Chapter 114 Post-War Rewards and Punishments

The next day, Hsinchu City was crowded with soldiers returning from victory.

The General's Mansion was also bustling with people.

"I will see you, my lord." After the ceremony of attending, Chen Hu, Liu Renqing, Li Yi, and A Jin stood in front of Qin Hao with their hands lowered.

When training new recruits, Qin Hao paid attention to cultivating military etiquette, norms, hierarchy, etc.

Now, although the four of them have returned victorious, they dare not deviate from the rules at all.

"Sit down! Tell me about your trip." Qin Hao looked at his four generals with great satisfaction.

"According to the order of the lord general, the last general stopped the enemy in the Bailan Hills this time. Unexpectedly, the Zheng family's army was vulnerable, so I led the army all the way south, directly attacked the Zheng family's old camp, annihilated the Zheng family's forces in the central and southern areas in one fell swoop, and captured Zheng Zhihu alive." Chen Tiger replied solemnly.

"I know all this. Didn't you successively capture the Zheng family's villages? What was the harvest?" Qin Hao continued to ask.

Rather than knowing, he also wanted to know how much he had earned this time.

"What I received at the end of this trip was the main city of the Zheng family. I received more than 100,000 jins of pig iron, more than 100 buffaloes, 27,428 taels of gold, and 275,344 taels of silver. Eighteen taels of cash, 345,275 kilograms of grain, more than 6,000 pieces of silk, more than 13,000 pieces of cotton, and 12,000 large and small ships. Sixty-three people. There is also a mine, which according to people in the city, can produce tens of thousands of kilograms of iron every year."

"Are there any losses to the troops?"

"Except for the losses in the previous battle, there were no casualties this time."

"Remember, Chen Hu has made a great contribution."

"The last general Li Yi was ordered to cleanse the eastern villages and penetrate more than 500 miles into the enemy's territory. He defeated 18 enemy villages and beheaded more than 1,200 people. A total of more than 33,000 young, old, weak, women and children were captured, including Ding. Eleven thousand, four hundred and thirty-four people, more than eighty buffaloes! Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred and forty-seven taels of gold and more than two hundred and twenty-four thousand, five hundred taels of silver, and one hundred and fifty-nine thousand taels of grain. More than a hundred pounds."

Li Yi's achievements made everyone in the conference hall shine with eyes and praise.

Be good! The company set out to bring back the division for more than ten days, entered the enemy's territory for more than 500 miles, and captured 18 enemy strongholds? !

Was his sword and shield battalion flying all the way? On average, two villages need to be captured in one day? !

Qin Hao smiled. What these people didn't know was that a few hundred years later, there would be an army that could march more than 200 miles day and night and fight several small battles. However, the combat effectiveness and mobility of the Sword and Shield Battalion are now top-notch among the infantry of this era.

"Li Yi, you can't lie about your military exploits!" Chen Hu said angrily. He didn't make statistics when he came back this time, and he didn't expect that this kid would get caught.

You must know that those in power hate people who lie about military information, and my lord is no exception. Lying about military information will cost you your head. How dare he do this.

"Lord!" Seeing that everyone around him didn't believe it, Li Yi's dark face turned red and he said in a deep voice: "If Li Yi tells a lie, he will let the ancestral gods drop thunder and kill Li Yi!"

"Tell me more about how you conquered eighteen enemy strongholds in ten days?"

"My subordinates received orders to go to the east to attack other Zheng family villages. After marching for half a day, they encountered dozens of Zheng family's remnants of stragglers. They followed them all the way to the main city in the east. Relying on the power of the lord, only a row of muskets guarded the city gate. Several soldiers shot over them, and they were immediately defeated. We stormed in and carried out a brutal massacre. This is how we captured the main city in the east. "

After conquering the main city in the east, Li Yi used the main stronghold as his base to launch attacks on the surrounding villages. Those Zheng family skirmishers armed with broad swords might be able to take advantage of their opponents in one-on-one close combat, but, Li Yi's sword and shield camp also received strict training under Qin Hao. Who can compete with you in one-on-one close combat?

When dealing with these skirmishers, shoot them with muskets first, and then use swords and shields to attack them.

Coupled with the fact that the Zheng family's defeated troops told other soldiers about the horror of the previous battle with embarrassment, the Zheng family's walled city soon collapsed. Except for a few who could not open their eyes and were stabbed into bloody gourds, the others knelt down and asked to surrender.

Along the way, basically no village could hold out a stick of incense in the face of such an offensive.

So Li Yi's Sword and Shield Battalion marched all the way, fought all the way, and checked the results all the way. Now they have advanced their troops to the Taiwan Strait, and they stopped advancing only when they were blocked by the sea.

"What are the losses on this trip?" Qin Hao asked calmly.

"Fifteen people were slightly injured, ten were seriously injured, and twenty-nine were killed." Compared with Chen Hu's casualties, Li Yi's losses were somewhat greater. However, he was fighting the enemy head-on, and the two men were in different situations.

"Remember, Li Yi made a great contribution."

