"Wang Zhengyang, a seven-grade judge. Oh, that's an interesting person. After issuing this reasonable punishment decision, Zhang Shihua looked at the name of Wang Zhengyang, which appeared many times on Lu Sicheng's performance, touched the short beard on his chin, and couldn't help but smile.

An innocent lady who was killed and a thousand household officials who are about to be demoted to the end. To be honest, this kind of thing is just something insignificant for Zhang Shihua now.

And now, he is still so interested in this matter, and it is more because of Wang Zhengyang.

To be honest, things like Xue Yong have definitely happened a lot of times in the black-clothed army over the years.

Although most of these things were said to be over, they did not reach Zhang Shihua's ears at all.

But if you think about it, you will understand, after attacking the city and killing the red eyes. Soldiers who urgently need to vent their desires can not be restrained by a military regulation.

After all, soldiers are self-conscious people, not machines. A way to vent their desires and reduce their mental burden is a must for these soldiers who are fighting for their lives on the battlefield.

Therefore, in the First World War and World War II in later generations, Western countries regarded spirits as military supplies, and a large number of inferior spirits were shipped to the front; In the same way, the Chu army's warlords only appeared on the battlefield two hours after the city was broken every time, which is also the reason.

In this way, it will definitely not be the first time for something like Xue Yong.

The reason why Zhang Shihua pretended not to know anything was because there were few upright officials like Wang Zhengyang in the local area, and because Zhang Shihua himself also understood the truth that 'when the water is clear, there are no fish, and if people are inspected, there are no disciples'.

However, the saying that 'when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples', although it is true. But in the same way, everything needs to have a degree.

As a leader, in some cases, Zhang Shihua can turn a blind eye to the messy chores of his subordinates as if they had never happened. But as a leader, he also does not allow his subordinates to make inches of progress because of this, and does not take the rules he has set on the surface in his eyes.

Although, at the stage when Zhang Shihua had just developed a year or two ago, most of the military generals under his account were local people who grasped both the military and the government, and governed the army and the people who dismounted. But at that time, it was entirely because Zhang Shihua had no available literati under him, so he had to do it as a last resort.

Now that Zhang Shihua has become the king, looking at the world, he Zhang Shihua has become the most powerful rebel army in the world, and has subdued Lu Sicheng, and there is no shortage of available intellectuals under his rule. went on the horse to govern the army and dismounted to govern the people, and even dared to beat the domineering generals who whipped the civil officials at the same level after getting drunk, Zhang Shihua didn't want to see it again.

However, now that he has just been crowned king, most of the Huguang Province has not yet been subdued and pacified, and he still needs to rule the martial arts to serve the death and contribute to the situation. Even if Zhang Shihua had such an idea in his heart, he could not immediately start to reduce the power of the military generals.

After all, if such a thing is done, it is really chilling.

Therefore, the five strategies that Lu Sicheng offered to Zhang Shihua at the beginning, in addition to being the king and the capital. The other three articles, such as the return of all economic power to the central government; local generals are not allowed to interfere in local government affairs; Issued a recruitment order to select local scholars as officials, etc. Because the time is not yet ripe, Zhang Shihua has not yet set out to do it.

But if you want to realize the ambitions and ambitions in Zhang Shihua's heart, Zhang Shihua will definitely do these things sooner or later.

So in such a situation, Zhang Shihua must first find subordinates who can do these things.

In this way, Wang Zhengyang, a mere seven-grade judge, has become huge in the eyes of Zhang Shihua.

You know, in these years, the words "not afraid of power" are easy to say. But there are too few people who are really determined to do these four words.

Therefore, Wang Zhengyang's appearance is like God sending him a pillow when Zhang Shihua was sleepy

As for Wang Zhengyang's own talent, let's not talk about it first. But judging from this matter alone, this person is at least not afraid of things. Although he was still a little stunned in some aspects, such as in this matter, if it wasn't for Lu Sicheng who intervened halfway and saved this guy.

So with Zhang Shihua's understanding of his brother, this guy's suffering is absolutely indispensable.

But no one is perfect? Anyway, for Zhang Shihua, Wang Zhengyang's mere virtue of not being afraid of things is enough.

