Recently, Chongzhen's mood has been really good, and the thieves in northern Shaanxi are still continuous, but since Xi'an, the thieves have disappeared little by little.

Almost every day, there are good news from Xi'an Prefecture, all of which indicate how many thieves the new army has killed and captured in this place. Or how many thieves' dens have been subverted in such and such a place, and how many have been seized. What is rare is that the heads of the war exploits are all actually saved, and there are special officials who have counted them.

Seeing that the new army, which had been trained for more than half a year, had slowly turned into an elite division, Chongzhen felt that he had spent 100,000 taels of silver without a loss. It's a pity that there isn't much money left, otherwise if another 7,800,000 taels are allocated to form a new army of 50,000, then the bandits in northern Shaanxi will inevitably be completely quelled, and maybe the new army will be able to go to the border to help guard the border and prevent the Houjin from harassing them.

YY is a must, but Chongzhen also has one thing that makes him angry.

That is, yesterday he dismissed Lai Zongdao, who had only been in office for a month, this person is also said to be from the Donglin Party, at least Chongzhen thinks so, but recently when he was purging the eunuch party roster, he found out that this guy was actually a wall-riding faction, both a member of the Donglin Party and a remnant of the Wei Party.

Of course, Lai Zongdao didn't say that he was not a wall-riding party, but he could only say that Chongzhen didn't know, so he couldn't be considered a bully.

However, such a wall-riding party is not at ease to use, especially when he thinks of the word eunuch Chongzhen, he doesn't like it, so no matter what, he must step down.

I have only been the first assistant for a month, and I have been a Taoist sect like this.

But the question is, who will be the first assistant next? asked the minister to recommend a few people, but none of them were satisfied, so Chongzhen simply came up with a childish method.

Draw lots, yes, it's to draw lots, and whoever catches it is whoever is the first assistant, anyway, in his opinion, these people are actually the same.

As a result, Zhou Dao Dengshun became the first assistant, a guy who is also famous in history for not learning and not knowing, and he was lucky to be drawn.

Zhou Dao ascended to the throne, and the only result was that Chongzhen, who was originally constantly admonished by Lai Zongdao to let the new army fight steadily and steadily, and gradually advance, had no restrictions. After Zhou Dao ascended to the throne, he immediately issued instructions to limit the new army to pacify Xi'an Prefecture within half a month, Yan'an Mansion within two months, and Shaanxi rebellion within half a year.

This kind of twist that comes up with a pat on the head, that is, this little kid who doesn't know anything can write it. However, Zhou Daodeng didn't learn or speak, and he changed from pretending to be a grandson to a real grandson. For Chongzhen's stupid and uncommon sense performance, he didn't evaluate it at all, so he let it pass.

Two days later, this urgent edict arrived in the camp of the New Army.

The moment he listened to the edict, Yang Hong was petrified, Zhang Fu's time stopped, and the soldiers around him wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and they became internal injuries.

What kind of bullshit edict is this? Pacify Shaanxi within half a year, so why didn't the emperor try it with his own troops?

The regular army is already an elite division for 100 miles a day, but how many miles is Shaanxi? This includes the use of tactics such as fighting and encirclement, pacifying Xi'an within one month, pacifying Yan'an within five months, and ensuring that thieves do not enter Xi'an, and eliminating thieves in Shaanxi within three years, which is already a very conservative estimate. For this reason, it is even necessary to expand the number of 50,000 horses and disperse them to various places to guard them, so that it is possible to achieve such an effect.

Well, after all, Chongzhen didn't have much money, and he didn't know how much money he wanted to reward these meritorious people. So he set aside fifty thousand taels of silver as a reward. Fifty thousand taels of silver sounds like a lot, in fact, five thousand people are divided into only ten taels of silver per person, and the worst thing is that due to the habit of drifting in the officialdom, the silver will inevitably drop by three percent when it leaves the palace, and seventy percent of the silver will be deducted from three to four percent when it arrives in Xi'an, and the rest will arrive at the barracks.

In other words, each person was actually rewarded with less than half a tael of silver...... Ao, forget the officer or swallow some...... Will the soldier get ten cents in the end?

Well, this feels like it's not a tip, it's a mockery. Look at this silver reward, ten cents, and send it to Hanako?!

Discontent began to creep in, especially with the fateful schedule of the attack. The edict did not even give them a new establishment, which proves that they have no power to expand the establishment at all, and at the same time, if they want to expand, they must prepare their own silver taels and military rations, and the imperial court will not pay for it.

"You are the main general, you decide!" Zhang Fu no longer planned to come out, and directly put the responsibility on Yang Hong, who was the main general.

