Seeing this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but take the account book with a smile. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But when he silently read the huge content on the account book, the smile on his face couldn't help but disappear.

"Hey! I knew that fortunately, 40,000 stone of grain had been seized, otherwise this battle would really empty our family. After looking at all the bereavements and rewards, converted into food, there were 37,853 stones, Zhang Shihua frowned and rubbed his temples, and couldn't help but sigh like this.

Yes, the rewards and pensions that Zhang Shihua had to pay in this battle added up to 37,853 stones. Because Zhang Shihua once promised his soldiers that if the soldiers died in battle, then Zhang Shihua would use their military salary for half a year as a pension to compensate their families.

Therefore, when more than 2,000 soldiers were killed in battle, it meant that Zhang Shihua had to at least give more than 20,000 stone of grain as compensation to them.

That is to say, the 37,853 stone of the bereavement and reward is actually more than half of the pension of the fallen soldiers.

Of course, such a pension is indeed pitiful in the eyes of future generations, but this is the limit that Zhang Shihua can come up with. You must know that among all the Red Turban Army in the world, the one who can still give such a large amount of compensation to the soldiers who died in battle is Zhang Shihua's family.

Therefore, for this, Zhang Shihua's soldiers are naturally extremely supportive. And this is actually an important reason why Zhang Shihua's corporal is so resilient and can be so fearless of death.

And because of this, even if the post-war pension made Zhang Shihua's heart ache every time, Zhang Shihua never had the idea of canceling the pension.

After all, for the vast majority of low-level soldiers, the meager compensation given by Zhang Shihua is already the last explanation they can give to their families since they died in battle. Therefore, under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Zhang Shihua to deprive his soldiers of the last bit of comfort and explanation.

However, although he understood this truth very well in his heart, when he saw the huge figure of 37,853 stones, Zhang Shihua still couldn't help but feel a toothache.

"Ge Laozi, in this battle between labor and capital, a total of more than 40,000 grains and grass have been captured. Yes, this large amount of bereavement and rewards will be beaten, and the seizures of labor and management can be regarded as scattered. Moreover, if you count the delay in farming in the Xiangcheng area, it is estimated that 10,000 stone of grain will be put into the labor and management. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but feel that his kidneys were twitching.

However, although they were heartbroken by this large expenditure, they won the battle after all.

So after silently reading the numbers in the account book, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but squeeze out a smile on his face. After handing back the account book in his hand to Zhao Ziyu and them with a smile, Zhang Shihua praised them with a smile, and couldn't help but say to them in an extremely serious tone: "Ziyu, all the rewards and pensions above must be dealt with for me." ”

"In particular, the pensions of the soldiers must be handed over to the families of the fallen soldiers in their original form. I'm definitely not going to allow the soldiers to trade their lives for anything that someone has to put their claws out into, you know! Speaking of which, Zhang Shihua's tone couldn't help but become extremely gloomy.

And Guo Ziyu, who was standing opposite Zhang Shihua, heard Zhang Shihua's gloomy words, and couldn't help but think of the scene when in the past, his two small officials embezzled pensions from everyone, and then Zhang Shihua, who was extremely angry, ordered the corpses of five horses to be divided into five horses.

Therefore, after thinking of the scene where the five horses were divided, Zhao Ziyu couldn't help but be excited. In an extremely solemn tone, he assured Zhang Shihua: "Please rest assured that your subordinates will definitely raise their spirits and will never let the soldiers shed blood and tears." ”

"Well, I'm relieved to have your words. Okay, then you will work with Ah Jiu, Ah Yu and Shihui to deal with the rewards of the meritorious soldiers first. Hearing Zhao Ziyu's assurance, Zhang Shihua nodded with satisfaction, and couldn't help but say so.

When Zhao Ziyu and Chang Xiqiao heard Zhang Shihua's words, they sang a fat promise, and after the first order, they also retired one after another.

And after the two of them withdrew, Zhang Shihua looked at the map hanging behind him, and couldn't help but say to himself: "It's time to go to Xuzhou again, let the labor and management pay so much, you should also be bleeding." ”

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Another five days passed, that is, on the 23rd day of March in the twelfth year of Zhizheng, after the rest was completed and another thousand available reinforcements were drawn from Nanyang. Zhang Shihua commanded nearly 10,000 black-clothed soldiers, and he couldn't help but kill in the direction of Xuzhou again.

