On the battlefield of Gaojiaban after the fierce battle, countless figures were moving back and forth in the pile of dead people at this time.

Some of them were collecting arrows, spears, shields, and other weapons that were left on the battlefield. Others are looking over every corpse on the battlefield to see if there is anything else useful on the enemy's headless corpse. If it is the corpse of a comrade of the officers and soldiers, they will carry it back to the camp for resettlement.

Due to the siege of Gaojiapan during the battle, the cavalry had almost no chance to use it, and it was almost entirely the infantry to complete the combat operation. Therefore, in the previous battles, some of the divisions of the officers and armies of the various ministries were more efficient than before.

Because when the officers and soldiers of each town attacked the thieves in the mountains, their troops had soldiers who were responsible for cutting off their heads behind almost every squad. Therefore, the corpses of the thieves on the battlefield have been collected by the troops during the battle.

The combat tasks of the various units and the division of labor in the operational areas were clear, so there were almost no disputes between the officers and troops participating in the war. Moreover, because there were higher-level officials supervising the battlefield, no one broke into the combat area of officers and troops elsewhere in violation of the battle plan without authorization.

Even if there were some harvests that were not easy to divide, they were finally solved smoothly under the auspices of Hong Chengchou.

The current governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, already has rich experience in leading troops. Able to deal with various situations to balance the interests of the military attachés under his command.

Moreover, as the highest military and political governor in Shaanxi, the name on his head originally had a considerable deterrent effect. Those who participated in the conquest and suppression operation were all troops from Shaanxi, so they naturally had to obey the management of this big man. And Hong Chengchou was able to give orders and orders in many soldiers, which also showed his extraordinary control ability.

However, after all, Hong Chengchou has not much to do with the cottage, so he won't say much. At this time, the general Ma Xiangbo under Zhang Mengjin, the commander of the Jingbian camp, was now collecting supplies on the battlefield with Robe Ze Li Yang.

At this time, Ma Xiangbo saw that one of the heads that their team had collected was a little different from the others.

"If this head is put out, will others say that we are killing good and risking merit?" Ma Xiangbo pointed to a child's head and said to Li Yang next to him.

"Lord Hong, the governor of the three sides, personally supervised the formation, how could I not know if we killed Liang, this Gao family is full of thieves, where did the good people let us kill. Anyway, these heads have to be handed over, and those things that people above should worry about, let's not mess around. ”

Li Yang turned his head to look, although there was some blood, but the face of the first level did look quite immature. But he didn't care, but felt that Ma Xiangbo's words were too skillful and overthought.

Ma Xiangbo shook his head and did not speak, and began to continue his work. At this time, He Zongwei walked over with a head in his left and right hands, and said to Ma Xiangbo: "Take a look, which of these two guys you wanted to kill before." ”

"Are you stupid, how can I see clearly the appearance of a thief a hundred steps away with my eyes."

Ma Xiangbo's eyesight is not very good, in the words of later generations, myopia is more serious, and he naturally cannot identify the thief who is a hundred steps away.

He Zongwei also reacted that he was making a fool, so he threw the two heads back to their original places, and could only sigh for his efforts.

Li Yang didn't understand what the two were doing, so he asked Ma Xiangbo and He Zongwei, "What are you doing, is there anyone in this gang of thieves who has an enmity with you?" ”

"Martha had asked me to shoot a thief who was throwing arrows in the mountains with a bird's gun, and then I killed a man who had shot an arrow quite accurately, and this guy looked like he was still a leader of the thieves. But when I came back, Martha said that he had killed the wrong person, and that he wanted to kill the one next to this person. ”

Then I went back to look for it, but by that time the other officers and soldiers had launched a general attack, and it was no longer clear where the man was on the battlefield. So I shot a few of the tougher-looking ones, and then I went and got their heads. He Zongwei's answer to Li Yang's question was still very detailed.

Ma Xiangbo felt that He Zongwei was really idle and had nothing to do, so he said: "It doesn't matter if it's okay or not, anyway, we have already laid down the Gao family, why do you care so much about whether you hit the other party or not." And how many thieves have been shot by birds on this battlefield, and how can you know that you have been shot? ”

"I want to perform well in this battle, and I heard Xiucai say that there will be fewer thieves in Shaanxi in the future. So I want to show my skills more, and if the team of dragoons under the three masters expands, I want to go in and show my skills. ”

He Zongwei also knew that what he was doing was a bit redundant, but he still confessed his thoughts. He gave up his job as the leader of the Sentinels, but he never gave up the idea of becoming a cavalryman again. Even if it is the dragoon that Xiucai said, this existence is relatively vague in the cottage.

