Chapter three hundred and fiftieth eighth county government
On December 29, the generals who had taken refuge with Li Zhi gathered at the county government office in Liangshan County and looked at Zhang Xianzhong's body placed on a straw mat with joy.
The loyal man in this picture is tall, has a big nose, big eyes, and a long beard. He looks like a big thief at first glance.
Previously, Zhang Xianzhong rushed from left to right in Sichuan. The officers and soldiers were scattered and fighting on their own. They were repeatedly defeated by Zhang Xianzhong. News of the defeat came one after another. Under the tactic of offering thieves to attack the enemy, the officers and soldiers focused on one thing but not the other, and lost an unknown amount of money.
It can be said that the prefectures and counties have nothing to do with the thieves.
The Taibao Lord had only been in Sichuan for more than a month, and he had rectified the military orders and deployed tight defenses. Now the Taibao had made outstanding achievements by capturing and killing the thieves. And all the generals who followed Li Zhi in besieging and defending Zhang Xianzhong in various prefectures and counties also followed Li Zhi.
The defeated general became a meritorious minister.
If the merit is reported, the emperor will be rewarded heavily. All the generals felt that it was a wise move for them to abandon the incompetent Yang Sichang and join Li Zhi. Not only did he achieve merit this time, but he also established a relationship with Li Zhi and followed the Taibao Lord.
At a faster pace, there are more opportunities to get promoted and make a fortune.
The generals gathered around Zhang Xianzhong's body and discussed, wondering how much merit Li Zhi would share with them this time.
Among the generals, Cao Bianjiao is vaguely headed. First of all, he has the highest official rank, and is the first-grade left governor. Secondly, his troops and horses have made the greatest contribution. The key role in the encirclement and suppression of Zhang Xianzhong's rebels was the cavalry, and the four under Cao Bianjiao's tent were
Thousands of soldiers and horses were all cavalry. In the past half month, they had been able to defend many prefectures and counties in front of Zhang Xianzhong.
Of course, the most important thing is that Cao Bianjiao was the first general to seek refuge with Li Zhi. Because of Cao Bianjiao's leadership, other generals followed.
I thought that after this great victory, the Taibao Master would not treat Cao Bianjiao badly.
Similarly, the generals also looked up to Long Wenguang very much. As the governor of Sichuan this time, Long Wenguang provided food and grass to all the soldiers and horses, and was instrumental in strategizing the annihilation of Zhang Xianzhong. As long as Li Zhi puts in a few nice words for him, his promotion is inevitable.
.Although his eight thousand Sichuan soldiers did not participate in the war, he was the second to join Li Zhi. It is expected that Li Zhi would also give him some first-level military merits.
Other generals have relatively less merit.
The magistrate of Liangshan County stood at the bottom, laughing and giggling with the generals. The people on the list were all high-ranking officials, and no one paid attention to him as a small magistrate. However, he was happy that Li Zhi killed Zhang Xianzhong, at least no city would be breached in the future.
risk, and there will no longer be the crime of abandoning land.
The generals were discussing there when they heard the soldiers standing at the door shouting: "The Taibao Lord is here!"
The generals quickly returned to their seats, bowed towards the door, and waited for Li Zhi's arrival.
After a while, Li Zhi, wearing a first-grade official robe, slowly walked into the main hall of the county government office.
Led by Cao Bianjiao, the generals shouted loudly: "We have seen the Taibao Lord!"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Sit!"
The generals then sat down and looked at Li Zhi respectfully.
Li Zhi sat in a chair and was silent for a while, then said calmly: "All the generals have contributed to the annihilation of the Xian thieves this time! I will distribute some of the 14,600 heads captured and beheaded to the generals."
The generals looked at each other with joy on their faces.
"Where is Cao Bianjiao?"
Cao Bianjiao stood up with his hands raised and said loudly: "The general is here!"
"This time you captured and beheaded everyone at level 1,130. Do you have any objections?"
