Everyone was in a state of excitement for two days in a row, and the gains in this battle were not small! The enemy left more than 230 corpses and captured more than 420 prisoners.
In particular, Zhao Jingzi's formation beheaded Hou Bao and Dou San'er captured the mountain leopard Chen Dingxuan. They were two outstanding events. After Feng San killed Zhu Xiaowei and Heimu beheaded You Sanjiang, a named leader general was killed again. , arrested.
Although the units were counted, twenty-seven people on the defensive side were killed and more than sixty wounded. Even though it was not completed, the effectiveness of the defensive wall was recognized by all military officers and regiment leaders.
In the next few days, the repair and construction of the fortifications accelerated significantly, and almost everyone worked overtime without complaint.
Not only the walls in the west and north directions of Nanshan have been completed, but also the east wall of Fengqiguan has been completed, and the west wall has quickly entered the foundation stage.
With the help of the prisoners, the construction speed on Xishan Mountain was also accelerated a lot, and hundreds of surrounding villagers heard about the victory of the army and joined the construction team with confidence.
The number of Zhu Erye's engineering team has exceeded 300, and he has also used the captured weapons to form a team of 70 prisoner guards to take charge of custody.
The rain that had accumulated in the sky finally fell, and it lasted for two days at a time. Fortunately, there are already houses and stables built on the west mountain, and the goods, horses, and injured people have been accommodated, but the tarpaulins brought are becoming increasingly insufficient.
Li Dan wore a bamboo hat and a raincoat and walked around with bare feet in the rain and mud. Heimu and Mao Zaidi are always with him.
"Heimu, my injured brother is suffering, and I feel bad." Li Dan said:
"Although this mountain is remote, there must be doctors. You can send two brothers to look for them. I think it's not a problem for Master Ba and Wu Maocai to be busy here all day long. After all, I still have many things to discuss with them. .”
"Okay." Heimu responded, and added: "When we were at Lingyan Temple before, little master Xingwu was very good at treating the wounded with Mr. Wu. How about we go and invite him? Fortunately, it won't be much. road."
"Well, you can consider this, but you must respect Xingwu's own ideas and don't force it." Li Dan nodded:
"Take some gold, silver and jewelry from the seized things and say that I gave them to the temple as a pleasure. Master Tongzhi can use them to decorate Buddha statues or build temples and buildings. It can be used. By the way, bring thirty kilograms of rice. There shouldn’t be many left of them from last time.”
After Li Dan finished speaking, he suddenly stopped. He raised his head and thought for a while, then turned to Mao Zaidi and said:
"Take ten taels of silver and take a carriage to the surrounding houses to collect rice wine. As long as the wine is good, you can have as much as you want!"
"Ah?" The two people behind him were stunned. They didn't know why his mind suddenly turned to wine. After looking at each other and then catching up, Kuroki said first:
"Hey, defense, I think Master Xingwu is also a child, so it's better to ask Amao to go to the temple. It takes strength to collect the wine. What do you think if I switch with him?"
"Not so good!" Mao Zaidi made a face: "If you come to collect the wine like this, others will say that it's Yu Tu who came to the door, and it's too late to hide. I have ordered my subordinates to go and take care of it immediately. Say goodbye!" He said and cupped his hands. , jumped up and ran away first.
"Try to choose good wine with high concentration!" Li Dan shouted after him.
"Hey, look at this kid. When something good happens, he is faster than anyone else. He always pretends to be like a good rabbit!" Kuroki looked angrily, bending down to pick up a big lump of mud from under his big feet and throw it away. by the road.
"Defense, what are you going to do with that much wine, but it's raining and cold for days and you want the brothers to drink some to warm themselves up?" Kuroki asked.
"Letting everyone drink is one thing, but the more important thing is to make medicinal wine." Li Dan told him:
"Steam the wine, collect the high-purity wine condensed by the steam, and then extract the alcohol from it. Alcohol can reduce inflammation, prevent redness and swelling, inhibit the production of maggots, and can also disinfect and remove contamination on knives, saws, needles, and pliers. Sickness."
Seeing Hei Mu's eyes widening, Li Dan laughed: "You didn't expect it, right? Such good things can be extracted from wine, which can have unusual benefits for people.
In fact, many things that may seem inconspicuous to us may have greater uses. As long as you observe more and think carefully, you can discover a lot.
For example, you have seen farmers digging taro from ponds. Most people cut the taro into pieces or steam or fry it. But what if you change your mind?
