After returning to Qinwangzhuang, although Zhu Youzhen was still busy, his mood was very relaxed. Seeing that the city he built with his own hands withstood the attack of strong enemies, and the people restored their homes little by little, and the people he loved were by his side, and he could see them every day, this is his happiness! This is his Chinese dream!

Of course, after this tragic battle, Zhu Youzhen's career also undermined Li Zicheng a lot. In terms of personnel, although the vast majority of the common people in Jingyang County took refuge in the two cities and avoided the suffering of the sword soldiers, the Qin soldiers who defended them paid a lot of casualties.

Of these, 1,000 regular soldiers, more than 200 were killed in battle; Of the 2,000 reservists, more than 200 were killed in battle. Although this casualty ratio is not high compared to the casualties of the thieves, it is still a heavy blow to Zhu Youzhen, because his foundation is too thin.

On the economic side, the damage is even more incalculable. Because of the siege of the city, all work was terminated, and production and trade came to a standstill. Even the people and prisoners in the city have increased by tens of thousands at once, and if it were not for the abundant strategic reserves, even food would have been in difficulty.

What made Zhu Youzhen even more worried was that this time, despite the opposition of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, he insisted on sticking to Jingyang County, although he repelled the thieves, but his military strength was also completely exposed.

According to the imperial court system, a vassal king could never have an army except for a small number of guards. Although Zhu Youzhen put the Qin soldiers under Sun Chuanting's name, he was at the front line in person for all the operational commands. As the so-called people are too talkative, the eunuch party will learn of this news sooner or later, and then I don't know how to rectify him!

But this kind of thing is useless, even if Zhu Youzhen doesn't have an army, doesn't Wei Zhongxian still plot against him again and again? The so-called tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, rather than waiting to be killed, Zhu Youzhen would rather arm himself with all his might. He had already thought about it, in case the imperial court really came to raise troops to fight, he would not be polite, so he would learn from the old man to go up the mountain to fight guerrillas!

Therefore, after settling down a little, Zhu Youzhen immediately convened a military meeting to discuss future development plans. The meeting included Sun Chuanting, Qi Meifeng, Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, Xie Yong, Yan Ling, Xie Sheng and other Qin generals, Qin Wangwei's commander Lin Youkun, and Yan'an general Zuo Guangxian. In addition, Zhu Youzhen also deliberately asked Hao Yongzhong, who had just been reverted to justice, to participate.

Originally, Hao Yongzhong, as a "newly surrendered" person, had no name, so he was not qualified to participate in such a highly secret military meeting. But Zhu Youzhen showed his sincerity to Hao Yongzhong, and insisted that he attend the meeting, but Hao Yongzhong, an iron-clad tough guy, was moved to tears, and he swore vigorously that he would follow His Royal Highness King Qin in this life and this life.

The generals and Hao Yongzhong can be said to be unacquainted, especially Li Laiheng, it was he who knocked Hao Yongzhong down at the head of the city, and Hao Yongzhong was captured. At that time, they were their masters, but now they are all under Zhu You's account, but they cherish each other, and soon become good friends who talk about everything, this is the so-called heroes cherish heroes!

In addition to these generals, Zhu Youzhen also specially invited Yang Sichang to attend. He did this for two reasons. On the one hand, Yang Sichang is the son of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and he is one of the "four great talents" in the world, and he is famous all over the world.

He took the initiative to invite him to participate in the military meeting, and deliberately made the appearance of "Sun Chuanting is the commander of the Qin soldiers" at the meeting. In this way, you can use Yang Sichang's mouth to tell the court and the people of the world that the King of Qin only funded the Qin soldiers for self-protection, and he did not have the heart to support the troops and respect themselves.

On the other hand, Yang Sichang, unlike his father Yang He, has always advocated the extermination of thieves by force, and once mentioned to Zhu Youzhen that he has a plan to suppress thieves with "four positive and six corners, and ten sides of the net". Some time ago, I didn't have time to ask in detail, so I just took this opportunity to listen to his high arguments and see if there were any references.

The meeting was chaired by the titular coach Sun Chuanting. The first topic is to analyze the movements of the camp and other bandits, and determine whether Jingyang will be attacked by bandits in the near future.

Lin Youkun had the most say in this regard, and as soon as the war ended, he sent out a hundred Qin Wangwei to reconnoiter the whereabouts of the thieves. He seriously analyzed: "Since the defeat of Li Zicheng's troops, they have been moving to the northwest, and it seems that they want to rush to the vicinity of Guyuan to meet with Gao Yingxiang, the 'King of Chuang'. Luo Rucai, who was originally entrenched in Jinsu Mountain, has now also turned to the southeast and has now entered the area of Bear's Ear Mountain at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi.

"The rest of the large bandits, such as Shen Yikui, Wang Jiayin, Zhang Xianzhong and others, are erratic and difficult to capture. However, there are at least hundreds of bandits in Shaanxi, although the number is not large, but they can wander around, and it is not ruled out that they will invade the vicinity of Jingyang. ”

Sun Chuanting had already received Zhu Youzhen's instructions, so he endured the pain and said: "Since this is the case, we must not take it lightly. Although the Qin soldiers won this battle, it also exposed the biggest weakness of the lack of troops, so this officer decided to increase the strength of the Qin soldiers, so that the regular army reached 3,000 and the reserve force reached 5,000. As for the food and salary, the official expects that it will be difficult for the imperial court to receive money for a while, and he hopes that His Royal Highness the King of Qin can contribute generously, and the soldiers will have no worries before they can wholeheartedly defend Jingyang. ”

Zhu Youzhen also sang and said: "The soldiers shed blood and sweat to protect the king, and of course the king will not let them starve." The food is wrapped in this king! ”

Sun Chuanting also thanked Zhu Youzhen for his pretense and sincerity, and then said: "Since the Qin soldiers formed the army, the generals have never had official positions, and they seem to be unjustifiable. This time, taking advantage of the victory in Jingyang, the official has asked the court to ask for a seal, and it must be approved in a few days.

"General Qi was originally a general, and it is the proper duty of the official to be reinstated; Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, Xie Yong, and Hao Yongzhong, according to the number of troops, are all in the position of six products and thousands of households. According to the merits of the war, the official gave General Qi the rank of lieutenant from the third grade light car, and the rest of the generals were also from the sixth rank of the martial cavalry. However, the reward of this rank has to go through the celebrant superintendent, and it is difficult to say whether it can be approved. ”

The generals were overjoyed when they heard it, and who didn't want to have an upright name. As for the salary corresponding to the official position, they didn't care, anyway, the Qin soldiers' salaries were all checked out by Zhu You.

"The next task of the generals is to seize the time to recruit troops, perform performances, and guard the two cities." Sun Chuanting continued, "As for the strategy for dealing with the thieves, please speak freely. ”

Zhu Youzhen interjected at this time: "This king once heard Yang Gongzi say that to deal with thieves, you must have 'four corners and six corners, and the net is ten sides', which I think is very interesting. But I don't know what the specific content is, can Yang Gongzi explain? ”

"How dare a student and a scholar speak in such a solemn military meeting?" Yang Sichang was busy and humble.

"Why should Yang Gongzi be too humble, Zhuge Liang and Xie An are also scholars, but they have millions of male soldiers in their chests!"

Zhu Youzhen said this, but he thought in his heart: There is a more powerful scholar, that is, the old man. He hadn't even touched a gun, but it didn't prevent him from sweeping across the three mountains! Although he does not belong to this era, he must take him as an example and shoulder the burden of saving the country and the people!