Chapter 65: Continue the march
Pei Qing's battle was unexpectedly simple, the soldiers had almost no casualties, they easily defeated this army of tens of thousands of people, killed two or three thousand enemy soldiers, surrendered seven or eight thousand people, obtained a large number of military equipment, and there were more than ten thousand tons of food alone, and there were a large number of pearls and jade in Dong Yue's camp tent, according to rough estimates, these pearls and jade alone could be worth hundreds of thousands of gold.
Of course, Pei Qing knows that the gold here actually refers to a currency system in the Han Dynasty, because the money in the Han Dynasty is five baht money, and one gold is one catty, which is equivalent to 96 five-baht coins, even so, it is equivalent to the value of these pearls and jade alone is equivalent to tens of millions of five baht coins, which is already a great wealth, this wealth in the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, you can buy high-ranking officials at the level of the three dukes, of course, if you buy rice, because of natural disasters and man-made disasters now, the price of rice in some places is extremely expensive, The highest place can reach thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars per rice, so if calculated according to this highest price, the pearls and jade that Pei Qing got are actually equivalent to getting thousands to tens of thousands of rice, which is still a big gap compared to the grain obtained in the military camp.
Pei Qing also knew that so much grain and jade could not be transported away at all, even if it was reluctantly transported, it would definitely be looted by bandits, Haoqiang and even other princes, rather than so, it was better to share it with the people nearby, so that he could buy the hearts of the people and gain a good reputation for himself, and at the same time, in exchange for some ordinary people to immigrate to his rule to become tuntianhu or directly join the army.
Of course, Pei Qingze unceremoniously took these weapons, armor, horses and other materials for himself, and distributed them all to the soldiers under his command, especially the horses, and each person got an average of three Xiliang horses, so all the soldiers of these three horses were one horse, one to carry supplies, and the other one was empty, in case they were tired of sitting down and then transferring.
With such a luxurious lineup, even the nomads who are rich in horses are rarely able to do it, but Pei Qing has done it.
"Haha, Pei Yuanjun, this time I really accepted your love, I didn't expect that my Zang Xuangao could establish such a powerful cavalry team, and he could also use three war horses in one person, so we feel that the speed of Chang'an is faster."
Zang Ba himself also chose a sturdy big green horse, he gently combed the mane of the war horse with his hands, and said compliments to Pei Qing happily, this compliment was not deliberate, but sincere, in his life, except for the time when he led the miscellaneous prisoner car to rescue his father and kill the local Taishou, he has never encountered such a happy thing as today.
After winning this battle and gaining many benefits, all the generals under Zhu Jun's command were all smiling from ear to ear, and their previous dissatisfaction with Pei Qing all turned into a strong sense of admiration, which shocked them all, because they themselves didn't believe that they would have such feelings for others other than the main general Zhu Jun in their lifetimes.
After that, although it was a little incomprehensible about Pei Qing's release of grain to the people, none of them surprisingly spoke out against it, only Zhang Chao reminded him in a whisper, so that Pei Qing should not be careless, after all, Dong Yue fled and moved to Niu Fu to rescue the soldiers, Niu Fu is Dong Zhuo's henchman, the real power figure of the Xiliang Army, and he must not be taken lightly.
However, he didn't expect Pei Qing to laugh and said: "Zi and rest assured, Dong Yue is definitely not going to move the rescuers, but to escape, it's okay if he doesn't go to find Niu Fu, if he goes to Niu Fu, even he himself will be killed, and it is impossible to pay attention to us at all." ”
"Is this really the case? This is really too bizarre", although Zhang Chao didn't say it, he still had some doubts in his heart, but he knew that Pei Qing's prediction had always been very accurate, and after this battle, he had accumulated a very high prestige in the army, since he said so, others would not object.
So although Zhang Chao was skeptical, he didn't dare to say anything more.
Because of the matter of releasing grain to the people, Pei Qing delayed for most of the day, but his work was indeed not done in vain, and when the grain was released, thousands of strong people asked to join Pei Qing's army and fight for Pei Qing.
Pei Qing was naturally extremely pleased with this, but he also knew that it was very dangerous to go to Chang'an this time, if it was an elite general, he didn't care how many people there were, but if he took these untrained recruits, then the problem would be troublesome, and these Xiliang soldiers who had just surrendered also needed to be properly handled, in fact, the easiest way was to kill them, but Pei Qing had always been in awe of human life, and he didn't want to have unnecessary blood on his hands, so Pei Qing came up with a way after thinking about it, He transferred a hundred elite soldiers from Deng Dang, and asked Deng Dang's deputy general Zheng Chang to lead these 100 soldiers and more than 1,000 recruits, escorting seven or eight thousand surrendered Xiliang soldiers, and at the same time escorting the people who were willing to follow them back to Yingchuan.
Zheng Chang is also the standard of a first-class fierce general anyway, and he has just shown his majesty in the battle, and Sergeant Xiliang is very afraid of him, and he will escort these surrendered sergeants, which will also save them from bad thoughts.
However, in this way, Pei Qing's strength here will be weakened, but this is also a way to do it, these people who go mean nearly 10,000 troops and the people's hearts, and they can't give up easily, as for Chang'an, if they really face the siege of tens of thousands of troops, there is actually no difference between more than 100 people and less than 100 people.
For Pei Qing's decision, Zang Ba is unconditionally supportive, Zhu Jun's other subordinate Sima Xu Xuan has always obeyed orders in a decent manner, Zhang Chao actually didn't say anything, but he was deeply puzzled in his heart, I don't know why Pei Qing is so troublesome, those new heroes and ordinary people who follow the love are just that, but he doesn't hesitate to weaken his strength to protect those Xiliang soldiers, is it just for a name of benevolence? This is a bit incomprehensible, after all, these people make up the largest number of people, and the biggest variable along the way.
Pei Qing also saw Zhang Chao's incomprehension, but Pei Qing didn't explain anything, because of the gap between the times, some of his ideas are not exactly the same as these people, everything must be done slowly, and you can't be too anxious.
After everything was done, and after a short rest, Pei Qing decided to continue on the road, so under the reluctant farewell of the local people, Pei Qing led his soldiers to continue the journey.