Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 220
On the third day after the war, Pengcheng seemed to have regained its calm, and the order was restored.

At first glance, it seems like nothing happened.

It's just that compared to before, there are still some differences after all.

Those passers-by on the street in a hurry are no longer ordinary people in plain clothes, but soldiers wandering with guns in their hands. It was cold all over the body, as if returning from warm spring to cold winter.

The Prime Minister's Mansion at this time.

All the people in the hall were already seated, Wang Zheng on the main seat looked at Xu Fang first as a habit, and asked, "How about the casualties of our army?"

"Report to General." Xu Fang cupped his hands and replied, "About [-] soldiers were killed in the broken city, and [-] were lost in street fighting and pursuit. Thousands of people."

Looking at the floating system frame, Wang Zheng took a deep breath and nodded, "Young man from Pengcheng is really brave!"

Nothing else matters, taking advantage of the power of victory, such a number of people were killed in the pursuit of street fighting, it was indeed beyond Wang Zheng's expectation.

"Are there enough sore medicines and healers?" He thought for a while, and then asked in a more emphatic tone.

This kind of words can only be understood by Xu Fang, who knows his own details and is smart, immediately. What Wang Zheng asked was not sore medicine, but whether the seriously injured need him to use his "divine power".

"The ones you bring along with those captured in Xue County, Xiao County, Pengcheng and other cities are collected." Xu Fang pondered for a moment, then said: "It should be more than enough."

Wang Zheng nodded, that is no need.

That's good, after all, there are so many people, and if it is not necessary, he doesn't want to frequently "show miracles" and attract too many people's attention.

"The dead will be buried generously, those with young families will arrange pensions, and the wounded will be treated generously." Wang Zhengdao: "By the way, there are also righteous men who were killed by Cao Bao because I waited for flying arrows to pass on the letter. Come out and be rewarded heavily."

There will be more and more siege battles in the future, and the difficult passes will be one after another. Wang Zheng has made up his mind that he can't threaten the city with massacres like foreigners, so he must pay more attention to the internal response. From the beginning of the city grace.

Wang Zheng looked at Wu Sheng again, and said, "Are there any changes in the surrounding counties in the past few days?"

Speaking of which, over the past year or so, Xu Fang is not the only one who has made progress.

Wu Sheng has also changed a lot. After breaking the city, Wang Zheng has not given orders, but he has taken the initiative to order the second-tier light cavalry to disperse more than a hundred riders to patrol day and night, and control the radius of a hundred miles.

This made Wang Zheng quite gratified.

"Report to General." Wu Sheng said: "There is no movement, maybe we broke through the city too fast, and nothing slipped through the net, so they have no time to react."

Wang Zheng nodded, and was about to speak, but Mi Heng from the audience said, "That's not necessarily the case."

Wu Sheng rolled his eyes strangely, looked over, and saw Zuipao who had arrived here from Xiao County yesterday and said with a smile: "Perhaps it is because our army is in full swing and is intimidated by the military prestige. , is also unknown."

Yo, it's rare that such good words come from your mouth?
Wang Zheng glanced at him in surprise, and it happened that several major military affairs were almost handled, so he said directly and warmly: "Mr. You, the journey has been hard."

"My lord is concerned." Mi Heng hurriedly saluted and replied: "My lord takes the lead and goes to the front line when the army is conquering. If you say it's hard work, it's because of the hard work of our soldiers."

With the system locked down, Mi Heng's words became less sharp only when facing Wang Zheng.

Mi Heng smiled again and said: "Speaking of which, Heng is about to congratulate the lord!"

"Oh?" At this moment, all the maidservants served tea, Wang Zheng sipped his mouth lightly, and said with a smile, "Could it be because I got Pengcheng?"

"No." Mi Heng stood up, and at this time the sun was shining brightly, filling the room with light, and he was as elegant and refined as the orchid and jade tree.

He looked around at the crowd and talked eloquently: "I am very happy to have won Pengcheng, but what is more worthy of celebration is that the lord has such a great army under his command!"

"Thousands of miles along the way, where the soldiers are going, they will win, and the flags will be taken, this is the most worthy of celebration!"

"Sir, you are really eloquent." Wang Zheng smiled and joked, "You and I met for the first time that day, but you called yourself not a sycophant. It's too humble."

Hearing this, Mi Heng blushed, coughed dryly and said: "You are not arrogant in victory, you are calm, and you don't forget the merits of the soldiers. It can be seen that the master is not as young as the weak crown, and he has the demeanor of a general, and he is a hero!"

"However." At this point, Mi Heng changed the subject and reminded: "Now that Pengcheng is under the master's control, we need to make it stable quickly!"

"Great kindness." Wang Zheng slammed and praised: "This statement is very much in line with my wishes!"

Glancing at Zhang Zhao, who sat beside Mi Heng and stood up without saying a word, Wang Zheng said in a deep voice, "I'm just about to ask the two gentlemen to teach me. Is there any good strategy to secure the city as soon as possible?"

Mi Heng also glanced at Zhang Zhao who was beside him, and said pointingly: "If you want to secure the city, you need to know the city."

"What you said is very true." Wang Zheng secretly gave him a thumbs up, it's not like he has no EQ at all.

"Mr. Zhang." Looking at Zhang Zhao, Wang Zheng asked with a smile, "I wonder if the taxes, money, food, and population in the city have been counted?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Zhao.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Zhao finally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he sighed secretly, cupped his hands and said, "General."

"Combined with the county government's account books and documents, there are currently 610 households in Pengcheng, with a population of about 10 to [-] people. Among them, there are more than [-] young and strong people, and the rest are old and weak women."

After a pause, he added, "Among the total population, there are about 2000 households, which were newly relocated last year."

When there were new households, everyone was aware of the reason, but when Zhang Zhao mentioned the number of households, they were so direct and accurate, and when he said that there was a difference of nearly 1/5 of the total population, they were a little surprised.

Travelers like Wang Zheng and Mi Heng, who are also from prominent families, knew it in their hearts.

It's not time to talk about this topic yet, seeing Xu Fang opening his mouth to ask, Wang Zheng took the initiative to change the topic: "Did innocent people die or be injured in this attack?"

Hearing this question, Zhang Zhao also had an incomprehensible expression on his face. He glanced at Wang Zheng and said solemnly, "The general is good at running the army!"

"Although I didn't investigate carefully, but after the general entered the city, he ordered not to disturb the people, and even sent people to patrol in many alleys. As far as I know, there were more than a dozen civilians who were killed or injured, but they were all caused by the thugs in the city!"

That's good.

Wang Zheng nodded in satisfaction. He is probably the only person in this world who pays attention to the truth that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and don't take it as a pragmatic statement.

The greatest wealth was not damaged, so he thought of another wealth: "How about food, weapons, equipment, etc.?"

"Report to the general." Zhang Zhao pondered for a while, as if he was thinking, and immediately did not answer, but said something like an explanation:
"Pengcheng is naturally a fertile land, but it was slaughtered by Yanzhou just last year, and the people's hearts have been scattered. Many good fields have not been cultivated. Now the warehouses are not enough."

Seeing Wang Zheng nodding his head, he said solemnly again: "The stock of several official warehouses is enough to supply the army for two years, it's just..."

Having said that, Zhang Zhao looked at Wang Zheng with a hesitant expression on his face.

Hey, why didn't you think of your hometown folks when you dedicated the city, and now they are acting as good people again?
Wang Zheng immediately guessed what the other party was saying.

This is because he is afraid that if he uses all the stock in Pengcheng for military use, then the common people will fall into a food shortage situation.

(End of this chapter)