Chapter 91 New Year’s Gift

"Zhuozhou is liberated!"

This sentence contains endless joy and infinite bitterness!

What is joyful is that this heavy city in Yanyun Land has finally returned to the embrace of China. This is the first city to be recovered since Chai Rong, Zhou Shizong, recovered the three passes. It is a joyful congratulation!

Moreover, the time to recover this city is exactly the first day of the New Year, the day of the lunar calendar. The new year, as soon as it arrived, there was such a joyful thing, who could not be happy?

Recovering Zhuozhou is an extremely exciting and joyful event. If you recover it on this special day, a joy will turn into ten joys! The joy of the people of Yanyun is far beyond the description of the pen and ink, and they express it in all the ways they can express it!

Not only were the people of Yanyun and the people were extremely happy, but the soldiers of the Song army were all crying with joy, and they were almost crazy. During the hundreds of years of the Song-Liao war, the Song Dynasty had been suppressing the Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty had more defeats and fewer victories. Now, the Song army not only avenged the previous shame, defeated the Liao army, but also recovered Zhuozhou, which was of great significance.

This is the first Yanyun city recovered by the Song Dynasty since its founding, and it cannot be an exaggeration to praise it anyway.

"Long live the Song Dynasty!"

The shocking shouts of the earth resounded throughout the sky, making the ground tremble. The people and soldiers were excited and cried with joy. The boundless joy filled the sky above Zhuozhou.

Since the son Emperor Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Liao Kingdom, countless people of lofty ideals sacrificed their lives and shed their blood to recover Yanyun's land. A hundred years have passed, and except for Zhou Shizong's recovery of the three passes, he has made no achievements.

In the past hundred years, the people of Yanyun have paid a huge price. I wonder how many people died tragically under the butcher knife of the Khitans, and how many people have been tragically ravaged? Over the past hundred years, they have accumulated too much bitterness and too much humiliation. Finally, at this moment, at the moment of recovery of Zhuozhou, it exploded in full swing, like a flood that collapsed, unstoppable, and the crying sounded and touching.

"Zhuozhou is liberated!"

"Long live the Song Dynasty!"

The endless shouts continued until the sky was bright and the shouts gradually stopped. It was not because the people were tired of shouting, but because they were attracted by the wonders in front of them and stopped involuntarily.

Wu Ji stood on the top of the city and looked at it with the morning light, and couldn't help but be shocked. Wherever he looked, no matter inside and outside the city, there were red and red oceans everywhere. The morning breeze blew, causing waves, rolling up red waves, surging waves, and indescribable weirdness.

This redness is of course the blood of the Liao army. After a night of fighting, tens of thousands of Liao army died under the sword of the Song army, and the blood flowed out dyed the ice and snow red. The battle in the camp overturned many tents, and after the fire, it burned wildly. It has not yet been extinguished, and a lot of ice and snow has melted into a blood lake. When the morning breeze blows, the blood lake surging, and there is a strange scene in front of you.

This scene is indescribable and indescribable, but it has exciting power. The people of Yanyun burst into earth-shaking cheers: "Long live the king's army!"

It is common for the Liao army to oppress the people. The Liao army is full of crimes. The more the Liao army dies, the better, the more happy the people are. After seeing the scene in front of us, it is impossible to make the people not happy. In the eyes of the people, the Song army is a relative and a benefactor, and they hug the soldiers and cheer!

"Oh my God!" Wu Ji had been to the battlefield many times, and had become so familiar with the tragic battlefield that he had long been unable to get to know him anymore. After seeing the scene in front of him, he was still frightened and his eyes were wide open.

"Oh my God!" Zhou Wei and other generals looked at the scene inside and outside the city, shocked.

"The battle in Xiongzhou is very tragic, but compared with the situation in front of you, it is nothing." Zhou Wei stroked his forehead and pondered.

The Xiongzhou War was very fierce, and 50,000 Liao troops were annihilated, but it was still worse than the current situation.

"The more Liao dogs die, the better!" The Korean side said with a smile: "Liao dogs are so hateful, it's best to die!"

"Yes! It's best if Liao Gou dies!" The generals agreed in unison.

Wu Ji turned around, looked at the cheering people, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Today is the first day of the New Year, a day that should be happy. We have given a good gift to the fellow villagers!"

"Well!" Zhou Wei nodded and echoed: "On the first day of the New Year, we annihilated tens of thousands of Liao dogs and recovered Zhuozhou. This is the best gift for the people of Yanyun! Since Shi Jingtang stolen the country, the people of Yanyun have lived in dire straits and have never been proud. We gave this gift too timely, and they were very happy!"

"The commander of Wu Du, even so, is not enough." Huangfu Song hurriedly reminded Wu Ji: "Liaogou plundered hard enough for the southern expedition. There is almost no surplus grain in the people's homes, and many people cannot even live a big day. Now, it happens to be the main dan, a festive day. We cannot let them starve. We should let them live a happy main dan, which is the new year and new atmosphere!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Zhou Wei slapped his forehead and agreed loudly, feeling a little embarrassed, saying, "I have promised my elders that I will let them have a happy New Year and not starve to death! For this great big day, I deducted some wine and meat from the teeth of Li Mingchu and others and distributed it to the elders, and they had a decent big day. Now, the big day has passed, and the celebration has to continue."

