The fire in the Chunjun camp outside Chunhua City burned for a whole day and night, and finally slowly extinguished.
After all the matters in the city were arranged, Chen Wang led the remaining one hundred cavalrymen in the city out of the east city and headed towards the camp of the invaders.
Zhao Huailiang coordinated the affairs of the city, and Hu Zhiyi went to Liaodong.
Hu Zhili was in charge of the military affairs outside the city, cleaning the battlefield, collecting corpses, and gathering the defeated troops sent back by Chen Gong.
Now only Tang Shiping was left with Chen Wang.
Although the war was over, because there were too few people to dispatch the tribes, the Chuang army that fled was not assigned to take charge except for those who fled to the southeast and Chen Wang, who fled to Sanshui City, did not assign anyone to take charge.
Most of the intruders who fled to Sanshui City were just old and weak men in the camp, and they were not a big threat.
"The weapons and equipment on the battlefields inside and outside the city have been cleaned up."
Tang Shiping followed Chen Wang on a war horse and reported the victory to Chen Wang.
"We seized 1,672 pieces of cloth armor, 737 pieces of mail armor, 1,220 pieces of cotton armor, 1,707 items, high bowl helmets, Each hat has a thousand hats..."
Tang Shiping's eyes brightened slightly. To be honest, he had seen such sufficient weapons after fighting for so long.
This much ordnance is enough to arm a military camp of 3,000 people.
The reason why there are so many cloth face armors and arm coverings is largely contributed by the Liao military battalion under Zhang Waijia.
There is also a part of the spoils captured by the invading army after the ambush of Ai Wannian and other troops in the Battle of Xiangle.
Although Chen Wang had already expected it, he knew all these things.
But after hearing the report, my heart still throbbed involuntarily.
With so much armor, he could make all the soldiers under his command wear iron armor.
In the current situation, there is no way to seize and return it to the public.
All seizures before the battle will be coordinated and deployed by the battalion itself.
Generally speaking, some unwanted things are reported as confiscated, and the rest are collected into their own pockets.
Money is needed to raise soldiers, money is needed to support family members, and money is needed for everything related to war.
However, the military pay issued has been decreasing year by year. If the battalion generals are not given some autonomy, it will be difficult for the army to survive.
Although the status of the camp soldiers has not improved much now, the status of the camp general has improved to a certain extent.
In the seventh year of Chongzhen, when Zuo Liangyu went on a campaign against Huaiqing, he did not turn over any of the things he captured, and no one even impeached him for this.
"How much the horses have gathered."
Chen Wang frowned and looked around at the scorched earth. The air was filled with the unpleasant smell of burnt meat and the smell of roasted meat.
"Currently, there are only more than 2,000 horses gathered, and only 500 of them meet the standards of war horses. The rest are roosters. If they are fed with fine feed for a period of time, some roosters can also be used as war horses."
Horses measure three things, one is called army horses, the second is called field horses, and the third is called slave horses.
Military horses are war horses, field horses are hunting horses, and rogue horses are inferior horses in all aspects.
Not all horses can be used as war horses. War horses need good endurance and explosive power.
The difference between war horses and ordinary horses can be described as the difference between clouds and mud.
Soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp weapons can easily weigh more than two hundred kilograms.
As a standard for war horses, they must be able to carry armored soldiers galloping and charging.
"Nearly two thousand mules and donkeys were captured. At the foothills of Beishan, Tang Ma discovered the mules and donkeys that were frightened by the camp fire and fled out of the camp. The intruders should have used these mules to transport supplies."
Chen Wang's expression did not change when he heard that there were more than two thousand war horses.
But when he heard that there were mules and donkeys, Chen Wang's eyes became enlightened.
"How much silver can these horses and mules be exchanged for if sold?"
Tang Shiping was slightly startled, but he quickly came to his senses and answered.
"I'm afraid we can't handle it in Chunhua. Chunhua is a small county and can't handle so many goods."
"but……"
Tang Shiping lowered his voice slightly.
"But we can use the names of some merchants to transport it to Xi'an and sell it."
"But there may still be some joints that need to be opened, and some money will be spent."
Tang Shiping had also done reselling trophies, and he was familiar with these things.
Chen Wang nodded slightly. He didn't understand much about these things. There were too many red tapes and rules, which required effort to understand.
"I leave these things to you, can you arrange them properly?"
Many things do not require you to do everything yourself. It is appropriate to leave professional matters to professionals.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Qian, I will definitely handle this matter well."
Tang Shiping trembled in his heart, suppressed the joy on his face, and lowered his voice.
"Keep all the war horses and sell the rest of the horses."
"The five hundred most powerful of the mules were kept, and the rest were sold together."
Chen Wang had no intention of leaving too many horses and mules.
Mules could be used to carry armaments, but demand was limited.
War horses can increase combat power, but war horses are of no use at all. Instead, they consume a lot of food and grass. It is better to sell them directly and exchange them for gold and silver.
There are more than 2,000 mules and horses in total. Even if each one is sold for only more than ten taels, there are enough two to thirty thousand taels of silver.
What is the concept of two to thirty thousand taels of silver? It would be equivalent to more than 1,400 kilograms of silver in future generations, which would fill a small cart.
At this time, the price of rice fluctuated between two and three taels, and this much silver could buy more than 10,000 shi.
A soldier consumes about four buckets and five liters of food a month.
Ten thousand shi of grain is enough to feed the eighteen hundred soldiers under Chen Wang for a whole year.
However, Chen Wang was not immersed in the joy of getting two to thirty thousand taels of silver, a huge wealth.
Because right in front of him, there was far more wealth than two to thirty thousand taels of silver.
The drawings sent by Gao Jie previously clearly marked many places in every detail, including the specific places where gold and silver were stored.
Li Zicheng conquered the two cities of Sanshui and Zhenning, and all the wealthy households in the two cities were killed. Li Zicheng seized a large amount of gold and silver from the two cities.
Much of this gold and silver was stored in the camp.
Fire can burn down trees and tents and turn them into ashes, but it cannot completely destroy gold and silver.
Even if most of the gold and silver looted from the two cities have been divided, the amount left behind is still not a small amount.
Not far ahead, a large number of soldiers wearing armor were holding knives and guns, guarding a piece of charred ruins.
The nature they protect is not some worthless ruin.
In the exposed areas of the charred ruins, dots of silver and gold were mixed together, shining brightly under the sunlight.
