It took more than a day and tens of thousands of troops to complete the preliminary cleaning of Hongqing Mountain.
After this round of cleaning, a total of more than 27,000 burnt or scalded corpses of the Hongqingshan thieves were found.
And there is no doubt that there must be many corpses that have not been found. After all, it is reasonable for Hongqingshan to be so large. Moreover, there were originally more than 30,000 remaining thieves in Hongqingshan, and last night they successfully The total number of thieves who rushed out of the sea of fire and were killed or captured in the Red Green Mountain did not exceed a thousand.
If you calculate it this way, there are at least several thousand people who are still alive and dead.
But based on the fire situation last night, if you didn't escape from Hongqing Mountain, your chances of survival would be infinitely close to zero, so you don't have to think about it. Those who haven't been found basically just haven't found their bodies.
Bai Yuxian did not order to continue the search because it was not necessary, and Zhao Wenyuan, the leader of Hongqingshan, and other members of the Eighteen Heroes had already been found.
Originally, the main personnel of Hongqingshan were the bandit leader Zhao Wenyuan, military advisor Qin Yuniang, and eighteen heroic generals including Hong Kui, Li Sanlang, and Sun Wuzhou.
After Qin Yuniang, Li Sanlang, and Sun Wuzhou surrendered, the main members of Hongqingshan were the bandit leader Zhao Wenyuan and other sixteen British generals.
After the fire last night, the leader of the thieves, Zhao Wenyuan, died directly in Hongqing Mountain. His body was found in a pool in Hongqing Mountain. Apparently, he also wanted to hide in the water last night and was scalded to death.
The remaining sixteen British generals, including Hong Kui, relied on their strong strength to rush out from Hongqing Mountain through the sea of fire, and then encountered the army that had been guarding outside for a long time.
Hong Kui and other eleven red and green mountain generals were killed on the spot, while the remaining five generals surrendered voluntarily and were captured alive.
So after learning that Zhao Wenyuan and the remaining sixteen British generals had found and escaped, the remaining Bai Yuxian was too lazy to continue searching.
If someone is really lucky enough to survive hiding in the red and green mountains, Bai Yuxian, the little fish and shrimp, won't bother to care.
The war ended and the battlefield was cleaned up. After Bai Yuxian summoned his generals and asked Feng Changqing to read out the statistical results, he did not stay in Hongqing Mountain anymore and led his army directly towards Xiangzhou City. The Qing general sent Qianli to send the battle report to the capital in a hurry.
Bai Yuxian planned to go to Xiangzhou City to temporarily settle down the army and renovate it. Meanwhile, he would wait for the follow-up orders from the capital court, read the orders and instructions from the court, and then return to the court according to the instructions.
At the same time, the news of the entire Hongqingshan battle spread like a hurricane to the entire Xiangzhou and even the entire world, instantly causing an uproar and shocking countless people.
After all, the results of this battle are truly amazing.
More than 70,000 Hongqingshan bandits were defeated in less than a month.
Especially in this last battle, Bai Yuxian directly set fire to hundreds of miles of Hongqingshan. Almost all of the more than 30,000 Hongqingshan thieves were killed in the flames except for a handful of people.
The entire Hongqingshan Mountain has almost turned into a purgatory on earth.
After Bai Yuxian led the Tiance Army to leave, many good people came to Hongqing Mountain to check it out in person after hearing the news. After seeing clearly the situation in Hongqing Mountain at this time, they all felt numb in their scalps and felt horrified.
There were also some bold meddlers who went directly into the Hongqing Mountains, only to encounter some burned corpses that the Tiance Army had not searched and cleaned up before.
The red and green mountains are gone.
The entire hundred miles of red and green mountains turned into a sea of fire overnight and turned into a hell on earth.
As Bai Yuxian led the Tiance Army to leave, the news flew out as if it had wings.
At the same time, as the news spread, the reputation of Bai Yuxian and Tiance Army also grew. Especially the reputation of Bai Yuxian made the gangsters in the world change their minds.
Although Bai Yuxian was already very famous in the past, his reputation could be said to be spread all over the world.
But at that time, although Bai Yuxian was famous, he lacked real achievements, so it felt like he was just in name but without reality.
But now that the battle at Hongqingshan has come to an end, no one will doubt Bai Yuxian's ability.
Four days later, Bai Yuxian led the Tiance Army back to Xiangzhou City again.
As soon as they arrived outside Xiangzhou City, they saw a large, dark group of people coming out from a distance to welcome them from the gate of Xiangzhou City.
Seeing this, Bai Yuxian also ordered the army to stop and looked at the crowd of people coming from the direction of Xiangzhou City Gate.
The first three people, two of them are Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fowen.
The other person was an old man who looked to be in his fifties and was thin but energetic and shrewd.
The old man also stood in front of Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen in the middle position.
"Oh, General Bai, welcome to you, welcome to General Bai for his triumph. General Bai has really done a lot of harm to our Xiangzhou by quelling the chaos in Hongqingshan."
