"The body has almost been disposed of."
On the top of the embankment, Guo Zhongyuan came with a torch and reported to Guo Ning: "Li Quan's army had quite a few ruthless men who dared to fight. A thousand people were killed on the spot in his camp. We can now find out their names. There are probably more than 600 people whose identities have been identified. If some people cannot be identified in half an hour, forget it and burn them all."
Everyone nodded approvingly.
It was a bit deliberate to identify the identities of all Li Quan's deceased persons and promise to return their ashes. The purpose was to show his generosity to the soldiers and civilians under Li Quan's command. It is enough to achieve this level, but there is no need to be demanding about details.
Guo Ning asked: "How are the prisoners doing?"
"Nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers were captured, and most of the two or three thousand who fled to the wilderness were captured. The injuries are all being treated, but a lot of them will inevitably die tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. In addition, there are many women and children in the old camp. There were not many before. Please take care of me. I have people taking care of you right now. One battalion is set up for every two hundred people. We have already set up twelve battalions. We plan to do a careful inventory tomorrow morning."
"Well, remember to send people to patrol the camp at night and strictly prohibit our soldiers from insulting or scolding the prisoners, especially those women. They are all the family members of the prisoners. We should not touch them, or we will lose our reputation."
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief."
Guo Ning turned to Xu Wei: "In the next two days tomorrow, seize the time to screen and select the prisoners. Those who are willing to surrender will be used as Alixi for the defense force first; those who are unwilling to surrender, or are unruly, will be sent to Jin Qing in the future. After a while of hard labor, go and build the city, build the roads, and fight with vigor. In addition, if there is..."
Guo Ning tugged at his mustache, and Xu Jin took half a step forward and whispered: "There are also some people among them who are die-hard loyalists of the Red Coat Army and have deep relationships with other departments of the Red Coat Army. Those who are willing to surrender will be useful in the future. "If they don't want to, they have to serve as slaves. I will send people to keep an eye on them... or let them go in the future, or create opportunities for them to escape, which will be useful."
Guo Ning nodded repeatedly.
Xu Jin is a veteran in this regard, so Guo Ning doesn't need to say more.
Ding Haijun launched a large-scale campaign this time, continuously defeated the Red Coat Army in the west and south directions, and subdued the Jin Army. Its military power far exceeded what outsiders had imagined in advance. Those who were let go had seen the battlefield with their own eyes, and when they returned to the fragmented remnants of the Red Coat Army, they would be more in awe of Ding Haijun than others.
Of course, there was also a part that Xu Jin used for other purposes. Those who will "escape" may be the manpower arranged by Xu Wei to infiltrate the various departments of the Red Coat Army on the east and west roads of Shandong.
Military victory will definitely lead to territory expansion. Judging from the current situation, Guo Ning can at least completely control the Erfu, Erjie Town, Erfeng and Qici County on Shandong East Road, a total of fifty-two counties and a huge territory with millions of people. Based on this, it is not difficult at all to gather an army of 100,000.
At the same time, the ten military states on the east and west sides of Shandong will fall into long-term chaos. The scattered remnants of the Red Coat Army were struggling, but Guo Ning, Pu San Anzhen, and Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu had much stronger forces, and could freely manipulate and seize benefits.
If there are no special changes in the situation, this will be a process of at least three to five years. There are many deep-seated things that need to be dealt with slowly, so there is no need to talk about it here.
At that moment, the next group of generals slowly turned back from the embankment, planning to return to their camps to handle their respective official duties.
After walking for a while, the generals' march happened to cross with Guo Alin and others.
The chatter and laughter of the soldiers were blown by the wind to Guo Ning's ears. Guo Ning also heard Yu Man'er's sudden burst of crying.
As both low-class soldiers, Guo Ning could feel the emotions represented by the two voices. He stopped, listened for a moment, and smiled.
For these soldiers, talking about the trivial life at home is naturally a good way to relax after the battle.
It's not that they want to deliberately use these to seduce anyone. These soldiers are rough men and cannot do sophisticated methods. The key is that as time goes by, the soldiers feel more and more the benefits of the military household system, and they are satisfied with it, so they talk about it.
