Let’s talk about Zhu Youjian being attracted by Lin Chunhong’s battle report. He deeply realized that the generals on the front line were ineffective in fighting and only to preserve their strength, so he issued a stern-worded stern edict. The edict quickly arrived in Henan and was placed on the desk of Henan Governor Xuan Mo. In the edict, Chongzhen severely rebuked Xuan Mo for his ineffective suppression of the thieves, and at the same time rebuked Zuo Liangyu, You Shilu and Wang Pu and other generals for not being able to go ahead, which led to the thieves becoming overwhelmed and unable to destroy for a long time. He also made up his mind, "I will sweep it out immediately. If I vent my mistakes again, I will not lend a light loan!"

The generals hated Lin Chunhong deeply, but they had no choice but to do anything. These generals were as smart as they knew that if they did not show any results, they would probably be regarded as a scammer by Zhu Youjian. So Zuo Liangyu marched from Wen County to the northwest and tried to get close to the Jingzhou army stationed near Xubao to ensure safety; You Shilu left Wangwu Mountain and marched from north to south to Jiyuan; Tang Jiuzhou and Li Bei kept squeezing Li Zicheng to Jiyuan from west to east; even Wang Pu, the general of the Beijing camp, ended his state of allowing the bandits to buy grain and winter clothes, and drove Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai west along the Yellow River.

For a moment, it really meant to encircle the bandits and wipe out them in one fell swoop.

As the officers and soldiers kept squeezing the living space of the bandits, it became increasingly difficult for the bandits to obtain food and grass. The countermeasures adopted by the bandit leaders were almost the same, which was to lead the elite troops into the Wangwu Mountain area, deal with Tang Jiuzhou and Li Bei, leaving all the peripheral forces behind, and allowing the officers and soldiers to wipe them out.

In the Potou of Jiyuan, Wang Pu, the general of the Five Army Camps of Jingying, set up a camp here.

Wang Pu walked into the central tent with his general's belly, and with a loud shout from his personal guard, "The General is here..." The generals saluted one after another, and the sound of armor in the central tent made Wang Pu feel very helpful. Wang Pu pressed down with both hands and laughed: "No gifts...No gifts..."

Seeing that the generals were re-arranged in two rows, Wang Pu sat on the handsome chair with his legs crossed his legs, and his right index finger kept tapping the armrest of the handsome chair, saying, "In ten days, my Jingying camp chased the bandits from Meng County, and fought dozens of battles, killing more than 10,000 enemies, and capturing countless others. They all did not care about their hard work and their heroic battles. I will report the merits of my brothers to Eunuch Cao truthfully, haha, you can win a wife and a son!"

The generals were very happy, and the atmosphere was extremely warm. They all said that the strength of the bandits was greatly damaged and it was no problem to destroy the bandits.

The general Tang Sheng was a loud voice. As soon as he opened his mouth, the dust in the central army tent seemed to be falling, suppressing the discussion of all the generals. "Nainai, the Nan barbarians in Jingzhou killed less than 10,000 thieves in Biyang and blew to the emperor. We worked hard here, but we were still scolded by the emperor. This was a saying that it was better to brag than to do things!"

Wang Pu was so angry at Lin Chunhong that he had a deep sense of Tang Sheng's words. He couldn't help but turn around and glance at the military inspector Yang Jinchao and Lu Jiude next to him. He was about to scold Tang Sheng, but Yang Jinchao showed disdain and said, "Biyang's military achievements were given to Lin Chunhong by Zhang Xianzhong!"

Wang Pu was overjoyed: "Our Beijing camp is responsible for protecting the imperial city, which is not comparable to a group of archers? Take military pay as an example. Our salary is taken out of the treasury. One soldier is as high as one tael per month. Does that archer have any military pay? Where can we keep our morale up?"

Lu Jiude also interrogated: "That's true, just a bunch of mud legs. I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and I dare to brag about anything!"

The generals were talking about it, and they were all proud of being the general of the Beijing camp.

At the end of the team, Zhou Yuji stood Qian Zong, and Zhou Yuji had a relationship with Jingzhou Army. He knew that the Jingzhou Army was well-trained and was far from comparable to the Jingzhou Army. Since he came to Henan, Zhou Yuji has also deliberately learned about the achievements of the Jingzhou Army and admired Lin Chunhong, Zhou Wang and others. After listening to the boasting of the generals, he kept complaining that the Jingzhou Army was fighting against Zhang Xianzhong's elite. What else did we do besides killing some ordinary people in the past ten days?

Hearing Wang Pu's false statement that the Jingzhou army had no military salary, Zhou Yuji could no longer help and said, "Report to the general, as far as the last general knows, the monthly salary of ordinary soldiers of the Jingzhou army is five taels."

Five taels?

Everyone looked at each other, their faces full of disbelief, and a group of mud legs actually took five taels a month?

The general Huang Degong of the gangster was Zhou Yuji's immediate superior. He knew that Zhou Yuji was completely unrestrained. Seeing that Zhou Yuji had swept everyone's excitement, he immediately shouted: "Zhou Yuji! Nonsense, how could the Jingzhou army have five taels of silver in military pay? More than 7,000 people, only 30,000 to 40,000 taels of silver per month. I guess I could scrape all the land of the entire Jingzhou Prefecture and I couldn't get so much silver!"

After saying that, he also winked at Zhou Yuji. Zhou Yuji understood Huang Degong's meaning and said embarrassedly: "The last general is also heard from others. I don't know the truth or falsehood. It is probably because of the ignorant people in the countryside."

