Chapter 216: Integration of Interests
It took more than a day and tens of thousands of troops to clean up Hongqing Mountain.
After this cleaning, a total of more than 27,000 corpses of Hongqingshan thieves were either scorched or scalded to death.
And there is no doubt that there must be a lot of corpses that have not been found, after all, it is reasonable for Hongqing Mountain to be so big and missing, and there are still more than 30,000 remaining thieves in Hongqing Mountain, and the total number of thieves who successfully escaped from the fire and escaped from Hongqing Mountain last night and were killed or captured is not more than 1,000.
If this is counted, there are at least thousands of people who still live and die without seeing their bodies.
But with last night's fire, if you don't escape from Hongqing Mountain, the chance of survival is almost infinitely close to zero, so you don't have to think about it, those who don't find it are basically the bodies that haven't been found.
Bai Yuxian did not order any more to continue the search, because there was no need, and Zhao Wenyuan, the main member of Hongqing Mountain, and the other members of the Eighteen Heroic Generals had already been found.
Originally, the main personnel of the entire Hongqing Mountain were the thief leader Zhao Wenyuan, the military advisor Qin Yuniang, and the eighteen British generals such as Hong Kui, Li Sanlang, and Sun Wuzhou.
After Qin Yuniang, Li Sanlang, and Sun Wuzhou surrendered, the main members of Hongqingshan were the thief leader Zhao Wenyuan and the other sixteen generals.
And last night's fire came down, the thief leader Zhao Wenyuan died directly in Hongqing Mountain, the body was found from a waterhole in Hongqing Mountain, obviously he also wanted to hide in the water last night and was scalded to death.
The remaining Hong Kui and other sixteen generals rushed out of the sea of fire from the Red Green Mountains with their own strong strength, and then encountered the army that had been guarding outside for a long time.
Hong Kui and other eleven Hongqingshan British generals were directly killed on the spot, and the remaining five British generals surrendered voluntarily and were captured alive.
Therefore, after learning that Zhao Wenyuan and the remaining sixteen generals had already found the dead and the captured ones and fled, the remaining Bai Yuxian was too lazy to continue the search.
If someone can really survive by hiding in the red green mountains against the sky, Bai Yuxian, who is a small fish and shrimp, will not bother to care.
The battle ended, and after cleaning up the battlefield, Bai Yuxian summoned his generals and asked Feng Changqing to read out the statistical results, and then he did not stay in Hongqing Mountain for long, and directly led the army towards Xiangzhou City, and at the same time asked Feng Changqing to send the battle report to Beijing in an urgent manner.
Bai Yuxian planned to go to Xiangzhou City to temporarily settle down and repair the army next, and by the way, wait for the follow-up orders of the Jingshi Imperial Court, look at the orders and instructions behind the imperial court, and then return to the court according to the instructions.
At the same time, the news of the battle of the entire Hongqing Mountains also spread to the entire Xiangzhou and even the entire world like a hurricane, causing an uproar in an instant, and countless people were shocked.
After all, the results of this battle are amazing.
There were more than 70,000 thieves in the Red Mountains, and they were directly defeated in less than a month.
Especially in this last battle, Bai Yuxian directly burned the hundred miles of red green mountains, and almost all of the more than 30,000 red green mountain thieves were buried in the sea of fire except for a very few people.
The entire Red Green Mountain has almost turned into a purgatory on earth.
After Bai Yuxian led the Tiance Army to leave, many good people rushed to Hongqingshan to check in person after hearing the news, and after seeing the situation of Hongqingshan at this time, they all had a numb scalp and were shocked.
There were also some brave do-gooders who went directly into the red green mountains, only to encounter some charcoal-like corpses that had not been searched and cleaned up by the Tiance Army before.
The red green mountains are gone.
The entire hundred miles of red green mountains turned into a purgatory on earth overnight.
As Bai Yuxian led the Tiance Army to leave, the news flew out as if it had grown wings.
At the same time, as the news spread, the prestige of Bai Yuxian and Tiance Army also flourished, especially the prestige of Bai Yuxian, which made the Jianghu thieves talk about it even more discolored.
Although Bai Yuxian's fame was already great in the past, it can be said that it is famous all over the world.
But at that time, although Bai Yuxian was famous, he lacked real achievements, so it felt a bit empty after all.
But now with the end of the battle of Hongqing Mountain, no one will question Bai Yuxian's ability anymore.
Four days later, Bai Yuxian returned to Xiangzhou City again with the Tiance Army.
As soon as I arrived outside Xiangzhou City, I saw a large group of people from a distance from the gate of Xiangzhou City.
Seeing this, Bai Yuxian also ordered the army to be stopped, and looked at the crowd that greeted him from the direction of the gate of Xiangzhou City.
is the first three, two of whom are Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen.
The other was an old man who looked to be in his fifties, thin but looked energetic and shrewd.
The old man also stood in front of Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen, and was in the middle of the main position.
"Oh, General Bai, welcome and welcome, welcome General Bai's triumph, General Bai has quelled the chaos in Hongqing Mountain this time, but it is really a big harm for my Xiangzhou."
When the old man saw Bai Yuxian, he immediately took the initiative to greet him enthusiastically.
