Chapter 1013

Seeing so many gold and silver treasures, boxes of rare antiques and mountains of gold and silver, Hong Chengchou and his generals were very happy. They had never captured so many treasures in the war.

The so-called roving bandits are not peasant insurgents. They have no justice. They are just mobs who can't stand starvation and start rebellion. They fight for survival, run around and rob everywhere.

Ordinary people rob people or caravans alone, but they are good. Robbery takes villages, towns and cities as units, usually the whole city and the whole city.

Wherever the bandits went, they destroyed everything like a flood, and then swept the local people and residents. They worked with them and fled with them, so their momentum can easily reach hundreds of thousands.

This momentum is very huge, and it can create a scene in a very short time. However, it is difficult to deal with hard stubble. When dealing with Hong Chengchou, a strong army in the world, they suffered and were defeated in a hard battle.

Seeing so much treasure and food, Hong Chengchou smiled.

Hong Chengchou is a weak scholar. His military career over the years has exercised his body, but he is still the weak Hong Chengchou. In the past, he was able to take a carriage and sedan chair in war. He would never choose to ride a horse.

Now he has been on his way for more than ten days, but he has followed the cavalry around him day and night. He basically has no rest. He hasn't even taken a bath for more than ten days, and hasn't eaten a hot meal. His legs have been peeled off. That is, they have been on their way continuously in the stars and the moon. Only in this way can they arrive here in the shortest time and give a fatal blow to the enemy, Great achievements have been made.

The next battle in Xi'an City, even among the Chinese army, was very brilliant and awesome. It not only defeated the main force of the roving bandits, but also seized a large number of luggage and property.

If it is in other armies, these grains are hard currency. It can be said that a bag of grains can be exchanged for a big girl of yellow flowers, or it can kill a person.

But Hong Chengchou knew that the Chinese army had carried out grain reform and reserves. They piled a lot of grain in their granaries and would not take grain as the root of life. Therefore, he generously distributed these grains to the soldiers immediately to let them eat and drink. Even the soldiers of the roving bandits let them eat half full.

Hong Chengchou and his men were surprised. The food in the roving bandits' barracks could not be counted as less, not even less than when they were officers and soldiers of the Ming army before, but they were reluctant to give them food. Today, his 200000 army lost so quickly and miserably. The main reason is that most people were hungry all day and their legs were weak, not to mention fighting hard, Even if they want to escape, they have no strength to escape. Most of them have no strength to escape before they surrender, which will form more than 100000 people to surrender to them in an organized manner.

Except for the soldiers of their old camp, the other bandits are reluctant to give them food and are hungry.

However, Hong Chengchou is not too strange about this. He can't forget his roots when he joined the Chinese army. The Ming army adopts almost the same routine.

They control these soldiers with food and pay. If you obey, you will be satisfied. You fight hard to make you satisfied.

If he has nothing to do at ordinary times and doesn't die hungry, it's OK, because most people know that if these soldiers make him hungry and have no strength to fight and toss, he will lie in the barracks and sleep in. This is the best way. If they are full and energetic, they will make trouble.

However, it's really rare for the Liukou army to be so cruel. You know, Hong Chengchou is also like this, but he keeps the soldiers half empty. These soldiers can't eat enough and can't die of hunger.

The roving bandit army is very ruthless. Even if they rebel to fill their stomachs, people starve to death every day in their army, and the starved people undoubtedly become the food of other people. Li Zicheng should know this, but he is also indifferent, because he knows that if there is food, he can recruit soldiers, and these food are his lifeblood, It can't be consumed in vain. Every grain is good steel and must be used on the blade.

It was because of this idea that he was attacked today. Faced with such a situation of cheating his father, he lived frugally and worked hard to save all the money and food, which fell into the hands of Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou saw so much grain and so many gold and silver treasures. He laughed up to the sky. His majesty treated him like a national sergeant. He should repay him with a national sergeant.

He also held back his strength, thinking of fighting a big battle, making a great contribution, showing himself in front of his majesty, and shutting up those who complained about his Majesty's kindness to him.

