Chapter 1199: Placement

The Qin army's attack on Shuanglian City ended in complete failure, and their only achievement was to use those powerful crossbows to tear through a hundred-meter-long fence of the Ming army's camp, but that's all. The attack of the Qin army did not reach this area at all, and was completely suppressed by the infantry of the Ming army.

When the two sides were strangled together, whether it was a strong crossbow or a crossbow machine, they all lost their original power, but on top of the simple infantry confrontation, the Qin army was still completely defeated.

The number of people they can rush up is really limited, and even if they rush up, facing the Ming soldiers who are well-fed, well-dressed, fat, and strong, the skinny Qin army will be completely crushed.

By the time it was dawn, the battle was completely over. The Ming army has begun to clean up the battlefield, and the earth, which was white yesterday, is now like being covered with abscesses on the body of Bing Qingyujie, and there are traces of the battle everywhere, and there are blood stains, even if the snow in the sky is still falling, but it can't cover up the marks of these black and red pieces. Some of the blood-stained snow was frozen into ice and rolled around with the soldiers' footsteps.

The Ming soldiers dragged aside the corpses of the Qin soldiers who had died in battle, and they were neatly stacked in rows. Occasionally, when he saw the body of his comrade-in-arms, he would immediately beckon someone to come over, carefully wrap it in a white cloth and carry it to the rear. The soldiers wore an iron plaque around their necks, which marked the names of the soldiers, and some personal information such as excuses, according to which the Ming army would arrange the bereavement matters.

There are also many Qin troops who survived.

Among them, there were about 500 people who completely lost their confidence in battle and collapsed and surrendered, and these people were under the supervision of the Ming army after being disarmed, and collected the corpses of the Qin army.

There were also those who were wounded in the battle but did not die, and the Ming army lifted them up and sent them to the rear for medical treatment.

Countless ordnance was collected together and piled up like a mountain, these things, the Ming army is not eye-catching, they will be unified after the recovery of the furnace forging, the iron quality of these weapons is not up to par, after the furnace, the final outcome will be to be cast into farm tools and other things. The murder weapon eventually became the instrument for sowing hope, and perhaps this is also their best return.

The most surviving were the shield soldiers who charged at the front, they fell into the trap dug by the Ming army, but they were lucky enough to avoid the crossbow arrows that followed like flying locusts, and when they tried to climb out to fight, the corpses of the Qin soldiers who fell down crushed them to the bottom of the trench.

By the time they finally crawled out of the trench, the battle was pretty much over.

They charged forward with the belief that they would die, but who knew that it would be the bravest people who survived in the end. Sometimes, on the battlefield, the one who is least afraid of death can survive in the end, although it sounds a little hard to believe, but his truth is true.

Lian Shaowen's body was found in the closest place to the Ming army camp. He broke through the layers of blockade and was only a few steps away from the Ming army's camp, but at this time, he also became the end of the strong crossbow, with more than a dozen crossbow arrows inserted in his body, and he was stabbed by a spear I don't know how many holes, and fell to the ground, still holding his knife tightly in his hand.

A general who was praised by Qin Feng, if he hadn't died here, he would very likely have become a famous general of the future generation, but now, everything is over.

Chen Shaowei stood in front of Lian Shaowen's body and was silent for several minutes, and then ordered his subordinates to gather his body properly. Ordinary Qin soldiers will only be buried collectively in the end, and Lian Shaowen is worthy of him to be buried ceremoniously with a coffin and a tombstone.

Qin Feng also sighed after hearing the news that Lian Shaowen had died in battle. Although the Qin State is about to die, it has been operated for several generations, and there is still some background after all. It's a pity that these loyal ministers and fierce generals will eventually be drowned by the torrent of history with the demise of the Qin State. They may have left behind a lot of deeds in the future battles against the Ming army, but they can remember them, or they are just their enemies. When this generation grows old, their names will also be drowned out by history, and eventually they will be written in the history books.

"Your Majesty, there are a total of 3,000 people in the Qin army in Shuanglian City, and in addition to those who died in battle, there are more than 1,200 people who participated in this operation, plus more than 200 prisoners captured by General Ma in Shuanglian City, half of the prisoners have been captured, some of these people are seriously injured, and there is very little hope of surviving, what to do with the rest?" Chen Shaowei asked, "Do you want to take it to the base camp?"