Peel and mash the taro, grind it finely, dry it, grind it again, and sift it to become taro flour. You can add tapioca flour or flour to knead it into various pastries, or squeeze it into taro flour strips and dry them for storage. It is eaten when there is no rice at home and the vermicelli tastes different.
Look, as long as you try a taro, you can make many new things using different methods. New things mean new uses, new businesses and new experiences for users, or novel feelings. "
At this time, they walked into the thatched-roofed pavilion on the south mountainside, which was the place where Zhang Bo was pressed and spanked by Song Xiaoniu last time. Now there were two guard posts posted here. When they saw them crossing their hands and saluting, they continued to guard.
Li Dan sat down to rest, and also called the guards behind him to come in and take shelter from the rain, while continuing to say to Heimu:
“No one in the world stipulates how something can only be used, the methods are all thought up by people.
For example, the sapodilla was used by women to do laundry. Seeing the smoothness of its seeds, interested people wondered whether it could be used as medicine or food. After trying it, it worked, so it was used externally for hemorrhoid swelling and pain, and taken internally to moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation.
This is the new feeling and new convenience brought by the same thing but different uses.
If future generations have no choice but to stick to the old rules, Cangjie will not be able to make characters, Du Kang will not be able to make wine, Gaotao will have to let his descendants eat rice with their hands, Luban will not be able to build a pavilion, and we will all have to be soaked in the rain. ! "After that, he took off his bamboo hat and swung the water.
Everyone heard this and laughed. Kuroki scratched the back of his neck and said, "We don't have as much knowledge as you, Saburo. As long as you tell us how to do it and what to do, Kuroko will do it!"
Li Dan looked up at him with a smile and said, "I was just about to tell you something. Once we transport the baggage into Shangrao, the task will be completed. I plan to send you to accompany Mr. Wu back to Guangdong."
"Oh? But what's the important business?"
"That's not true." Li Dan waved his hand and told him to sit down too, and said, "Mr. Wu used to know several Thai people when he lived in Guangzhou. Among them were monks, doctors, soldiers and sailors.
I want Mr. Wu to take them to my home so that I can ask them about Thai and Western affairs and knowledge at any time.
I'm not worried about your husband leaving alone, so I plan to let you accompany me. You can choose two smart, courageous people from the front camp or personal guards who are willing to accompany you. "
"I understand. It's just...," Kuroki grinned, "I'm reluctant to leave the defense."
Li Dan laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. When you come back, the battle will probably be over, and we can meet again at the manor.
Remember, of course you have to protect Mr. Wu this time. On the other hand, he is responsible for finding the Taixi people, and you have to deal with the Mu people from the south.
I need someone who can speak Chinese and be literate. It would be better if he brings books, maps, and nautical charts!
The other type is craftsmen, people who know how to mine and smelt various ores, including blacksmiths, weapons, farmers, livestock, medicine, and others.
There are a lot of mines in our mountains. After the war is over, mining will not decrease, but will become more prosperous.
I heard that there are skilled iron craftsmen among the Mu people who can make a kind of "Damascus" steel. It is said that the knives made from this steel can cut iron like mud. After you go there, you should pay attention to whether there are talents in this field.
The emperor is in charge, and I think trade, road construction, and city repairs in various places will bring about a large demand for tools, carriages, etc. So we need talents, especially those who understand the technology and equipment manufacturing of Europe and the United States. you understood? "
"Kuromu will definitely live up to his trust, please rest assured on defense!" Kuromu smashed his fist into his heart.
On this day, Li Biao and Chen Salmon came with the latest carriage, which surprised Li Dan very much.
It turned out that they had received the prisoners who were escorted back, and later they heard that the military sentries who sent back the heads of You Sanjiang and Zhu Xiaowei said that there was a fight at Lingyan Temple. Everyone in Geyang was very happy, and even Xing'an County learned that they It's nice to escape.
Han Shoubei has his own merits as a commander, and he will never be able to escape this promotion and upgrade!
While arranging to report the victory, he called in Chen Sanwen, who was left behind, to inform him of the situation. Finally, he agreed to bring more than fifty newly trained regiment trainers and a team of officers and soldiers to supplement and assist.
Just as Li Biao arrived from Yugan with a new car, he was so busy that he joined the team. They saw that the water flowed by Zhou Qin along the way had receded, and they successfully arrived at Lingyan Temple just in time to escape the heaviest rain.
As soon as the rain subsided, Chen Salmon couldn't wait to hurry up again. They brought the drinks and more than 30 sheep given by Han Shoubei as a reward to the army, as well as letters of encouragement to Sheng Huaien.
