Chapter 617 Everyone has their own plans (28)

There are many records in the history of ancient wars, and there are many examples of large-scale wars.

However, those famous war examples, historical books record the specific number of troops participating in the war, are not so convincing.

Take the Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period as an example. Bai Qi killed 400,000 prisoners of Zhao army, which is somewhat suspicious!

Not to mention how large the number of troops participated in the war between the two sides, even if 400,000 pigs were to be killed, it was not easy, and it was not in line with the Qin State's original intention of plundering the population.

This has a certain relationship with the fact that the generals and generals and school officers at that time had generally had low educational levels and inaccurate statistical figures, but subjective exaggeration and false reports also existed.

When Cao Cao went to Jiangnan and accepted Liu Cong's surrender, he immediately conquered Sun Quan.

Cao Cao claimed to be an army of 830,000. The news spread to Jiangdong, but it scared countless powerful families in Jiangdong.

Of course, Cao Cao was happy to see this effect.

But the number of this army was not really Cao Cao made a fuss out of thin air, but the number of exaggerated and false reports from his generals. The amount of water in it was also the default of everyone, and the number of people who were given empty wages.

In fact, Cao Cao's troops, including the surrendered troops from Jingzhou, and the supplies transporting food and grass, were only 500,000 or 600,000.

The remaining 200,000 are all places to get empty salary.

This was a default unspoken rule at that time. The benefits that the private soldiers of those families could get when they followed the lord's large army to fight, in addition to the spoils after the war, were the distribution of food and supplies before the war.

The so-called "the troops and horses move, food and grass will come first."

At the beginning of the war, the outcome of the war was unpredictable, and there was no need to think about the spoils. If there was no food and grass equipment, the so-called "the emperor did not need hungry soldiers", and those private soldiers from the noble families would never be dispatched.

After Cai Fang entered the army, he grew from a small leader to a centurion quickly.

The ten subordinates he brought were also called lower-level officers.

After enjoying the benefits of becoming an official, Cai Fang couldn't stop and dreamed of getting promoted and making money.

For this reason, he gave gifts to his immediate boss Tang Zi very much.

But in the army, the principle of the strong being respected is very fierce, and the competition for official positions is very fierce.

In addition to personal courage, the size of the generals' official positions is also directly related to the number of troops under his command.

If Cai Fang wants to obtain a higher official position, in addition to necessary military merits, his troops are also a hard indicator.

Although he did not participate in a major war, he had routine bandit suppression every year. Although he was a small fight every time, after years of military merit, Cai Fang had already been promoted to Sima of another department.

In the army, only by commanding more than a thousand men can one be considered a real general.

There is another transitional position between a hundred generals and a general, that is, the army Sima. The army Sima is generally in charge of about five hundred troops, and a general usually has only two Simas under him.

However, in order to encourage his subordinates to make contributions, the army also has the organization of Sima in other departments. The troops are not required to be as many as 500, but at least 300 people are required.

Cai Fang's troops were less than 200, and the minimum number of troops was not enough to be promoted to Sima of other departments.

He did not want to give up the opportunity to be promoted, so he had to spare no effort to recruit some strong men and become his private soldiers.

To support these private soldiers, a lot of money and food is required, because these soldiers are not included in the organization supported by the army. Military pay, food and grass, and even equipment must be paid out of their own pocket.

Although Cai Fang has done a lot of inexpensive business in the world and has accumulated a lot of property.

But he could not sit still for nothing. Cai Fang became more aggressive in suppressing bandits and took the property of his former accomplices for himself. At the same time, he also joined the ranks of empty salary.

If Tang Zi really wanted to pursue the issue of empty salary, none of his subordinates would be clean.

Tang Zi released the news that he wanted to punish Cai Fang. In addition to using Xu Zhi's hand to force Cai Fang to rebel, he also wanted to knock on the unsatisfactory officers under his command, which was a hit in one fell swoop.

Xu Zhi hated Cai Fang deeply, and because he held military power and Tang Zi's protection, he had no choice but to do anything to him.

Cai Fang was also proud of this, showing off everywhere and giving himself reputation, and the two of them became deeper and deeper.

