Xie Ming

Chapter 240 Post-War Capture and Reward Statistics

The entire four passes of Baoding City were victorious in stopping the war!
Xiao Lang led his troops out of the city and rode their horses to the north two miles away. The two teams of Hu Chen and Xu Baoyi approached.

"General!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"General, General!"

Amid the crowd, a horseman suddenly rushed out from the cavalry and headed towards Xiao Jingchuan.

I heard his voice before I saw him. If it wasn't the loud-mouthed Li Huchen, who else could it be? !
"Hahaha"

"General, General!"

"Victory!"

"We have won a great victory in this battle!" Hu Chen rode his horse close to Xiao Lang, speaking with a loud laugh.

After he finished speaking, another figure beside him also hurried over.

"General Xiao!"

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission. Xu Baoyi and his three hundred brothers will report back after the battle!"

"Hahaha, it feels so good. It really feels so good!"

"Following the general, we, the militiamen, will really see the world! Ah! Haha!"

Xu Baoyi was delighted, and Hu Chen also joined in the fun. The three of them smiled and teased each other, laughing together.

A few moments!

"Hahaha"

"Okay, okay!"

"Yes, the enemy camp is abandoned. Can you two send someone to check it out?!"

"Did you gain anything?!" After a few smiles, Xiao Jingchuan quickly changed the subject and got back to business.

"Oh, there you go!"

"As for the food, there is not a grain left!"

"There are some useless siege equipment left."

"Oh, right!"

“There’s a gun!”

"Five red-haired cannons and thirty-six small-caliber tiger squat cannons."

"No, but there are no shells left!"

"There are only some gun barrels left!"

Hearing Xiao Lang asking, Hu Chen took the lead and reported back immediately.

"hehe!"

"It's normal that we don't have ammunition! We can ask Minglu to replenish it tomorrow!"

"These five red cannons are really good stuff!"

"You have all seen it in the past two days. This kind of cannon is very powerful!"

"If it weren't for the thick walls of our Baoding city, it would be unknown who would win or lose between us and the enemy!" Xiao Langshi.

"Okay! Then this way!"

"Li Huchen, Xu Baoyi, listen to my orders!" Xiao Lang straightened his waist and continued speaking.

"Yes, I am here!" the second general replied quickly.

"You two, assign soldiers to quickly transport all the useful supplies from the enemy camp into the city!"

"Deliver them to the Central Army Ma Minglu for inspection!"

"Let's do it without further delay!" Xiao Lang ordered.

"Yes! Yes!" The two men bowed and accepted the order, then split into teams and went off to do their work!
"hehe!"

"Be more flexible!"

"Once you have collected the enemy camp's supplies, you can return to the city to rest!" "Wait until noon!"

"I'll go and inform Minglu, and treat him to some good wine and meat, so that the troops can enjoy a drink! Ah! Haha."

"drive!"

Seeing Li and Xu running, Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly shouted and announced, mentioning rewarding the troops, which made the soldiers excited!
Afterwards, he no longer cared about the lively scene behind him, turned his horse around, whipped his horse and galloped back to the city.

After entering the city, he found Zhizhong, Qi Gang and others, and dispatched scouts and sentries to spread out of the city, especially to the north. He ordered the soldiers to go twenty miles north to conduct long-distance exploration to prevent the enemy from returning to kill them!

In addition, he also ordered Ma Minglu to lead the Quartermaster Department to clean up the battlefield, bury the corpses, confiscate the war equipment, and supervise the filling of the gap in the western section of Beiguan!

The sun and moon rotate!

As the morning sun rose, the fires burning all around the North Gate finally went out one by one!

But in less than half an hour, the flaming red sun disappeared into the leaden clouds from the east and disappeared without a trace!
At the hour of You, it started to rain continuously!

In the desolate wilderness in front of the pass, there were broken walls and charred wood, and the wind was mixed with a strong smell of blood, gunpowder, and dust!

Broken arrows and broken shields were scattered all over the ground.

The white-bordered flags left behind by the Jiannu army were trampled upon and left in disarray!
The sound of horse hooves is getting louder and the crows are cawing less and less!
Ma Minglu is still organizing people to clean up the corpses of enemy soldiers outside the city gates.

The corpses of the enemy soldiers were gathered together and piled into several clumps. Then kerosene was poured on them and the whole thing was burned!
To prevent the spread of epidemics that would harm the people and soldiers in the city.

In addition, the city compiled a list of fallen soldiers and had someone specially record and check each one in detail.

In the battle of Baoding, both sides fought hard and tens of thousands of people were killed or injured!
It's really a bloody battle!

[Special statistics on the clearance of seized post-war materials! ]

[Artillery: 5 Red Cannons (no ammunition); 36 Crouching Tiger Cannons (small caliber; no ammunition)]

[Armor: more than 3200 pieces of cotton armor, leather armor, etc.]

[Individual weapons: more than 2500 firearms of various types; more than arrows, swords, etc., it is difficult to count exactly]

[Siege Equipment: There are many miscellaneous items, but their temporary use is limited and cannot be calculated]

After the war, at noon on the eighth day!

There is a grand banquet to reward the troops in Baoding City, where we will cook beef and slaughter sheep for fun. We must drink three hundred cups at the party!

The soldiers guarding each checkpoint took turns to take their seats, and the scene was joyous and lively!

After noon, the whole army began to reward each other on a stage in the city!
The meeting was still presided over by Ma Minglu, the central army, and Xiao Jingchuan sat on the side to watch.

Xiao Lang was very pleased to see that the soldiers of the Xiao family army, whom he had led, were becoming more and more energetic.

Apart from the spoils of war that were visible on the surface, the most important thing in this battle was the change in the mental outlook of the soldiers under his command!
To say that it is completely new is no exaggeration!

The morale of officers and soldiers, as well as their experience in participating in large and fierce battles, have greatly improved!

It is not difficult to imagine that, in time, this force will grow into a brave, invincible iron army!

Everything seems to be just around the corner!
[Post-war rewards-statistics of rewards distributed to the entire army! ]

[Total number of soldiers before the war: 9021 - Total number of soldiers after the war: 4297 = 4724 (sacrificed soldiers)]

[Total reward and pension for the sacrificed soldiers: 4724 people x 5 taels (approximately) = more than 2.4 taels]

[Total remaining reward silver for soldiers and horses after the war: 4297 people x 2 taels (approximately) = more than 0.9 taels]

[Silver military reserve surplus: 17.2 taels - 3.3 taels = 13.9 taels]

[Remaining grain reserves: 1.2 shi - 0.2 shi (needed for three days of war + damage during war) = 1 shi]

After the rewards are given out!

Xiao Lang knew about Chang Ting’s injury!
So I hurried to where he was resting to visit him.

After being examined and treated by the military doctor, it was said that although Chang Ting had two bone fractures on his body, neither of them had injured his lungs and the fractures were not serious. The rest were just superficial injuries and were not serious!
If you take good care of yourself for about half a month, you will be able to recover with the physique of a warrior like Changting!

After hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in his heart finally eased a little!
Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, soldiers from Wang Chuanwu's army sent someone to report.

It is said that Chuanwu was guarding the Guandong Gate and was injured by a stray arrow yesterday, injuring the inner thigh.

At that moment, the enemy soldiers were attacking the city fiercely, so Chuanwu gritted his teeth and tied them up randomly, not taking it seriously!

But at noon today, he suddenly developed a high fever and fell into a coma!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lang wasted no time and rushed to where Chuanwu was staying with the doctor to check on him!

(End of this chapter)