"You...... You've really laid down the tail of Dongguan! A moment later, Li Wei came to the man in the dream. Although the sight in front of him had proved everything, he still looked incredulous.

"How did you do that?" He couldn't help but ask.

Huang Zhi wanted to answer him, "Xia worms can't talk ice", but thinking that everyone would have many opportunities to get along in the future, it would be better not to irritate him if he didn't look up and see him. But Li Wei's question was really difficult to answer, so he could only smile noncommittally.

Being looked at by Li Wei for a while, Huang Zhi had to make up a perfunctory reason casually, "Accident, pure accident." We were going to try to see if we could set fire to their siege engines, but we didn't expect the rebels to be so vulnerable that we were able to take Weidongguan easily. ”

Of course, Li Wei could hear that Huang Zhi's statement was perfunctory, and after the initial excitement, he also calmed down at this time, knowing that there were some things that he couldn't ask, so he could only stop there.

He turned his head to look around for a moment, and saw that the entire row of tents had been burned to ashes, revealing one of the charred corpses, showing the painful struggle before death. The air is still filled with the smell of burning mixed with various materials, especially the unique smell of burning corpses, and it is conceivable how many rebel soldiers were burned to death in Weidong Pass.

Hundreds of rebel soldiers, under the supervision of the Eastern Navy, are cleaning up the battlefield. Some of them were responsible for gathering weapons and baggage in one place so that the Eastern Navy could recover them. More rebel soldiers carried the bodies of their comrades walking on the battlefield in pairs and transported them to a valley behind Weidong Pass for incineration.

The soldiers of the Eastern Navy had obviously not calmed down from their excitement one by one, and they were in groups of three or five supervising the rebel soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield while boasting about their achievements to their comrades.

Li Wei looked at it for a while, turned his head to Huang Zhi, who had been by his side, but said nothing, looking like he wanted to say something.

Huang Zhi saw that he had something to say, but he obviously had some scruples, so he couldn't open his mouth for a long time, so he simply took the initiative to ask, "General Li, what is there to hide?" If I can help, please ask. ”

Huang Zhi naturally wouldn't promise anything to the other party in vain, but he saw that Li Wei had something to ask for him, so he would definitely have the opportunity to get some benefits from the state capital. With this kind of psychological advantage, the Tokai team will definitely not suffer.

Li Wei muttered in his mouth for a while before he salivated and said, "Brother Shixin, there are two things that only you can help me. ”

Huang Zhi didn't answer, but he should have it in his heart, "Don't say it's two things, as long as you can pay the corresponding price, it doesn't matter if you have eight out of ten." ”

Li Wei waited for a few seconds, and saw that Huang Zhi was not so stupid that he didn't wait for him to say that he was ugly and said yes, so he could only say things honestly, "First thing, this battle, oh, do you think it can be counted as a brother?" ”

"It turns out that this kid wants to take the ......," Huang Zhi suddenly realized.

For an officer and army general like Li Wei, who eats public food, this kind of thing is the most important indicator to evaluate his ability, and it is related to whether he can be promoted in the future. What's more, Li Wei has just suffered a defeated battle, and he needs a hearty victory to atone for his crimes, otherwise his career will probably be bleak.

But for the East China Sea team and the East China Navy under their command, credit is dispensable. A few days ago, they successively took Weinancang and Wanghui City, and when they returned to the town, they also specially revealed this matter to Dong'er, in order to see if the Dongzhou Imperial Court would reward meritorious deeds.

Who knew that Dong'er acted as if there was nothing, and dealt with it with a casual "congratulations", and there was no follow-up. It wasn't until Huang Zhi took the initiative to "reward" her with a salivating face that Dong'er clearly told him not to be delusional.

The Dongzhou Imperial Court will only reward the officially arranged missions, but will not make any reaction to the self-assertive military behavior of the Eastern Navy. Whether it wins or loses, it is the Eastern Navy's own business, and what kind of benefits it can get from the rebels is also the Eastern Navy's own ability, so don't complain if you lose.

