Chapter 225: Unexpected Joy
As soon as Zhang Nan died, there was no obstacle to the collection and surrender of the Liukou.
An hour later, fifteen hundred rogues surrendered.
The rest of the rogues either died or fled, and Zhou Yuji asked for orders to pursue, "My lord, the rogues loot for a living, once they are allowed to escape, I am afraid that the people will suffer from them."
Wang Teng wanted to say that the poor Kou should not chase, but after hearing what Zhou Yuji said, he changed his mind, it was just a group of rogues, there should be no danger, "Go, don't chase too far, you must turn around after half an hour."
Half an hour is enough to chase dozens of miles, Zhou Yuji was overjoyed, "My lord, I'll come when I go!" ”
In this ambush, Zhou Yuji's cavalry was almost not damaged.
The Chahars are born knights, and they are superior on horseback, and they are a flock of sheep against a herd of rogues.
After receiving the order to attack again, all the knights were elated, and they regarded this sortie as a hunt!
In order to complete his work in one battle, Zhou Yuji decided to disperse the attack, "A team of thirty people, pursue by yourself, if you encounter a strong enemy, give a warning in time, and meet on the official road after a quarter of an hour, there must be no mistake!" ”
Naturally, the Guangling cavalry responded loudly, and the Chahar people were no exception, they understood the military orders under the translation of the clansmen who were familiar with the Chinese language, and all of them were highly motivated.
Three hundred elite horsemen roared away, and only four hundred Guangling troops were left on the battlefield to clean up the battlefield.
Compared with the fight of real swords and guns, cleaning the battlefield actually consumes more physical strength.
However, it is also an opportunity to make a fortune.
The Guangling army burned, killed and looted, I don't know how many homes were destroyed, how many goods were looted, and they had no fixed residence, so many people carried money with them.
After a person dies, money and goods cannot be taken away, which makes Guangling Army cheaper.
According to the rules set by Wang Teng, half of the property obtained by the soldiers from cleaning the battlefield, no matter the amount, must be handed over.
If a soldier fights for the spoils of war, all goods are confiscated as soon as they are discovered.
Under the constraints of such strict military discipline, the soldiers went their own way, anyway, everyone had a share in the money, so as not to anger the officials for the sake of immediate benefits, and if they were dismissed, it would be too late to regret it.
The corpses of his own men and horses have all been collected properly, and after the army is set up tomorrow, Wang Teng will send chariots and horses over to transport the corpses back to his hometown.
As for the corpse of the rogue, in order to prevent the occurrence of the plague, Wang Teng ordered a large number of trees to be cut down and burned in unison.
There were many people with great strength, and hundreds of people worked together, and soon a large pile of ordnance and property was piled up.
The rogues do not produce, and the property is naturally robbed.
Huang Hu hated this, he strode to Wang Teng's side, and said viciously: "My lord, this group of rogues is very sinful, do you want to cut the grass and eradicate the roots later?" ”
After all, they are Han people of the same root and species, although they have done a lot of bad things, but they were executed like this, Wang Teng always felt a little unbearable, "Zhang Nan is dead, if we make a big deal, I am afraid that the next time the rogue sees us, he will not surrender."
Huang Hu scoffed, "********, if anyone refuses to surrender, they will be killed together!" ”
Wang Teng shook his head, if it was the Jurchens who were killed, he would never hesitate, but now the prisoners were a group of rogues, perhaps, a year ago, they were all villagers who were digging in the soil.
If it weren't for natural and man-made disasters, no one would have embarked on this road of no return.
Tong always saw Wang Teng's hesitation, and said in his mouth: "Brother Huang, who is not a sage or sage, and it is hateful to be rogue, but God has the virtue of a good life, and our Guangling is the time when everything is ready to be rebuilt, why don't you take them to Guangling and make the best use of them?" ”
Huang Hu frowned, "Isn't it cheaper to be a coolie?" ”
Wang Teng glanced at Tong Cheng approvingly, and at the critical moment, Tong always knew how to figure out people's hearts! Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to convince Huang Hu of this tendon.
With Tong's consistent foreshadowing, it seems logical for Wang Teng to make another decision, "Huanghu, the iron mines of Lingqiu and Guangling are short of manpower, these rogues are all young and strong, just take them to make up for it!" ”
Huang Hu had to compromise, "It's okay, but we must let Ma Wu take a good look at them, these thieves loot the manor, burn and loot, it's really hateful."
Wang Teng bowed slightly, "This is the last chance I give them, if someone refuses, Huang Hu, you can send them on the road."
That's right!
Thunder means can achieve great things!
Huang Hu wished that all the captives would refuse, so that he could justifiably kill people.