While Li Dan was reading the letter from Sheng Huaien, he accidentally discovered Gosaburo hiding behind the crowd. It turned out that it was almost time for Gosaburo to go back, so Ruan Mo Ni Pao also followed him.
"Come as soon as you come. It just so happens that I am short of manpower." Li Dan asked Gosaburo to go to Xishan to take charge of the storage, storage, registration and distribution of supplies, seized goods.
I selected a dozen people who were slightly injured, and while recovering from their injuries, I helped them with some guarding and vigilance duties. To put it bluntly, they were warehouse managers.
The fifty men who came with them were sent to the front camp and escort to replace the wounded and dead, while the rest remained in the center for the time being.
Li Biao took over the task of taking care of the livestock with some twenty older men and seven or eight local laborers, which completely freed Master Zhu and allowed him to concentrate on the project. .
After this battle, Song Xiaoniu's suppression team expanded to three teams. The third team was responsible for the management of the prison camp. Every day, ten teams of prisoners were taken to different locations to work and then brought back.
Of course, those who were dissatisfied and those who committed serious crimes were eliminated after being screened, and some were picked to be supplemented in various places. Even with such a number of prisoners, there were nearly a thousand people, which gave Song Xiaoniu a headache.
There were only 60 guards, and he was under great pressure, so he came to Li Dan to complain.
Li Dan laughed after hearing this, and Song Xiaoniu said anxiously: "Thousands of people, my Lord Defense, this is not a joke! What's the use of these six or seventy people if there is a fight?"
"Why do you think they haven't escaped now?" Li Dan suddenly asked.
Song Xiaoniu was startled for a moment: "Why? Now you provide three meals a day, and fish and shrimp every other day. You feed them all until they are white and fat. Only a fool would run away!"
"Did you not allow them to sleep, or made them sleep in the rain, or did you not allow them to treat the injured among them?"
"No, they built their own shacks with thick grass on top and strong bamboo beds below. All the wounded soldiers were treated by Master Ba and Mr. Wu together with our wounded."
"That's it. Since they eat well, sleep well, and don't have to worry about injuries, why do they want to escape? Is it possible that some people are really so mean, they would rather go back and only eat two meals and possibly lose their heads than live a happy life here? ?”
"Well, maybe, but most of these people have lost their heads now."
"That's right!" Li Dan saw Song Xiaoniu himself laughing, so he analyzed it for him:
“When I said I would treat the captured and wounded soldiers and give the prisoners the same three meals as us, you all didn’t understand. Do you see why now?
The more people there are, the more powerful the thieves are; the more people there are, the more powerful I am. "Song Xiaoniu nodded as if he had some understanding.
"By the way, are there any reputable leaders among those prisoners?"
"There are quite a few of them. There is one who is nicknamed 'Sun Tiegang'. He is a man of justice and has a lot of force. I heard he was a foreman in the iron mines. He has a high reputation among the miners and is taller than you!"
Li Dan was surprised when he heard this: "Why did such a man become a prisoner?"
"When we first fought against Hua Arm, he was the leader of the right wing. Later, when the army collapsed, he did not escape. He took dozens of subordinates and knelt down while holding weapons."
Song Xiaoniu said: "At that time, Slender King Kong went out to be surrendered. He even muttered that this man was actually quite capable of fighting, and he surrendered for some reason."
"I remembered." Li Dan narrowed his eyes and nodded:
"That day, the left wing and the center were defeated. I saw that the right wing retreated quite neatly. It was later disrupted when it was outflanked by the rear camp. I was surprised at the time. Was he the commander of the right wing?"
"Yes, his position is the sentry commander, and he has three hundred people under his command, half of whom are his direct relatives. Sixty or seventy of them fell into our hands.
These people are very well managed, they never make trouble or say weird things, and they work hard.
Zhu Erye said that Sun Tiegan also gave him an idea and made a mechanism commonly used in mining out of bamboo and wood. Animals were used to drive gears on the river bank. People poured soil below, and the mechanism would continuously lift the soil to the top. It saves time and effort! "
"He can do this?" Li Dan became interested: "Let's go, let's go and have a look. I can't wait to see this person."
A person with prestige, leadership, and creative thinking was thrown into a prisoner camp. Li Dan thought this was not a waste.
He couldn't wait to see this man and see if he could influence other prisoners and speed up the digestion process of these people.
Some people died, but not completely...
