I want to be emperor

Chapter 431 Everyone is not stupid

Zhang Wenzhi had no ambitions, and he was not even as obsessed with continuing to lead troops as Shen Yuankui, in order to control the military power in his hands.

All Zhang Wenzhi wanted was glory and wealth.

In the past two years, he has led troops to fight everywhere, and he has seen through a lot of things, and after seeing through, he is not so attached to some things.

For example, asking to continue to lead troops after surrendering, or continue to lead the troops of the headquarters, in Zhang Wenzhi's view, there is not much benefit, but it has huge political risks.

Now if he asks to continue to lead the troops of the headquarters, there is a high probability that the Chu army will agree, but there is no guarantee that he will not settle accounts in the fall.

Although Zhang Wenzhi is a general, he has also read books since he was a child, so he knows that such things are very taboo.

As for surrendering generals, one must have the consciousness of surrendering generals, as long as there is melting of wealth and honor, some things, especially military power, should be let go, otherwise it will easily become a way of death.

Even if you want to continue to lead troops to make contributions, you can wait until later.

I didn't see that the personnel Song Zushun only held empty positions, even Chen Yongfu, He Renlong and the others slowly got up later, but few of them were like Shen Yuankui, and they led the troops directly after defecting, and they still led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters of.

Doesn't this make it clear that the soldiers are self-respecting?

He, Zhang Wenzhi, would not do this. He only wanted to be rich and wealthy, and he did not seek military power.

Therefore, when the people from the Military Intelligence Department found him and tried to win him over, Zhang Wenzhi's words surprised even the Military Intelligence Department.

This person even took the initiative to say that after he defected there, he would hand over all the soldiers and horses under his command, but he himself wanted to disarm and return to the fields.

This situation caught the Military Intelligence Department by surprise. The envoys that had been recruited in the past had already been authorized. As long as Zhang Wenzhi could be recruited, then the various conditions could be under Shen Yuankui's conditions, and they could continue to add one more, such as Awarded the rank of major general of the army and the like.

However, since Zhang Wenzhi offered to give up his military power, the conditions listed before are not suitable.

And everyone is not stupid, Zhang Wenzhi said that he could give up his military power and wanted to be disarmed and returned to the field, but the people at the Military Intelligence Department could tell at a glance that what this person wanted was glory and wealth.

To put it bluntly, it is the condition of giving up military power, seeking higher and better treatment of prosperity and wealth.

The Military Intelligence Department didn't decide this matter without authorization, but flew to Yangzhou to report it.

After Luo Zhixue learned of this, he still admired Zhang Wenzhi's choice, knowing how to advance and retreat, and the importance.

Since he is willing to give up his military power, Luo Zhixue will not treat him badly.

First give an army the rank of major general, and confer the post of military adviser.Even if he has already said that he will be dismissed and return to the farm, he still can't really refuse to give him a half-job.

The title is granted to the viscount, and the higher title is the earl, and even if Zhang Wenzhi voluntarily surrenders and gives up his military power, he will not be able to reach the threshold of being an earl.

Zheng Zhilong brought hundreds of warships to vote, but he was only awarded the title of earl.

Even within the Chu army, not every senior general can be awarded the title of earl, and more titles are viscount and baron.

Luo Zhixue was very generous to the lower titles, that is, Baron and Viscount, and the conditions for obtaining them were not too harsh.

But above the earl is very harsh, whether it is an earl or a marquis, they all need strong military merits as a support, or those few civil servants who started from the dragon early in the morning and mixed up based on their seniority.

As for the duke, even after the unification of China, there will be only a handful of them who can be conferred. Except for a few military leaders, there is basically no hope for others.

In addition to giving Zhang Wenzhi a military rank and title, Luo Zhixue would also give him a house and a batch of cash.

In addition to these, Luo Zhixue also gave him some shares in a certain textile factory under the control of some royal assets, worth about 5 taels, and the development prospects are good.

The above is the personal treatment arrangement for Zhang Wenzhi. In addition, a group of officers under his command still follow the principle of voluntariness. Those who want to continue to serve in the army will continue to join the army. Then just send the money home.

In short, let them choose freely as much as possible, and it will not be too embarrassing.

As for ordinary soldiers, they will be repaid and reorganized into the third cavalry brigade on the spot.

After Zhang Wenzhi received the reward from the Military Intelligence Department, he waited until a third secretary of the Hanlin Academy sent by Luo Zhixue came to announce the decree.

What he paid attention to was not other things, but asked Luo Zhixue's attitude towards him in a circumstantial way.

The third secretary immediately said: "Your Majesty has said: This person knows how to advance and retreat, and knows the importance, very good!"

Zhang Wenzhi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, the military rank, title or even gold and silver are actually not important, what is important is the attitude of the great Chu emperor Luo Zhixue.

Since Emperor Luo Zhixue treated him well, Zhang Wenzhi knew that as long as he didn't mess around in the future, the prosperity and wealth of his descendants would be stable in this life.

There is no need to hesitate, just kneel down and accept the order!

As a result, among the three frontier cavalry in the Jiangbei area, Zhang Wenzhi's unit, the largest and most powerful, officially surrendered to Chu and was reorganized into the Third Cavalry Brigade of the Great Chu Empire Army.

