The battle was basically over at noon, Yang Lin led a cadre of soldiers to count the prisoners, and after this battle, a total of more than 400 prisoners were captured, of which there were only more than 100 young and strong, and there were only more than 20 people who could really be counted as six teams of Ma Chao and Chaotian Star King Gao's army.

As I knew in the previous life, the Liukou people are numerous, but their main force is only a few pro-troops under the generals, and the vast majority are just refugees who have been coerced.

These pro-army troops are well-equipped and well-trained, while those displaced people who come in are just cannon fodder, and on the battlefield, these homeless people often wave their flags and shout to contain the officers and soldiers to create opportunities for the pro-army, and when the war is unfavorable, they will be used as a rout to hinder the pursuing army to create conditions for the main force.

After this battle, the local militia led by Yang Lin seized a total of 4,000 taels of silver, 300 taels of gold, and 2,000 taels of grain, which can be said to be a complete victory.

Although the official army defeated the local tyrants, the elite of its pro-army suffered very few losses, which cannot but be said to be a great regret.

Everyone didn't believe it at first, but after a long day of checking, it was basically clear that although the local rioters often had tens of thousands of people, less than 10% of them could really recruit and fight well, and the vast majority of the others were exiles who came from the coercion.

Just as the official army needed to hire twice or three times as many laborers to transport grain and grass to support military supplies in long-distance warfare, the conscription requisitioned by the rogues was ready-made, that is, the displaced people who lived in the countryside and begged.

In the troubled times, many small farmers and tenant farmers went bankrupt and lived in local areas, but the government did not provide relief at all, and some sold their children and daughters to avoid starving to death on the roadside in order to make a living, and the rest had to wait for the government or beg to live.

Most of the government's relief food was embezzled, and there was very little food that was actually used for relief, and many people were starved to death, and some simply hanged themselves to end their lives.

In this case, those who take risks to occupy the mountains as kings, or run rampant in the local area, become everyone's only savior, unlike the government, the bandits are mostly composed of some bold outcasts.

Officials who fight long distances often need three or four times as many laborers to transport military rations to support military supplies, while the rogue logistics team is much larger, often requiring ten times as many men.

After looting the large government to obtain food, a large number of displaced people need to help transport, and when fighting on the battlefield, the displaced people need to run back and forth with banners as suspicious soldiers, and when fleeing, some people become cannon fodder in front of the official army to cover the main force to escape.

Now that the local tyrants have been defeated and hundreds of homeless people have been captured, the only request for everyone who nodded their heads one by one is to give them food.

Seeing that everyone was dressed in tatters and even beggars, Yang Lin seemed very soft-hearted, first divided everyone into six brigades, and then dug up the marching pot to boil porridge and eat, so that after the war subsided, they were assigned to various townships to cultivate and solve the problem of abandonment.

Early the next morning, Yang Lin was preparing to gather troops and horses to go to Longjiao Mountain, and the scouts came to report, hearing that the official army had successfully attacked the ancient city of Yunshan, Yao Tiandong, the leader of Yao Huang, knew that the general trend had gone, and led his troops to flee in the direction of Yingshan overnight.

The official army counterattacked in an all-round way, and the Sichuan general Liu Jiayin and the general Cao Xun led the main force to pursue and occupy Yingshan County all the way.

General Wang Chaoyang led his troops to pursue the local tyrant Yuan Tao's department, and his main force evacuated Xiangru County three days ago, and is now fleeing in the direction of Yilong (the county seat of Yilong in the Ming Dynasty is in today's Jincheng Town, not by the Jialing River, more than 170 miles away from the state capital).

Because Li Yitian, the governor of Pengzhou, was killed by the local tyrants, and the government had not yet appointed the magistrate of the county, Yang Lin, as the judge of Pengzhou, acted as the second official of the county government, and led the soldiers and horses into the city to maintain order and raise food and wages for the army.

At that time, the local tyrants had already withdrawn, although there were some stragglers in the city, but when they heard that the officials and soldiers had already fled far away, when Yang Lin led his troops to the county seat, the place was basically peaceful.

Li Shikai led a group of squires to stand at the east gate, and when they saw Yang Lin arrive, they came out to greet them, and everyone came to the county office together after a brief greeting.

China's urban construction is very fond of feng shui, and the thousands of miles of Jialing River have made a big bend here, and the county seat is in the north of the river.

The county seat is built along the river, about three miles long from east to west, more than half a mile from north to south, and the rolling Jialing River is like a jade belt wrapped around the south of the county.

From east to west is a street that runs through the east and west gates, and the street is 3-4 meters wide, and on both sides of the street are shops, shops, and long corridors.

After the rebellion of the local rioters, the market was much more depressed than in the past, and now everyone poured into the streets when they heard that the acting governor of the county had taken office, and they were full of opinions.

The yamen is very large, boxy, is the courtyard of the six entrances, there are walls built around it, the front Xuanhua Fang, that is, the commonly known south wall, is the place where the county government decrees, notices, and official documents are posted.

The officials opened the gate, and the group entered through the gate, and on both sides of the gate was another small gate, guarded by two soaps, for ordinary people to enter and exit on weekdays.

Entering the gate, along the long road, there are two courtyard houses on both sides, the left side is the dining hall and the prison, and the right side is the three-class yamen, that is, the legendary Zhuang class, soap class, and fast class quadrangle courtyard.

At the end of the road is the instrument gate, and the door is opened only when the new magistrate takes office, or the superior official inspects.

On both sides of the instrument gate are two small gates, usually the governor, the judge and the general official mostly enter and exit from the small door.

The door of the instrument door has already been opened, welcoming a group of people into the instrument door, and on both sides is the place where the six rooms are located.

The three rooms of the military and criminal workers are on the left side, and the three rooms of the officials are on the right side, and there are scribes working in it.

After passing through a ring stone workshop engraved with the deeds of the ancient sages, the front is in the middle of the lobby, the left side is the hair room, and the right side is the tent room.

First, pass through the lobby platform (a place for the general public to watch the trial), and come to the lobby, where the magistrate of the county gives orders, and is also a symbol of the power of the county government.

Walk through the small door behind the lobby and come to a courtyard, behind the courtyard is the second hall, which is the daily office of Zhizhou.

On both sides of the lobby, there is a small courtyard, which is the office of judges and officials, and Pengzhou, as a scattered state, not only coordinates the affairs of Yingshan and Yilong counties, but also directly manages the affairs of similar counties.

Passing through the second hall, there are two master's rooms, the room for the master's office, and behind it, there is the place where the judge, the official, the master, and the chief rest place.

After a garden-shaped arch, there is a soap guard, half of the people are forbidden to enter, this is the three halls, that is, the rest place of the county, on both sides is a quadrangle, probably three wives and four concubines in ancient times, for the different dependents of the county to live.

Behind the three halls is a back garden, which has rockeries and various rare trees for the magistrate to rest.