"General, come from the east to report that we have annihilated 5,000 enemy troops, killed 439 of our own, and injured 1,790, regardless of severity." Jia Yucun temporarily ended the work of supervising the construction of ordnance, and temporarily left Xijin to cross over to the high platform of the Chinese Army. superior.
"I understand, the war dead will be cremated and temporarily stored in Jinling Cheng'en Temple. I remember there is only one old monk left there? Let's change it to the Martyrs' Shrine. The heroic spirits who protect the country will live here on their behalf. I must be the Buddha." You will understand. I will write a letter to Luoyang. After the war is over, I will take the pension and silver reward back to my hometown. By the way, as the coach, I will personally contribute 5 taels, and the royal family will contribute another 15 taels, so that each person will have more. 20 taels of silver.
Those who were injured were treated with good medicine according to the old practice of Jiangnan Daying according to the severity of the injury. Those who were seriously injured and died were treated as killed in battle. Disabled people will be given priority in local garrison offices”
Jia Hui took the trouble to talk to Jia Yucun about the pension.
"General, is it too much? You don't have that much salary?" Jia Yucun looked at Jia Hui with a troubled expression.
Jia Hui stared at Jia Yucun and smiled.
"Why are you pretending to be stupid in front of me?"
"Isn't this not good?" Jia Yucun pretended to hesitate.
"If you keep pretending, I'll send you to the Xuanwei Division of Babai Dadian right now!"
"No, no, no, students understand, students understand!" The name that frightened countless civil servants scared Jia Yucun so much that he rolled off the high platform and limped away towards Xijin Ferry as if fleeing. .
"General, Mr. Amemura, this is" the soldier was a little confused.
"This guy is too thoughtful. He knows where the money comes from, but he doesn't want to say it himself. He also wants me to speak first and be the so-called mastermind. This way, even if he is caught in the future, he can be said to be coerced by me. "
He took a sip of tea.
"With this kind of magnanimity, this person is really not worth relying on."
"Where does that money come from?" As Jia Hui's absolute confidants, more than two hundred soldiers can almost be regarded as family ministers, so they can naturally participate in Jia Hui's affairs. After all, Jia Hui's interests are their interests.
"How many Jiangnan aristocratic families do you think will be eliminated this time?"
Jia Hui tilted his head and looked at the soldiers.
"General, as far as I know, this family is not so easy to destroy, right? Not to mention those big families with thousands of people who are really spreading their business all over the country. Just talk about the upstart cloth merchant Hu family. There is also a clan member in the court who is an official and is a doctor, so this money should belong to him, right?"
The soldiers didn't quite believe it.
"But what if the money is so much that the two majesties are greedy? For example, let's be more conservative, 50 million taels of silver?"
“Hiss—that Hu Langzhong’s death was really tragic.”
"Yes, yes. On weekdays, with the protection of a large group like the Jiangnan Clan, the family business can naturally be preserved. Only when the family uses resources to support their own people can they gain a firm foothold in the court, and only by supporting each other can they go further and further. But now that their family is gone, how can they, who are like rootless duckweeds, have the right to hold such a huge fortune?"
Jia Hui turned around and looked at Zhenjiang City in the distance, wondering what he was thinking.
This group of aristocratic families who escaped the war, after all, have not escaped the sins they have committed.
. . . . . .
Snapped!
A big head was smashed into pieces by a solid iron rod, and white and red bits were scattered on the ground, even splashing on the faces of people around him.
Before the people around him could vomit, the iron rod swept across the army and reached his waist. Wearing iron armor, he never thought that he would be able to experience the feeling of flying in his lifetime. The smashed internal organs were mixed with the vomit in his stomach. When he got out, the person whirled and hit the ground. He twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"What is the origin of this General Qi!"
At the foot of Danyang City, the Shandong Commander-in-Chief of the White Lotus Sect was astonished as he watched the fierce man break into his military formation and get closer and closer to him.
What's strange is that when seven thousand troops came to attack the city, the defenders here not only refused to surrender, but instead fought their way out of the city under the leadership of a giant man!
The giant man was eight feet tall, with a waist ten circumferences wide. He was wearing heavy armor, carrying an iron bar that was heavy at first glance, and rushed to the front. With one smash, his shield bearer was killed on the spot. A gap instantly appeared in the military formation. The giant man took the opportunity to swing the iron rod twice at the gap, killing many people to widen the gap, and then charged into the formation without looking back.
The Qi army who followed behind was not idle either. Following the giant man, he rushed in from the gap. It didn't take long for his front army to be divided into two sections!
Seeing that the two thousand people in the front army are about to lose their lives!
"Withdraw. Withdraw! Run to Huangxu in the north!"