Then through the old man's self-introduction, Bai Yuxian also learned that when he had quelled the chaos in Hongqingshan before, the original Xiangzhou assassin Liu Funan had been arrested and sent to Jingshi to ask for guilt, and the old man in front of him was Zheng Wenyou, the new assassin of Xiangzhou.
"It turned out to be Zheng Tingshi."
Knowing the identity of the other party, Bai Yuxian immediately dismounted and politely replied with a smile and politely greeted the other party.
Later, Zheng Wenyou invited Bai Yuxian and the army into the city, to wash the dust for Bai Yuxian and the army.
"Lord Zheng has a good intention, but to avoid disturbing the people in the city, the army will not enter the city, and then camp outside the city for the time being."
"General Bai is benevolent and loves the people, and I can have General Bai in the Tang Dynasty, which is really the blessing of the court and the people."
When Zheng Wenyou heard this, he praised again.
"Lord Zheng is diligent and loves the people, and he can come to Xiangzhou to take office, I believe it is also a blessing for the people of Xiangzhou."
The sedan chair is carried by everyone, although it is not clear what Zheng Wenyou is about, but Bai Yuxian can feel Zheng Wenyou's kindness to him, so at this time, he doesn't mind a few polite words to praise Zheng Wenyou on the surface.
"General Bai has a good reputation, and in addition, Xia Guan has already prepared a celebration banquet for the army with the head of the Liu family and the head of the Qin family, ready to wash the dust for General Bai and the soldiers of the Tiance Army, and now since General Bai has no intention of letting the army enter the city, it is better for Xia Guan, the head of the Liu family and the head of the Qin family to bring the wine and food outside the city."
Zheng Wenyou said again.
This time, Bai Yuxian did not refuse.
During this period of time, the soldiers of the marching army were indeed hard, and they were all fighting with their lives, and now that the rebellion has been quelled and won, it is natural that they should relax and be rewarded.
"In this way, on behalf of the soldiers of the whole army, the commander will thank Lord Zheng and the head of the Liu family and the head of the Qin family."
"Haha, General Bai is polite, this is what we should do."
Seeing that Bai Yuxian should respond, Zheng Wenyou was also overjoyed, and then together with Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring the good wine, meat, and vegetables that had been prepared a long time ago.
Bai Yuxian also ordered to directly set up camp and repair the army.
Soon the camp was set up, and all kinds of good wine, meat, good dishes and good meals were also served in the whole camp.
The people in charge of the wine and food are basically people from the Liu and Qin families.
All these things are basically prepared by the two families.
When they learned that the Red Castle Mountain thieves had pacified the Tiance army and returned to Xiangzhou City, Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen ordered these preparations as soon as possible.
At this time, Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen were also extremely happy in their hearts.
Especially Somasa Yanagi.
This time, Bai Yuxian pacified the thieves in Hongqingshan, such a great achievement, after Bai Yuxian returned to the capital, it is conceivable that the reward is indispensable, and it will definitely win the heart of the Son of Heaven, and his status will inevitably rise.
And Bai Yuxian's status has risen, so their Liu family will naturally be able to follow the status of the stained and the tide will rise.
In addition, Qin Fuwen's thoughts are similar to Liu Zongzheng's, and now their Qin family has also climbed into a relationship with Bai Yuxian, the higher Bai Yuxian's status in the future, the better it will naturally be for their Qin family.
To put it bluntly, now the interests of their Liu family and the Qin family have been bound to Bai Yuxian, and Bai Yuxian is the big tree and umbrella of the interests of the two of them.
And for this, both of them can't ask for it.
Even Zheng Wenyou, the new assassin of Xiangzhou at this time, wanted to lean on Bai Yuxian at this moment.
Because he knows Bai Yuxian's status in Beijing very well, not only is he extremely capable of both civil and military, but the key is that he is also favored by the Son of Heaven, and he was exceptionally promoted to the chief general of the forbidden army at a young age, holding real power.
This time, he pacified the 70,000 thieves in Hongqing Mountain and achieved such brilliant results.
It is conceivable that after returning to the capital next, Bai Yuxian will be favored by the Son of Heaven, and how smooth his career will be in the future.
For Bai Yuxian, as long as there is no accident in the future, I am afraid it is only a matter of time before he pays homage to the prime minister.
This is definitely a big tree that is growing rapidly with the naked eye.
And although Zheng Wenyou himself has some connections, he doesn't have much backing, especially in Beijing.
So at this moment, it is rare to have the opportunity to contact Bai Yuxian, and Zheng Wenyou also plans to lean under Bai Yuxian.
Maybe the current Bai Yuxian has not completely grown up, and he is not the top figure in the Jingshi court, but in the future, Bai Yuxian is definitely expected to become the top figure in the court.
This is definitely the future thigh visible to the naked eye.
Bai Yuxian also sensed Zheng Wenyou's thoughts, he didn't refuse, but he didn't agree immediately, and planned to investigate Zheng Wenyou's specific details before making a decision.
And at the same time that Bai Yuxian led the army to arrive here in Xiangzhou.
The specific battle report of the end of the First World War of Hongqingshan was finally conveyed to the Beijing Division through a thousand miles of urgency at this time.
(End of chapter)