On this day, Zhang Shenyan was complaining to Zhang Shun: "It turns out that the officials in the city are all cunning people. Now, according to the Lord's order, those students from Songyang Academy have been replaced."

"It's just that these people are honest, but too honest. They are often ignored by the cunning people in the city, and they are not even very proficient in writing, arithmetic and other studies. Every time I teach them how to act, If I have that kind of effort, I might as well go through it myself!"

Zhang Shun heard the words and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. When Luoyang City is a little more stable, I will imitate the example of Baodu Village and open a new academy in Luoyang City to specialize in teaching money, food, criminal names, documents, and catching theft. Wait until Luoyang City is a little more stable. After graduation, Mr. Zhang will be able to relax a little more."

The two were discussing government affairs when they suddenly heard Sun Chengzong shouting outside the door: "My lord, Song County has sent a battle report. Cao Wenzhao and Xu Quan have arrived at the county seat of Song County!"

"Ah?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but was stunned, and suddenly he was overjoyed and shouted quickly: "Come in and report!"

The five students who initially took refuge with Zhang Shun, Xu Quan, Hong Jinyang, Li Xijiu, Wang Maozhong and Sun Chengzong, all participated in the battle to defend Song County against the "invading generals", and they were all capable in both civil and military affairs.

Zhang Shun couldn't figure out how to arrange them for a while, so he stayed with him and acted as a staff member.

Now the most outstanding Xu Quan has been released by Zhang Shunwai to serve as Cao Bianjiao's staff. Among the remaining four, only Sun Chengzong is the most favored by Zhang Shun. After Xu Quan left, Sun Chengzong was the leader of the staff responsible for military aircraft paperwork and other daily work.

When Zhang Shun saw Sun Chengzong walking in, he smiled and said, "This Cao Bianjiao is indeed the nephew of the famous general Cao Wenzhao. He is really capable. According to my estimate of the itinerary, they just arrived at Song County and captured the city!"

Sun Chengzong had already read Xu Quan's letter and responded in a low voice, a little embarrassed: "General Cao Bianjiao's performance in this battle was mediocre, and it was all thanks to the efforts of his staff officer Xu Quan!"

"Oh?" Zhang Shun had no consciousness of being slapped in the face by his subordinates, "So Xu Quan should be the first to take the lead?"

In the Ming Dynasty, merit calculation methods were divided into two methods: battle merit calculation and head merit calculation. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was customary to calculate merit in combat, which was divided into three categories: "extraordinary merit, first merit and minor merit".

However, as the imperial court's ability to control the executions declined and soldiers often took credit for their actions, merit was calculated based on the number of people beheaded.

As the leader of the rebel army, Zhang Shun naturally had no way to play the formal operations of the imperial court. He roughly divided the merits of the soldiers into primary merit and secondary merit.

According to Zhang Shun's understanding, the first achievement is the MVP, the second achievement is the gold medal, and the rest of the gangsters have no merit or fault.

Sun Chengzong suppressed a smile when he heard this and said: "If Xu Quan is said to have the first merit, there is still one person who deserves to be the most outstanding one!"

Zhang Shun was even more surprised when he heard this. Could it be that there were military wizards in the rebel camp? He quickly asked: "Who is this?"

"This is you, my lord!" Sun Chengzong laughed loudly.

"What about He Fu, the magistrate? But he surrendered?" Zhang Shun didn't care about Sun Chengzong's cat, but he was wondering why He Zhenzi, who was so loyal and unyielding before, gave in?

This feeling was like discovering that the originally noble goddess was actually from the same club, and he felt a little unhappy.

"How do you know the county? How do you know the county has been dismissed from office!" Sun Chengzong responded quickly.

"Ah? It's the fault of the Ming Dynasty that there are such loyal and virtuous talents but they are not used." Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

It turned out that after Zhang Shun deceived Song County, he did not torture, kill or rob. No matter the county magistrate He Fu, deputy commander Fu Yuren, student member Liu Yuejiang and guard Wei Zhiyou all had a good impression of Zhang Shun.

In particular, He Fu, the magistrate of the county, still refused to follow Zhang Shun despite Zhang Shun's various persuasion.

However, he knew that he was hated by his peers for preventing the eunuchs sent by Chongzhen from mining silver.

Now that he has lost the county seat of Song County, he will definitely be tricked by others. Next time the rebels come again, let alone protecting the county, I am afraid that I will be lucky to escape from the eunuchs with my life.

The county magistrate He Fu was a good official who was benevolent and loved the people, so he waited for Zhang Shun and other rebels to withdraw. He then told the deputy commander Fu Yuren, the health officer Liu Yuejiang and the guard Wei Zhiyou that if the rebels came again, they should surrender to King Shun in advance to save the lives of the people in the city.

Among them, Fu Yuren and Liu Yuejiang were okay, and they still had some sense of loyalty, but Wei Zhiyou had other ideas.

That Wei Zhiyou was originally a rebel army under the command of "General Huang Lai'er", but he just wanted to find a way out because the rebel army was weak.

As a result, he followed the magistrate He Fu and was "loyal", but because all his subordinates ran away with King Shun. He assumed the garrison duty of Song County in vain, but he had no real ability to defend it.

When the former magistrate was here again, everything was easy to say. But now that He Fu can't protect himself, where should he go?

Therefore, since the county magistrate He Fu was dismissed, Wei Zhiyou quickly spent his own money to recruit nearby "hair gourds". He trained day and night, just to build an elite team.

But before the soldiers and horses were fully trained, they were shocked to hear that the rebels outside the city had arrived again. Wei Zhiyou hurriedly summoned Fu Yuren, the deputy leader, and Liu Yuejiang, the student leader, and said, "How could we know that the county has left? The safety of Song County is in our hands."

"It's just that now I have lost the elite under my command, and the new soldiers have not been fully trained, so they are invincible. We will follow the old strategy and continue to defend in a divisive manner!"

Fu Yuren and Liu Yuejiang had no objections. According to established rules, Liu Yuejiang led the troops to defend the Pingfeng Village next to the county seat. Fu Yuren was in charge of everything inside and outside the city, and guard Wei Zhiyou was responsible for the defense of the county seat.

But when Cao Wenzhao led the army to Song County, Wei Zhiyou couldn't help but change his face.

He had been fighting with officers and soldiers for a long time, and he could not hide the elite temperament of the servants under the city, which made Wei Zhiyou feel timid.

At this time, Xu Quan stepped forward to persuade him to surrender, claiming that the soldiers under the city were King Shun's soldiers. How could Wei Zhiyou still have fighting spirit?

You can't beat it if you fight, and you don't know if you can defend it if you defend. Even if the Song County town is defended, once Xinzhi County arrives, I don’t know how they will treat myself as a "surrendering thief".

As soon as he thought of this, Wei Zhiyou quickly said to Fu Yuren, the deputy commander: "Although there are few rebels under the city, they are all like elite servants of the frontier army. One can be equal to ten. It is not something that Xiaosong County can resist."

"Since he is under the command of King Shun, we have already received the order from the magistrate, so why not surrender?"

"Can the people in the city be protected?" Fu Yuren was not as knowledgeable as Wei Zhiyou about the military, but he trusted his judgment and quickly asked about the key.

"King Shun is benevolent and will definitely not do anything detrimental to the people!" Wei Zhiyou quickly assured.

"In that case, surrender!" Fu Yuren knew that without the support of Wei Zhiyou, he and Liu Yuejiang, two scribes, would not be able to defend Song County.

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