[These days of National Day, there are too many things in Lao Gao's family, and there can only be two shifts for the time being, I hope you will forgive me! ] 】

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Zhang Xutuo also couldn't imagine that the small Jiaoxi County was crowded with more than 200,000 people, all of which were coerced by Meng Rang from the counties of Gaomi County, and many county towns became empty cities.

Meng Rang was a literati after all, eager to establish a populous and imposing capital, and he would become the new emperor of Gaomi Kingdom, but unfortunately his dream had just begun, and he was crushed by the Sui army.

More than 200,000 civilians were bullied by thieves and soldiers, when the Sui army liberated the city, the people in the city began to boil, more than 100,000 civilians ran to the street to welcome the Sui army into the city, they were in rags, their faces were vegetable, each of them left tears of joy.

There was thunder of joy on the street, but there was also a cry that shook the sky, and dozens of villagers surrounded Zhang Xuan and cried about the suffering they had suffered for more than a year, which was embarrassing.

Zhang Xuan comforted these villagers with kind words and sent someone to send them back, he immediately watched the joy of the people in the city by the city gate, outside the city, tens of thousands of surrendered bandits were escorted to Gaomi County on the other side of the river, everyone was dejected and panicked.

There are more than 2,000 bandits tied up by the river, most of whom have committed crimes such as adultery, burning, and plundering of people's property in the past few days and when the city was broken, or they have been found out of stolen goods, or they have been found out by the bitter lord, and they will be severely punished.

Wei Yunqi, who had just come from Gaomi County, slowly stepped forward and whispered to Zhang Xuan: "I heard that General Qin came with news from Donglai County, Zuo Xiaoyou has a change, it is estimated that the marshal will pull out the camp and go north overnight, it is better for the general to take the initiative to ask to stay in the aftermath, this is an opportunity for the general to win the hearts of the people of Gaomi County." ”

Zhang Xuan glanced at Wei Yunqi, he was a little surprised, why did Wei Yunqi suddenly say this? Wei Yunqi smiled meaningfully at him, as if everything was silent.

At this time, a cavalryman came galloping and shouted, "General Zhang, the marshal, please come over." ”

"Where's the big handsome?"

"Inside the warehouse!"

Jag Hyun immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the warehouse in the city.

The warehouse in Jiaoxi County is located behind Meng Rang's palace. It covers an area of about 100 acres, and a high wall is built around it, which stores a large amount of money, grain and various materials.

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhang Xutuo chose to fight in early winter, and the grain has already been harvested. has not had time to consume, once the enemy army is annihilated, the Sui army can often capture a large amount of grain, and the defeat of Xu Yuanlang has already made him taste the sweetness, and this extermination of Meng Rang can also make him get his wish.

At this time. Zhang Xutuo is counting the grain in the granary, the grain is packed in sacks, a bag weighs a stone, layer upon layer, piled up like a hill, mainly corn and wheat, Meng Rang has not had time to burn the grain, Zhang Xuan's cavalry came suddenly, and the warehouse was saved in time.

Zhang Xuan walked in quickly from outside the gate, bowed and saluted: "See the big handsome!" ”

Zhang Xutuo smiled and said, "This time the harvest is rich. I have only counted less than half of it, and I have already exceeded 20,000 stones, and I estimate that it will definitely break through 40,000 stones in the end. ”

Zhang Xuan also smiled: "It seems that Meng Rang is more ruthless than Xu Yuanlang in collecting money!" ”

"I have something to talk to you about!"

Zhang Xutuo pulled Zhang Xuan aside and whispered to him: "I just received a report from General Qin Qiong, Zuo Xiaoyou led 50,000 troops down the mountain, there is an attempt to attack Beihai County, I must immediately lead the army to rush over, how to deal with this, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Zhang Xuan groaned and said: "Of course, we must first appease the people, they have been oppressed by Meng Rang for almost two years. The people are weak, so they should be allowed to recuperate, and then consider resuming production as soon as possible, so that winter wheat can be planted. Strive for a good harvest of summer grain next year. ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed, "I originally thought the same way, but Xiao Huairang, the prison army, I'm afraid that he will report to the imperial court again, saying that I bought the hearts of the people, and I already had a lesson last year." ”

Zhang Xuan knew that there was also a supervisor sent by the Imperial Historical Observatory above the Flying Eagle Army, called Xiao Huairang. He is also the commander of the Flying Eagle Army, and rarely shows up, so far Zhang Xuan has only seen this person, and he is a relatively mean official, which is difficult to deal with.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Don't worry, this person is handed over to the humble position to deal with, I know how to deal with this kind of person." ”

Zhang Xutuo's worst thing is to deal with people, he knows Zhang Xuan's performance in the Tiansi Pavilion case, since Zhang Xuan is willing to come forward, of course he can't ask for it, Zhang Xutuo smiled happily: "Since General Zhang took the initiative to ask Ying, then this matter will be handed over to you, together with the aftermath of Gaomi County, please bother more." ”

"When is the marshal leaving?" Jang Hyun asked.

