Early in the morning, several heads from the 4000th household returned to the city and arrived at Nanhaiwei's camp. Among them was Wu Sangui, a bewildered young man. This made Xu Caining feel quite strange when he saw this combination.
"Is there military service?"
"Return to your lord!" Li Zicheng did not dare to neglect Xu Caining: "There is an urgent military report to the commander..."
"Actually, it's not too urgent. It all happened yesterday!" Wu Sangui beside him muttered softly. Xu Caining raised his handsome eyebrows and looked at Wu Sangui: "Why are you here?"
Wu Sangui chuckled, looking at Li Zicheng without saying anything, but with a proud look on his face.
"The report has gone in!" Xu Caining glared at him angrily. Although the hierarchy in the military was strict, Wu Sangui was not her direct subordinate. His thousands of households were still here at the moment, so it was hard for her to reprimand him directly.
"The announcement has been made. The commander should be here soon!"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Wan's figure had already appeared outside the lobby. The people waiting in the lobby suddenly stood in awe.
After several major battles, Jiang Wan's majesty grew stronger and stronger. Even though he rarely wore full body armor and looked like a military commander, the officers below did not dare to slack off at all no matter what they saw.
Xu Caining stepped aside and looked at Li Zicheng and others as they presented a wooden box to Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan obviously didn't know what was inside and looked at Li Zicheng inquiringly.
"It's the fake seal of the bandit Wang Jiayin of Qingyang Mansion!" Li Zicheng had a strange look on his face: "Before presenting it to your lord, I asked Mr. Zhou from the staff room to have a look at it. This gold seal should not be fake.
!”
Jiang Wan opened the wooden box, and found a seal the size of a child's fist wrapped in yellow cloth, lying quietly in the wooden box. He picked up the seal, looked at it, and handed it to Xu Caining next to him.
"Seal of the Grand Marshal of Destiny!" Xu Caining looked at the inscriptions on the seal: "It is indeed Wang Jiayin's independent bandit account!"
"You wouldn't tell me that Wang Jiayin is outside right now!" Jiang Wan smiled slightly: "I have sent you this seal, will I be far away? What is this guy trying to do in such a hurry?"
"The person is indeed in our hands!" Li Zicheng said with a sigh of relief: "However, it is just the head, but the body is gone. Moreover, the head is mixed in a bunch of heads. I don't know which one is Wang Jiayin..."
Realizing that what he said was a bit outrageous, he quickly added: "However, I have ordered all the heads to be pickled with lime. If you can find someone who has seen him before, you will definitely be able to recognize him."
His head is here!"
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A series of question marks popped up on Jiang Wan and Xu Caining's heads. Seeing the puzzled expressions on their faces, Li Zicheng simply pulled Wu Sangui out from behind.
"Come and tell the two adults!"
"Two adults, the thing is like this..." Wu Sangui started talking without any stage fright: "The afternoon before yesterday, my subordinates led their troops to patrol the city. In the evening, they spent the night in a deserted village about eight miles away from the city...
…”
As he slowly narrated, the surprise on Jiang Wan and Xu Caining's faces gradually faded away, but they were replaced with smiles that made them laugh or cry.
"So, you found this gold seal when you were cleaning up the seizures, and it was almost hidden by the soldiers..."
"They don't know anything about it, but the seal is something that can be seen a lot when subordinates are young. You can tell it just by looking at it!" Wu Sangui said proudly. Although he tried to look reserved, he thought that he would inexplicably set the seal.
With such a great achievement, he really couldn't hold himself back!
"Is it possible that Wang Jiayin is among those who escaped!" Xu Caining suddenly asked: "After all, no one knows him, and we only have a seal in our hands!"
"Probably not!" Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment: "His horse is still there. The entire bandit team only has that one horse. Who else would dare to ride it except him!"
Thinking of this, Wu Sangui was a little upset. When he was cleaning the battlefield, he was a little negligent. As a result, this kind of trouble happened after he returned. If he had known this, he should have checked clearly and verified his identity.
"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Wan waved his hand: "His seal is in our hands. Whether he escapes or dies in our hands, the result will be the same. From now on, there will no longer be a person like Wang Jiayin in the world.
, However, if he was really killed by you out of nowhere, Wang Jiayin’s death was really unjust. He probably never dreamed that he would end up like this!”
"After the incident, in addition to the additional spies sent to Qingyang Mansion, the number and frequency of patrols for the 4000th household were doubled!" Li Zicheng said: "The news came from Qingyang Mansion.
