Sun Chuanting's letter is not only a verbal promise, but also an action.

When Chen Wang led the troops to return to Hanzhong Mansion, Sun Chuanting separated more than 1,500 collar cloth face armor, as well as matching arm coverings and helmets from the seizures.

Even in the end, Sun Chuanting paid him two months' military salary.

Sometimes it's really fate, and after Gao Yingxiang's death, the rain stopped.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, many places in Shaanxi Province not only fell into drought again, but also broke out locust plague, which can be said to be worse.

However, Gao Yingxiang suffered a heavy rain that lasted for nearly ten days in July.

Chen Wang led his army to return to Hanzhong from the Meridian Road, and for more than ten days, he did not encounter a single rain.

By the time we arrived outside Hanzhong Mansion and Shiquan City, it was already the fourth day of August.

There were a total of four cities in Hanzhong Province that were captured by the Liukou, and three of them were in the eastern part of Hanzhong Province, near Xing'an City.

Shiquan is the fourth city to be captured by the Liukou, Gao Yingxiang entered the meridian road from Shiquan, and then went all the way north into the plank road, and finally turned into Fu Luo Road.

At this time, order had been initially restored in Shiquan County.

After Chen Wang led the troops to Shiquan, he had just ordered to set up camp, and before he got off his horse, a group of cavalry in Shiquan City galloped over quickly.

The person who came was the commander of the current garrison in Shiquan City, Zhang Kang, a hundred households in Hanzhongwei.

"Hanzhongwei went down to Zhang Kang of a hundred households, and knocked to see the general."

Chen Wang pulled the reins, rode on the horse, looked at the middle-aged strong man kneeling not far in front of the horse, wearing a red arrow suit, and raised the horsewhip.

"Get up."

The clothes on Zhang Kang's body were a little white, and Chen Wang noticed that Zhang Kang's bottoms were still patched.

The whole body was covered with wind and dust, only the waist knife on his waist was still clean and tidy.

Hearing Chen Wang's voice asking him to get up, he hurriedly got up from the ground, and then greeted him with a smiling face.

"How many people are there in Stone Springs City now?"

Chen Wang glanced up at Shiquan County, which was not far away, and then moved his gaze to Zhang Kang's body.

"There are about two or three thousand people in the city, and the exact number is not clear."

"The people in the city are more or less under our control, but the prefect has sent someone to take care of them."

Soon after the Liukou evacuated, the news of the fall of Shiquan County was also learned by Lin Daoquan, the prefect of Hanzhong.

After confirming that the Liukou had indeed left Hanzhong Mansion, Lin Daoquan sent officials to collect the villagers in Shiquan City and re-establish order.

When the army is in chaos, it is naturally impossible for the officials who are responsible for collecting the victims and rebuilding the city to take a small number of officials to their posts.

Therefore, Zhang Kang was sent over and brought the people in the office to guard Shiquan.

Zhang Kang tilted his head and thought for a moment, and then replied cautiously.

"Lord Qianhu asked us to look at the city and take care of the thieves and brawlers."

can be transferred to Shiquan City, which has just been broken by the intrusive army and has not been fully defended.

Zhang Kang naturally has few people to support him in Weizhong, and he has no background, after all, this is a chore.

At this moment, facing Chen Wang, who is a general, he is naturally cautious, for fear of doing the wrong thing and saying the wrong thing.

"I'll stay here for a while longer, there's nothing to do here for the time being, you can go back first."

From Zhang Kang's mouth, Chen Wang got a lot of news about Shiquan, and he also had a preliminary understanding of Shiquan's current situation.

Chen Wang waved his hand, and then issued an eviction order.

Zhang Kang naturally didn't say anything, and after another salute, he returned to Shiquan City with a few family members.

A large part of the city wall of Shiquan was damaged, and most of the houses in the city were also damaged to a greater or lesser extent.

The most severely damaged area is the location of the prefectural government.

The magistrate of Shiquan County threw himself into the water and died when the city was broken, and the county government was ignited by the intruders who broke into the city, and now most of them have turned into charcoal.

The officials in the county were basically killed by the intruding army, and most of the people in Shiquan County were coerced into the army, and only a very small number survived.

Some of the guards defending the city surrendered to thieves, some were killed in battle, and more than 100 people were found dead, and the rest were nowhere to be found, and it was difficult to distinguish, so they simply put it on hold for the time being.

Most of the wealthy gentry in Shiquan County were slaughtered by the rogue, and the target of the rogues was clear, and it was placed on them.

At this time, the lives of ordinary people are basically miserable, and what can be snatched from them.

Ordinary people will basically not encounter the danger of their lives when they encounter the rogues, and the rogues will coerce them into the army, and the robberies are mainly aimed at the rich gentry and officials and merchants.

Most of the rogues were born in poverty, so they were also quite hostile to these rich gentry, officials and merchants, and after taking away the money, they basically did not leave these people's lives.

Therefore, in Shiquan County, most of the wealthy gentry did not survive, and the only two or three families that survived still fled into the mountains and forests in advance, and were not found by the rogues who searched the mountains and survived.

In other words, most of the land in Shiquan County is now ownerless.

Chen Wang got off his horse and walked to a temporary grass hut, at this time the prototype of the camp had almost been built, and everyone was busy in full swing.

Chen Wang sat on the chair under the grass shed, Zhao Huailiang was arranging to set up camp, and the only people who followed Chen Wang were Chen Gong, Zhou Yumao and Du Wugang.

Chen Gong and Zhou Yumao sat down with Chen Wang, while Du Wugang stood on the side of the straw shed and did not come in, and did not sit down together.

