Zhang Song's ideas were clear, and his various introductions were very organized, substantial and unambiguous, which Chen Qing admired very much, and everyone immediately came to the warehouse.
Licheng County is very large, with a circumference of nearly 40 miles. In such a large city, at least more than 500,000 people live. However, the actual population of Licheng County is very small. There are only more than 50,000 people in the city, mainly most of them.
The land was occupied by the military and the people were moved away.
One of them, Cang City alone, covers an area of several thousand acres, with hundreds of warehouses inside, surrounded by high walls. The Jin soldiers retreated hastily. The two thousand Jurchen soldiers guarding Cang City did not even have time to close the warehouse doors before they fled to the military camp.
Went on horseback.
After the Jin soldiers withdrew, thousands of people around them were really ready to move. Fortunately, the prefect Zhang Song responded quickly and immediately sent 500 state soldiers to guard the gate. This prevented thousands of people who came with baskets and sacks from entering Cangcheng and had to leave in frustration.
Return.
At this time, the warehouse had been taken over by three thousand Western Army soldiers. The soldiers were patrolling on top of Cangcheng City. A forty-year-old official came to see Chen Qing. Zhang Song introduced: "This is Cang Cao, who is involved in the military. His name is Kong."
Wen is responsible for the management of the entire Cangcheng."
Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Are all the civil servants who manage warehouse supplies Han?"
Kong Wen quickly said: "Your Majesty, most of them are Han Chinese, but there is a Jurchen governor named Wanyan Zongxian. He was originally left behind in Bianliang, and he is responsible for all army logistics."
"Go in and take a look!"
Chen Qing entered Cangcheng surrounded by Chinese people. Kong Wen introduced: "There are 477 warehouses in total, 30% of which are granaries. The grain alone contains nearly a million stones. The fodder is not here, only the horses are fed here."
of black beans, about two hundred thousand dan.”
Zhang Song said from the side: "There are 500,000 tons of fodder in the government warehouse. Wanyan Wushu thought it would easily catch fire, so he moved it to the government warehouse. There was not much grain in the government warehouse, only 80,000 tons.
Stones are mainly used to provide relief to the people."
Chen Qing asked again: "How many copper coins, gold and silver, and cloth are there?"
"About twelve million copper coins."
"How much?" Chen Qing was shocked.
"Twelve million guan, most of which were transported from Bianliang. It is said that they were all money from the former official treasury. The Jin Dynasty did not take it away, so it was all left behind."
Zhang Xiao next to him said with a smile: "Your Highness, twelve million is only one and a half percent of the annual tax of the Northern Song Dynasty. In fact, it is not that much."
Chen Qing couldn't hold back his excitement and asked again: "Where are the gold, silver and cloth and silk?"
"One, four hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred and fifty thousand taels of gold, three and a half million bolts of silk, and seven hundred thousand bolts of satin. The other jewelry, jade, and porcelain are not here, they are in the warehouse of Prince Liang's Mansion."
"What other supplies are there?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.
"Reporting to Your Highness, there are also various weapons, armor, bows and arrows, tents, flags and drums, as well as pig iron, copper blocks, furs, medicinal materials, wood, and hundreds of other miscellaneous items. I can't remember this humble duty.
There are so many houses, and there is also a large underground icehouse filled with mutton and wine."
Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you Kong Shenjun for counting all the supplies as soon as possible."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Kong Wen was also elated. Since His Highness asked him to take charge of the inventory, it meant that he would continue to use him.
After coming out of the warehouse, Zhang Xiao followed the prefect Zhang Song to the government office to learn about government affairs and people's conditions. Chen Qingze, escorted by hundreds of cavalry, arrived at the military camp. The military camp also occupies a large area, similar to Cangcheng. It is one of the four major buildings of Jin Bing.
1. The four major buildings, the military camp, Yangma City, Cangcheng and Prince Liang's Mansion, occupy half of the city's area.
The military camp was full of tents, with more than 5,000 tents. The school grounds seemed very small. When he walked into the gate of the military camp, he saw several mountains of black leather boxes piled up on the campus, which made Chen Qing stunned.
