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During this period of time, the Xingtian Army attacked Zhuang Bazhai and laid down dozens of Zhuang Forts, in addition to obtaining a lot of gold and silver, they also obtained a lot of valuable jewelry, property, antiques, calligraphy and paintings from these big families, and these things were useless to the Xingtian Army before, but now they have all been copied back by them, and they are lost to the Fan family, so that the Fan family can be taken to the field for processing, exchanged for the things needed by the Xingtian Army, and transported back to Yangcheng to be handed over to the Xingtian Army, which also makes the Xingtian Army gain during this time. Compared with the past, when I went out to collect food, I got a lot more.

In addition, Xiao Tianjian was most concerned about the reaction of the government, and this time Fan Yaoshan was no longer dodging, and secretly reported all the reactions he received from the government to Xiao Tianjian, and also reported the war situation in Henan, Huguang, Shaanxi and other places that he heard to Xiao Tianjian.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian, based on the information sent to him by Fan Yaoshan, was even more sure that in a short period of time, the Shanxi political secretary would be unable to mobilize a large army and enter Yangcheng again to attack and suppress their Xingtian army.

After determining the direction of the recent action, Xiao Tianjian ordered the sentry men and horses to rest for a few days first, and at the same time replenish their consumption, after all, fighting a war consumes a lot of money in the army, in addition to the loss of personnel, many weapons are also very badly damaged, and it is necessary to replace them.

After more than a month of non-stop fighting, although the morale of the Xingtian army is very high, but it is difficult to hide their fatigue, if they are not allowed to rest in a short period of time, then in the next few days, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will also be greatly reduced, as long as it is a person, there is a need to rest, otherwise a person will maintain a high degree of tension for a long time, there is no problem in a short time, but for a long time, people will slack off, for the importance of this Xiao Tianjian is very clear, He still has a lot to do, but there is still a need to take a break like this.

After recovering the soldiers and horses, Xiao Tianjian rewarded the meritorious personnel in the army according to the achievements of this period of time, don't look at the Xingtian army generals have no salary at all, but as long as there is a battle, Xiao Tianjian will never hesitate to reward, so through the reward, almost every soldier and general has received a lot of rewards in this war, compared to the normal military salary, as long as they dare to use their lives in front of the battle, the generals get only high and not low compared to the normal military salary!

Of course, for those who were greedy for life and afraid of death and retreated in this battle, they were not forgotten this time, and there was no need to think about the reward, and more than 20 people who violated military regulations, those who should be killed, and those who should be beaten, were also pulled out and disposed of.

The effect of a reward and a punishment is naturally immediate, and the soldiers who receive the reward are naturally demoralized, and they are waiting for the next time they go into battle again to kill the enemy and get a reward, and the people in the army who are greedy for life and afraid of death and are punished, needless to say, those who have been killed are locked in the confinement room, think back to their own actions, and then look at others, most of them are ashamed and embarrassed, basically you can take this as a warning, make up your mind that the next time you have a chance, you have to earn back the face you have lost this time.

Of course, in this reward, those hunters who helped the army in the war also had their own rewards, including the township soldiers who were mobilized later, and the families of the wounded and killed also received generous pensions, so that after these people got the silver rewarded to them, they were all happy to keep their mouths together, and they wished they could follow the Xingtian Army to fight again.

Seeing that May is coming, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter again, General Xiao Tianjian arranged the things in general, and began to recruit troops in Lotus Village.

With the aftermath of this battle, the local people admired the Xingtian Army even more, and they all knew that this time the Xingtian Army was staying in the north to meet the official army, which was to protect them from the scourge of the official army, so the local young people who heard the news immediately had many people come to apply, and even some displaced people from the surrounding states and counties, after learning the news, also poured in towards the boundary of Yangcheng and rushed to the Lotus Village to apply.

For a while, the Lotus Village was lively again, and the people who rushed to recruit almost crushed the recruiting platform set up by the Xingtian Army at the foot of the mountain, for fear that this time the recruitment would not have their share, so they squeezed to the recruiting place one by one, logged in their names and places of origin and other information, and waited for the Xingtian Army to select them.

However, this time, the number of soldiers recruited by the Xingtian Army was only about 1,000 people, and in the face of so many recruits, Liu Bao was very happy.

From the very beginning of recruitment, Liu Bao strictly controlled the quality of the soldiers in accordance with the previous recruitment requirements of the Xingtian Army, and if they failed to meet the requirements, they were immediately eliminated, leaving only the strong and honest personnel who met all the recruitment requirements of the Xingtian Army, and incorporated them into the new barracks.

As for those who were eliminated, they were locals who continued to go home to farm, and the displaced people who came from outside, Xingtianjun also registered them and handed them over to Fu Deming for unified resettlement, and at the same time selected a group of craftsmen from them to work in the Shuangfeng Village craftsman camp again.

For these things, Xiao Tianjian naturally didn't have to take care of it himself, except for showing up, and handed it over to his subordinates to do.

And he led his subordinates, in the Lotus Village just completed the Martyrs' Shrine, held a grand memorial ceremony, the original following Xiao Tianjian The names of the fallen soldiers were engraved on the stone tablet of the Martyrs' Shrine, including the newly killed soldiers in this war The spirit card was also placed in the Martyrs' Shrine.

Xiao Tianjian personally presided over this memorial ceremony, and also specially arranged for a few old soldiers to take care of the martyrs' shrine here, so that the incense here would not be cut off, and the soldiers of the Xingtian Army also came here to pay homage to remember these brothers who had fought side by side with them.

Although this matter does not seem to be a big deal, Xiao Tianjian attaches great importance to it, and even those recruits who have just been recruited into the army also ordered Liu Bao to lead them to the martyrs' shrine to pay homage to these martyrs of the Xingtian Army, and specially arranged eloquent people to tell these recruits about the experience of the previous battles of the Xingtian Army, just to let everyone have a sense of honor, so that all the people of the Xingtian Army can not forget that the reason why they have this day is all because of the lives of the officers and soldiers in the army.

Don't look at it as just such a subtle thing, the people of Xingtianjun are very grateful to Xiao Tianjian, they can not forget the subordinates who followed him before, many of them are visiting the Martyrs' Shrine, looking at the names of those people on the stone tablet, they are secretly glad for them, fortunately they are following Xiao Tianjian, otherwise, who would not have forgotten them until now? Invisibly, some soldiers thought that even one day, they would die on the battlefield, and their names could be engraved on the stone tablet here, and they would be blind even if they died.