"Retreat, the enemy retreats!"
Hearing the shouts of surprise from his companions, Cheng Feng, who was bending down to try to lift a big stone, perked up and quickly turned around to look outside the city.
Sure enough, hundreds of Hu cavalry were pulling their horses to turn around, while the private soldiers and young men of the Huang family in front of the city left dozens of corpses and scrambled to run back!
"The enemy retreated? Did we win?"
Cheng Feng was overjoyed and felt proud for a moment. He felt that he was extraordinarily tall, while the enemies outside the city were like mice, small and weak, not worth mentioning.
Shouts of joy erupted from the top of the city. Both private soldiers and young men, after a fierce battle, all reaped the joy of victory at this moment.
Yang Ning's expression was calm, without any excitement. The young men didn't understand war, but he knew very well that they had just repelled the enemy's attack, and the battle was far from over.
Yang Kui led people to count the casualties and immediately reported to Yang Ning: "There are twenty-nine casualties, five of them dead and seven seriously injured."
That's twelve broken bones. According to the medical conditions of the Da Qi Dynasty, serious injury is the same as death, and very few people can survive.
None of the ant-possessed climbers reached the top of the city, and the casualties were all caused by Hu Qi's bows and arrows. There was nothing that could be done about it. It was impossible for the guards not to expose gaps when throwing stones and rolling logs.
The wooden shield can achieve such a protective effect, which has reached Yang Ning's expectations.
Especially in the second half of the battle, as the young men grew up and Hu Qi's arms ached from shooting too many arrows, the damage caused by the bow and arrow was minimal.
The dead are dead, what matters is how to continue the fight in good condition.
Yang Ning asked everyone to gather together and glanced at the more than 500 warriors who he had trained so hard and practiced in battle until now, and they were beginning to look good. He was quite emotional.
This is the first team he raised, and it is the foundation for his success in the future. Today they are not qualified soldiers, but Yang Ning believes that it won't take long for the other party to meet his standards!
What he wants to do is to speed up the process.
Concentrating his mind and looking serious, Yang Ning said loudly:
"In the battle just now, you fought hard and killed the enemy bravely. Most of you are worthy of your status as warriors. Your families will be proud of you!
“Because of your bravery, Wubao was temporarily saved!
“But the war is not over, and the Hu people will soon organize a second round of offensive, which will be a more severe test.
"You don't have to be afraid, I will fight the enemy side by side with you and defeat them again just like before until we achieve true victory!
“In every battle, meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and transgressions must be punished.
"Bring the stuff up!"
Following Yang Ning's order, Yang Tong led a team of servants, carrying several baskets, and walked up to the top of the city under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The private soldiers were okay, but the young and strong men were staring closely at the baskets, breathing gradually.
The basket is filled with bunches of copper coins!
Really speaking, rewards and punishments must be carried out after a battle is truly over, but the situation is different now. The young and strong are not warriors yet. Yang Ning must reward and punish them in time to help them adapt to their new identities as quickly as possible and then maintain their status. High morale.
Before the battle, Yang Ning found all the people in the private army who barely knew a few words. There were ten or twenty people in total, and he organized them into records. He scattered them at the top of the city so that they did not have to fight, and each was responsible for observing a group of guards. Combat situation, record the opponent's combat situation.
Being able to allocate so much precious combat power to do this was, on the one hand, because Yang Ning urgently needed to establish military laws and regulations, and on the other hand, it was because Yang Ning was sure that the enemy could not attack the city.
Yang Zheng, Yang Tong and others were so nervous that they were sweating profusely before the war, fearing that Wubao would be breached, but Yang Ning and Yang Kui were not stressed at all.
Hu Qi was not good at attacking the city and was unwilling to attack the city. He could only provide cover with bows and arrows. The only ones he could rely on were the more than 100 private soldiers of the Huang family and the more than 300 young men they brought with them.
As long as the shield is set up well, how can the opponent attack the city with a numerical disadvantage?
"If you kill one enemy, you will be rewarded with five guan. Xu Hui, if you smash three enemies to death, you will be rewarded with 15 guan!"
Yang Ning took the book from the recorders, and with everyone's expectant and excited eyes, he began to roll the names with great enthusiasm, "Liu Minyou, Cheng Feng, and Li San, each killed two enemies and was rewarded with ten pieces of gold..." ....
"Wang Mazi, Zhang Ergou, Xu Youyu... smash an enemy to death and get a five-gun reward!"
When Yang Ning read his name, Cheng Feng almost thought he had heard it wrong. He was confused and at a loss. He was proud and a little ashamed for a moment.
