On the battlefield, in addition to defeating the enemy, in addition to logistics support, the more important thing is to prevent the occurrence and spread of the epidemic.

A large number of people gathered from all directions, during which they had poor diet, and countless people died of battlefield injuries and diseases.

Even in some battlefields at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of non-combat attrition such as malnutrition, starvation, and disease exceeded the number of battlefield casualties, which shows the importance of logistics.

This time, the Great Western Army retreated northward, enveloping tens of thousands of people, plus the officers and men in its army, the number was very large, and the volunteers pursued all the way along the way, with many casualties.

Looking at the corpses that had fallen into the wilderness all over the mountains, Yang Lin frowned.

As the saying goes, after a catastrophe, there is a pandemic, especially after a war, if the body is not buried in time, it may bring about a major epidemic.

As a modern person, since the beginning of the war, he has paid special attention to the complex condition of burying the bodies of soldiers killed on the battlefield.

It has long been a practice for the volunteers to bury the wooden coffins of the fallen volunteers if conditions permit, or to wrap them in leather cloth and bury them in deep pits.

When the local soldiers died in battle, they sprinkled lime to dig trenches and deep pits to bury them, or directly found dry branches and burned them.

In the past, there were few dead and wounded on the battlefield, and they were able to deal with it, but this time the Great Western Army retreated northward, and along the way, the people who died of starvation, sickness, or were abused to death, and the soldiers on both sides died in battle, far more than in the past.

In recent years, the Liukou have been entrenched in Sichuan, first the governor Long Wenguang and the magistrate of Pixian County, Zhao Jiawei, who irrigated the moat with Dujiangyan water, destroying the local economy.

Then the Liukou slaughtered the relatives of the king of Shu, brutalized the local squires, and the chaos continued, and the people were not able to make a living.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ming army has surrounded and suppressed from all sides, and Zhang Xianzhong has ordered the troops to raid the countryside, seize people's livestock, and plunder large households.

In order to avoid the disaster of the war, the people fled to other places, or the soldiers came to hide, and the soldiers went to plough, and went out by day and night, ploughing the three acres of land to keep the food hungry.

Nowadays, the local people are less than seven or eight compared to previous years, and the number of strong men is limited, and now it is the autumn harvest, so everyone has to be busy cultivating the fields in order to feed and clothe in the coming year.

Up to now, the deceased has not been buried in time, and he often smells a foul smell when he walks by on horseback.

Occasionally, two or three corpses are seen in the middle of the road, and while mosquitoes, rats, and snakes crawl, wild dogs and foxes drag their mouths, the whole scene is not disgusting.

Since marching to the city capital, in addition to appointing Zhao Sixuan as the governor of the city capital, Wang Guangxian was appointed as the Tongzhi of the CD Prefecture, Wang Rimeng as the governor of Hanzhou, Yang Risheng as the governor of Xindu County, and Bu Dajing as the governor of Guan County, so as to control the locality.

When a new official arrives, he is not familiar with the place, and it is difficult to carry out government affairs for a while.

However, if the corpses in the wilderness are not buried, they may cause epidemics and cause chaos in the place.

In order to bury the corpse, Yang Lin not only dispatched troops and horses to assist, but also ordered Wang Rimeng, the newly arrived governor of Hanzhou, and Yang Risheng of Xindu County to bury the corpse within a time limit.

Yang Risheng, the magistrate of Xindu County, said with a bitter face: "My lord, you should do your best to do your best.

But the adults also saw that the people fled the famine, and there were very few strong men in the place.

Now that it is the autumn harvest, everyone is busy with the autumn harvest and autumn ploughing, and many people are reluctant to abandon farm work as servants.

Even if it is vigorously implemented, I am afraid that the effect will be limited. ”

Pointing to a corpse that had fallen in the shallow water in the distance, Yang Lin said, "Yang Zhixian, you have to think about everything with your head."

The people can lure them to profit, move them with affection, and coerce them with murder. ”

He immediately told the Quartet that if the corpses were allowed to storm the wilderness, it would inevitably cause a plague.

Divide the area, appoint the squires of the four directions, and each party is responsible for one party, if it is not buried within the time limit, it will inevitably suffer a lawsuit.

Those who complete the task within the time limit shall be selected by the government to serve as an official of the government office, or assign a local government to serve as the head of the township.

For ordinary people, bury a corpse and reward a penny.

Under coercion and inducement, the local people took action, and in half a month, the dead and wounded soldiers were buried.