Now that Cai Fang has lost Tang Zi's protection, Xu Zhi doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

Xu Zhi did not dare to act rashly and decided to test Tang Zi first. He randomly kidnapped Cai Fang's charges and sent the yamen runners to the military camp to summon Cai Fang.

Cai Fang could not stand by himself, so he immediately asked his immediate boss Tang Zi for asylum.

Tang Zi had already thought of an excuse. He first said a lot of bold words and immediately sent someone to negotiate with the prefect Xu Zhi, asking Xu Zhi to withdraw the summons, which moved Cai Fang very much.

The two of them chatted for a while, and the people sent by Tang Zi came back soon and brought a document.

After reading it, Tang Zi's face became increasingly ugly and said to Cai Fang:

"Cai Fang, have you offended some big shots? Your case was called by the top to investigate, and the matter happened before you joined the army. Someone from above supported Xu Zhi, and I can't do anything about it. You can solve the matter this time without any trouble!"

After listening to Tang Zi's words, Cai Fang remembered that he had acted recklessly in the world and aroused his grudges and did not do many illegal things. It was possible to accidentally offend a big man.

These things have changed, and Tang Zi really couldn't interfere, and he couldn't open his mouth to plead, so he could only retreat silently.

In fact, these are all scripts that Tang Zi had prepared long ago!

The so-called documents and the above-mentioned intervening words are also false.

Cai Fang didn't know the inside story. Xu Zhi clearly wanted to kill himself, and Cai Fang could still see it.

Without Tang Zi's protection, there is no way to survive, and Cai Fang can only have a way out of his life.

If you are used to being an officer and soldier, you will be a thief and re-enter your old career. It is no big deal.

When Cai Fang first entered the army, he was able to show his strength to his former friends when suppressing bandits.

But since he became a centurion, he was full of confidence, especially if he wanted to get promoted and make money, and wanted to make more military achievements, he had taken ruthless measures against his old friends in the world.

In this way, he offended all the big guys in the world.

In the army, the tycoons of the world cannot do anything to him. If they are desperate and need to seek protection from those tycoons of the world, it will be no different from seeking death.

When Cai Fang was in the world before, he was able to create a considerable font size and was also a decisive person.

Now there is no way to survive, but it has been successfully aroused by Cai Fang's bloody nature.

As the so-called "officials force the people to rebel", Cai Fang did not stop and took advantage of his prestige among the lower-level soldiers to lead hundreds of county soldiers in Licheng to launch a rebellion.

Cai Fang is just a hero in the world, and his level of bewitching people is not very high. Logically, he cannot make up many waves.

However, because Tang Zi's intentional point of view revealed that the county soldiers might have to be transferred to Guangling to attack Jiangdong and act as cannon fodder.

Cai Fang used this as an excuse to incite soldiers to rebel, and received responses from most of the lower-class soldiers.

If the city guard Tang Zi could take action in time to suppress him, Cai Fang's rebellion would be difficult to succeed.

But the whole thing was pushed by Tang Zi in secret.

Not only did he not come forward to settle the matter, he called all the officers above the centurion in the county soldiers on an outing in advance, leaving the army without a leader and also creating evidence of his absence.

Under Cai Fang's instigation, the county soldiers were excited and he took the lead in attacking the prefect's mansion.

After Xu Zhi issued the document, he just tested Tang Zi's reaction and sat in the lobby waiting for Tang Zi to come and negotiate with him.

Who knew that Xu Zhi waited for the rest of the world, but instead waited for Tang Zi, he waited for the rebels brought by Cai Fang.

Cai Fang led his troops to attack the yamen. Xu Zhi did not consider the seriousness of the matter, nor did he panic. Instead, he was secretly happy, thinking that it was Cai Fang who was seeking death himself.

When he saw Cai Fang coming, he shouted loudly and ordered his yamen runners to take the man.

But Xu Zhi's dozen yamen runners were not the opponents of hundreds of fully armed county soldiers. After a little contact, he fled in panic.

Cai Fang urged to kill him with a fierce momentum. Xu Zhi saw that the situation was not good, so he stood up and was about to run away.

Cai Fang chased after him with a quick glance, took a knife and killed the prefect Xu Zhi.

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(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!