Zhang Meng acquiesced to Wang Xu and Zhang Xue's matter, and everyone was overjoyed.

In the lobby, you said a word, I said a word, and the conversation was very pleasant, and soon it was noon.

Liao Yun walked into the lobby of the mansion and arched his hand: "Lord, the enemy army has been completely wiped out by us, and the battlefield has been cleaned up. ”

Wang Xu waved his hand to signal Liao Yun to sit down, and then said, "How about the capture?" What about casualties? ”

Liao Yundao: "Languan originally had 2,000 garrisons, and after this battle, the whole army was wiped out, and the 7,000 sergeants brought by the lord were killed more than 300 in battle, more than 100 seriously injured, and more than 400 lightly injured. ”

"In this battle, our army wiped out 5,000 officers and soldiers in Minglan, its commander Xiang Lin was killed in battle, four foreign powerhouses were killed in battle, and 5,000 sets of armor and weapons were captured, which can be said to be a lot of gains."

Looking at Zhang Meng, Liao Yun said: "Zhang Meng should be the first to win such a big victory this time!" ”

Wang Xu nodded, he knew very well about Zhang Meng's merits, but now he can't reward him, because in the final analysis, Wang Xu is just a miscellaneous general, and the biggest official position that can be rewarded is the captain, not to mention, the power of the captain was originally to command 5,000 people, but after Wang Xu's reform, today's captain is like a commander of a thousand, he can only command a thousand people, so the power of the captain's position is greatly reduced.

As for the rewards of gold and silver, mansions, etc., it is impossible to carry out, because Wang Xu does not have his own territory, and the reward is also a white reward.

After thinking about it, he made a decision, he can't go down blindly like this, he must have his own territory as soon as possible, improve his power or title, so that he can better reward his subordinates, otherwise why should people fight the world for you?

Zhang Meng smiled: "Is my credit less?" But I don't want any reward, as long as the lord promises me to let me continue to kill enemies like this next time. ”

Wang Xu chuckled, this Zhang Meng is really wonderful, but he must reward meritorious soldiers, only with clear rewards and punishments can he better strengthen himself.

Wang Xu said: "The reward must be rewarded, but not now." ”

After a pause, Wang Xu looked at Jia Hui and said, "Mr. Jia, I am now giving you an important task, and you must complete it seriously." ”

Jia Hui straightened his shirt and said, "My lord, please command." ”

Wang Xu said: "From now on, you have to record the merits and demerits of all the soldiers, if you have merit, you should be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, and after we eliminate Zhou Yi, we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and then the 'merit book' in your hand is the evidence." ”

"Yes!" Jia Hui said.

Looking at Jia Hui's face was a little gloomy, Wang Xu immediately understood his thoughts, military generals can make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, what about a civilian official like Jia Hui? Is it really useless to be a scholar?

Wang Xu smiled and said: "The merits and demerits of the scribes should also be recorded, for example, the strategy you offered was adopted, and the battle was won, that is a great achievement, no less than the merit of the military general who killed the main general on the battlefield." ”

Jia Hui was stunned for a moment, thinking that even if the happiness blossomed, he would be able to remember several great achievements, as long as Zhou Yi could be eliminated, the glory and wealth would be endless.

"Thank you, Lord." Jia Hui arched his hand.

Not long after, lunch had been prepared, and everyone had a beautiful meal in the mansion, originally Liao Yun and the others were going back to the barracks to eat, but Wang Xu didn't care about these respectful and humble etiquette, and left them in a few words.

After lunch, everyone discussed the next thing, and the most important thing at the moment was to eliminate Zhu Huan and occupy Minglan County.

Liao Yun said: "Lord, according to the report from the spies, Minglan has a total of more than 7,000 soldiers, and now they have lost 5,000, so now they have less than 2,000 troops left. ”

As soon as Liao Yun finished speaking, Zhang Meng looked forward to it, although he was not interested in the so-called merits, but it was his lifelong wish to fight on the battlefield, and he was happy to have the opportunity to kill the enemy at this time.

Seeing that Wang Xu was silent for a long time, Zhang Meng hurriedly said: "Lord, let me go, give me two thousand soldiers, and I can break the city within half a day." ”

Zhang Meng was too reckless, and Wang Xu was never at ease, but seeing that Zhang Meng was eager to fight again, and he had promised him a few days ago that he could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy after coming to Minglan, but now it is difficult to shirk.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Xu said: "Let the soldiers rest for a day, prepare the siege equipment, and wait for tomorrow morning, with Liao Yun as the main general, you as the vanguard, and the whole army of five thousand to break the city, this is the best time to break through Minglan, I hope you can fight a battle, don't let me down." ”

The two of them got up and said in unison, "No." ”

Zhang Meng pouted: "There are only 2,000 soldiers and horses in Minglan County, and they are all new soldiers, why do you need to use 5,000 soldiers to go, I think 2,000 is enough." ”

Looking at Zhang Meng, Wang Xu warned: "In this attack on Minglan County, you must obey Liao Yun's command, and you must not be reckless, otherwise you will never be the vanguard next time." ”

Zhang Meng was extremely aggrieved, is he really that bad, he sighed helplessly, and said, "Okay, listen to Liao Yun." ”

Minglan County

When he received the news that Xiang Lin was defeated and Wang Xu came to help, Zhu Huan was unable to sleep, he actually didn't want to be an enemy with Wang Xu, but Languan City was a city belonging to Minglan, and he always had to get it back.

Originally, Wang Xu was defeated by Li Zhi, which was good news, and it was also the best choice for him to raise troops to fight, but he never expected that at this time, Wang Xu would come back, and he also brought back thousands of elite people.

The plan to recover Languan has since failed, and Minglan County has since entered a state of first-class combat readiness.

Zhu Huan sat alone on the main seat, he had not eaten for two meals, his face was a little haggard, looking at the more than a dozen civil and military generals under the hall, he sighed, so many people were all rice buckets, and none of them could satisfy him.

Originally, he had just recruited five generals with strong martial arts, but he didn't expect that all of them would die in this battle, this loss was too great, and he was a little difficult to accept.

Cai Wenzhuo came out and said: "Master Hou, now that the wood is in the boat, there is no need to grieve, Wang Xu's army is coming in an instant, we should take precautions in advance." ”

Zhu Huan got up and shouted loudly: "Recruit soldiers for me, continue to recruit soldiers!" ”

A Wenchen Confucian said: "Master Hou, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit soldiers in a short time, Minglan County is not big, we have recruited nearly 20,000 soldiers one after another, and there is a lack of people, and it is difficult to continue." ”

Zhu Huan sighed, sat down baldly, and said lightly: "If Wang Xu attacks, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

The lobby suddenly became lively, discussing how to repel Wang Xu, but after discussing for about half an hour, there was no result.

"Mr. Wen Zhuo, don't you have a plan?" Zhu Huandao.

Cai Wenzhuo's face always had a smile, he had a countermeasure, but he was afraid that Zhu Huan would not use it, because Zhu Huan and Wang Xu had a grudge against their son.

He saluted slowly: "Master Hou, there are three strategies for his subordinates to choose from. ”

As soon as these words came out, many civil officials around them were surprised, they had been meditating for a long time and had no way to deal with it, but they didn't expect Cai Wenzhuo to have three strategies in his chest and abdomen, in this desperate time, let alone three strategies, as long as there is a slightly better way, they are all good strategists, and everyone secretly said that Wen Zhuo is extraordinary, and he is worthy of being the think tank of Minglan County.

Zhu Huan was overjoyed, got up and said excitedly: "Mr. Wen Zhuo, come quickly." ”

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