"Uncle Wang, what have I done to you, more than a thousand people have surrounded you by the river alone! It's all Manichae thieves with brocade scarves, if you don't believe it, you can see it yourself! ”

"But, but I remember that the defenders outside the city are less than 3,000 people counting reinforcements, and there are 10,000 Manichae thieves who came to attack the city.

"You don't know that!" Seeing the appearance of the high-ranking butler on weekdays, Wang Er, who had just been fortunate enough to get the battle situation from the mouth of the brothers of his own family who guarded the battlements at the head of the city, couldn't help but be proud, and explained loudly: "Although there are many Manichae thieves, where can they be as brave as the officers and soldiers, Yang Xianfeng alone killed seven in and seven out from the enemy formation, penetrated the encirclement, cut down two flags in total, and captured three guns; The front and back spears stabbed and slashed, killing more than 50 famous generals of Cao Ying-"

"Stay!" The more the housekeeper listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, interrupted Wang Er's explanation, and asked, "Cao Ying?" Why do I hear more and more familiar? You kid don't know where to learn to talk nonsense about me, do you? ”

"Did I mention Cao Ying? It's Fang Ying, it's obviously Fang Ying! It's the butler, you're listening! Wang Er's mouth was smooth, and even the Three Kingdoms that he had heard about Mr. Storyteller on weekdays were brought out, and he hurriedly explained: "Anyway, that Yang Xianfeng has been killed several times, and even the banner of the Mani thief has been cut off, and the official army has gone out of the city with random arrows, and the thief army is in chaos, and the official army has taken the opportunity to cover up and kill, and has won a complete victory!" ”

"Good, good!" Hearing this, the housekeeper didn't care about whether this Wang Er was nonsense just now, and now the most important thing is to tell the master the good news, and the rest can be put aside, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Wang Er and said, "Okay." Hurry up and tell the master, Wang Er, I can tell you first, you can't talk nonsense in front of the master, otherwise be careful of your ass and suffer! ”

"Yes, butler!" Wang Er nodded hurriedly, and the housekeeper led him into the courtyard and walked to the back hall, and he heard the sound of scriptures more than a dozen steps away from the back hall. I saw Prince Wuzheng, who was the highest military governor of Xiuzhou, kneeling on a futon. Reverently burned incense and prayed to a portrait of Lu Zu hanging in the hall. The butler walked up to Wang Ziwu and said in a low voice, "Master, there is news outside the city!" ”

Wang Ziwu's body trembled and asked, "What news!" ”

"The Mani thief is defeated! A great victory for the officers and troops! ”

"Really?" Wang Ziwu stood up from the futon. There was a look of disbelief on his face.

The messenger was outside. Presumably, Zhou Jian and Chang Yuhou will come back soon! ”

"Lu Zu bless. Lu Zu bless! Wang Ziwu hurriedly bowed to Lu Zuxiang, turned around and said loudly to the housekeeper: "Pass it down quickly, prepare for a great avenue." This time to be able to break the thief, thanks to Lu Zu's blessing, the scene must be big, and people from all Taoist temples in Xiuzhou are invited! ”

"Sir!" Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly reminded: "The dojo is naturally going to be done, but this time the thief, the merits of the two officials Zhou and Chang are not small, and the soldiers of the official army, if they are treated badly, and they participate in a book in front of Tong Dashuai, then it is-"

"Hmm!" Wang Ziwu also understood that although the status of the martial arts in the Song Dynasty was low, but a powerful eunuch like Tong Guan, who led the privy envoy and served as the three pacification envoys, was two different things. If you make him unhappy, you can find a random excuse to remove yourself from office, and it won't be worth it.

"Someone, change clothes for someone!" Wang Ziwu said in a deep voice: "This official wants to personally visit the two generals!" ”

"Yes! Master! ”

In the camp outside the south gate, Zhou Ping was already very busy, and winning such a big victory was completely unexpected by him. But victory is more troublesome for a general than defeat, because the most important thing for a defeated general is how to save his own life, and the general who wins the battle has much more to do: how to distribute the spoils, how to deal with the prisoners, how to manage the soldiers who tend to indulge themselves because of the victory, especially the first and last ones, which test the general's ability the most. Because soldiers who won battles often received large sums of money (rewards or booty), these soldiers who became wealthy as a result often lost the desire to continue fighting and wanted to return to their homeland with the money to live a peaceful life. In either case, it will be very damaging to the combat effectiveness of the army. But the generals can't win the battle and don't reward the soldiers, because this will cause the soldiers to resent and even provoke mutiny, and the skills are very subtle. And the fair distribution of spoils of war is originally a necessary skill for generals, especially Zhou Ping's victory in this battle, taking all the baggage of the Manichaean army, and calculating that there are more than 10,000 yuan of money alone, which is not a small number.

"What's the trouble with this!" Chang Zongtian smiled nonchalantly on the side.

"Chang Yuhou, what should you do? This is the vanguard of the Manichae thief, there are tens of thousands of people behind him, and the soldiers all have a lot of money in their waists, and their minds are scattered, how can they fight? Zhou Ping was already a little angry.

