Chapter 47: Child's Play
After occupying Mianchi County, Zhang Xiao began to reward the three armies.
Zhang Xiao's method of reward is very simple, that is, money.
All the soldiers under his command were rewarded with five taels of silver, twenty taels if they were long, one hundred taels if they were centurions, two hundred taels for Liu Lu, and two thousand taels of silver for Zhao Jintong.
I have to say that the battle of attacking Michi was too easy, it was simply within reach, and the harvest was so rich, and the morale of the army was suddenly boosted.
Therefore, for Zhang Xiao, "it is not allowed to ablut the people, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." None of them objected, and they all lived strangely in the barracks that had been built.
With the initial territory of Michi, what Zhang Xiao has to do is naturally recruit troops.
In terms of "buying horses", it was not too smooth, Zhang Xiao only collected about ten war horses and more than a hundred horses.
But on the other hand, recruiting soldiers is really not a difficult thing, at least not in Michi County.
It has to be said that with the "help" of Yuwen Chengfeng, the "revolutionary environment" in Mianchi County is not ordinarily good.
After Zhang Xiao hung Yuwen Chengfeng's head at the city gate of Mianchi County, many people inquired about how to join Zhang Xiao's "righteous army". When Zhang Xiao ordered that anyone who joined the rebel army would be given two taels of silver for settling-in allowance, the people who wanted to be Zhang Xiao's soldiers suddenly became endless.
Zhang Xiao still didn't refuse to come at the beginning, after all, he really had a lot of money and food.
Because Yuwen Chengfeng's county order was really nine feet to the ground, Zhang Xiao actually found a full 130,000 taels of silver in his city mansion.
130,000 taels of silver is just silver, and the value of the title deed and real estate in Yuwen Chengfeng's hands is even more than several times that of these 130,000 taels of silver.
Zhang Xiao originally thought that Luo Fang, the bandit leader, was already the most "profitable" guy, but compared to Yuwen Chengfeng, it was really a small thing
Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. This statement does not seem to be an exaggeration.
Those who are officials make more money than those who rob.
If it was someone else, when they saw these silvers, the first thing they thought of was naturally to bury them, but what Zhang Xiao wanted was to spend them.
Zhang Xiao doesn't attach so much importance to silver, after all, in Zhang Xiao's eyes, silver is just a dead thing after all, and it can't be brought with it in life, and it can't be brought with it in death, so it's better to replace it with real power.
Therefore, Zhang Xiao
But there were too many people later, and Zhang Xiao couldn't help but limit the quality of his subordinates, but even so, Zhang Xiao recruited a full three thousand subordinates.
If it weren't for Zhang Xiao's tight military rations, the number of recruits would have been able to increase several times.
Zhang Xiao's 7,000 men were divided into two parts, the "boy army" between the ages of five and six hundred and thirteen to fifteen, and the "soldiers" of more than 3,000 people over the age of fifteen.
The people in front represent potential and future, and behind them is real power.
With Zhang Xiao's temperament, he naturally attaches more importance to the "Young Army", but this time Zhang Xiao takes more care of the "soldiers".
This is because Zhang Xiao is going to fight again.
Zhang Xiao stayed in Mianchi County for five days, and he was pulled out once.
The reason why Zhang Xiao wants to pull out is very simple, there is no food.
When Zhang Xiao led the army out from Luoyang, he only brought seven days' rations, and the purpose was originally to "eat in Michi".
It's a pity that Yuwen Chengfeng embezzled a lot of silver, but there is not much food, and there is only so much food in the entire Mianchi County, which is not enough to eat at all.
The grain Zhang Xiao obtained from Mianchi County was enough for his subordinates to eat for half a month.
Unless Zhang Xiao doesn't give the people of Mianchi County a way to live and forcibly collects grain, Zhang Xiao really won't be able to get more food.
Since there is no food in his hands, what Zhang Xiao has to do is to grab it
Zhang Xiao's target this time was Luoning County.
The reason is just as simple, because Luoning County is very close to Mianchi County, and there is no shortage of food.
Luoning County is a famous "granary" in the world.
After all, the county order of Luoning County is not although the county order of Luoning County is not a big man of the blue sky, but it is not a bastard like Yuwen Chengfeng.
There are about 300 soldiers in Luoning City.
But the problem is that the county order of Luoning City only needs to close the city gate to keep Zhang Xiao out.
After all, if Zhang Xiao has any siege equipment in his hands, unless he uses the most careless "ant attachment to attack the city", he can't help Luoning County at all.
What's more, as long as the county magistrate of Luoning County summons Qingzhuang to defend the city, it is enough for him to drink a pot.
Moreover, Zhang Xiao's current food is no longer enough for his 5,000-strong army to eat for ten days, if he can't break through Luoning County within ten days, then Zhang Xiao's subordinates will either mutiniate or become bandits who rob their homes.
In this case, you have to pay attention to the method.
So, Zhang Xiao let his subordinates pay the papers, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui was not benevolent, but a tyrant comparable to the Emperor, and he wanted to serve Yang Xuangan as the main prince, hang the people and fight the crime, and soon lead a large army to attack Luoyang City, Zhang Xiao wrote hundreds of copies of the documents he wrote, and constantly posted them to the surrounding counties.
Zhang Xiao even gave Yang Xuangan's year name, and he was called "Chongzhen".
Even, Zhang Xiao wrote a letter that he felt numb, and sent someone to Yang Xuangan, to completely obey Yang Xuangan's arrangement, and asked Yang Xuangan for money, grain and grass "stupidly".
Zhang Xiao also gave himself a big official position "General Shenwu".
Then Zhang Xiao gave his only "right-hand man" Zhao Jintong the title of "Captain of Yingyang", led the "30,000 army" to attack Luoyang City, and left "20,000 elite soldiers" for himself, sitting in Mianchi County, waiting for Zhao Jintong's "good news".
Zhang Xiao also held a huge "worship ceremony" at the gate of the city in Mianchi County, this time Zhang Xiao was engaged in flowers, and he looked good, giving people the feeling of being crowned with a monkey.
Zhao Jintong did follow what Zhang Xiao said, and drove in the direction of Luoyang, but this degree was very slow, and it took three days to walk less than thirty miles.
The reason why the degree is so slow is because Zhao Jintong's current subordinates are all new people who have just put down a lot of farm tools, so naturally they can't come soon.
Moreover, Zhao Jintong's subordinates were named 30,000, but in fact, a large number of 3,000 subordinates fled, and no less than 300 people escaped in the past three days.
In this way, Zhang Xiao has become the laughing stock of many people.
Just when everyone was disdainful of Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao, who stretched out Mianchi County, had already made the final preparations.
At this time, it was already the end of July, and it was almost the first stage of Yang Xuangan's army, if Zhang Xiao didn't think about connecting with Yang Xuangan, Zhang Xiao wouldn't want to get the blueprints of Yang Gong's treasure.
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