Seeing that the giant man was about to rush towards him, the commander hurriedly shouted to the surroundings.
After hearing the order from the general town, the rear army and the left army took the lead in withdrawing from the battlefield, followed by the center army and the right army.
Only two thousand households in the front army, and even one armored thousand household, were trapped on the battlefield by the Qi army, unable to advance or retreat. They could only passively carry out the orders from the rear, and were killed by the Qi army in despair.
"Who are you? Why haven't I heard of you in Jiangnan? You are a guard in Danyang, right? With your martial arts skills, you are not qualified to be a guard. Why don't you take your subordinates and join me, Bai Lian."
"A thief of a straight mother, Uncle Qi Ping Liang, the grand master of the Sa family, has joined the White Lotus Sect! You will die if you don't get off your horse!" Luda shouted loudly, kicked off his right leg and accelerated again towards the Shandong general soldier who stayed at the place. He raised his stick and was about to hit him. The Shandong general soldier screamed in fright and fled towards his retreating army.
There was a murderer chasing behind them. Even though everyone was exhausted to the limit, they did not give up their survival at all and frantically squeezed their bodies and ran north.
After chasing for another two miles, Naruda gradually slowed down and finally stopped in place.
"Bah, what the hell!"
Ruda curled his lips in disdain, and then walked back holding the hen stick.
His mission is to guard Danyang.
The Grand Canal has meandered through the ancient city and nourished it for thousands of years. It also connects Jintan and Liyang counties in the south via the Danjin Licao River.
The three cities were united into neighbors with a strip of water, and they jointly guarded the thoroughfare between the towns and guarded the gateway to Wuyue.
The original plan was to connect Zhenjiang, Danyang, Jintan, Liyang, Langxi, and Xuancheng in a line to create a southeastward defense base with Jinling as the core to counterattack the White Lotus Sect, but who would have imagined that the main force of the White Lotus Sect is actually in Zhenjiang, then the effectiveness of this defensive circle will be reduced a lot.
It is still useful. For example, it can block the road of the White Lotus Sect from Zhenjiang going south to prevent them from joining forces with the second main force of the White Lotus Sect in Hangzhou.
As for why we don’t care about the area east of Taihu Lake?
There are too many big families there, more than Jinling, and the number of slaves is too large to be guarded against.
Anyway, Jia Hui has ordered the Inland River Navy and Donghai Navy to block the river and coastline. If they want to cross the river, they must either capture Xijindu, where Jia Hui was stationed, or capture Jinling and capture Yanziji, or capture Dangtu and capture Caishiji.
In short, Ruda cannot leave Danyang with his troops for a few thousand troops. If an army of the White Lotus Sect comes here to capture Danyang during his pursuit, then this line of defense will completely collapse.
. . . . . .
"Huhu, hurry up, go and see how many brothers have come back!"
In Huangxu Village, the Shandong general soldiers who had fled here were gathering their troops.
"Master, our remaining five thousand households are all here, that's it."
"Tell me, I can still hold on." The commander took a deep breath and was mentally prepared to bear heavy losses.
"Yes, sir, the loss of five thousand households is not small. Now there are only more than 3,800 and less than 4,000 people left."
A thousand households of men and horses were just lost!
Even though the commander-in-chief was prepared, his vision went dark, and he spit out a mouthful of black blood with a groan.
Although the losses include those who were scattered and lost their way or were frightened and ran away, these people can be regarded as the most loyal elites of the Holy Religion!
"Pfft! Ahhh! Ruda, I have nothing to do with you!"
The commander-in-chief rushed into a private house, and soon, a woman's screams came from the house. The screams lasted for nearly two quarters of an hour, and the wails became thinner and thinner, and finally disappeared.
After a while, the commander-in-chief, who was fully dressed but with messy hair, walked out of the house.
"Go and throw that piece of rotten meat on the ground, bad luck!"
"Yes! Sir, dinner is ready, but do you want to serve it now?"
"Stop!" The refreshed commander looked up at the sky, listened carefully, and could even hear screams coming from all directions.
Everyone just lost the battle and it was time to vent.
Folks of Huangxu, for the sake of the great cause of the Holy Religion and the creation of a Buddhist kingdom on earth, I can only temporarily aggrieve you.
"Hey, what did you make that tastes so good?"
. . . . . .
"Sir, a large number of fires were seen in the direction of Huangxu. It is suspected that a large force is stationed here!"
In Shanli Village, not far from Huangxu, Suzaku Cavalry Yang Zhibu is stationed here.
After disembarking from Yangzhong yesterday, they dispersed into teams of three and began searching southward for possible traces of the White Lotus Cult Army.
