Chapter 22: The Harvest

After about half an hour, the city calmed down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Shaogang, who was covered with blood on his body and face, rode a horse on the empty street, his eyes had already spurted out of anger, needless to say, Huangzhou City was slaughtered by the Mongolian army, after all, this was the former base camp of the Mongolian army, Kublai Khan led the army to be stationed here, and any Han people in the city were a threat, so slaughtering the city was the best choice.

The Mongol army was accustomed to slaughtering cities in battle, and its methods were extremely cruel.

Cai Siwei, who was following Wu Shaogang, was still dripping blood from his right arm, and the bandage had turned red, but he didn't care about the wound at all, but followed Wu Shaogang's side closely, looking at Wu Shaogang with reverent eyes.

Wu Shaogang's domineering and murderous aura in the battle just now shocked not only the Mongolian army, but even Cai Siwei and others were dumbfounded, they had never seen such a brave person.

In the process of fighting, Cai Siwei once made a special report to whether to leave prisoners, Wu Shaogang did not speak, which made Cai Siwei understand the meaning, so the process of fighting became particularly tragic, all of them were life-and-death fights, without any mercy.

There are only 1,000 Mongolian soldiers stationed in the city, and some of them have not fully recovered from the wounded, which is the weakest in combat effectiveness.

Wu Shaogang's bravery greatly encouraged the fighting spirit of many sergeants, and in the process of fighting, they became extremely crazy, and the murderous spirit they displayed made the Mongolian army feel terrified to the bone.

I'm afraid that these Mongolian soldiers will die and can't understand why the weak Song army has become so powerful.

The Assassin Yamen has been guarded by Zhang Binghui and others, and no one is allowed to enter.

This is the core place of the Mongolian army, and the Chinese military tent of the Mongolian army was set up here, and before Wu Shaogang went in, others were definitely not qualified to enter.

The results of the battle are still being counted, but with Wu Shaogang's feelings, there are still a lot of war horses obtained in this battle, at least a few hundred, these war horses are extremely valuable, and what the Song army lacks the most is war horses.

The casualties of the soldiers under his command are also in the process of statistics, and what makes Wu Shaogang a little sad is that of the twenty sergeants led by Cai Siwei, only two are left, and the rest are all killed.

In the process of fighting, there must have been many casualties.

Coming to the door of the Assassin's Yamen, Cai Siwei stopped.

"Your Excellency, my subordinates will patrol the city to see if there are any Mongolian troops hiding."

Before Wu Shaogang could speak, Cai Siwei clasped his fists and saluted and left, and some sergeants also left.

Wu Shaogang, who was about to call Cai Siwei back, felt someone pull his trouser leg.

Turning his head, it was Zhang Binghui.

After Wu Shaogang got off the horse, Zhang Binghui leaned over and whispered.

"General Wu, the Assassin Yamen is a key place for the Mongolian army, and there must be many important things of the Mongolian army in it, and Commander Cai will not rush into it, unless there is an order from you."

"Oh, the Mongolian army in the Assassin Shi Yamen was also killed by you leading the troops."

"Yes, but the subordinates ordered, no one is allowed to move the things in the yamen, otherwise there will be no mercy, just now the subordinates are still checking inside, and there is no one left."

The inside of the Yamen of the Thorn History is unusually quiet, which makes people feel that there is a strange atmosphere here, and it should be said that in every city, the Yamen is the most majestic and lively place.

Walking through the corridor and entering the lobby, Wu Shaogang saw blood on the ground and walls along the road, but the corpse had been completely cleaned up.

There was nothing in the lobby, and a few chairs were scattered on the floor, indicating that there had been fierce fighting here.

Wu Shaogang didn't linger and continued to walk towards the backyard.

When a row of side rooms appeared in front of him, his eyes fell on one of the side rooms.

There is a copper lock on the door of the wing, which looks particularly conspicuous.

Wu Shaogang, who stepped forward, used the spear in his hand to pick off the door lock with a little force.

Pushing open the door and entering, Wu Shaogang saw four sandalwood boxes neatly placed on the ground.

The sandalwood box in the middle is about 20 centimeters wide and 15 centimeters high, and the other three sandalwood boxes are about 60 centimeters wide and about 40 centimeters high.

Opening the smallest sandalwood box, Wu Shaogang's face changed instantly.

It was like a box full of gold, neatly arranged, and it was in good condition, all of which were officially minted gold.

Wu Shaogang hurriedly opened the remaining three sandalwood boxes, all of which were silver, which were also officially minted silver.

Needless to say, these must be the gold and silver in the yamen looted by Kublai Khan after he broke through the city along the road, but it is strange why Kublai Khan, who led the evacuation of the army, did not take all the gold and silver with him, but left four boxes.

These four boxes of gold and silver are enough to support a wealthy family.

At this moment, Wu Shaogang finally understood why Cai Siwei was unwilling to follow and directly enter the Assassin Yamen.

Walking out of the house, he thought for a moment and hurried towards the backyard.

