Zhu Dayong stood on the side, with a heavy look of grief on his face.

Seventy percent of the dead and wounded were cavalrymen, and most of them were Tang horses transferred to the cavalry team by various departments, and these young men were carefully trained clever ghosts, with very lively eyesight, strong physical strength, and excellent riding skills, so as to become a qualified Tang horse. As a result, most of the more than 20 people killed in this battle were Tang horses from various departments, and Zhu Dayong also felt a headache in addition to the heartache, and it took a lot of effort to make up for the losses of each bureau, and there would definitely be many people who secretly complained, and even scolded him for being unqualified as a cavalry commander, and Zhu Dayong felt a lot of pressure.

"There is indeed a problem with the cavalry." Zhang Han said to Zhu Dayong: "You don't have to be under too much pressure, the problem is not caused by you alone." Now the question is how to improve the cavalry and reduce the losses of such cavalry battles. Each cavalry is precious, they spend more money, the training cycle is longer, and it is most important to reduce casualties. ”

Zhang Han has not yet explained some things, in the future, he feels that the Jurchen or Mongolia is the ultimate task of his army, if there are serious losses in fighting a rogue cavalry, how should the cavalry fight in the future when the Mongols or Jurchens who are much more skilled in riding and archery skills are better?

Although the Spanish phalanx relied on the output of firearms to injure the enemy, and the phalanx composed of pikemen for defense, it did not mean that this phalanx did not attach importance to cavalry, in fact, cavalry played a very important role in the phalanx, and without strong cavalry, this phalanx was incomplete.

The officers present were indeed dissatisfied with Zhu Dayong, but when Zhang Han spoke, others were not easy to say, but they looked at Zhu Dayong with a little unfriendly eyes.

"My lord," Zhu Dayong said: "After returning to Li Zhuang, my subordinates must think about it carefully, and then make suggestions to my lord." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Han said gently: "Duo'er will come back after a while, and you will ponder carefully together." ”

At this time, Wang Changfu continued: "Seventy-three war horses were captured, nineteen collars of armor, all cotton armor, which was tattered enough, and it had to be repaired before it could be used, and the rest of the weapons were a number of tattered goods, I told them not to order them, and there were also thousands of taels of gold and silver, some grain, tents, mules, and donkeys, all of which were worthless rags." ”

Zhang Han said with a smile: "You can't make money by fighting thieves...... How many heads? ”

"One hundred and nineteen heads."

"The heads, weapons, and those tattered armor have also been repaired, and they will be sent to Lingqiu City in a while, and Zhu Zhixian will be asked to report it."

Wang Changfu glared and said: "The thief we killed here, the armor we paid, how can we all ask him to take it to ask for merit?" This told him to report, wouldn't the credit for the big head be his? ”

Zhang Han smiled: "You don't talk nonsense, if you don't understand, think about it carefully." ”

Wang Changfu looked unconvinced, and Liang Xing laughed on the side.

……

The battlefield was cleaned until the end of the afternoon, the battle was started at nine o'clock in the morning, and it was finished before noon, and then it was to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers on his side, Zhang Han also attached great importance to this matter, and the army had a famous wounded saint hand from all over Datong, first debridement, and then bandage, in terms of the medical level of this era, many injuries can only be treated so simply, but this is also much stronger than the Ming army or thieves, whether it is officers and soldiers or thieves, most of the wounded on the battlefield can only hope that the strong body will heal itself, and survive it, if you can't survive it, you'll die.

After finishing the work, most of the people sat cross-legged on the ground, sat down as a team, and began to eat dry food and drink the water in the kettle.

Everyone was thirsty, and many had dry lips that were about to crack.

Li Shouxin's face was black, and when he was just sent away, his bird gun had an accident, gunpowder splashed on his face, and a blister burned out on his face, and his face was blackened, and he didn't care about washing it for a while, just kept drinking water.

The atmosphere on the battlefield was generally good...... It's just that when I saw more than 20 people being placed on the ground and covered with white cloths, everyone's mood was not very good.

"The cavalry flag team and Tangma have killed many and injured more than a dozen," Zhang Chunniu said hurriedly while chewing dry cakes: "There is also the dwarf surnamed Luo in the second division and the fourth bureau, he was shot in the neck by an arrow and died on the spot, and a few others were also killed by arrows, most of the dozen or so people who died were from the cavalry, and Zhu Dayong's face was ugly like a dead mother......

"You don't have to fucking say a word, so many cakes in your mouth are not afraid of choking you to death."

The Bai Zong of each bureau was very angry about the loss of his own Tangma, and this emotion must have also affected the people below, and Zhang Chunniu's unpleasant words when he mentioned Zhu Dayong must have been heard from elsewhere.

Zhang Chunniu closed his mouth first, drank a big sip of water, and then continued: "Luo Xiaozi has an old lady in the house, as well as a wife and three children, this time it is really miserable. ”

"His family should have saved a lot in the past few months." Li Shouxin said sullenly this time: "Since we are soldiers, we have to expect such a day." ”

After all, it is not a trivial matter to die someone, there are so many dead and injured people at once, and everyone is not in a good mood, this time there is no need for Li Shouxin to say, Zhang Chunniu just shut up.

Some of the people walked over to the captives when they were full and began to punch and kick the captives, and many more people also ran over when they saw them, and kept beating and scolding the captives.

At first, some people beat the captives with sticks, and they rolled all over the ground, and after a while, many of the captives were beaten with blood on their faces, and they begged for mercy in the accent of Jinnan or Hebei, but the beating was even more angry.

