Chapter 5 Return after the war

When the battle was over, Gongsun Kang ordered: "The wounded brothers bandage each other. There were no injured brothers, and the first and second shis concentrated on the villagers; Three-tithe, four-tithe, five-tithe, search for grain, grass and property. ”

The wounded parts were simply bandaged, and the coarse cloth used to bandage them was boiled in boiling water. Gongsun Kang: They brought some wound medicine.

After going back, it is still necessary to distill the high liquor, Gongsun Kang remembered the disinfecting effect of alcohol.

In this era, several times more soldiers died from injuries and infections than directly on the battlefield.

The chief of the first tithe led the rest of the villagers to the head of the village and ordered them to squat down with their heads in their hands. The rest of the tribes began to search from house to house.

The villagers are very poor, and those who have a few copper coins at home are considered rich. Occasionally, a few pieces of gold can be found.

In this era, silver was scarce in the Han Dynasty, and silver was more expensive than gold. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that large quantities of silver flowed into China from overseas. Therefore, at present, only gold and copper coins are popular, and cloth can also be used for money circulation.

The trilogies are also from bitter backgrounds, so they naturally know which belongings can be exchanged for money. For example, iron tools, such as domestic animals.

Of course, don't want clay pots, although you can also sell them for money, but it's too troublesome to take them on the road. The most is food. Millet (millet), beans, sorghum, wheat, etc.

In the end, a few carts were collected, and the harvested booty was pulled by oxen and horses. There are hundreds of copper coins and about 1 pound of gold. Some weapons, some iron tools, and some cloth. Grain counts carts. The food that the cart could not hold was packed and carried by the captives.

The villagers' own old clothes and salutes were also packed and carried on their backs under the supervision of the soldiers. Gongsun Kang suddenly thought of this. He didn't want to spend money on new clothes and bedding for the villagers.

Some pigs, sheep and livestock walked in the back of the cart. Chickens and ducks and other poultry are killed.

The captives were tied together with a rope every five and walked on either side of the cart. The part is divided into two parts. Liu Yi led a part of the team to the front; Gongsun Kang led a part of the group at the back of the group.

Before leaving, the body of the third, fourth, and fifth tithes is searched. Despite repeated orders, there are still seven parts that have hidden their belongings.

Gongsun Kang wrote down his name and prepared to deal with it when he returned. Needless to say, in the future, these seven people will have to be sent to the front to fight in the war, and they must not be used when collecting items.

The six parts that had already died were concentrated in a large cart, and the two soldiers set off in the carriage to pull it back first. The Chinese pay attention to entering the soil for safety; He also pays attention to being buried in his hometown. So they can't be left behind. Of course, it is also because of the proximity of the road; If the road is too far, you can only be cremated. After all, if left for a long time, it may cause a plague.

Seriously injured and crippled villagers (such as those with severed hands and feet) were all killed, and Gongsun Kang's goal was to make Samhan Goguryeo and the like extinct and assimilate, and see who else said that Qu Yuan belonged to my Dahan in the future.

The dead villagers were all buried in deep pits by the living villagers. It's not that Gongsun Kangfa is kind, he is afraid of the plague epidemic. Every time after the Great War in the Central Plains, there is always a big plague, which is caused by the fact that the corpses are not buried.

As for the reaction to the first killing. Oh, a little excited. Since he became Luo Dong in his previous life, he has not killed anyone for a long time. Ha ha.

Returning with booty and slaves, he walked more slowly, taking a day longer than when he came. It took three days.

In fact, the road is not far, about 120 miles. If you follow the modern drive, it is 1 hour by car. But in ancient times, it was all about walking, 40 miles a day, which was already considered to be a very fast walk.

Han Dynasty 1 li is about 438 meters. 40 miles is 18 kilometers in modern times, and it takes a day to walk, because in this era, everyone is not full of food and physical strength is very poor. And the roads are very poor, even saying that there are no roads, and thorns need to be cut. Therefore, "The Art of War" says that marching 100 miles every day to fight for profit will definitely cause setbacks to the general.

There were no tents or anything like that on the road, everyone slept on the floor.

Before going to bed, the ground was burned dry, and several bonfires were lit overnight. It was arranged for the Ershi people to take turns to be on duty at night. It is divided into upper night and lower night. The captives were still tied with ropes, and those who dared to sneak away were killed. Not only kill the stolen runner, but also kill his entire family. As soon as this order came out, the villagers did not dare to sneak away.

After going back, you must buy a few more tents, and Gongsun Kang wrote down this detail again. This time, in order to make the troops easy to follow, they didn't even bring the tent of the trilogy. In fact, Gongsun Kang didn't know how to bring a tent or a hemp blanket, and the rapid march generally brought a linen blanket, wrapped in it when sleeping, that is, as a bed and a quilt. Next time, you can use the few horses captured this time to carry supplies such as tents.

Quietly returned to the cottage without much fanfare. However, the more than 200 captives still attracted the attention and welcome of the families left behind in the cottage.

According to the predetermined regulations, 10 young women were selected to be slaves by 10 brave men. Gongsun Kang picked 6 more good-looking ones to stay and prepare to set up a prostitute camp. The rest is handed over to Mr. Yang as the housekeeper, and the housekeeper arranges the farming and the like.

The steward often managed the slaves, and now there are hundreds of purchased slaves in the Gongsun family who are farming. For the first few months, I basically wore stone shackles to work, and after domestication, I would not run away and remove the shackles.

In the future, when there are more slaves, I will think about how to build a camp and manage it. Of course, after being a slave for three years, you can become a free man, and you must always give the slave hope that it is not.

Gongsun Kang left Liu Yi to arrange all kinds of matters. I went to visit my father, Gongsun Du, and reported the looting and harvest, hoping that my father could give guidance.

After listening to this, Gongsun Du really pointed out a lot of shortcomings. Gongsun Kang gained a lot, but some didn't want to change.

For example, Gongsun Du pointed out: murder and arson. Arson can undermine the enemy's confidence, increase the enemy's fear, reduce your own casualties, and reduce the difficulty of victory.

Gongsun Kang didn't want to change this, he always felt that if there was no habit of arson, Afang Palace and Guluoyang could become tourist attractions for future generations.

Of course, in ancient times, water and fire were the two magic weapons for the victory of soldiers. Gongsun Kang would not be soft-hearted to the enemy army who dared to camp in the jungle.

Gongsun Kang has an understanding of the fire that is beyond this era.

Among the people who died each time, not many died directly because of the fire; Most of them are caused by inhaling too much smoke and causing coma, and if they do not get out of the fire in time, they must be suffocated and burned to charcoal.

If the human body is not properly protected, it is easy to inhale the smoke into the human body, resulting in fainting or suffocation, and at the same time, the eyes will also be irritated by the smoke, resulting in stinging pain and unable to open.

The main cause of human death in fires is suffocation caused by flame smoke poisoning. Because the smoke of the fire contains a large amount of carbon monoxide and chlorine, benzene and other harmful gases produced by the combustion of various raw materials, the flame can cause respiratory burns and laryngeal edema, these factors are enough to make the victims in the smoke poisoned and suffocated within 3-5 minutes. In addition, because of the combustion, the fire site is often hypoxic, which can also cause suffocation.