, The bandits over there don’t have any big changes, and occasionally there are some internal fights, but they are just fighting each other for people and food!”
"Well done!" Jiang Wan glanced at Li Zicheng approvingly: "Just a Wang Jiayin is not a big deal. Being able to pay attention to the enemy's movements immediately after the accident has already shown the demeanor of a military general in the imperial court!"
"Then how should this matter be handled?" Li Zicheng nodded and asked Jiang Wan for instructions.
"According to what you said, among the people from Qingyang Mansion, look for those who have seen Wang Jiayin and take them to identify his head!" Jiang Wan said: "In addition, I will ask the staff room to issue a notice to inform everyone
Sir, Wang Jiayin of Qingyang Prefecture has been captured and executed by our Nanhai Guard officers and soldiers, and his head and forged seal will be sent back to the capital soon to report his victory!"
Li Zicheng and others all showed joy on their faces, what a victory! Such a great contribution can be reported to the court, so of course they will not be without that reward.
Wu Sangui, in particular, smiled so hard that the pimples on his face almost burst. As the person involved, he might be seen by the emperor with comments like "He is brave enough to kill and kills thieves with his own hands." He no longer had to worry.
He accomplished nothing and went back to embarrass his father. No, I should say, this time he greatly embarrassed the Wu family.
Jiang Wan encouraged everyone, and everyone left happily. Under Jiang Wan's instructions, Wu Sangui was left alone.
After asking him a few questions about his current situation, Jiang Wan began to ponder.
"You have made such a great contribution. After all, I can't promote you too much!" Jiang Wan's heart moved slightly and she looked at Wu Sangui: "With the position of Xiaoqi, I promoted you to a hundred households. What do you think?"
Wu Sangui suppressed the joy on his face: "Let the adults cultivate everything!"
Xiaoqi, General Banner, Hundred Households, this was promoted to three levels in a row. What else could he be dissatisfied with? It was impossible to become a Thousand Households all at once. He had never thought of such a good thing.
"What do you think?" Jiang Wan looked sideways at Xu Caining.
Xu Caining nodded: "Congratulations, sir, we have another great general!"
"Hundred Households?" Jiang Wan shook his head, "I have many Hundred Households under my command, but there is only one Wu Sangui. Mr. Wu did not hand you Wu Sangui into my hands just to be a bastard with qualifications..."
"Sir, if you are promoted too quickly, it is easy for the army to disobey!" Xu Caining said seriously: "His small banner has more than thirty people. If he raises it to a hundred households, everyone will be either a small banner or a general banner. Among the four thousand households,
You won’t be hated by others, but if your official position is higher, some people will inevitably have ideas, which will not be good for Wu Baihu’s future!”
Wu Sangui immediately understood what Xu Caining meant. This meant that if he was promoted to 100 households, his contribution this time would be reasonable. However, if it were any higher, someone would probably find fault with him. By then, his contribution would be
People will question him, his background will be revealed, and even this time, people with ulterior motives will wonder if it was arranged, or even if the superiors specifically asked him to take credit for this.
This is not something he can tolerate.
"Sir, I don't dare to have too many extravagant expectations. My father once said that through experience in the army, step by step, you will know the sufferings of soldiers and know how to work hard in the army. Only in this way will you become a general and know how to cherish, raise and use soldiers!"
"Isn't it the future now?" Jiang Wan smiled slightly, "It won't be a day or two for you to come to our Nanhaiwei. I employ people in an eclectic way. As long as you have the ability, I dare to use you to watch this battle.
You are brave, resourceful, and lucky. If I don’t use you, wouldn’t it make people think I am short-sighted?”
Wu Sangui was speechless for a moment. Mr. Jiang seemed to be constantly trying to promote himself. Do you want to continue to refuse?
"However, your credit still has some elements of luck. If you want to stand alone, you have to make contributions that can convince others!"
Jiang Wan looked at him and said, "I'll give you two choices. One is that we will reward you according to your merits and promote you to the 4000th household of 100 households, or the 2000th household to the general banner. This matter is over!"
"What about the second choice?" Wu Sangui suddenly looked forward to it.
"Wang Jiayin had to die or escape, something must have happened in Qingyang Mansion!" Jiang Wan said: "No matter what method you use, if you can make Qingyang Mansion no longer pose a threat to my Yan'an Mansion before the spring of next year, then you can
It's a great achievement, and you will be rewarded based on your merits. Once our army takes Qingyang Mansion, you will be promoted to Deputy Qianhu to guard Qingyang Mansion!"
"I choose the second one!"
