Zhang Guoxing and Li Xing were a little inexplicable when they heard Wang Jiayin's words, but after an instant, Zhang Guoxing suddenly realized what the meaning behind this sentence was, and said in shock: "What does Leader Wang mean by this?!" ”

As soon as Zhang Guoxing's words came out, the whole hall suddenly burst into laughter, and Zhang Cunmeng, the "Eight King Kongs" who was closer to where he was kneeling, stepped forward and kicked Zhang Guoxing in the face, kicked him to the ground, and said with a smile: "I can't even understand a word, how can I become the chief soldier of the imperial court?!" My eldest brother wants your life! Dog officer! ”

Zhang Guoxing regretted his heart at this time, if he died in the army at the beginning, he would have lost a good reputation, and the children of the clan could also be taken care of in the army, what is this now, surrender or a dead end, why should he be insulted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Thinking of this, Zhang Guoxing was extremely resentful, turned his head to look at Li Xing under his command, and scolded loudly: "Li Xing, Li Xing, Zhang treats you well, why do you hurt me so much!?" ”

However, Li Xing didn't dare to look at him, but just kowtowed to the thieves in the temple and begged for mercy.

Now Luo Rucai, who is also sitting in the top chair in this righteous hall, stood up and stepped forward, and said to Wang Jiayin: "Zhang Guoxing can't be used, but this Li Xing is available." Let him kill Zhang Guoxing with his own hands, and he is not afraid that he will not have the same heart with us in the future! ”

As soon as Luo Rucai said this, everyone in the hall fell silent, some people nodded, while others looked at Luo Rucai and felt that this kid was very ruthless, and he had to guard against it in the future.

However, Wang Jiayin deeply agreed with Luo Rucai's statement, and immediately said: "Li Xing, whether you are dead or alive depends on what you do!" ”

After saying this, he raised his face at his wife and brother Zhang Liwei, who was standing beside him, Zhang Liwei immediately took a few steps forward, pulled out a short knife, cut the hemp rope that bound Li Xing's hands, and then stuffed the knife into Li Xing's hands.

Seeing this, Zhang Guoxing knew that these thieves wanted Li Xing to kill him to make a name for himself, so he was shocked and angry at the moment, and shouted: "The thief dares!" ”

However, before he could finish his sentence, the scolding stopped abruptly.

Because Li Xing had already jumped up with a short knife in his hand, and pierced the short knife in his hand deep into his abdomen.

One knife, two knives, three knives, until Zhang Guoxing fell to the ground with wide eyes and convulsions, and finally died without blinking.

Immediately after the sound of "Dangchang", Li Xing, who was covered in blood, threw the short knife in his hand on the ground, turned around, knelt on the ground, and said: "Little Li Xing, the iron heart is surrendered, please accept it from the big master!" ”

The thieves in the palace were all surprised when they saw this official and army guerrilla kill the former Shangguan without hesitation, some were very convinced, and more were full of contempt, but no matter what, they all recognized Li Xing's surrender and joined the gang.

The scene that happened in the front yard hall of Shennanyu Yunfeng Temple, Zhang Zongheng outside the mountain was naturally not clear, but Zhang Guoxing, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, advanced lightly against the enemy, was captured, and then his life and death were unknown, and his whereabouts were unknown, but for him, it was undoubted.

Therefore, just after he led his army to Shilou County and coincidentally blocked Luo Rucai's troops who came to rob the city, he wrote what he knew into an official document, and asked people to hurry up and send it to Hong Chengchou.

Two days later, Hong Chengchou received the report, and was shocked at first glance, while asking people to continue to transfer Zhang Zongheng's official document to the Governor's Mansion, while personally leading the elite cavalry under his command, from Fenxi to the Xinshui River Valley Mountain Road, through Luliang, and quickly rushed to the stone tower.

The elite of the 3,000 Shaanxi troops who were transferred from Tongguan to the Jin Dynasty to suppress thieves, up to the general soldiers, down to the pawns, were almost wiped out, which was a big event for Hong Chengchou, and even for Li Banghua and the imperial court.

Of course, this news quickly spread to Jiexiu, to Li Banghua's hands, and then through Li Banghua's hands, and then more than ten days after Zhang Guoxing's tragic death in Shennanyu, it spread to the Forbidden City in Beijing and to the hands of the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in the Forbidden City in Beijing, had received two battle reports from the front line of Shanxi's suppression of thieves since the middle of April, one was Sun Chuanting's Jingle victory, and the other was the annihilation of the entire army of Zhang Guoxing, the general soldier of Shaanxi.

After the news of the previous one, the cabinet and the military aircraft department were all jubilant, feeling that the pacification of the northwest thieves was just around the corner, and whether it was the military department or the imperial historians, they proposed to commend and reward those who had made meritorious contributions.

