When Wang Zuohang and Ma Wenshan's men and horses each carried sacks to the foot of Hutou Mountain, it was already dusk, and the operation of attacking Hutou Village was over.

Riding on a horse, Liu Renyu, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that Wang Zuohang and Ma Wenshan had arrived, so he first asked Wang Zuohang: "How is the matter going?" ”

"If you go back to your lordship, there is no living creature in the village." Wang Zuo bowed and answered.

"Very good! Are these sacks filled with grain? Liu Renyu asked again.

"If you go back to your lordship, it's really all food."

"Two hundred bags of grain isn't a lot, but it's better than nothing. That's it, you will work with Wenshan and take your men to load the grain into the wagon. ”

"Yes, sir." Wang Zuohang agreed with Ma Wenshan, and then led his men to load the grain onto the freight wagon.

When Wang Zuohang and Ma Wenshan took their respective subordinates to load grain, Liu Renyu said to Li Jiye: "Jiye, send someone to recruit Renjie back." ”

Li Jiye got the order, so he sent knights to look for Liu Renjie.

After a short time, Liu Renjie rode his horse back to his own army.

"Renjie, can your cavalry find any suspicious people near the left side of Hutou Mountain?" Liu Renyu asked Liu Renjie.

"If you go back to your lordship, I took the soldiers to patrol around the left and near Hutou Mountain, and I didn't see any suspicious people." Liu Renjie replied.

"Very good." Liu Renyu first nodded in response, and then ordered: "It's getting late today, I'm afraid we can't rush back to Jingbian Fort, let's set up camp at the mountain temple, and as soon as it gets dark tomorrow, we will return to Jingbian Fort." ”

"Yes, sir."

When the officers and soldiers received the order, they went into their own hands.

The soldiers were busy taking off the two extra pieces of armor they had worn and putting them on the baggage wagons, so they wore only cotton armor to protect them from the cold.

Then the unit to which the dead soldiers belonged was also responsible for carrying the bodies to the wagon, and the soldiers who were wounded in the war were no longer riding horses, but were transferred to carriages.

"Let's go, go to the mountain temple and set up camp."

After Liu Renyu gave the order, he rode his horse and took the lead and marched towards the mountain temple in the northeast direction. He was in front of the team, and from time to time he looked back at the Hutou Village with thick smoke and flames, and then muttered to himself: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and the ancients will not deceive me!" The people of Hutou Village, don't blame me, only the dead can keep secrets, and you have fought Zhangjiabao, some collections, I need money and food at this time. So I'm sorry. In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely invite a monk to surpass it for you. ”

After Liu Renyu's eyes spontaneously finished this emotion with an unbearable look written in his eyes, he quickly adjusted his mentality, his eyes were full of resoluteness again, and he galloped away in the direction of the mountain temple.

Behind him were two large groups of about 300 knights, and between the two groups of cavalry were wagons for freight carriages, wagons for carrying the bodies of the wounded and the dead.

This large group of people and horses rolled up smoke and dust on the loess road and marched in the direction of the mountain temple.

It was day and night, and the Jingbian Fort army set up camp at the mountain temple.

On the second day, as soon as it was dark, the heralds sounded the bed trumpet, and the officers and men of the Jingbianbao Army got up to freshen up and then hurried again.

When Liu Renyu's department was about to arrive at Jingbian Fort, Liu Renyu suddenly stopped his horses, looked back and ordered Liu Renjie: "You quickly bring people back to Jingbian Fort, take 16 tablets, transport 16 coffins, and bring 16 sun, moon and wave flags of my Ming Dynasty." In addition, inform Ma Tianjun and ask him to quickly take the people in the fort out to greet him. ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie received the order, so he rode his horse and galloped into the Jingbian Fort to give the order.

Li Jiye and several other thousand presidents are very familiar with what will happen next, so they are all waiting patiently, only Wang Zuohang doesn't understand what will happen.

He originally wanted to ask Li Jiye, who looked a little kinder, what was going on. However, he found that his men were all solemn and did not say a word, so he did not dare to ask any more questions, so he had to wait to see what would happen next.

After about a quarter of an hour, Wang Zuojiao found that Liu Renjie had returned, with two carriages.

The two carriages, led by Liu Renjie, stopped next to the carriage carrying the remains of the fallen soldiers, and then several men in Tsing Yi who carried boxes similar to food boxes got out of the carriage.

