On the last day of September, Cheng Zhili ended his marriage leave and came to Jiangling. However, he did not come directly to Cangcheng to visit Chief Zhang. Instead, he entered the camp outside the city and sent documents to Xingtai through here... Of course this

It was in compliance with the procedures. So Yan Qing, the person in charge of personnel, also responded in accordance with the procedures, and sent him a letter signed by Chief Zhang Xing, the new deputy commander Chen Bin, and the military law chief Xiong Bo Nan San.

An informal document with a person's name, asking him if he would like to be transferred to the post of county magistrate.

Maybe it was a little late, but Cheng Zhili didn’t reply that day.

However, what Chief Zhang didn't know, or what he wouldn't care about if he knew it, was that Chief Cheng visited Xu Shiying that night.

Xu Shiying was rich. His family had a shop outside Jiangling City and a house in Jiangling City. They bought a serious house with three entrances to the courtyard. They did not ask for a simple front and back courtyard in Cangcheng.

In fact, Cheng Dalang is also rich. Although he was forced to move from Henan to Hebei and then back again in his early years, he now also has a shop and a large house in Jiangling City. This time he married the daughter of Cui, the legendary top family in Hebei, in Qinghe County.

Wucheng, where the Cui family was concentrated, also had large mansions.

Of course, Cheng Dalang came here not to discuss with Xu Shiying how to "make money from scratch", but to sincerely ask some questions.

"Since you've hated Chief Zhang, are you going to sit on the bench?" Cheng Dalang asked sincerely.

"What does Cheng Dalang want?" Xu Shiying looked careless and seemed a little careless. "Do you think who in the gang can still disobey this chief authority now that things have happened?"

"I didn't say disobedience, but in troubled times, if there are no soldiers and horses by my side, I feel really uneasy." Cheng Zhili said sincerely. "If I can stay in the army, even if I can be reduced to a leader, I am willing."

"Why should you dismiss your boss for no reason...Is the boss so worthless?" Xu Shiying sneered, becoming more and more disapproving. "Aren't you letting Chief Zhang get the bad reputation of deposing the boss for no reason? He is.

You have to follow the rules and establish prestige."

Cheng Zhili took a few deep breaths and continued to ask: "Can you transfer me to another station so that Chief Zhang can be out of sight and out of mind? I promise not to cause trouble after I go there and will never provoke Chief Zhang again.

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"Is General Cheng crazy?" Xu Shiying finally became serious. "Do you want to go to Jiyinxingtai or Huaixi? Do you want to go with your battalion armor?"

Cheng Zhili hesitated to speak, he really wanted to bring this battalion, or in other words, he thought of this level just for this battalion... First of all, this is the rare main armored cavalry of the battalion, with strong combat effectiveness.

; Secondly, he himself experienced a total army annihilation, worked as a short-term leader for a while, and was very sensitive to military power; finally, a very important point is that despite many military reforms, the gang's military configuration will basically still try to respect the military power.

Related to the influence of the leader.

For example, before the formation of the general class in the entire army, the allocation of core officers was generally decided by the leaders of each battalion. The reserved positions at the head of each battalion of 200 people were enough to cover most of the troops in a battalion of no more than 2,000 people.

The officers and the core bodyguards were together; and the last time, during the process of building the camp after crossing the river, most of the emphasis was on the balance of soldiers from Hebei and Henan at the sergeant level.

To put it bluntly, warm water boils frogs, but this gradual and gentle behavior of "separating the hills" does allow each camp to maintain a certain continuity of the hills. The most direct representation is the one led by Cheng Zhili

In the battalion, there are still 30 to 40 percent of the sergeants who have backgrounds in the Putai Army or around his hometown, and up to half of the middle- and high-level officers have had a superior-subordinate relationship with him for two years or more.

As for other battalion heads, the situation is different. An infantry battalion with a full strength of 2,000 people may have a higher continuity ratio of officers and soldiers, but it varies from person to person. A leader with junior qualifications will obviously have more scattered soldiers.

In short, under this situation, Cheng Zhili seemed to have sufficient reasons not to give up the armored cavalry.

However, he also knew in his heart that once he did this, he would almost look like a "traitor".

