has gone south, and they don't know the path ahead, so in order to avoid encountering ambushes, it is better to be careful.

Li Guo and Song each drove their troops to ask Li Zicheng for credit.

Li Zicheng had already set up camp on the north bank of Shiting Water, and looked at the countless surrendered troops, and he was overjoyed, "Double happiness, General Song, have you checked the number of people?" ”

Li Guo's face was overjoyed, his hands were clenched into fists, and he said: "Governor Dadu, his subordinates have recovered more than 3,000 prisoners of war, because they are in a hurry to rush back, and they have not yet ...... counted."

Song's eyes were shining, "Governor Dadu, his subordinates have picked up five thousand prisoners of war, as well as more than two thousand war horses," he laughed and said, "Thanks to the help of these brothers!" ”

Li Zicheng's mind was stunned for a while, Song's words were too informative, prisoners of war, war horses, and those former prisoners of war who had been helping them.

They didn't let themselves down! Whether they are qualified soldiers or not, at least their hearts have stood with the Mandate of Heaven.

Li Zicheng's gaze swept over, and the soldiers knelt down in unison, "The villain is waiting to see the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Li Zicheng nodded and asked them to get up, but they felt that the numbers were wrong, "Well, what about others?" ”

"Back to the Dadu Governor, it was dark last night, and the villains and others were mixed with the Ming army, and some casualties were inevitable," said a soldier with three or four blood stains on his face: "Dadu Governor, none of our brothers, betrayed the Dadu Governor......"

"You are all good," Li Zicheng's voice was a little desolate, he turned around and said, "Xiaomi, give these living brothers a reward of silver, two taels each!" ”

"The Governor ......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, since the war horse has been captured, you should be, someone must have taken advantage of the chaos to drive away the war horse, the war horse has not only become our trophy, but there are also fewer fleeing Ming troops, rest assured, the people of the Mandate of Heaven Army are all true to their word!" ”

"Thank you, little man!" These former prisoners of war once again bowed to Li Zicheng and thanked him.

Compared with last night's prisoners of war, they are lucky, after becoming prisoners of war of the Heavenly Mandate Army, they can still make meritorious contributions to the Heavenly Mandate Army in time, these two taels of silver, but most people have received the first reward since joining the army......

He Xiaomi, in front of all the prisoners of war, let them line up and began to distribute the reward silver, Li Zicheng's expression was gloomy, he was not distressed about the silver, but the soldiers who died in this battle, "Guangrui, check the roster, the dead brother, according to the standards of the Mandate of Heaven, give his family a bereavement pension, if the family is Duoding, as long as they are willing, priority will be given to enlistment!" ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Zhao Guangrui went to check the roster, but Li Zicheng was staring at the captured war horses, the Ming army was originally only 3,000 cavalry, this time it lost 2,000 war horses, plus scattered, scattered losses, the cavalry was almost completely annihilated, maybe the soldiers were still there, but without the war horses, they were not strong infantry.

As for the distribution of war horses, except for a small amount of delivery to the Song Department as a ranger, the rest was handed over to Li Guo, so that the cavalry of the second battalion could also reach 5,000 households.

There were nearly 10,000 prisoners of war in front of him, but Li Zicheng loved and hated it, although Wang Weizhang took advantage of the chaos to escape, but more than 8,000 soldiers were captured, and an unknown number of deaths were ...... The 5,000 soldiers lost by Jiahou Liangzhu in Luoshui, and the soldiers around Wang Weizhang, will definitely not exceed the 8,000 people of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

He has lost his cavalry, and he has also lost his ability to maneuver, and under the blows of the cavalry, rifles, and mountain artillery of the Mandate of Heaven, will the rout be far away?

However, there are many prisoners of war, and it is difficult to dispose of them.

The original prisoners of war have returned to their hearts and experienced a great victory together, so they should be able to be trusted, but what should be done with the 8,000 prisoners of war captured last night?

