"Master Pony." Zhang Zi'an looked at Wang Pu with puzzled eyes and asked, "What does Mr. Zhen say?" ”

This condition is too easy for Zhang Zi'an!

He thought about the words of Zhen Youcai and Wang Pu back and forth, summed it up, and came to the conclusion that all the problems belonged to Wang Pu, and all the benefits belonged to him Zhang Zi'an, and Wang Pu's only request was only the three thousand veterans! This can't help but make Zhang Zi'an feel puzzled.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the local generals kept private soldiers, as long as they were a general soldier, there would be thousands of families, which was not unusual, and Zhang Zi'an would not associate these three thousand families with Wang Pu's different intentions at all, not to mention that if Wang Pu really wanted to rebel, he would not be able to succeed with these three thousand families.

Although Datong Town has lost 3,000 soldiers for no reason, it is not a problem, the Ming Dynasty is so big, with a population of 100 million trillions, as long as there is military pay and food, are you afraid that you will not be able to recruit soldiers?

As for whether the Ming army's initiative to attack this time can be as successful as Zhen Youcai said, Zhang Zi'an never thought about it, in his subconscious, Wang Pu even dared to go to Liaodong, and even Sheng Kyoto could be breached.

Wang Pu smiled and said, "What Mr. Zhen means is what he means." ”

"Okay." Zhang Zi'an couldn't wait to say, "Master Horse, then it's decided." ”

Wang Pu stood up and said loudly: "It's decided." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Father-in-law Zhang, there is something to remind you. ”

Zhang Zi'an said: "Sir, please speak." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "You can't hide the mutiny of the border army soldiers, whether it is to the court, to the long live lord, or to the soldiers below who mutinied, you have to have an explanation." ”

"Thank you, sir, for reminding me."

In fact, Zhen Youcai didn't remind Zhang Zi'an that he also thought of it, he was not good at other things, but he was the best at finding scapegoats, the mutiny of the border army was not a trivial matter, it was impossible to hide it, and he could only find a scapegoat to excuse himself, so that there was an explanation for the imperial court, and an explanation for the mutinous soldiers.

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Datong North Effect, Border Army Battalion.

The mutinous soldiers did not see Zhao Santai appear in the general army until dawn, except for Zhao Santai, the deputy general of Datong Town, the deputy general, the general, and the guerrilla general, none of them showed up, and they all hid one by one.

Tang Sheng said to Zhao Xin and a few other thousand generals and more than a dozen generals in the big tent: "Zhao Santai is a turtle with a shrunken head and doesn't dare to go back to the camp, but we can't wait like this forever, Zhao Santai doesn't care, we will go to the prison army Zhang Gonggong." ”

"Yes, let's find Grandpa Zhang!"

"Let's talk about the siege of Datong City first!"

"Ge Lao Zidi, if they are still hiding and refuse to see people, we will kill them in the city!"

"Boss Zhao!" Tang Sheng turned his head and glared at Zhao Xin, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhao Xin glanced around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "If you really send troops to besiege Datong City, have you thought about the consequences, then it will be a rebellion!" ”

"Rebellion is rebellion!" Tang Sheng said sharply, "It's a big deal to kill the head, even if you don't rebel, the brothers will have to starve to death and freeze to death, and they will die on the left and right, but at least you can be a full ghost!" ”

"No nonsense." Zhao Xin said angrily, "We are the officials and soldiers of the imperial court!" ”

"Fuck the officers." Tang Sheng said angrily, "We haven't paid our military salaries for almost half a year, and the imperial court has long ignored us." ”

When the two were arguing, a landslide and tsunami of cheers suddenly sounded outside the tent, and then several veteran soldiers rushed into the big tent like crazy, shouting: "Bosses, the general is here!" The general is back! ”

Zhao Xin frowned and said, "Which general?" ”

"General Wang, of course!" Tang Sheng shouted, "Apart from General Wang Bing, who else in Datong Town is worthy of being called a general?" ”

Stacking this sentence, Tang Sheng had already rushed out of the big tent like a whirlwind, Zhao Xin and other Qian Zong, the general manager followed out of the big tent, and went straight to the Yuanmen, inside and outside the Yuanmen had already been crowded by the mutinous soldiers, and many soldiers even climbed on top of the Yuanmen and the fence, raising their hands one by one, and were cheering hysterically.