Subsequently, several more military wrestlers carried 16 coffins from the carriage under the command of Liu Renjie.

Then the soldiers carried the bodies of the 16 fallen soldiers to the front of the 16 coffins, and the men in Tsing Yi carrying the boxes came to the side of the fallen soldiers, opened the box, took out the rouge gouache used by their daughter's family, and smeared it on the faces of the fallen soldiers for a while.

After these men in Tsing Yi finished grooming the fallen soldiers, Liu Renyu ordered: "Please put the strong men into the coffin." ”

When the wrestlers in the army received the order, they carefully carried the bodies of the fallen soldiers into the coffins.

After the wrestlers closed the lid of the coffin, Liu Renyu covered the Ming Dynasty's sun, moon and waves flags on the coffin one by one, and then he ordered Liu Renjie: "Renjie, call the Danqing master in your army to write tablets for these strong men." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie got the order, so he went to his own army, found those soldiers who were good at Danqing, and asked them to write tablets for the fallen soldiers.

After all these things were done, Liu Renyu ordered: "When we enter the city later, the soldiers holding the spiritual positions of the strong men will walk in the front, and then the wrestlers carrying the coffins will follow. ”

"Understood."

The soldiers agreed, and according to Liu Renyu's arrangement, the soldiers holding the spiritual seat of the fallen heroes walked in the front, and then the wrestlers carrying the coffin followed, and the others followed behind under the leadership of Liu Renyu.

Everyone walked for a while, and then arrived at the west gate of Jingbian Fort, and at this time, outside the west gate, Ma Tianjun had already taken the ordinary people who had nothing special in the fort to greet them.

When the people came out to greet them, they were told to be solemn, not to laugh, not to make noise, or they would be severely punished.

The people of Jingbian Fort lived a very long time under the rule of Liu Renyu, and they knew that the Liu family general was very strict in enforcing the law, because they listened to Ma Tianjun's admonition, and they all stood honestly at the gate of the city, not daring to speak, nor dare to laugh, and all looked at the army coming from afar.

Today's scene has been seen by the people of Zhenbeibao in the past, but the people of Jingbianbao have never seen it, so they still feel a little fresh.

As far as the people looked around, they saw the majestic soldiers wearing white robes and not even the traces of the battle washed away, holding their heads high, holding the spiritual seat with white characters on a black background in their hands as if they were holding the most precious thing in the world, step by step, walking in a neat pace, walking at the front of the procession.

Behind them, there were equally sturdy wrestlers carrying coffins covered with the banner of the Great Bright Sun, Moon and Waves, and they also followed step by step, with resolute and neat steps, behind the spiritual array.

Behind them was Liu Renyu, the supreme ruler of Jingbian Fort, who was leading his horse and walking.

Seeing this scene, the people of Jingbian Fort, whether it was the aborigines in the fort or the displaced people who had been planted in Zhenbei Fort in the past, suddenly felt very relieved.

Because there are generals who treat the soldiers so well, the combat effectiveness of this army will inevitably not be bad, so they will have a military guarantee in this troubled era when there are captives in the north and thieves inside.

If the people of Jingbian Fort would feel relieved to see Liu Renyu attaching so much importance to his soldiers, then Wang Zuohang, who had been observing this activity, felt shock, incomparably shocked.

"No wonder the Jingbian Fort Army is so strong in combat, with such generals, with enough food and pay, even if they die, it is so beautiful. If I had met this general earlier, why should I fall into the woods. ”

When Wang Zuohang saw such a scene, he was embarrassed for a while, and then he thought about it, but he couldn't help but say: "However, fortunately, God opened his eyes and let me meet such a general." I must seize this opportunity, work hard, and be a capable general under the account of Lord Liu. ”

At this time, Wang Zuohang was completely impressed by the importance and respect of the Jingbian Fort Army for soldiers, which subverted his former Ming official army's perception of the profession of soldiers.

It turns out that soldiers can be so dignified and live like individuals. It was at this time that Wang Zuo made up his mind to be a lackey of Liu Renyu's subordinates.

At this time, Liu Renyu did not know what the people and Wang Zuohang were thinking, and in view of the fact that the martyrs' shrine had not yet been built in Jingbian Fort, he ordered that the spiritual seats of the fallen soldiers be sent to the military camp for temporary preservation, and then sent to the martyrs' shrine in Zhenbei Fort for placement at a later date.

