Late Tang

On the South Island of Daxie Island, there was joy everywhere.

Li Jing ordered that each pig be slaughtered, two sheep be rewarded, and each person be given two catties of fine wine to reward the three armies.Min Zhuang and those in the prisoner-of-war camps and labor camps who participated in the war were also rewarded with wine and meat.

It was already dawn, and the island was full of celebratory Salmonella troops.All the soldiers were elated and enjoyed the joy of victory.

In this battle, less is against more, and it is for battle.It is even more rewarding to achieve a big victory by striking more with less, completely defeating more than [-] soldiers and horses in Daxie Village, and capturing Daxie Walled City.

Going into battle, the whole army will be rewarded, and each person will be paid five guan.If you go to battle, you will be rewarded, and rewards will be added, and each person will be awarded five guan.This is just collective military merit, and the soldiers' beheading, capturing the flag, and first-level merits are not counted.Beheading one level is one rank of military merit, two is two ranks, four is three ranks, eight is four ranks, and sixteen is five ranks.Correspondingly, the first reward is five guan, the second is ten guan, if you can get three ranks of military merit in a battle, it will be twenty guan, four forty guan, and five rounds can kill sixteen or more enemies. Get a huge reward of eighty guan at a time.

In addition to the rewards, those who have achieved rank three or above will have the opportunity to be promoted to a higher level.

Compared with military merits for killing enemies, captives have correspondingly reduced a lot of rewards and military merits. One captive can only be rewarded consistently, and only five enemies can be converted to military merits.If you want to rely on captives to obtain Rank 80 military merit, you must capture at least [-] people at a time.

In this battle, the Shamen town army killed more than 700 Daxie soldiers, and more than 8000 rewards were issued for the head alone.In addition to the rewards of the whole army received in the battle, it was as high as more than [-] guan.Such a high reward made Zhang Hong feel pained, and even Zhang Chengye, the superintendent, felt that the reward was too high.Although the imperial court's historical rewards are similar to this amount, in fact, the imperial court's forbidden army and the rewards of soldiers and horses in various feudal towns have shrunk greatly.It is impossible for the soldiers to get the full amount of rewards, and after layers of deductions by the officers below, the final amount of rewards is generally only about [-]% to [-]% of the current amount of the Shamen Town Army.

"Actually, the general only needs to reward about half of the current reward. The soldiers are already very grateful. This can save half of the reward. In a big battle like this, at least more than [-] rewards can be saved." Zhang Chengye was also there. He was always thinking of Li Jing. When the enemy attacked, he felt bad and volunteered to go to Dengzhou to rescue soldiers.Wang Zhong said that he wanted to run away, but Li Jing believed that Zhang Chengye was not someone who would run away.In the end, Li Jing persuaded Zhang Chengye to believe that Shamen Town could deal with the incoming enemy and stayed.

Li Jing has always had his own views on rewards.Being a soldier and fighting is the most dangerous thing.Especially now that the world is in turmoil and troubled times are coming, these soldiers are even more difficult to be.If the soldiers are required to work hard, but they refuse to be rewarded with food, such an approach will lead to accidents sooner or later.In the late Tang Dynasty, especially after the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a mutiny of wages at every turn. The most important reason was that the salary of soldiers was too poor, and their livelihood could not be guaranteed.

This was the case with the Jingyuan mutiny in Chang'an during Tang Dezong's time.In October of the fourth year of the founding of the Middle School, when Dezong was about to be transferred to the front line of Huaixi to counter the rebellion, when the Jingyuan soldiers and horses passed through Chang'an, because they did not get the reward they dreamed of, and the meals they served were brown rice and vegetables, the soldiers mutinied. This is the famous "Jingshi Change" in history.Dezong fled to Fengtian in a panic, and became another emperor of the Tang Dynasty who went out of Beijing to avoid chaos after Xuanzong and Daizong.

The soldiers even rebelled against the emperor. Thousands of people dared to mutiny in Chang'an City, forcing the emperor to flee.

There was not only one such thing, but it happened repeatedly in the late Tang Dynasty and the end of Tang Dynasty.Li Jing is in charge of the army now, and he absolutely does not want his own soldiers to become such a group of soldiers.To change all of this, the most important thing is to give soldiers a sense of honor, as well as substantial salaries and rewards.

Although Yanglian Bank cannot completely avoid official corruption, it can reduce the probability of corruption extremely well.Just as officials in the Song Dynasty were treated very well, with various job fields, public land, and various incomes, officials in the Song Dynasty were much more honest than officials in the Ming Dynasty who were the worst paid.Li Jing didn't expect to use money to completely build an army into what he wanted, but at least he could prevent those situations where there was a need to reward money and mutiny.

