By the time the sky was getting slightly brighter, the fighting in the village had basically ended. All the resistance of the bandits had been eliminated, and the remaining ones had surrendered. The militia had completely taken control of the entire village.
At this time, the whole village was almost full of corpses of bandits, and the new regiment soldiers were still not satisfied with their hatred. They searched among the corpses for bandits who were still alive, and stabbed them several times until they were completely dead. They did not spare the altars, pots, tables, chairs and furniture in the cottage, smashing them randomly, venting their hatred. Unlike the old regiment soldiers, they basically participated in the attack on the cottage with a revengeful mentality, so everyone suppressed He breathed a sigh of relief and showed great bravery in the battle just now.
Although the training time is short, the combat effectiveness and teamwork cannot be compared with the old regiment soldiers. But the strong fighting spirit makes up for this shortcoming, especially after breaking into the mountain stronghold, everyone seems to be on stimulants Likewise, they were chasing the bandits crazily, with such ferocious energy that even Shang Yi was dumbfounded. Who said Chinese farmers were cowardly? As long as someone can organize them and fully inspire their fighting spirit, they will Become the most powerful army in the world.
Then Shang Yi ordered people to stop the destruction of the stronghold, and ordered people to put out the flames quickly to prevent the fire from spreading. He also concentrated all the prisoners under custody, and cut off the heads of the killed bandits and prepared to send them back to the county. He went there to ask for credit, and then he cleaned up the entire village and collected everything that could be used.
At this time, someone came to report that the regiment soldiers who had been ambushing on the mountain road had also arrived. Most of the bandits who escaped from the village were intercepted by them and either killed or captured. Only a few of them actually escaped with their lives. .
The bandits of Qinglang Peak have been rampant in Qingzhou for seven or eight years. Including the bandits' families, the entire village had a total population of more than 3,700 people during its heyday. But today, it finally came to an end.
It was not until noon that the total number of casualties on both sides was calculated. In this battle, a total of 1,458 people were beheaded and 763 prisoners were taken, including 527 men and 2 women. One hundred and thirty-six people. Sixty-three people died in the militia, including 11 old soldiers and 52 new soldiers.
Zhang Guangyuan and Wang Zhongping, who came with them, couldn't help but smile with joy when they saw so many heads and prisoners. Although they and the Ming army they brought with them did not appear at all in the battle just now, but anyway I also came here, and this time I have made solid achievements, and I may be promoted to a higher position.
However, many of the prisoners claimed that they had been robbed by bandits and were not thieves. Shang Yi could not tell whether what they said was true or false, because among the bandits, many In the beginning, people were actually good citizens who were plundered and went to the mountains, but under the force of old bandits, they became new bandits. The same goes for women. They were plundered women from good families and finally became the slaves of bandits. Family members, this is really a mess. I don’t know how to calculate it. Now let’s send someone to escort them back to Jinshanping Village to keep them under guard.
In the afternoon, the regiment soldiers found a large amount of gold and silver money, cloth utensils, grain, rice, noodles, horses, donkeys, cattle, and pigs in the warehouses, granaries, and horse pens. They also found a lot of scattered gold and silver in various rooms. The silver items were piled up in the hall, forming a small mountain. It was too late to count them now, so Shang Yi ordered them all to be brought back to Jinshanping Village.
Although the militia had prepared a large number of horses and vehicles, it still took three trips to transport these items from the village back to Jinshanping Village. Then the village was completely burned down.
Finally, after careful statistics, the total loot gained from the Qinglangfeng Mountain Village this time was:
Forty-three thousand five hundred taels of silver, five hundred and sixty taels of gold, 320 pieces of jewelry, more than 500 pieces of other gold, silver, and bronze wares, more than 3,300 dans of grain, 200 dans of flour, and eight pieces of silk Ten horses, 170 pieces of silk, 320 pieces of cotton, 547 pieces of clothing, 27 large and small vehicles, 27 horses, 34 donkeys, and 28 oxen, Thirty-two pigs and a total of forty-five chickens and ducks. Six hundred and fifty-seven spears, three hundred and forty-seven swords, one hundred and twenty-eight swords, two hundred and thirty-five shields, and forty-two bows. Zhang, thirty-one pairs of iron armor, sixty-eight pairs of leather armor, and several other items.
It can be said that the loot this time is very rich, and the total amount exceeds the previous battles. It seems that the thief eats the thief, and the more he eats, the fatter he gets. This is a way to make money.
Ning Qi found four to fifty thousand taels of silver and gold. Shang Yi had never expected that a bandit village could accumulate so much gold and silver. On the contrary, the food supply was only three thousand taels of gold, which was not as good as a village's food stock. Amount. But it’s right to think about it. Where do the bandits spend the money after they grab it? Gold and silver can’t be eaten, used, and thrown away, so they can only save it like this. As a result, Naturally, the more you save, the more you save. On the contrary, food, cloth, and clothes are all consumables, so you can't save much. Since it is food, more than 3,000 stones of food is enough to feed the village for two months at most. If you don't grab it, When it comes to the Chinese New Year, can’t we just drink the northwest wind?
However, in the process of collecting and using the trophies, a very bad scene occurred. Five new regiment soldiers could not withstand the temptation of gold and silver. During the search and cleaning process, they hid some gold and silver. They were stolen by other soldiers. After the regiment soldiers discovered it, they reported it to Shang Yi.
