Zhang Zhongwu was disheveled and sat on a rock on the beach on the north bank of the Juma River, looking at the floating heads above the river with tears in his face.

After surrounding the north for more than ten years, how could such humiliation have ever been there?

From time to time, people and horses climbed up from the river with difficulty. As soon as they got ashore, they were all exhausted and lay on the river beach without moving. After a while, they had difficulty getting up and moving slowly towards the embankment. Because there were too many people in the river, they still needed to make room for the people I had.

Even though it is the dry season and even if the Juma River is gentle enough, it is still a natural barrier for the exhausted soldiers wearing armor. Many people took off their strength in the middle of the river and could no longer hold the ponytail horse. When they loosened their hands, the heavy armor immediately took their masters to snort to the bottom of the river. There were large groups of empty horses coming ashore, and their masters were generally in this situation.

The soldiers were damaged and generals were abandoned, and the armor was abandoned, and the army was defeated. This was the case with the Lu Long army now. Even many cavalrymen who escaped the river were now bare-handed. When they were in the river, the heavy weapons were also obstacles to their escape. Many people abandoned the weapons and flags.

The sound of trembling cheers came from the other side. Countless Wuwei military flags appeared on the river bank and fluttered in the wind. Teams of knights rode horses on the river bank, waving their weapons and flags in their hands, and jumping to cheer.

The Min-shaped flag, the Tu flag, and the Li-shaped flag appeared one by one.

Their appearance actually scared the Lu Long soldiers across the river who were originally lying on the mud and didn't want to move a finger so scared that they got up. The horses had horses turned over and beat the horses and left, while the horses had no horses ran away. The river beach was suddenly in chaos again. Until some officers shouted and fists and whipped together, they slightly calmed down the situation. The Wuwei cavalry could not imitate them and swam across the river to chase them.

When Zhang Zhongwu saw this scene, he was even more ashamed and angry. He covered his face and turned around, turned over and rode away.

Compared to Zhang Zhongwu's dismal silence, Yi County was in a carnival. During the day, the city was still silent and in a panic.

Li Ze took away all the elite troops, and only some auxiliary soldiers and temporary recruitment of local warriors were left in the city. Under such circumstances, if Li Ze was defeated, Yi County would inevitably be out of protection.

The Yixian people are very clear about where Lu Long goes, wherever they grab, and wherever they kill. Once Lu Long's soldiers enter the city, Yixian will inevitably suffer from the disaster.

In panic, when night fell, a cavalry rushed back, which brought great news that the Wuwei army defeated Lu Long's army. In an instant, Yixian fell into a sea of ​​carnival. When Li Ze led his troops back to Yixian, the lights were brightly lit inside and outside the city, countless people walked out of their homes and filled the streets that were not wide, and welcomed the victory army back together.

Li Zegao sat on the war horse and guarded the left and right. Except for the few flag bearers, all of them were covered with scars and blood. But at this moment, these scars were like glorious medals.

"Wansheng!" A cry started from somewhere. Immediately afterwards, Wansheng's shouts resounded throughout the county.

Li Ze smiled and kept waving to the people while riding on the horse. Ordinary people only knew that this victory had saved their lives and the wealth they had accumulated over their hard life, but they could not understand the great political significance of this victory.

From today on, Lu Long and Zhang Zhongwu will inevitably lose their might. Next, Wuwei will have a defensive turn to offense. The offensive and defensive trend not only represents the tendency of the two sides to confront each other strategically, but also has great significance in politics. When we arrive at this place, all the forces in the north will understand that Zhang Zhongwu's situation is gone.

Those forces that were originally waiting and watching the style and even supporting Zhang Zhongwu must now reconsider their position. As one goes up and down, Zhang Zhongwu will only become weaker and weaker.

Just like the wealthy families in the north, except for those families that were already inseparable from Zhang Zhongwu, the rest are now a little confused.

Yes, the policies implemented by Li Ze in his jurisdiction are indeed very harmful to them. If possible, they are certainly willing to fight against Li Ze to the end, but the premise is that they must see hope for victory. But now, this hope is becoming increasingly slim.

If you defect to Li Ze, your family will be dismembered and your strength will be weakened. Fortunately, as long as you listen to Li Ze, he will not want your life.

At least Li Ze left a limit of up to 5,000 acres of land for each household. Although he could no longer live freely and freely like in the past, he was still alive, right?

If you really want to fight to the end, you can't say that in the end, you will be beaten up. Not to mention five thousand acres, I'm afraid that there are not even five acres, and you will have to kill your life.

The strong are the way for these people to survive.

It sounds bad to be the grass on the wall, and the wind blows on both sides, but it can also be explained as enduring humiliation and waiting for a good opportunity.

From when, Wansheng's slogans became the shouts of long live. At first, there were only sporadic shouts mixed in, but gradually, it became a prairie fire.

