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Chapter 219 What kind of chess game do you want to play?

In the 12th year of Chongzhen, on the night of March 27th, Labayu was brightly lit.

In the barracks on the left side of Yumen, candlelight flickered, and tables of food and wine were placed there. The two hundred fine cavalry brought by Zhang Cheng, and the more than 170 men brought by Zhao Shihu, were all gathered here at the moment. Sitting at the table, eating and drinking happily.

Nearly a thousand bandits, military households, and civilians who were escorted back from Beiliangtou were surrounded by piles of bonfires on the school ground on the right side of Yumen, drinking broth and eating steamed buns. .

There are nearly a hundred sergeants stationed in Labayu around, walking back and forth to patrol here, they are extremely vigilant to these newly returned prisoners.

From Beiliangtou, more than 360 taels of silver, more than [-] taels of gold, more than [-] shi of grain, more than [-] shi of bean fodder, and some gold beads and silk satin were seized from Beiliangtou. The fine and soft things, as well as wood, farm tools, armored battles, etc., have all been put into the treasury.

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In the hall of the meeting hall, Zhang Cheng sat at the head of the Eight Immortals table, and Zhao Shihu sat at the head of the guest seat. At first he pushed and pushed, but after Zhang Cheng spoke, he didn't dare to push anymore.

Chen Zhong, Wei Zhice, Liu Quan, Sun Dashan, Shi Tiegen, Ma Huijun and others also sat at this table to accompany them.

The 37 strong men who followed behind Zhao Shihu to plead guilty were all Mabu mountain bandits who participated in the interception and killing on the official road. They are all eating and drinking in the barracks on the left side of the Yumen.

"Everyone, for the first time tonight, brothers Zhao Shihu and Muzhajian brothers will join this general, congratulations."

Zhang Cheng picked up the wine bowl and said loudly.

"Second, capture and kill Hu Sihai, the leader of the bandit, for Brother Zhao, and flatten Beiliangtou with one drum, congratulations!"

Everyone at the table got up together, held wine bowls, and said loudly: "Congratulations to the general, congratulations to Brother Zhao!"

Then, everyone at the table toasted Zhao Shihu to welcome him to join. During the banquet, Liu Quan and Sun Dashan pestered Chen Zhong to ask about the war during King Qin.

Everyone at the table gradually became engrossed in listening, put down their chopsticks, and listened quietly. Every time they came to a tense place, they would hold their breath.

Like the battle of Julu, it was thrilling, and everyone felt as if they were there. When they heard Lu Xiangsheng's death, they all shed tears and lamented endlessly.

Especially when he heard that Gao Qiqian's Guan Ning army was defeated without a fight, they all gnashed their teeth and cursed repeatedly, and Wei Zhice even slapped the table, feeling very angry.

When Chen Zhong got tired of talking, he took a break, and after everyone ate the dinner, they all asked about the subsequent battle, so Chen Zhong asked Wei Zhice to continue talking.

Wei Zhice was a scholar after all, so he started to talk about it after Baoding joined forces with Sun Chuanting, and he talked about it vividly, especially the two battles between Zhang Chengzhen's defeat of Qing's Fuguo Gong Mazhan and Yangwu General Yuetuo.

What he said was particularly vivid. In order to establish Zhang Cheng's prestige and prestige, Wei Zhice also performed artistic processing on how Zhang Cheng chased and killed Ma Zhan and killed Yue Tuo with a single shot.

Especially after the formation of Yuetuo, how to lead everyone to avoid the truth, to rush all the way from the dark, to safely stand out of the Qing army camp, and after returning to the camp, the expressions and performances of Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and the commanders of the towns are all described. Just right.

From then on, Zhang Cheng shot Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Tartars with an arrow, and Julu fought bravely to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, ambushed the Tartars with a red flag and killed Mazhan, the Duke of Fuguo, and attacked the slave camp at night and killed the Tartarist Yangwu General Yue with one shot. Thanks to these four incidents, it became a legend, which was spread among the people in Gyeonggi and the Xuanda army, and will spread throughout the country in the future.

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Seeing that everyone was full of wine and food, Zhang Cheng called the sergeant next to him to fill his bowl with wine. He sat on the chair and said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will rush to the Security Guard City to meet with Chen. The governor will meet, and I will explain things here tonight."

When everyone at the table heard the words, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks, and quietly listened to Zhang Cheng continue to say: "I will return to the Xuan Mansion to make some arrangements, and I will rush to Shangbei Road to take up my post.

However, I still want to keep Labayu, Tietouyu, and Zhao Shihu's wood thorn point, and I still ask you to garrison them. The three villages are headed by Labayu, and Tietouyu focuses on iron smelting and land reclamation;
Ten tigers, you Muzhajian are relatively independent. When you go back, you need to reorganize your team. I promise you to refine five hundred soldiers. Liu Quan will provide you with a set of armor and weapons. All the proceeds from your Muzhajian will be used to raise soldiers. It is useful, but there are deficiencies, which will be supplemented by Liu Quan;

Also, the private salt business will continue and even expand. Official salt is so expensive that military households can afford it. You are doing a good deed to benefit the village, and you will bear all the consequences. "

Zhao Shihu was obviously a little excited. He had only seen Zhang Cheng's promotion to guerrilla at first, and he had also seen it on the official road. Only dozens of wounded soldiers and a group of young and strong people had that level of combat power. He was afraid that King Zhang Chengqin would come back To take revenge on him was to think of surrendering to protect herself.

But later, news about Zhang Cheng from Labayu kept coming, and Zhan Mazhan and Yue Tuo were even ordered to go out of Zhenxuanfu to the important place on the North Road, and he really wanted to take refuge in him.

Now, seeing that Zhang Cheng does things eclecticly, unreasonably, and even out of line, he is both surprised and admired.

Wei Zhice, who was sitting on the other side of Zhang Cheng, was lost in thought. He first met Zhang Cheng outside Zhendingfu, and when Zhang Cheng urged Lu Xiangsheng to send troops to rescue the deer, he felt that Zhang Cheng was different from ordinary generals.

He vaguely saw a hope in Zhang Cheng. This is not only about bravery and loyalty, but also vision, tolerance and mind. As far as he knows, the generals everywhere at this time are all greedy for pleasure.

They only have immediate interests and wealth in their minds. They are full of empty pay and private soldiers. It is normal for them to flee before the battle, and killing good men and taking meritorious deeds is the norm. How can they count on such generals to help the country and the people?

Until he met Zhang Cheng, he seemed to see something strange, which made him vaguely feel that there might be hope, especially Zhang Cheng's Julu fought hard and never abandoned his governor Lu Xiangsheng, which made him follow him.

However, it was normal before, but when he arrived at Labayu, he discovered that Zhang Cheng was raising private soldiers and marching around the stronghold. He didn't know what kind of game he was going to play.

At this time, Zhao Shihu was encouraged to continue selling private salt. This unreasonable behavior surprised him, but he knew it was wrong to do so, but he felt that what Zhang Cheng did was also reasonable.

Wei Zhice shook his head lightly, trying to drive away those distracting thoughts that were temporarily incomprehensible and confusing, but he felt that the wine he just drank had already made him feel a little bit overwhelmed, when he heard Zhang Cheng speak again.

"Liu Quan, your three valley villages are combined into a thousand headquarters, with four outposts, two in Labayu, one in Tietou, and one in Muzhajian Village."

(End of this chapter)