Since the start of the army against Li Chuang, the officers and troops of the Central Plains provinces have never stopped, and every day they are either beaten and defeated, or they follow the butts of some military generals who can fight such as Cao and Xiao Cao to pick up military merits.

Although there are many people in the left department, but compared with other parts of the official army, the combat effectiveness is not high, Chongzhen six years in Shanxi to suppress thieves, Zuo Liangyu won many battles and won frequently, although it is not the same as Liu Zeqing to grab the merit, but also to avoid the strong, and to fight when weak.

If there are many battles, the loss of weapons and armor is also astronomical, even if the soldiers on the left have always relied on robbery, but at the moment, the Central Plains has ten rooms and nine emptiness, and there is no place to grab it for a while.

When Zuo Liangyu heard that Wang Zheng had won a big victory, he immediately thought about it, and after hearing that the Dengzhou battalion only had 1,800 soldiers and horses, he sent people to "borrow money" without any worries.

Zuo Liangyu felt that Wang Zheng could "borrow money" here, but he completely felt that he made a lot of money from private salt trading, so he didn't think about it at all.

Maybe it was because he had been stared at by Wang Zheng, the head of the army on the left was a little nervous, as far as the situation he saw at the moment, the Dengzhou battalion was completely different from what he had heard before, he didn't see any soldiers in ruins at all, his clothes and armor were torn, and the elite sergeants were in groups.

Picking up the teacup and drinking it in a big gulp, the military leader said:

"Don't hide from Wang Zhentai, the thieves and other rogues have been fighting Chongzhen for six years, it seems that they have changed their foundation from top to bottom, and the weapons and armor of the old camp are not much more than ours, it is said that they have their own channels to buy, and some Jin merchants sell them materials at high prices."

Speaking of this, the military leader's expression was a little angry.

"The rogues are all shotguns for guns, but we are still in tattered clothes, even if it is our left, the military salary of the imperial court has not been paid for half a year, and the brothers are all suffering."

Although Wang Zheng nodded again and again, he seemed to listen very seriously and sympathetic, but he thought in his heart that this man looked vulgar and had a lot of scheming.

What Fang just said was obviously borrowing silver, but he led the topic to the armor and weapons, but he complained to himself.

Wang Zheng didn't care about the good or bad life of the left army, in this troubled era, the various forces and factions in the world, except for the Japanese and Tartars, the rest of the people came into contact with each other.

The silver that Zuo Liangyu asked for was not much for himself, although he did not have a good impression of Zuo Liangyu in his heart, but Wang Zheng also knew that giving this silver would be of great benefit to him.

Regardless of whether he has anything to do with Zuo Liangyu or not, it is only a matter of time before Liu Zeqing knows about the silver he gave Zuo Liangyu support, and even if he retaliates at that time, he will have to weigh it.

One thing Wang Zheng is sure of is that Liu Zeqing, a soft egg, once he knows about this matter, he will not risk angering Zuo Liangyu to seek revenge against him no matter what.

Both sides are smiling and pushing each other Tai Chi, and they both have their own calculations in their hearts.

After staring at the army for a while, Wang Zheng opened his mouth and asked:

"Why do so many people ask Ben Jiang to borrow money, after all, everyone is an official of the imperial court, and this kind of thing will be leaked out but he will lose his head, doesn't he Zuo Ping thief know?"

The military leader laughed, and what he said was without scruples.

"Who doesn't know that behind Wang Zhentai is the prince next to the emperor? Even if this matter of borrowing money is leaked out by someone with a heart, with the means of the people behind Wang Zhentai, it is not easy to settle it? ”

"As for our Zuoying side, Wang Zhentai doesn't have to worry about it, even if the court knows about it, it won't move, most of them are verbal punishments, this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened."

Wang Zheng squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the military leader on the left for a while, and was noncommittal to his words.

This person is neither humble nor arrogant when he speaks, although he can obviously see that he is not good at words, but he is not a little flustered, thinking of this, Wang Zheng suddenly asked:

"What's your name?"

Hearing this calm tone, the military leader was overjoyed, and it was estimated that this matter could be done, so he stepped forward respectfully and said:

"If you go back to Wang Zhentai, the villain will wait alone."

"Single Waiting ......"

With a mutter, Wang Zheng smiled:

"Shan Hou, it's easy to lend out this silver, but the left part is hundreds of miles away from Dengzhou, how will Ben repay this batch of silver at that time?"

This sentence completely stopped Shan Hou, and after hesitating for a long time, he said that he was in a hurry:

"Well, or else! When our left battalion suppressed thieves in the five provinces, they also accumulated a lot of antiques and precious calligraphy and paintings in their hands, these things are relatively valuable, and no one dared to buy them when our general soldiers wanted to exchange them for silver several times. ”

Hearing this, Wang Zheng shook his head slightly and said:

"The so-called prosperous antiques, gold in troubled times, no one buys these things, what use do I have?"

This Shan Hou is the officer of Zuo Liangyu's family, and he is also the most trusted person, there are no scribes in the Zuo camp, so Shan Hou is in charge of quartermaster affairs in the battalion on weekdays.

This time he came out to ask for money, Zuo Liangyu didn't think about repaying the money at all, his dignified general Ping Thief borrowed money and still needed to pay it back?

Besides, even if he wants to pay it back, there are still people who dare to do it. ，

Seeing that Shan Hou was silent, Wang Zheng took a sip of the teacup and said:

"Thirty thousand taels of silver is a lot, even if my king takes it out for nothing, he has to take off a layer of skin, and we also have a lot of soldiers and horses waiting to eat, Zuo Ping thief doesn't want to pay back the silver, but he always has to have a little mortgage."

Seeing Shan Hou looking at him with a confused expression, Wang Zheng got up and turned his back to him, and continued to talk to himself.

"It's too far away, and the world is not very peaceful, and it is quite inconvenient to transport this silver back and forth, so let's do it, the right to send Zuo Ping thief a favor, and the silver doesn't have to be returned."

Even though Shan Hou wanted to complete this task very much, he was still shocked after hearing this, and couldn't help asking:

"This, what does Wang Zhentai want to mortgage these 30,000 taels of silver?"

Wang Zheng gave him a reassuring look, and said with a curled mouth:

"If Wang is not mistaken, Zuo Ying fought a rare big victory in the first month, right? Tsk, seriously injured the thief, beheaded two thousand, I am afraid that the captured thief army horses and baggage will be piled up. ”

Shan Hou nodded, he was also a little arrogant when he mentioned this.

In the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, who claimed to be the eighth king, raided Nanyang under the banner of the official army, and stationed troops in Nanguan.

At that time, he still found out that this unit was suspicious, and went up to interrogate, but he didn't want to sacrifice the thief's department, and the thief heard that it was the left battalion soldier, and immediately led the troops to flee.

Chen Hongfan led his troops to chase after him, Zuo Liangyu didn't know that this was Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses, but he just felt that he had caught the opportunity to beat the water dogs, which was a military merit sent up, so he took nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from the left to chase his buttocks.

This battle is a rare good record since the official army suppressed the thieves, and it is a good news.

Chen Hongfan said that Zuo Liangyu shot Zhang Xianzhong in the shoulder with an arrow, and cut Zhang Xianzhong's face during the fight.

In this battle, the officers and troops of the left and Chen divisions slaughtered the thieves led by Zhang Xianzhong and scattered and fled, and nearly 2,000 of them were transported to the Beijing Division Supply Department for acceptance.

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed and encouraged, and stacked the heads of thieves in Jingguan, day and night.