Qin Hao is very satisfied with Li Yi's performance. Not to mention the capture of gold and silver property, the capture of those strong men alone is enough to alleviate the labor shortage in factories, mines, lumberyards, and shipyards today, and it is the cheapest of labor force.

Soon, more than 30,000 prisoners, including more than 10,000 strong men, were distributed to the places mentioned just now, turning their flesh and blood into fuel and propellant for Qin Hao to build his own powerful regime.

Then came the achievements of Liu Renqing and the mountain man A Jin. Each of them defeated 5 villages. Compared with the achievements of Chen Hu and Li Yi, they were much inferior. However, they were still remarkable, so they recorded one battle each to show their achievements. Commendation.

Seeing the boundless prisoners, seized gold, silver, property, and cattle on the school grounds, the men, women, and children in Hsinchu City couldn't help but be dazzled.

sky! Is this something done by a young lord?

Even if he is a son of a noble family, with such courage and talent, he is a dragon among men.

It seems that our general is absolutely gifted!

However, the next scene left a deep impression on them.

After Zhuge Xuan announced the decision to commend the four generals, the soldiers lined up on the parade ground cheered.

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!"

Then, military judge Han Xian read out the list of spoils handed in by various departments. The mountains of property, gold, silver, cloth, silk, pig iron, grain, and those buffaloes tied to the trees casually made everyone present's eyes burst into fire.

"Soldiers!" Qin Hao stood on the platform and began to lecture his troops loudly.

"Have you forgotten the three iron rules of our army?!"

"All the captured items belong to the public!"

"All actions are subject to orders!"

"You are not allowed to take anything without permission!"

He was answered with a thunderous roar.

"Very good! It seems that everyone has not forgotten! Now, I declare that 40% of the total value of the seized goods will be rewarded to the soldiers in this battle!"

"Thank you for the reward, General!"

Everyone heard the number of seized goods that Han Xian just read out. 40% of the total value is also an astronomical figure! Distributed to each soldier, it is enough to make people envious!

"The new recruits who received defense training in the mansion this time will be given an additional jin of rations!"

One person is unhappy, and the whole seat is unhappy. Qin Hao understands this truth. This time, recruiting them did not cost a penny, but they were used to three meals a day. Now that they have won a great victory, they naturally cannot be treated unfairly.

Those defense recruits who were envious on the side suddenly cheered, "Thank you for the reward, General!"

"But I want to ask, gentlemen, is there really no one who disobeyed my military orders and hid the property?!" This sentence calmed down the people present.

Yes! There are all kinds of people in a hundred people.

In the queue of thousands of people, some people began to look around.

"Han Xian, close your eyes!" Qin Hao shouted loudly.

"Yes!" Han Xian didn't know why the general gave such an order, but he still obeyed the order.

"Listen to my order! Everyone sit down!"

"Huh!" Thousands of people moved in unison, and everyone sat down on the ground in the parade ground.

"I will order you to close your eyes and rest in a while. If anyone hides the seized items, you can take this opportunity to put them in the pile of items over there. After I order you to open your eyes, if you don't throw them away, don't blame Qin Hao for not warning you! Close your eyes!"

Everyone present closed their eyes, and even the children who were watching the excitement outside the field were blindfolded by their mothers.

In the parade ground, there was a flurry of footsteps, and soon, the footsteps stopped.

"Okay! Everyone! Open your eyes!"

"Han Xian! Give the order, check!"

Han Xian waved the flag with the words "law enforcement" embroidered on it, "Everyone, put down your weapons! Take off your armor!"

With the command, everyone carefully placed their flintlocks, gunpowder bags, long swords, and iron shields on the ground and took off their bamboo armor.

"Jump ten times on the spot!"

Soon, those who were lucky enough to get away with it were exposed. With a few jumps, the gold and silver hidden on their bodies fell to the ground. Before the law enforcement soldiers came close, they were pressed to the ground by their comrades beside them.

Qin Hao looked at him coldly after being brought to the stage under the condemnation of thousands of people. "I said, don't say I didn't warn you. Han Xian, announce it!"

"According to military regulations! Those who hide seized property and take civilian property will be punished with fifty military sticks!"

"Announce the amount of rewards for everyone!"

"For every enemy soldier killed, one tael of silver will be given; for those who kill more than 10 enemies, one level will be promoted and rewarded with a cow!!!"

"Wow!" The whole audience was talking.

People began to whisper to each other, calculating how to use the property, but the more shocking thing was yet to come.

Qin Hao waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, "A man cannot stand without trust. In ancient times, Shang Yang set up a tree to show his trust. Today, Qin established trust in the military field."

"Begin to execute!"

So, the most peculiar but most impressive scene appeared before people's eyes.

On the left side of the general platform, there were eighty law enforcement soldiers under Han Xian. They pressed the soldiers who violated the rules to the ground, stripped off their undershirts, and beat them with military sticks. Blood and flesh flew everywhere, and screams and cries for mercy were heard one after another.

On the right side of the general platform, soldiers happily received rewards and bamboo tokens according to their organizational units.

Qin Hao's military merit rules are clear rewards and punishments, and the soldiers are loyal.

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