Xiayi is located in the eastern part of Henan Province and is a county of Suiyang. It is known as "pushing the river with the belt, Song Xu with the key, and shielding Zhongzhou", and it is a strategic place that the soldiers of all dynasties must fight.

When King Yu appointed the reward, Kong Sheng had already led his army and horses to occupy Xiayi for nearly half a month.

The reason why he chose Xiayi as the base of the self-supporting gateway was mainly because of its geographical location and well-preserved urban defense facilities. In the territory of Suiyang, this is the only small and medium-sized city that has not been burned by the rebels, backed by the north of the Huaijiang River, north of Qilu, south of the south of the mountain adjacent, and Suiyang City to form an echo, can advance or retreat, can attack and defend.

If the rebels gather a large army to attack, Kong Sheng can retreat to Jiangbei or Linhuai and Shannan at any time. And if the rebels attack Suiyang, he can also support at any time. The two cities of Suiyang and Xiayi support each other, and the anti-thief chess game in Henan Province will be truly revitalized in the future.

These days, Kong Sheng renovated the city in Xiayi, reorganized and trained the troops, hoarded grain and grass, played the banner of resisting thieves and serving the country, and called on the people from all over the world to vote.

In Kong Sheng's view, there are talents with everything, and as long as there are people, there is hope. With popularity, he can do his best to slowly run Xiayi into a big city, and have a place to protect himself when wars are frequent.

He knew very well in his heart that there was not much time left for him. At most, at the end of March, the rebels sent by An Qingxu will attack Suiyang in a big way, although his inconspicuous small city of Xiayi may not be looked down upon by the rebels, but if Suiyang is broken, what good life can he have?

In the early afternoon.

The envoy of King Yu and his entourage of more than 100 people galloped into the territory of Xiayi, led by Kong Sheng's acquaintance - Pengcheng Taishou Xue Sheng, which made Kong Sheng a little surprised. Because it was from King Yu's side, and it was an official official event, Zhang Xun of Suiyang also had to lead Suiyang's subordinates to meet him.

City gates.

Zhang Xun and his civil and military subordinates stood on the left side of the city gate. Kong Sheng led Li Biao, Li Hu and other generals to line up on the right side, and the street in the middle was covered with clean water, and a red carpet was almost laid. After all, Shangguan is welcomed, and because Xue Sheng, the head of the official delegation who came, is of a very high level, he belongs to the local high-ranking officials of the fourth grade, even if he is pretending, he has to put on a welcoming posture.

Zhang Xun looked at Kong Sheng with a contemplative gaze. And Kong Sheng looked calm and smiled calmly. Zhang Xun felt a little emotional, and of course he was a little unpleasant.

Kong Sheng actually set up his own portal in Xiayi, broke away from Suiyang, and established his own base and chassis, although under the banner of common anti-thief, after all, Zhang Xun was worried - after all, Kong Sheng was still a subordinate official of Suiyang in name.

Suiyang Taishou Xu Yuan looked eager, and secretly cast an appreciative glance at Kong Sheng. And Kong Sheng was also busy and responded to Xu Yuan's kindness. For Xu Yuan. He couldn't say anything, because Xu Yuan had been supporting and defending him since he took office.

Zhang Xun's subordinates, like Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun, naturally had no problem, but the other generals were full of strong dissatisfaction.

In their opinion, Kong Sheng is just a subordinate official of Suiyang, but now he wants to sit on an equal footing with Zhang Xun, why should he? Did he win one or two battles? If you want to say victory. These people followed Zhang Xun to fight the traitors to the death, and killed countless traitors. Isn't the credit greater than Kong Sheng?

The dissatisfaction of these people is, to put it bluntly, a kind of complaint. They followed Zhang Xun to stick to Yongqiu and Suiyang, and experienced countless battles, but they never received such fanfare from the court or King Yu, and Kong Sheng came to Suiyang for such a short time, because he won the battle, he was so valued by King Yu and the court. They are very unbalanced.

This is the side of the truth. This is related to the poor relationship between Zhang Xun and King Yu.

But on the other hand, they also invisibly overestimated their own merits and infinitely belittled Kong Sheng's merits.