As for the bodies of the fallen soldiers, he ordered them to be returned to their respective families, and if they were alone and had no family, they would choose an auspicious day, and after incineration, the ashes would be sent to Zhenbei Fort for burial.

According to Liu Renyu's regulations, the families of the fallen soldiers will receive the title of An Jiayin and the title of 'family members of martyrs', and can enjoy the preferential policy of halving the tax.

After all these aftermath matters were completed, Liu Renyu happily asked Ma Tianjun to take Mr. Bookkeeper to check how much grain was seized in the battle of Hutouzhai.

With an abacus, the bookkeepers took out the silver taels and treasures in those big boxes and carefully examined them, and finally gave a number that made Liu Renyu particularly happy.

"Adults, villains, etc., have carefully examined, and the treasures in the box are not easy to estimate, but the silver taels are fifty-four thousand one hundred and eighteen taels." A half-white man with half-white hair who looked very honest and responsible reported to Liu Renyu.

"So much! That's good, that's good. When Liu Renyu heard this number, his mouth was crooked when he smiled.

And at this time, Ma Tianjun moved in front of Liu Renyu like a ghost, and said with a smile: "My lord, I want to tell you something." ”

"What's the matter?" Liu Renyu asked vigilantly.

"The 14,000 displaced people outside the city consume astronomical amounts of food every day, and the food in our treasury, according to your requirements, is to be sealed and used in emergencies, so this seizure, please also hand over the lowly position to the lowly position, let the lowly position dispatch and use, and please allow the lord."

"I know, what you say makes sense, you can take it now." Liu Renyu sighed, looked at the loot that had not yet been hot, and said helplessly.

"I have thanked my lord for my humble position, and with this money, I don't have to make trouble for the time being. Oh, by the way, my lord, the grain you brought back has been checked by someone else, and there are three hundred stones in all, and the lowly has already put them in the granary for use in times of emergency. ”

"Got it, you just have to take it."

"Yes, sir. Those remaining treasures to play, I plan to send someone to Yan'an, Xi'an, or Taiyuan to sell, and the silver money is also included in the treasury for future use, what do you think? ”

"Just take it all. However, you have to give enough for the pension of the fallen soldiers. ”

"My lord, do you think it's okay for each strong man to allocate a hundred taels of Anjia silver?"

"One hundred taels is not too little, you send the silver first, and then make a plaque with the words 'martyr's family' to hang at the door of the fallen soldiers' house, and also, the taxes of these families are halved, and you have to register them in the register."

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written."

"Well, okay, you will send someone to play with the silver money and treasures and take it away, otherwise I will regret it if I am careful."

"Yes, sir." Ma Tianjun chuckled, then shouted, and ordered his subordinates to remove all the forty or so large boxes full of money from Liu Renyu's mansion.

Liu Renyu sent Ma Tianjun outside the gate with melancholy, and when he was about to enter the door, he suddenly saw two sedan chair drivers carrying a small blue soft sedan chair and stopping at the door of their house.

When the small blue soft sedan chair landed, a young woman in blue hurriedly walked out of the sedan chair.

When Liu Renyu saw the sedan chair parked at the door of his house, he naturally wanted to see who it was? He looked at the young woman fixedly, and it turned out to be Du Ruonan, the fourth lady of the Du family.

"Miss Du, I don't know why you came to me?" As soon as Liu Renyu and Du Ruonan looked at each other, they asked with questions.

Du Ruonan heard this question, but she didn't answer, she walked quickly to Liu Renyu, bowed with anxiety on her face, and said anxiously: "My lord, something is wrong, please save our Du family." ”

Liu Renyu saw that when Du Ruonan said this, he was about to cry, so he comforted him gently: "Miss Du, don't worry, if you have anything to say, I will do my best to help your Du family." ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll tell you. Yesterday, one of my family's family came to report that Wang Jiayin had besieged Yan'an with tens of thousands of troops. The thieves are strong, and I don't know if the officers and soldiers can hold Yan'an, so please also ask your lord to send troops to rescue Yan'an for the sake of our two cooperation, and help my father and the people of our Du family get out of danger. ”

"Wang Jiayin is back again, and he also surrounded Yan'an!?" Liu Renyu was surprised.