This time, there was no strength on the Xuzhou side that could stop him, and even Tai Buhua, who fled back to Xuzhou in a hurry a few days ago, left Xuzhou City in a hurry because of the urgency of the main force on the other side and out of fear of Zhang Shihua, leaving only a thousand remnants of the defeated army on the Xuzhou side as a garrison.

Therefore, when Zhang Shihua led the army to kill outside Xuzhou City again, some Han army officers who were bent on survival couldn't help but have a temporary uprising in Xuzhou City. Killed the Yuanmeng guards of Xuzhou City, the Xuzhou Zhizhou who was unwilling to surrender, and the Xuzhou Dalu Huachi who tried to escape in vain. And the heads of the three of them were used as gifts to Zhang Shihua to dedicate the city.

And for this, Zhang Shihua naturally laughed at it. Therefore, after leading the army to completely take over Xuzhou City and Changshe City, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but make Wang Zheng, an officer of the Han army who temporarily revolted, a member of his own account.

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"Your Excellency General, all the wealthy families in Xuzhou City have already arrived and are waiting in the front hall, when do you think you will meet them?" On the morning of the second day after officially entering Xuzhou City, Chang Xiqiao, one of the logistics officers responsible for post-war coordination and pacification of the people's livelihood, couldn't help but come to Zhang Shihua's study and bowed to Zhang Shihua like this.

When Zhang Shihua himself heard this, he first nodded to indicate that he knew, and then couldn't help waving his hand at Chang Xiqiao and said, "You let them wait first, I still have something to deal with, and I'll meet them later." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" Although he knew that Zhang Shihua was deliberately cold to those people, Chang Xiqiao was still smart and didn't mention anything, and after agreeing, he couldn't help but retreat slowly.

After retreating, Zhang Shihua, who was sitting quietly in the study, silently looked at the map on the table, but couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

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History has changed, remember that in the original history, Taibuhua did not suffer setbacks in Nanyang, but like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, it easily solved the entire peasant army in Nanyang. and led troops eastward and captured Liu Futong's lair - Ruyang Mansion in one fell swoop.

So much so that later, although Liu Futong defeated the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of Yexian, he was also hit hard, and he was unable to capture Bianliang Road at all. Instead, it was trapped in the Huai River valley by the counterinsurgency army of the Yuan and Mongolian courts, and it was not until a few years later, after the rise of Zhang Shicheng and others greatly reduced the pressure, that Liu Futong was able to lead the Red Turban Army to a brief peak.

However, because of Zhang Shihua's existence, all of this has completely changed. Taibuhua not only failed to suppress Nanyang, but was also hit hard by unimaginable blows in the hands of Zhang Shihua. In other words, Liu Futong himself completely avoided the danger of the nest being captured by the Yuanmeng court.

Therefore, what Zhang Shihua is worried about now is whether Liu Futong, who has no worries, will capture Bianliang City in this battle. Then, with the prestige that no one can match, dominate the entire Jiangbei Province.

Yes, after tasting the huge power that can make Wanfu surrender for it, Zhang Shihua's heart has naturally bred ambition.

Although this kind of ambition will not let the current Zhang Shihua arrogantly challenge Liu Futong's status, let alone let him choose to be the emperor like Xu Shouhui's idiot.

But after the seeds of ambition were planted in the soil of desire, Zhang Shihua was no longer willing to let Liu Futong drive him as usual.

Although Liu Futong and he are both rebels, he is also nominally Liu Futong's subordinate. Liu Futong's victory can also be regarded as a victory for all of them. But people are selfish after all, although this kind of small selfishness will not make Zhang Shihua and Liu Futong turn against each other, and even sneak attack Liu Futong's lair during Liu Futong's Northern Expedition.

However, if Liu Futong really captured Bianliang Road and had the power to dominate Jiangbei and even dominate all the rebel armies in Jiangbei, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but plan for himself.