Wu Sangui's blood boiled when he heard this. He didn't care at all about being deputy to a thousand households. He mainly guarded the first government. According to the regulations of the imperial court, he had to be at least a general or a commander. With such a person
With his qualifications, after returning to Beijing, he had many generals in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army, which was a piece of cake for the Wu family.
"How many troops will you give me, sir?" He was gearing up: "After a short rest, I can set off tomorrow!"
"There are no soldiers and horses for you, and there will be no food and grass for you!" Jiang Wan chuckled: "It's not like our army can't take Qingyang Mansion. If there are soldiers, horses, food and grass, what do I want you to do? Let Li Zicheng take it.
The first army can just take the Qingyang Mansion. It’s not that I don’t want Qingyang Mansion, I just don’t want the tens of thousands of mouths in Qingyang Mansion that want to eat!”
"I don't understand what you mean..." Wu Sangui was stunned.
"If there are still good people in Qingyang Mansion, help them survive the winter; if they are all thieves, you can do whatever you want to sow discord and frame blame, so that they can kill each other and have no time to take care of our Yan'an Mansion.
That’s it!”
Jiang Wan said: "If you want people or food, go to Li Zicheng and say it's my wish. Just know that I don't want you to capture Qingyang Mansion!"
"Understood!" Wu Sangui took a deep breath: "I accept the order!"
Everyone in the lobby left, leaving only Jiang Wan and Xu Caining. After a while, Xu Caining slowly said: "Such a big thing and so dangerous, if you leave it to him, can it be done?"
"More than thirty people dare to attack an enemy that is almost three times their size. This is courage. Using the right time and place to wipe out all the powerful enemies is a strategy!" Jiang Wan said: "If you have courage and strategy, you still dare to take over.
The job I gave him was confidence!"
He nodded: "Coupled with his background, what this kind of person lacks is just opportunity. As long as he is given a chance, they will either die silently or rise quickly from countless people. And I think of him,
It’s the latter!”
He laughed: "So, I gave him this opportunity!"
"So it seems that you gave me the opportunity when I came to Nanhaiwei?" Xu Caining pursed his lips and smiled.
"This is really not the case!" Jiang Wan said calmly: "With people from Duke Ding's palace in our Nanhai Guard, at least I can avoid a lot of trouble. You just appeared at the right time, which means that you and I Nanhai
Wei is destined!"
"But it's not me after all!" Xu Caining sighed.
Jiang Wan looked at her and felt that he still didn't want to answer the question. He changed the subject abruptly: "By the way, why did you come to see me? Is there anything going on at the firearms camp?"
"I was about to tell you about this!" Xu Caining smiled unnaturally: "I'm going back to Beijing. After all, I, the commander, am on the roster as Xu Renzhi, not me, Xu Caining. Now I am the Nanhai Guard."
We have established a firm foothold here in Shaanxi, and I think we should let the real commander take office!"
"Huh?" Jiang Wan was stunned for a moment, "You want to leave? What about the firearms camp? What about Zhao Yuan? I also plan to expand the size of the firearms camp, or even form a separate army?"
"...?!"
Xu Caining was speechless for a moment. In Jiang Wan's heart, she really regarded herself as the supervisor of the firearms camp and his subordinate. Thinking of this, she rolled her eyes at Jiang Wan angrily.
"I'll come back!" She said flatly: "My father wrote to me about the Nanhaiwei matter, and he intended to let Xu Renzhi come over to experience it. If I leave and don't come back, his old man won't worry about Xu Renzhi.
Ren Zhi is here; Zhao Yuan happens to be in need of a group of craftsmen and equipment, so when we go back this time, we will bring them back together!"
"Oh!" Jiang Wan breathed a long sigh of relief: "I was shocked, I thought you were giving up! Just come back, just come back!"
"However, if I come back again, you have to find a place to put me!" Xu Caining bit her lip and said, this was the most euphemistic way she could say: "After all, Xu Renzhi is the commander of Nanhai Guard, and I
Xu Caining is here, but he has no name or status!"
"Well, we'll talk about it when we come back, we'll talk about it when we come back!" Jiang Wan chuckled: "As long as you can come back, anything can be said. As agreed, if you really stay in Beijing and don't come back, don't blame me for sending someone to kidnap you!"
"How dare you!" Xu Caining's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized that the other person was still his boss, and his face turned slightly red.
"I won't tell you anymore. I've already reported this to you anyway. I'll just tell you again when I set off!" She turned her head and walked out as if running away: "You don't need to see me off!