"This ...... What's going on!? "At the head of Wancheng City, Li Yan looked at the 'Yuan Army' who suddenly turned against the water in amazement, not only him, but the other generals and colonels looked at the Yuan Army soldiers who suddenly fell into a melee in the distance, and they were also confused. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The battle did not last long, a group of soldiers and horses had already broken away from it, but the melee continued, and the troops that had broken away from Yuan's army quickly came in the direction of Wancheng.

The defenders of Wancheng, who were already a little restless, were stunned by the sudden scene, and looked at the chaos in the distance one by one in amazement, and their restless hearts gradually calmed down.

And the army that broke away, after escaping from the attack range of the Yuan army, suddenly tore off the clothes on their bodies one by one, revealing the black armor of the Lanchi army, until this moment, everyone was stunned.

"It's our people!" Wei Xu breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a little weakness, he fought with Xu Chu before, and was almost killed, until now, his arms hurt faintly as soon as he exerted his strength, he originally thought that he was going to escape, but who knew that there would be such a turn.

"Your Majesty." Jia Xu put down the clairvoyant mirror, a relieved smile flashed on his face, even if it was his city government, in the case that he had never received news from Liu Xie before, in his heart, it was still like pressing a boulder, at this moment, looking at Liu Xie, who was in the army, the boulder that had been pressing in his heart was completely put down at this moment, and he hurriedly turned his head to the surrounding people: "Open the city gate quickly and welcome Your Majesty into the city." ”

"Whoa!" Han De excitedly agreed, personally went to pull the winch, and slowly lowered the drawbridge, while Li Yan accompanied Jia Xu to take the men and horses down to the city, opened the city gate, and took Liu Xie back to the city.

The closed city gate suddenly opened, and Wei Xu led the men and horses out of the city, vigilantly looking at the Yuan Shu camp that was still in chaos in the distance, until Liu Xie led the soldiers and horses into the city, and then slowly retreated to the city.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, your triumphant return!" Back in the city, Liu Xie did not go back to the palace directly, but took people to the city wall on horseback, carefully observing the enemy army, until the chaos of Han Xian's camp gradually ended, Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief, patted the female wall and said: "It's a success!" ”

Looking at the high-spirited Liu Xie, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and those previous thoughts also disappeared with Liu Xie's return, but he still frowned and said: "Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, and the safety of the country is in danger, how can you go out so rashly." ”

"What the positive side said is true, but if I am not very sure, how can I dare to take the risk myself." Liu Xie nodded with a smile, turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, and said with a smile: "I can't lose this battle, if the Yuyang garrison and Yuan Shu's reinforcements join forces, I'm afraid this Wancheng will be lost and regained." ”

In this world, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are watching, even if Liu Xie loses for a while, it may cause unknown changes in the whole world.

"What Your Majesty said is not unreasonable, now that the Yuyang garrison has been broken, then next, the heart of the army in the city will be stable, with the solidity of Wancheng, within a month, the thief army will retreat!" Li Yan said with a smile when he heard this.

"January?" Liu Xie glanced at Li Yan and nodded noncommittally, now the strength of the two sides is equal, but ninety percent of the soldiers in Wancheng are surrendering the army, and Yuyang is all surrendering the army, if you fight according to the regular routine, you can only rely on consumption, and at the same time accumulate a little bit of military heart, and completely turn these surrendered troops into your own army, it will probably take a month, as long as you can hold out for a month, even if the enemy army does not retreat, Liu Xie also has enough capital to fight directly out of the city.

However, this is an ordinary method, and the risk is not small, so Liu Xie is not ready to use it.

"Command the soldiers of the three armies, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds." Seeing that Yuan Jun had retracted into the barracks and had no intention of continuing to send troops, Liu Xie turned his head to look at everyone and said loudly: "Open the Wancheng Treasury for me, take out all the gold and silver in it, notify the War Supervision Department, and take out the meritorious records of the soldiers in the past few days." ”

"Whoa!" When the people heard this, they bowed down and received the command.

An hour later, in Nanyang Beicheng, on a huge school field, 30,000 troops, including the surrendered army and the remaining 5,000 troops in Liu Xie's hands now, were all gathered here, and many soldiers of the surrendered army had worried expressions on their faces.

"These days, whoever beheads a person, come forward!" Liu Xie ignored the worried looks of these soldiers and said loudly.

"Boom~" As the War Supervision Department continued to roll call, a famous soldier walked out of the team, among which Liu Xie brought a lot of elites from the imperial court, but more, it was still a surrender, after all, the gap in numbers is sometimes really difficult to make up.

"What are the best of you?" Liu Xie asked loudly.

Of the crowd of more than 2,000 people, six people came out.

"You are a commander, but when you are in battle, you only cut one rank, the reward is halved, and the military rank remains the same, if the next beheading is less than three, you will be demoted to a captain." Liu Xie's eyes swept over the audience, and he said coldly: "Those who are above the length and have not killed the enemy will be automatically demoted!" ”

Li Yan on the side opened his mouth, didn't this shake the morale of the army?

Liu Xie ignored these and looked at the rest of the people: "Those who are above the elder are out of the ranks." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and three more people came out.

"The rest of the people, promoted to the rank of captain, reward hardware!" Liu Xie waved his hand, and two guards had already stepped forward with several large boxes, opened the alley, and in an exclamation, a sergeant stepped forward, received hardware, and retreated happily.