Hearing that Li Zhi had assigned more than a thousand heads to himself, Cao Bianjiao felt ecstatic in his heart. Li Zhi said that he owed him a favor this time, so he was really generous. With these 1,100 heads in hand, this time he would be the crown prince's minor protector.
Can't run anymore.
Cao Bianjiao's face turned red with excitement, but he said: "The general is just besieging Zhang Xianzhong according to the command of the Taibao. He has never participated in the battle and dare not share the Taibao's military exploits."
Li Zhi smiled and said, "You deserve this. If it weren't for your four thousand cavalry, Xian would have conquered many states and counties, and I wouldn't be able to catch up with him."
"Then General, I would like to thank you, Mr. Taibao."
"Where is Long Wenguang?"
"The official is here!"
"You captured and beheaded level 431 in the battle of the pacesetter camp. Do you have any objections?"
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Li Zhi rewarded the generals who helped him besiege Zhang Xianzhong and gave some heads to go out. However, except for Cao Bianjiao and Long Wenguang, who received more, the other generals were divided into more than a hundred levels, and the most was more than 200 levels.
, Li Zhi only distributed more than 2,000 levels of heads, and he still had more than 12,000 levels left.
These generals were very happy. They just marched to surround Zhang Xianzhong and were assigned heads, turning them from defeated generals into meritorious ministers. Although this, the two hundred-level heads will not allow the generals to be promoted immediately, but they will be promoted in the next three years.
During the grand plan, these first-level military achievements will all be credited. When the time comes to plan it from top to bottom, if it works well, there is no doubt that it will be promoted to the first level of official rank.
In short, it is very cost-effective to join Li Zhi this time.
After Li Zhi divided the heads, he said to Long Wenguang: "Governor Long, now that the thief has been captured and killed, we will write a report and report the merits."
Long Wenguang said loudly: "That's right, let's make two reports, one for the emperor and one for the Ministry of War."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Make three copies, and report one to the Supervisor Yang Sichang, so that the Supervisor will also be happy."
When the generals heard this, they were silent for a while.
Previously, Yang Sichang ordered all armies not to cooperate with Li Zhi in suppressing bandits. What he feared most was that Li Zhi would perform meritorious service as soon as he entered Sichuan. As a result, Li Zhi captured and beheaded Zhang Xianzhong with a thunderous force as soon as he entered Sichuan. This efficiency in suppressing bandits made Yang Sichang look very incompetent. It is estimated that Li Zhi was very incompetent.
It won't be long before the officials in the court will collectively impeach Yang Ge's department for ruining the country with money. At this time, when Yang Sichang heard the news that Li Zhi had captured and killed Zhang Xianzhong, it was like hearing a thunderbolt from the blue.
Li Zhi obviously did not listen to Yang Sichang's command, but at this time he wanted to send a report of the great victory to Yang Sichang? Is this deliberately disgusting Yang Sichang?
The generals stared at each other for a while and laughed.
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In Xiangyang City, Yang Sichang coughed violently while looking at the newspaper sent by Li Zhi and Long Wenguang.
He coughed very urgently, his face turned red, as if he was terminally ill, and he seemed to be coughing out his lungs. He looked like an old man in his twilight years.
After a long time, he stopped coughing and sat on a chair to catch his breath.
Yuan Jixian, the governor of Xunyang, saw that the governor took a breath and raised his hands and said: "Supervisor, as soon as Li Zhi arrived in Sichuan, he captured and killed Zhang Xianzhong in a single battle, which shows our incompetence. Last month, Huang Yiyi, the censor, attacked
We have wasted money and ruined the country. Now the imperial officials in the court will not let go of the opportunity, and they will definitely attack us in groups."
Meng Ruhu sighed and said: "Superintendent, it's really over now. Li Zhi killed Zhang Xianzhong as soon as he arrived in Sichuan. We, the defeated general, have no chance to clear ourselves of the crime."
Yang Sichang looked at the newspaper and said nothing for a long time.
After being silent for a long time, he slowly said: "Li Zhi captured the thief, and I am very happy."