With the passage of time, the situation became more and more favorable to the officers and soldiers, especially when Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, arrived with an army of 20,000 on this day, and the Ming army formed a military advantage over the Liukou.

In Neijiang, Ma Qian heard that the volunteers went straight to the city capital with victorious victories, and on the one hand, he was greedy for the glory of recovering the city capital, and on the other hand, he was jealous of Zhang Xianzhong's huge wealth.

In view of the sluggishness of the various ministries to move forward, at the beginning of the western expedition, Yang Lin sent fine works to various places to publicize Zhang Xianzhong's treasures.

Zhang Xianzhong has been in the world for more than ten years, and he captured Fengyang, the central capital, and obtained the wealth of the three rich domains of King Xiang, King of Chu, and King Shu, with millions of treasures.

At first, everyone was suspicious, and Yang Zhan burned his grain and grass and heavy troops in the first battle of Pengjiangkou, and it was rumored that a huge amount of wealth was salvaged.

This time they marched into the city, and the volunteers also captured a large number of chestnut trees, which contained silver ingots.

When all kinds of news came out, Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan in Neijiang, could no longer sit still, and led an army of 20,000 to rush to the front line in the starry night, preparing to seize Zhang Xianzhong's treasure together with all departments of the Ming army.

Seeing Ma Gan and his troops arrive, Yang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, when the western expedition was attacking the city capital, when chasing the Liukou all the way, Yang Lin was most worried that the various units of the Ming army would not move for profit, watch the fire from the other side, and stop moving.

Now Zhang Xianzhong fled along the Golden Bull Road, although it was far away from the city of Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture, the base of the Volunteer Army, but the Great Western Army was very mobile, if a fish died and the net was broken, regardless of the money, food and jewelry of the army, the whole army would attack, Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture would be afraid of another military disaster.

In history, Zhang Xianzhong retreated north, and defeated Yin Chengqi, Yingrui, Feng Youqing's righteous army, captured Shunqing, and then took Shunqing Mansion City as the rear and garrisoned Phoenix Mountain.

Seeing that Ma Gan and his troops arrived, and when he was hesitating, he suddenly came to report to the scout, Zhang Xianzhong was annoyed and ashamed, and threatened to lead the army to invade Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture and plunder local property.

Now there are more than 100 counties in Sichuan, only Shunqing Prefecture and its surrounding counties are less damaged, if the Liukou leads the army to capture, the local generals will be in trouble, and the local economy will be destroyed.

Yang Lin immediately put forward his own strategy, that is, he led his troops to retreat to the front line of Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture, arranged fortifications, and defended on the flanks.

Ma Gan and Yang Zhan led their troops to press forward step by step, compressing the space of the Great Western Army, and finally gathered and annihilated it.

As soon as he heard that the volunteers were preparing to withdraw to the front line of Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture, Yang Zhan expressed his understanding that although the Great Western Army fled along the Jinniu Road and marched very slowly, from Mianzhou to Qianqing, it could go down the river through the Fujiang River, or along the Yixian County it could go south along the post road to Qiqing, and now it is on the Jinniu Road

Ma Gan was very angry, Yang Zhan and Yang Linbu had already eaten enough, waiting for his stupid big man to appear, so that he could withdraw and leave, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world?

However, Yang Lin's reasons were justified and sufficient, in order to show his selflessness and take out 10,000 taels of silver to buy 5,000 taels of rice (the price of a load of rice in the Taiping era was less than one tael of silver, and now the price of grain in the surrounding states and counties has risen to two taels of silver a load), Ma Ganxin reluctantly agreed.

Yang Bingyi, Feng Youqing and other vanguard regiments have left, on this day Yang Lin is preparing to lead the main force to retreat to Shunqing, Tongchuan Prefecture, Ma Gan, Yang Zhan came to visit, the original four provinces governor Wang Gebu, Sichuan and Shaanxi Governor Fan Yiyu shogunate official summons to discuss the aftermath.

This time, the expulsion of the Liukou, the recovery of the city, the volunteers have made great achievements, and now there is an official document from the governor Yamen, Yang Lin does not doubt that he has him, and readily agrees to go.

Ordered Senator Yin Chengqi to temporarily order his army and lead his troops to slowly retreat to the front line of Shunqing Mansion and Tongchuan Prefecture, while Yang Lin led a cavalry brigade to return to the provincial capital with Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, and Yang Zhan, the deputy general.