The war was brutal, the Tiger Prison was breached, and corpses were floating everywhere inside and outside the city.

On Huaihua's side, the battle of Banyang lasted for half a day, and the city and outside the city were also full of corpses and devastation.

The stubborn defenders were defeated and fled, but in the encirclement that Chen Ziqian had deployed in advance, where could they flee?

This battle can be said to be a complete victory, with more than 5,000 enemies annihilated before and after, and more than 2,000 defeated soldiers captured.

It is inevitable that there will be sacrifices in war, and even with the powerful weapon of fierce fire oil, it is impossible to guarantee zero casualties.

The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Xiaodao was taking over the defense of Banyang City, and Zhuang Wei and Chen Tong's subordinates were also busy dealing with prisoners and other issues.

Chen Ziqian rode into the city slowly, looking at the scarlet blood stains on the ruined city walls, and feeling the smell of fierce fire oil remaining in the air, all of which felt both real and unreal.

For the cruelty of war, Chen Ziqian has gradually adapted to it.

This is a troubled time, if you don't fight others, you will be beaten by others, and if you want to survive, you have no choice.

Just like these kneeling people on the streets, their lives are worse than mustard, not because they have done anything wrong, but because they were born in such troubled times.

You must know that wherever the war spreads, people's livelihood and economy will inevitably be affected.

The taxes borne by the people are not light, and life is already hard, barely making ends meet, and they simply cannot afford such turmoil.

It is not difficult to predict that in the coming days, the people in the city will inevitably be short of food and clothing, and if those in power cannot open a warehouse for relief, many people will be forced to leave, and in serious cases, it will even lead to riots.

And as a person in power, the best way to deal with this kind of thing is to slaughter the city or expel the people.

Tens of thousands of mouths are waiting to be fed, and keeping them will only increase the burden of grain and grass.

Of course, this is only an extreme way to deal with it, Chen Ziqian is not a person who loves to kill, and he will not make a slaughter of human nature after capturing a city.

On the street, the horse's hooves made a crunching sound, Chen Ziqian looked at the people on the street, turned his head and said to Luo Taibai: "Later, you will send a list to appease the people, see how much grain is still stored in the granary, we have our own supplies, and we can share more points to the people, so as not to cause further twists and turns." ”

"The Lord is merciful, and the lowly duty must deal with this matter properly." Luo Taibai nodded in agreement, but he didn't pay much attention to these things.

Of course, Chen Ziqian is not really very merciful, but the team is about to march into Bashan, and if the people of this county do not appease first, it will only be more troublesome to cause civil strife.

The team slowly entered the city and soon settled in the county office.

The aftermath work still has to be done, and Chen Ziqian doesn't need to personally ask about these trivial matters, but there is a system in hand, so it's good to see if there are any available talents.

When he came to the county office, the shadow guard recruited all the incumbents, except for the absence of the county commander and the county lieutenant, the county clerk and the chief bookkeeper did not escape, and when they entered the county office, they kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Get up and speak!" Chen Ziqian waved his hand, his eyes swept over the people in the hall, they were all mediocre people with ordinary attributes, and there was nothing worth paying attention to.

"Thank you, Chen Fujun." The county Cheng and the others were trembling in the hall waiting for the fate.

Chen Ziqian returned disappointed and didn't bother to deal with these people, raised his head and motioned for Luo Taibai to deal with it on his behalf, and he got up to leave.

Having just taken Banyang, there are still many defense problems to deal with, Chen Ziqian came to the city tower and inspected the defense of the city accompanied by Lin Xiaodao.

There are no more than 10,000 households in Banyang County, it is not a big county, and the land coverage area is not very large, Chen Ziqian, under the advice of Lin Xiaodao, decided to send troops to Bashan, let Zhang Beifeng lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to stay in Banyang.

"What about General Zhang?" Chen Ziqian looked around and found that Zhang Beifeng was not arming on the city tower, so he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lin Xiaodao smiled and said: "This time, that kid has suffered a lot of losses, and he is clamoring to find me to replenish the soldiers and horses, but I have no one to give him, so I have to let him go to the county prison to raise some prisoners to fill the army." ”

Chen Ziqian nodded, it has become a common practice to confiscate prisoners, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

"The problem of city defense will be handed over to General Zhang later, remember to count the merits of this battle, and after taking Huaihua, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds." Chen Ziqian glanced at Lin Xiaodao, joining the army is to be a general, military merit is the promotion path for all soldiers, there are special war merit recorders in the military camp, but there are many things to pretend to or encroach on the soldiers' military merits, and if it is not handled properly, it is also a ** annoyance.