Li Mingchu led the Converted Army to almost wipe out tens of thousands of Liao troops. He was so tired that he couldn't bear to be hungry. When Zhou Wei proposed to give the people wine and meat, he didn't say anything and gave all the wine and meat that he had not eaten to the people.

"Open the warehouse and release grain!" Wu Ji nodded. He knew the difficulties of the people and said: "Distribute less first, and return to normal in a few days before sending more. At present, we have a lot to do, and we can't put more burdens on this matter."

After a great war, there are many things to do. Not to mention that this attack on Zhuozhou is just the beginning of the war. A more intense war is coming. Wu Ji and the others have to do too much, and it is impossible for them to have to hold back too long on sending grain to the people. I will send some food to the people first, and when Wu Ji and the others are freeing up, it will not be too late to send grain again.

The generals would not have any objections to this statement and would receive the order with a loud bang.

"Have the casualties cleared out?" Wu Ji asked.

"Commander of Wu Du, we have not cleared the casualties of Liao Gou yet, and it will take some time." Zhou Wei hurriedly replied, saying, "Our casualties have been cleared out. We have killed more than 2,400 people in battle, seriously injured more than 1,700 people, and slightly injured more than 4,000 people."

More than 2,400 people were killed in battle, more than 1,700 were seriously injured, and a total of more than 4,100 people lost their combat power, accounting for one-twelve of the 50,000 army, and the proportion was not large.

The results they achieved were brilliant. Although they had not yet been counted, they had wiped out at least 50,000 Liao troops, which was an amazing victory.

It took a long time to clear the inside and outside the city. Wu Ji nodded and said, "Restore order first and distribute food to the people. We should prepare as soon as possible to welcome the upcoming war!"

Under Wu Ji's dispatch, the generals went to work. Wu Ji took Wu Jian and Wu Xing to patrol the city of Zhuozhou, and everywhere they went, there were dead bodies. These corpses were not only from the Liao army, but also from the Khitan family, and Han corpses who were willing to be alien hawks and dogs.

Not only the Liao army, but also their families, and traitors who are willing to be alien hawks and dogs. They did no less bad things than the Liao army, and they deserved to die. As soon as the Song army arrived, the people asked the Song army to punish these people severely. The Song army naturally had nothing to say and had to kill them.

"Brother Ji, will you kill the wrong one?" Wu Jian looked at the corpse on the ground, a little confused.

"Don't worry, no!" Wu Ji smiled and said, "In order to prevent mistakes, I specially ordered that if these people are punished, they must be identified by the people of more than three households. Otherwise, they cannot be punished."

If this provision is not available, it is likely that someone will take revenge on his own, or make a unclear judgment. With this provision, I dare not say that there is no error, at least it will minimize the error.

"Brother Ji is more and more thoughtful!" Wu Jian admired Wu Ji more and more, praised him, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother Ji, we captured Yelu Zhao alive, what are you going to do with him? The Song Dynasty has not yet captured such a great general, so it is better to take him to Bianjing and hand him over to the government."

"I've thought about it, it's better not to take it to Bianjing." Wu Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Although Yelu Zhao is a prisoner, his head is useful. I plan to borrow it for use. Well, Wu Jian, you can take someone to cut off a thousand heads of Liao dogs."

"Brother Ji, what's the use?" Although Wu Jian was curious, he took the people to work without saying a word.

Wu Ji inspected for a while and there was nothing wrong with it. Then he returned to his general's mansion. Zhou Wei and the others arrived one after another, and the statistics had come out. Zhou Wei was busy reporting: "Report to the command of the Wu capital, we annihilate more than 56,900 Liao dogs. We seized more than 91,000 war horses and more than 91,000 war horses!"

"So much?" Wu Ji was a little surprised.

"Not too much, not too much!" Zhou Wei kept shaking his head, as if he was too little: "Liaogou raised more than 50,000 war horses near Zhuozhou, which is a backup. Once the war horses in front were killed and injured, they were used to supplement it. Unexpectedly, they became ours. Haha!"

Zhuozhou has more than 50,000 Liao troops stationed, and more than 30,000 war horses are there. Of course, there is no only one war horse in Zhuozhou. A war requires many war horses, and it is inevitable that a group of war horses will be raised in Zhuozhou as a supplementary service.

"That's great!" The generals were overjoyed when they seized so many war horses for the first time.

"As for food and grass, we don't know how much, we only know a lot. We have sent a lot to the people and can't count them." Zhou Wei touched his forehead, feeling a little embarrassed. He did this statistics a little too hasty. However, there is no need to count it anymore.

"Yes!" Wu Ji knew that they had been using it for a long time. It would be enough to have a rough number, and there was no need for specific numbers.

"Commander Wu, how should Yelu Zhao deal with it?" Zhou Weiming thought of something and asked hurriedly.

"The New Year is here, and even neighbors will greet each other and send some gifts." Wu Ji answered the question irrelevantly, and his words were a bit confusing, making people confused: "I plan to give Yelu Hongji a generous gift!"

"Send a gift to Yelu Hongji?" The generals' eyes widened, thinking that something was wrong with their ears, and they heard it wrong.

"My congratulations are a bit special, you do this." Wu Ji said his thoughts.

"..." The generals all widened their eyes and stared at Wu Ji, without saying anything for a long time.
Chapter completed!