After some rush, more than half of the rebels outside Taiyuan City were killed and injured. The rest were either fled or rushed out by Zhang Zongheng's Xuan soldiers in the city and captured, and the entire rebels near Taiyuan were empty.

Governor Zhang Zongheng of Xuanda came to Cao Wenzhao with a smile and called out: "General Cao, don't be fine."

Cao Wenzhao also jumped off his horse, threw the whip in his hand to the personal soldiers beside him, and went up to him, a little smile appeared on his cold face, and bowed, "I have seen him."

Zhang Zongheng smiled and helped Cao Wenzhao up, looked up and down, sighed, "General Cao is really a tiger general, and his majesty has a wise eye. He chose General Cao as the general of Shanxi, and the situation in Shanxi can be stabilized."

"Your Majesty is too good, and your humble position is just obeying the situation." Cao Wenzhao was respectful, but he was able to be calm and relaxed. He was really extraordinary, which made Zhang Zongheng appreciate it very much.

While the two were chatting, a cavalry of more than a hundred people ran over happily. The leader came to Cao Wenzhao with a hideous head in his hand, knelt down on one knee, and raised the head high.

He raised it above his head and said excitedly: "General, this person is the leader of the bandit, Wang, who is the only one who can't catch the living."

"Oh?" Cao Wenzhao's eyes flashed with joy. He took a step forward and picked up the head and looked at it carefully. However, he had never seen Wang Ziyong before, and he could not be sure whether he was himself.

While hesitating, Zhang Zongheng walked up and saw the head-level appearance. He recognized that this person was Wang Ziyong at a glance. In the past two months, Zhang Zongheng climbed the city to look at the enemy camp and saw Wang Ziyongke

It's not once or twice. The appearance of this song is exactly the same as Wang Ziyong I saw that day. It's undoubtedly Wang Ziyong.

"This person is used by King Zijinliang." Zhang Zongheng told Cao Wenzhao about his judgment.

Zhang Zongheng's words woke Cao Wenzhao up. Cao Wenzhao put down his head in awkward manner and said to Zhang Zongheng: "Your Majesty said this person is the king's self-use. I think there is no mistake. Please transfer this head to the capital.

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Zhang Zongheng looked at Cao Wenzhao with some surprise. It is important to know that if he asked him to present his head to the capital, the contribution might be his own. Although he had made great efforts in this battle, he finally won the bandits.

However, it was Cao Wenzhao. If you want to talk about the merit, it should naturally belong to Cao Wenzhao. But now, Cao Wenzhao has given this merit to himself? This action is worthy of fun.

As if seeing Zhang Zongheng's heart, Cao Wenzhao said: "Sir, I am a rough man, I don't understand literary talent. I am afraid that the war report I wrote will be defiled. If I don't understand the meaning of the words, I will be more likely to be deceived.

It is a great consequence of death. Therefore, I asked the Lord to write a war report and report it to the Emperor. I hope the Lord will not refuse."

Cao Wenzhao's move was also helpless, which was also his own strategy. Looking back at the beginning, when Qi Shaobao was in power, wouldn't he have to flatter under Zhang Juzheng's command?

In fact, from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, more than 200 years, the phenomenon of civil servants and nobles and lowly martial arts has become terminally ill. In the eyes of civil servants in the court, military generals are all rude and ignorant people, and the only thing they can do is to civil servants.

Just charge in the battle with correct command. If you win a battle, it means the civil servants’ contribution to strategizing. If you lose, it means those who do not obey the command and act like a brave man.

This habit has developed to the present, which has directly led to a significant decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. If the war is fought well, the credit is the civil servant, and if the mistake is defeated, they are all military generals. Who will do this thing? They are not fools.

Now, Cao Wenzhao took the initiative to give the credit to Zhang Zongheng. Although it is inevitable that he would share half of the credit to Zhang Zongheng, Zhang Zongheng naturally would not, and could not swallow the credit alone. He would definitely praise Cao Wenzhao in the war report;

On the other hand, pulling Zhang Zongheng in can also make great achievements. After all, the battle between 8,000 people does not sound as important as the battle between 80,000 people. It is still a good deal to carry the flower sedan chair.

Of course, after a few years, the scale of the rebel army will become larger and larger, and more land will be attacked by the rebel army. The day for the military officers of the Ming Dynasty will be the first to come. The country is in trouble and the generals will be truly the generals. At that time, they will be the generals.