In this case, it doesn't matter how the East Pass is laid, anyway, as long as the Eastern Navy can collect the weapons and baggage of the rebels, it will be a real benefit, and as for the nominal things, no one in the East China Sea team will care about these. They didn't even know if the "emperor" of the Dongzhou Imperial Court really existed, no matter what the other party thought of their achievements.

Taking a step back, the person in the dream has never even stepped into the range of the state capital, if Li Wei really intends to take the risk of receiving the reward in front of the Lizhou assassin, the East China Sea team does not have the leisure to run thousands of miles to fight for reason. At that time, they might as well think about how to develop Donghai Town, how to fight the rebels in Wei County, and bring Wei County under their control.

This kind of thing Huang Zhi can really promise Li Wei on the spot, you must know that they still planned to give away Wanghui City at the beginning. But at this moment, since the other party opened his mouth to ask for it, he had to let Li Wei promise a little benefit.

"Oh, this ......" Huang Zhi pretended to be very hesitant, "It's not impossible to count one share from the state army, it's just how do we give an explanation to the brothers of the Eastern Navy, after all, they are the ones who shed blood and contributed." ”

Li Wei naturally knew that he couldn't do it without paying a price, and he groaned for a long time before he spoke, "I know that your Eastern Navy has just been established, and the imperial court does not pay food, everything has to be planned by yourself, and there should be some difficulties in funding. Brother, I have also had some savings over the years, which should be enough for half a year's food for 2,000 people, even if it is support for your army. ”

He can see clearly, knowing that money is something outside the body after all, and it is earned to be used at a critical time. He has led soldiers for all these years, whether it is to eat empty salaries or to kill good people and risk meritorious deeds, so he has saved such a fortune. If you are dismissed because of the defeat this time, you will inevitably be left behind, and it is not necessary that all your family wealth will be stolen at that time.

Therefore, it is better to take out these things outside the body in time to buy the people of your dreams, as long as you can get their tacit understanding, keeping your official position means that you will have a better future in the future, and at the same time, you will have more opportunities to make money.

Regarding this quid pro quo proposed by Li Wei, Huang Zhi really couldn't refuse. Although the money in the dream realm of the Dongzhou forces is useless to the people in the dream, the Eastern Navy cannot do without these things. Although he knew that Li Wei must have more than enough money in hand, if he asked the other party to increase his weight, it would hurt his feelings.

So Huang Zhi weighed it again and again, and agreed to Li Wei's first request at the moment.

Seeing that Huang Zhi agreed so simply, Li Wei was afraid that he was not very clear about his requirements, so he hurriedly reminded, "Brother Shixin, weapons and baggage can be given to you, and the rebel soldiers should also be useful to the Eastern Navy, brother, I can also do without prisoners of war." But those rebel generals, you can score a few of me, so that I can give an explanation to Lord Assassin. ”

Huang Zhi was also stunned when he heard this, and then he was stunned. It's just that he can't do it alone, and he has to discuss it with his teammates later before he can give Li Wei an accurate answer. But it's not a big problem, according to Wu Qiang's statistics, the rebel generals captured this time are as many as double digits, and there are not a few who died in the war. Even if you can't give Li Wei a mouth, it's not a problem to give a few rebel heads.

According to Liu Yuanzhi, most of the rebel generals were born as bandits, and there were not many who really knew how to march and fight, but they all had a big temper and a bad surname. There are not many people like Liu Yuanzhi who have real materials, and it is even more difficult to find a second one like Li Erhu. All in all, with the current scale of the Eastern Navy, there are almost no rebel generals who can control it in their dreams.

If someone really wants to surrender to the Eastern Navy, I'm afraid that the person in the dream will have to think about it. You must know that the current backbone of the Eastern Navy belonging to the original town guard is only 500 people, and more of them are newcomers who joined later, and their loyalty has not yet been fully cultivated. A third of the soldiers were simply rebel soldiers, and if the rebel generals with ulterior motives were allowed to control these forces, it was entirely possible that this young Eastern Navy would be occupied by the doves.

"I can't guarantee that you can get a few rebel generals, this will be discussed later when the results are counted, now you talk about the second thing first." Huang Zhi intuitively felt that Li Wei's second thing would bring greater benefits to the Eastern Navy.

