Zhou Shixian led his troops into the city in a mighty way, which greatly enhanced the sense of honor under the attention of the soldiers, and then began to prepare for another more important thing.

Before the army continues to move south, he has to properly handle the funeral of the dead soldiers, which is also an important step in military construction.

Zhu Maozhen, who returned to the city early, had already recruited a group of civilians and craftsmen to dig holes outside the city and carve monuments.

In this battle, more than 1,800 soldiers were killed and injured, including more than 300, including more than 120 minor injuries and more than 50 serious injuries.

After seeing the more than fifty seriously injured, Xue Laoer said that more than thirty of them might not be able to save them in the end, and more than a dozen would not even last the next night.

Despite this, thinking that there was not much bump in the boating on the canal, Zhou Shixian decided to bring them all to calm the morale of the army.

After all, if these soldiers who were loyal to the court and even sacrificed their lives for it were abandoned, it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the army.

If handled properly, it can be able to gather people's hearts and boost morale.

When a soldier fights, it is a job to keep your head on your belt. Everyone has thought about the day of death. So after death, these soldiers are not caring on the surface, and always say that they will die if they die, but they pay more attention to it than anyone else.

In other words, if Zhou Shixian had done his best to the dead and had the best of benevolence and righteousness, then there would be nothing to say to the living.

Not to mention, after entering the city, Zhou Shixian visited the Tian family and personally inspected the wounded, and replaced the cotton cloth for the wounded and cleaned the wounds.

Although Zhou Shixian had made preparations in advance, several wounds were still infected among the wounded. He had no other choice at this time, so he had to use salt water and alcohol after distillation to clean the wounded.

There was no military doctor in Zhou Shixian's army at present, so he could only take turns to take care of the sergeant, squad leader, and flag captain. The problems of the military doctor, and even the improvement of the military system, could only be improved after arriving in Nanjing.

After this personal compassion for subordinates, Zhou Shixian gained a lot of loyalty and his position in the army became stronger.

After all, in this world, most of the soldiers are from poor families. They never feel that their lives are valuable. How can they be cared for by the superiors or even the prince-consort?

Zhou Shixian's actions were not the only one. He ordered people to transport the bodies of the fallen soldiers back to an open space outside the city and personally presided over the burial.

At this time, even Xue Laoer, Zhang Hong, Wu Xingye and others were very puzzled by Zhou Shixian's behavior.

After all, they have never seen dead people before. They will die if they die. They will just dig a hole and bury them. Don’t give them food to wild dogs. Why do they have to do such a big deal?

Therefore, when Zhou Shixian announced that he would bring all their tombstones and arrive in Nanjing, he would find another Feng Shui treasure land to be buried again, build a "Zhongyi Hall" and worship them all, they finally understood why the prince consort had to work so hard.

Zhou Shixian had to do more than that. In addition to building the "Zhongyi Hall", he also prepared pensions for everyone based on the roster he collected before and kept their military pay. The money will be used to claim and raise their adopted sons for them and inherit the blood of incense.

For people of this era, having no descendants is a terrible thing, but many of these soldiers still have no descendants when they died in the battlefield. Not to mention having no descendants, some even have no relatives in their families.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhou Shixian, let alone burying a Feng Shui treasure land, the bodies of these soldiers would not be eaten by wild dogs. This is why Xue Laoer said so when he entered the city.

Therefore, retaining military pay and pensions to find adoptive sons for these dead soldiers, changing their surnames to inherit incense, and continuing their bloodlines undoubtedly solved the worries of many people.

After the hundreds of corpses were buried, Zhou Shixian personally read out the names of each of the dead soldiers, praised them, and lit them the first stick of incense.

At this time, although he was covered in soil because of his own actions, he didn't care at all.

And all of this was seen in the eyes of soldiers and officers. Not only Zhou Shixian's confidants, but many ordinary soldiers had even made up their minds in their hearts. In the future, they would not feel wronged if they only recognized Zhou Shixian and died for him.

For the first time, these people knew that they were so glorious in the army, they could be so glorious and loved by the people, and they could still have names and surnames when they died, and they would be worshipped.

Following the prince-in-law to join the army, not only did he receive a lot of rewards, but he had sufficient military salaries and no shortage of military armor, but he also had dignity. Some people remembered that there were incense offerings, which they had seen with their own eyes over the past few days.

For people of this era, each of them is an unprecedented experience and something they have dreamed of. For the first time, they know that dignity, commemoration, incense, and name belong to themselves.

After the burial was completed quickly, Zhou Shixian did not continue to stay. In the evening of that day, after allocating the remaining grain and cloth to the people in the city, he immediately ordered the fleet to continue to move south.

After a life-and-death battle outside Dezhou City, this temporary patchwork of protection troops has been integrated and has truly become a strong army.

This is not only because the weapons and weapons are fully equipped, but also the confidence brought by victory. This confidence, or the belief of winning, is extremely important to the army.

Of course, there is also the respect and care given to them by Zhou Shixian, which makes this army, to some extent, begin to distinguish it from the soldiers and horses organized in the same era only relying on military pay, food and grass.

Not only the soldiers in the original army, but also the more than 60 surrendered soldiers who finally came in, they were all moved after seeing these incredible behaviors of this extraordinary prince-consort.

They are not going to rebel when they are born, nor are they going to be bandits or bandits when they are born.

In addition, Zhou Shixian of course asked Emperor Chongzhen to personally preside over the rewards of the entire army. Spiritual civilization alone is not good, and material civilization is also extremely important. Only by taking two steps can the hearts of these soldiers be firmly held in the palm of their hands.

Zhou Shixian wanted to build a strong army, but not just demanded that the army and armor be stronger. The construction of beliefs and ideological construction from later generations will be a winning weapon far better than the weapons of weapons.

Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu and others took all this in their eyes, and their hearts couldn't help but feel agitation. This prince-consort may be far from being able to estimate.

However, before everyone could think about it more, the fleet set off overnight, left Dezhou City, and continued to go to Nanjing.

Zhou Shixian calculated the time and wanted to rush to Nanzhili as soon as possible. There were still several military leaders and the power of the Fu King's faction, which were also ready to move!
Chapter completed!