Chapter Twenty-Nine: Buying People's Hearts

After cutting off Liu Xin's head with a knife, Zhou Shixian did not stop there, and then held the head that was still dripping blood in one hand and the Qi knife in the other, and slowly walked towards Liu Xin's military camp.

The other officers followed behind him, and Emperor Chongzhen was still surrounded by twenty brocade guards, sitting on the side to watch the play.

I have to say that after experiencing the disaster of the destruction of the capital city and the almost destruction of the country, it is Emperor Chongzhen, and he has grown a lot.

Tonight's incident, Zhou Shixian naturally told him early in the morning. As for the so-called eyeliner, it doesn't exist at all, it's just that Xue Laoer's people heard the rumors.

Therefore, whether to kill Liu Xin or not, what you see is the performance of the other party, but unfortunately, this Liu Xin has never seen the world after all, as soon as the serious Ming Emperor came out, Zhou Shixian was intimidated, and he was already frightened, and he directly admitted everything he had done.

However, Zhou Shixian's impromptu decision in this process was made by Emperor Chongzhen and Li Banghua, and they had to admire, not to mention those military leaders.

The vast majority of people are resourceful and indecisive, always hesitating, thinking too much about everything and doing too little. So most of the time, it doesn't work out as a big deal.

And Zhou Shixian's heroism and impromptu determination along the way were the key to his subjugation of these warriors and even Wenchen.

It's still the same sentence, you have to let others sell your life to you, for one of your decisions, in a word, even if you are willing to be born and die, you have to give others a reason, a trustworthy reason.

And now Zhou Shixian undoubtedly did it - he knew everything about the Shun army externally, single-handedly planned a breakthrough, played the Shun army in the palm of his hand, and defeated the triple rebels led by Pang Lun, and severely punished the ill-intentioned internally, integrated the army, and paid food and pay for the correct military discipline.

Now, Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and Kong Tao, with dozens of officers under their command, as well as Liu Xin's old department, are closely following behind Zhou Shixian.

They were already convinced of the young colt in front of them, or rather, there was a trace of fear in their convincing, if Zhou Shixian was going to kill someone, I am afraid they would not even dare to resist.

Because, now in their consciousness, Zhou Shixian can really kill them easily, if anyone dares to resist or obstruct, they may only die worse instead of changing the result.

But this colt is about rules and reason, not that you will kill people casually, as long as you don't have crooked thoughts and don't do things that are not tolerated by military law, you don't have to worry.

After some reassurance and warning, Zhou Shixian immediately sent Emperor Chongzhen away, and then completed the expansion of the "Wu/Wei Battalion" overnight, formed a strong force that obeyed his orders, and also redistributed Liu Xin's soldiers and horses.

This is a must, in addition to Liu Xin, if someone else is selected, there will inevitably be people who will not accept Zhou Shixian's arrangement, and assign them to other military leaders, these Liu Xin's original henchmen will also be dissatisfied.

But in this way, what they are not satisfied with is to directly control their military leaders. In other words, this achieved Zhou Shixian's goal of diverting contradictions and mixing sand with other military leaders.

After all, after the repartition in the past few days, the soldiers and horses under the command of Sun Hu, Weng Dajie, and Kong Tao have increased from less than three hundred to nearly five hundred.

You must know that it takes a certain amount of time to establish trust between soldiers and generals, Zhou Shixian occupies the authority of the heavenly family, and Sun Hu, these military leaders, do not.

Of course, now they don't have the heart to rebel, but they are bent on seizing this great opportunity to ascend to the sky and enjoy glory and wealth from now on.

And after dealing with these things overnight, Zhou Shixian was finally able to sleep peacefully.

Of course, in fact, the situation in Qingxian County may be even more urgent, but the sentinels sent have not yet sent back news, and Zhou Shixian is not unfounded.

When it comes to the things he still needs to solve, there are too many, and there are too many unpredictable dangers and accidents on the rest of the way south, and it is useless to worry.

Not to mention Qingxian, just the armor and equipment of these 1,500 soldiers can't wait, but the entire Dacheng County has only collected more than a dozen armor and more than 30 weapons, which is a drop in the bucket, and the quality is still inferior.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhou Shixian woke up yawning, and after brushing a few eye droppings from the corners of his eyes, he immediately summoned his cronies Jinyiwei and began the first patrol of the camp, which was a key step for him to contact the grassroots soldiers.

Now under his command, there are a full 2,000 soldiers and horses, no longer more than 300 people, and more than 80 are his own cronies, which can be easily controlled.

Zhou Shixian didn't take those officers with him, he was only followed by twenty brocade guards, he went from the sentries standing guard, to the men in the army, the auxiliaries who were carrying supplies, and the cavalry who took care of the war horses, one by one to inspect and chat, and the topics were naturally the same as the usual ones - how many years have you been a soldier, where are you, are there still parents and sisters at home, how are you eating and dressing, and is it cold at night......

Although the topic is old-fashioned, no one has ever cared about these soldiers, Zhou Shixian is the first, not to mention this horse master, who personally paid them last night and let them eat meat.

Coupled with Zhou Shixian's identity as a concubine, the trust of the Heavenly Family, his incredible age, and the deification of various rumors, his concern is even more "priceless".

In the area of winning people's hearts, Zhou Shixian is also a veteran, just to say, it is not enough, when he encounters those with miserable backgrounds, he will directly take out the silver from his waist, do some modest efforts, and then draw some flatbread - do a good job, you will be indispensable in the future, you will be an official, a field and a house, and a daughter-in-law and maid will not have to worry.

And chatting all the way, Zhou Shixian's stomach also rumbled just right, which attracted the attention of the soldiers, and he did not dislike it, and directly ate the food eaten by the soldiers in a camp.

In this way, the touching deeds of the horse master who started to patrol the camp without taking care of eating, and the horse master and the soldiers shared weal and woe, generously donated money, and sympathized with the reputation of his subordinates, and naturally spread throughout the entire military camp in less than half a day.

Those who understand naturally know that this is a show, but for these simple ordinary soldiers, Zhou Shixian has indeed done this, and the people who are in it, those who are favored and respected, will not feel fake.

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Outside the capital, Pang Lun hesitated several times with more than 100 soldiers and horses under his command, and finally returned to the old capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"Chincha?" Pang Lun stared at the capital city, and said fiercely: "It's the king of heaven, Lao Tzu, this revenge Lao Tzu will also be avenged." ”

If Li Zicheng knew that there was a so-called "Qincha convoy" escorting the Ming court royal family south, I am afraid that he would never sit idly by, right?

Pang Lun naturally didn't know that Chongzhen was in the convoy, but he couldn't exaggerate, emphasize the suspicious points, and put forward his own reasonable questions, as for how to judge, it depends on Li Zicheng.