At noon the next day, Zhonglang General Xu Dapeng returned to Lingzhou with a large number of Shuofang Army soldiers. In addition to the more than 4,000 captured soldiers, there were more than 5,700 soldiers who escaped up the mountain and escaped.
The total number of Shuofang's soldiers was over ten thousand.
The soldiers were in a very low mood after the disaster. They were brought into the camp and sat on the open ground. Everyone was silent, not knowing how their fate would be arranged.
At this time, a general shouted loudly, "Jiedu is here, everyone stands up!"
The soldiers stood up one after another and saw a tall commander walking quickly surrounded by dozens of generals. Although most of the soldiers had never seen Guo Song, they could all guess that this man wearing a golden helmet
The young coach is the world-famous Hexi Jiedushi Guo Song.
Guo Song stepped forward, looked at the soldiers, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, everyone, relax and sit down!"
Seeing the commander's kind smile, the soldiers felt a little relieved and then sat down one after another.
Guo Song glanced at everyone and said loudly: "First of all, what I want to say is that the defeat of Shuofang Army has nothing to do with the soldiers. It is entirely because the decision-makers blindly trusted the party members and sought skin from the tiger. The person responsible is dead.
I don’t want to continue to criticize you, but please rest assured that in my heart, Guo Song, the soldiers here are all innocent victims!"
After Guo Song finished speaking, the crowd burst into warm applause. The initially gloomy atmosphere was swept away, and hope gradually appeared on many people's faces. This is the most important thing. The defeat had nothing to do with the soldiers. It was the commander-in-chief Cui Kuan.
The clear certainty of the results of blindly trusting the party members inspired tens of thousands of soldiers present.
Guo Song waited for everyone to calm down and continued: "I believe everyone is very concerned about their own fate. I want to tell you that your destiny is in your own hands!"
The playground was extremely quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. It was a matter of vital interest. Everyone kept their ears straight, for fear that they would miss a word.
"As usual, everyone has two choices!"
Guo Song raised his voice and said: "The first choice is to leave. If you don't want to join the army anymore and want to withdraw from the army and return to your hometown, I will never stop you. I will provide the Hexi Army soldiers with money and food according to the resettlement arrangements for the soldiers who retired. To put it simply, this is
Three ones, according to the number of years in the army, one acre of land, one guan of money and one shi of rice per year. If you serve in the army for ten years, you will get ten acres of land, ten guan of money and ten shi of rice. The general will be slightly higher."
There was a buzz on the training ground. This was higher than the salary offered by the Shuofang Army. The Shuofang Army was offered eight yuan of money and no land or food. The premise was that they were allowed to withdraw after five years in the army. The Hexi Army was obviously richer and more generous.
fair.
"Quiet-" Xu Dapeng shouted sharply, and the buzzing sound disappeared.
Guo Song smiled and continued: "The second choice is naturally to continue to join the army, but your identity is no longer Shuofang Army, but Hexi Army soldiers stationed in Shuofang permanently, enjoying the treatment of Hexi Army soldiers, what exactly is it,
Let me tell you, not only are you well fed and clothed, but there is also a meal of mutton every three days. The key is your military salary. You will all be regarded as second-class soldiers of the Hexi Army and receive two military salaries per month..."
When Guo Song just said this, he was immediately drowned in cheers. The military salary of Shuofang Army was the same as before, but the salary of Hexi Army was doubled.
"Everyone, listen to me!"
Guo Song waved his hand to calm everyone down and said with a smile: "The Hexi Army implements a system of exchanging military salary for land. The military salary received every month is the same amount of money, and the other regular amount of money is exchanged for double the land. For example, if you
If you continue to serve in the army for five years and then retire, you will have saved sixty guans, which can be converted into land worth 120 guans. If it doesn't matter where your hometown is, Jiedu Mansion will give you land worth 120 guans.
It’s okay if you still don’t understand land, our civil servants will explain it to you in detail and give you three days to think about it, pay attention to stay, or are you willing to withdraw and return home?”
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In the afternoon, Guo Song led 10,000 cavalry to leave Lingzhou and headed for Fengzhou.
Guo Song said to Liang Wu who was seeing him off: "If nothing else happens, you will be the military envoy to Lingzhou. You will be responsible for the five states in Shuofang except Fengzhou. You must take the responsibility in advance."
Liang Wu thought for a moment and said: "The Liang family is in charge of Shuofang's military affairs. I am worried about criticism due to my humble position."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "The criticism is because the system is not perfect. Suzhengtai and Military Discipline Camp will be stationed at the same time. Moreover, this is not a lifelong position. Your task is to stabilize the overall situation of Shuofang. You will be appointed in another year at most."
, don’t have any psychological burden.”
Liang Wu nodded, "I understand, I understand!"
Guo Song added: "Your top priority now is to build a large refugee camp to accommodate women, children and the elderly of the party members. They should be escorted here soon."
"How do you plan to deal with them?"
"The marriage problem in the Hexi Army has always existed. Many soldiers can't find wives. I plan to use marriage to get Dangxiang women married to the officers and soldiers of the Hexi Army."