"A lot, I see that I am ready to go to the territory of the Salvation Army. The most important thing is that if Baishui County and Chengcheng County are really managed by the Salvation Army, then maybe we can get a lot of silver and grain in these two counties, right? Yang Hong was also a little indignant, but an edict is an edict, and that cannot be violated.

Speaking of making money, everyone's eyes lit up. Think about it, no matter whether Baishui and Chengcheng fall into the hands of the Salvation Army or not, as long as their own army passes, it must be the territory of the Salvation Army. When the time comes, they will be able to reap more benefits than this reward if they 'arrest the remnants of the thief army'. What is rare is that there are many rich families in the city, and there are also many young and beautiful ladies or maids among the rich families...... It's so desirable!

"Let's go, let's go!" Zhang Fu didn't bother with the edict anymore, and his eyes were full of golden light at this moment.

Seeing that the sons and daughters were instigated by themselves and had forgotten about the edict, Yang Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and his entanglement and depression could only be suppressed in his heart.

Originally, he didn't plan to be a general who killed good people and made meritorious contributions, but now looking at the situation, it is difficult to complete the task given by the emperor without expanding the number, and he is self-financing, which means that he must find a way to get money to maintain the extra expenses. If you don't kill the good and take the merits, or loot the place, I am afraid that it is impossible to have so much money and food.

For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, I had to sacrifice some places, if I could, I would do less to kill.

The army continued to move north, and in a blink of an eye it had entered Baishui County, and at the same time, on the way to the border in Baishui County, an army was also advancing. It is not difficult to tell from the clothes that this is a unit of the Salvation Army. It's just that if you look closely, you will find that the spirit of this army is not at all comparable to the normal Salvation Army.

This is a rebel army that came to join the Salvation Army, to put it bluntly, it was driven out of the original territory by other forces, homeless and cornered, and could only come to Baishui County to try their luck. In this era of survival of the fittest, since they have been eliminated by others, it is enough to prove one thing, that is, this army is originally a weak army.

Such an army, both in body and soul, has decayed, and to recruit them would be to ruin the name of the Salvation Army.

Originally, he didn't plan to recruit them, but he didn't want Zhang Hongbin to accept them. However, they were only temporarily admitted to the Salvation Army Reserve, and if they wanted to become regulars, they had to complete a mission. The Yuejian Tiger Zhou Tong led by him naturally responded in a thousand ways, and he almost knelt down to prepare his feet. Such a person, even Zhang Hongbin looks disgusting, but who makes him still a little useful?

If they can complete the task, maybe they can be given a chance to work in the back office.

The premise is that they can complete the tasks assigned to them.

At this moment, Zhou Tong walked on the official road with his men and horses, and of course the hundred elite Salvation Army crossbowmen mixed in with it. Their goal was simple, they were in a specific location, confronted the new army of the imperial court, and were defeated.

Yes, it's a defeat, and it has to be a very natural, very real defeat. It's okay for everyone to flee in all directions, but they must flee towards a fixed location, and they must be attracted to this place, otherwise they will not complete their mission.

If he wants to pretend to be defeated, Zhou Tong is naturally obliged, in fact, he really encounters the new army of the imperial court, and he is also confident that he can turn pretending defeat into a real comprehensive rout when he first comes into contact. Well, 100% of the performance is not discounted at all, and the emperor Lao Tzu can't see any flaws.

Forehead...... It doesn't seem like something to boast about......

After a slow march of thirty miles a day, the group finally saw the new army of the target. Of course, the new army also saw them.

Before, they had heard that the new army of the imperial court was like a wolf and a tiger, and they would never take prisoners, and those who dared to surrender were chopped off by them and taken to receive rewards. It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, Zhang Hongbin has the means to slowly show them the evidence.

Of course, not a photo, but a newspaper from the imperial court. He has not yet cut off contact with the Zhang family, and he can still get some Di Bao secretly through the people of the Zhang family.

Thanks to this, he was able to know that Chongzhen had changed to a first assistant, or Zhou Daodeng, who was fourteen years old Liu Ru, or something...... Why is the memory of Zhou Daodeng limited to this? At the same time, there is another thing, that is, the terrible Chongzhen classmates, let the more pitiful new army assess the Shaanxi rebellion within half a year.

As long as you are in a normal person, you will think that this is nonsense, okay? What's going on with Dowdon this week, he actually gave it to Guò? Could it be that he is really a person who can only play with Xiao Luo. Leigh, is her brain full of reproductive behavior? Da Ming actually used such a person as the first assistant, and it was difficult for Da Ming not to die.

Since the new army was ordered to quickly eliminate the thieves, no matter what, Yang Hong and their hearts should be very anxious at the moment, right?

In this way, and send a credit, I hope they like it, and it is best to be able to pursue, so that Zhang Hongbin will be more welcome!