Kong Sheng annihilated the remnants of Yang Chaozong, and immediately killed more than ten people including Ling Huchao, and recruited less than 2,000 prisoners. In terms of absolute quantity, it cannot be compared with Zhang Xun and others. However, from a strategic point of view, capturing Yongqiu to obtain a large amount of grain and grass is not only of great significance, but also has a far-reaching impact on the follow-up war.

First, it has greatly boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers and enhanced their prestige. In the current situation that most of Henan Province is occupied by the Yan army, such a victory in the battle has a radiation force that cannot be underestimated for the subsequent anti-thief cause.

The second is to seek a large amount of grain and grass. With this batch of grain and grass, the Henan official army can survive this difficult winter, and under the premise that the rebels may gather a large army to attack Suiyang at any time, this is very precious.

The third is to kill the Yang Dynasty Sect Ling Fox Chao. Yang Chaozong and Ling Huchao are the most active and arrogant rebels in Henan Province since the rebellion, and they are Zhang Xun's old opponents. In the past, Zhang Xun racked his brains to kill Ling Huchao, but the result was not satisfactory. Although Ling Hu Chao has no way to take him, he has nothing to do with Ling Hu Chao.

Yang Chaozong and Ling Huchao are actually registered in the ****** of the new emperor Li Heng.

If nothing else, just killing these two heavyweight rebels is enough to deserve any reward.

Therefore, Kong Sheng was indifferent to the "dissatisfaction" of these people under Zhang Xun, and he felt that he was worthy of the reward of King Yu. As for the people under Zhang Xun's command, he sometimes felt that they had not been recognized by the court and the king of Yu, but this was not something he could control.

A moment later, the sound of hurried horses' hooves came, and Kong Sheng's eyes lit up, knowing that Xue Sheng's people had arrived.

He greeted him, but he still deliberately let Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan half of their shoulders and let Zhang Xun be at the front. This small action made Zhang Xun's unhappy mood slightly relieved. In any case, Kong Sheng's observance of the rules of respect and inferiority of officialdom is still impossible to fault.

Xue Sheng was dressed in armor and led more than 100 King Yu guards to slowly gallop over.

At a glance, he saw Kong Sheng, who was standing third in the welcoming crowd. In fact, he did not take the initiative to invite Ying to come to Xiayi to reward Kong Sheng on behalf of King Yu and the imperial court, but Li Ju, the king of Yu, took the initiative to arrange for Xue Sheng to go this way in order to win over and show favor to Kong Sheng.

Xue Sheng is the Taishou of Pengcheng, a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, and he personally led the team to come, which undoubtedly shows that King Yu attaches great importance to this matter. It seems that the specifications are very high.

Xue Sheng sat on the horse, waited for Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others to bow down and salute, and said a sound of welcome, then he smiled loudly, got off the horse and waved his hand; "Z Zhang Zhongcheng, Xu Taishou. Kong County Order, everyone, don't be polite. This official was ordered by His Royal Highness King Yu to come to Xiayi to reward the three armies, and everyone went out of the city to greet him. “

"Lord Xue, please go into the city to talk." Zhang Xun restrained his hands and let the guests go.

These civil and military officials in Suiyang, with Inspector Zhang's official position as the highest, naturally came forward to greet Xue Sheng in person.

Xue Sheng glanced at Zhang Xun lightly and nodded. Walk side by side with Zhang Xun. Naturally, a soldier took his mount and beckoned his servants and the king's guards at the same time.

In fact, it is said to be a reward for the three armies, that is, verbally. At the time of the war, there was a shortage of materials, and King Yu did not come up with real money at all, and what Xue Sheng brought was a reward for Kong Sheng and a letter of appointment from Captain Thirty Tongguo.

It can be seen that King Yu is not only stingy but also small-bellied, lacking strategic vision. For the war in Nam Do. He doesn't value it too much, what he values is nothing more than Kong Sheng.

Suiyang these people can win battles. For King Yu, of course, it is a good thing, he can ask the court for merit and reward, but if he loses the battle, he will not worry, he will push 625. Anyway, as long as there are no problems in his Jiangbei base area.

Seeing Xue Sheng coming over empty, he didn't carry the gold, silver, wealth, and wine and saffron that everyone imagined, which made the people under Zhang Xun's command a little gloating in their hearts.