Therefore, at the same time as issuing a decision on the handling of Xue Yong's matter, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but issue an order to transfer this person to Jiangling to supervise the imperial history.

Belch...... Although at this time, this position is just a fictitious position with little real power. After all, under Zhang Shihua's rule, the gap in strength between the civilian clique and the military clique is too great.

But although they are all official positions of the seventh grade, the central supervisor of the imperial history is still much taller than the local judges.

After all, since the post of imperial history was carried forward in the Song Dynasty, if the imperial history of each dynasty was transferred to a locality, at least the officials had to be promoted to three levels.

In this way, it is enough to show that Zhang Shihua attaches great importance to Wang Zhengyang.

Of course, this kind of attention will undoubtedly make Zhang Shihui hate Wang Zhengyang more and more. However, this is a good thing for Zhang Shihua, because in this way, if Wang Zhengyang wants to protect himself, he can only dedicate all his loyalty to Zhang Shihua, the king.

And speaking of which, the rape and murder of innocent women by Xue Yong of Qianhu can be regarded as a formal understanding. And after that, the strategic bill of the Chu army is obviously impossible to change because of such a trivial matter.

Therefore, at the beginning of April, the more than 25,000 troops who had been stationed on Chenzhou Road had a new move.

After leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses on the Chenzhou side, in accordance with the strategic goals set by the Chu army before, Zhang Shihui set his sights on the southeast Baoqing Road, which has a very important strategic position.

The geographical location of Baoqing Road is in the southwest of Changsha Tianlin Road, although the territory of this road is not large, there are only two county towns under the rule.

However, from this road to the east, you can go straight to the lake, the Chang and Shatianlin Road where the South Road Propaganda Division is located. Even only need to break through the city of Xiangxiang Prefecture, and then it can go straight into the hinterland of Tianlin Road, completely blocking the connection between Chang and Sha and the southern region. (The Propaganda Department is a military-oriented supervisory body between provinces and prefectures, which is generally in charge of military and civilian affairs, and the Propaganda Envoy is the highest military and political official who is responsible for a local division that connects the upper and lower levels.) ）

Therefore, winning this road is of great significance for Zhang Shihua to achieve his strategic goals.

After all, after Jiangxia City, the provincial governor of Huguang Province, was occupied by the Chu army, Sha, the director of the Xuanwei Division of Hu and Nan Dao, automatically became the head of all the prefectures and counties in the entire Hu and Nan regions.

And the Zhengsanpinhu and Nandao propaganda envoys who sat in the town of Chang and Sha naturally became the highest military and political chiefs in the entire Hu and Nan regions.

Therefore, if you want to take the entire lake and south region, you must occupy Tianlin Road. And if you want to easily take a place like Tianlinlu, which has a population of more than 2 million, and cut off their connection with the south, it is necessary to do it.

In this way, the value of this small Baoqing Road, which has only two county seats, is naturally highlighted.

And more importantly, the current Lord Meng Yuanxuan's consolation envoy is not very talented in military and political affairs at all.

Let's put it this way, after Jiangxia City was taken by the current Chu army with lightning speed, this local military and political chief was like a frightened child after losing the command from above.

In the past few days, this ambassador has not done anything other than the unnecessary transfer of soldiers and horses from various roads around Tianlin Road to Tianlin Road, especially Yiyang Prefecture and Xiangyin Prefecture, which are the northernmost parts of Tianlin Road.

did not contact the Tusi Miao army, which was close at hand, so that the Chu army easily made a contract with the Miao army; failed to appease the local chaos caused by the fall of the provincial administration, so that Changde Lu, who could have been his northwest Pingzhang, chose to surrender without hesitation.

As for the fall of Yuezhou Road in the northeast, it is just a timid and afraid of death.

This kind of behavior is not like a three-rank senior official in charge of local military and political affairs, but like a frightened rat, when the crisis comes, he only knows to hide in his lair and dare not come out.

However, in this regard, the Chu army naturally has no opinion. They wish that all their opponents were like this messenger.

After all, judging from the city, means, and character displayed by this ambassador at this time. Zhang Shihui led his army to attack Baoqing Road, and it is very likely that the Baoqing Road side will not receive any support from the Xuanwei Division, even if it is in the southwest of Tianlin Road.

