In the fifteenth year of Zheng, the second day of the first month.

The Jiangxia City of Nuoda is still full of smoke.

When the city was breached last night, the buildings that were set on fire and the corpses lying on the side of the road were silently telling the cruelty of war.

Thankfully, the Blackcoats had already begun to stabilize order.

In the city, the team of five people riding on war horses with the command flag on their backs shouted "Those who steal people's money are killed!" The rapist ** woman is beheaded! Those who hurt people's lives will be beheaded! Military law, through the streets and alleys.

Of course, because of the suppression of fighting for more than a month, there were not a few people who violated military law after the city was broken.

But when the sun rises in the east, the head of the Black Righteous sergeant who is still doing this will become the merit of the warlord.

……

"My lord. The lord of Qiyu, the Tartar puppet generals in Jiangxia City, in addition to the puppet Pingzhang and some Yuanmeng pseudo-Wanhu and last night, the left and right prime ministers of Huguang Province and the officials in the city were all captured alive. You see, what to do with them? ”

In the mansion of the prime minister of the former Huguang Right in Jiangxia City, Zhao Jiu, who was still full of blood in order to personally participate in the fight, bent down and saluted, and asked Zhang Shihua, who was standing in armor and holding his hands, for instructions.

"Well, among these captured officials, as long as they are not Han Chinese, they will all be executed. I need to use their heads to stabilize the situation. As for the Han puppet officials, those who are willing to submit to the government can be reinstated after donating all their family wealth.

As for those who are unwilling to submit, they and their families will be escorted after the house is raided, and then we will talk about it later. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" As he spoke, Zhao Jiu planned to retreat.

"Oh, yes." At this time, Zhang Shihua suddenly stopped him, "Ah Jiu, let Shen Ke, who is waiting outside, come in." ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!" Zhao Jiu hurriedly agreed, then raised his eyes to look at Zhang Shihua, and saw that he had no other instructions before gently retreating from the courtyard.

……

"The end ...... Sinner Shen Ke, meet Lord Pingzhang! After a while, Shen Ke, who had been waiting outside the courtyard in fear, walked in cautiously.

And after walking into the courtyard, Shen Ke, who was not armed with soldiers, didn't even dare to raise his head, and when he was still three zhang away from Zhang Shihua, he bowed and knelt on the ground, not caring at all that he was wearing armor.

"Hehe, General Shen. Come, come closer. Let me take a good look at you. Zhang Shihua smiled and waved his hand. Motioned for the middle-aged man with a mustache and a short beard on his chin to come closer.

"Yes, sin will obey!" Hearing Zhang Shihua's order, Shen Ke hurriedly agreed. But even so, he didn't dare to get up from the ground, but walked all the way to Zhang Shihua.

In this regard, Zhang Shihua shook his head and chuckled, and couldn't help but walk in front of him and help him up with his own hands.

"Generals don't have to be like that. The general's ability to abandon the darkness and turn to the light so that our army can successfully take Jiangxia can be regarded as a great achievement. Why be so scared!? ”

"The sin general, the sin will see the general's heroic appearance for the first time, such as seeing the heavens, so he is afraid."

"Hahahaha, the general is also a wonderful person who can talk. Well, don't worry, general. Since the general can abandon the darkness and turn to the light this time, then the general's past affairs should be written off. And in this battle, since the general still has meritorious deeds, then according to my Zhang Shihua's rules, I will reward the general heavily. ”

"I don't dare to reward the work of the end."

"Hey, what's that called? Since I Zhang Shihua started the army, I have always been punished and rewarded for meritorious service. Since the general helped our army successfully take the important town of Jiangxia this time, he was promoted to ten thousand households from his official position. And the general is from Jiangxia, and there are indeed many prisoners in this battle who are from Jiangxia.

Therefore, I am going to select some strong men from among these captives to be commanded by the general, so that the general will be in charge of the army alone. Is the general willing? ”

"Minister, thank the lord, thank the lord. The lord and the minister are so promoted, and in the future, the minister will do his best and die! Shen Ke knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but he really looked grateful.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua, who was smiling, nodded, and after reassuring him for a few words, he also let him retreat.

Waiting for him to retreat, Zhang Shihua, who was smiling, looked around, looking at this magnificent prime minister's mansion, full of soldiers dressed in black clothes and black armor, and couldn't help but show an unconcealable smile in his eyes.

Today, Huguang thinks I have something in my pocket!