In fact, ordinary warriors also like to get real gold and silver rewards. The impact of large sums of money is far greater than that of Ding Haijun’s complicated and rigid record-keeping system.
The relationship should be strong to make people feel more satisfied. It is also easy to understand that you will work for whomever you take money from.
However, Guo Ning saw too many scenes like this when his family was fighting in Monan. He knows very well that if an army only cares about money, it will cause big problems.
At that time, Jurchen generals often took whole boxes of silver to tempt their soldiers to fight to their death. At first, they were given half and half banknotes, and the soldiers were very enthusiastic.
Later, as the entire boundary trench defense line continued to collapse, some soldiers couldn't buy food with money, and more soldiers got money but lost their lives to spend it.
In the following years, the imperial court gave less and less gold, silver and copper coins and more and more banknotes. The paper numbers for handing over banknotes start from ten guans, and in a blink of an eye, they swell to 100 guans or 1,000 guans, but their real value is not as good as a piece of paper.
By this time, military morale had collapsed. Countless Han people, Khitan people, Bohai people, and Wang Gu people were not on the same side as the Jurchens. Now that they have lost their military pay and rewards, why are they still fighting? What are you selling your life for? Crazy or stupid?
Hundreds of thousands of troops all thought this, and it was inevitable that they would lose consecutive battles with the Mongolian army.
Therefore, Guo Ning felt that no matter how much the soldiers received as rewards, they would only be grateful for a moment. Only when the military government provides tax-free land, promotion of positions, and solid guarantee of the government's ability to govern can two-way trust be gradually established.
Most ordinary soldiers have simple demands. Wife, children, a hot bed, a few acres of land and a cow are almost their ultimate dreams.
Ding Haijun fulfilled their dreams and enabled them to happily talk about their family property and fields, so they naturally identified with Ding Haijun and Guo Ning.
Out of human instinct, they must hope that the land they bought with their lives and worked hard to cultivate will always be in their hands; they will also gradually be satisfied with the envy of netizens and ordinary people, and I believe that Ding Haijun will definitely Maintain the honorable status of soldiers.
Once they get used to this, they cannot tolerate their own lives being destroyed, and they cannot allow the only comfort in this terrible world to become a castle built on gravel.
Therefore, they must unite closely and follow Guo Ning's footsteps. Because many ferocious beasts that bite the flesh and blood of soldiers and civilians are still roaring in the distance. Only Dinghai Navy maintains strong force can repel those beasts and protect everything the soldiers gain.
This kind of unity is far more meaningful than the loyalty obtained by giving money once or twice, and it is even more reliable than the friendship on the battlefield obtained by sharing life and death several times.
Thinking of this, Guo Ning couldn't help but touch the iron bone flower hanging on his waist.
He himself started out as a tribe united by friendship on the battlefield, and he is actually quite similar to Li Quan. However, thanks to his own big dream, and thanks to the investment of Yi La Chucai and others, the Ding Navy has entered a more advanced stage. A high level.
Before he launched his troops this time, he had thought that if he had the chance, he might as well fight Li Quan and see how his iron spear, which shocked the states, was better than his own Iron Bone Duo.
This was due to the warrior's eagerness to try; it was also due to Li Quan's misdeeds of joining hands with the Mongolian army in an attempt to frame Ding Haijun.
There is one more thing. Guo Ning's vague memory in that big dream always felt that Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen had some special relationship, which made Guo Ning very uncomfortable.
Guo Ning is a man with a family, and according to the current situation, he and Yang Miaozhen are already at odds with each other. As a military and political leader, Guo Ning must face everything with ruthlessness and a hard-hearted heart.
But after all, he was only in his twenties, and he just felt uncomfortable.
Today on Tieling Terrace, if Li Quan dares to charge forward, Guo Ning will really give him the honor of dying in battle.
It's a pity that Li Quan gave up.
Guo Ning also lost the opportunity to fight happily.
After today, the scale of the war faced by the Dinghai Navy will be even greater, and the strength of the Dinghai Navy itself will also expand dramatically. As the head coach, Guo Ning may have fewer and fewer opportunities to directly play, which is a bit regretful.