Needless to say, Du Pozhen is still considered an outsider. Even though Li Shu has never publicly quarreled with Zhang Xing, in fact, the history of the two leaders' confrontation is there. Li Shu's side

The leaders were either related to each other or were divided due to geographical reasons, which was considered to be official. And he was recruited into the gang by Zhang Xing and a big leader who had publicly pledged allegiance to Zhang Xing many times. At this time, he was convinced.

If Li Shu took the initiative to call him over, he would be looked down upon.

It's okay to be looked down upon. The key is that it is likely to cause the chief's anger.

"I really just don't understand. I'm old and there's no war in the gang. What's the point of taking advantage of the opportunity to marry a high-ranking lady? Is this a taboo?" After thinking about it, Cheng Zhili could only sigh.

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"A person must be content." Xu Shiying just frowned. "Cheng Dalang, it's not just the fact that you married Cui's daughter that you violated the taboo. You did such a big business on the river before, and you also dragged the leaders downstream to do it together. It's even more illegal.

Taboo, I have been so 'cautious' in several battles, but I still violate taboos..." Halfway through the words, Xu Dalang became impatient. "Forget it, just think about it, as far as Chief Zhang is concerned, using big leaders like us to figure it out

Whatever it is." Yi

"What are you trying to figure out?"

"Of course I want to do something big." Xu Shiying said quietly. "I came here with the intention of changing the world from the beginning. I have been working on the business for more than three years. The territory is so big. If I don't call myself a king, I don't have an establishment, I don't live in a big house.

He doesn’t even have a servant, so he only eats food on the porch and in front of the camp. He spends his whole day either following the laws or worrying about the gains and losses of the previous dynasties. Of course, he has to do big things... So, don’t worry about what is reasonable or not.

Whether it's reasonable or not, you just think from this direction, whether what you do is delaying others from doing big things."

Cheng Dalang was silent for a long time, and his face became increasingly ugly under the light. After a while, he finally spoke: "I still understand the truth. Lao Zhai also sent me a letter... I am the first to do this. It's just a matter of fact."

I’m not that over-the-top, and people are worried that I’ve led a bad person. I’ve led others before, and who doesn’t know the principle of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys? First it was you, and now it’s me... To be honest, I don’t complain.”

"Then what is General Cheng worrying about?" Xu Shiying finally said impatiently. "It can't be that I didn't cover up my dissatisfaction after I crossed the river. You didn't complain yourself, but you thought I was very resentful and wanted to encourage me to replace you in front.

What are you doing?"

"Xu Dalang is joking." Cheng Zhili quickly waved his hand.

Xu Shiying took a deep breath and suddenly asked again: "So, is my resentment so obvious?"

Cheng Zhili remained silent this time.

Xu Shiying thought for a while and then said sternly: "Cheng Dalang, I am different from you... It is true that I have grievances, but I have never delayed my work after crossing the river, and Chief Zhang has always entrusted me with important tasks. Chief Zhang and I

There are some minor inconsistencies, but basically there is no discord. Therefore, he has always felt free to use me, and I have always been open-minded and not afraid of him dealing with it again. On the contrary, as you said, I am magnanimous.

It's obvious that I have knots in my heart and resentment in my heart. As for you asking me how to deal with this matter, I can only say one thing, the county governor is good, just admit your mistake honestly and take up the post. Don't waste your efforts anymore.

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Cheng Zhili sighed and said again: "If this is the case, I have nothing to say, but can you ask Xu Dalang to do a favor and ask a favor for me first? If it doesn't happen, it won't happen, and I will take office honestly.

, but you must say a few nice words for me and do me a favor. If it is useful, I will be grateful in the future."

Xu Shiying just nodded casually.

When Cheng Zhili saw this, he didn't sit still for long, so he stood up and bowed seriously... Because Cheng Dalang was much older, Xu Shiying was a little embarrassed, so she quickly got up to stop him, and then sent him out all the way before returning.

However, back in the hall, Xu Dalang, who seemed to be just impatient at first, obviously felt a little uneasy.

Of course, his uneasiness is not the same as Cheng Zhili's. Cheng Zhili's problem is that losing military power triggered a strong personal insecurity, which then led to obvious dissatisfaction with Zhang Xing. Xu Shiying's problem is still the same old problem, his

His growth experience and way of thinking made it difficult for him to understand, or unwilling to believe that Zhang Xing's behavior could lead the gang to final victory.