Wang Pu hated Zhou Yuji deeply. Every time this eye-opener always swept everyone's excitement. Last time he was stationed in Meng County, this guy kept urging him to fight, which was extremely annoying. He was originally going to confuse the public and disrupt the morale of our army, and gave Zhou Yuji a little bitterly, but Huang Degong drank Zhou Yuji and blocked his nameless fire and couldn't send it out. He felt even more unhappy. He immediately widened his eyes and looked at Huang Degong, and said with a calm face: "Huang Degong, among the entire army, your subordinates are the most rebellious. The crime of disrupting our army is not ordinary! We will go to Wangwu Mountain to chase Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong soon. If the soldiers believe the rumors, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Huang Degong was submissive and vowed to take good care of his subordinates.

Yang Jinchao and Lu Jiude were interested in Wang Pu gathering to discuss matters. Seeing Huang Degong constantly swearing, Yang Jinchao interrupted Huang Degong impatiently, "Our family has a concern. Now there are almost more than 15,000 prisoners in the army, and these prisoners cannot be killed. After being dismissed, they are worried that they will become thieves again, so they have to be banned in the military camp and consume a lot of food and grass every day. There is not much food and grass in our army. I hope General Wang will make plans early!"

When Wang Pu heard this, he immediately threw his hatred for Zhou Yuji aside, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Most of these prisoners are from Shanxi. The magistrate of Meng County used this as an excuse and refused to accept it at all. What should we do? Should we escort these bandits to Shanxi?"

Yang Jinchao's eyes flashed, and he looked worried and said, "If you don't solve the problem, you will not only consume food and grass, but also need to be sent to take care of it. The burden is so heavy, how can we go into the mountains to chase and suppress the bandits? If the bandits are suppressed, the priest will blame it... this..."

Wang Pu was even more annoyed and glanced at the generals, "What are you good ways?"

Lu Jiude coughed, successfully attracted everyone's attention, and said slowly: "Our family heard that the Jingzhou army purchased prisoners, one stone of food..."

Everyone was shocked. Today, the Jingzhou army had a huge impact on them. Sometimes it was a monthly salary of 5 taels, and sometimes it was acquiring prisoners. How much money does the Jingzhou army have? What is the use of acquiring prisoners?

Wang Pu said suspiciously: "After sending away the prisoners, we will not be short of food and grass. What's the use of food and grass?"

Lu Jiude looked disdainful and sneered: "It is very difficult for Jingzhou troops to transport food and grass from Jingzhou from thousands of miles away. If they were asked to buy prisoners with silver, they would definitely not object!"

Wang Pu suddenly realized and sneered in his heart. It turns out that you two dead eunuchs had already colluded and wanted to get a share of the pie from here! However, Wang Pu had no reason to object. After all, at least more than 30% of the silver you obtained would flow into his pocket.

Wang Pu did not hesitate and immediately ordered a clerk to go to Biyang to discuss the matter of buying and selling prisoners.

After the clerk arrived at Xubao, he did not see Lin Chunhong at all. Lu Shiming came forward to negotiate with the clerk. The clerk was no match for Lu Shiming at all. Finally, it was stipulated that a prisoner would get three cents of silver and sent troops to Jining, and then the silver would be delivered after half a year.

Wang Pu and the two military supervisors not only got rid of the annoying burden, but also received a white 4,000 taels of silver in half a year, so they happily agreed. Wang Pu believed that the bandits were about to perish, and was afraid that Zhou Yuji, who was skilled in martial arts, made contributions, so he immediately ordered Zhou Yuji to lead his troops to escort the prisoners to Jining.

Zhou Yuji was extremely depressed and led his subordinates who were complaining and walked towards Jining.

After Wang Pu got rid of his burden, he immediately ordered the five thousand battalions to advance and pursue the deep Wangwu Mountain along the route of Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's escape.

From Meng County to Jiyuan Potou, all the bandits seen by the Five Thousand Camp were vulnerable. With a slight charge, the bandits either surrendered or were in chaos, allowing the soldiers of the Beijing camp to chop and kill. This deeply stimulated the soldiers of the Five Thousand Camp to work hard to move forward, fearing that they would fall behind and let others steal the credit. The only exception here is Huang Degong.

Huang Degong was a native of Kaiyuan Guard in Liaodong. Before he officially joined the border army, he held an iron whip and fought with Jiannu in the army. How could Huang Degong, who had been through many battles, not understand the thieves' plan? He kept suggesting that Wang Pu behave steadily and not rush to go to the mountains to suppress the bandits. Wang Pu could not listen. Huang Degong could not, so he had to lead his troops to follow the generals and keep his vigilance at all times.

Sure enough, at the mouth of Dayu, the unprepared Five Thousand Battalions were ambushed by Zhang Xianzhong. After Zhang Xianzhong was defeated in Biyang, he summoned tens of thousands of refugees on the bank of the Yellow River, and the army was restored. Since most of the weapons and food in Biyang were discarded, Zhang Xianzhong was extremely lacking in weapons. In desperation, Zhang Xianzhong ignored the gathering of officers and soldiers and set his sights on the well-equipped and weak combat power of the Five Thousand Battalions.

When Sun Kewang's troops blocked the road of the 5,000 battalion's pursuit, the 5,000 battalion burst out with fanatical confidence and desperately leaped into Sun Kewang's army. The winning streak made them fearless, and they believed that the bandits in front of them were completely a native chicken and a treacherous dog.

However, a dense rain of arrows from Sun Kewang made them dizzy. They were extremely confident, which was extremely inferior. The soldiers of the Five Thousand Battalions immediately turned around and ran away, only regretting that their parents had fewer legs.

Less than five miles away, they met the white-robed young general Li Dingguo. After slashing and slashing, the soldiers turned around and ran away. Along the way, they stepped to death and injured countless people. Wang Pu finally realized that the bandits were not vulnerable.
Chapter completed!