Li Wei nodded, he knew the weight of Huang Zhi in the dream people, so he no longer worried about this matter. "The second thing, I hope that the Eastern Navy will attack Tail City with our Lizhou Army!"

This time Huang Zhicai was really dumbfounded, he didn't expect Li Wei to make such an exaggerated request.

Li Wei smiled awkwardly to himself, "I know this request is a bit abrupt, but the benefits are definitely indispensable to yours." Listen to me, Tail City is the seat of Tail County, and most of the wealth looted by the rebels over the years is concentrated there. At this moment, the main force of the rebels is newly defeated, if you and I pursue in time, while the other party has time to transfer property, we will definitely be able to obtain these riches. ”

Seeing that Huang Zhi was a little moved, he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "You also know my brother's current situation, a great victory in Dongguan is just barely enough to make my brother and me get over it, and it is still not good to return to the state capital like this." Only by taking Tail City can this merit be enough for Lord Thorn Shi to ignore the loss of 4,000 soldiers and horses. So, the wealth of the rebels, I don't want a penny, brother. As long as the Eastern Navy can help me capture Tail City, everything in it is yours, just leave me a shell of Tail City. ”

The benefit promised by Li Wei was so great that Huang Zhi was a little skeptical about the reliability of his words. If it weren't for the fact that the number of officers and soldiers in the Eastern Navy was much larger than that of Li Wei's hands today, he would have to worry about whether there was a conspiracy here, and whether Li Wei would turn against each other and stab the Eastern Navy in the back after the matter was completed.

After staring at Li Wei's eyes for a long time, Huang Zhicai nodded, "I can't agree to you on my own in this matter, I must wait for me to discuss it with my teammates before I can give you an answer." ”

Then he turned his head to look around, and his teammates had already gone their separate ways before Li Wei came, leaving him alone to deal with the Dingyuan general. Recently, Chen Chuang was called to accompany Li Wei, and he quickly confessed himself, and went to the captain to discuss the feasible surname of the matter with Zhang Wei.

Li Wei also wished that he would hurry up to discuss with the other dream people, and immediately said that he could go back to the army outside the Guanguan and leave the state capital to wait for their reply, and he would not be here to affect the tail sweeping work of the East Navy in the East Guannei of Weidong.

The attack on Weicheng should be done sooner rather than later, Huang Zhi hurriedly found Sima Fuqiang, who was screening the rebel generals with Liu Yuanzhi, and asked Chen Chuang to help find Zhang Wei.

After the three stinkers met, Huang Zhi immediately explained to the other two that Li Wei had come to the intention.

Sima Fuqiang first expressed his opinion, "The first thing is fine, Liu Yuanzhi and I have seen it just now, those rebel generals are not good goods, and it is a hidden danger to keep them, so give them to Li Wei to take credit." As for the second thing, I personally think that from a strategic point of view, it is definitely worth it, even without the wealth of the rebels. ”

"Well, how do you say that?" Huang Zhi has no doubt about the captain's strategic vision.

"Although we have repeatedly conquered the rebels' Chengguan and consumed a lot of their troops, according to Liu Yuanzhi, the really strongest forces of the rebels are still in the confrontation with the Lizhou army on the border between Wei County and Xin County in the north of Wei County. If we don't take into account the factors of those of us who are dreamers, the current personal abilities of the Eastern Navy soldiers are at most comparable to the elite of these rebels. However, the other side has 4,000 troops, while we only have 1,000 and 5, and the difference in numbers is relatively large. ”

"It's true that the Eastern Navy doesn't have the strength to fight a tough battle now, but aren't those rebel elites pinned down in the north?" Zhang Wei asked puzzled.