"The situation in Donglai County is urgent, I have to leave immediately, and after you finish dealing with the affairs here, come and join me."

"Obey the order!"

At noon that day, Zhang Xutuo led his army to the north in a hurry, and only Zhang Xuan's 3,000 troops and 2,000 soldiers were left in Gaomi County.

The aftermath is a very cumbersome matter, such as the disposal of prisoners of war, the return of refugees, the distribution of money and food, and a large number of small things that need to be dealt with, which is also the last thing Zhang Xutuo wants to do, he directly threw it to Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan also has a headache, he can only plan some big plans, and he also threw specific small things to Wei Yunqi.

"The marshal has agreed to use most of the money and food to settle the refugees and repatriate prisoners of war, and his only concern is that the court will not be able to account for it."

Wei Yunqi smiled slightly: "The court just wants benefits, they don't want food, but some of the seized money has to be kept for them, then they have nothing to say, Zhang Shuai's previous mistake was to distribute all the money and grain, and did not consider the court's share, so he was repeatedly impeached." ”

Zhang Xuan used to think that Zhang Xutuo was not handling it properly, but now when he is in the situation, he also understands Zhang Xutuo's feelings.

The spoils of war won by the soldiers in bloody battles were not enough to be distributed among their own soldiers, and they had to send a copy to the group of moths in the imperial court in vain, and the military rations that should be supplied by the imperial court were not implemented at all, Zhang Xuan was unwilling to think about it, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

Wei Yunqi understood Zhang Xuan's mood, and said with a smile: "I can understand the general's mood, but this is something that must be done, unless the marshal supports the army and stands on his own now, otherwise he will not be able to pass the imperial court, like the military merits and promotions of soldiers, etc., all have to rely on the imperial court, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't take care of the imperial court before, Luo Shixin would not be just a brigade commander now, didn't the general say?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, he knew that Wei Yunqi was right, for example, Wei Chigong only joined the Sui Army more than a month ago, because of Dou Qing's care, now the Ministry of War has preliminarily approved him to be promoted to captain, and Luo Shixin has been in the army for three years, with outstanding achievements, and he is still a brigade commander, in the final analysis, Zhang Xutuo's favor is not in place.

"Okay!"

Zhang Xuan sighed helplessly, "How does Mr. think it should be distributed?" ”

Wei Yunqi said unhurriedly: "Actually, I already have a plan, there are 48,000 stones of food, of which 10,000 stones are used to dismiss prisoners of war, 20,000 stones are used for refugee relief, and the rest can be used as military rations, as well as 200,000 yuan, of which each prisoner of war is given a severance pay, and each disaster victim also needs to give two pieces of money as relief, which removes half of it, and the remaining 100,000 guan, 50,000 guan is used to reward military merits, 30,000 guan is used as storage, and finally half of the remaining 20,000 guan is left for the local government, and half is handed over to the imperial court." ”

"The magistrate's office?" Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment.

"The general won't forget about the local government, right?"

Wei Yunqi said with a smile: "In fact, the local government of Gaomi County is still there, in Zhucheng County, we don't care whether they surrendered to Meng Rang before, but to maintain local order and let Gaomi County operate normally, we still have to rely on them, I have already sent someone to inform them before I came, and it is estimated that they will come here in two days after tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid that if I hand over the money and food to them, I won't even be able to reach half of it in the hands of the refugees in the end." ”

"General, if the general blindly asks them to be honest, it is also unrealistic, but the general can strengthen supervision, so that they dare not go too far, I think, at most they make a fuss about food loss, and the general must also learn to compromise, after all, we have to think in the long run."

Zhang Xuan had already heard that Wei Yunqi's tone had a faint meaning of persuading himself to support the army and become independent, but now Zhang Xuan didn't want to think about it so much, and he didn't want to break this matter, so he nodded and said, "I understand what Mr. means, and Xiao Huairang seems to have to think about it too." ”

Wei Yunqi laughed, "I also stayed in Yushitai back then, speaking of which Xiao Huairang is still my subordinate, this person is the nephew of Empress Xiao, very shrewd and capable, although he is a little mean, but on the whole he is not bad, so in his report to the saint, the evaluation of Zhang Xutuo is quite fair, the general can give him a little bit of the captured gold and silver jewelry, I believe his pen will be a little richer." ”

"Xiao Huairang over there, please ask Mr. to bother more."

Wei Yunqi smiled, "General, don't worry!" I'll take care of that. ”

At this time, a soldier outside the door reported: "General, the village elders have brought it." ”

"Invite them to sit down in the reception hall, and I'll be right there."

Zhang Xuan smiled at Wei Yunqi and said, "Why don't Mr. go with me and talk to them!" ”

Wei Yun nodded, Zhang Xuan could take the initiative to think of meeting these villagers, which was a gratifying side, and he smiled happily: "Then let's go together!" (To be continued.) )