The Rise of the Marquis

Chapter 53
Five days later, the blood red in the sky gradually dissipated, and the Red Mountain gradually returned to its former brightness.

Wu Yi praised again and again, this is a good omen.

In the past few days, Wang Jian handed over most of the affairs to Sun Difang, while he locked himself in the big tent and began to refine new Qi Gathering Pills. After three days of hard work, he used up the second wave of Xuanling Liquid, and the green beard There are not many vines left, and a total of 96 Qi Gathering Pills have been refined.

This time, due to the increase in proficiency and adequate equipment preparation, the alchemy furnace was replaced with a sapphire furnace seized from the enemy's tent. It seemed that it should be a decoration for high-ranking enemy officials, so the success rate also increased a lot.

One afternoon later, Wang Jianping retreated the left and right soldiers, and then called Dongfang Jin into his tent.

Dongfang Jin was extremely nervous, and even brought a short knife in. Wang Jian had already observed her whole body in detail with his spiritual sense and knew that she had brought a knife. Hand it over to Dongfang Jin.

"This is what I ask you to do. You must memorize it within a month and know what it corresponds to on your body." Wang Jian said.

Dongfang Jin looked at the naked human figure, a little puzzled, his face flushed slightly: "What is this?"

"Don't ask, do as I say."

Wang Jian wants Dongfang Jin to learn "The Jue of Hehuan" so that she can become a qualified cauldron. Before that, she needs to do a lot of preparatory work, and this is just one of them.

Dongfang Jin snorted, looked at him suspiciously, but still kept his promise, "I will keep my promise, but that's the only thing!" He said and left without looking back.

A few days later, more than 30 soldiers asked to see Wang Jian. They were from the same team. The leader was a small nobleman from a remote village west of Boulevard Castle, and the troops under his command were conscripted from their village.

Crying that their merits have been ignored, because the Overseer asked them for bribes, saying that they would not report their achievements to the above if they did not give money, and if they did not pay, they would have no credit.

Wang Jian questioned them carefully, and then asked their team's warlord to confront them, and asked the troops on their left and right flanks when they were in formation, and finally confirmed that their team was indeed fighting bravely and did not retreat. At least ten or more enemies were killed. More than 30 prisoners were also captured.

After checking clearly, Wang Jian acted as if the scene was frosty, and ordered strict military law, beheaded the team's warlord for public display, and informed the whole army, and at the same time re-reported the team's military exploits.

More than 30 soldiers knelt down and shouted for wisdom. As the matter fermented and spread, the morale of the army was shaken. The soldiers cheered and their morale was high. Attack.

In the next few days, with the fulfillment of various rewards, the morale of the army was even higher than ever.

Because the rewards this time are different from the previous ones. In the past, among the eastern countries, rewards have always been only given to the nobles. If the nobles’ followers or conscripts under their command have made meritorious service, the princes will attribute the credit to the nobles and give rewards, and then the nobles and nobles will be rewarded. Reward your subordinates as appropriate.

That is to say, no matter how well the soldiers of the lower ranks did their meritorious service, they would not be directly rewarded by the princes, but would depend on the face of the nobles they belonged to.

This time it was different, although a few nobles in the army objected, but the Marquis of the Marquis suppressed all opposing opinions with his great victory and prestige, and directly rewarded individuals, which not only made huge profits for the soldiers at the bottom, but also won the hearts of the army and the people.

However, because many small nobles still hold the local financial power, it is very difficult for Wang Jian to reward all soldiers with the finances of the territories directly under him. This is also an important reason why the princes cannot directly control the soldiers at the bottom under the aristocratic political systems of Eastern countries.

But this time was completely different. The large amount of loot seized was enough to pay the rewards of the soldiers, and the prisoners of war also had a lot of property.

In addition, there is a fortune.
Five days later, Sun Difang reported on the clean-up and resettlement of the captives at the refurbished Sentinel Ridge post station, "... 200 people were enslaved to deliver food and grass for the army and repair roads.

Among them, there were 160 nobles, big and small, and 91 noble corpses were found. Among the captives, the most powerful person was identified by soldiers as Shi Zuoqiu Fufeng, the commander of the Maling City government. "

After talking about the situation, Sun Difang whispered again: "Marquis, this Zuoqiu Fufeng is a classmate of Xiajixia Academy."

"Oh..." Wang Jian has been very interested in Jixia Academy since he heard Sun Changshi say it once, "Is he from a noble family in Maling City?"

Sun Difang shook her head, "His parents are horse dealers."

Wang Jian thought for a while: "Leave him, I want to see him, give the rest of the people pen and ink, let them write letters back, and send them back as long as their family members pay enough ransom.

Those corpses were also preserved with lime, and someone sent a letter back, as long as they gave enough money to allow the nobles of Maling City to redeem the remains of their relatives.

If you add [-] more money, you can also give them a good coffin. "

At the beginning, Sun Difang nodded repeatedly, saying that it is normal behavior to redeem nobles, but she was surprised when she heard that even corpses were also "redeemed", but she quickly realized: "Your subordinate will do it now."

Then he asked: "Marquis, should we prepare for the march?"

"No need for now, we have enough food and grass." Wang Jian said so.

Sun Difang bowed his hands and retreated.

Wang Jian immediately called the soldiers waiting outside the camp: "Go and call General Gong in, I have something to explain." The soldiers folded their hands and turned to call for someone.

Wang Jian said that there is enough food and grass and there is no need to rush to send troops, but he thought that seeing is believing. Although Marquis Wu'an sent someone to say that he would send troops to support and contain the Ma Ling army in the mountain pass in the north of Maling City, but who knew he would Will not send troops according to the contract.

So he was going to wait a few more days for the news to be confirmed. He had also found a few scouts who were originally from mountain people, and asked them to go east along the Red Mountain to see if the Wu'an Army was dispatched.

After a while, Uncle Gong came in and was about to salute. Wang Jian raised his hand to stop him: "Excuse me, I have something for you."

"The Marquis, just give orders!" Uncle Gong bowed his hands. After this battle, he has been convinced of the new Marquis, and his illustrious military exploits in the war made him the most important military general in the Heyang Army.

"You take four teams of fine cavalry (50 people per team) across the border, and try to attack eastward. If you encounter Ma Ling soldiers and the river sentry post, you can launch a fierce attack. If you encounter resistance, you can retreat immediately." Wang Jiandao.

"Your subordinates obey!" Uncle Gong took the order, and then said: "Officials, can you send us two warlocks, their eagle eye skills are very useful."

Wang Jian hesitated and nodded, "I will assign you a warlock who can perform eagle eye."

The reason for his hesitation is that the eagle eye technique is a unique secret technique taught by the astrologer of the Han Dynasty, and only the warlocks of the Han Dynasty brought by Liu Yu can do it. They need to ask for help and owe favors.

However, Wang Jian also understands that those warlocks who can use animals to look down on the battlefield from a high altitude and find enemies more than ten miles away are absolutely even more powerful for highly mobile cavalry units.
(End of this chapter)