After resting the army for more than ten days, Wu Shigong asked the soldiers to begin restorative training. The day before the resumption of training, Wu Shigong gathered all the officers for a dinner.

At the beginning of the dinner, Wu Shigong reported to all the officers the gains of the army in the process of recovering Luanzhou City. Of course, these seizures do not include the proceeds of Wu Shigong's land sales and the exchange of Tartar heads. In addition, Wu Shigong also announced the pension of the dead and disabled soldiers and the distribution of all the captured soldiers.

Even the soldiers drawn from other thousand households were treated equally, and the distribution standard was the same as Wu Shigong's own soldiers. After calculation, every soldier can get about five taels of silver.

After announcing all this, Wu Shigong said to Yu Ji: "This time, this official can fight side by side with the brothers of the Thousand Households in the friendly neighborhood, and the official also feels quite honored. Now that the four cities of Yongping have been recovered, so to speak, we are all going home. “

"I have been with the brothers for so long, and I have developed a relationship. Some of you may already know that this official will be transferred to the garrison of Runing Mansion. But this time, the credit for the Tartars is all made by everyone, but it seems that only the official has been promoted, and the official is also very unhappy. ”

"Today, before the dinner, the official will say a few more words. After Deputy Yu Qianhu and your brothers went back, they were still military households, and they were still digging in the fields, and whether they could eat enough were two words. You military attaches may be better, but everyone knows it, and the military attachés in the guard station are not much better. ”

"There are still more than 700 people left in the military households you came this time, and I can't bear to throw these brothers back like this. The official is here to discuss with you, and the official will provide you with money, so that you will also become a standing army in the guard. Of course, you must also obey the orders of the Ruler and be trained by the Commander. ”

Wu Shigong's words silenced the military attaches present. Although they knew that what Wu Shigong said was reasonable, and the conditions put forward were also very tempting, after all, they were all people who returned to Dewei, and it was impossible for them to obey the orders of the garrison of Runing Mansion in legal theory.

Wu Shigong looked around for a while, and he also knew what these military attachés were thinking, so he continued: "Actually, the concerns in your hearts are also understood by this officer. To tell you the truth, if the official goes outside and announces to those military households that he will recruit those military households as his own officers, how many military households do you think will return to Dewei with you? ”

"It is precisely because the official considers you brothers that the official still shows you a clear way, so that you can still be the military attache under the officer. What kind of treatment is the military attache under this officer, after such a long time, you should have a bottom in your hearts. Of course, this official will never force you, nor will he let you disobey the orders of Commander Zhao. The official even guaranteed that your standing army is basically active in Guide and will not leave your hometown. ”

When Wu Shigong said this, Yu Ji immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Since Wu Shoubei has said so, it will be a little uninteresting for the lower officials not to appreciate it." The lower officials here guarantee that only the horse head of the Wu garrison is looking forward. ”

Before this dinner, Yu Ji had actually proposed to Wu Shigong the idea of taking refuge in him, and wanted to go to Runing Mansion with Wu Shigong. But Wu Shigong still persuaded Yu Ji to let him stay in Guide Mansion. Wu Shigong told Yu Ji: As long as he has the strength, the soldiers under Yu Ji and the soldiers under Tao Xin can completely empty Zhao Ming, the commander of Dewei. Let Yu Ji be a de facto speaker in Dewei.

After thinking about it, Yu Ji immediately agreed. You must know that Yu Jihui proposed to Wu Shigong a request to follow Wu Shigong to Runing Mansion, which shows that he himself is still very ambitious. So today, Yu Ji has also made a trust for Wu Shigong.

Those military attachés saw that Yu Ji, who had the highest rank in the audience, also agreed, and they basically agreed. Of course, there were also a few military attachés who did not want to fight anymore and refused. However, Wu Shigong was still kind to those military attachés, after all, the business was not settled.

After the dinner, the atmosphere was very warm, because everyone was going to become a family. These more than 700 military households, they have received military training along the way, and have undergone the baptism of war, Wu Shigong will never give up. If those military attachés didn't agree today, Wu Shigong wouldn't mind taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle and poaching those military households with silver.

More importantly, through such implicit control, Wu Shigong also expanded his shili to the entire Guide Mansion. Although the expansion of this shili is very reluctant and very weak, it is better to have shili than not to have shili. This is also the reason why Wu Shigong asked Yu Ji and these military households to stay in Guidewei.

Of course, what kind of treatment will these military households be in the future? How to train? What about the criteria for promotion? This will also be discussed and resolved on a case-by-case basis at a later date.

After solving this matter, Wu Shigong waited for the arrival of Qin Liangyu and her white pole soldiers. After Qin Liangyu was summoned by Emperor Chongzhen this time, Emperor Chongzhen reused Qin Liangyu. As a result, Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers will be divided into two armies. One was led by Qin Liangyu to fight with the Tartars, and the other was led by Ma Xianglin to the capital to protect Jingfu.

In the letter of appointment of the Ministry of War, it is also stipulated that Wu Shigong will go to Runing Mansion to take up his post before the end of the year. In view of the fact that Runing Mansion was not garrisoned before, the Ministry of War also stipulated that Wu Shigong should build the Runing Battalion before the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen. Of course, the construction cost of the Runing camp will be borne by Wu Shigong himself.

