"Alas! Last year in Dengzhou, this year in Xuzhou, why can't we celebrate the New Year at home! Wu Shigong couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes! Old conductor! Why is it that our Runing Army has to fight every Chinese New Year, this is really a yujian ghost! Zhou Xun also complained on the side.

It is now the eighth day of the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, and the Runing army has set up its own camp forty or fifty miles in Xuzhou, and has been in the camp for two days.

These days, the Runing army has not made any moves, because the war in Xuzhou no longer needs them to worry. Knowing that after entering Xuzhou, Zuo Liangyu led the army to pounce. And Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, who finally gathered the rescue army, also led an army of more than 18,000 troops, including 2,000 iron cavalry from Guanning and 3,000 soldiers from Tianjin, into Xuzhou.

This immediately highlighted a problem of less porridge and more monks, and the credit was so much, everyone had to rob it, so they all sent a letter to Wu Shigong, asking his Runing army to stop the peasant rebel army from escaping at the border of Xuzhou, and these two armies rushed to exterminate this peasant rebel army.

And this order also hit Wu Shigong's heart. Wu Shigong didn't want his Runing army to suffer any more losses, so in the past few days, he used the reward sent by Guide and Xuzhou to make up for the New Year with the whole army.

"Two more days! If nothing happens in two days, we'll go home! Wu Shigong said categorically.

The current Runing army is still not able to leave, because of the news from the front, the Shooting Heaven Destroying Department has just engaged the two Ming armies. If this peasant rebel army fled in the direction of the Runing Army after the battle, if it had not been intercepted by the Runing Army, they would definitely have re-entered the Guide Province. Isn't this another trouble for Wu Shigong?

But waiting two days is different. By that time, the strength of the Celestial Collapse Division had been almost depleted. Wu Shigong could have left the Nanyang Legion, which lacked an infantry regiment, here, and with the cooperation and support of the Runing Legion behind him, he could completely plug this gap.

As for Wu Shigong himself! It must be necessary to rush back to Runing Mansion with the soldiers and horses of the headquarters. In the end, the threat of more than 300,000 people in Zhang Xianzhong's department is still there. I'll be able to rest assured when I go back.

"Isn't the old conductor here? After a few days, the shooting collapsed sky, Xuzhou must be invited, and the old conductor can also appreciate the customs of Xuzhou! ”

Zhou Xun's words made the senior officers around Wu Shigong daxiao. Wu Shigong also scolded with a smile: "I don't know the little Jiujiu in your heart yet? In Xuzhou, our Runing Army did not make any efforts, and the officials in Xuzhou may still hold a grudge against our Runing Army for driving the Shaanxi bandits over. Besides, it's not interesting to eat some leftovers behind Governor Zhu and General Zuo, so it's better to go back to guard our hometown earlier. ”

Wu Shigong knew that participating in such a banquet would always get some food and salary. However, compared to the Runing Army in Runing Mansion, these benefits are very few.

Besides, Wu Shigong's relationship with Zhu Dadian and Zuo Liangyu is not good, compared to them, Wu Shigong's official title is ...... There are no official titles. In this kind of official-based banquet. Wu Shigong is not looking for abuse? So in his heart, Wu Shigong didn't want to go to such a banquet.

He Fei on the side poked his head over and asked, "Master!" In the past few days, the villain has gone to the neighborhood to investigate and found a lot of iron ore and carboniferous ore. ”

"Go! Go! Go! Don't come up with any bad ideas! Now we don't have that much energy! Wu Shigong scolded with a smile again. Then he pointed at He Fei and said. "But your words remind me. When our headquarters are gone, you'll stay here and have a good time. Those mines don't give back to the place so easily. Don't take some benefits. Just let them wait to collect the scrap mines. Don't be afraid! Don't even let go of the mine supervisor of Xuzhou Iron Mine! But I'm not worried about that, it's not the first time you've done such a thing! ”

Wu Shigong's words caused a wave of daxiao around. Wu Shigong continued: "I also want to find more iron mine craftsmen to send back to Runing." Forget about the coal, iron and iron ore, as long as they can be transported, they will be transported to our Runing as soon as possible, and other things must be carefully scavenged. Anyway, we've always been thieves. I can't help it! Our Runing Army is still too poor! ”

Wu Shigong's words made the officers even more laughing. On the side, several leaders of the peasant rebel army who had just surrendered thought to themselves: "Is such a rich army still crying poor? Really...... I've really voted for the right place! ”

This time, in order to increase his strength. Wu Shigong took the cavalry and veterans of the peasant rebel army who surrendered to him, and some young and strong prisoners, and formed an auxiliary regiment of 2,000 people.

However, Wu Shigong also explained very clearly to these captive auxiliaries: joining the army is voluntary, and the military salary is 30%. And after this battle, it will also be scattered and filled into the various units of the Runing Army. Only when the military jishu is qualified in the future can he get the full salary as an official soldier of the Runing Army.

But it's such a harsh condition. It also made the captives enthusiastically sign up, because they were really afraid of living a precarious and poor life.

But after entering the Runing Army, those sophisticated equipment dazzled them, and those rich diets made their mouths water. Although the rules of the Runing Army are also quite big, and they can't fully adapt to them for a while, but compared to such a stable life, these rules can still be tolerated.

Therefore, the main impression of these captive auxiliaries on the Runing Army these days is that they are rich. Some well-informed people also inquired about their own 30% military salary, which is enough to make a family make ends meet, so it is not a big problem to work hard or something.

For the current Runing Army, the expansion of territory is actually a disguised thinning of its own troops. This time, the Runing Army's Nanyang and Guide runs at both ends are also due to this reason.

And now that Runing Army has its own private iron mine, the demand for iron materials is not in short supply. Besides, the shortcoming of the Runing Army is silver, and it is impossible to spend a lot of financial and material resources to open a new iron mine in Xuzhou.

Therefore, in addition to being an indispensable and important place, the Runing Army will also temporarily stop expanding the control area. The Runing army was willing to go out and occupy land in the form of a combination of military and merchant merchants, rather than actually control a new area.

Besides, the Xuzhou Iron Mine is also the royal private property managed by the Inner Court, and if Wu Shigong makes any moves, there will be no such lucky thing as the Nanyang Iron Mine last time. It's better to just grab a vote. (To be continued......)