"This is a good idea. I think so too."
Guo Song smiled and patted Liang Wu on the shoulder, "I let you take charge of Lingzhou not only because you are a local snake, but more importantly because of my trust in you."
"Thank you for your trust!"
"Stay! I'm leaving."
As soon as Guo Song urged his horses, he led hundreds of soldiers and galloped away into the distance...
The governor of Fengzhou is Xue Changshou. He was a military doctor who followed Guo Song to Anxi. He was reused by Guo Song and gradually became the chief official of Fengzhou. He also served as the governor of the three towns. Xue Changshou was a smooth man and was good at adapting.
, he successively won the trust of Guo Shu and Cui Kuan. Since Cui Kuan also served as the manager of the three towns, Xue Changshou was responsible for actual military affairs.
Early in the morning, Xue Changshou summoned the five lieutenants and generals. He said to everyone: "I believe everyone knows what happened in Lingzhou. Guo Shijun will be arriving in the next two days. We need to make our attitude clear."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Xue Changshou continued: "Guo Shijun is our old boss. It was he who created today's Fengzhou situation. Without him, there would be no Fengzhou today. I personally would like to continue to follow Guo Shijun. If
If you don't want to, I, Xue Changshou, will never force you. Everyone can leave with their belongings, but the army cannot."
As soon as Xue Changshou finished speaking, Li Ji took the lead in raising his hand and said, "I am willing to follow!"
Li Ji was suppressed by Guo Shu before and was demoted to Dongshou Town General. After Cui Kuan took office, he re-employed all those Guo Shu demoted. Li Ji was transferred back to Fengzhou and served as Zhonglang General. He was Guo Song's general.
The old lieutenant general was of course the first to support.
Immediately afterwards, Luo Yuan and Feng Qumin also raised their hands to express their willingness to follow. They are both old generals of Guo Song and one of the Seventy Warriors who returned from Anxi. Of course, they also support it.
The remaining two people, one is Zhang Sen, who was transferred from Hexi to Fengzhou. He won the respect of Guo Shu, but Cui Kuan did not like him. Zhang Sen hesitated, raised his hand and said: "I am willing to serve Guo Shijun."
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Xue Changshou is not worried about Zhang Sen. Zhang Sen is a smart man. Although Cui Kuan dislikes him, he can still protect himself.
At this time, Xue Changshou's eyes fell on the last person. This person was called Yang Bo, Cui Kuan's confidant. He was transferred to Lingzhou just two months ago. He was obviously going to be the commander-in-chief of the Fengzhou Army, but he had not had time to become a full-time official.
Cui Kuan was killed by the party members.
Yang Bo was silent for a while and said: "Guo Song is not a court after all. He cannot appoint himself as the governor of Shuofang. I suggest that it is best to listen to Zhu Taiwei's opinion again."
Luo Yuan and Feng Quimin exchanged glances. Feng Quimin slowly drew out his sword and suddenly, he stabbed Yang Bo in the back of the heart with a fierce sword. The sword pierced the heart. Yang Bo screamed and died immediately.
Xue Changshou stood up in shock, "You...what are you doing?"
Li Ji and Zhang Sen also changed their expressions and stood aside one after another, looking at Feng Quemin warily.
Feng Quemin bowed his hands and said in salute: "We have long heard that he was attracted by Zhu Si. If he said this today, it is obvious that he has different intentions. If we don't kill him now, it will be difficult to kill him again when he returns to the military camp."
Li Ji had keen eyesight. He saw a corner of a letter exposed in Yang Bo's arms, reached out and pulled it out, and sneered: "Everyone, read this letter!"
He threw the letter on the table, and everyone was stunned. They saw on the cover that it read, 'To General Yang, the Governor of the Vast Sea.' The signature was none other than Taiwei Zhu Si.
Zhu Si was really willing to spend money! He actually made him a general and appointed him as the governor of Hanhai.
Everyone gasped, Yang Bo took the letter with him, it is very likely that he will take action tonight.
Zhang Sen said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid he has already made arrangements. Without further ado, I can use his name to summon his subordinates and catch them all in one fell swoop!"
Everyone looked at Xue Changshou. Xue Changshou thought for a moment, nodded and said: "This matter really cannot be delayed. Let's discuss the details of the action!"
Half an hour later, several captains from the fifth battalion hurried to Yang Bo's tent.
The strength of Fengzhou's army reached its peak of nearly 20,000 during the Guo and Song Dynasties. However, Fengzhou could not afford such heavy military expenses, and the number of troops gradually decreased. Now there are only 5,000 professional soldiers left. They all obtained land and became military households.
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Five thousand soldiers are divided into five battalions. The commander of each battalion is Zhonglang General, which is actually only equivalent to Langjiang. Therefore, there is no Langjiang under Zhonglang General, but directly the school captain.
As soon as the five captains entered the big tent, they found that there was no one inside. They secretly screamed that something was wrong and turned around to exit. Hundreds of soldiers swarmed out and trapped them with spears.