The official road here is sparsely populated, and the Guangling army tossed here for an hour without encountering the rest of the people, not even the merchants.
Tong Yi sighed, "My lord, I came to this official road a few years ago, and it was very lively at that time, far from what it is now."
Huang Hu gritted his teeth, "It's all the sins of the rogues, my lord, you say, when will our Ming Dynasty live a peaceful life?" ”
In real history, it was not until Kangxi succeeded to the throne that the people of the Central Plains gradually settled down, from the eighth year of Chongzhen to the three feudal clans of Kangxi, this is a span of several decades!
No, we must change history and end the troubled times ahead of schedule, otherwise, won't this experience be in vain?
Thinking of this, Wang Teng puffed up his chest and said loudly: "As long as you and I do our best, we will definitely be able to enjoy peace in our lifetime!" ”
Tong Yi and Huang Hu didn't understand why Wang Teng was so excited, they didn't know that the Ming Dynasty would die, and Jiannu would enter the Central Plains, let alone that hundreds of years later, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, ceded land and paid compensation, and China lost face.
At this time, Daming is still a behemoth, whether it is a rogue, a slave, in the eyes of everyone, it is just an itch of scabies, as long as the saint is wise, the monarch and the minister are single-minded, the world will reappear peaceful sooner or later.
Wang Teng couldn't explain, so he could only be silent.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Zhou Yuji to come back, which diluted the awkward atmosphere.
From afar, Zhou Yuji laughed loudly: "My lord, guess what I brought?" ”
Zhou Yuji has always been steady, but this time he was out of shape, what did he encounter?
Wang Teng was very curious.
The answer was soon revealed, and behind the cavalry, five fully loaded carriages and horses slowly marched.
Huang Hu's eyes lit up, "You robbed the caravan?" ”
Zhou Yuji didn't care, just laughed: "Yes, it's the caravan!" ”
Huang Hu was dumbfounded, "Good guy, you are more daring than me, but as long as you take care of the beginning and the end, it is not a big deal to rob a caravan."
Wang Teng didn't speak, he knew that there must be something else, otherwise Zhou Yuji would never have any extraneous branches.
Although the caravan's belongings were important, they would not make Zhou Yuji lose his temper.
What's going on?
Tong always asked: "Brother Zhou, you don't want to sell Guanzi, come on!" ”
Zhou Yuji said with a smile: "What Brother Huang said just now is right, I did rob a caravan, but this caravan belongs to Zhang Nan!" ”
Huang Hu felt incredulous, "Zhang Nan's caravan? You're not kidding, are you? ”
After that, Huang Hu stepped forward and quickly opened the wooden box on the carriage, which contained bags of grain, but Huang Hu could see at a glance that there was also a lot of silver hidden in it.
"This Zhang Nan is so scheming, he actually hid the baby in the grain bag!"
Zhou Yuji's eyebrows danced, "If it weren't for the cleverness of the brothers, I would have almost let these babies slip away."
After that, Zhou Yuji retold the process of capturing the convoy.
It turned out that before Zhang Nan entered Ulzhou, in order to reduce the inconvenience, he disguised people as caravans, and the grain and goods needed by the rogues were provided by the caravan.
After Zhang Nan was defeated and retreated, the caravan turned around and wanted to flee, who would have thought that it happened to fall into the hands of Zhou Yuji.
At first, Zhou Yuji didn't find anything wrong, until a soldier found a rogue in the caravan!
At this moment, the caravan can't deny it anymore!
Zhou Yuji gave an order, and the soldiers immediately seized the convoy, and the guards of the caravan tried to counterattack as soon as they saw that it was not good, but unfortunately, the cavalry was extremely powerful, and the guards dressed as rogues could not resist it at all......
Originally, he just wanted to be outside the city of Ulzhou, but who would have thought that taking the initiative to attack would have such a gain.
Before dark, all the goods were counted.
In this battle, 2,000 taels of silver, 2 boxes of jewelry, 1 box of jade and ancient paintings, 100 catties of copper coins, 10 horses, 100 horn bows, 2,000 arrows, 2,000 spears, and 2,000 knives were collected.
It is difficult to estimate the price of jade and ancient paintings, but the price of jewelry is about 1,000 taels, that is to say, the Guangling army only dispatched more than 1,000 people to harvest 3,000 taels of silver!
Even if Wang Teng rewarded him lavishly, the silver was enough to use.
The practice of the Guangling Army is to pay a generous pension, no matter whether the soldiers can go to the battlefield again or not, he will not favor one over the other, and he will never give up if he can save the soldiers.
To this end, Wang Teng recruited ten doctors to cooperate with Wu Youxing with high salaries in various places, and with the existence of these doctors, the survival rate of the wounded and dead was greatly enhanced.