Zhao Wankui, the third-in-command of the cottage, and the mounted infantry with birds on his back, are now a rather special formation in the Jinding Mountain Infantry Team. Although they are classified as infantry, these people, as a panacea, have in fact taken on more and more of the tasks that should have been done by cavalry when performing various tasks in ordinary times.

The leaders of the cottage originally called these people the infantry according to the custom, only Zhang Mengcheng has always been used to calling Zhao Wankui's subordinates dragoons. Now, after all these years of fighting, many leaders have gradually changed their tunes, and He Zongwei is one of the most influential.

Seeing that He Zongwei cared so much about his performance this time, it turned out that he wanted to join Zhao Wankui's team. Li Yang admired He Zongwei's self-motivation, but he also had some questions, could it be that the show had gossip!

"Didn't the big boss say before, now we can't afford to raise more war horses. So the dragoons of the three masters should not be expanded, right, is it Xiucai What did he tell you again? ”

Hearing He Zongwei mention Xiucai, Ma Xiangbo was also a little curious: "What did Xiucai say to you, is it related to the dragoons under the three masters, why didn't you tell us?" (Note 1)

As another cultural person among the leaders of Jinding Mountain, Ma Xiangbo happened to have read the record of "dragon riding" in the "History of the Song Dynasty". Zhao Wankui's subordinates are indeed a group of "Youma Bu people" who "fight when they see the battle", so Ma Xiangbo thinks that the title of Xiucai is not bad.

"Xiucai didn't say that the dragon riding club of the three masters will expand, I thought about it myself." He Zongwei saw that the two had a misunderstanding, and he hurriedly began to explain.

"So what did you think about?"

Li Yang's interest was aroused, and he naturally continued to ask to the end. And Ma Xiangbo also felt idle, and the expression on his face was almost the same as Li Yang's.

"Didn't Xiucai say before that when the thieves in Shaanxi were wiped out, the imperial court might transfer Shaanxi soldiers to Shanxi to suppress the thieves. We don't know the details yet, but I have some ideas. If we are transferred by then, then our food and salary will all depend on Shanxi's supply. At that time, a lot of money and food could be saved in the stockade, and perhaps some more people could be expanded. ”

Seeing that the two of them were very interested, He Zongwei said the speculation in his heart, and he had indeed considered these things carefully.

"So you want to practice more, but that doesn't mean that the dragoons will expand."

After listening to He Zongwei's analysis, Li Yang also felt that it did make some sense, but he still suspected that Zhao Wankui's dragoons would expand at this time.

"I think he has a point, if we go to Shanxi. There must be someone to guard the stockade as well, and it may be that there will indeed be some more people in the stockade at that time. However, if the imperial court does not choose us, or only some of us are chosen, it may affect the number of people in our team. ”

After listening to He Zongwei's thoughts, Ma Xiangbo thought about it for a while, but felt that the other party had some truth in considering.

"I'm a little confused about what Martha said, if the imperial court only selects our men and horses to go to Shanxi, whether they go all or part of them, it is indeed possible to use the remaining grain to expand some people. But if the imperial court doesn't choose us to suppress the thieves, how can our numbers change, what does this mean? ”

Li Yang was a little confused about Ma Xiangbo's words, if the imperial court did not choose Zhang Mengjin's troops to go to Shanxi, the number of their team should remain the same, why would it change.

Ma Xiangbo saw that Li Yang couldn't figure it out, so he explained to him: "We are on Yansui West Road, and we can get so much attention, except for Dai Junen's appreciation of us, the most important reason is that West Road has been turbulent. But now the Dongchuan thief's nest on the side of the west road has finished playing, so the imperial court will invest the already small amount of money and grain in other places, and at that time, without the support of the imperial court's money and food, Jinding Mountain alone will not be able to raise so many soldiers. ”

After Yu Baocheng listened to Ma Xiangbo's speech, he suddenly realized: "I see, if the imperial court didn't let us go to Shanxi, we would indeed still have the problem of reducing the number of soldiers, but I didn't expect this." ”

Li Yang got the explanation, and finally figured it out in his heart. But he still had a question and wanted to take this opportunity to ask together, so he took this opportunity to talk about it together.

And Yu Baocheng and Ma Xiangbo also followed each other, and the atmosphere of discussion has been relatively warm, so that they actually forgot that they were still working in progress, until they were finally found out by the big boss and reprimanded severely.