Chapter 397: Breaking the City 4
It's dawn.
The battle is long over.
In the entire Tonglu county, you can see heavily armed officers and soldiers everywhere.
Some are standing at the city gates, guarding the four gates of Tonglu County, some are constantly patrolling back and forth in the city, while searching for the remnants of Manichaeism who may have slipped through the net before, and some are appeasing the people in the city, but more soldiers are cleaning the battlefield.
Originally, the fires burning inside and outside the city had already been extinguished, but the traces of those burns could still be seen, and for the first time, the corpses of Manichaean members lying on the ground could be seen everywhere on the streets of the city, and the blood they shed out almost stained the entire ground red, and the air in the entire city was filled with a pungent smell of blood, which made people almost sick.
Bai Qing slowly passed through the city gate under the escort of Longyue, and walked in the direction of the county government, along the way, Bai Qing could see everywhere the officers and soldiers who were constantly piling up the corpses along the way, all of them were working silently, with a solemn look on their faces, and the whole city was a silent picture, and no one would make a sound to break the somewhat oppressive silence.
I don't know if it was affected, looking at the corpses that had almost been piled up into a hill, Bai Qing also became silent, with a somewhat lonely look in his eyes, and Yutai Longyue followed him silently, never speaking.
Soon, Bai Qing and the others were able to see those who were standing at the door of their house at the beginning. The people who watched cautiously saw those officers and soldiers. They were just carrying the corpses, and they didn't look like they were going to loot or harass them. They were a little relieved, some people cautiously approached the officers and soldiers, and when they saw those soldiers, they just raised their heads to look at them, and then lowered their heads again to do their work, and the heart they were originally hanging on was completely down, and without saying a word, they stepped forward and pulled up a corpse. So he walked towards the hills.
Seeing his movements, the officers and soldiers only glanced at him slightly, and then did not stop again, and after he threw the body of the Manichaean thief into the pile, they spat at the corpse fiercely.
Perhaps inspired by him, more and more people came out of their homes to help the officers and soldiers pile up the corpses on the ground, and then horse-drawn carts and ox-carts came. They were all pulled out of the pit that had already been dug outside the city, burned and buried in depth.
After all this was done, another officer and army came over and pulled the water that had already been loaded. It took almost a whole day to wash away all the blood stains on the street, in Tonglu County. It was back to its former appearance, except for the lingering smell of blood in the air. No one could tell that there was once a big war here. Thousands of people died here.
By the time Bai Qing and Yutai Longyue arrived in the county office, the other generals had already been waiting inside, and after Bai Qing entered, he saw that those generals all stood up, looking at Bai Qing with a calm face.
On their faces, although they were full of tired looks, there was still a look of excitement in their eyes, after all, they had just won a battle and completely occupied this city at a small price.
Bai Qing sat down on the chair that originally belonged to the county order, and Yutai Longyue stood silently behind him, and after he sat down, the other generals were very tacitly lined up in two columns and stood together.
Bai Qing looked around and saw that many people's bodies were more or less colorful, but after the battle, the military doctors also took the lead in completing the diagnosis and treatment and bandaging for them, after all, they were all skin injuries, but those generals of the Xiang Army were just that, after all, there are not many places where they can be used on weekdays, and it is normal for martial arts to be sparse, but even Li Hongcai and Yue Lei are bandaged on their arms, and they seem to be injured, which makes Bai Qing feel a little surprised.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand, even if the army besieges all the remnants of Manichaeism, but the so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, those thieves are not willing to die in battle like this, not to mention, there are four generals inside, Xu Fang, Changsheng, Zhang Jinren, Li Tianyou, all of them are strong in martial arts, and there are not a few officers and soldiers who died in their hands.
However, although there are not many generals on the official army's side, after all, the number is here, one can't beat it, two or three people besiege it together, even if Xu Fang and others have high martial arts, they can't resist it, and in the end they are still in the melee, and they are ambushed one by one.
After Xu Fang and them were beheaded, those thieves completely lost their fighting spirit, just like a tree falling and scattered, they lost their backbone, and they barely lasted long, and they were wiped out by the officials and soldiers one by one.
"Is the situation clear?" Bai Qing looked at the people below, and then asked in a deep voice, his voice was slightly hoarse, and his eyes also had a tired look that could not be concealed, no wonder, from yesterday noon to now, it has been almost twelve hours, he has never closed his eyes, and he can almost see very obvious bloodshot in his eyes.
"Lord Huizhizhou, it's all been counted!" After hearing Bai Qing's words, Li Hongcai, who had an injury on his arm, stood up and said to Bai Qing, as Bai Qing's henchman, many times, some things are naturally done by him, and the people present understand this truth very well, so no one will raise any objections because of this.
According to Li Hongcai's account, last night, the official army raided the county seat of Tonglu and exterminated all the Manichaean thieves in the city, with less than 2,000 casualties on his side.
With 2,000 casualties, in exchange for the control of Tonglu County, and exterminated more than ten times the number of thieves, no matter what, it can be regarded as a great victory, thinking of this, everyone present, almost all looked at Bai Qing with some reverence, for Bai Qing's means, they suddenly had a look of awe, if it weren't for Bai Qing, they would not have been able to capture this Tonglu County so easily, and what they had to pay, I'm afraid it was much more than now.
Even Yue Lei, who has always been a little unconvinced by Bai Qing, looked at Bai Qing at this time, it was a little more complicated, although she was reckless, she was not stupid, she also knew that she could achieve such a result, this Bai Qing was really not a simple person, thinking of this, she subconsciously looked at Lantai Longyue behind Bai Qing, and saw that she was still indifferent, for a while, Yue Lei suddenly had some mixed feelings in her heart......
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