The reason why the Guangling soldiers have high morale and everyone dares to fight is because they have no worries.
Alive, Wang Teng will not treat them badly, even if they are unfortunately killed in battle, past experience tells them that the generous Wang Garrison will never let them die without understanding.
The premise for a new pawn to become an elite veteran is: he has been on the battlefield, seen blood, killed people with his own hands, and survived.
As long as they survive, every soldier will become a valuable resource.
After this battle, Wang Teng's newly recruited soldiers successfully formed a combat force.
Considering that there was no threatening hostile force nearby, Wang Teng ordered the army to camp in place, rest for the night, and then return home tomorrow.
Tong has always been calm, so Wang Teng asked him to lead the soldiers and horses to guard the soldiers, and as for Zhou Yuji and Huang Hu, they were responsible for patrolling the police posts.
In Ulzhou City, Wei Yuan couldn't sleep all night after getting the news that Liukou was heading north and Wang Teng took the initiative to lead the army to attack.
Did the Guangling Army win?
How's the battle going?
Where are the thieves?
Wei Yuan doesn't have too many ambitions, he knows that his talents are limited, so he has always had no desires in the officialdom, as long as he can benefit the people, it is enough for him.
However, the Datong region is complicated, one side is the ferocious Jiannu, the other side is the rogue who is eyeing the tiger, if there is no strong military horse to protect themselves, the benefit of the people is just empty talk!
For Wei Yuan, Wang Teng's Guangling Army is his greatest reliance.
In the past year, relying on the deterrent power of the Guangling Army, the Ulzhou Liukou have been extinct, and there are few thieves, which is in stark contrast to the bandits everywhere in other places.
This time, Wang Teng faced 3,000 rogues with more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and it was difficult to distinguish between good and evil!
In case of the unexpected, where does Ulju go?
At the southern foot of Ulzhou, Wang Teng naturally didn't know that Wei Yuan was worried about him.
After resting for the night, the Guangling army took all the loot and set out on the way home.
The envoy had already arrived in Lingqiu County, and Jiang Bingzhi, who could not hold out, was overjoyed when he heard the news.
Three thousand Liukou, Wang Teng won in one battle, such a brilliant record, looking at the entire Datong Mansion, only Wang Teng can do it.
According to Wang Teng's request, Jiang Bingzhi immediately collected and transferred all the carriages and horses in the county, and Wang Teng needed them to transport the booty.
After a few more hours, the sleepless messenger finally arrived in Ulju City.
Far away, the messenger shouted: "Report, great victory!" ”
The villagers in the city have long heard the news of the re-attack of the rogues, and it is said that the rogues who came were very vicious, and there were no chickens and dogs left in the places they passed, and the people were a little afraid.
Now, the messenger of victory has arrived.
Could it be that the garrison Wang Teng defeated the Liukou?
That's 3,000 people!
Taiyuan Mansion can't do anything about them!
The villagers are ignorant, and in their eyes, the threat of rogues is on par with that of Jiannu, or even better!
If it weren't for the fact that Wang Teng was in the south, maybe the villagers outside the city would have packed up and taken refuge in the county seat
Now, the soldiers have reported victory, and judging by the appearance, the battle ahead should be victorious.
What is the situation?
The soldiers who reported the victory traveled unhindered all the way, and it didn't take long to come to the Yamen of Ulzhou.
As soon as they met, Ulzhou asked anxiously, "But the Guangling army won?" ”
Although the soldiers were already physically and mentally exhausted, they still insisted on Ying Chengdao: "Hui Yu, a great victory, the leader of the bandits, Zhang Nan, was awarded the head on the spot, and our army beheaded 1,000 thieves and more than 1,500 prisoners!" ”
Wei Yuan was overjoyed, "Haha, is that really the case?" Wang Teng is really my first lucky general in Ulzhou! ”
After calming down his excitement a little, Wei Yuan asked again, "How about the battle damage of the Guangling Army?" Where is Wang Teng now? ”
The military academy was very calm, "Lord Hui, our soldiers and horses suffered nearly 100 casualties, Wang Garrison led the army to rest outside for a night, I estimate that I will arrive in Lingqiu County tomorrow, General Huang Degong has been staying in Lingqiu County, in case of accidents, the homeless people are safe and sound."
The soldier who came to report the news was also a smart person, and he explained clearly what Wei Yuan cared about in a few words.
Wei Yuan's heart was relieved, and he laughed and said: "It's so safe and sound, I can't see that Wang Teng is so young and thoughtful, and he even left Huang Degong with such a hand, well, it's really good, come on, look at it!" ”
In the end, the soldier who reported the news was rewarded with five taels of silver, which was also a windfall, and the soldier naturally thanked him again and again. (To be continued.) )