If in the past, Hong Chengchou defeated the army of roving bandits and seized so many treasures, he embezzled the treasure at the first time, took a large share himself, and then divided it with his officers and soldiers. He ate meat and others drank soup.

But after joining the Chinese army, he did not dare to do so, so he immediately asked people to seal up these gold and silver treasures, register them and prepare them for Liu Yuanqiao to please him.

This is the place where Hong Chengchou has great skills. In the Ming Dynasty, he would only ask the imperial court for money and food, but what he captured on the battlefield fell into his private pocket. Therefore, the consumption of the Ming army is huge every war. There is no supply but endless blood transfusion.

Among the Chinese army, the division is very clear, because the army and officials are paid. Naturally, what they fight is reported to the imperial court and distributed uniformly by the imperial court.

It used to be before, now it is now. Since you joined the Chinese army, you have to abide by the rules of the Chinese army. For this reason, some generals around Hong Chengchou are very reluctant and dissatisfied. So many grains and so many treasures have been handed over in this way. Isn't it silly? It used to be like this in war?

Hong Chengchou said very majestically, "as an army of the Chinese imperial court, you eat the salary of the country. If you have captured something on the battlefield, you naturally have to hand it over to the imperial court for unified distribution. You are now soldiers, not thieves!"

Seeing so many gold and silver treasures, some generals around Hong Chengchou almost stretched out their hands from their eyes and put the silver and treasure in their pockets. They were full of hope.

Because in the past, the rule of Marshal Hong was to win the war and capture something. Everyone divided the money and everyone was happy. This formed the rule. Therefore, everyone waited for Marshal Hong with hope.

Who knows, Hong Chengchou joined the Chinese army. He became less daring. He didn't dare to share the seizure privately, but handed it over to the imperial court. These people were very dissatisfied and full of complaints.

When Hong Chengchou saw so many treasures, he actually wanted to put them in his pocket. He was born and used to being poor, but he knew what these treasures meant.

When he was very young, he grinded beans with his mother for a day, made them into dried beans and sold them along the street. It is estimated that he can't earn more than ten copper plates a day. Now they have no copper plates at all, but gold and silver treasures, or whole boxes of hard vegetables. They can eat and drink without worrying if they plug one or two boxes.

However, after joining the Chinese army, he knew that the Huaxia army was powerful. In the Ming army, all the armies were corrupt. You say that their corruption is not a bad thing at all, but a clear rule and no corruption. It is everyone's public enemy.

However, among the Chinese army, they have a clear distinction. Most generals and soldiers have military pay and enjoy extremely high welfare benefits. Moreover, their military pay and welfare benefits are distributed by the Liu family. In other words, you can't get around them at all. If you let them know, it's a big crime to privately distribute seized goods.

Hong Chengchou didn't know how big the crime was, because there was no precedent in the Chinese army, and many generals in the Chinese army had habits.

Those captured on the battlefield were immediately written into memorials and submitted to the imperial court for proper distribution.

For example, Yang Kang, who captured Chengdu, captured Chengdu, and looted the king's residence of Shu. He obtained amazing treasures. All of these treasures were handed over to the imperial court, which made Liu Yuanqiao happy. Therefore, he was named Duke of Pingnan, hung the seal of great general of Zhengnan, and ordered his troops to move towards Yunnan and Guizhou. He is also a top frontier official, I believe that after they take Yungui, a Duke will be stable.

Moreover, many other generals also have some performance. Every place they occupy, they will report how many sites they occupy, how many captives they capture, and how much property they seize. This is a common thing, but they have never seen. Some generals have seized treasure on the battlefield and embezzled it by themselves.

As a senior official, Hong Chengchou received more intelligence and information. He knew that there were still some in this regard. There could be no corruption and corrupt elements in such a large organization as the Chinese army, but these people who embezzled and reached out were quietly eradicated by the people of the National Security Bureau.

It is an open secret for the National Security Bureau to monitor all officials and generals. Even Liu Yuanqiao and Liu Bu did not deny this.

Hong Chengchou wouldn't think that if he defeated the main force of Li Zicheng's army and seized so many booty, he was qualified to share them privately. Therefore, he resisted the pressure of his men and decided to hand over these treasures to the imperial court.