When the old man saw Bai Yuxian, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
Then through the old man's self-introduction, Bai Yuxian also learned that when he quelled the chaos in Hongqingshan, Liu Funan, the original governor of Xiangzhou, had been arrested and taken to the capital for questioning. The old man in front of him was Zheng Wenyou, the new governor of Xiangzhou.
"It turns out to be Governor Zheng."
After learning the other party's identity, Bai Yuxian immediately dismounted and returned a polite smile with a polite smile.
Later, Zheng Wenyou invited Bai Yuxian and Dajun to the city to help Bai Yuxian and Dajun.
"Master Zheng appreciates Yu Xian's good intentions. However, in order to avoid disturbing the people in the city, the army will not enter the city. We will just camp outside the city for the time being."
"General Bai is benevolent and loves the people. Having General Bai in our Tang Dynasty is truly a blessing to the court and to the people."
Hearing this, Zheng Wenyou praised again.
"Master Zheng is diligent and loves the people. Being able to come to Xiangzhou to take office is believed to be a blessing to the people of Xiangzhou."
Everyone was carrying the sedan chair. Although he still didn't know Zheng Wenyou's details, Bai Yuxian could feel the kindness shown by Zheng Wenyou to him, so at this time, he didn't mind giving Zheng Wenyou a few polite words.
"General Bai is overly complimentary. In addition, Xiaguan has already prepared a celebration banquet with food and wine for the army together with the Liu family and the Qin family, preparing to welcome General Bai and the soldiers of the Tiance Army. Now that General Bai has no intention of letting the army enter the city, In this case, it would be better for the lower official, the Liu Family, and the Qin Family to have people bring the food and wine outside the city."
Zheng Wenyou said again.
This time Bai Yuxian did not refuse.
During this period of time, it was indeed quite hard for the soldiers to march and fight, and they were all risking their lives to fight. Now that the rebellion had been put down and won, it was natural to relax and reward them.
"On behalf of the entire army, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Zheng, the Liu Family, and the Qin Family."
"Haha, General Bai, you're welcome. This is what we should do."
Seeing that Bai Yuxian agreed, Zheng Wenyou was also overjoyed. Then he, Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen hurriedly ordered people to bring the good wine, meat and dishes that had been prepared long ago.
Bai Yuxian also ordered the army to set up camp directly for repairs.
Soon the camp was set up, and all kinds of good wine, meat, food and rice were served throughout the camp.
The people responsible for the food and wine are basically people from the Liu and Qin families.
All these things are basically prepared by the two companies.
When they learned that the Hongqingshan rebels had pacified Tiance's army and were returning to Xiangzhou City, Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fowen immediately ordered the preparations.
At this time, Liu Zongzheng and Qin Fuwen were extremely happy.
Especially Liu Zongzheng.
This time Bai Yuxian pacified the Hongqingshan bandits. With such a great achievement, when Bai Yuxian returned to the capital, it is conceivable that a reward is essential, and he will definitely win the emperor's heart, and his status will inevitably rise accordingly.
And Bai Yuxian's status has risen with the tide, so the Liu family will naturally be able to follow the rise of Zhanguang's status.
In addition, Qin Fuwen's ideas are similar to Liu Zongzheng's. Now that the Qin family has also developed a relationship with Bai Yuxian, the higher the status of Bai Yuxian in the future, the better it will be for the Qin family.
To put it bluntly, the interests of the Liu family and the Qin family have now been bound to Bai Yuxian. Bai Yuxian is the big tree and protective umbrella for the interests of their two families.
And for this, both families want it.
Even Zheng Wenyou, the new governor of Xiangzhou, wanted to lean on Bai Yuxian at this moment.
Because he was very aware of Bai Yuxian's status in the capital. Not only was he outstanding in both civil and military abilities, but more importantly, he was favored by the emperor. He was promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army at a young age and held real power.
This time, they defeated the 70,000 rebels in Hongqingshan and achieved such brilliant results.
It is conceivable that after returning to the capital, Bai Yuxian will be more favored by the emperor, and how smooth his career will be in the future.
For Bai Yuxian, as long as nothing unexpected happens in the future, it is probably only a matter of time before he is granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister.
This is definitely a giant tree that is growing rapidly that can be seen with the naked eye.
Although Zheng Wenyou himself had some connections, he did not have much support, especially among the capital.
Therefore, it is a rare opportunity to come into contact with Bai Yuxian at this moment, and Zheng Wenyou also plans to work under Bai Yuxian.
Perhaps the current Bai Yuxian has not fully grown up and is not considered the top figure in the capital court, but in the future, Bai Yuxian is definitely expected to become the top figure in the court.
This is definitely the thigh of the future visible to the naked eye.
Bai Yuxian also sensed Zheng Wenyou's thoughts. He did not refuse, but he also did not agree immediately. He planned to investigate Zheng Wenyou's specific details before making a decision.
At the same time Bai Yuxian led his army to Xiangzhou.
At this time, the detailed battle report of the end of the Battle of Hongqingshan was finally conveyed to the capital via Qianli Express.
(End of chapter)