Lin Xiaodao nodded, but he was concerned about this, and then personally sent Chen Ziqian down the city tower.

As soon as they came down, the two of them saw several soldiers supporting each other and walking towards the barracks, all with blue noses and swollen faces, obviously they had just fought with someone.

Lin Xiaodao was a little embarrassed, these are all soldiers under him, and the city defense is on duty, so these people should rest in the barracks now.

"What's going on?" Lin Xiaodao stepped forward and asked, the lord was still here, he didn't dare to act as if he hadn't seen anything.

Several soldiers were a little flustered when they saw Lin Xiaodao coming, covering their faces.

One of the Wu commanders saw that he couldn't hide, so he arched his hand and said, "Back to the general, my subordinates just took the brothers out to have some fun, and the result was ...... General Mingjian, we have reported to General Duya in advance, and we have not left the camp without permission. ”

Lin Xiaodao squinted at a few people, and didn't care about anything when he learned that he had reported it, but said suspiciously: "What kind of fun can be beaten like this?" ”

"This ......" The captain was a little embarrassed, as if there was something unspeakable.

"Why, as soon as you enter the city, you violated military discipline, did you go to the street to rob the people's daughter?" Lin Xiaodao glared at the other party, and several soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly fell to their knees with a puff.

"The general forgives us, we didn't rob the people's daughters, we, we just went to a private prostitution hall......" The Wu Chang was under pressure, so he immediately had to confess to him.

Speaking of which, these soldiers are also cheap, they have just experienced a life-and-death battle, and after entering the city, they don't do their jobs, and they actually ask the local people to inquire about private prostitution halls.

After inquiring, these people made an appointment to go and have fun together, and they didn't pay for the fun, so they were cleaned up.

Chen Ziqian was speechless after hearing this, looking for prostitutes in the barracks is not a shameful thing, after all, they are all soldiers with their heads pinned to their trouser belts, and the ghost knows if they can live after a battle, this kind of pastime has always existed.

It's just that if you prostitute it, you won't pay if you don't pay after prostitution, don't you deserve to be beaten?

"Shameful stuff." Lin Xiaodao kicked the captain angrily, and it was really embarrassing in front of the lord: "Why don't you hurry up and get me back?" ”

"Wait!" Chen Ziqian came over to stop everyone, the private prostitution hall is actually a brothel, and it is even inferior to those large-scale brothels, which can only be regarded as a secret cabinet operated by the people.

Normally, this kind of place is run by some local ruffians and hooligans, and they can't see the light at all on weekdays, and if someone really pays their debts, they will simply teach them a lesson or two, and they have always been afraid to avoid the people of the government, let alone provoke these soldiers.

But this time, it's good, this private prostitution hall not only dares to take over the business of the soldiers, but also dares to beat people when they are about to do it.

How confident is that?

"You guys also came down from the battlefield, how many people are on the other side if you can be beaten like this?" Chen Ziqian squinted his eyes slightly and asked, these soldiers dare not say that they all crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, but at least they are all veterans who have experienced life and death struggles, so how can ordinary people deal with their combat effectiveness?

The key is to dare to beat up the officers and soldiers, those ruffians and hooligans are bound to be not so simple, it is estimated that there is either a backstage or a large number of people, this kind of thing really cannot sit idly by.

"The other party is just, just one!" The Wu Commander was even more embarrassed, it was just that this kind of thing was bumped into by the lord, and it was even more shameless if seven people couldn't beat a turtle man.

"Just one?" Chen Ziqian raised his eyebrows, one person can expect seven soldiers, how strong is this person's force?

"Did you give the money later?" Chen Ziqian asked again thoughtlessly.

Several soldiers immediately nodded their heads again and again, like chickens pecking rice.

Chen Ziqian raised his eyebrows and said: "Since you lost money, then this fight can't be in vain!" ”