This is not a lie. You must know that in the northwest of Tianlin Road, where is Wuling City on Changde Road, the Chu army is unabashedly recruiting soldiers and horses to train the new army. There are 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if these people are just new troops, judging from the character of this consolation envoy, he must not dare to move his soldiers and horses stationed in Yiyang Prefecture in the northwest of Tianlin.

As for the northeastern location of Xiangyin Prefecture, where another large army of Tianlin Road is stationed, it is Baling City on Yuezhou Road.

Deng Hu, who was under Zhang Shihua's command, had already led his soldiers and horses to sharpen their knives and wait.

In this way, the soldiers and horses that Tianlinlu Xuanxuan could mobilize were used by him to guard the more than 10,000 elites of Chang and Sha. But if this consolation envoy had the courage to mobilize more than 10,000 elites whom he regarded as the root of his life, to participate in the battle.

The situation in Huguang Province will not be eroded like this in just a few months after losing the provincial governor's office.

According to the internal analysis of the Chu army, there is an official road between Baoqing Road and Wugang Road and Hengzhou Road, which can send troops to support each other, that is, Hengzhou Road may send some reinforcements.

Because the soldiers and horses that can fight on Wugang Road were pulled away by Yang Wanzhi and their Wugang Yang clan a few years ago.

The current Wugang Road is barely protecting itself, let alone supporting Baoqing Road.

Therefore, even if the situation develops to the worst, Zhang Shihui and the enemies they face this time will only be Baoqing Road and Hengzhou Road. And Hengzhou Road, although this place was the seat of the Xuanwei Division of Hu and Nandao a few decades ago, but in today's late Yuan Dynasty to the Zheng period, this place is just a small place with three cities and a population of more than 200,000 under its rule.

Judging from the local military affairs that have been rotten to the bone over the past few decades, it is good that the two places can go to the battlefield together, and the soldiers who can hold the weapons in their hands tightly on the battlefield and have foam in their mouths to prevent them from fleeing from the battle.

Therefore, for Zhang Shihui, who led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, which can be said to be the most elite in the Chu army, there was no pressure at all.

After receiving the military order issued by Zhang Shihua, Zhang Shihui led the army under his command, and in just five days, he couldn't help but follow the official road of Xupu City on Chenzhou Road, through part of the territory of the southwest corner of Tianlin Road, and killed in the territory of Baoqing Road.

"Damn, the black-clothed thief is menacing this time, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers coming south. Such a team of soldiers and horses, without the support and dispatch of Tianlin Road, only rely on the strength of our Baoqing Road and Hengzhou Road, how can it be resisted! ”

Ye Ziming, the leader of the Qianhu army on Baoqing Road, took more than a dozen knights out of Xinhua City, came to a dirt slope, and looked at the soldiers and horses of the Chu army who were preparing to camp three or four miles away. I couldn't help but be indignant at the cowardice of Batu Timur.

"Damn, doesn't this idiot know that if Baoqing Road and Hengzhou Road are lost, the connection between Tianlin Road and the south will be completely severed!" On the dirt slope, looking at the army with flags like a forest from afar, Ye Ziming, the leader of Baoqing Road, couldn't help but scold more and more angrily, so much so that he even said such a thing as a fool.

But now these knights behind him are all his hardcore henchmen, so even if he scolds like this, he doesn't need to worry about being leaked out.

But even so, swearing obviously can't change the current unfavorable situation. So after taking a deep breath, Ye Ziming waved his hand, and still couldn't help but order: "Okay, let's go back now." When I go back, I will immediately put Xinhua City under martial law.

When a monk hits the clock for a day, even if the odds of victory are slim, we have to try our best to delay the roundup. ”

Saying this to his subordinates, it was obvious that Ye Ziming had no hope at this time.

Damn, it's really not good, and labor and management have surrendered. The green mountains left are there, and there is no worry about no firewood. Labor and management don't want to die for that bullshit Dayuan Tianzi.

On the way back, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that victory was simply an impossible thing, and the idea of surrender naturally grew like a weed in my heart. At this time, even he, a general, is still like this, and it is naturally self-evident what the group of soldiers below is.