Zhu's Annex.

Without General Zhenxi by his side, Zhu Bangguo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after returning to the hall, he sat on a chair and lost his soul.

After a long time, he remembered that there were other people in the hall, and hurriedly beckoned Wang Cheng to sit down.

Seeing that he was listless, Zhu Pengfei said worriedly: "Dad, are you okay?" ”

"What can Lao Tzu do?"

Zhu Bangguo glared at him, and then smiled bitterly: "It's a great luck that my head can be saved!" ”

His subordinates were bought by the enemy, or his brother, he didn't know about it, he couldn't escape the blame, but who made his son and Wang Cheng make such a big contribution?

As the top boss of the two, they have made meritorious contributions, and he naturally has merits, so it can be regarded as a merit offset by merit.

"Thank you this time! Without you, we'd all have to move our heads. ”

Zhu Bangguo looked at Wang Cheng, and the tone of his speech unconsciously became polite.

Wang Cheng frowned slightly, didn't think much about it, and hugged his fists and said, "The general is serious." ”

Zhu Bangguo waved his hand, looked at Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei, and said, "You two will stay in the county seat, and I will go back and arrange for the camp." ”

He specially told Wang Cheng: "You must not walk around these days, I estimate that your reward will come down soon." ”

"Bounty? General, what reward will you receive under the mark? Wang Cheng asked with apprehension.

"How do I know that?"

Zhu Bangguo rolled his eyes and said: "It is the matter of the king and the military department to discuss the merits, we just report your merits truthfully, as for how to reward in the end, it has to be decided by the king." ”

After pondering for a moment, he continued: "Your contribution this time is not small, it can be said that it is a great achievement of the Western Army in the past ten years, and the reward will not be small, and it is impossible to be promoted to a general without exception!" ”

Wang Cheng was stunned when he heard this, if he could really be promoted to general, wouldn't the ancestral tomb be smoking?

Zhu Bangguo stepped forward, patted Wang Cheng on the shoulder, and said, "Don't think about it, hurry up and take care of your body, this world will not be peaceful." ”

Shaking his head, he didn't give Wang Cheng a chance to speak, and he walked out of the hall.

Wang Cheng looked at this lonely back and said, "Is there really going to be a war?" ”

"Maybe." Zhu Pengfei said with a complicated expression.

Both of them are military attachés, but deep down they don't want to fight at all, because war means death, and no one can guarantee survival on the battlefield.

Wang Cheng said abruptly: "Relying on the king's words to seal the marquis, it will be a success......

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Thousand Hills Tomb.

This is a strange scene located outside Liuyun County, there are huge mounds in the vast grassland, which look like tombs from a distance.

Because there are hundreds or thousands of such mounds, the place is called "Thousand Mound Tombs".

After a few days, there was already a large camp here, which was built under the Thousand Hills Tomb.

Big Tent.

Zhu Bangguo, who was dressed in a military uniform, knelt in front of the bookcase, and there were two people standing below, both wearing battle armor.

The two are Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei.

After a few days of cultivation, Wang Cheng's complexion was much better than before, and his face was bloody.

Zhu Bangguo looked at Wang Cheng and said with concern: "How is the recovery of the body bones?" Can you ride a horse? ”

"No problem!" Wang Cheng hammered his chest to show that he was almost recovered.

"Good!"

Zhu Bangguo nodded and said to the two: "You two clean up and come with me to Wuping later." ”

"What are you doing in Wuping?" Zhu Pengfei was puzzled.

Wang Cheng thought of something at once, Wuping County was the forefront of the Great Zhou border, and Song Huchen, the general of Zhenxi, led 20,000 horses and horses to be stationed there, which was the base camp of all Western armies.

At this time, let them pack up and go to Wuping County, the only thing he could think of was that his reward might have arrived.

"Not bad! Your reward has arrived! So go pack it up! Zhu Bangguo said with a smile.

"Yes!"

Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei saluted together, then glanced at each other and quickly left the big tent.

Wupyeong-gun.

At present, it is located in the westernmost part of the Great Zhou, and unlike the counties in the mainland, Wuping County is much more depressed.

The Western Army Battalion was built in Wu County, Wuping County, a county that was completely under military control.

The city wall of Wuxian County is taller than Liuyun County, it is 12 meters high, nearly 20 meters thick, and a small city tower is built every other distance, extending to the sky on both sides.

There is a column of soldiers standing on the tall city wall, those who know know that this is a county seat, and those who don't know think that this is the "Great Wall".

It was already afternoon when Zhu Bangguo and his entourage arrived, and he led Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei into the shogunate.

Song Huchen, the general of Zhenxi, had already been reported by the people below, so he waited in the shogunate.

After Wang Cheng followed Zhu Bangguo in, there were already many people standing in the conference hall.

Song Huchen, the general of Zhenxi, sat in front of the hall, and the officials standing on both sides were all subordinate officials of the shogunate, including Changshi, Sima, Zhonglang, Peng, Lingshi, etc.

"Meet the General!"

Zhu Bangguo, Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei immediately stepped forward to salute.

Song Huchen waved his hand, looked at Wang Cheng and smiled: "Not bad!" It's only been a few days, and the complexion has recovered to this point, it seems that in a few days, you will be able to recover as before, worthy of being a tiger general! ”

He also stopped talking nonsense, and with a casual move, a person immediately stepped forward with an edict in his hand.

This person opened the edict, and everyone subconsciously looked solemn and waited for it.