After spending a day and a half to eliminate almost all the White Lotus Sect forces from Yangzhong to Changzhou, Yang Zhi decided to search back.
They started searching westward from Changzhou at around three o'clock in the afternoon, but could not find any useful information until near evening, when they found traces of the army crossing the river and heading south in Xinfeng Town.
Braving the darkness and tracking along the canal to the mountains, the team that dispersed discovered abnormal fire in Huangxu, eight miles away in the northeast.
"Huang Xu? Map!"
The soldier took out a map and placed it in front of Yang Zhi.
"Their traces are heading towards Danyang, right?"
"Yes, the enemy troops that the brothers are exploring are heading south along the canal."
"I remember the Danyang guard is Uncle Pingliang?"
"Pingliang Bo is guarding Danyang."
"I understand. I haven't fought in Danyang before. I was kicked out by Pingliang Bo and retreated to Huangxu. What time is it now?"
"Two quarters of an hour to half an hour."
Yang Zhi nodded and said no more words.
There is still a quarter of an hour before this round of investigation is completed. After the troops have regrouped, take a rest and launch a sneak attack on Huangxu at night!
. . . . . .
When it was two-quarters of an hour, Yang Zhibu was almost rested.
They skillfully and quickly put on each other's equipment, and the army gathered in the open space at the entrance of the village.
Then wrap the hooves of the war horse with cloth and put a small wooden stick in its mouth.
All the villages along the canal from Xinfeng Town to the south were massacred by the gang of white lotus thieves who had no conscience. All the livestock were also slaughtered, and this year's new rice was nowhere to be found.
Everything that could be taken away was taken away.
Yang Zhi took the iron helmet from the soldier, shook his head, and found that there was no discomfort, then stepped on the wooden pier and got on the horse.
"Brothers have all seen it. The White Lotus bandit massacred the village and wiped out the entire clan, showing no conscience! We must destroy them in one battle and do our best to eradicate evil! Come on!"
After saying that, Yang Zhi turned the horse's head and galloped towards the northeast.
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The White Lotus thieves, who had had enough to eat and drink and had a good time, fell into a deep sleep.
In the past two days since I left the city, I had been killing people, moving supplies, and chasing someone for two miles like a dog. I was really exhausted.
Even the sentries were sleepy.
Even the vibrations caused by the large number of galloping horses could not wake them up.
"No one comes out? Burn down the house!"
According to what happened to those villages before, Huang Xu was probably slaughtered by the White Lotus bandits. Although it was a bit disrespectful, things were indeed a lot easier to handle.
The Suzaku cavalry, who followed General Jia Hui on the grassland and had extensive experience in night attacks, immediately slowed down their horses, took out the torches wrapped in the saddles, and unwrapped the oil paper on the outside. The smell of tung oil hit their brows.
The knight just frowned and stamped the torch in his hand on the torch.
The road at the entrance of the village suddenly lit up like daylight.
"burn!"
Yang Zhi took the lead, holding the torch to the right and igniting the window paper of a private house. The oil-coated windows instantly burned, and the fierce flames even went straight to the roof, igniting the thatch.
The horse's hooves have stepped on his ears. If he still can't get up, he will be unworthy of the title of elite!
"Enemy attack! Fire!"
The White Lotus thieves who woke up showed their elite qualities. They didn't bother to put on their outer robes. Instead, they directly hung the wooden breastplates on their bodies. They helped each other fasten them under the blazing fire and then picked up their weapons to break them. He opened the door and window and rushed out.
He was knocked back again by the galloping horse.
Where did the cavalry come from? Aren't they confronting the leader and others in Zhenjiang?
The commander-in-chief, who was also awakened, quickly dressed up and slipped out of the back door of the mansion, leading his soldiers towards the northernmost private house.
The last Qianhu of all-military soldiers were stationed there.
It has to be said that the landlords in Jiangnan are already lawless.
As the landlords' compounds were breached one after another, they discovered one after another in the secret warehouses——
Paper armor, leather armor, wood armor, bamboo armor, and several pieces of iron armor said to be from the early Liang period hundreds of years ago.
We even discovered the heavy-armored infantry armor from the early years of Daqi.
The total number of pieces of iron armor and paper armor is nearly a hundred, and the number of wooden armor and bamboo armor, which can give some psychological comfort, is over a thousand!
Damn it, I'm afraid the armor catalog of Qi Ting's Ministry of War doesn't have as many styles as they found!
How can you hide it so well?
But this can be considered a good thing. Those armors were divided among several other thousand households by the General Soldier Equipment.
Listening to this voice, the people coming are definitely cavalry!
The cavalry can only rely on the streets and alleys to fight in street battles!
Second update
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