Zhang Chunniu saw it, wiped his mouth and said, "These guys are still beating lightly, I'll go too." ”

Li Shouxin didn't stop him, the village caught bandits have always been tortured and killed, and they will never give the bandits a way out, unless it is a village close to the bandits' village for fear of retaliation, or some collusion with the bandits, the general villages and towns will definitely kill these people directly, and they will not be reported to the officials at all, Li Shouxin himself wants to fight, he feels very uncomfortable when he thinks of the dead brother, there are acquaintances among the dead people, and he is sad to think about it, but he faintly feels that this method is a little wrong, so although he does not stop Zhang Chunniu, he is sitting and not passing.

More and more people were taking prisoners, and finally Zhang Han, who was listening to the briefing, was alarmed, and Zhang Han said to Wang Changfu and Liang Xing: "You go to stop the army from taking prisoners, and there will be this article in the military regulations in the future." Some of these captives were coerced, and their own sins were not great, and they were killed on the battlefield, and they could not be tortured and killed casually, and it was no better to lock them up and make them do hard labor to atone for their sins than to kill them. There is also the fact that those who have committed the most heinous crimes will be tried, and those who kill too many people will be beheaded, what kind of torture and killing will become, they are soldiers, not ordinary people. ”

The two commanders hurried over to get rid of the beaters, and at the same time issued a military order not to beat people without authorization.

At this time, the people on the mountain slowly descended to the bottom of the ridge, Sun Anle and Li Dayong Ma Huaxian and others were in front, and when they saw Zhang Han, Li Dayong was very exaggerated to the end, and said in his mouth: "Thanks to Lord Zhang for coming today, otherwise I will die without a place to be buried." ”

Zhang Han laughed and said: "Li Dongzhu is polite, if I don't come, it will be difficult for these thieves to attack the mountain, and the guards organized by yourself are also very effective, at least they have helped us delay time and disrupt the queue of thieves, and the credit is not small." ”

The miners present felt a light on their faces when they heard it, and they all straightened their chests.

Ma Huaxian said: "Although there is a big victory today, I see that more than 1,000 thieves have escaped, and the important thing is that I see that their veterans have run a lot, so that they are not injured, and I am afraid that there will be trouble in the future." ”

Zhang Han muttered: "I'm afraid they won't come again for a while, there are many mountains here, they may go to Tibet in the Taihang Mountains, to the south is Heng Mountain and Wutai Mountain, there are mountains everywhere, hundreds of thousands of people are hiding in the deep mountains, they can't be exterminated for a while, the archers of the headquarters are guarding against the bandits in the Yinshan Mountain Range, recently I plan to go deep into the mountains, and kill those bandits a few times, I can't take ......care of it for a while."

Li Dayong, Ma Huaxian and the others were all panicked, and everyone said at the moment: "Let's offend this gang of thieves very badly, if Master Zhang and the archers are not there, they will not be able to resist it if they come again, how can this be good?" ”

Zhang Han said: "This matter can be discussed slowly, I don't want to see the property of the proprietors damaged, and the Yusheng Iron Farm is also here, of course I will not sit idly by." ”

Chang Wei said on the side: "Brother Han means that you can send some soldiers and horses to stay here, but you still have to contribute to each family to form a normal training group training, it is called a business group, like an archer to practice the law, the training is sent by Brother Han, the military uniforms and ordnance are deducted from the profits of the Chamber of Commerce, and the daily command is if He Yusheng is in charge, the big head must be from He Yusheng." It's just that in terms of public opinion, there is also dealing with Zhu Zhixian to explain that this matter requires the joint efforts of all families. ”

At this time, the main force of the thieves was not damaged, Yu Shiqian was famous, everyone was afraid that the thieves would retaliate, and they also saw the power of the archers, and felt that having force in their hands was completely different from not having it, so no matter what Chang Wei said, he could only agree.

Li Dayong patted his chest and said: "We are all innocent gentry, Zhu Daling has no reason not to agree, the provincial city and Datong have a relationship with each other, how big is it to build a group training here in Lingqiu, Lord Zhang just rest assured, it is natural for us to contribute and contribute." ”

Zhang Han said with a smile: "The important thing is that everyone can make a fortune together." ”

Everyone laughed.

……

"More than a hundred? More than 300 captives? ”

Zhu Qingyu was restless in Lingqiu City, he only received the news an hour after the Duyuling fight, and the person who received the letter did not dare to put the person who reported the letter into the city, and the guards at the head of the city were still sparsely shaped, Zhu Qingyu sat in a sedan chair and went to the city to inspect the city after a round of worry, and after returning to the county office, he asked for a pen and paper, and sat at the table in front of the window to write his will.

If there are a thousand words in his mind before the pen, when the pen is a thousand pounds, the pen can not be written at all, then he knows that life is difficult without a death, and he thinks of his parents and his wife and young son, sadness comes from the heart, and he suddenly cries not into the appearance.

The temporary army composed of miners can repel the thieves, Zhu Qingyu doesn't want to, he is worried that the thieves will be angry after breaking the miners, and they will attack the county seat again, at that time, they will die if they lose their land, and they will die if they fall into the hands of the thieves, it is better to have a good reputation after self-cutting, Zhu Qingyu made up his mind, as long as the thieves forced the city to disappear, he would hang himself, but unfortunately the decision was easy, and he still felt extremely difficult when it came to the end.

At this time, he heard that the thief was broken by the archers led by Zhang Han, and Zhu Qingyu only had infinite joy in his heart.