Chapter 622: Counting
Early in the morning of the second day, in the Huwei Hall of Baishiguan, the officers at all levels above the lieutenant colonel of the Baishiguan garrison, as well as Qian Su and Lu Wenbin, the two Qi Yun Governors and Protectors who Yan Liqiang brought to inspect Baishiguan, were all gathered here at this moment, and they were all in high spirits listening to Tie Yunshan talking about the situation of yesterday's war, and those officers who participated in yesterday's war, such as Wang Naiwu and Xiao Yuman, were all happy and high-spirited, while those officers who did not participate in yesterday's war looked at those officers who participated in the war with envious eyes, and some people looked regretful and annoyed, so they almost beat their chests and feet, blaming themselves for missing yesterday's war。
Yesterday's battle, at this moment has already spread all over Baishi Pass, Qi Yun supervised Yan Liqiang yesterday led the troops to relieve the siege of the wind border village first, and then wiped out the Tuli Department, and then shook off the reinforcements of the Bakyi Department, three battles and three victories, shaking the ten directions, for the defenders here in Baishi Pass of the Han Empire, this is not so proud for decades, before everyone guarded Baishi Pass, they were all suffering from the nest of the seven departments of Shatu, and they were afraid of anything, but they did not expect Yan Liqiang to come yesterday, and they swept away the decline at once, at this moment inside and outside Baishi Pass, all the sergeants were in good spirits, and their morale was high, and the sergeants were like playing chicken blood。
Especially yesterday, after Yan Liqiang led his troops to break off, he forced back four or five thousand reinforcements from the Buckyi Department with one arrow, and killed the first warrior of the Buckyi tribe Bartha, which has spread in Baishi Pass at this moment, and has become a myth in the mouths of ordinary soldiers.
Tieyun Mountain's rough voice echoed in the room at the moment, listening to everyone's ears, like a heavenly sound.
"This is how the battle went yesterday......"
"After yesterday's battle, our side killed nearly 10,000 people of the Turk Ministry, captured a large number of trophies of the Tuli Ministry, counted last night, a total of 14,566 rhino dragon horses, 41,588 yaks, 3,684 sheep, 2,818 swords, bows and crossbows, 2,818 swords, soldiers, bows and crossbows, and 47 boxes of gold, silver and jewelry found from the Turki Ministry, equivalent to about 30 taels of silver, and more than 100,000 sheep, because they were really unable to drive and carry, they were lost on the Gulang grassland and did not bring back......"
Listening to Tie Yunshan's words, many officers were secretly shocked by the wealth of the Tuli Ministry, not to mention cattle and sheep, but they didn't expect that there were so many gold, silver, jewelry, etc., and more people were secretly regretting, one by one in their hearts if they could bring the value of the more than 100,000 sheep, you must know that in the northwest at this moment, everyone is crazy for wool, if the more than 100,000 sheep of the Tuli Department can be brought to the Guannei, the wealth will be amazing.
Qian Su listened, his face showed a painful look, before Qian Su was in charge of a manufacturing bureau, he didn't feel short of money, at this moment he was entrusted with a heavy task by Yan Liqiang, and the money bags of the entire Qiyun Governor's Mansion were in his hands, Qian Su suddenly felt that spending money everywhere was like flowing water, and no matter how much money he had in his hand, he felt that it was not enough to spend, at this moment, I heard that there were more than 100,000 sheep in front of Yan Liqiang and others yesterday, but Yan Liqiang and others had no way to bring them back, the expression on Qian Su's face became wonderful all of a sudden, and he was sucking cold air between his teeth, Tie Yunshan said there, he was muttering the number here, "More than 100,000, more than 100,000 ......"
While Tie Yunshan was talking about these numbers, he glanced at Yan Liqiang, who was sitting on the main seat, and saw that Yan Liqiang was listening attentively, without a trace of complacency on his face, and was still as calm as water, which made a veteran like Tie Yunshan feel a slight chill in his heart.
"How many casualties did our sergeants suffer yesterday?" asked Yan Liqiang calmly.
"In yesterday's battle, the defenders of Baishi Pass were wounded 487 people and killed 267 people, and the guards around the adults also injured more than 40 people and lost 6 people...... Tie Yunshan replied, and there was a hint of heaviness in his words.
No matter how much victory Yan Liqiang led his troops to achieve yesterday, the casualties of the participating sergeants are also unavoidable, but compared to the results they have achieved, this casualty figure is relatively small, in the eyes of some generals, this is already a perfect victory, and those casualties are just necessary costs.
Yan Liqiang's mood at the moment was not as relaxed as those captains in Baishi Pass in the room, but felt a little heavy, a cadre lieutenant in Baishi Pass, as a professional soldier, may have almost become accustomed to and see more of the price to be paid for victory, but for Yan Liqiang, yesterday was his first real leader to lead the battle, and he came to a hard encounter with the Shatu Seven Divisions on the frontal battlefield, although he won a big victory yesterday, Yan Liqiang still felt that he had an unshirkable responsibility for every soldier who followed him to die in battle.
Among the nearly 300 lives, there are 6 of them, who are his guards and subordinates, and also students of his Archery Society, since those people stepped into the Archery Club two years ago, those people have been following him, and every face is someone Yan Liqiang is familiar with, and he can call their names- Cao Kun, Luo Zhenwei, Qian Mingui, Yang Zizhong, Tang Xingke, Zhang Wei, those are six energetic young people, yesterday when they were raiding the Tuli Ministry, Cao Kun, Luo Zhenwei, and Qian Mingui were all in the battle, and were shot by the archers in the Tuli Ministry, and Tang Xingke and Zhang Wei were in the process of chasing the fleeing people of the Tuli Ministry, and were stabbed off their horses by several Shatu people hiding in the grass......
When he came back last night, Yan Liqiang personally cleaned the bodies of the six people, stitched up the wounds, and changed into clean clothes.
After Tie Yunshan finished answering, the room fell silent for a while, and after a full half a minute, Yan Liqiang came back to his senses and found that the room was quiet, and everyone looked at him, waiting for him to speak.
The deceased is gone, but the living are still there, and the best way to commemorate the deceased is to make their sacrifice worthwhile, so that the living can live better and more dignified in the future!
Yan Liqiang said this to himself in his heart, squeezed the fist on his knee tightly, took a deep breath, opened his mouth again, and asked Tie Yunshan, "According to the previous military system, how can the sergeants who died in battle yesterday be compensated?"
"According to the previous military system of the Han Empire, a sergeant who died in battle would be issued a pension of ten taels of silver, and the Overseer's Office would also write to the local government to exempt his family from conscription for the next five years......"
"That's all?"
Tie Yunshan was silent for a moment, glanced at Yan Liqiang, and continued, " If the officers in the army are not greedy for ink, this is not bad, the family of the sergeant who died in the war can receive ten taels of silver, in some places, the sergeant who died in the war can receive less than ten taels of pension, some receive three taels or five taels, and some even do not, the pension silver is deducted by the people above, if there is no one in the family of the sergeant who died in the war, the local conscription reduction and exemption will sometimes be reduced, five years become three or two years, and the local officials and local tyrants and gentry will sometimes even withhold the benefits, leaving the quota for the reduction and exemption of conscription to their own family members......"
Yan Liqiang listened, and his face couldn't help but sink, "Is there such a thing in Qiyun County?"