Not all of them are on their knees, because they are in the army, and they are armoured, and they are not allowed to bow down.

In fact, even in the court, the military generals rarely kneel.

Only then did he begin to read out the edict: "The edict said: There is Sima Wang Cheng, who has both talent and virtue, is loyal and invincible, and is really the pillar of the country." In order to show its merits, it is specially ......"

After reading a large number of words, fortunately, Wang Cheng was already familiar with the ancient text and could understand the meaning of the edict.

To his regret, he was not unusually promoted to general, but only promoted by one level - captain.

However, to his surprise, he was given the title of Lingwu County.

Yes, a viscount.

Like that world, the titles of the Great Zhou are also divided into five levels: duke, marquis, earl, son, and male, and the duke is only assigned to those clansmen, so the marquis is the highest title that ordinary generals can obtain.

In addition to the addition of officials and knights, he was also rewarded with three hundred taels of gold, two hundred horses of silk, and one horse of treasure.

This reward is not not rich, even Wang Cheng, who is not interested in money, knows that King Zhou has made a capital this time.

The other people in the hall all looked at Wang Cheng with envy, and they also knew that King Zhou's reward for Wang Cheng was so big.

They didn't envy the gold very much, what they really envied was Wang Cheng's title.

Except for General Zhenxi, who received an earl, there was no one else.

The viscount does not look tall, but it also marks that Wang Cheng has stepped into the noble class since then.

That's a big difference!

Without a title, in the final analysis, you are still a 996 worker, and if you have a title, you are the landlord, similar to the shareholder of a joint-stock company.

This identity can be passed on forever, unless the descendants commit the crime of rebellion, it is no problem for the five generations of wealth and nobility.

"Lord Wang!"

A light call immediately called Wang Cheng back to his senses, and Wang Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to receive the edict of reward.

At this time, Song Huchen, who was sitting in front of the hall, said: "The reward will be sent to Yongxing Lane, where there is an empty house, and it will be given to you." ”

Wang Cheng was having a headache about how to bring these things back, but he didn't expect that Song Huchen had already arranged them for him, so he solemnly saluted: "General Xie!" ”

Song Huchen waved his hand and nodded to the middle-aged man who read the edict just now.

The middle-aged man took out another edict and read it as he had just done.

This edict belongs to Zhu Pengfei, and Zhu Pengfei has also made great contributions to the Black Eagle Army twice in a row.

Of course, his reward naturally can't be compared with Wang Cheng, it's just that he has been promoted to one level, and there is some gold and the like.

Compared to the other generals, there is nothing, which is already a great honor.

As for the knights who followed Wang Cheng and Zhu Pengfei before, the dead were posthumously sealed, and the living were all promoted to the next level.

There is also an edict at the back, which is no longer a reward, but Zhou Zhaowu's summary of the Black Eagle Army's plan for the Yinshan County riot.

first affirmed the merits of Wang Cheng and others, and then expressed dissatisfaction with the defense of the Western Army, but on the whole, this time the merits were slightly greater than the faults.

Finally, he asked all soldiers to fulfill their duties and intensify their training, and never allow similar things to happen again.

Later, Zhenxi General Song Huchen also reflected on and summarized this incident.

After a lot of chatter, the time has come to evening, and it is time to eat.

Wang Cheng and the Zhu family's father and son stayed in the shogunate for dinner, and when they returned, it was already dark.

The first quarter moon crossed the treetops, and the faint moonlight fell on Yongxing Lane, and the ground seemed to be paved with a layer of silver light.

The three of them rode horses, dragging long shadows.

Wang Cheng sat on Qinglei's back, and finally couldn't help but ask Zhu Bangguo: "General, where is this Lingwu County?" ”

"To be exact, it is not the territory of my Great Zhou, it used to belong to Wuping County, and now it belongs to Xia Kingdom, next to Wu County." Zhu Bang National Highway.

"The territory of the Xia Kingdom?"

Wang Cheng's mind was a little confused, what does it mean to use the territory of Xia to seal the title of Great Zhou?

Suddenly, he thought of something, looked up at Zhu Bangguo, and looked surprised.

As if seeing his inner thoughts, Zhu Bangguo nodded and said, "Not bad!" The king should be ready to move! ”

He squinted his eyes and sneered: "Over the years, the king has sent women and treasures to the west, and the Black Eagle Army has robbed my Great Zhou border every once in a while, and the king has never ordered troops. ”

These things had been heard of long before Wang Cheng came to Huangzhou, and Zhou Zhaowu had been influenced by several neighboring countries in Xia over the years.

Fifteen years ago, the impact of the bloody case in Kyoto was too great, and the Five Kingdoms attacked Zhou, almost breaking the backbone of the Great Zhou.

Over the years, Zhou Zhaowu has swallowed his anger externally and recuperated internally, which is a spineless performance in the eyes of many people in Da Zhou, but who knows that Da Zhou can no longer afford to toss.

"Maybe everyone thinks that the king is greedy for pleasure after sitting in that position, and he is afraid of losing his position, even many military attachés in the army think so."

Zhu Bangguo said meaningfully: "Only our old subordinates know that it is impossible for the king to endure it all the time." Back then, he was also a general who led soldiers and fought wars. From a prince who was never treated well by the previous king, to a great king, how can the king's methods be seen through by others? ”

Wang Cheng nodded secretly, in fact, he also had a hunch in his heart that the big war was coming soon!

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