This time, not only did Li Ze frown, but hundreds of remnants of the Shence Army who were mixed with the victorious team all changed their faces. Cheng Xu, especially, was a little nervous and uneasy.

Li Ze accelerated through the street and returned to the location of the Jieshuai headquarters located in Yixian County. Until he entered the hall, the cheers of long lively outside were still rising and falling, and countless people gathered around the headquarters and refused to leave.

"Wang Li, go and persuade the people to return home. The battle is over, and countless aftermaths are still to be completed. Tomorrow, you will organize people to help the army clean the battlefield, clean up the bodies, repair the roads, and there are still some busy!" Li Ze said to the Yi County Magistrate Wang Li with a somewhat hesitant expression.

As the backbone of Yixing Society, Wang Li himself did not have much resistance to the people's shouting, but Jishuai looked unhappy and seemed a little angry. After a moment of slap in his heart, he quickly left.

Looking at his back, Li Ze sighed silently. Wang Li himself had nothing to do with doing things. He was diligent and hardworking. This was also a relatively common feature of the core forces of Yixing Society in the early days. Most of these people were from lower classes, but those who could become county magistrates like Wang Li were probably the same as county officials in the past. They had skills and methods of doing things, but their sensitivity to politics was not high.

The people shouted long live, are Li Ze unhappy?

I'm afraid it's not.

But now, it is not a suitable time!

He did defeat Zhang Zhongwu and won a big victory, but for the entire northern region, there was not only Zhang Zhongwu. Li Ze, who held the banner of justice in the court, did not want to be said to be rebellious now and was the same as Zhang Zhongwu!

This will add many obstacles to his future.

Now in Wuwei, there are generals of the Shence Army such as Xue Ping, Gao Xiangsheng, Cheng Xu, and others, and in Hedong, there are old subordinates such as Han Qi, Li Cunzhong, and Han Rui. Gao Pian had to make some arrangements to restrict him when he was dying, and he wanted to come here to confirm his judgment before Gao Pian was dying!

Even though Gao Pian was dead, Li Ze dared not underestimate his influence at all.

"Mr. Chunyu, my promise to the soldiers before the war must be fulfilled as soon as possible." Li Ze looked at Chunyu Yue who was very happy and said, "The rewarded money will be registered and booked and will be in place soon, and the hundred acres of land must also be distributed according to the list."

"Jingshuai, there are more than 10,000 soldiers participating in the war this time. According to the reward promised by Jishuai, the land alone requires one million mu. If you dare to ask Jishuai, where will the land be allocated?" Chunyu Yue asked.

"Texas, start with Texas first." Li Ze said: "Texas is my next city to focus on building. Now most places are still deserted. We want to prosper wherever we want to prosper as soon as possible. If we want to prosper, we naturally need people."

"I understand, so I will make documents. The documents on the money will be sent to the Duzhi Department, and the land will be sent directly to Dezhou. Guo Fengxiao, the governor of Dezhou, will be responsible for this matter." Chunyu Yue nodded.

Li Ze turned his head and looked at Cheng Xu, who was covered in scars on his seat. A gentle smile appeared on his face: "General Cheng, this time your troops have restrained 5,000 Lulong cavalry for my main force. It is of great significance. I can only inform Deputy Xue of your contributions and report to the court at the same time, but I cannot overestimate your promises. But I still have to reward your soldiers. The reward is the same as the soldiers of Wuwei. What do you want? Most of the families of the soldiers of Shence Army are in Chang'an and Luoyang.

In the area, I will ask Qianniuwei Mansion in Chang'an to pay the silver reward, and they will deliver it to their door one by one. But I can only allocate the land for them within the jurisdiction of Wuwei. If they are willing to come, their land will naturally belong to them. If they are unwilling to come, they can also buy and sell these lands. Yongyetian, which was originally rewarded for military achievements, cannot be bought and sold because they do not pay taxes, but I am willing to make an example for them."

Cheng Xu's muscles trembled a few times, and he stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the rewards of Jieshuai. I thank you for the children who died in battle. They finally got something to die."

Li Ze nodded and looked at Chunyu Yue, who nodded repeatedly.

What could Cheng Xu say? Do you say no? Only hundreds of people can come back from his three thousand sons, and the dead people have families and children. A hundred coins of rewards are not a small amount, even in Chang'an, which is enough for those families to survive. If they manage well, they can even live a well-off life. As for land, in places like Chang'an, ordinary people wanting hundreds of acres of land is simply a daydream.

Even though he knew that Li Ze was not pure in doing this, Cheng Xu didn't dare to say anything. Otherwise, if the news spread, I was afraid that he, the general, would immediately become the target of public criticism and would never be able to command someone again.

What's more important is that if such a treatment is reached in the ears of other Shence troops, no one can say whether this Shence troops will completely fall towards Li Ze in the future.
Chapter completed!