"The rebels are known as the rebels, but they are still bandits in nature, and you can't expect them to have strict military discipline. If these armies abandon the defensive line in the north and turn to our enemy, it will not do us any good. And once the army from the state capital took the tail city, Li Wei was bound to be stationed in the city. At that time, the hatred and attention of these rebels will be focused on Li Wei, and the Eastern Navy will be able to develop smoothly for a while. ”

Zhang Wei nodded, "The Eastern Navy does need a period of time to digest the recent gains, and expanding its forces too quickly is not good for the Eastern Navy, it will only make the quality of the soldiers low and the loyalty insufficient." ”

"Then the opinions of both of you are in favor of cooperating with Li Wei to attack Tail City? Then I'll go to him and discuss the specific battle plan. After the three of them reached an agreement, Huang Zhi hurried to the open space between the two passes, where Li Wei's army was waiting at the moment.

After a while, Li Wei followed Huang Zhi to Sima Fuqiang, and politely said, "General Sima, I heard that you have agreed to attack Weicheng, you are really far-sighted!" ”

After knowing each other for so long, it was the first time that Li Wei was so polite to himself, Sima Fuqiang couldn't help but admire this guy's "ability to bend and stretch", so he had to return the salute with courtesy. Then his face turned straight, "Although I agree with the cooperation between the Eastern Navy and your army, there are a few issues that must be confirmed first. ”

"Please." Li Wei is not stupid, so he naturally understands that some words are better to be clear first. Otherwise, under the tail city, the two sides will hinder each other, which is not a good thing.

"Since ancient times, coordinated operations have been a lot of right and wrong, first of all, the relationship between the two armies, and the ownership of command, all of which must be clearly explained in order to give each other a peace of mind." Sima Fuqiang had seen too many precedents in history in which friendly forces had fallen against each other, and Li Wei had already anticipated this problem, and he had already planned in his heart. "The question of subordination, although the East China Sea is located in Lizhou, the East China Sea is also allowed by the imperial court to erect a banner into an army, so I don't dare to regard your army as a subordinate when leaving the state army."

Sima Fuqiang nodded, what he wanted was Li Wei's words. If this General Dingyuan still has a sense of superiority as an official and soldier at this moment, then it will be difficult for this cooperation to continue.

"As for the command, since you have the ability to take Weidongguan twice, I believe that it will not be difficult to attack Weicheng, which has limited forces at the moment. As long as General Sima is sure to take Weicheng and does not use my men and horses as cannon fodder, Li is willing to obey your dispatch for the time being. ”

Huang Zhi couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, this Li Wei was very self-aware, so he simply handed over the command. He hurriedly expressed his opinion in a timely manner, "General Li, although rest assured, we will definitely take the tail city with the smallest loss." And it is not necessary to hand over this command to us. ”

"Oh, how do you say?" Li Wei had an inexplicable trust in Huang Zhi, and subconsciously felt that it was beneficial to him.

"General Li trusts us so much, we will naturally present the battle plan, and as for the specific command of the army leaving the state capital, we will not do it for us."

Huang Zhi's statement is nothing more than to save face for Li Wei, in essence, it is still the three stinkers of the East China Sea Team who are doing the overall command and coordination work, but they just give Li Wei a chance to pretend in front of people.

Li Wei was overjoyed when he heard this, "Then Li has thanked General Sima and Brother Shixin here!" So when do we go? ”

Sima Fuqiang calculated the time in his heart a little, "Well, please ask General Li to go and clean up the soldiers and horses first, it will take some time for the Eastern Navy to clean up the battlefield, and I will hand over some of the rebel generals to the general in the early morning." As for the time of sending troops to attack the tail city, it is tentatively scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. ”

Li Wei once again surrendered to the three stinkers of the East China Sea before leaving.

Zhang Wei watched him go away, and then called Wu Qiang over, "Have all the weapons been collected?" ”

Wu Qiang nodded, "Yes, Lord Renwei." The main thing is now to count the casualties on both sides, and a concrete figure will come out later. ”

"Well, it's okay to ask the second battalion to do these things, and let Chen Chuang work a little harder. As for the 1st Battalion and the 'Trapped Camp', we will immediately return to Dongwei Pass to rest, and we will send troops to attack Weicheng tomorrow afternoon. This time, let the second battalion stay. You and Erhu also hurry up to rest. ”

Wu Qiang was overjoyed when he heard this, "This time it's our turn to attack, right?" That's great! I'll arrange it. ”

(To be continued)