Many of these soldiers were transferred from Huguang, Guizhou, and Sichuan to enrich the Datong garrison after the Battle of Songshan, and they did not know Wang Pu at all, and they only knew the name Wang Pu for two months, but this did not prevent them from worshiping Wang Pu, Wang Pu's feat had already spread all over the world, and he was a real hero.

The Ming army has been fighting with Jiannu for decades.

For decades, not only the border army of Jiuzhen was fighting to the death with Jiannu, but the guards from all over the country also continued to send troops to the front line of Liaodong to fight fiercely with Jiannu, but the result was a fiasco again and again, and there was never a decent victory.

The generals talked about Jiannu and changed color, and the soldiers were terrified when they heard about Jiannu!

But there is such a person, who dared to go against the trend, led more than 1,000 lonely troops to destroy the nest of Jiannu and capture the slave chieftain alive, and achieved an unprecedented brilliant victory, and the boulder that pressed on the hearts of the soldiers of the Ming army was finally removed! If it weren't for the Ming soldiers, if you hadn't experienced the nightmarish experience of decades of fighting with Jiannu, it would be difficult for you to understand the fanatical, hysterical worship of Wang Pu by the Ming soldiers!

What times make heroes, this is the times make heroes!

Wang Pu didn't expect that he would be greeted by such a fanatical scene!

In the frenzied crowd, Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng, and more than a dozen other thousand presidents and generals came out of the crowd, knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Puma, and clenched their fists and said, "See the general!" ”

Wang Pu turned over and dismounted, and said in a deep voice: "Get up, talk in the tent." ”

"Yes."

Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and others complied, and followed Wang Pu into the general army.

In order to appease the mutinous soldiers, Wang Pu deliberately put on the armor of the Datong general today, which looked murderous, but made Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and other Ming army generals feel particularly familiar and cordial.

Wang Pu paused, Huo Ran turned around and shouted, "Why do you want to take the lead in making trouble?" ”

Tang Sheng said loudly: "General, it's not that we have to take the lead in making trouble, there is really no way to live!" ”

Zhao Xin also said gloomily: "The imperial court has not paid salaries for more than half a year, and we still have two thin meals in the camp, but our family can only dig bark and wild vegetables to satisfy hunger!" There are also the families of those fallen soldiers, they can't even eat bark and wild vegetables, this day is freezing, but the family has to guard the ice pit for the night! ”

Tang Sheng slapped his chest and said loudly: "General, we don't have too high requirements, we fight with our heads and lick blood with our heads, but the imperial court should always take care of our family's two full meals, and we can't let our family even have no money to buy charcoal for heating in the winter, right?" ”

Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Just because of arrears? ”

Tang Sheng said loudly: "If it weren't for the fact that there was no way to live, the brothers would not have done such a disorderly thing. ”

"Okay." Wang Pu said loudly, "General Ben made it clear today, at present, the imperial court is fighting with Jiannu and thieves at the same time, the treasury is empty, the use is tight, and there are things in arrears of military salaries, but Long Live Lord specially pulled out a sum of silver from the internal treasury to let the border army soldiers buy rice and charcoal to spend this winter." ”

Tang Sheng hurriedly said: "General, but we haven't seen any silver!" ”

Wang Pu said: "This silver makes Zhao Santai and them greedy for ink, and now Zhang Gongcheng is investigating this matter thoroughly, and I will tell you one more thing, General Ben has also prepared 100,000 taels of silver for you!" ”

"General." Tang Sheng hurriedly said, "We can't spend your money. ”

Zhao Xin also said: "Yes, how can you make up for the arrears of the imperial court, besides, Gonggong Zhang is already thoroughly investigating Zhao Santai's greed for ink and silver, and he can pay the brothers if he chases out the dirty silver." ”

