"This is not my work alone, the princes are either strategizing, or running to cut down the enemy, or cutting the flag, and the work of defeating the enemy and recovering the land is also the work of the kings!"

Yan Xing waited until his mood calmed down, and he also praised him with a smile for his merits.

At this time, he saw that Zhou Liang, who was happy to finish, did not retreat to his position, but rolled his eyes, waiting for the opportunity to speak, and asked:

"Yuan Shan, do you have anything to say?"

As soon as Zhou Liang saw Yan Xing mention it, he hurriedly spoke up.

"Captain, Liang still has one thing to worry about, this horse play was originally Yong'an's heroism, seeing that our army's offensive is like a tide, and the white wave is in the background, so the thief comes to surrender, although in order to calm people's hearts, good words are needed. But if he is allowed to guard Yong'an, wouldn't he let the tiger return to the mountain, and he is afraid that his intentions are not pure, and he will become a big trend in the future. ”

After patiently listening to Zhou Liang's advice, Yan Xing nodded.

He didn't know in his heart that the Haoqiang of Hedong, who was playing with such a head and rat, saw that the Baibo army was destroyed, so he attacked and killed Han Xian and surrendered to him in Yong'an City.

It's just that the troops he currently has in his hands are limited, not only the two cities of Puzi and Beiqu in the northwest, Yan Xing does not plan to send troops to recover them immediately, but even Yong'an City, which is far away in the north and on the verge of Taiyuan County, after thinking about it, Yan Xing also decided not to send troops to garrison it for the time being.

The two cities of Puzi and Beiqu, located in the northwest and adjacent to Xihe County, often have small-scale Hu cavalry harassment and invasion, although it will not cause a big disaster, but if the two cities are recovered at this time, they must also send troops and horses to garrison, which will inevitably make the few troops in Yan Xing's hands more scattered, and even have the dilemma of being overstretched.

And Yong'an City is close to Taiyuan County, far away from Yan Xing's ruling core, the city is small and the people are few, the land is barren, and there is no strong enemy in Taiyuan County, for Yan Xing at this moment, it is like chicken ribs, sending troops to garrison is too consuming troops, grain and grass, so Yan Xing simply let the local Haoqiang horses play to garrison Yong'an, and temporarily use the small force of horse play to defend the northern gateway for him.

Yan Xing said to Zhou Liang:

"I understand your concerns. However, this is not a top priority, the horse play strength is weak, only according to the heart of the city to protect the public, and has already attacked Han Xian, isolated from Baibo, there is no strong enemy in Taiyuan County, I will give him Yong'an City, if he wants to hold the city, he has to rely on me for everything, without spending troops and horses, grain and grass, and confined here, is the best choice at the moment! ”

"But what you said is also right, the heart of this generation must be guarded against. Therefore, I have ordered Niu Hu to lead his troops to defend Xiangling, Niu Song to lead his troops to defend Yang County, plus Wei Xuan's troops in Pingyang City, even if I lead my troops back to Linfen in the future, the three cities of Pingyang, Xiangling, and Yang County are each other's horns, although there is no enterprising power, but the defense is more than enough. ”

"The captain is high, and he is ashamed!"

When Zhou Liang heard Yan Xing's troop arrangement and personnel scheduling, it was obviously well thought out, and he immediately saluted knowingly and retreated to his position.

After saying this, Yan Xing did not intend to stop, he looked at Xi Zhicai again and asked:

"Zhicai, how is the post-war accounting point school going?"

Previously, although the White Polish Army was outnumbered, after all, it was defeated repeatedly, its morale was low, and it was fratricidal and scattered. Therefore, when Xi Zhicai and Wei Xuan arrived in Pingyang City with a rear team of baggage and horses, the war to pacify the Baibo Army was also coming to an end, Wei Xuan led his troops to take over the city defense of Pingyang, and Xi Zhicai took a cadre of clerks and devoted himself to the post-war accounting affairs.

In the past few days, the heavy affairs have also made Xi Zhicai so busy that he can't rest, and burying his head in paperwork is not his specialty, but there are very few clerks under Yan Xing's account who can take care of everything, so he, a military strategist, has to act as a logistics quartermaster clerk from time to time.

Today, Xi Zhicai was present, and it was obvious that the heavy affairs after the war had also been calculated.

"Captain, the casualties of our army have been counted, and the men and horses were mainly lost in the two battles of Pingyang and Yangxian, with eighty-one cavalry killed and thirty-three seriously wounded, and two hundred and thirty-two horses lost. Two hundred and fifty-seven foot soldiers were killed in battle, two hundred and seventy were seriously wounded, and the food, grass, baggage, equipment, armor and canes consumed were registered. ”

"Our army has killed a total of 6,232 thieves in several battles, captured 28,022 Baibo thieves, and the head of the thief chiefs Han Xian and Li Kan has been verified. The captives' grain, grass, and baggage, and their horses, vests, and treasures have been made into storage. ”

"According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 30,000 households under the rule of the northern border, and the population should be between 80,000 and 90,000 with the displaced people who are coerced by the white waves······

While reporting to Xi Zhicai, he carried a few bamboo scrolls to Yan Xing's case. Yan Xing spread out one of the volumes, listening to Xi Zhicai's statistics, and couldn't help but rub his temples.

The battle array has always been cruel and ruthless, although Yan Xing only heard numbers, he knew that there was blood, sweat and hardship contained in it. After these several pursuit battles, siege battles, field battles, and encounters, almost a big song of men and horses was lost in this way, Yan Xing not only felt sorry for those elite soldiers, but also felt sorry for the hundreds of hard-won war horses that were difficult to replenish in a short time after being damaged.

