Chapter 38: The Aftermath
Wang Li and the elites of the Hui Department finally arrived at the camp, and the entire camp was already in a mess at this time.
From a distance, Wang Li couldn't help but be a little worried, because it was no longer like a battle of a thousand men on both sides, because the corpses that fell to the ground far exceeded a thousand.
Fortunately, when I got closer, it was still the Qin army standing guard, so no matter what the losses were, the Qin army at least won.
At this time, Zang Shuo had already come to the gate of the camp, and he saluted the king: "Welcome the return of the general!"
Wang Li hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Zang Shuo, because he could see that Zang Shuo was obviously injured, and sure enough, this victory was not easy.
Wang Li asked with concern: "Zang Shuo, where are you injured?" Bandage first, and then tell everyone what happened? ”
Zang Shuo grinned, and an expression that didn't look like a smile appeared on his face at all: "General, Zang Shuo is fine, and he has already been treated with injury medicine, don't worry."
As for the battle, the main thing is that we didn't guess that the enemy actually had 5,000 people, and for the first time, our army completely defeated the enemy's 800 elite in an ambush.
The second time, due to the disparity in numbers, Zang Shuo used ambush soldiers as bait, pretending to be an intrusion army to occupy my camp.
When the thief approached, he cut off his head with a sword, completely deterring the enemy's front army, and then rushed out with his people and broke the enemy! ”
Wang Li didn't expect things to be so twists and turns, and Zang Shuo handled it perfectly, and he excitedly appreciated:
"Good, good! Zang Shuo, you have done a good job, this time the first work belongs to you, I will definitely show your majesty for your merits! ”
"Invincible!" "Be brave and strategic!"
The crowd next to him also chimed in.
Of course, in Zang Shuo's opinion, nothing is as good as the three of the lord prince Wang Li, I saw that he insisted on saluting despite the pain: "Thanks to the general's cultivation, Shuo does not dare to take credit." ”
Wang Li hurriedly picked up Zang Shuo again: "What is yours is yours, and if you are not rewarded, you will be punished, this is the law of Qin, and it must be obeyed!" ”
"Hey!" Zang Shuo responded with a respectful fist.
Wang Li nodded at this time: "This time our army won a complete victory, everyone has merit, and Zang Shuo, a hundred generals of the pro-soldiers, should be the first to take credit, do you have no opinion?" ”
Wang Li said so, and also gave everyone the opportunity to share the profits, and everyone present naturally had no objections, after all, Zang Shuo did pay a lot of credit.
"Okay, then General Ben is here to deal with the aftermath.
First, first count the merits of the generals and soldiers at all levels, and double the pension for casualties, and the general will discuss with His Majesty. ”
The first is the foundation of the Qin army, the military merit system, the most important thing for the Qin army in every battle is to count the merits, only the merit must be rewarded, and the guilty must be punished, in order to cultivate a strong army.
"Second, count the prisoners again, and bring back the thieves who were captured last time, and lock them up together, I don't think they will dare to make trouble anymore!"
The reason why there is a second is that since Wang Li noticed the existence of the intruding army, he secretly transferred the prisoners.
Because the strength of the intrusion army was limited, and the Qin army was not as easy to penetrate as the Hui Division, they did not find out where the people to rescue were before the battle.
Now that the enemy army is four times larger than the Qin army, what can they do with these unarmed prisoners, they are naturally obedient and obedient to save their lives.
"Third, put these news into a document, present good news to Your Majesty, and give an explanation to the people of the entire Northland!"
The third is obviously that Wang Li wants to link victory with stability, because with this victory with more and less, the Qin army and King Qin have really become the protector of all the tribes in the north.
Even if the Qin army leaves in the future, they will have their hearts set on Great Qin and dare not rebel at will, this is the so-called "people's foundation", or prestige and deterrence!
"Fourth, this plan burned a large number of tents and supplies, and we were already short of supplies, but now we are even worse.
But His Majesty has sent news that our army's grain and grass are already on the way, and with new tools, the speed must be much faster than before.