Not long after the battle started, he was so frightened by his cousin's death that he almost ran away. If Yang Ning hadn't appeared in time, he might not have been at the top of the city.
Later, the battle became fierce, and he had no time to care about how many people he killed. He only wanted to keep moving rocks and wood. He vaguely remembered that he did hit some, but he didn't expect to actually kill two enemies!
The important thing is that you can actually get ten gold rewards!
After walking out of the crowd and coming to Yang Ning with other meritorious deeds, Cheng Feng felt so dizzy that he felt like he was in the clouds as everyone looked at him with envy and respect.
"It turns out that you can get money for fighting, and you can get money as long as you kill the enemy. The Fourth Young Master is so generous. Not only did he take us in and lead us to defend our hometown, but he also treated us so favorably..."
When Cheng Feng took the money bag from Yang Ning, he saw that Yang Ning's eyes were no longer just fearful, but filled with heartfelt gratitude and respect.
At this moment, Yang Ning's image in his mind was particularly glorious and majestic, giving him the urge to be willing to ride the horse and ride the horse behind him!
Not only Cheng Feng, but also most other people who received rewards had this mentality.
After letting the delighted Cheng Feng and others retreat, Yang Ning looked around at the ordinary young men who were envious of Cheng Feng and others, smiled, and continued:
"This battle can repel the Hulu and their minions. Everyone who fought hard has a merit, and everyone will be rewarded! The dead will receive a pension of fifteen guan, and the Yang family will be responsible for the treatment of the injured until the end!"
Hearing this, hundreds of young men were stunned, and immediately burst into cheers like a mountain roaring and a tsunami:
"Fourth Young Master is mighty!"
"Thank you to the Yang family for your kindness!"
"I am willing to lead the horse and pedal for the Fourth Young Master!"
"Fourth Young Master is such a good man!"
"..."
Looking at the private soldiers and young men who spontaneously fell down and knelt in a dark mass, Yang Ning waved his hand and continued unhurriedly:
"Everything I did was to expel the Huru and defend my hometown. You don't have to do this, just get up.
"The reward is over, now comes the punishment.
"Bring the people up!"
Following Yang Ning's order, Yang Kui led three or five young men and came to the crowd.
Different from the excitement and excitement of Cheng Feng and others, these young and strong faces were earth-colored and trembling. Although their appearances were different, they all had a sinister look on their faces.
Yang Ning pointed at these people and said to the young men:
"While you were risking your own lives and fighting bloody battles with the enemy, these people abandoned you and fled the battlefield, regardless of your safety, and hid inside Wubao!
"They not only violated my military law, but also betrayed you. If there are more people like this, you will not be able to defend the city today, and the barbarians will rush in and kill them all!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was angry and looked at those three or five people with particularly unkind eyes.
"I have warned you many times in advance that those who run away from the battle will be killed without mercy!" Yang Ning's voice was cold, "Come here, behead all these deserters who are hindering our comrades and hindering the overall situation!"
Ignoring the begging for mercy of the deserters, Yang Kui and others drew their swords out of their sheaths. Before the short and sharp sound of metal friction dissipated, cold light flashed through, and all the heads of these people were chopped off!
The heads fell to the ground, and the city was silent.
Cheng Feng couldn't tell how he felt. He was shocked and grateful, angry and afraid.
If Yang Ning hadn't happened to be passing by and gave him a heads-up, he might have been among these people.
So what greeted him at this moment was not the copper coins in his hand and the respect of his companions, but the end of a worthless death!
At this moment, Cheng Feng truly understood what military law is.
If you fight bravely, you will be rewarded; if you retreat cowardly, you will be punished; if you kill the enemy and make contributions, you will be honored; if you betray your comrades, you will die without regrets; if you die in battle, you will get a pension; if you are executed by military law, you will get nothing!
Cheng Feng couldn't help but become solemn.
After this battle, he was no longer afraid of the enemies outside the city. Now that he had received a reward and learned about military law, he understood better what to do in the future.
Yang Ning looked around at the people with solemn faces:
"Tell me, sir, when the enemy comes again later, will you kill the enemy bravely and be rewarded for your meritorious service, or will you escape and die with your heads on the ground?"
Under his combination of kindness and power, hundreds of people, including Cheng Feng, shouted in unison:
"Kill the enemy!"
"Kill the enemy!"
"Kill the enemy!"
The crowd was so excited that although it could not be said to shock the whole world, it was enough to shake the inside and outside of Wubao.