Du Wugang is a thousand households of the Xing'an Thousand Households, and when Xing'an was besieged, he commanded the guards in the city and was also in charge of the militia.

When Chen Wang decided to go out of the city to pursue Gao Yingxiang, Du Wugang took the initiative to ask Ying to go with him.

At that time, after a short period of thought, Chen Wang agreed to Du Wugang's request.

In this way, Du Wugang followed Chen Wang all the way north, and finally entered Heishuiyu.

In the Battle of Heishuiyu, the cavalry that attacked the rear of the Yukou Chuang Army was led by Du Wugang and Zhou Yumao.

Zhou Yumao is a guerrilla and can naturally sit, but he is only a thousand households, and his level is not enough.

As for Chen Gong's level, he also sat down with him, but Chen Gong is Chen Wang's younger brother, and the two are related by blood, so they are naturally different from others.

"Come and sit."

Chen Wang saw through Du Wugang's psychology and knew that he didn't dare to sit, so he raised his hand and pointed to the chair in front of him.

Du Wugang hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, first stunned for a moment, and then looked happy, ran into the grass shed in small steps, and sat down respectfully.

There is a strict hierarchy in the army, and Chen Wang's ability to allow him to sit on the side represents recognition.

Du Wugang has been a deputy Qianhu for many years, and he is in the guard center in the mainland, he has no military merits, and his relationship background is not strong, and there is almost no hope of promotion.

The arrival of the rogues is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity.

He chose to take the initiative to ask for help, and he risked his life to join the pursuing troops, but he didn't want to be a guard officer for the rest of his life, and now that he finally entered Chen Wang's eyes, he naturally couldn't hide his excitement.

Chen Wang didn't care too much about Du Wugang's excitement, he chose to accept Du Wugang for two reasons.

First, Du Wugang is not as unbearable as an ordinary guard officer, although he also eats empty pay and drinks the blood of soldiers, but at least the soldiers under his command can fight, and he dares to fight.

The second is because Du Wugang is now a thousand households of Xing'an Thousand Households, and he is in charge of a Thousand Households.

In addition to Xing'an in the eastern part of Hanzhong Province, the three counties of Pingli, Xunyang and Ziyang all fell, and even ravaged them, and most of the people were coerced into the army, and there were few remnants of a large area of land that was deserted and ownerless.

In the eastern part of Hanzhong Prefecture, there is now only one Thousand Households in Xing'an, and these lands will naturally be assigned to the Thousand Households in Xing'an.

"Although the military merits have not yet been completed, my reward has basically been determined."

Chen Wang leaned back in his seat, his gaze swept over the faces of several people, and he lowered his voice slightly.

"Although Gao Yingxiang is dead, there are still hundreds of thousands of rogues in Xunxiang and Xiang."

"The threat of rogues is increasing day by day, Hanzhong Mansion is an important place, ready to set up a town, the first deputy commander of Hanzhong Town, it should be me as no accident."

Zhou Yumao's body subconsciously leaned forward, and there was a hint of eagerness in his eyes.

Chen Wang's promotion along the way can be described as a steady progress.

The twenty-six-year-old deputy chief soldier is rarely seen at any time.

But thinking of Chen Wang's military exploits, everything can be figured out again.

has military merits, can fight, and his own background is not bad.

Chen Wang used to be Cao Wenzhao's family, and Cao Wenzhao is now the chief military officer of the Guannai, and Cao Wenzhao is Chen Wang's backer.

And Cao Wenzhao has a good relationship with many important people in the imperial court, and Wu Sheng, the original inspector of the imperial history, has been speaking for Cao Wenzhao.

Now Cao Wenzhao is even more deeply aware of Hong Chengchou, and Hong Chengchou is now Cao Wenzhao's backer.

In this way, in fact, Chen Wang can be regarded as Hong Chengchou's descendant.

Zhou Yumao sighed in his heart, he was born as a martial artist, and he is now thirty-seven years old, but he is still just a guerrilla.

The qualifications of a guerrilla and company standing in the team, there is no way to compare him with Chen Wang.

However, Zhou Yumao was not jealous of Chen Wang's promotion, because he was now serving as a guerrilla under Chen Wang.

He knows very well that as long as he keeps following Chen Wang's pace, as long as he keeps up with Chen Wang's pace, he will definitely not be a little guerrilla forever.

Du Wugang and Zhou Yumao are the same, their eyes are eager, Zhou Yumao doesn't want to be just a guerrilla all the time, how can he want to end up in Xing'an City.

The world is vast and the scenery is infinite, and he wants to jump out of the huge cage of Xing'an.

Chen Wang took full account of the performance of the two of them, and he also had a little more certainty in his heart.

"In recent years, Hanzhong Mansion has suffered many military disasters, and the Hanzhong Guards have suffered repeated losses during the counterinsurgency."

"Therefore, in addition to serving as the deputy chief soldier of the town guard, I will also take the position of commander of the Han Zhongwei and the commander, and be responsible for rectifying the guard, clearing the tun and increasing classes, and training soldiers."

Chen Wang raised his head, his gaze burning, staring at the ruined Shiquan City not far away.

Shiquan is located in the center of Hanzhong Mansion, in a position almost in the center, whether it is in the east or west of Hanzhong Mansion, there is a danger, you can rush to support in time.

He is going to take Shiquan as the center and radiate the entire Hanzhong Mansion.

Moreover, Shiquan County has suffered serious damage, most of the rich and wealthy gentry have been killed by the invasion army, and there are few people in the land, and the restrictions on development will be extremely small.

Along the way, after several lives and deaths, through all kinds of difficulties, the war is endless, and there is almost no rest.

Now, he has finally gained a region that can develop steadily, turned into a new chapter, and can finally show his strength and ambitions.