"Huh!" Chang Zongtian smiled: "In my opinion, just send the money to these bitches, and then get all the official prostitutes in the city, and in a few days, won't all the money in their waists be spent on those women?" We can also draw a flower donation and make a small fortune! ”

"Is this okay?" Zhou Ping was dumbfounded when he heard this, but he didn't expect this Chang Zongtian to look black, and there were a lot of flower intestines in his stomach.

"What's not to do? The ancestor of this brothel is the old master, and he collects flowers and donations to raise soldiers in the spring and autumn! Chang Zongtian replied nonchalantly.

"But if you want an official prostitute to come, I'm afraid Wang Tongjun won't agree!" Zhou Ping still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he took Wang Ziwu's disagreement to the top cylinder.

"That prince Wu who only knows Bai Lu Zu?" Chang Zongtian sneered: "Look at his bear-like, as long as he can drive away the Mani thief, let alone pull the official prostitute out, even if he pulls his wife out of the labor army." Anyway, this Xiuzhou City can't be defended, and the Manichi thieves will be finished if they come in! ”

"Wang Tongjun has arrived!"

At this moment, there was a rumor outside, Zhou Ping glared at Chang Zongtian fiercely, and hurriedly went out to greet him, the two of them came out, and just saw Wang Ziwu coming over with a spring breeze on his face, and smiled when he was far away: "The two thieves have merit, no courtesy!" ”

"The lowly armor is on the body, and I can't pay full courtesy, please forgive the commander!" Zhou Ping still saluted with his hands crossed in accordance with the rules, and Chang Zongtian on the side had to salute so-so. Wang Ziwu stretched out his hand to hold Zhou Ping's right arm with a smile on his face, and called the other party's small characters: "Juncheng, the vanguard of the thief army is broken, this Xiuzhou City is fine, right?" ”

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then realized that this prince Wu was still afraid that the city would not be able to hold it, and was about to reassure the other party, but he was stabbed in the back, and only then did he realize that Chang Zongtian was reminding him of the official prostitute's affairs, so he had to say with a cheeky face: "The vanguard of the thief army has been broken, and the morale has suddenly declined, and there is nothing wrong with this Xiuzhou City, but-" Zhou Ping stopped here when he said this, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

When Wang Ziwu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly patted his chest and said: "Juncheng, if you have any difficulties, please speak up, if you want money, food, and a cane, as long as you have it in this Xiuzhou City, I, the commander, will definitely do it for you!" "The civil officials of the Song Dynasty actually did not have high requirements for the martial arts, as long as they were not afraid of death and could win the battle, and other problems such as making money and being lustful were still very tolerant, after all, in their opinion, these ethics were only used to demand civil officials, not those vulgar martial artists.

"That's what happened!" Zhou Ping recounted the matter of the official prostitute that Chang Zongtian had just mentioned to him, and said with some embarrassment: "The last general knows that this is a bit overstepping, but this soldier is like raising an eagle, and if you are too full, you can't drive it, and please unify the army Haihan!" ”

"That's what happened!" After listening to Zhou Ping's words, Wang Ziwu laughed loudly: "The soldiers kill thieves and defend the city, men and women have great desires, and it is normal for people to do so!" Juncheng can think of this, and he really deserves to be a good general! As the commander of the army, it is within his duty to avoid the worries of the soldiers! Don't worry, how about I send all the prostitutes in the city to you at your disposal when I go? ”

"Thank you, Commander!" Zhou Ping listened to Wang Ziwu's words, he was happy and a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how Wang Ziwu connected the killing of thieves and defending the city with the great desire of men and women, and said in a low voice: "I still want to draw some flowers and donate from it, thinking that it will be used in the army, and I hope to-"

"Oooh!" Wang Ziwu smiled meaningfully: "It's good that you decide these things yourself, and the money collected will also be used on the soldiers, so you don't have to ask me again!" If there is a shortcoming, just tell me, don't care! At this time, Wang Ziwu was extremely easy to talk and looked like a good gentleman.

"Thank you, Commander!"

"It's all done!" Wang Ziwu looked like he still had something to do, sat down and asked: "I heard that there is a pioneer surnamed Yang who broke through the enemy formation alone and captured the flag, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Not bad!" Zhou Ping couldn't help but be surprised: This guy was obviously hiding at home to worship Lu Zu, how could he suddenly know about Yang Wu's affairs, didn't there be any mouthy person who went to report the news?

"Well, this Yang Xianfeng is so brave, this official wants to personally praise it!"

As the commander of the army, Wang Ziwu has the power to control all the defenders of Xiuzhou, and it is also the proper meaning of the question to see Yang Wu. Zhou Ping hurriedly asked people to find Yang Wu. A moment later, Yang Wu came in from outside, his cheeks and beards were stained with blood, and he saluted to the prince Wu forked his hand and said, "The last general, Yang Wu, greets the unified army!" ”

"Excuse me!" Wang Ziwu smiled with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and said, "Who is Coach Yang, and what kind of business did he make before joining the army?" (To be continued......)