Chapter 49
By the fire, Liu Jun, Li Chunjiang and the team leaders of each team sat together, doing a post-war summary.
"We cut down thirty-nine thieves' heads, and fourteen and a half dead prisoners." The clerk reported to everyone. "A monk's body and seven women's bodies were found, and there were sixteen injured women who survived. Five of them were seriously injured and could not last tomorrow morning. Three of the remaining ones survived, but they were disabled, one broke his hands and two broke their feet."
Fights are always cruel, even if it is a small-scale bandit suppression battle, there are heavy casualties.
Especially when more than 20 innocent people were involved. The bandits were desperate before and wanted to use the people as hostages to let the village group let them escape. At that time, Liu Jun did not hesitate at all and directly ordered the artillery attack.
There was no need to compromise with the thieves who slaughtered the village. Even if they were let go of the same road, in the end, these thieves would never really abide by the agreement and let the hostages be released. Liu Jun was not the kind of person who was kind to a woman, but he felt that Li Chunjiang was hesitant at the time, so he immediately made the decision on his behalf.
At this time, I saw eight people dying from the previous battle, and five could not survive, and the other three were disabled. In the end, only eight women were lucky enough to have suffered a little bit of minor injuries. Thirteen died and three disabled, and Liu Jun felt uncomfortable, but if he did it again, he would also make an offensive choice.
Li Chunjiang could understand Liu Jun's choice at this time. He said to Liu Jun, "Jiye, you did not do anything wrong at that time, I shouldn't hesitate. There is no condition to talk about such a cruel thief. Hesitation only increases the difficulty of the battle and lets the brothers in the village sacrifice more. I want to thank you for making the right choice in time and right at that time."
Liu Jun sighed and shook his head. He didn't want to talk about anything more about this matter, so he asked, "How is the casualties of our brothers?"
"There are three injuries that are quite serious, but they can be cured and they will not be disabled. They may just need to recuperate for two or three months. The rest are minor injuries and no one died in battle."
When they heard this news, Liu Jun, Li Chunjiang and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although today's battle was caused by more than 100 people raiding about fifty bandits, their Jiutou Bird Township Group crushed the other side in terms of equipment and number of people. But this was the first battle after all.
It is rare to be able to die in zero battle.
Liu Jun remembers that Qi Jiguang had killed more than 3,000 enemies and more than 8,000 enemies, but he had no glorious battles. But after all, the Qi family army had already taken shape at that time and was quite powerful.
"The injured brothers must do their best to treat them, use the best medicine, and do not worry about the money for medicine. Let them have a safe delivery and rest assured, and enjoy full salary and monthly food during the recovery period, and also receive rehabilitation allowances. They are all good things. If they are injured in battle, we will never treat them unfairly." Li Chunjiang was the first to express his opinion, and Liu Jun also supported it.
"Remember the words of the public and go back and forth, the teams always convey the original words to all the brothers of the village group." Liu Jun explained.
"How many have been seized, have they been counted?"
When the clerk heard about the seizure, he immediately looked excited. While looking through his records, he reported, "It's very good, I've made a small deal. First of all, we seized fifty-three horses, a lot of them. They were all good horses, and some horses still had the marks of Guanning Army. I don't know where these thieves got these good horses."
"It must be robbed." Liu Jun was not surprised. The one who could follow the lord out was his confidant elite. It is said that this lord had joined Li Zicheng's team and was later disbanded by Sun Chuanting and fled back to Huangzhou. Then the war horses about Ning Jun in his team were not surprising at all.
This is indeed a small fortune. Horses may not be so precious in the north, but in the south, war horses outside the mouth are scarce resources, and each one is very precious. They grabbed fifty-three at once, which was a small deal.
"In addition to fifty-three horses, there were many other seized. Among them were thirty-seven taels of gold, 856 taels of silver, dozens of silos of copper coins, some gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, and dozens of silk and cloth."
Liu Jun nodded. These thieves slaughtered Linjiazhai and robbed the village. They must have done a few tickets on the way, which combined with a harvest of more than a thousand taels of silver.
"The brothers don't have private stolen goods, right?" Liu Jun asked specifically. Among the rules formulated by the Jiutou Niao Township Group, there is the issue of not being privately stolen goods. All seizures on the battlefield must be handed over to the public. Of course, it is not that the villagers' brave men are not allowed to share the benefits. Instead, private stolen goods must be handed over uniformly, and then counted after the war, and finally took out a certain proportion and distributed it to the villagers' brave men.
This is also to avoid the villagers' wars from always thinking about grabbing the spoils and hiding the spoils. When the spoils are returned to the public, everyone does not have to always think about them, so that everyone can concentrate on fighting.
However, Liu Jun believes that such regulations are definitely not so easy to maintain, and there will definitely be someone who violates them. Of course, if you just keep one or two small spoils privately, Liu Jun will not be so harsh, but if it exceeds a certain amount, it will definitely not work. This is the first real battle, and Liu Jun hopes to maintain this system well from the beginning.