Zhang Wenzhi himself no longer served as the commander of the brigade, but went to Yangzhou to take up the post of his cavalry military adviser, and it didn't take long for this person to go directly to Jinling City to enjoy the blessings... As for his family members, there is no need to worry about it. Zhang Wenzhi's hometown is in northern Chu, under the control of the Chu army, so it is very safe.

In order to appease the many soldiers who had just surrendered from the Army's Third Cavalry Brigade, Luo Zhixue did not arrange for another person to be the brigade commander. Instead, Dai Yongshan, the former deputy of Zhang Wenzhi, took over and awarded him the rank of brigadier general.

Of course, the brigade commander didn't send anyone there, but he sent a deputy brigade commander and chief of staff. In addition, he also arranged a group of deputy regimental commanders, officers like post commanders, and dozens of backbone cavalry in each regiment post. .

Anyway, Zhang Wenzhi voluntarily gave up his military power, so the Chu army naturally wanted to take the opportunity to directly control this cavalry unit.

In fact, not only the [-]rd Cavalry Brigade, but even the [-]nd Cavalry Brigade Chu Army sent a large number of people to take over the positions of deputy brigade commander, chief of staff, and other deputies, sentry officers, etc., but the scale was not so large.

Chu Jun agreed to let Shen Yuankui continue to be the brigade commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade, but he didn't promise that he would not be alone.

No one is really disturbed, not to mention other things, Shen Yuankui even sleeps unsteadily.

He's not stupid... If he really wants to refuse someone from above to come over, it will be a dead word every minute.

He just wants to continue to lead troops and gain power, and he just wants to continue to climb up and win greater glory and wealth, rather than really wanting to be an independent warlord leader...

He has the heart but not the guts!

After Zhang Wenzhi and Shen Yuankui voted for Chu, the third remaining frontier cavalry in the Jiangbei area suddenly became embarrassed...

Zhu Dadian had almost decided that they were going to join the bandits, but in fact this cavalry hadn't thought about it before.

The commander of this cavalry, Yu Shi, deputy general of Jiangbei Zuoying, thinks that the current life is pretty good, and Zhu Dadian doesn't care about what he likes to do with a thousand cavalry.

He also didn't want to run over to the Chu army to be his younger brother, and be restrained by a bunch of rules.

But, when things have come to this point, many things are not what he wants.

In particular, Zhu Dadian had already decided that he would become a thief. In order to prevent the situation from worsening, Zhu Dadian directly recruited one of Yu Shi's confidantes, and after promising a high-ranking official with a generous salary, he asked him to assassinate Yu Shi directly...

Zhu Dadian wanted to take a precautionary measure, kill Yu Shi directly, and then take over the frontier cavalry.

In the end, Yu Shi was killed, but the other cavalry generals under Yu Shi were terrified...

If Zhu Dadian can kill Yu Shi today, he can kill them tomorrow!

If you don't escape now, when will you wait!
As a result, they each took their cavalry and ran away. Hundreds of cavalry went directly to the Chu army, and when they arrived, they said they would surrender...

There are also hundreds of riders heading north all the way, running directly to Henan. It seems that they have gone to Zuo Liangyu.

Then Zhu Dadian sighed continuously as he looked at the remaining cavalry who could not reach a hundred.

It didn't work out!
But it was just a sigh. In his opinion, even if there were only a hundred cavalry left, hundreds of cavalry would go to the Chu bandits, and it would be better than letting Yu Shi take thousands of cavalry to join the Chu bandits.

Rounding it up, it can be regarded as killing hundreds of Chu cavalry first.

Under the operation of both the Chu Army and Zhu Dadian, most of the more than 4000 Mingbian Army Cavalrymen who had been active in the Jiangbei area for several months and once posed a huge threat to the Chu Army became members of the Chu Army Cavalry .

The independent cavalry unit of the Great Chu Empire Army was directly expanded from one cavalry brigade to three cavalry brigades.

And this has had drastic consequences!
The first was the Battle of Fengyang City. When the [-]th Division first marched westward, it was worried about the attack of the cavalry of the Ming army, so it walked very carefully along the way, and the marching speed was only more than ten kilometers a day.

And the marching speed of more than ten kilometers is very slow for the main force of the Tenth Division, especially on flat terrain with formed official roads and other roads.

Under normal circumstances, that is, when there is no huge external threat, the marching speed of the Tenth Division in Fengyangfu can reach more than 25 kilometers per day.

And this missing ten kilometers of marching speed is because of the threat of the Ming army cavalry, the Tenth Division had to move forward cautiously and slowly, and at the same time, it had to accompany and cover the huge logistics transport fleet advancing in the Huaihe River, and every time it advanced a certain distance, it would slow down. Stop to rest, re-deploy tactically, build a safe logistics transportation channel, and also need to leave troops to garrison various logistics transportation nodes along the way. Under such circumstances, the overall westward advance speed will be slower.

But when Shen Yuankui and Zhang Wenzhi's units surrendered one after another, and Yu Shi's division fell apart, the Tenth Division did not have much external threat.

So they speeded up directly, and it took only a few days to kill Fengyang City.

(End of this chapter)