Wang Pu shook his head and said: "What Zhao Santai is greedy for is the silver of the internal government, this is the Qin case, according to the law, Zhao Santai's family property is to be sealed and handed over to the key treasury of the inner government, this silver will not be used to pay you, in addition, the 100,000 taels of silver brought by the general are not used to make up your military salary, but to issue pensions to the families of the fallen soldiers, so that these most difficult military dependents can survive this harsh winter." ”

Zhao Xin, Tang Sheng and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Are you not convinced?" Wang Pu asked in a deep voice, "Why can the families of the fallen soldiers receive pensions, but you can't receive your military salaries?" ”

"No, we didn't." Zhao Xin hurriedly shook his hand and said, "It's very fair for the general to do this, the families of the fallen soldiers are indeed the most difficult, the family has no pillars, and no source of food and clothing, all pointing to this pension, this silver should be given to them first." ”

"Our living brethren will never fight with our dead brethren for food!" Tang Sheng said loudly, "General, don't worry, we still have this amount of belly." ”

"Good! That's like a gentleman! Wang Pu said loudly, "The living should not compete with the dead for food, but the living should not sit still. ”

Tang Sheng shouted: "General, just say it directly, what should we do?" ”

Wang Pu said: "The living can't let urine suffocate to death, Zhao Santai's dirty silver can't be counted on, and the treasury and Datong Domain Treasury don't have any silver to pay you, and now none of you can count on it, you can only rely on yourself!" General Ben knows that there is a place where there is silver, a lot of silver, do you dare to do it? ”

Tang Sheng shouted: "People are dead, I'm afraid of his ball." ”

Zhao Xin also shouted: "As long as there is a general, you will lead the brothers, even if you go back to Liaodong again!" ”

"Yes, as long as you say a word, General."

"We all listen to the general."

The rest of the thousands of presidents echoed the totals.

"Good!" Wang Pu said loudly, "They are all men who are not afraid of death, they are heroes!" In this way, Zhao Xin, you go and explain the truth to the brothers, and then take someone to the Wang family compound to bring back 100,000 taels of silver, and distribute it to the families of the fallen soldiers as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Xin and Tang Sheng agreed and took the order.

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It wasn't until dawn that Zhang Zi'an returned to his mansion.

Zhao Santai hid in Zhang's mansion and didn't sleep all night, and as soon as Zhang Zi'an came back, he rushed over, and asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, how are things?" ”

Zhang Zi'an took the ginseng soup from the little eunuch's hand and took a sip gently, and asked rhetorically, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Santai asked nervously, "Father-in-law, did Wang Pu promise to come forward?" ”

"Promised." Zhang Zi'an said coldly, "It's almost time to go to the camp in the north of the city." ”

Zhang Zi'an asked again: "What about the silver......

"I agreed." Zhang Zi'an's tone became more and more gloomy, "Borrow 100,000 taels temporarily." ”

"Whew." Zhao Santai breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "I finally have the silver, but I don't know if Wang Pu can appease those chaotic troops?" ”

Zhang Zi'an glanced at Zhao Santai coldly, and asked in a dark voice, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Santai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "It must be possible, hehe, it must be possible." ”

"Of course, Master Ma can appease the mutinous soldiers." Zhang Zi'an said compassionately, "But since this thing has happened, I can't hide it if I want to, Long Live Lord has specially allocated the silver from the inside, but the border soldiers in Datong Town have not received the silver, this matter has to be explained to Long Live Lord, and I have to give an explanation to the soldiers below." ”

Zhao Santai's expression began to stiffen, and he asked, "What do you mean, father-in-law?" ”

"We've got you covered." Zhang Zi'an said and took out a small bottle from his arms, and said gloomily, "Deputy General Zhao, as long as you drink it, our family can give an explanation to the Lord of Long Live, and we can also give an explanation to the soldiers below!" And your family...... It will also be accommodated in the best possible way. ”

Zhao Santai was like being devoured by thunder, and exclaimed: "Father-in-law, you ......"

Zhang Zi'an gently put the small bottle on the table, and said in a dark voice: "Deputy Chief Zhao, you have to think clearly." ”

After that, Zhang Zi'an walked away, ignoring Zhao Santai, Zhao Santai's expression was blank, and he stumbled under his feet and collapsed on the cold floor.

(To be continued)