"Don't take my words as a joke. I'm serious. The military prison and the servants will go to check later. Let everyone hand over the private hidden things first. At the same time, we must tell everyone that they will send some of the spoils as rewards when they turn back. And tell them that if they don't hand over the private hidden things, they will be punished once they are discovered. At the least, they will be fined, and at worst, they will be confined and military sticks. If they are very bad, they will be fired."
Several military prisons in charge of military discipline quickly nodded and recorded them.
The clerk continued to report, "In addition, we have seized dozens of swords, guns, swords, arrows, and arrows. There are all kinds, some of which have been damaged, but most of them can still be used."
"Care it, transport it back and save it in the armory."
After the clerk finished reporting, the military prison began to report.
"In this battle, no village lord tried to escape, and they all performed very bravely. However, after the war, some people still fought for the thief's heads, and even scolded the fight. We recorded a total of five quarrels over the heads, and two teams fought for the heads, which was fortunate to stop them in time."
Liu Jun just smiled, which was inevitable. Although he repeatedly emphasized during previous training that it was forbidden to compete for the head during battle, he also repeatedly emphasized that the soldiers used the team as one and cooperated in combat, and the enemies they killed were uniformly cut by the fire soldiers after the battle, which was counted as the merit of the entire team.
But after all, military merit is so important. Each head level means a high reward of dozens of taels of silver. It is abnormal not to fight. "Tell them all the fighters, and then turn around and punish them to carry water and sweep the toilet, so that they can have no place to use their strength."
Li Chunjiang just smiled. Such things are not worth talking about. Anyway, there are ready-made rules to put them in, and follow the rules.
Everyone didn't speak for a moment, and their eyes were all looking at Li Chunjiang and Liu Jun.
Liu Jun knew what everyone meant. The battle tonight was very successful, but he only wiped out the **zi and his group of people, and he still had his nest. The interrogation of the prisoners just now has already examined the location of the **zi and his group of people, as well as the left-behind personnel of the old suppression, and the detailed situation.
**zi's old nest is in Qiting, located in the mountains between Macheng and Huanggang. The nest is built in the valley. It shows that a group of refugees settled there and reclaimed wasteland, but in fact it is a group of thieves and their families. There are about 300 people there, both young and old, and more than a hundred young people, with many cold weapons such as spears, bows and arrows.
Of course, what made the Nine-Headed Bird the most excited was that there were a lot of money and food that they robbed everywhere over the past year.
If you can copy this thief's nest, you can take out a lot of money and food and pay a sum.
It’s like digging out a gopher’s nest in winter. When you get a nest, you can not only catch a few fat rats, but also take out a nest of food.
However, it is not so easy to swallow this fruit. First of all, it is not Xing'an Temple. Xing'an Temple is just a temporary place for **zi and others to settle down, while Qiting's thieves are a real thieves' den. Hundreds of people occupy the mountains and forests, with mountain villages and guards. There are hundreds of young and strong thieves, and they also have many weapons.
And that is someone’s home court, and it will never be as easy as this time.
It's a piece of fat, but it's not easy to get rid of the mouth.
Finally, Liu Jun spoke and broke the silence, "I think we killed fifty-three of **zi and a group of 53, which is a brilliant victory. We gave the villagers of Linjiazhai a ruthless breath. Of course, we can't let that group of thieves go, but I don't think we have to go alone to suppress the thieves. First, Qiting is very far away from here, and second, the thieves are not small and there are also counterfeits. Just by attacking for a strong attack, we may have to suffer a lot of casualties."
Liu Jun said slowly, "So, I thought we should go back to the Queen City camp when it dawns. Then we told the villagers, Mei Gong, Lu County Magistrate, etc. about the results of the battle, and told them the thief nest we found. We can follow Mei Gong, Lu County Magistrate and others to Qiting to wipe out the thief nest."
Li Chunjiang was a little hesitant. The battle tonight was very beautiful. He hoped to continue to work hard and kill the thieves' nests and destroy them together. In that way, not only avenge the villagers of Linjiazhai, but also greatly exalted the majesty of the Nine-Headed Bird Cavalry Team.
And if they just go back like this and tell the information from the top, even if they participate next, they will definitely not be able to account for any weight.
"Public record, we can't eat alone." Liu Jun whispered beside Li Chunjiang, "This time, the **zi and his group made the matter so bad, but the impact was very bad. Mei Gong, Lu County Magistrate, and even Huangzhou Guard, may all have ugly faces. It's enough for us to fight this battle now. Next, the function of destroying the thieves' nest should be left to them. You said, right? Besides, with the strength of our team to attack the thieves' nest, there will inevitably be a lot of casualties, and this is not worth it."
One word reminds the dreamer, and Li Chunjiang suddenly understands what Liu Jun means. Doing more things may not be good, but it may be better to click until it is better.
Chapter completed!