In every battle, 30.00% of the captured items will be used as rewards, which is already the standard that Li Jing has set long ago.Rewards are issued according to different battle results and first-level military achievements. If 30.00% is not enough to supply, Li Jing himself has to use the money and food in the treasury to replenish.If the reward is less than 30.00%, the rest will be stored in the library for the next use.

According to Zhang Hong's rough statistics for this battle, at least one hundred thousand was awarded as a reward.However, this time Shamen Town captured tens of thousands of Daxie soldiers, and seized the last 60 or so ships that Fengzhang had in the end, and the Nandao and Daxie Walled City that were not captured last time. Jing believes that with Fengzhang's many years of operation, all the materials, money, food, etc. add up to at least 30.00 to [-] guan, or even as high as a million guan.A reward of [-] is issued, which is completely within that [-]%.

In Daxie Walled City, where the soldiers and horse envoys were originally granted, Li Jing held a celebration banquet.

In addition to a few officers on duty in Shamen Town, more than [-]% of the officers above the capital level were present, all in one place.Delicious delicacies, delicacies from mountains and seas, meat mountains and sea wines are openly available.The hall was full of excitement, the generals laughed loudly, it was very lively.

Li Jing was in a very happy mood. Ever since the day he decided to come to Shamen Town, he had thought about taking Daxie Village as his territory.In troubled times, there is no room for false politeness.What's more, ever since he became Cui Yunqing's disciple, he has already become hostile to the Feng family.This relationship cannot be resolved unless he abandons the Cui family and joins the Feng family instead.But he rejected Cui Yanqing's solicitation at the beginning, and it is even more impossible to change course later.

Either he died or Feng Zhang died, this was the doomed end when he came.

Now, Feng Zhang is dead, Daxie village is broken, and he sits on the top position in the mansion.

This battle was fought painfully, but beautifully.Feng Zhang and Pei You teamed up, and nearly 3 people attacked.Li Jing, relying on eight thousand soldiers who were not trained enough, and thousands of civilian prisoners of war, organized a beautiful counterattack and sent Feng Zhang to an old thief into Luozhong in one fell swoop.

Beheaded nearly 3000 Daxie soldiers and Duli Town soldiers, and captured more than [-] people, while Shamen Town had less than [-] dead and seriously injured, and more than half of the dead and seriously injured were Minzhuang, POW camps, and labor camps of.Such a result is enough to make Li Jing proud.

The most honorable seat on Li Jing's left is Song Xi, Li Jing's former boss.In the Dengzhou Unity Camp, Song Xi was one of the ten generals of the Mouping Camp, and Li Jing was only the leader of the team at that time.Li Jing decided to take over the position of general of Shamen Township. When he returned to Qingning Township, Song Xi also took up the post. On Li's mother's birthday, he went to pay her respects and fought back with Li Jing against the bandits.

After Li Jing arrived in Shamen Town, Song Wen was promoted to the governor of Dengzhou. Song Xi, a member of Song Wei's tribe and general under his command, naturally filled Song Wen's vacancy. The actual controller.

Song Wen saw the beacon fire in Shamen Town, and when he learned that Feng Zhang would attack Shamen Town again, he immediately asked Song Xi to lead 2000 united soldiers in Dengzhou, [-] Dengzhou Zhizhou soldiers, and [-] Longshan battalion. A total of [-] troops rushed to the rescue.Li Jing is now a general whom Song Wei valued very much, and the elite soldiers under him are very powerful, and the territory of Shamen Town is also very important, Song Wen dare not lose.

The relationship between Song Xi and Li Jing was pretty good. After Li Jing took office, he was also very polite to this former boss. Various festive gifts kept coming, and they were very expensive.Rescue Li Jing, of course he has nothing to say.What's more, when Song Wen came to him, he once told him in private that Daxie village is very important. Although Li Jing is Cui Yunqing's disciple, he is also very obedient to Jieshuai.But after all, he is not a loyal subordinate of those long-term commanders. For the long-term plan, it is best for them to occupy Daxie Walled City.After all, it is better to be in your own hands than to be in someone else's hands.

"Rescuing Li Jing is the first priority. If you can defeat Feng Zhang, then you should seize Daxie Village immediately. As long as the matter is successful, I will ask Jie Shuai for you to be promoted to be the military envoy of Daxie Village. Dengzhou Port is a Treasures that spit out money, Jieshuai is very short of money now, we have to find a way to control Dengzhou Port. To control Dengzhou Port, the first thing is to control Daxie Village, do you understand?"