Regarding the latter point, Wu Shigong is a little puzzled, how can there be a reason for private individuals to pay for national defense projects? So Wu Shigong asked Qin Liangyu for advice, and Qin Liangyu replied with a smile: "Originally, to build a big camp, the imperial court would allocate some money and grain, of course, these money and grain must be insufficient. However, this time, you will build a big camp with your own money, and you can only blame you for being too arrogant in doing things, and the entire capital that sells land is full of wind and rain. If it weren't for the efforts of those powerful people, you stinky boy would not only have built a big camp with your own money, but you would have spit out a part of the silver in your mouth. ”

Qin Liangyu hadn't told Wu Shigong yet, if it weren't for the three imperial poems of Emperor Chongzhen in Qin Liangyu's hands now, the two of them wouldn't have thought about getting these land sales money with peace of mind.

After the two sides distributed the spoils and settled the money for the land sale, Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin invited Wu Shigong to a farewell wine alone. And the white pole soldiers and Wu Shigong's soldiers also came to a grand dinner.

Fighting side by side along the way, many of the two armies, from the military attache to the soldiers, have formed a deep friendship. In addition, tomorrow will part ways, in this era, this distinction may not be zaijian, especially some white pole soldiers have to go to fight outside the pass, or even life and death. Therefore, all of them appear to be very indulgent.

Under the frequent toasts, many people got drunk one after another. Especially Shumo, under the constant toast of the military attache of the white pole soldiers, he opened the gate with a basin in his hand after a while. But this kid is quite arrogant today, and while opening the gates, he is still fighting for wine. However, Shumo shook around holding the basin containing his swill, and really became a "Chu Liuxiang", leaving the fragrance of wine everywhere.

Seeing the ugliness of the military attachés and soldiers outside from the big tent, Qin Liangyu, Wu Shigong and Ma Xianglin were also smiling.

Qin Liangyu said to Wu Shigong with a smile: "This time the troops are divided, the grain and grass of the old man and Xianglin's sons are supplied along the way anyway, and the extra 4,000 stones of grain and grass in this camp will be given to you." ”

Wu Shigong was very happy, he raised his wine glass and saluted Qin Liangyu: "Boy, thank you godmother here." ”

"You stinky boy is good at everything, but you are contaminated with the vices of some military generals. Say goodbye today, and I don't know when we will be able to see each other again. The old body is here to advise you that it is not a big deal if you lose a small section, but you must always keep the loyalty of the monarch in mind. This is haode who loves soldiers like children, but for the sake of the emperor, he is willing to let his sons sacrifice. ”

Wu Shigong also drank a little bit of wine at this time, so he spit out the truth. He shook his head and said, "Godmother, the kid has also seen it along the way." We, the military attachés, were raised by our stepmothers. We gave up our lives to serve the king, but those civil officials did not even give us food and grass. ”

"That's okay, but look at the appearance of those other friendly troops, they are as stupid as pigs and dogs, they are already haode if they don't drag us back, if you want them to support us, then don't think about it."

Wu Shigong didn't notice that Qin Liangyu's face was already a little wrong, and he continued to gush: "Just look at your godmother." Both brothers sacrificed their lives for the country. Brother Ma also lost an eye. And there are so many good sons and daughters of the white pole soldiers! They all fell on the battlefield. But godmother, what have you gained? Nothing but some false names. ”

"Godmother, you also know that the sons and daughters under the kid are all military households. They don't talk about being cattle and horses in the local area on weekdays. This time, King Qin, the sons and daughters are all good, and without saying a word, they came to the capital and fought hard with the Tartars, killing and wounding more than 200 people. But what about the reward issued by the imperial court? Only three hundred taels were distributed into the hands of the boys. Three hundred taels! Godmother, did you say that the court treats us as human beings? We don't ask for much, we just want to be seen as a human being! ”

"The kid said something about the godmother, if the court wants the kid to fight in the future, the kid really has to think about it before he talks. The kid also advised his godmother, take it easy in the future, don't work so hard. You should take care of your body a little more. ”

Qin Liangyu finally heard that she couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up, threw the wine glass in her hand at Wu Shigong, and scolded angrily: "You bastard who has no gentleman, get out of the old body." ”

Although Wu Shigong made an iron plate bridge and avoided the wine glass thrown by Qin Liangyu, the wine in the wine glass was still spilled Wu Shigong's head and face, which looked particularly embarrassed. Wu Shigong pursed his lips, and just as he wanted to talk back, he saw Ma Xianglin making hints on the side, asking Wu Shigong to avoid it for a while and avoid Qin Liangyu's fire. Wu Shigong had no choice but to leave the big tent stupidly.

After Wu Shigong left, Ma Xianglin advised Qin Liangyu and said: "Mother, Brother Wu is still willing to fight for the emperor. Although his words were a little unpleasant, his son thought there was some truth. ”

Qin Liangyu, who was on the fire, shook his hand and gave Ma Xianglin a slap, and Ma Xianglin hurriedly knelt on the ground. Qin Liangyu raised his hand and just wanted to do it a second time, but when he saw his son's blind eye, he couldn't do anything.

Qin Liangyu thought of her husband who died unjustly, thought of the two brothers who died on the battlefield, and thought of the old soldiers who accompanied her and her husband at that time, and now there are few people left. Qin Liangyu's tears couldn't stop falling. Ma Xianglin also shed tears with him.

The guards outside the big tent heard the movement in the big tent and rushed to the door of the big tent, and saw Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin hugging each other and crying. Qin Liangyu didn't want to show her weakness in front of her guards, so she desperately tried to hold back her tears. But she caressed her son's face, but she couldn't stop the tears......