This hardware is equivalent to 5,000 baht, if it is placed in Guanzhong, it is enough for a family of five to spend in March, of course, if it is in Chang'an, I am afraid it will not last for two months, but for these soldiers, it is already a lot of money.

"Those who behead three people, get out of the ranks!" Liu Xie spoke again and said loudly.

This time, there are obviously a lot fewer people, who can behead three people on the chaotic battlefield, and still survive, each of them is elite, and if you count it carefully, there are only about five hundred people.

"Those who behead three people will be promoted to the rank of chief, and a reward of ten gold!" Liu Xie waved his hand, and a large amount of money was distributed, five hundred people, that is, five thousand gold, plus the previous reward of more than two thousand people, that is, ten thousand gold, although the Wancheng treasury is rich, but if you only talk about gold, there is not so much, and the rest are rewarded with five baht coins.

"Those who behead five people, out of the ranks!" Liu Xielang said.

In the crowd, out of more than 30 people, these people looked a little excited, according to Liu Xie said at the beginning, beheading five people, not only can be promoted to the head of the tun, command a hundred people, but also get a reward of 100 gold, this can already be in Chang'an City, buy a good courtyard, even if it is not Chang'an, in this Nanyang to live, it is enough for them to buy a lot of land, so that the family can live a landlord's life, not to mention, there is a reward of five acres of thin fields, even if it is a thin field, it is also a field.

The reward of thirty people will be completed soon, but the thin fields are arranged in the Xiliang area, and if you want land, you have to move to Xiliang, but these five acres of thin fields are obviously not very tempting, and no one may be willing to leave their hometowns for the sake of five acres of thin fields, but don't worry, five acres is not enough, how about ten acres of fertile land? If you really have the ability, even if you can't get the title of general in the end, the accumulation of military merits and a hundred acres of thin fields is enough to make the poor people who have no land and can only work as long-term workers for others are willing to give up here and move to Xiliang to live by themselves.

The land of Xiliang was sealed, and there was also the Hetao, where although it was located on the border, but the soil was extremely fertile, and after the development of animal husbandry, the imperial court could also use cattle and sheep as a reward.

Li Yan's heart finally relaxed, in this way, although those who were brushed down, the chief of the army will be unhappy, but the newly promoted chief of the army, the chief of the grassroots, and even the commander of the tun will have a stronger sense of belonging to the imperial court.

And Li Yan thought about it carefully, if only rewards are not punished, it won't be long before those generals will be occupied, and if there are meritorious deeds in the future, how should they be rewarded?

"I want to ask, these days, are there people who have killed more than ten enemies?" After the reward was completed, Liu Xie looked at everyone with a smile.

When a group of generals heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, those who can have this ability in the army are already generals, how can they come to grab merit from the soldiers, you know, the merits of generals above the military marquis are not killed by themselves, but calculated according to the merits of their entire army.

"There's one person!" The Overseer, who was in charge of checking the merit book, laughed.

"Really, who is it? Come forward and let me see. When Liu Xie heard this, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he was a little happy.

Those who can kill more than ten people on the battlefield, even in the Guanzhong Army, the force value is at least 60 or more, which can be regarded as a third-rate general, like Wei Xu and Han De, these generals with a force value of more than 80, don't look inconspicuous in the Chang'an army, but on the battlefield, if these generals charge into battle, with the cooperation of their subordinates, it is not a problem to personally kill thirty or fifty people, of course, the merits of generals above the military marquis are counted separately according to the merits of the troops to which they belong, and the heads they kill are also counted in the entire army, not separately.

"This person's name is Li Tong, a person from Jiangxia, who killed 26 enemies alone in this battle, and he is quite brave." The Overseer said respectfully.

"Oh?" When Liu Xie heard this, his eyes lit up, this is no longer an ordinary coming, and the most important thing is that the name Li Tong, he is faintly familiar, and said at the moment: "Where is Li Tong?" ”

In the crowd, a lean man came out of the ranks, came to Liu Xie, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The last general, Li Tong, see Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xie's eyes flashed with a gleam, Li Tong's information was already clear in his chest, force 82, commander 76, strategy 69, politics 71, talent: law!

What a treasure to find!

Li Tong's various abilities came to mind, and Liu Xie was a little pleased, this is an all-round talent.

"Li Tong, what is your official position now?" Liu Xie asked with a smile.

"The last general is the tun general, who was previously ordered to garrison Wancheng, after His Majesty broke the city, the lord will surrender, and the last general will be put under His Majesty's command." Li Tong said respectfully.

"Okay, with this meritorious service, I will promote you to a military marquis, a reward of thousands of gold, and another ten acres of fertile land, you can choose by yourself, as long as it is under my rule, even if it is the family's field, I will help you get it." Liu Xie said with a smile, although he appreciates it, but the rules cannot be abolished, and capable people, with the current meritorious system of the imperial court, even if there is no appreciation from Liu Xie, he can climb up, just like Han De at the beginning, hasn't he been promoted all the way from the military marquis to the position of a partial general today?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Tong bowed his hand to Liu Xie with some excitement.

"Reward merit and punish laziness! No need to thank me, you deserve it. Liu Xie laughed heartily.