Bingmashi and Unity Bingdu Yuhou, these are two very different official positions.Although they are all soldiers in charge, the united soldiers have neither territory nor healthy soldiers.The Unity Army is just a temporary militia recruited for only half of the time each year, and the rest of the time they have to go home for spring farming and autumn harvest.What's more, although there are three thousand united soldiers in Dengzhou, they are stationed in four counties.

But the soldiers and horse envoys are different, especially the soldiers and horse envoys from Daxie Village.Think about Feng Zhang, his military strength is only 100, but he can actually support a fleet of more than 2 ships and [-] horses, which shows how rich this land is.Especially alone at sea, that is carefree.

After getting the order, he was so excited that he couldn't control his excitement. He led the army to the Dengzhou Navy immediately and asked to send ships to reinforce Shamen Town.Wang Jin's subordinates deliberately shied away and neglected, Song Xi directly ordered the man to be beaten up, and led them straight into Wang Jin's mansion. A large group of soldiers and horses rushed in. It's a full-scale war, and he will be sacrificed to the flag.

When Song Xi explained his purpose, although Wang Jin was full of anger, he could no longer make excuses in front of a large group of soldiers and horses, so he had to dispatch warships to transport Song Xi and others to Daxie Village.But in his heart, he secretly hoped that Feng Zhang and the troops of Duli Town could be quicker, capture Shamen Town earlier, and kill Li Jing.

Song Xi rushed to the reinforcements full of heart, thinking that as long as the enemy was beaten back, he would immediately seize Daxie Village.It's just that he never expected that when he arrived, the war was over, and Daxie Village had already changed its flag.The seal character general flag has already been torn off, and the Li character general flag has been planted all over the South Island of Daxie Village.

When he went to the island, when he looked at the neatly arranged phalanx of thousands of people on the pier of the South Island, the front of the lance was still stained with blood.What shocked him even more was that he actually saw a cavalry with as many as a thousand people.My God, when did a cavalry force of thousands of people appear in Shamen Town.Looking at these war horses, Song Xi, who has been fighting for many years, immediately recognized that these were all high-quality Liaodong war horses, not inferior to Hetao war horses and Western Region war horses at all.Looking at the cavalry again, they sat neatly straddling their horses, with some curved long knives unsheathed in their hands.

It was an indescribable murderous aura, and Song Xi understood that this was the aura that only soldiers who had really seen blood had.Seeing these cavalrymen actually straddling their horses and raising their swords out of their sheaths to greet them, Song Xi already felt a bad feeling.Li Jing's formation like this seems to be aimed at deterrence.

Who to deter?

Both Feng Zhang and Feng Xun were dead, and as soon as he landed, Li Jing asked someone to bring the two heads to him for him to have a look at.Feng Zhang's head was burnt beyond recognition, but Feng Xun's head was intact.

Uncle and nephew Feng Zhang died, Li Jing can only threaten himself.

Looking back at the Shamen Township fleet cruising in the sea outside the pier, and besides the long spear phalanx and the cavalry phalanx, there are several soldier phalanxes on the pier.Some of the phalanxes were well-equipped, and there was a murderous look in the formations. At first glance, they were elite soldiers from Shamen Town.Although others were dressed in various styles and only held spears or bows and arrows, many of them didn't even have a helmet, but the number of their five thousand-man formation was enough to shock people.

There are seven thousand-man formations on the pier alone, plus the fleet at sea, this number shocked Song Xi.He looked back at the [-] soldiers he had brought with him. The Longshan Camp and Zhizhou soldiers were all sent by the old and the weak, and the united soldiers were just a group of mud-legged people who hadn't been trained enough.Although they were armed with swords and armor, standing on the pier, compared with Li Jing's soldiers and horses, they were like sheep in front of wolves.

From the pier all the way to the banquet, Song Xi's complexion was always a little bad. Although she forced a smile in front of Li Jing, she was full of worries in her heart.He already had some understanding in his heart that Li Jing's behavior clearly meant that he didn't want to spit out the occupied Daxie Walled City again.I was just happy for a long time, but the position of the soldier and horse envoy has nothing to do with me, it's a pity that I was happy for nothing.

"Soldiers and soldiers of my Salmonella Town!"

"There are also brothers from the Unity Battalion, Longshan Battalion, and Zhizhou Bing led by General Song who came here specially from Dengzhou City!"