Xu Shiying longed to see Zhang Xing become more "pragmatic" and more in line with his image of a "successful person".

In other words, Xu Shiying also wants to achieve big things, but he is more worried about the success rate of big things.

In fact, the information learned in the past two days has made Xu Shiying's worries more serious... Two days ago, Zhang Xing, Xiong Bonan, and Chen Bin came to him, Xu Shiying, Dou Lide, and Ma Wei to discuss a matter.

This is the military plan to attack Liyangcang in case of possible famine.

The risk of this matter is self-evident - if there is no great master in the world, or there is no such thing as true energy cultivation, then this is the best plan. Xu Shiying will take the initiative or even secretly propose it in advance without these people telling him.

The layout plan, but isn’t there such a thing as a great master and the vitality of heaven and earth?

It is often discussed everywhere that if it were not for the suppression of the grandmaster, the saint in Jiangdu would have been dead for half a year and would have stunk. But in fact, a few grandmasters were able to suppress half of Jiangnan and a hundred thousand imperial troops.

Large-scale turmoil began in the year, not to mention that there were at least two great masters (Uncle Cao Huang, Master Zhang) around Jijun where Li Yangcang was located, plus a British Duke who did not know whether he was a great master or a great master.

So, in this case, when one's own side should continue to strike preemptively according to the plan, taking the risk of interference by multiple grand masters to seize food is to relieve the people who are mostly outside the jurisdiction.

A pattern of behavior that is extremely unacceptable to Xu Shiying.

That's right, the representative of the smart people Zhang Xing mentioned is Xu Shiying.

However, what was even more difficult for Xu Shiying, a smart man, to accept was that when faced with this proposal, Dou Lide actually expressed his approval, and Ma Wei did not object.

Moreover, the reason why Dou Lide agreed was obviously because of his lack of cultivation, and his main skill was to deceive people's minds as much as possible. This naturally conforms to his understanding - although Mr. Zhang said that he was Xiao Du's broken formation, in fact

Everyone privately calls this person Xiao Zhang San, because this person is very much like Zhang San in everything, he is single-minded in planning great things, and because of his lack of cultivation and lack of talent in leading troops, his top priority in everything he does is to win people's hearts.

As for Ma Wei, he is a bereaved drunken man who has no worries and is obviously a little arrogant. Now that he has been put to good use and has a lot of kindness, even if Chief Zhang wants to attack Dongdu, he will directly help with the plan.

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Since the people around him were like this, in order to no longer have fundamental antagonism and conflict with Zhang Xing, Xu Dalang could only choose to accept it.

But that doesn't mean he agrees with it in his heart.

This time Cheng Dalang came again, which made him even more worried.

To help these people, the level is too high, unrealistically high, and the level is too low. In this situation, only personal gain is left... As for other people, it may not be appropriate. For example, Niu Da was killed in many battles.

Defeated and routed, Xuzhou became fearful of war; another example is the Wu brothers, who are inseparable; the Fang brothers, who are confrontational and wholeheartedly regard Zhang Xing as an enemy; Bai Yousi, Dengzhou's military and political affairs are not perfect, and the political

Returning to the house to respect his uncle, and returning to the army to Wang Zhen, he only used a sword to be the general manager. In the end, it was Zhang Xing's selfishness; Bing Yuanzheng was greedy for money in private without being known, Du Caigan was weak in politics, and Liu Heifu was a hooligan.

...There are so many things, and they are countless, but the future for those people is still smooth?

But if help is not possible, which one can? My foundation, background, and experience are all here, so what qualifications do I have to be picky here?

But to be honest, when he thought of this, Xu Dalang began to admire Zhang Xing again. It was already remarkable that he could lead this group of people to the current situation despite these selfish thoughts.

On the other hand, I think I can transcend others, but after being "wronged", I still care about it until now. I am inevitably vulgar, and I don't look like someone who can really achieve great things.

Early the next morning, although it was theoretically winter, it was still autumn weather, and it was rarely sunny with light wind and clear clouds. Xu Dalang came to Cangcheng early to participate in the planning of the matter. After all, he remembered Cheng Dalang's request last night.

After eating on the porch in the morning, I went to Chief Zhang Xing and spoke to him.

"Open the net?" Zhang Xing was slightly surprised.

"yes."
To be continued...