Six Hundred and Forty-Nine: 1 Tongwanzhou (2)

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In the previous life, His Majesty established the Jiang Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the country, there was constant turmoil, and natural disasters occurred everywhere. The remnants of the Red Lotus Sect took the opportunity to cause chaos and revived. Although it did not cause much damage, it also brought a certain gray haze to the new dynasty, which affected the hearts of the people. Panic. m.slk.tw

There were even some daring traitors who simply spread rumors that the empress was a witch, and even tried to assassinate her several times.

Even the death of His Majesty has something to do with the Red Lotus Sect.

Every time he thought about this, Wei Ci felt that it was difficult to control his emotions.

"But..." Qi Guanrang hesitated slightly.

Wei Ci's thin lips parted slightly, with a hint of coldness.

"The battlefield is chaotic, the rebels are trying to build a city for the Red Lotus Sect, and someone accidentally dies among the rebels. Is this abnormal?"

If we don't deal with this unstable guy as soon as possible, why don't we keep him here for the New Year?

Qi Guan wanted to keep it for Jiang Pengji to deal with, but Wei Ci's words made sense.

Unstable factors, if you stay for one more day, there will be more risks, so it is better to eradicate them.

What did Wei Ci think of? He added, "Previously, the lord promised to give him 10% of his wealth and human resources after the war... Those prisoners should be screened by the documents early. The ones who can be used will stay, and the others with stubborn ideas will be screened." It’s better to eliminate those who are extreme…”

Wei Ci didn't want Jiang Pengji to get involved in something like killing prisoners, which was detrimental to his reputation. It would be better to leave the blame to An Zhen.

According to An Zhen's ability and the death-seeking style of the Red Lotus Sect, the latter will definitely step on the former's bottom line.

After An Zhen finished using this group of people, what was waiting for the Red Lotus Sect was to tear down mills, kill donkeys, and cross rivers and demolish bridges.

Leaving the hidden danger to An Xun, Wei Ci didn't feel any pang of conscience at all.

Qi Guanrang keenly discovered that Wei Ci pronounced the accent in the word "stubborn and extreme".

When selecting prisoners, most of them choose those who are strong, young, and healthy. Those who are old, weak, sick, and disabled are not considered. However, Wei Ci made it clear that he does not want those with "thinking" problems. Those with intact physiques and limbs will become secondary conditions.

This abnormality made Qi Guan Rang curious and at the same time a little more vigilant.

Wei Ci knew that Qi Guan Rang was suspicious.

He explained, "The teachings of the Red Lotus Sect are inherited from a certain cult during the Sixteen Kingdoms period... Wen Zheng has read poetry and books, so he naturally knows that the Great Xia Dynasty unified the Sixteen Kingdoms. How many cults were at work in the early days of the dynasty? How many of them did they count? It has resurrected, fanned the flames, instigated the people, and brought trouble to one side... We have to guard against this Red Lotus Sect. If you have a problem with your brain, don't let it go."

This reason can indeed persuade Qi Guan to give in.

Let's not talk about the distance, just talk about Buddhism and Taoism, which are now competing with each other, with followers all over the five countries.

The Red Lotus Sect cannot be compared with these two giants, but the three are the same religions, and some shadows of each other can be vaguely seen.

Although Buddhism and Taoism are not forces in the traditional sense, their influence on the general trend of the world cannot be ignored.

If the Red Lotus Sect could have such a wide range of followers, it would be really annoying to stir up trouble and act evil everywhere.

Qi Guanrang nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I've recorded this."

This battle was an unprecedented victory. A total of more than 23,000 people were captured. Others were either killed on the spot or seriously injured and died. Those who were still alive were transported to the military area for treatment. The women's battalion temporarily mobilized a large number of people, and still Too busy to even touch the ground.

Official Qi ordered people to clean up the battlefield, clean up the corpses, search for people who were still alive, and recover the arrows that could still be used...

Although my lord is a rich man, fighting is too expensive, so I can save money when I can.

In the next few days, the busiest area will probably be the medical area.

For those with flesh wounds, just clean the wounds and bandage them. Once the wounds are healed, they will be able to jump around and get military honors.

Those who had severed hands and feet, whose abdominal cavities were opened by buckets, whose bones were broken and embedded in their internal organs, and large pieces of flesh and blood that were cut off... With such serious injuries, the doctor had no choice but to do his best, and the patient was left to his fate whether he would live or die in the end.

Some people couldn't survive it and were painfully beaten to death.

In fact, the massive casualties of soldiers occurred not on the frontal battlefield, but after the war.

Too many people died from serious injuries.

Even if it gets through, if the wound comes into contact with dirt during the healing period, it will easily fester, making the wound unable to heal and dying.

Fortunately, it is still the twelfth lunar month of winter, and the temperature is not so hot and humid, so the chance of wound inflammation and ulceration is greatly reduced.

However, the mortality rate is still higher than the survival rate.

On the other side, after Jiang Pengji had rested for a day, he broke camp and set off to attack Fenghu County as planned.

It just so happened that the day before the attack on Fenghu County was the New Year's Day.

Before leaving camp, Jiang Pengji had ordered people to purchase enough pigs and sheep from the people with money or an equal amount of rice grain.

On the New Year's Day, the cooking soldiers slaughtered the pigs and sheep.

Pig blood is collected and condensed into blood clots, which are then prepared and used as food.

The offal is processed to remove the fishy odor, cooked with ingredients and spices, and made into cooked side dishes.

The pork bones are boiled into a white and thick bone soup. Spices are used in the soup base. The flavor of the bone broth is so rich that it can almost float into Fenghu County.

As for other pork and mutton, each part is separated.

Some are directly boiled with plain water, while others are added with fungus and stewed into a pot of stew. Just looking at the color makes you salivate.

Stir-fried salt and pepper pork ribs, stir-fried shredded pork, diced Kung Pao pork...or cut the pork into minced meat and wrap it into meat buns...

In addition to these, some raw meat and shaved bamboo strips were also prepared, so that the soldiers could skewer the meat and roast it on the fire.

As for the rice prepared by the kitchen, it was cooked with the pre-prepared broth as water.

"Today is the New Year's Day, everyone can eat as much as they want."

The above is what Jiang Pengji said.

Marching is hard, but such a rich meal is rare during the New Year.

Soldiers gathered in groups of three or five and ate the New Year's Eve dinner around the campfire. There was a rack on the campfire, and a pot was hung on it. Various mountain products and meat were cooked in the pot, and the fresh soup made a gurgling sound... After the hot soup and hot rice were eaten, the whole person was warm.

In contrast, Fenghu County was deserted.

There were strong soldiers stationed outside the city, and even though it was the New Year's Day today, almost no one celebrated.

The most pitiful ones were the soldiers guarding the city. They squatted on the high city wall, their thin and worn clothes did not have much effect in resisting the cold. Their stomachs were empty and they were so hungry that they were cramped. They started to sing the empty city plan... Many people could not help but look into the distance. There was a camp set up by Jiang Pengji's army. They could not see anything else, but they could see the jumping and burning fire.

Trying to sniff, there was a faint smell of food in the air.

Even though they were so far away, they seemed to be able to hear the lively sounds coming from there.

"It's great..."

A soldier guarding the city murmured in a low voice, with deep envy, simulating the taste of delicious food in his mind...

The more he thought about it, the more saliva he secreted. In the end, he swallowed his saliva in big mouthfuls, and thunder rolled in his stomach.

In Fenghu County, the leader of the Red Lotus Sect guarding the city received a report from outside the city, and he was very irritated.

"It's so annoying! If you mess with me, I'll destroy their lair in the middle of the night!"

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