Although the battle is over, it does not mean that they have to go home now.

Before leaving, there is one more very important thing to deal with, and that is to "clean up the battlefield".

In the cottage, the soldiers found a lot of silver taels and surplus food, as well as a large number of weapons.

These are all important strategic resources, and Huaxing ordered people to move back to the camp without even thinking about it.

As for the more than 500 corpses in the venue, after counting them one by one, Liu Pi and Gong Du were not found.

In other words, these two guys must have taken advantage of the chaos to escape.

After the soldiers emptied the important items in the village, Huaxing ordered people to set fire to all the houses in the village, along with the more than 500 enemy corpses.

Although it may seem inhumane, it is the most effective method to prevent the decay of corpses and the induced plague.

As for the thirteen soldiers who died in the Lü army, Huaxing did not put them in the fire, but asked the soldiers to transport them back to Hongnong and hand them over to their relatives to deal with.

Many soldiers did not understand this decision, and even felt that it was unnecessary.

Because over the years, no one has ever asked them to do it, and no one wants to do it.

In their eyes, unless it is the sacrifice of important personnel such as generals and guards, it is possible to ask for the "return of the horse leather shroud".

Ordinary soldiers like them are basically disposed of on the spot, and no one will carry a pile of corpses back home.

But whether they want to or not, the general has already spoken, and everyone does not dare to disobey, so they can only act according to the order while complaining.

"Old Duan, can you contribute two of your grain trucks?" Lifting the curtain, Li Ang walked quickly to Duan Hongguang's side and asked with a smile.

Li Ang was the person in charge of transporting the corpses back to the city, and in order to reduce the burden of manpower, he planned to use a four-wheeled vehicle to transport the corpses.

But these cars are all under the control of Duan Hongguang, and no one can use them if they want to. So, he came to Duan Hongguang's military tent early in the morning.

After Duan Hongguang, who was packing the stove, heard this, he replied without even raising his head: "Don't give it!" ”

"Yo? So stingy? Hearing this, Li Ang was not angry, but said with a smile: "There are so many cars, and there is no shortage of one or two, can you help?" ”

"If you don't borrow it, you don't want to borrow it, and you want to use my grain truck to transport the corpse? There are no doors! ”

Duan Hongguang was as smart as he was, he had already guessed Li Ang's intentions, and rejected the other party on the spot.

"Why?" After being rejected for the second time, Li Ang said with a puzzled face:

"We've been here for so many days, and we've eaten a lot of food, right? Shouldn't the car be empty? ”

"That's right! There are several empty ones. ”

"Then you won't lend me?"

"Don't borrow! If you strain the wounded, I'll give it to you without saying a word. But pull the corpse...... Hum! I would never agree with that. ”

On the night of the raid not long ago, Duan Hongguang had already thought about becoming a deserter.

But he never expected that Gong Du's surprise attack that night was frightened back by Huaxing's "ambush".

With no threat to his life, Duan Hongguang's determination to escape was quickly shaken.

In addition, he saw that Huaxing did not tell everyone about his "confession", so after thinking about it several times, he finally stayed in the camp.

Seeing Duan Hongguang's attitude so resolute, Li Ang couldn't help frowning, and after thinking about it, he said:

"Old Duan, I know you don't approve of transporting corpses, but the generals have issued military orders, so why should you embarrass me? If you want to do this again, I'll go directly to the general and ask for it!" ”

"Just go, I'm not afraid!" Duan Hongguang said without fear:

"We have collected so much surplus grain from the stockade, and I said that the cart must be loaded with grain, what can he do with me? Alas! Lao Li, we have captured a group of prisoners, won't it be over if you let them carry them back? Why do you have to use a car? ”

In Duan Hongguang's view, transporting the corpse back to the city is not only meaningless, but also laborious.

From the first moment he heard this order, he was very resistant, so he rejected Li Ang four times or three times.

This is not to say that he has much opinion of Li Ang, but he is extremely dissatisfied with this military order.

"Old Duan, those are all comrades-in-arms we have known for many years, you do this...... Wouldn't it be too ruthless? At this point, there was no smile on Leon's face.

"Lao Li, we have been soldiers for so many years, whether it is friend or foe, when did we not dispose of the corpse on the spot? Why did he have to change when he came to Huaxing? Duan Hongguang retorted with an unconvinced face:

"You say I'm ruthless? For so many years before, I had never seen you Li Ang carry his body back to the city! ”

Duan Hongguang's words were true, they had indeed never done anything like this in the previous decades.

Everyone has long been accustomed to burying or burning the bodies of their comrades-in-arms on the spot, and no one has ever proposed to "bring the corpses back to the city".

Therefore, Huaxing suddenly asked for this, and there were many soldiers who were not used to it and were unwilling to change, and Duan Hongguang was one of them.

"Alas!"

After a sigh, I saw Li Ang nodding and saying:

"That's right! Let's ...... before I haven't done it before. But isn't General Hua's request also for you and me? ”

"Cut! You don't put gold on his face, he's just adding a burden to us by doing this! This time, there were fewer deaths, only a dozen. But what if it's hundreds or thousands next time? Or is it a long way to go? Do we all have to carry it back? ”

From the perspective of the survivors, Duan Hongguang is right, transporting corpses is indeed a very troublesome matter.

But everything in the world has two sides. If you look at it from another angle, it's a different picture.

Although Li Ang is the same age as Duan Hongguang, in this matter, his perspective is much more "broad" than Duan Hongguang's:

"Old Duan, then let me ask you, if I die today...... Would you like to send the old man's body back? ”

Unexpectedly, Li Ang took himself as an example, Duan Hongguang immediately frowned.

Li Ang and Duan Hongguang were originally fellow villagers, and they have known each other for almost 20 years, so they have a good relationship in the army.

It stands to reason that if Li Ang really died, Duan Hongguang would definitely be willing to "send" this old comrade-in-arms home.

But thinking so in his heart, it doesn't mean that he will say this on his lips, and it didn't take long to see Duan Hongguang shaking his head and saying:

"Humph! I don't have that much time to spare. If I were a general, I would have ordered all the fires to be burned. ”

"Oh? Really? ”

Hearing this, Li Ang was not angry, and still said with a smile on his face:

"Good! Then let me ask you again, if you die today, do you want me to help you transport it back to Hongnong? ”

"Don't!" Duan Hongguang immediately waved his hand and said stiffly: "It doesn't matter if it's buried, it's burned, I don't have an opinion." Shipped back to Hongnong? Hmph, it's not necessary! ”。

"Really? What do you think...... Sister-in-law and your two sons, think the same way? ”

As soon as these words came out, Duan Hongguang was stunned for a moment. Obviously, this sentence finally poked his heart.