……

The words are divided into two ends, and at the same time, in the eastern Wuchang of Jiangxia City.

After months of fierce fighting, Wuchang City was finally conquered.

"Brothers, kill with me. After catching Aluhui and that prince, we will be the first success! In this battle, Zhang Dingbian, who had the tiger of the end of the sky, was the first to lead the army into the city, and then he went straight to the south to kill the palace and the government.

After all, the king of Weishun, Kuanche, has been in Wuchang for a long time, and he has accumulated no wealth for decades.

Not to mention anything else, just by getting the wealth in his palace, this battle will be a big gain.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Dingbian led hundreds of soldiers to rush all the way to kill, and he really entered the wolf pack.

After he beheaded three generals in a row, he couldn't help but completely break through the Weishun palace and capture the Weishun King of the Great Yuan Dynasty alive. Then he occupied the palace of Weishun and did not allow anyone to come in, as if he was going to eat alone.

However, in this regard, the other Tianwan generals who were slow to move were indignant. But because he was afraid of Zhang Dingbian's prestige, he didn't dare to touch it.

Therefore, in the battle to conquer Wuchang, Chen Youliang, as one of the leaders of the Tianwan army, couldn't help but achieve the most benefits for himself, and thus became famous in the Tianwan army. gradually became the number one person second only to Ni Wenjun in the Tianwan Army.

But that's all for another time.

Just now, I waited until the ninth o'clock of the first month of the fifteenth year of the Zhizheng.

The news that the prime minister was removed from his post and that hundreds of thousands of troops were scattered under Gaoyou City finally reached Zhang Shihua's ears.

Suddenly hearing such news, even if Zhang Shihua had been mentally prepared, his face was flushed, but he still couldn't hide the ecstasy in his heart.

After all, as the right prime minister of the Yuanmeng Empire, the power that Tofu could mobilize was too great.

Even a future emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang, at this time, is still just a nobody compared to the right prime minister of the Yuanmeng Empire, who has been in charge of national affairs for more than ten years.

Such a character, every move is enough to affect the world.

Therefore, at some times, Zhang Shihua is really afraid that the fate of Tokhtar will change because of the butterfly effect he produces.

Fortunately, the general trend of the fall of the Yuanmeng Empire could not be reversed by individual efforts, as evidenced by the death of Tokhtar.

As the original right prime minister of the Yuanmeng Empire, he was a famous minister who had been in charge of national affairs for more than ten years. Tokhtar's death was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for most officials who still had hope for the Yuanmeng Empire.

This point is known from the side of Huguang Province.

When the news came that Tokhtar had been deposed and exiled, and hundreds of thousands of troops were scattered. Many Yuanmeng magistrates who were still holding on to the city and resisting the black-clothed army also chose to surrender. So that Zhang Shihua's army was able to completely occupy Wuchang Road, Yuezhou Road, Changde Road, Lizhou Road and other places without bloodshed.

At once, the territory was nearly doubled.

In this way, most of the area north of Huguang Province can also be said to have fallen under Zhang Shihua's control.

On the day of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the rewards for the heroes under his command were not officially promulgated.

In this battle, all the heroes whose names were in the merit book were naturally rewarded differently according to the size of their merits.

Generals such as Li Zhi, Fan Zhong, and Lu Zhen were all promoted, and civil officials were also able to occupy important positions with the expansion of their territory, and ordinary soldiers were also given acres of land due to beheading.

For a while, the black-clothed army was really celebrated by everyone.

So under such circumstances, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but take this opportunity to feast the ministers and celebrate.

……

"Well, is it dawn?" Early the next morning, Zhang Shihua slowly opened his eyes.

When the light of these words shone into his eyes, Zhang Shihua groaned and couldn't help rubbing his forehead, which had a headache due to hangover.

"Sir, you're awake." At this moment, a beautiful woman in her twenties walked in.

Seeing this woman, and thinking back to everything that happened with this woman last night, Zhang Shihua's face couldn't help but soften a lot.

"Sir, you can drink some tea and relieve the bar." The plump young woman with a soft face thoughtfully poured a cup of strong tea for Zhang Shihua.

Then when Zhang Shihua was drinking tea, he couldn't help but snuggle up to Zhang Shihua's side like water. She was only wearing a single dress, and the spring light was even more faint at this time.

Yes, this woman named Lou Yuzhen is also the person in Zhang Shihua's house after conquering Jiangxia.

