Chapter 274: Victory in the First Battle
The Haw Par Army was seen carrying boxes full of various finances out of the yurts and piling them up in the open space in the middle of the tribe.
The only few hundred old and weak women and children left in the entire Mongolian tribe, without exception, were full of anger on their faces, eager to devour these tiger and leopard soldiers alive. However, when they saw the barrels of guns pointing at them around them, they thought of the bloody scene in which their relatives died under these barrels without even having time to react during the battle just now.
These herdsmen can only look aggrieved and bow their heads that used to be high. watched the wealth he had looted from the Ming Dynasty be reclaimed little by little by the tiger and leopard army in front of him.
When Wei Zheng was escorted by the pro-guard battalion, he walked into the tribe that was still filled with the smell of blood.
More than a thousand Mongol corpses scattered throughout the tribe had been piled up, and at the slightest order from Wei Zheng, these corpses would be reduced to ashes in the flames.
After seeing these corpses that had been piled up at first, Wei Zheng's face was directly replaced by a trace of anger. Because, among these corpses, Wei Zheng not only saw the young and strong, but also saw countless old and weak women and children.
However, when he listened to Wang Feng's report on the Mongols' sworn resistance, the anger on his face was directly replaced by shock. Then, he said with emotion: "Now it seems that the news that all the Mongols and the Houjin Tatars are soldiers is true....However, it would be a pity if so many free laborers died..."
After finishing speaking, Wei Zheng shifted his attention to the harvest he was most looking forward to.
When Wei Zheng, surrounded by his subordinates, walked into the big tent of the most luxurious tribal leader in the center of the tribe, all kinds of finances piled up in front of the big tent. It's been piled up into a hill.
While Wei Zheng waited. A regiment leader under Wang Feng. He reported with a face full of excitement.
"Tell the generals... Our seizures within the tribe have been counted..."
"After preliminary statistics: we found a total of more than 15,400 taels of gold and more than 350 catties of various gold products in the entire tribe......
"In terms of silver, a total of more than 254,000 taels of cash silver and more than 1,230 catties of various silver products were found...."
"If all this gold and silver were converted into silver, there would be at least 550,000 taels ......."
Seeing the satisfied smile slowly on Wei Zheng's face. The head of the regiment continued to report.
"In addition to gold and silver, our biggest harvest in this tribe is war horses, cattle and sheep..."
"In addition to the more than 250 war horses that were killed by us on the battlefield, we have found a total of 4,581 young and strong war horses that can be used as military horses, and 739 war horses that are still underage......
"As for the number of cattle and sheep in the tribe, it is too much, and there is no way to make detailed statistics. However, the last general has already calculated the approximate number: In the tribe, we have seized more than 1,500 cattle of various kinds and more than 30,000 sheep..."
"Finally, the brothers also seized in the tribe various hides and sheepskins worth fifty thousand taels of silver....as for food. In addition to tens of thousands of catties of jerky and fresh meat, there were no other seizures..."
Hear here. The smile on Wei Zheng's face was already unconsciously covered with excitement...
Not to mention the gold and silver, the war horses alone are enough to raise thousands of cavalry. Not only that, but the cattle and sheep that were seized were all urgently needed livestock in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. Because, if you want to carry out large-scale tuning in the territory of the two provinces, it is impossible to complete it with manpower alone.
Now, with more than 1,000 ploughing cattle at one time, at least the tuntian land of the land can be ensured, and with the help of these ploughing cattle, the ploughing can be completed on time and in season in the spring ploughing of the next year......
As for the 30,000 sheep, while ensuring the supply of meat to the Haw Par Army and all the local garrisons in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, it has also greatly reduced the increasingly severe food pressure in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.
You must know that the premise of your decision to buy grain from Jiangnan was only for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Datong Prefecture. Now that he has become the governor of Shanxi, the millions of displaced people in the two provinces need to be managed by themselves.
Under such circumstances, the road of buying grain in Jiangnan alone will definitely not be able to meet the needs of millions of people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.
Therefore, in addition to buying grain from the south of the Yangtze River, he also needs to obtain grain from other sources, so that millions of displaced people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces can survive until the next year's harvest in Tuntian.
Anyone with a little common sense knows: when a person can eat one pound of grain at a meal, if he only eats meat, at most half a catty, he can eat enough, and he is very hungry.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, for ordinary people, one pound of meat is enough to be worth three pounds of grain.
According to this ratio, if 30,000 sheep are slaughtered, they are worth at least 30,000 quintals, that is, 3 million catties of grain.
If he can rob 300,000 sheep from the Mongols in this attack on Mongolia, it will be equivalent to solving the gap of 30 million catties of grain for Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.
Thinking of this, Wei Zheng could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and commanded loudly.
"Immediately cook all the captured beef and mutton, so that the soldiers can also feast....In order to avoid exposing the target, the whole army will rest in this tribe for a day during the day today. In the evening, we attacked the second Mongol tribe. ”
"General Zhao, you immediately send a herald and quickly rush back to Datong... Order the military division to transfer 3,000 men and horses from the garrison of Datong Province, quickly rush to Zuoyun to stand by, receive all the cattle and sheep and property we have plundered in Mongolia, and send all of them back to Datong Mansion without any left..."
An hour later, the already overcrowded tribe wafted with a strong smell of meat...
When the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Haw Par Army began to feast in the barracks, Wei Zheng, who was sitting on the main throne in the luxurious tribal leader's tent, was eating beef while issuing a new round of military orders to a few confidants......
"Soldiers, this attack on Mongolia, we won the first battle, and harvested so many cattle, sheep, property and horses, far beyond the expectations of the commander. Therefore, Ben Shuai decided to capture as many large and medium-sized Mongol tribes as possible before we were really exposed. From the hands of the Mongols, more cattle and sheep were plundered, and horses necessary for the cavalry were formed...."
"Ben Shuai ordered: General Zhou... The scouts continued to attack from all sides, expanding the scope of reconnaissance and ascertaining the distribution of all the Mongol tribes within a mile or two of the periphery. ”
"General Zhao, General Wang....Your army, from now on, there is only one thing to do, and that is to recuperate... From today onwards, we will only operate at night..." (To be continued......