It was at that time that there was a martial artist like Zuo Liangyu who was respectful to the enemy, but not the Xuan. Now, it was the darkest moment of the military general's status and the last madness of civil servants.

Zhang Zongheng laughed, pointed at Cao Wenzhao and said, "General Cao, you are such a wonderful person! Well, I will write a memorial myself to express your contribution!"

"Mr. Xie." Cao Wenzhao smiled rare on his face.

"Then this matter is decided. So, how should our army act next? What is General Cao's opinion?" Zhang Zongheng asked.

"Of course, everything is up to the Lord's arrangement." Cao Wenzhao came from the bottom of the class and started as a first-class soldier. He first followed Xiong Tingbi to fight Nurhaci. Later, after Xiong Tingbi fell, he followed Sun Chengzong. After Sun Chengzong was transferred, he followed Yuan Chonghuan and was then transferred to the northwest.

Fighting the Rebel Army. It can be said that along the way, Cao Wenzhao has never seen any scenes or any great people. Even though these great people have fallen, his status is getting higher and higher and more stable, relying on low-key

, don't come forward.

When he was in Shaanxi, Cao Wenzhao was mainly engaged in everything. Hong Chengchou said he would hit anyone he wanted to hit, and he would hit him wherever he said he would hit him. He followed his advice. At this time, he came to Shanxi and met him

Cao Wenzhao, who has a higher position, would not sing a counter-tone with the other party. He would do whatever he said, just do whatever he said.

Zhang Zongheng was very satisfied with Cao Wenzhao's attitude. This was a self-aware military general. Only such a person could go further in the officialdom and live up to the emperor's reuse. So he said: "Since that's the case, then

I will tell you my opinion and give a brief reference.

I thought the bandits near Taiyuan had been wiped out, and even if there were a few fish that had missed the net, it was not worth worrying about. On the contrary, Pei Xiaoer, who was in southern Shanxi, dominated the country and was very harmful to act powerfully. If he didn't cut it off this morning

Sooner or later, it will become a major concern for the court. Therefore, when things happen, we need to send troops south as soon as possible to attack the thief leader Pei Xiaoer, and to restore the bright world of the people of southern Shanxi. General Cao is willing to go with me to serve the country

Play?"

"I really want to ask for it." Cao Wenzhao is now the general of Shanxi, and the defense of the entire Shanxi is under his control. Even if Zhang Zongheng doesn't say it, Cao Wenzhao's next target is Pei Xiaoer from southern Shanxi.

Now, the Governor of Xuanda Zhang Zongheng, together with him, was going to send troops to attack Pei Xiaoer, which greatly alleviated Cao Wenzhao's shortcomings of insufficient troops. Cao Wenzhao naturally had no reason to refuse, so he agreed immediately.

Not to mention that Zhang Zongheng and Cao Wenzhao were conspiring to mobilize the army to the south. Just say that at the city of Taiyuan that day, when Cao Wenzhao led his army to rush over, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others realized that something was wrong.

Without gathering the rebel brothers trapped in the city, the three of them took the remaining veterans around them and left without hesitation.

Thanks to their cautious behavior before, the rebel brothers who were trapped in Taiyuan City were much less than Wang Ziyi. There was nothing to worry about abandoning these people. At worst, they would just be able to get rid of them in the future, as long as they were their own lives.

Still here, everything is worth it.

In order to avoid being noticed by the officers and soldiers, several people did not even dare to move in groups. Soon after leaving Taiyuan, they parted ways. Gao Yingxiang went south and wanted to cross Pingyang Prefecture and run towards Henan to develop.

Luo Rucai believed that the court transferred all the troops to Shanxi, and there were no famous generals in northern Zhili. When he got there, he was like fish entering the water and birds entering the forest. The sky and the earth suddenly became wider, so he went east and passed by Yuci from Taiyuan to come.

When we arrived in Liaozhou, we were preparing to pass Jingxing Pass and enter Beizhili.

The two of them go their separate ways, and their choice is correct, it depends on the test of time.

Li Zicheng, who was originally with Gao Yingxiang, was separated from Gao Yingxiang when Cao Wenzhao attacked. However, Li Zicheng was not in a hurry to find Gao Yingxiang. Instead, he fled east with Luo Rucai and stopped when he arrived at Yuci.
Chapter completed!