Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 24 Facing Li Guo
  The thick fog dispersed, and the sun poured thousands of golden lights onto the battlefield.

A soothing spring breeze blew across the battlefield, taking away the strong smell of blood from the battlefield. Blowing the dilapidated Chuangzi flag without its owner, blowing the high-flying military flag of the Ming Dynasty.

On the battlefield, groups of soldiers escorted the surrendered peasant troops towards the Wuxiang city wall and trapped them here.

The Ming army did not kill them, and no one searched them or plundered their belongings.

On the battlefield, there were teams of Ming troops, carefully searching each corpse one by one, searching out their belongings and handing them over to their squad leader and platoon leader.

These peasant soldiers looted all the way from Henan, and they had gold, silver and jewelry on them.

These properties must be handed over in accordance with regulations.

But King Ding stipulated that 30% of the captured items must eventually be returned to the soldiers who participated in the war. Thirty percent of the money will be used as a pension for the dead and wounded soldiers.

The city gate of Wuxiang opened, and the county magistrate Xu Jie and the garrison flew out, leading a group of hungry and staggering soldiers to welcome them out.

They saw King Ding on the battlefield.

They really didn't expect that the person who led the reinforcements and achieved this great victory would be His Highness King Ding.

They knelt down and bowed in sincerity: "Xu Jie, the magistrate of Weichen Wuxiang, and the garrison of Weichen Wuxiang all fly together to pay homage to His Highness King Ding."

Lu Mou pulled them up: "On the battlefield, there is no need to be polite. I would also like to thank these two people for being loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Under all kinds of difficulties, they defended the gate of the capital with only the old and weak soldiers."

The two people quickly replied: "It is our duty and duty to protect the land of the Ming Dynasty. Please rest in the city."

Lu Mou shook his head: "The soldiers are cleaning the battlefield. Please tell me the results of the battle. The battle is not over yet, so I'd better stay outside the city first."

The two could only obey their orders, and then looked at the mountains of food and grass that Li Yan's troops had stolen over the past ten days. Xu Jie asked cautiously: "Wei Chen led his troops to defend the city for more than ten days, and the city had already run out of ammunition and food. Your Majesty, can you please borrow some food first and give it to the people, soldiers and civilians in our city?"

The reason why they say this is because in this era, whoever captures it belongs to whomever. The prince of the Lao Zhu family is notoriously greedy. He will not give you anything he seizes. No matter how much you press for it, it will be an advantage to you.

Unexpectedly, King Ding waved his little hand: "Good old general, keep enough food and grass for three days, and give the rest to County Magistrate Xu Jie. It will be considered as a reward from my king to the soldiers and civilians who have made meritorious service in defending the city."

The two knelt down and kowtowed in thanks. He began to call his men to carry grain and grass into the city.

In Wuxiang City, bursts of cheers of gratitude from the soldiers and civilians were immediately heard.

Such an action made Li Yan, who was guarding Lu Mou, think in his mind: "This prince is different from other princes. He loves the people." In this way, he had a good impression of Lu Mou.

Yang Songshan came over and said, "Prince Qi, in this battle, our army lost a total of 1,000 killed and 3,000 wounded, of which 500 must have been disabled."

Lu Mou's face darkened and he immediately ordered: "Record the names of the brothers who died in the battle and bury them on the spot. After returning to Beijing, notify their families and hand over their pensions to them.

The brothers who were disabled in the war were sent back to the capital to provide them with adequate compensation so that they could go home and feel at ease.

All the brothers who were wounded in the war were carried to Wuxiang and asked to be treated by Wuxiang doctors. Remember, you must treat it carefully and take good care of it. After recovering from injuries, soldiers were promoted to squad leaders, and those with official positions were promoted to one level and retained. "

This arrangement made Li Yan say hello to Lu Mou in his heart.

In this era of war, all wounded soldiers on both sides will be abandoned and left to fend for themselves.

One is that there are no doctors in the army, and more importantly, the general is unwilling to pay for the medicine.

But King Ding loved his soldiers and tried his best to treat them. And he understood better that in fact, the combat effectiveness of a wounded soldier after recovery is more than ten times that of an ordinary soldier. Arrange them into the leading position of the army, and even if new recruits are given to them, they will quickly form combat effectiveness.

This little baby Ding Wang is really different.

Yang Songshan reported again: "Nearly 20,000 rogue bandits were wiped out in this battle, of which 5,000 were killed and 12,000 were captured." Li Yan's heart ached when he heard such numbers. Five thousand brothers, they all came out of Henan with me, and they were just gone.

In fact, the remaining 12,000 prisoners will not end well.

What the officers and soldiers are best at is killing good people and taking credit for their merits. Will true bandits have a good end?

Lu Mou ordered: "Don't cut off the heads of the dead, let them be buried in dignity. The captured bandits will be escorted to Beijing to offer their prisoners."

Then he looked at Li Yan and said apologetically: "In order to boost the morale of the army, I have to do this. But I promise you, after I defeat Li Yan, I will release them and go home."

Li Yan was stunned. Not only did he not kill the prisoners, he also let them go home? He actually wants to fight against Li Guo?

Li Yan stepped forward and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing the prisoners. Your Majesty has just gone through a battle, and you still want to prevent Li Guo from being killed?"

Lu Mou nodded: "I must first eliminate all Li Chuang's troops here, and then I can go west with peace of mind to deal with Li Chuang."

"How many such soldiers does the prince have?"

"forty thousand."

Li Yan said: "I did not lose unfairly."

At the beginning of this battle, Li Yan thought he had lost unjustly.

The first was that there was false news, believing that the Ming army only had 1 troops. The second was that the Ming army took advantage of the heavy fog to attack suddenly, leaving them unprepared and the army panicked. In the third one, the enemy captured the thief and captured the king, and captured him immediately, which resulted in such a disastrous defeat.

However, when he learned that this time there were actually 4 troops coming to attack together, and they were all soldiers who were not afraid of death, so at this time, he was convinced that he lost.

Lu Mou then asked, "Tell me, if I were to fight Li Guo directly, how confident would I be?"

"If the prince and Li Guo fight directly now, they may win, but the prince will suffer heavy casualties. The victory you achieve can only be a tragic victory."

Lu Mou said in a very natural tone: "Is Li Guo's fifty thousand army as young and strong as you?"

Li Yan responded smoothly: "Huh, when it comes to the Chuang army, my army, Li Yan's, is second. No one dares to say that it is first. Even the army of Chuang Lao Ba's team is not as good as mine."

"Then why do you say that my team could only win miserably against Li Guo's 50,000 soldiers?"

Li Yan sneered again: "Li Guo didn't have fifty thousand soldiers, and he included his family members' old camp among them."

"What's his old camp?"

"No less than 40,000, but they are also soldiers in wartime."

"Then he only has 10,000 main men. Why should I be afraid of him?"

"Because all the ten thousand that Li Guo has are experienced cavalry." Then he said bitterly: "Otherwise, he can still monitor me from behind? Why should I be afraid of him?"

When Lu Mou heard this, he took a breath of air.

Cavalry is the natural enemy of infantry. In this era before machine guns and cannons dominated the battlefield, the only way to deal with cavalry was with cavalry.

But Guan Ning was still dawdling halfway, and Li Guo was already close in front of him. Whether to fight or not to fight.

(End of this chapter)