my wonderful zoo

Chapter 184

When they came to Shangshu Province, more than five thousand Zhang Jiajun gathered here.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xun immediately realized that this was a very good opportunity.

Counting the Zhang Jiajun who was at Anyuanmen before, at least eight or nine thousand troops of the Zhang Jiajun have been used to "watch" Chen Xun. The total number of regular Zhang Jiajun troops is only 2. Even if more than 1 auxiliary troops are added, the Zhang Jiajun is currently defending the city gate. And the manpower of the city wall must be insufficient.

We have to find an opportunity to release this information so that Sun Zheng can be prepared.

Arriving at the gate, Chen Xun saw Zhang Shuye standing outside the gate waiting. He walked closer and resisted the urge to pull out the Mo Dao behind him. As long as Zhang Shuye appeared in Chen Xun's field of vision, it would be over. Unable to escape, Chen Xun planned to listen to his plan first.

After all, Chen Xun still cherishes talents like the Zhang family and his son. If they can really join the Chen family army, it will be a good thing for both parties.

"General Chen, please!" Zhang Shuye looked at the fully armed Chen Xun, frowned and invited.

Chen Xun, who was afraid of death, didn't care what Zhang Shuye thought. He even wore his helmet neatly, making outsiders feel hot and panicked at the first sight.

"General Zhang, please!" Chen Xun said to the guard next to him, then stepped through the door first and walked towards the lobby with a familiar familiarity.

He had just been here not long ago, and he still hadn't forgotten the layout inside.

Zhang Shuye happened to notice this and became more sure of Li Gang's previous guess.

The two of them quickly sat down. After tea and snacks were served, Li Gang's men and the soldiers of the Miao Dao Camp all stood outside the lobby.

After only Zhang Shuye and his son, Chen Xun and Chen Zhuang were left in the room, Chen Xun took off the helmet on his head.

"General Chen is really cautious." Zhang Bofen was young and energetic and couldn't help but comment.

"Thank you for the compliment. Be careful and make no big mistakes. I've always been like this." Zhang Bofen almost lost his temper when Chen Xun was so shameless.

"Don't be weird! Be careful to catch the thousand-year-old cicada, and be careful to make the ten-year-old ship. Although you are a few years older than Chen Jiajun, you still need to learn more from Chen Jiajun in terms of caution." Zhang Shuye turned to his son. scolded.

Although he was defending himself, Chen Xun heard some other meanings from it, such as: Chen Xun, you are younger than my son.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. When people feel that they are incompetent and powerless, they will talk about age. This has been true since ancient times.

Not bothering to argue with him, Chen Xun asked directly: "General Zhang, did you think clearly about asking me to come here in person?"

"I want to hear what Chen Jiajun is planning later." Zhang Shuye asked.

"I don't think too far ahead at the moment. The most important thing right now is the Jin Army in the north of the city. After we deal with them, the next step is to end the war in Hebei." Chen Xun replied: "After that, whether you choose to go south or continue to go north, you have to Let’s see how things develop.”

After Li Gang came back yesterday, he explained to Chen Xun the content of his chat with Zhang Shuye, so Chen Xun didn't make any cover-ups, and directly revealed his latest development plan.

It's very simple, but it's enough.It not only expresses Chen Jiajun's position, but also indicates Chen Jiajun's general development direction in the future.

"I thought about it carefully last night. If it hadn't been for you, Chen Jiajun, to hold Jin Jun back, and if it hadn't been for Pei Ren to save me, I would have been buried in the soil by now." Zhang Shuye's expression looked very depressed, giving people a feeling of exhaustion. a feeling of.

Chen Xun didn't know when Zhang Shuye ended his career in the previous life, but given his starting point, the fact that he no longer appears on the historical stage after the Jingkang Incident can already show that his end was not good.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Jiajun changed his destiny.

"The main thing is to rely on you to save yourself." Chen Xun replied, and then waited for Zhang Shuye to continue speaking. "There are rumors among the people that you, Chen Jiajun, are invincible. With the distance between you and me now, my life must be in your hands." Zhang Shuye looked at the weapons on the back of Chen Xun's armor.

This "legend" was not intentionally promoted by Pei Ren, but was spread spontaneously by the soldiers, prisoners and common people who had seen Chen Xun's demeanor on the battlefield.

Invincible at a hundred steps means that anyone who appears within a hundred steps of Chen Xun cannot escape Chen Xun's blade.

Some of the names were wrong, and some of the nicknames were correct.

From Chen Xun's own point of view, this nickname still underestimates him. As long as Chen Xun is given time, within a thousand or ten thousand steps, Chen Xun thinks that he is invincible.

"That's right." He nodded, recognizing Zhang Shuye's statement.

"If the Zhang family army merges into the Chen family army, what will General Chen plan to do with us?" Zhang Shuye asked.

"For the soldiers, they will be screened first, and the older and younger ones will be sent home. After the young and strong people pass the camp training, they will be dispersed and assigned to the Chen family's army battalions." Chen Xun had already thought about this. The original plan was that if the Zhang family and his son did not agree to surrender, he would carry out a beheading battle, and then select and train these prisoners into the Chen family army.

"For the generals, they will also be screened and then trained. Once qualified, they will start from the grassroots level." This was added by Chen Xungang. He had not planned to let Zhang Jiajun's generals directly become Chen Jiajun's officers.

There are raging soldiers and raging generals. Chen Xun does not want these Zhang Jiajun generals who may have "bad habits" to pollute the Chen Jiajun officer command system.

Therefore, during the subsequent screening, the standards will be very strict, and the training and assessment standards will also be very strict. Those who fail will either get severance pay and go home, or start as a soldier in the camp.

"Do those who have been dismissed have any money?" Zhang Shuye asked.

"I promised you 50 taels of silver before. This condition will not change. I will also use 50 taels to demobilize Zhang Family Army officers who are unwilling or unfit to continue serving in the army." Chen Xun replied.

This amount is very large. On average, 25 Zhang Jiajun can get [-] taels of silver per person.

Moreover, Chen Xun would definitely not dismiss all Zhang Jiajun. Dismissing half would be considered too much, so the money that everyone can get is still a lot.

Of course, the severance pay equivalent to 3000 million taels can only be regarded as a fraction. Both Chen Xun and Zhang Shuye knew this.

Here, some people may think that Chen Xun is timid again. In fact, this is not the case. Chen Xun also has his own account in mind.

Not to mention that everyone is Han, killing each other will only make the Jin people and other foreigners laugh.Zhang Shuye had already saved Chen Xun a lot of money by agreeing to peacefully merge with Chen Jiajun.

On the other hand, if Zhang Shuye insisted on fighting to the death with Chen Jiajun and spent a lot of rewards, there would be many people in Zhang Jiajun and Kaifeng inner city who could do their best for money.By then, if Chen Jiajun wants to capture the inner city, he will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

The pensions for these Chen Jiajun soldiers who died in the battle, as well as their previous training expenses, and the training expenses for the new recruits who came in later, were all money.

You must know that the officers and soldiers of the Chen family are not strong men pulled directly from the fields, but are elites who have been cultivated and trained for a long time.

"I hope the governor will do what he says." After Zhang Shuye said this, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really hard to make this decision.

Li Gang's persuasion can only be regarded as an introduction. It was his two sons who really made him make this decision.

(End of this chapter)