Since the death of a big thief did not come after the Jingle victory, Emperor Chongzhen knew that although this great victory had killed a lot of chaotic people and was of great strategic significance, the actual results were not as brilliant as they seemed.

After interrogation and torture later, Sun Chuanting mentioned the names of the thieves who broke into the camp and returned to the camp in addition to Gao Yingxiang, Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, He Yilong, He Jin, Lin Yangcheng and other thieves who were not very famous at this time.

Of course, Sun Chuanting himself doesn't know how powerful these little thieves are, but the current Emperor Chongzhen is very clear in his heart!

Not only did these people not die, but they did not disappear because of any so-called butterfly effect, but they emerged one step earlier than in history and stepped onto the chaotic historical stage of the late Ming Dynasty in advance.

Therefore, after Sun Chuanting's good news came, Emperor Chongzhen was just happy for a while, and then came deeper worries.

Because he knew that the problem of thieves in the Northwest was just the beginning.

As long as thieves like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong do not die, the thieves in the northwest will not be pacified so quickly.

However, even so, for the meritorious people who won the victory of Jingle, they still have to be rewarded heavily, especially in the context of the news of the defeat of Shilou immediately afterwards, and the meritorious people can be rewarded quickly and re-rewarded, so as to re-stimulate the morale of the front-line soldiers.

Sun Chengzong, the second assistant of the cabinet and the minister of military aircraft, also knew this truth, so under the proposal of the emperor to reward the meritorious ministers of Jingle's great victory quickly and severely, the military aircraft department, the military department, and the governor's office of the five armies acted quickly, and after the Shuori court meeting on the first day of the fifth month, they sent it to the Shanxi army with a clear decree.

Sun Chuanting was previously the governor of Yansui as the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, although he was the governor and had great power, but the grade of his own official Zuo Yushi was not high, but it was just the fourth grade.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen promoted him from the left capital of the fourth rank to the right deputy of the third grade, and the actual position was to continue to be his governor of Yansui.

In the Ming Dynasty, the position of governor was not originally a permanent official position, so from the official system established by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time, there was no rank of governor at all.

However, according to the tradition of appointing officials after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, anyone who holds the position of governor must at least be above the right capital Yushi, that is, above the fourth grade.

Although Yansui Town is an important military town on the nine sides, after all, the place is not big, and there are not many state capitals under its jurisdiction, only a corner of northern Shaanxi, so he is the governor, although he is a governor, but compared with the governors of Zhejiang, Fujian, Huguang, Sichuan, etc., who have relatively large areas under their jurisdiction, the position level is relatively low, and it is the fourth grade.

Of course, the official system of the Ming Dynasty was more complicated, and there were many exceptions, so that's another matter.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen not only promoted Sun Chuanting's main position from the left of the fourth rank to the right deputy of the third grade, but also gave him the title of "Jiayi Doctor" only available to the third rank of the official in recognition of the title.

At the same time, He Shiyu, the chief military officer, could not be promoted, and he could only work the increase in rank, and he was awarded the title of "General Zhaoyong" with the title of the chief military officer of Yansui Town and the governor of the right army.

And Du Wenhuan, Liu Honglie, He Guoxian, and Wang Lian also have their own rewards.

Du Wenhuan was promoted from a staff general to the deputy chief soldier of Yansui Town, Liu Honglie was promoted from a guerrilla to a deputy general, and still led the Yansui Governor Standard Battalion, He Guoxian was promoted to Du Wenhuan's original post and transferred to the post of general of Suidezhou, while Wang Lian was promoted to the general of Ningwuguan.

These people have their own rewards, but at present, they can only continue to stay on the front line of the thieves, waiting for the thieves in Shanxi to be suppressed, and then they can go to the actual task.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen did not forget that the losses of the Shaanxi army under Zhang Guoxing needed to be made up urgently, so while rewarding the officers and troops of Sun Chuanting's department on the northern front, according to the subsequent accompaniment of Li Banghua and Hong Chengchou, Wang Chengen, the former deputy commander-in-chief, temporarily led the post of Shaanxi general army, and at the same time transferred more than 3,500 Shanxi township soldiers and guards under the command of Zhang Zongheng, the Shanxi envoy, to the economic battalion on the spot, named Zhenxi Battalion, which was still led by Zhang Zongheng and commanded by Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou.

Zhang Zongheng, the envoy of Shanxi, was awarded the honorary title of general doctor for his contribution to recovering the lost land in the southwest prefecture and county of Shanxi.

With the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen's reward for the front line of Shanxi's suppression of thieves, Li Banghua, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting adjusted their deployments, sent people to spy on the thieves, and waited for the arrival of a good opportunity to suppress them.