The main force of the Baibo army has basically been wiped out in these battles, not only the death of the upper-level leaders, but also the old thieves who have accumulated for many years have also been killed, and the remaining Baibo captives, how to divide, enslave, and tame them, in Jiangyi and Linfen, Yan Xing's men and horses have done enough, and they have also summed up a set of methods, and the civil and military forces under the account can be solved, and Yan Xing will not repeat it.

Finally, there is the problem of households in the north, although half of the population in the north has died or fled compared to the peace, but it is not an easy task for the remaining native and displaced people to resettle and bring them back under the rule.

After rubbing his temples, Yan Xing cheered up and began to speak.

"The pensions for the casualties and the rewards for meritorious soldiers will be taken from this seizure first, and those that are not enough will be taken from the treasury in Linfen. Most of the northern territory has now been recovered, and there are many ownerless fields after years of war, and I plan to grant them fields in addition to grain and silk for the casualties, but the trade-off between this number of acres and military merits needs to be discussed with other military officials before making a decision. ”

"The resettlement of households in the north has been in war for many years, the population has fled with casualties, the fields and houses have been destroyed and abandoned, and most of the documents and account books in the temples in various cities and counties have been destroyed and lost. Therefore, I decided to settle the households in the three cities of Pingyang, Xiangling, and Yangxian, or to use the affairs of the guards of each city to temporarily control the tuntian, and to be controlled by the marching law. Those disabled soldiers can also be placed in various places in this way, serving as the tuntian tun general of 50 people. ”

"There are more cities recovered, but there are fewer soldiers and horses capable of fighting, and it is not a way to go on like this, although in the current situation, it is not practical to expand the army on a large scale. However, I plan to start training and recruiting tuntian soldiers, so that if I work as a farmer in agricultural time and serve as a soldier in wartime, the number of troops available in my hands will be greatly increased, and the conscripted tunhu can give them exemption from conscription, and after meritorious service, they can also be granted additional acres ······of land, which can be carried out from Jiangyi and Linfen first."

Both Xi Zhicai and Zhou Liang knew that Yan Xing wanted to divide and run Hedong, so they were not surprised that he planned to continue to implement the new system in the recovered northern cities.

In their respective positions, the two unfolded the bamboo book, dipped the ink and started the pen, and listed Yan Xing's orders one by one according to the entries, and prepared to be issued and implemented in the army after being polished and copied by the clerks in the army.

When it was time to put down the pen, Zhou Liang thought about it, turned to Yan Xing, and said:

"Captain, since most of the northern territory has been recovered, and the White Wave Thieves have also been pacified, how can you repay the merits?"

Yan Xing listened to Zhou Liang's words, nodded, turned his head to look at Xi Zhicai, and wanted to ask for his opinion, but Xi Zhicai added:

"Good news, Niu Zhonglang and the county government will send fast horses. In addition, there is also the matter of relief for the victims, Jia Zi of the former Han Dynasty once said, "If a husband does not plow, he will suffer from hunger; A woman does not weave, or suffers from the cold', the original agricultural work in the north is mostly wasted, now because of the war in the spring, the spring ploughing in the north is delayed, the households that need to be resettled, there is no lack of hungry, but Linfen, Jiangyi is still not self-sufficient, we really have no extra food to help the victims. ”

In the final analysis, Yan Xing is not the assassin and taishou of those who have formed the fact of secession in Kanto, like princes and warlords, he can run Hedong in private for his own ambitions. But in terms of expression, he had to show his obedience to Niu Fu and cooperation with the Hedong County Government.

Niu Fu was in charge of the war of the Western Liang Army in the eastern part of the country, and although Yan Xing was in Hedong, he also had to accept the orders of Niu Fu in Shaanxi County. The Hedong County Government is the county government that nominally governs the land east of the river, and Yan Xing's Xiliang army is only a foreign soldier who assists, and cannot interfere too much in civil affairs except for pacifying the Baibo War.

Therefore, these two good news should be delivered as soon as possible.

"The matter of retribution, it should be like this. In the good news to the county government, I also had to tell Wang Taishou that the war had not yet subsided, and there was still a remnant of the white waves, and in order to prevent changes, it was necessary to dispatch officials in time to allocate grain and grass to help the people in the north, and by the way, the names of the people I had granted temporary official positions should also be reported. ”

Yan Xing thought for a moment and said with a contemplative expression.

The post-war situation seems to be calm, but if it is not carried out by surprise, it will immediately become a major chaos. The relief in the north also depended on the supply of the cities in the south, so Yan Xing also asked the county government to send officials at the same time.

But in fact, the original civil administration system has been replaced by the military tuntian system, and when the officials of the county government arrive, they will find that they are already puppets who have been hollowed out, and all the resources in the northeast of the river have been incorporated into the tunhu system.

"I'm afraid that after the county government receives the good news, it knows that now that Baibo is gone, its attitude towards our army will also change. At the beginning of Wang Taishou's tenure, the county government had the surnames Fan and Wei as an obstacle, and he was afraid that when the time came, he would ask the county government to allocate and support the grain and grass in the north, and he would be delayed or even detained by people with ulterior motives. ”

Zhou Liang said worriedly, reminding Yan Xing that he had to take precautions.

"Who said that Bai Bo has been destroyed!"

Yan Xing suddenly sneered, looked at the two of them and said.

"What does the captain mean?"

Zhou Liang asked tentatively.

"The white wave thieves under the banner of Yang Feng, candidates and others have already marched towards the Pi family."

Yan Xing's eyes were deep and he looked in the southwest direction.