However, when the grain and grass did not arrive, Wang Li wanted to borrow grain from the Hui Department first, and when the military rations arrived, they would definitely double the return! ”
This is the sequelae of Wang Li's plan, originally burning the camp was just a means to panic the enemy, and it would not really cause the camp to suffer a big loss, it was nothing more than a shortage of tents, but this thing was there.
However, because Zang Shuo was anxious to arrange the army and set a new trap for the intruding army, the fire in the camp spread, and finally burned a large number of supplies, Wang Li could only borrow grain to fight the famine first.
However, this time the people who came back were all small leaders, and the real commander Mali was not present, so even though they all felt that they should lend it to Wang Li, no one dared to stand up and agree for a while.
At this time, the young and vigorous Mark couldn't stand it anymore, the Qin army was fighting life and death in front, and they didn't help at all when they went back to the department, so now that there are "so little" difficulties, can they not help?
Immediately, Mark stood up and shouted: "I, Mark, promised General Wang on behalf of my father, but we don't want General Wang to return it in double, but to return it in half."
Although there are few people in my Hui Department and the soldiers are weak, there is no shortage of men, and real men must not let their brothers not have enough to eat, let alone take advantage of the danger of others! ”
"Well said!" "Worthy of being a young patriarch!"
"We all agree!"
The small leaders of the Hui Department were also "ignited" by Mark's words, and they all stood up and responded.
Wang Li looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction, he knew that from today onwards, the relationship between Hui and Daqin would be closer, and his worries about the border should not appear so early.
Wang Li smiled slightly and clenched his fists: "Thank you for your great help, so why worry about the thieves and the instability of Great Qin?"
Then I will go on to talk about the treatment of these rogues, originally our army has always calculated the merit by beheading, and these rogues are extremely heinous, and of course they should be executed.
But my Daqin has a sharp decline in population now, especially the lack of young adults, these rogues take them back to farming or mining, in short, the dirtier and more tired, the better!
So we can't let them starve to death, so I want them to go to work everywhere and earn food for themselves, which can be regarded as a preview first. ”
"Hahaha." Everyone laughed, and they already had in their minds the image of the captives doing their dirty work and respectfully asking for alms.
But in fact, Wang Li didn't think like them, he still didn't give up his plan to recruit rogues as soldiers.
It's just that he thinks that the thief who has been a thief for too long is no longer a seedling of a good soldier, and he must let them do some heavy work and reflect on it first, and as for those who have not completed the reflection, then he can't be blamed.
Then Wang Li struck while the iron was hot: "Of course, the Hui Department is also a member of Great Qin, and Great Qin needs Liukou to work as coolies, and also needs to return to the Ministry to trade, to live and live."
When I came, His Majesty had instructed that in the future, the Hui Ministry, like the other people of Great Qin, would be able to enter and exit the checkpoint at will.
As long as there is a certificate, you can live as long as you want, and as long as you have the ability to do what you want to do, you can do whatever you want, and everything is implemented in accordance with the provisions of Qin Law. ”
Wang Li's words were already nakedly digging into the corners of the Hui Ministry, but the Hui people present had gradually brought in the role of a "special Qin person", just like the "special Ming person" back then.
Even the young faction led by Mark has been more or less in contact with the culture of the Central Plains, and there has long been a simple and strong yearning in their hearts, and now Wang Li took the opportunity to announce that they naturally raised their hands in favor.
Wang Li saw that the situation was very good, and the matter was almost over, so he waited for the public trial of those rogue leaders, and randomly waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to go to the place where the high-ranking rogue was held alone to raise people.
As a result, at this time, Zang Shuo suddenly stepped forward and muttered two sentences in Wang Li's ear, and then Wang Li's face changed, and he pulled out his sword with a "poof" and roared:
"The soldiers of Great Qin, Liu Zongmin, who took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack our army's guards, and also changed into our army's clothes, and now they have fled! Can you just sit back and do that? ”
"Can't! No! Avenge! Avenge! ”
Hearing this, Qin Jun roared angrily one by one, and the elites of the Hui Department also joined in.
The entire camp suddenly boiled over, shouting like thunder, and thousands of people spoke in unison with only two words: "Revenge!" ”