In the past, when they had won the battle, the king of Yu also sent messengers to congratulate them, in the name of rewarding the three armies. It's also a dime.

As mentioned earlier, Xiayi is the only county town in the surrounding area of Suiyang, Henan Province, which has not been slaughtered and burned by the rebels and is well preserved, and the city defense facilities and residential offices in the city are complete. It is nothing more than that the officers and soldiers defending the city have long fled, and the people in the city have also fled in all directions, and many people have recently returned to their homes after hearing the news.

Kong Sheng took Xue Sheng, Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others into the county hall in Xiayi. Xue Sheng saw that the lobby was completely clean, and the entire Xiayi City was in order, and there were even merchants' shops open for business, and the people could not help but praise it: "Kong County Ling is really a young hero, a genius in the world, in the midst of the war, Xiayi City can have the scene of people living and working in peace and contentment, which is really surprising to the official." “

"Lord Xue has won the prize. Xiayi was originally an empty city, after Kong led the army to leave Yongqiu, temporarily sheltered here, because Kong raised the banner of resisting thieves and reassuring the people, so many people also heard the wind and came, which shows that in the hearts of the people, there is still a deep hope for the court and the official army. The more the people trust, the greater the pressure on Kong. Kong has been sleepless for the past two days, worrying about how to really keep the peace of the people on this side. “

Kong Sheng waved his hand to Xue Sheng.

Xue Sheng sat in the center, Zhang Xun was on the left, and Xu Yuan was on the right. Xue Sheng smiled at Kong Sheng, "Kong County Commander also sits." “

Kong Sheng smiled, clasped his fists and bowed down, "There are three adults here, where is there a seat for the lower officials." “

Xue Sheng is a fourth-grade official, Zhang Xun is the fifth-grade imperial history Zhongcheng, Xu Yuan is also a fourth-grade official (but headed by Zhang Xun), Kong Sheng is just an eight-rank county commander, so it is necessary to be so humble.

Xue Sheng laughed and said: "Kong Sheng, you have successively killed the rebel generals Yang Chaozong, Ling Huchao and others, broken through Yongqiu, obtained a grain and grass baggage, and shocked the reputation of our army, His Royal Highness King Yu is very pleased." Your Highness has written to the court asking for credit for you. ”

"His Royal Highness King Yu controls the important military and political affairs of Henan and Jiangbei, and is in power during wartime, and he specially makes a statement to the imperial court, and crowns you as the commander of the palace of Yu and the envoy of Henan Overseer, and the general of the ranger, and at the same time gives you a certificate of appointment to the captain of the fruit Thirty times, which will be dealt with by you at your own discretion, and reward the meritorious soldiers under your command, summon the army and expand the army, and fight against the traitors together."

As soon as Xue Sheng said this, his entourage handed over the letter of appointment stamped with the Great Seal of the Henan Jiedu Envoy and the private seal of King Yu to Kong Sheng, as well as the thirty letters of appointment.

Zhang Xun and the others were shocked.

Kong Sheng was suddenly promoted from the Bapin County Order to the Overseer and Ranger General from the Wupin County, which was almost equal to Zhang Xun in the official rank, and even gave Kong Sheng a certificate of appointment for the Zhiguo Lieutenant on the Thirty Links and Seven Pins, and Kong Sheng appointed the generals and recruited troops by himself, which undoubtedly recognized Kong Sheng's self-reliance.

And a cadre under Zhang Xun's command widened his eyes and opened his mouth wide, and the jealousy and envy in his heart were difficult to describe in words.

The seven-rank Zhiguo lieutenant, and as soon as he gives it, it is a thirty-pass letter of appointment, which means that Kong Sheng can appoint thirty generals with seven-rank official ranks, compared with Zhang Xun's own people, most of whom are not in the stream, can be described as a heaven and an underground.

After figuring out this section, Zhang Xun's face was also a little unsightly.

Zhang Xun was inevitably a little indignant, and was full of criticism for King Yu's favoritism. It's just that he has no choice, his relationship with King Yu has always been relatively bad, and he doesn't look down on King Yu's selfish and narrow-minded behavior of retreating to Jiangbei, which also directly leads to King Yu's contempt for his subordinate generals. (To be continued.) )