Li Jing raised his wine glass high, and the hall fell silent for an instant, only to hear Li Jing's agitated voice echoing in the hall, "Feng Zhang is insane, and he regards our tolerance and concessions to him as a bully, and this time he even colluded with outsiders from Liaodong." Come to attack our army. But this is nothing more than hitting a stone with a pebble. No matter how many conspiracies and tricks, it is just a joke in front of our brave soldiers in Shamen Town." "Feng Zhang has paid for his crimes with his death, Feng Xun I have also realized my mistake and committed suicide to atone for my crime. Now my Shamen town has completely defeated the invading enemy. However, I believe that this matter is only the crime of Feng Zhang and nephew, and the soldiers below are just deceived by him. This will be the Daxie village's deputy military envoy, after the current Daxie village's original military envoy Feng Zhang and deputy envoy Feng Xun were defeated and killed in the rebellion, they have the responsibility and obligation to take care of the current situation in Daxie village."

Song Xi's eyes twitched as he listened below, Li Jing's words were too high-sounding.But if you want to blame, you can only blame Fengzhang, a stupid man who has been shrewd for a lifetime, but now he is forced by Li Jing to make a series of tricks. Now not only his own life, but also the entire Daxie village was completely handed over to Li Jing.

Originally, Li Jing was given the post of Xie Zhai's deputy soldier and horse envoy, just to make it easier for him to rule the islands such as the Black Mountain and other islands, and it was also a consolation for Li Jing.Who would have thought that now that Fengzhang joined forces with outsiders to attack Shamen Town again and was defeated and killed, Li Jing now occupied Daxie village, and by the way, made the name of this soldier and horse envoy famous, and took over Daxie in a completely straightforward manner. Thank you.

Song Xi didn't even have a word to say, Li Jing is now the deputy envoy of Daxie Village, and once Feng Zhangfeng Xun died, he would be the highest officer.

"The rebellion of Uncle Fengzhang and Nephew has been suppressed. This battle has brought out the military power of our Ziqing soldiers and horses. This is a moment worth celebrating. Of course, this is also the credit of the soldiers of the three armies who sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy. As we celebrate the victory At this time, we should not forget the brothers who sacrificed their lives for the country. I propose that the first glass of wine today be honored to the fallen soldiers, and may their spirits rest in peace in heaven."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing slowly poured the wine on the ground, and the hall was full of generals and school officers who also followed the coach to pour the wine on the ground.

Afterwards, Li Jing got up and walked in front of Song Xi, and said loudly: "General Yuhou Song Xi, the capital of the Dengzhou Unity Army, was the top of this general when he first joined the army. General Song Xi's care, this time, General Song Xi heard that there was a warning signal of beacon smoke in my Shamen town, and immediately came to reinforce, which made me very emotional. This second glass of wine, I want to respect General Song Xi, and the former A cup to all the brothers who came to reinforce, thank you."

Everyone hoped to Song, under everyone's eyes, Song Xi smiled wryly, Li Jing spoke so politely, what else could he do.

Picking up the wine glass in his hand, Song Xi smiled lightly and said, "Actually, the rescue came late, and I really felt guilty. I didn't even see a rebel army, let alone reinforcements. This glass of wine, I am grateful." I am ashamed, but I drank it on Song Shijun's behalf, although I waited for the rescue to arrive late, but Song Shijun's concern and worries for General Li Jing and the brothers in Shamen Town are full."

After Song Xi drank the glass of wine, Li Jing laughed and said, "No matter what, brothers come to help, we can't treat you badly. Zhang Bingcao, immediately send someone to reward each of the two thousand brothers who came here with five guan , and immediately sent pigs, sheep, wine and meat to thank you."

He turned his head and said to Megan: "General Megan, after the brothers are full of food and drink, you personally lead the boats of the Zhenhai Camp to send the brothers back to Dengzhou. Pick some big boats. The big boats are stable and can avoid the stormy sea. Brothers You have worked so hard to come here, so you can’t be wronged.” After speaking, he turned his head and smiled at everyone in the hall: “Come on, let’s have three drinks first!”

Song Xi opened his mouth, but in the end he had no choice but to shut up.Li Jing first rewarded the soldiers who came to aid with wine and meat, and then gave each of them a heavy reward of [-] yuan.Then they were sent back to Dengzhou, which did not give them the slightest chance to get their hands on Daxie Village.But what can he do? In the current situation, even if he wants to fight, but the soldiers below have received a large amount of reward from Li Jing, and they have been rewarded with wine and meat. Let's go, but look at the tens of thousands of Salmen town troops on the South Island of Daxie Village, so what if he stays.

Hey, with a sigh in his heart, Song Xi picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.The wine entered his throat, but he didn't taste delicious at all, only the bitter taste in his stomach.

(To be continued)