Chapter 150 Thousands of dollars buy horse bones

Lin Chong dragged the little official to the soldier's body, pointed to the white cloth and shouted loudly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Have you asked these martyrs who gave their lives for their country? They could have honored their parents, they could have reunited their wives and children, but now? Only cold corpses remain! These are the actions of your allies! Do you want me to be polite to them for a few weeks? ”

The official was so frightened that his face was like dirt, his calves were weak, and he couldn't help kneeling down for the martyrs and crying, "I don't know! It's none of my business......"

And the party messenger also found the party knights scattered everywhere, and the corpses of a hundred iron harriers had already been cold, and they still fell to the spot.

Lin Chong did not let the corpses be moved, because they stretched all the way to the outskirts of the camp, and it could be clearly seen that there was a situation of attacking from the outside to the inside, which was also evidence.

He also sat down on the ground and cried, "Why are you all dead? How can this be......"

Lin Chong glanced at the little official of Honglu Temple who was not possessed by his soul, and walked towards the envoy of the Western Xia Kingdom, "If you don't want this kind of thing to happen in the future, you'd better hand over the mastermind, otherwise, I'll catch it myself!" ”

The messenger turned red-eyed and turned to the west, smearing strange lines on his face with the mud on the ground, and babbling and singing strange tunes.

This is a unique funeral ceremony of the Dangxiang clan, Lin Chong did not stop it, turned around and came to Gao He.

"Forty-nine people were killed, seventy-two people were seriously injured, the old man is in charge, who should I ask for this account?"

In this tragic and solemn atmosphere, Gao He didn't dare to open his mouth, and said embarrassedly, "The imperial court will not forget the strong men who sacrificed their lives for the country." ”

As an old frontier soldier who was covered in blood and yellow sand, he has long been accustomed to life and death, and he is even a little numb.

However, time has passed, and once he has lived in a comfortable environment like Tokyo for a long time, killing and slaughtering have become extremely rare, which makes him think back to more than ten years ago.

At the beginning, in the imperial court's order change, in the joy, anger, laughter and scolding of civil and military generals, groups of young soldiers went forward one after another, and they did not spin their heels.

After every war, he wrapped his comrades with his own hands and buried his brothers, and at that time he always lived in fear, not knowing whether it would be himself who would be buried tomorrow.

Seeing the familiar scene in front of him, Gao He rarely said a warm word.

"Their merits, you bring them, I will report them!"

This sentence also means that Gao He promised the compensation and rewards of these fallen soldiers, and they will not be deducted.

Lin Chong arched his hand and just said, "You're sorry!" After saying that, he went back to the big tent.

Gao He also followed in, still sitting down and not saying a word.

Lin Chong knew that he still wanted to negotiate the matter of the party's iron harrier, so he sent the Honglu Temple and the Western Xia envoy off the horse, which was useless to Gao He.

"The old man is in charge, if you have something to say, just say it, in front of Lin, everything can be open and honest."

Gao He smiled, since he had done enough tricks outside, he could bargain straightforwardly here.

"What do you say here to smooth out the matter of the party members this time?" This is the posture of negotiating on behalf of Gao Yu.

"What's the benefit of smoothing?"

"How about doubling the price from yesterday?"

Yesterday, it was converted into 50,000 yuan, and doubling it means 100,000 yuan.

"What if I don't want to smooth it out?" Lin Chong is testing the bottom line of the Palace Marshal's Mansion.

Gao He Fengyun said unfazedly, "That's okay, this time I came to visit, but I just thought about the rights and wrongs of both sides some time ago, and from then on, the well water will not interfere with the river water." If Lord Lin is unwilling, the palace marshal's mansion will also listen to it. ”

Lin Chong frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Double it again." ”

This is really a lion's big mouth, 200,000 yuan is enough for Lin Chong's daily expenses for 2,000 people for half a year.

Gao He was a master negotiator, and he did not immediately veto Lin Chong's proposal, but changed his tone.

"Lord Lin, do you still remember the envoy of the Palace Marshal's Mansion, the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi? He stole the secrets of the White Tiger Festival Hall and was already wanted by Taiwei and Kaifeng Mansion Yin. Although I know that he was wronged, it is a pity that people are soft-spoken, and it is difficult to advocate for him. ”

Okay, you actually used Yang Zhi's net worth to lower the price, but using Yang Zhi to offset 100,000 yuan, you are a little naïve.

"Then you still have to hand over the party and the enemy chieftain."

Gao He thought about it, no problem, since Lin Chong no longer raised the price, it was acceptable. Because Woli is missing, when he is caught, he will hand it over.

"Woli didn't go back this morning, we and the party mission are also looking for him, once he is captured, he can be handed over to you."

This guy turned out to be from the Woli family, no wonder he was so fierce, Sun Erniang was really fated to be able to escape!

Now that you know who this guy is, it's easy to do, I believe that Gao He won't lie for this guy, it is estimated that it is almost the bottom line.

Be content and happy, and accept it when you see it!

"After the inquest in Xifu, you can remove the corpses yourself."

Gao He knew that this was a necessary process, which meant that the Privy Council had to recognize Lin Chong's exploits this time before he was willing to let go.

According to the calculation just now, the mountain battalion full of 1,000 men (not counting the auxiliaries) defeated the attack of 1,300 thieves (100 heavy cavalry is equivalent to 900 foot soldiers), and destroyed more than 40% of the enemy, and lost less than 100 of its own.

The mountain battalion in front of the palace, won on the battlefield, can be seven capital.

Gao He finally finalized Lin Chong's fastest and most difficult bones, and left in a hurry to deal with related matters in order to avoid long nights and dreams.

According to the Great Song Dynasty pension regulations, the dead can enjoy national funeral treatment, similar to the martyrs' cemeteries in later generations. The families of martyrs, such as orphans and widows, who have no support, can receive 55 catties of grain every month for life, and if the martyr's wife remarries, the distribution of food will stop.

But now that the court is financially constrained, the three redundancies have swallowed up too much money like a bottomless pit, making it difficult for the court to allocate pension food for the families of the martyrs.

Since most of the dead were young men who had just been recruited from the homeless village, the scholars quickly verified the list of the dead, and the list of disabled soldiers was also provided to Lin Chong by An Daoquan.

Gao He's promised merit rewards and bereavement food will definitely be in place, but Lin Chong felt that each household only had 55 catties of grain and could barely starve to death, and could not provide protection for the families of the martyrs, so he boldly proposed a measure of "buying horse bones with a thousand gold".

"In addition to the death and serious injuries enjoying the imperial court pension treatment, the Imperial Front Mountain Battalion still pays a one-year half-salary to the families of the deceased, and if they are still in difficulty after one year, they will be resolved as appropriate. He can recruit one of his brothers, sons and nephews to join the mountain camp. ”

An ordinary soldier who is killed or seriously wounded will receive an additional 12 times, which can greatly alleviate the embarrassment of his family. If one of his relatives can be recruited into the army, it will fundamentally help the subsequent life of the martyr's family.

This was unanimously agreed by the whole army, and only the scholar cautiously raised the question of whether the army's savings would be sufficient to pay in case of too many casualties.

Lin Chong has also calculated a long time ago, this kind of logistics work is in place, which is a very important support for the enhancement and stability of combat effectiveness.

You can't save money that should be spent.