"No need!" Qin Feng waved his hand, "These people still have a certain affection for Qin Ting, don't consider training them into the army, the best way is to resettle them on the spot, didn't Huangni Village settle a group of military families from Shuanglian City some time ago?" Escort all these people there, if there are still living family members, just to reunite them, if they are gone, then there is no way to do it. But at least, the Huangni Mountain gave them a place to settle down and a place to make a living."

"Your Majesty, there are a lot of these people, and Huangnishan Village is in the rear of our army, will there be any chaos?" Chen Shaowei was a little worried.

"What's going on?" Qin Feng sneered: "After this battle, I believe they also understand one thing, that is, the general situation is irreversible, these people survived by luck, or they are still hostile to us, but in the end, they don't have the courage to be enemies with us again. It is equivalent to us laying down Yongdu, and over time, they will eventually become good citizens of my Ming Dynasty. All in all, now and in the future, what we can give them is what Qin Ting can't give them. Isn't there a merchant who is building a coal mine, a charcoal factory, and a furnace factory in the Black Muddy Mountain, and I think it will take a lot of manpower."

"Yes, the last general understands, so send those soldiers who have been slightly injured to be resettled first, there are many women and children in Huangni Village, and they can also take care of them, as for those Qin soldiers who are not injured, the last general thinks that it is better to detain them for a period of time first, and then send them out after grinding their anger. After all, so many of their companions have died at our hands, and they must have a great hatred for us." Chen Shaowei said.

"Hmm!" Qin Feng nodded: "You are very thoughtful, so let's do it."

For Huangni Village, today is just the same day as yesterday, the sky will get up when it is slightly bright, at this time, the first meal of the day has already been prepared in the shed, a bowl of soup, two steamed buns, after eating, will go to work in the shed. Outside is still the wind and snow cry, a few days after the sunny God launched the sheep epilepsy again, the temperature of the past few days is much colder than before, but for them, now there is a house that can resist the cold wind, with warm cotton clothes and quilts, they can eat two meals a day, and they are not tired of working every day, which is already a fairy-like day. In comparison, it was too hard to live in Shuanglian City before.

In the huge shed, there are more than a dozen of their stoves, burning strange briquettes, and in the kettles above the stoves, the boiling water is always boiling, which makes the shed more warm. These things were newly purchased after the last time the big man came.

The villagers of Huangnishan Village only knew that it must be a big man, but they didn't know who it was, but in any case, they still thanked this person for making their lives better.

For the Ming people, the feelings of the people of Huangni Village are very complicated. The Ming people are their enemies, but they saved their lives in the ice and snow, and when they were facing a life-and-death situation, they gave them a way to live, and let them live at least a life without worrying about their lives, but when they remembered that their relatives were still fighting the Ming people in the Shuanglian City, their hearts were pinched again.

They can't change all that, the only thing they can do now is to protect themselves.

The village of Huangni Village walked in, stood in the middle of the shed, clapped his hands, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said loudly: "Fellow villagers, there is one thing, I want to tell you first, and let everyone be prepared."

Everyone looked up at Muramasa. This village was sent by the Ming army, a wounded soldier, usually full of anger, when the villagers saw him, they were always a little afraid.

"A few days ago, the Qin army of Shuanglian City attacked the garrison of our Ming army." At this, he paused, and the sound of breathing in the shed suddenly became heavy.

"This Qin army was completely annihilated by my Ming army." Muramasa then spoke, so that the air in the shed seemed to freeze all at once, some people had weak legs, and sat directly on the ground, their hands understood their faces, but they didn't dare to howl out loud, and some closed their eyes in pain and hung their heads.

"After this battle, more than 1,500 Qin troops were killed on the spot, and another 1,500 became prisoners of our army." Muramasa waited until the mood in the shed had calmed down a little before speaking again.

So the atmosphere in the shed was hot again, and everyone's eyes burst out with endless hope, everyone here was the dependents of the soldiers of the Shuanglian City, in other words, each of them had relatives in that army. Half dead, half alive, but everyone expects their loved ones to be the lucky ones. Although he was a prisoner and his fate was unpredictable, as long as he didn't die, there was always a chance.

"I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is merciful and has decided not to hold these people accountable for resisting our Ming Army, and has issued an order that these people will be disarmed and returned to the field, and three days later, the first batch of people who will be repatriated will arrive in our Huangni Village, and these people will also be resettled in Huangni Village."

As soon as Mushimasa's words fell, the order in the shed suddenly became chaotic.

It was excitement, it was relieved, and in the end, it was replaced by the shouts of His Majesty the Ming Emperor like a tsunami in the shed, but it startled the village, he never thought that a group of old and weak women and children could burst out so loudly.