Originally, this beautiful woman was the concubine of the right prime minister of Huguang Province, Boyan Puhua.

But when the black-clothed army conquered the Prime Minister's Mansion and Boyan Puhua was killed. She was extremely beautiful, and she was offered by Zhang Shihua's personal guards.

And then everything that follows is self-evident.

March doesn't know the taste of meat, how can Zhang Shihua hold on to this beautiful woman who is as beautiful as a flower and has a twist of heart.

And for Lou Yuzhen, as the beautiful concubine of the former right prime minister of Huguang Province, she did not resent Zhang Shihua who killed Boyan Puhua. On the contrary, I am glad for this.

One is that she is only twenty-four years old, and she has no feelings for Boyan Puhua, who is already in her sixties and is dying; The second is because after becoming Zhang Shihua's roommate, she got the sense of security she dreamed of.

After all, this is a troubled world where human life is as cheap as mustard!

Even if the black-clothed army was an extremely disciplined army, on the night when it invaded Jiangxia City, nearly 100 women were still raped and killed, and thousands of civilians died innocently and tragically. And then the matter finally came to an end.

Human life is really nothing in such a world.

So on the matter of being possessed by Zhang Shihua, Lou Yuzhen did not resist much.

Not only did she not resist, but in these days, she couldn't help but serve the man in front of her wholeheartedly who could protect her in troubled times and bring him a sense of security.

So much so that imperceptibly, Lou Yuzhen couldn't help but feel emotionally attached to the young and heroic man in front of her.

"Yuzhen, what time is it now?" After drinking the strong tea in the cup, after sobering up. Looking at this bird-like woman, Zhang Shihua's eyes couldn't help but be a little less indifferent.

"Back to the master, it's five quarters now." As soon as Zhang Shihua asked the hour, she also knew that this "anti-thief leader" who was considered by her to be 'except burning, killing, looting and playing with women' more than half a month ago was about to start handling government affairs.

So she couldn't help but get up obediently and prepare to change clothes for 'her own man'.

It's really ironic, these days, the man she once regarded as an anti-thief leader is more diligent and sympathetic to the people's suffering than the 'prime minister' she once was.

It's no wonder that the "thief in black" developed into this man's hands. Compared with this so-called "anti-thief", those adults who only know how to eat, drink and enjoy all day are more like thieves.

As for Lou Yuzhen's thoughts, Zhang Shihua did not see it.

These days, the things he has to deal with are really complicated.

However, with the victory of the war and the deposition and exile of Tokhtar, he succeeded in nearly doubling his territory.

But it is precisely because of this that how to govern these newly attached lands has become Zhang Shihua's most urgent problem now.

After all, in terms of government affairs, it has always been the shortcoming of the Black Army.

To tell the truth, before Tokhtar was deposed and exiled to death, even if Zhang Shihua occupied the land of Xiangjing, not many people thought that Zhang Shihua could achieve great things.

Even in the land of Xiangjing, many scholars from the landlord class were unwilling to seek refuge in Zhang Shihua and serve Zhang Shihua.

Therefore, after the territory was expanded so much at once, Zhang Shihua could only temporarily govern the generals under his command in addition to demoting officials.

But letting military generals interfere in politics is obviously not a long-term solution.

So at yesterday's dinner, after Zhang Shihua and Zhao Ziyu discussed, they couldn't help but decide to open the situation from those civilian officials who were captured by the black-clothed army but had a basis for not surrendering.

Now, it's time to deal with it.

……

Half an hour later, surrounded by hundreds of guards, Zhang Shihua, Zhao Ziyu and others couldn't help but ride their horses and arrive at a house where the captured officials were held.

"The lord, the subordinates see the lord."

When the officials of the thousands of households guarding the house saw Zhang Shihua coming, they couldn't help but take three steps and two steps to come to Zhang Shihua's horse and pay respects.

"Alright, get up. What's going on inside now? ”

"Back to the lord's words. Since the news that 'Prime Minister Tartar was dismissed and exiled, and hundreds of thousands of troops scattered outside Gaoyou City' two days ago, their resistance has been reduced a lot.

Except for a few who committed suicide, everyone else looked like they were appointed. Well, except for Lord Lu. ”

"Well, how. Which Mr. Lu still doesn't eat or drink? ”

"Well, not really. In the past few days, this Lord Lu has not been on a hunger strike. But after such a day, he still didn't say a word. ”