The scene seen in the backyard made Wu Shaogang finally couldn't help it, hundreds of stones of grain were piled up in the backyard, and they were neatly placed.

Returning to the wing room, looking at the four boxes of gold and silver, Wu Shaogang fell into deep thought.

He didn't go to the treasury, believing that there must be gold and silver in it, including copper coins, as well as the inner and outer warehouses, and the warehouses dedicated to storing weapons, armor, knives, guns, arrows, crossbows, and armor.

What to do with this gold and silver needs to be carefully considered.

Of course, Wu Shaogang could personally annex and keep the gold and silver for himself, and then he opened the treasury and rewarded the money and wealth to many sergeants, so that the sergeants would also be grateful.

The Song army had unwritten rules for warfare, and any commander who won the battle could dispose of the captured money and grain on his own, dispose of the captured prisoners at will, and even make these people slaves.

Of course, the regulations of the imperial court, the seized money and grain, is to be handed over to the imperial court, but unfortunately so many years have passed, no one has done this, as a soldier to fight, of course, to get a reward, the court rewarded Jiaozi, is not worth anything at all, the sergeant with his life in exchange for victory, dozens or hundreds of Jiaozi, can not make up for it at all, the generals who command the battle, not to mention, work hard to command the battle, in the end only get a pitiful reward from the court, how to maintain a luxurious life.

For such a reason, the court also understands that it is all turning a blind eye.

The generals take these captured money and reward the sergeants under their command, which will make the sergeants return to their hearts, and at the same time, the generals can use the money to bribe the high-ranking officials in the court and pave a good road for their own promotion.

Wu Shaogang, who has only traveled for more than two months, has heard countless discussions in this regard, but unfortunately he has heard more that after winning the battle, the generals often swallow money alone, and do not reward the sergeants under their command at all, at most, they reward their cronies and henchmen with some gold and silver.

It is precisely for this kind of reason that the combat effectiveness of the army of the Southern Song Dynasty continued to decline, and the sergeants gradually centrifuged.

Necessary material rewards are needed, but relying entirely on material rewards, an army cannot become an iron army, and it is impossible to become an invincible and brave army in the world.

After thinking about it for a full quarter of an hour, Wu Shaogang finally made a decision.

This part of the gold and silver, he all belongs to himself, now his identity is very special, the reward sergeant does not exist, that will arouse the suspicion of others, set up obstacles for himself, but these gold and silver, given to Lu Wende and others, Wu Shaogang will never do it.

Ma Long, Zhang Binghui and others entered the wing.

The sandalwood box has been covered.

"Ma Long, Zhang Binghui, keep these four sandalwood boxes well, don't let anyone find out, and don't leak any news, understand?"

Ma Long and Zhang Binghui nodded again and again.

If you want to hide the four sandalwood boxes, there must be difficulties, but the way can also be thought of, as for the specific way, Wu Shaogang will not think so carefully, I believe that Ma Long and Zhang Binghui can handle it well.

In less than half an hour, Cai Siwei and others were ordered to enter the Yamen of the Assassin History.

Wu Shaogang, Cai Siwei and others went to the warehouse together.

After opening the warehouse, Wu Shaogang still gasped, the copper coins inside were full, and there were scattered copper coins on the ground, but there was very little silver, and gold was even more invisible.

It seems that the Mongolian army has also concentrated the copper coins from other places that have been seized here.

There are not many weapons stored in the inner and outer warehouses, which is also expected.

The storehouse, inner and outer storehouse, sealed as they are, are immediately guarded by sergeants, and no one is allowed to approach them.

There is also a team of sergeants in the backyard who have started to carry the grain, and they have to carry the grain to the grain depot next door, and also seal it, and put the grain outside, if it snows and rains, there will be a loss.

Next, Wu Shaogang and Cai Siwei and others went to the barracks.

In the barracks, there was also a lot of grain and grass, as well as more than 500 war horses.

The rest of the swords, guns, bows, crossbows, armor, clothing, banners and other materials are in the process of continuous statistics.

The harvest is so abundant, this is something that Wu Shaogang never dreamed of.

In fact, it's nothing to think about, Kublai Khan led the Mongolian army, won so many victories, and plundered countless money and grain, all of which were transported to the city of Huangzhou, and the amount must be amazing.

It was at this time that the results were counted.

In addition, it is expected that nearly 30 Mongolian troops will flee the city, 635 people will be killed and 70 people will be seriously wounded, and 17 sergeants under the command of Wu Shaogang will be killed and 3 people will be seriously injured.

In other words, the Song army was seriously wounded and killed more than 700 people.

Compared with the losses of the Mongolian army, this cannot be regarded as a real victory, after all, Wu Shaogang led more than 3,000 people, three times the number of the Mongolian army, and it was the most elite urging army, and their opponent was still the new annex army of the Mongolian army.

When he heard the battle report, Cai Siwei still had a smile on his face, but after seeing Wu Shaogang's cold face, the smile immediately froze.