Chapter 466: Only Two Hundred and Forty People
Wang Xiaohua killed the black god and was promoted through meritorious service.
But this credit will only be digested directly within the army.
When it was time to really report to the emperor, it was not like this.
The report will be written as "Under the wise command of Du Wenhuan, Wang Chengen, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, took the lead, rushed to the front, and personally took down the head of the anti-thief black god".
Wang Chengen has merit, Du Wenhuan also has merit, both of these two can be in the emperor's heart, and the only person the emperor will not know is Wang Xiaohua.
Fortunately, the white cat doesn't care about this!
He is an authentic ancestor-level rebel, and the deputy of the trusted deputy of Baishui Wanger, the iconic figure of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, when it comes to the "spirit of rebellion", he is more determined than many elders in Gaojia Village, and he will never really want to climb up in the officialdom.
He is the best candidate to "penetrate the enemy".
Seeing that the generals had begun to discuss the follow-up events, the white cat retreated to the corner of the room and said in a very low voice, "Tianzun, I am a mixed leader, and I can command four hundred and forty soldiers, and the next thing is to get my own people in and replace the guards, right?"
Li Daoxuan thought about this problem very seriously, and thought: At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the life of the guards was very hard, and they were already living a life without food. If the guards given by the imperial court are replaced, they will be unemployed, and the possibility of joining the rogue will be very high.
That's not a good thing!
If you are recruiting rogues to reform and forcing people to become rogues, there will be no justice in Gaojia Village.
"These people have to stay." The rag doll Tianzun spoke: "If you have to get your own people, you have to raise the guards, you have to grasp them with both hands, and you have to be hard with both hands."
"Huh?" The white cat was stunned: "Wouldn't this be overcrowded? Will it be regarded as a rebellion by the imperial court because of this, and our plan to infiltrate the officers and soldiers will not be realized."
A strange smile flashed on the embroidered face of the rag doll: "No! Just wait and see."
White Cat: "???"
It didn't take long for the white cat to understand.
When Wang Chengen assigned him 440 guards and soldiers came to report to him, he counted them carefully, and counted them one by one, but there were only 240 people.
In the team of 240 people, there were actually four hundred households, and there were only about 50 people under the command of each hundred households.
The white cat broke out in a cold sweat: "Why is this happening? Shouldn't it be four hundred and forty?"
A hundred households surnamed Zhao stepped forward, with a strange expression, and looked at the white cat with the expression of a rookie: "General Wang, there is no problem with our number."
White Cat: "What's the problem?" Do I not know how to count, or do you not know how to count? Four hundred households, each of whom should have a hundred and ten people, and the four of you together should be four hundred and forty people, why are there only two hundred and four here?"
Zhao Baihu leaned into his ear and whispered, "Our group of people has always been two hundred and forty people since a hundred years ago, and every one of them has always maintained this number. The salaries of the two hundred men, who are not enough, are yours of the general, and if we bring four hundred and forty men with us, you will have no extra salaries to take. 「
White Cat: "Poof!"
Zhao Baihu thought to himself: "This general seems to be really a newcomer, he doesn't even understand the old rules in the army, when he encounters this kind of thing, he actually shows this kind of expression of disgust, normally speaking, shouldn't he show a very cool expression? What about the salaries of 200 men, how pleasant it is to eat."
The white cat now understood what Tianzun meant by "will not be overcrowded", Tianzun should mean to keep these two hundred and forty people, and only bring two hundred people from Gaojia Village.
He snorted and said, "I see! No wonder the combat effectiveness of the guards is like shit, the original number is insufficient, and the army called 10,000 troops outside is actually only more than 6,000 people, right?"
Zhao Baihu whispered: "More than 6,000 people have said too much, and there are more than 5,000 people who are generals with a conscience."
The white cat couldn't help but complain: "Aren't those generals afraid that they won't win the war?"
Ragdoll Tianzun whispered in his ear, "That's not going to happen! The generals are all
As for the private soldiers, they use the salaries of the two hundred men to raise a group of outlaws for themselves to be their homekeepers, and when the war is fought, the housekeepers are in the front, and the guards are behind."
Only then did the white cat suddenly realize: "I understand, when someone from our Gaojia Village comes, they will say that they are my family's private soldiers."
He put his scum in order and returned to the council hall.
I saw a group of generals discussing the next strategy.
A scout was standing in the hall and reported loudly, "Wang Jiayin's team has fled to the south, and now only the team of Zijin Liang and Bai Yuzhu is still following him, and the total strength is only 50,000 or 60,000 people."
"As for King Chuang (Gao Yingxiang), the Eight Kings of Xiying (Zhang Xianzhong), Lao Huihui (Ma Shouying), Cao Cao (Luo Rucai) and others, they have all broken away from Wang Jiayin's team and scattered in all directions."
Du Wenhuan pondered slightly for a few seconds, and then spoke, "Our forces are not enough to disperse the pursuit of the various bandits. Anyway, as long as the emperor wants Wang Jiayin's head, the rest of the rogues can be appeased, and we can just keep an eye on Wang Jiayin for now."
The generals clasped their fists: "Yes!"
Now that this grand strategy has been set, then the generals will know how to operate, anyway, chase south, and nothing else should be visible.
Du Wenhuan said: "When Wang Jiayin and his gang broke through, more than 30,000 old and weak women and children were left in Hequ County, and they failed to break away with the young and middle-aged Liukou, these people are now staying in the city, what should I do?"
As soon as this question was asked, everyone immediately had a headache in their heads.
As soldiers, these people actually have the same idea, that is, one word: kill!
But they are not stupid, if anyone is the first to say the word "kill" and the others do it, then the civil officials of the main Fu faction will definitely splash dirty water on the first person who speaks, and the spit will spray you to death.
It's hard to do!
It is difficult for a civilian official, let alone a group of military attaches with worrying administrative ability.
Ragdoll Tianzun gently stabbed the white cat's face with a round cloth hand, and said in a low voice, "Proposal, give it to Yushi Wu Fu."
The white cat suddenly stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "There will be a way in the end."
When he came out, the generals were immediately overjoyed, well, finally someone is going to be the first bird, and the goal of throwing the pot afterwards is coming.
Although the general Du Wenhuan was still angry, he rarely squeezed out a smile, this kind of angry and smiling expression, I really don't know how he put it on: "Mr. Wang, tell me, what is the best way?"
As soon as he asked, all the generals next to him were helping: Kill! Say kill it all! Hurry up and say kill all! If you dare to say it, we will dare to do it!
The white cat said, "Didn't Yushi Wu Fu bring 100,000 taels of silver to pacify the Liukou? The 30,000 rogues we have captured should be handed over to Wu Fu for disposal."