"Anyway, it is impossible for him to hand over the territory he has worked so hard to build to others, and it is even more impossible for him to let others interfere with the black-clothed army that has settled down in this troubled world." So under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but have a strong desire to expand.

"You have to improve your strength as much as possible. I need as much food as I can, as much steel as I can, and as many people as I can! Thinking like this in his heart, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but hammer the table in front of him hard.

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Two and a half hours later, in the front hall of the rich families who were "invited" by Zhang Shihua, they all waited until their hearts were mixed, Zhang Shihua finally couldn't help but be surrounded by the guards beside him, and Shi Shiran came to the front hall.

"The Privy Counsellor has arrived!" As Zhang Shihua walked into the front hall of the Xuzhou official office, a guard couldn't help shouting like this.

And as the shouts of this soldier reached the ears of every rich man and high-ranking person in the hall, these people who were "invited" by Zhang Shihua, under the threat of death and war knives, couldn't help but stand up from their seats one after another, and with a frightened and uneasy expression, they bowed to Zhang Shihua and shouted: "Grass people, wait for you, please meet the Privy Lady." ”

"Well, it's all excused." After sitting on the main seat in the hall of the official office, Zhang Shihua waved his hand at these people with a calm face, and couldn't help but say so.

When the group of people in the hall heard Zhang Shihua's words, they stood up from the ground one after another after saying thank you with different thoughts.

And Zhang Shihua, who was sitting on the main seat, waited for everyone to stand up, and then couldn't help coughing lightly, looked at these people and said: "You are all the leaders of this Xuzhou, and you are an amazing existence. It is really presumptuous to let all of you come here today and wait for so long. ”

"Where, where, the general is polite, the general is polite." When everyone in the hall heard Zhang Shihua's words, no matter whether what Zhang Shihua said was true or false, they couldn't help but admit Zhang Shihua so much.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua waved his hand to quiet these people, and then couldn't help but continue: "Ben will be a rough man, and he doesn't like to detour when he has something to say." So the next thing I said, Ben Jiang just said it directly. You know, not long ago, Ben General led his army to defeat the Yuanmeng puppet official Tai Buhua in one fell swoop. ”

"However, although this battle was won, the general also suffered a lot of losses. So at this time, Ben will have to recruit some new people. However, recruiting and raising soldiers all need money and food, but after a big war, I am in urgent need of money and food. ”

"Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the war in the future, here today, the general has to have the audacity to ask you for some money and food for the Tartar army." After saying this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but turn his gaze to these wealthy families in the hall.

When these wealthy families heard Zhang Shihua's words, after their eyes rolled, they couldn't help but avoid Zhang Shihua's gaze, lowered their heads one after another, and made a puppet gesture one by one.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua snorted coldly in his heart, "If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears", then he couldn't help but get up from his seat, gently tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Why, why are you suddenly dumb." Do you also think that I, Zhang, am a thief in the mouth of their Tartars? Or are you still interested in Yuanmeng and don't want to help me, a brother of the Han family? ”

Speaking of which, the guards in this hall couldn't help but press the hilt of their knives and silently surrounded these people. Looking like that, it seems that as long as Zhang Shihua gives an order, these people will be dismembered.

And seeing this scene, where can these old men in the hall who are accustomed to being drunk and drunk still calm down.

So as soon as Zhang Shihua's voice fell, they couldn't help but say one after another: "Don't blame the general, don't blame the general." Even if the villain is blinded by lard, he will definitely not be interested in those Tartars who oppress me anymore. We are willing to give 5,000 stone of grain and 5,000 taels of silver for the purpose of the general's begging for tartar. ”

"Haha, the eight of you have only produced a total of 5,000 stone of grain and 5,000 taels of silver. Why, do you treat me Zhang Shihua as a flower child! Hearing that the eight wealthy families in the hall were willing to take out this pitiful thing, Zhang Shihua, who was extremely angry and laughing, couldn't help but scold like this.

And after scolding, Zhang Shihua didn't wait for these people in the hall to speak, so he couldn't help but say angrily: "Okay, you really don't change your life!" Come on, pull down Liu Xi, who oppressed the good and funded the Tartars, and beheaded me! ”