Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 409 Post-War Recovery
"Yes, order." Liu Zhuang led fifty elite soldiers to guard these dozens of women.

Chai Lin said: "Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Xiao, I will leave a thousand soldiers for the two of you to stay in the government office. I will lead the troops out to control the whole city."

Gongsun Sheng said: "Okay."

The battle outside was fierce, Chai Lin led Dian Zhengnan, Chai Qiang, Niu Gao and others to go out, to collect all the rebels on the street, so that the whole Qingzhou city could be stable.

Xiao Rang said: "Our Cangzhou Army has refreshed my understanding of the army. Soldiers who have always attacked a city, once they invade such a place, they will definitely plunder them. But our team is not chaotic at all, even women No one touched."

Gongsun Sheng said: "Mr. Xiao just came here and doesn't understand our rules. Like this, he has already occupied the government office. Any soldier who dares to mess with women or grab money will be punished by military law. Why do you come here? Because the Cangzhou Army has always been the king's division of benevolence and righteousness, not bandits and bandits. It is easy to change military discipline from good to bad, and it is difficult to go from bad to good. This is why my brother has been reluctant to recruit troops with relatively chaotic discipline. The only one in the Cangzhou Army The team with poor military discipline is the battalion led by Li Kui."

Xiao Rang couldn't help being amazed, this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is actually very difficult to do.This requires education, military pay, and high rewards.

But once you get used to it, it will be a big deal. People call this kind of team Wang Shi, and it is a team that they really support.

Besides, outside, Chai Lin, Lin Chong, Qin Ming and others led several teams to encircle and suppress the rebels. They fought from noon until evening before the battle ended.This was the slowest battle the Cangzhou Army had fought since it formed the army, and the battle didn't end until evening.

In this battle, more than [-] Qingzhou troops loyal to the prefect of Murong were wiped out, and more than [-] were reorganized.

According to Qin Ming's estimate, there should be more than a thousand people who fled back home. After all, many soldiers' homes are in the city.

Qingzhou military camp, Chai Lin rewards the three armies.

The prefect of Murong accumulated a huge amount of wealth, which surprised even a local tycoon like Chai Lin. He was too rich, really too rich.Millions of money and hundreds of millions of catties of grain.

Killing pigs and sheep, and a whole jar of good wine.

The Military Merit Department is counting military merits, and a lot of silver, land deeds, and lots are being prepared.

Chai Lin and the generals were eating mutton in front of the bonfire. Today's battle was considered perfect, and it would have been impossible for other troops to fight this beautifully.

Chai Lin said: "The overall situation of Qingzhou City has been decided. After a few days of stability, we will go to Erlong Mountain to suppress bandits."

Qin Ming clasped his fists and said, "You can't kill a chicken with a sledgehammer. I am willing to lead my troops to take Erlong Mountain."

Chai Lin said with a smile: "General Qin has made great contributions to taking down Qingzhou this time, and saved Qingzhou from the devastation of war. This is a great contribution. The soldiers of the former Qingzhou Army are poorly equipped. Only officers have helmets. Soldiers only have leather armor and go to war without complete equipment. The loss is too great. Temporarily organize brothers Qin Ming and Huang Xin into Lin Chong’s heavy cavalry battalion. cavalry."

Qin Ming said, "Thank you brother for your kindness."

Huang Xin asked: "My lord, why did you only mention to destroy Erlong Mountain, but not Taohua Mountain? There are more people in Taohua Mountain."

Chai Lin put down the mutton and said: "Whether it is Erlong Mountain, Taohua Mountain or the original Qingfeng Mountain, the main reason is that the prefect of Murong expropriated and extorted. Peach Blossom Mountain has been incorporated, did you two find out that Peach Blossom Mountain hasn't been robbed in the past two years?"

Huang Xin said: "I'm still puzzled, why does this cottage not eat or drink, it doesn't go down the mountain to rob, and it doesn't collect food."

"There are more than [-] mu of land planted on the mountain, and thousands of pigs and sheep are raised. There is plenty of food and meat, and everything is good. There is no need to come out to rob. Li Zhong and Zhou Tong are very well-behaved people, and they have done a good job. .So I just said that Erlong Mountain will be cleaned up." Chai Lin introduced.

Qin Ming and Huang Xin suddenly realized that this is the case, and there are such hard-working bandits, thousands of pigs, thousands of sheep, and it is no problem to eat meat alone.

In the early morning of the next day, the people of Qingzhou City found that the city was stable, the soldiers all over the street disappeared, and the flames of war everywhere were extinguished.

The government office put up notices for the safety of the people, and the Lizheng government office shouted everywhere that the state of war is over and everything will return to normal. It is time to operate and work.

The four gates of the east, west, north, south, and north gave porridge to the people in need.

Temporarily set up a yamen to count the people in need, and anyone who is old, weak, difficult and helpless can apply for food.

Gongsun Sheng suggested: "Brother, it's better to use work instead of relief. Start repairing the road from Qingzhou City to the port first. Men and women who are able to work can participate, and they can be allowed to bring their children to eat."

"Where is one construction site enough, let's start work nearby. We don't have so many tents to provide accommodation if it is too far away. There is too much food, let's open ten or eight construction sites, so that the people do not have to be too far away from home. Waiting for this How about leaving this matter to Mr. Gongsun?" Chai Lin said.

Gongsun Sheng shook the Buddha dust and said: "Brother, don't worry, the poor will definitely manage well."

The next day, early in the morning, porridge sheds were set up at the four city gates in Qingzhou, east, west, north, south, and a large amount of rice porridge was distributed. The idea was to relieve temporary difficulties caused by the war.

The people in the city are relatively better, and the people who are really in difficulty are in the countryside.

Due to the plundering of the prefect Murong's land, many people are struggling at the end.

Forty miles south of Qingzhou City, there is a small Wangzhuang.

Most of the people in Xiaowangzhuang are surnamed Wang. At the west end of the village, there is a house with yellow mud walls and thatched roofs.

The faces of the two children were not sallow, and they were wearing gray cloth clothes, the cuffs were so dirty that they could no longer see their true colors clearly.

A woman in her thirties sat at the door and sighed, and said, "Dahan, there are the last six catties of rice in the rice jar, and two old hens. Let's stew the chicken and fry the rice and take it with you. Let's go to Cangzhou, we can only starve to death here, next spring there will be no seeds and food, we can only abandon the land, and the government will take the land back after one year of abandonment, we can only wait to die."

Dahan said: "I told you to go to Cangzhou this spring, but if you don't listen, you still have to go to Cangzhou now. It's just that it's winter, and it's not easy to wander around with two children."

"We can't hesitate anymore. If we hesitate any longer, we'll all die here. You go kill the chicken, I'll fry the rice, and then take the baby and go wandering."

The couple were discussing, when they heard Bao Zheng shouting at the entrance of the village: "Is Wang Dahan at home?"

"At home, at home, what's the matter." Wang Dahan was quite surprised, this Baozheng was the richest person in the village, and he was usually afraid that others would ask him to borrow things, so why did he take the initiative to talk to him today.

"Dahan took your daughter-in-law and your two children, and took the household registration book to the village entrance to collect food, clothes, and tools." Baozheng said.

(End of this chapter)