Killed? Absolutely not, they are all Han Chinese, even if they are not qualified soldiers, they are also qualified laborers; Put? What's more, who knows if after they leave, they will rejoin the Ming army and become enemies of the Mandate of Heaven again?

The prisoners of war refused to go home, crying and shouting to join the Mandate of Heaven Army, it is said that because their family had lost their land, if they went home to beg for a living, they would either starve to death or die of poverty, and they had no choice but to be soldiers!

If these prisoners of war are released, there is a good chance that they will once again become enemies of the Providence Army.

Li Zicheng thought about it and decided to expand the army in advance!

Since entering Sichuan, it has won a lot of prefectures and counties, and has accumulated a lot of grain, even the richest Chengdu Mansion has been in sight, and the future attack on Chengdu Mansion is just enough for these recruits to try, in fact, they are not recruits at all, and they were originally paid for military salaries.

At this time, Zhao Guangrui had already registered the dead people, and the number was not too many, "Metropolitan Governor, the subordinates have already found out, last night's battle, dead and missing, a total of ninety-two people!" ”

"Well," Li Zicheng nodded, "find out the families of these brothers as soon as possible, and send the bereavement over." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Li Zicheng walked up to the prisoners of war who had received the bounty and nodded to them, "Brothers, the governor of Pontus has always been true to his word, these bounties are a lot, right?" ”

"Thank you Dadu Governor for the villain," one of his soldiers knelt down suddenly, "Dadu Governor said that once Deyang is taken, the villain and others can join the Mandate of Heaven Army......"

"I did say such things," Li Zicheng concentrated his eyes and glanced at the kneeling soldier, "However, I also said that the Mandate of Heaven Army has strict military discipline and strict selection of materials, and not everyone can join. ”

"Dadu Governor ......" The soldier was a little dazed, could it be that Dadu Governor didn't want himself?

"Don't worry, I won't leave you alone," Li Zicheng motioned for him to get up, and said: "Even if you can't join the Heavenly Mandate Army as you wish because of strength, health, and other reasons, I will settle your life, last night's battle, you are all heroes of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the reward just issued is the best proof!" ”

The soldier stood up happily and said expectantly: "Grand Governor, can villains and villains join the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, "Whether you can join the Mandate of Heaven Army or not, you have to speak with facts," he turned his gaze to the rest of the prisoners of war and said, "Are you all willing to join the Mandate of Heaven Army?" ”

"We do!"

Although there were less than 1,000 people, the momentum was still very strong, and even the faces of the 8,000 prisoners of war who had just been captured last night changed color.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "If you want to join the Mandate of Heaven Army, in addition to being loyal and loyal, you must also have good physical bones, otherwise, weapons, dry food, water, etc., weigh dozens of catties, how can you still march in a hurry?" These...... Are you okay? ”

"Okay!" This time, it's louder and neater.

Li Zicheng saw a different style from their bodies, could it be that the "Ming Army" was really a "big dye vat" that weakened the combat effectiveness of the soldiers? This has not officially joined the Mandate of Heaven Army, there is no training, they have such a change......

He asked the soldiers to set up camp and rest first, but he left Zhao Guangrui behind, "Guangrui, what do you think of these people?" ”

"The Grand Governor," Zhao Guangrui scratched his hair, a little embarrassed, "Before last night, my subordinates thought it was ...... I didn't expect them to ...... Governor, it's only been a battle......"

"Guangrui, it's not a battle, haven't these soldiers participated in a battle before?" Li Zicheng patted Zhao Guangrui's shoulder and said, "Now it's up to you to inspect them, if you pass the qualifications, you will be your subordinate in the future." ”

"Ah......" Zhao Guangrui was stunned for a moment, and quickly understood that the Metropolitan Governor might have to prepare some auxiliaries, so he said: "The Metropolitan Governor, do you want to stay with the qualified people?" ”

"Yes, stay all, not limited by the number of people!"

"Yes, Grand Governor," Zhao Guangrui saluted Li Zicheng and was about to inspect these soldiers, but was stopped by Li Zicheng, "Wait, Guangrui! ”

"The Grand Duke?"