"What is this?" Chen Qing was really surprised.
Hu Yanyun, who was in charge of army logistics, rushed forward to greet him, "What's in that box?" Chen Qing asked, pointing to the mountains of boxes.
"It's armor!"
Hu Yanyun asked the soldiers to drag two heavy large boxes over and opened the boxes. Each of the two boxes contained a pair of armors. They were both iron armors, one was a vest, and the other was a human armor.
"Is this the Iron Buddha Tu?" Chen Qing reacted immediately.
"Exactly, a set of two pairs, weighing fifty or sixty kilograms, which is very difficult for the war horse!"
Chen Qing took out a pair of armor and asked a soldier to put it on. A coercive aura immediately hit his face. Chen Qing understood that it is no wonder that 10,000 iron pagoda cavalry can defeat hundreds of thousands of Song troops. This kind of people and horses are all armored.
The murderous aura is too powerful.
Thirty thousand Iron Buddha cavalry retreated in panic before they had time to put on their armor. This is a huge booty!
Thirty thousand pairs of iron pagoda armors, how much national power is required to build them.
"How many sets are piled up on the school grounds here?" Chen Qing asked.
"There are more than 10,000 sets here, and there are many more in the military camp. According to preliminary counting, there are about 30,000 sets. Unfortunately, there are no war horses."
"There are war horses!"
Chen Qing laughed and said: "We have captured more than 80,000 war horses, many of which are tall and strong. They are probably Iron Buddha war horses."
"Then we can also build the Iron Buddha Temple?"
Chen Qing smiled, did not answer, and asked: "Besides these armors, what else is there in the camp?"
"There is also a large account, five thousand pieces, and their personal belongings. The accumulated copper coins are more than one million guan, hundreds of thousands of silks, as well as porcelain, lacquerware, copperware, etc. They are probably plundered property.
, but the gold and silver were not seen.”
"These are all belongings that are difficult to carry with them. They took away all the gold and silver. The amount of silver seized from them was more than 200,000 taels, tens of thousands of gold, tens of thousands of copper coins, and many jewelry."
"I see. I even thought it was strange that there was no gold or white jade. I always carried it with me."
This inventory and cleanup lasted for three days before the inventory of wealth and materials was completed. All the enemy soldiers who died in the battle were cremated and buried. The number of soldiers who died of serious injuries and died on the battlefield totaled more than 7,000.
What made Chen Qing sad was that thousands more people died of injuries after the war. He watched these young soldiers die but could not save them.
Chen Qing came to a wounded tent. A general was dying. Chen Qing came to see him for the last time.
This general was none other than the commander Li Yuan who had been punished for carelessly allowing the enemy general to escape in Xucheng County. He entered the fierce battle before he was fully recovered from his injuries. He was particularly brave in killing the enemy. The enemy general Puluhun died there.
He was shot by his gun, but he was also pierced through the stomach by Puluhun's spear, causing a large amount of internal bleeding that could not be stopped and he could no longer survive.
"Your Highness is here!"
The soldiers nearby moved away one after another, and Chen Qing stepped forward quickly. Li Yuan held Chen Qing's hand, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes. He no longer had the strength to speak.
Chen Qing glanced at the military doctor, who shook his head and said there was nothing he could do. Chen Qing lowered his head and asked loudly: "Say what you want! I will fulfill your last wish."
"My father and my son." Li Yuan's voice was extremely low.
Chen Qing nodded, "Your father is my father, and your son is my son. I will take care of them, so don't worry!"
"Thank you. Your Highness, thank you."
Li Yuan didn't take a breath and immediately closed his eyes and passed away.
Chen Qing turned his head and tears welled up. After a while, he wiped away his tears and asked several of Li Yuan's soldiers: "Where is General Li from?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, General Li is from Dingping County, Ningzhou."
Chen Qing nodded, "From now on, his official position will be restored and he will be named the Duke of Dingping County. You will write a report on his family situation and give it to General Hu Yanyun, and I will personally approve it."
Several soldiers knelt down and shed tears to thank him. Chen Qing sighed, "Let's take care of his funeral affairs! The body will be cremated and the bones will be taken home to his family."