After Shang Yi learned about it, he couldn't help being furious. Before sending out troops, he had repeatedly issued orders to absolutely prohibit members of the regiment from hiding trophies secretly. Once found out, they would be severely punished. Originally, he thought that farmers were honest people and would not have many frivolities. , I didn’t expect that such a thing would still happen in this newly formed army. And this was only reported, are there any others that have not been discovered? I must definitely curb this phenomenon, and I must not let it happen. It spreads and develops.
So Shang Yi immediately ordered that the five regiment soldiers who had been reported were immediately arrested and taken into custody, and their actions were notified to the National People's Army. Then he launched a large-scale search of the entire army, and sure enough, seventeen more private soldiers were found. The regiment soldiers who hid the spoils of war. Some of them actually had more than a dozen taels of gold hidden in their bodies. There were twenty-two of them in total, of whom only one was from the main regiment, five were from the auxiliary regiment, and there were actually 100 from the new regiment. Sixteen people.
Because the soldiers of the main force regiment and the auxiliary regiment have been trained for a long time and the training is more systematic, they have developed a certain concept of respecting discipline. Moreover, Shang Yi has a high prestige in their hearts and they do not dare to disobey the rules set by Shang Yi easily. Discipline. At the same time, after the first two victories, Shang Yi also gave very fair rewards to the entire army. Therefore, the regiment soldiers also believed that after this war, Shang Yi would also reward himself based on his merits. There is no need to hide the loot.
The new regiment soldiers are different. They have only joined the militia for fifteen or six days. What supports them is the determination to avenge their relatives, and they have not yet formed much concept of respecting military discipline. So after seeing this yellow gold, they are white.
It is inevitable to be tempted by the extravagant money. Some villagers who are usually greedy for small profits in the village, or have tricky personalities, naturally cannot control their own hands and feet. At the same time, they also have a certain sense of luck, thinking that they will not be cheated if they have less money.
They discovered it and hid some gold and silver secretly.
Shang Yi immediately ordered to arrest them all first, and then summoned the generals to discuss how to deal with it. Because when the discipline was formulated, he did not expect that someone would violate it immediately, so he only mentioned heavy responsibilities, but how to punish everyone has not yet been determined.
What a standard. Shang Yi also secretly blamed himself for not thinking carefully. After returning to the village this time, he must improve the military discipline and reward and punishment system as soon as possible. But now everyone can only sit down and discuss the punishment this time.
However, Shang Yi was afraid that if he took a stand first, it would affect other people's attitudes. Now this situation has been reflected in the militia. Therefore, he first let everyone speak and deal with the matter.
Tang Zhen first put forward his idea. He was a military general. It was because he couldn't stand the corruption in the army that he gave up his official position and retired to a small mountain village. After Shang Yi established the militia, he was very good at many things.
He had an appetite for Tang Town, so he pinned his ideals on the army on the militia, and supported Shang Yi the most. He also knew that not punishing military discipline violations was the first step for an army to become corrupt.
This time we must carry out heavy responsibilities, otherwise it will not be enough to punish one person and respect a hundred, and it will be difficult to strictly manage the militia in the future.
Therefore, Tang Zhen advocated that the treatment for regiment soldiers who hide trophies is to cancel their rewards for this battle, suspend the monthly payment for one month to the soldiers of the main regiment, and give each of them three heavy punishments based on the amount of trophies they hid.
The troops ranged from ten to fifty and were displayed to the public for three days.
Jiang Yiqu, Bao Tonggang, Wang Xin and others have all served in the military and are well aware of the shortcomings of impunity for disciplinary violations, so they all support Tang Zhen's opinion.
But Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao expressed their objections to Tang Zhen's handling of the matter. They felt that hiding some money privately was not a big deal. Everyone is greedy for profit. Anyway, we are just a militia, not a regular imperial army.
Even for regular officers and soldiers, this kind of thing is not a big deal, so Shang Yi's punishment is too severe. We are all fellow villagers, why should we hurt the harmony for such a trivial matter? It is enough to cancel their rewards for this battle.
, no other punishment is necessary.
From Shang Yi's heart, he is inclined to Tang Zhen's proposition, and he naturally knows the importance of military discipline. However, the attitudes of Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao cannot be ignored, because they represent Bajiaotai Village and Shilitun Village.
At the same time, their positioning of the militia is different from their own. They only stay within the scope of protecting villages and people in a narrow sense, and do not realize the serious consequences of violating military discipline.
Therefore, Shang Yi said: "Although we are just a militia, our purpose is to protect the village and the people. Because of this, military discipline cannot be ignored. You don't want our militia to eventually become the same as the official army!"
After listening to Shang Yi's words, Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao both looked a little ugly. Shang Yi added: "But this time they are all first-time offenders, and we have not agreed on how to punish them in advance, so it is better not to be too strict."
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After hearing this, Huang Dongling and Zhao Yinghao became more relaxed, but Tang Zhen asked: "Then Chief Teacher, how do you think we should deal with it?"
Shang Yi said: "Rewards come with rewards. The merits achieved in this battle cannot be wiped out because of mistakes, so the rewards remain the same. Moreover, it would be too shameful to show them to the public for three days. We are all fellow villagers, so we don't necessarily want to do it." It’s so excessive, so these two items should be removed, and the rest should be done according to Deputy Chief Teacher Tang’s suggestions.”