"Guangrui, the matter of selecting soldiers from them should be completed as soon as possible," Li Zicheng pointed to the 8,000 soldiers who had just been escorted back, and said in a low voice, "Then select some soldiers from them, no more than 4,000 households!" ”

"Yes...... Yes? Zhao Guangrui was suddenly shocked and couldn't close his mouth, four thousand households? The army that went south this time, the seventh battalion only had a total of 5,000 households, and Li Guo's second battalion was only 3,000 households, did you hear it right?

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Four thousand households, you really heard it right, but it is better to lack than to abuse, and the lack of soldiers will make up for you when you arrive in Chengdu!" ”

"The Governor ......"

Seeing that Zhao Guangrui was puzzled, Li Zicheng explained: "I am going to transfer you out of the seventh battalion, specially form an army of five thousand households, step up training, and temporarily belong to the auxiliary army sequence, after taking Chengdu, the seventh battalion and the second battalion will continue to go on the expedition, and you will be stationed in Chengdu." ”

"Subordinates understood!" Zhao Guangrui's eyes were a little hopeful at first, but they were soon filled with disappointment.

"Guangrui didn't think there was a fight?" Li Zicheng said with a smile: "We just took Chengdu Prefecture, but Chengdu Prefecture still has many subordinate counties, these are handed over to you, your task is not only to protect Chengdu and assist Lord Guo in the administration of Chengdu Mansion, but also to continuously expand the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Mandate Army to the periphery." ”

"Subordinates, thank you for cultivating the Grand Governor!" Zhao Guangrui understood that the Metropolitan Governor was promoting him and making him an independent commander, and besides, there were more than 5,000 soldiers under him, and now there were ten times more!

"At that time, there were more than 5,000 soldiers under your subordinates, and your identity as a thousand households was obviously not suitable, well, be a guerrilla general, but a guerrilla general of the auxiliaries!"

"Thank you, Dadu!" Zhao Guangrui hurriedly bowed to the ground, from a thousand households to a guerrilla general, he had already chased the chief officer of the seven battalions, it was really a step to the sky, he was the eighth guerrilla general of the Heavenly Mandate Army...... Zhao Guangrui fell to the ground, sincerely frightened, and did not dare to get up for a while.

"Don't lie on your stomach, there are still many things to do," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Don't be too complacent, your department is still an auxiliary soldier now, only food and salary, no military salary, if you want silver, you can only rely on military merits." ”

"My subordinates understand, and my subordinates thank you to the Grand Governor!" Zhao Guangrui understood that the Metropolitan Governor was not only promoting himself, but also leaving the counties around Chengdu as his military merits, and the Metropolitan Governor ......

He has nothing to repay, and this life is ...... In this life, there is only the sword and gun of being the governor of the capital!

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "How about it, do you have the confidence to train these soldiers well?" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Guangrui was almost hoarse, lest most of the governors would not hear it.

Li Zicheng said: "Then why don't you go and choose soldiers?" While we are still around, we will train the soldiers first! ”

"But," Zhao Guangrui pointed to the languishing 8,000 prisoners of war, "Dadu, are they willing to join the Mandate of Heaven Army?" ”

"Do they have any other way out than to join the Mandate of Heaven Army?" Li Zicheng didn't believe it, the silver that was spent in vain just now didn't work for them, "I will transfer some from the seventh battalion from 100 households and 1,000 households to assist you in training soldiers." ”

"Ah...... Thank you, Governor! Zhao Guangrui suddenly understood, every thousand households in the seventh battalion has two officials from 1000 households, and each 100 households also has two officials from 100 households......

"Your unit still belongs to the seventh battalion, but it is only temporarily stationed in Chengdu," Li Zicheng saw that He Xiaomi was a little confused, so he said: "I will let Shuangxi select two thousand cavalry from these prisoners of war, and if you don't go over, Shuangxi will be robbed of all the good soldiers!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Zhao Guangrui saluted and hurriedly ran towards the prisoners of war!