"Crack...Crack...Crack..."

Cao Yingmao walked slowly on the battlefield full of blood with heavy steps. The originally black cowhide boots under his feet became swollen because they had soaked too much blood, and they also emitted a fishy smell from time to time.

"The third team, immediately carry the injured brother down for treatment. The second team looked around to see if there were any injured or dead brothers who were not found..."

The voice of the first captain Ma Wenbin sounded next to him. At this time, he was directing his subordinates to seize the time to clean the battlefield. If it was dragged until dark, it would be troublesome.

Cao Yingmao stared at the battlefield in front of him. There were dense corpses everywhere. Most of these corpses were bandits, but there were also a few corpses of Jiangning Army soldiers.

Although the Jiangning Army was killed very few, Cao Yingmao still felt uncomfortable. Most of these cavalrymen were military households of Jiangning Guards, and he also trained them with one hand. He felt distressed for every casualty and injury.

However, after being a soldier for so many years, he also understood that since it was a war, there would inevitably be casualties. Moreover, the Jiangning Army's pension system was worthy of the entire Ming Dynasty. Any soldier who died in battle would receive a large amount of pension, and the garrison office would also be responsible for taking care of their children and raising them. If their parents were lonely and widowed, the garrison office would also distribute a sum of money and food every month to ensure their old age.

In view of this, the soldiers of Jiangning Guard had no worries when fighting, and rarely had fear of war or escape.

"ah……"

"Go away... don't pretend to be dead. If you don't get up, I will let you lie here forever!"

A scream and scolding came from behind him. Cao Yingqiao turned his head and found that more than a hundred soldiers were pressing hundreds of prisoners by. One soldier was swinging the musket in his hand and smashing at a prisoner who was lying on the ground, whilst slamming it.

Cao Yingmao frowned at first, then shook his head and ignored it.

Although his cavalry battalion suffered little losses in this battle, dozens of people were killed or injured. Some soldiers were inevitably angry on the prisoners, which was inevitable. Although he was the commander of the first battalion, he usually turned a blind eye to such things.

After all, although such things can be forcibly suppressed by military discipline, the soldiers on the battlefield are under great mental pressure. It is not good to rely on military discipline alone to suppress them for too long. Not only can they cause morale to be depressed, but in severe cases, it will even cause a roar. Only when Cao Yingchi is over will he decide the bandits.

The battle was over, but Cao Yingmao still did not let go of his heart. Two miles away was Ningguo Mansion, and there were tens of thousands of bandits stationed in it. So even when the battle was at the most intense time, Cao Yingmao did not put all his troops into the battle, but left a team of thousands of people to guard.

At this time, a messenger rushed from the east, stopped in front of Cao Yingmao, and quickly fell off his horse and shouted: "Report to General Huang Qian, General Huang, ordered the villain to report, the bandits in Ningguo Mansion did not move at all, and there was no sign of sending troops to reinforce."

"Yeah, I got it."

Cao Yingmao nodded slightly, "Tell Huang Jinsong, let him withdraw the people, leave a team of people to continue monitoring, and then order the first brigade to speed up the time to clean the battlefield. There was a big battle today. Everyone was tired, so hurry up and rest after dinner."

"Here!"

The messenger agreed and quickly left.

The night fell again, and the whole earth became darker again.

In Ningguo Mansion, in the mansion of an unknown wealthy businessman, Liu Zongmin stood in a hall, looking at the piles of boxes, his heart was filled with joy.

This time, the reason why he volunteered to lead his troops to attack Ningguo Mansion was that in addition to consolidating his position in the rebellion army, he naturally had a great intention.

You should know that Jiangnan is known as the richest place in the Ming Dynasty. The wealth it has here is the best in the Ming Dynasty. As long as you can get such a fortune, you won’t have to worry about the rest of your life.

When he was in Anqing Mansion, Li Zicheng and Li Yan were watching from the side, so he naturally couldn't do it, but after he led the army, he naturally no longer had this concern.

After capturing Ningguo Mansion, Liu Zongmin ordered that no mansion that looked like a little was spared. After a crazy slaughter and plunder, he plundered more than 13 million taels of silver alone, more than 500,000 taels of gold, and as for various antiques, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, hundreds of boxes were filled with them.

Looking at the boxes filled with the hall, Liu Zongmin has not recovered from ecstasy until now.

"Squeak..."

The door of the hall was opened, and a confidant walked in. His eyes flew across the boxes in the hall, revealing a look of envy and greed, but he quickly restrained himself and walked to Liu Zongmin and whispered: "Master Liu, the spies outside come to report that the people fighting with the officers and soldiers outside today have found out that it is indeed the men of Master Tian and his men. After a great battle, Master Tian's people were almost wiped out, and even Master Tian's whereabouts are unknown."

After saying that, his confidant lowered his head and did not dare to look at Liu Zongmin.

In fact, today's battle was only two miles away from Ningguo Mansion. If Liu Zongmin didn't know, it would be an insult to him. However, when he reported to Liu Zongmin and asked whether Liu Zongmin would go out of the city to help his friendly troops, Liu Zongmin refused on the grounds that the situation was unknown.

If this incident reached the King of Chuang, Liu Zongmin would probably have a big trouble. This confidant naturally worried that Liu Zongmin would be angry and vent his anger.

However, the confidant's concern was unnecessary. After a while, Liu Zongmin's voice rang out: "Ma Qiang, you should pretend that what happened today has never happened. You should be ruined in your heart. Do you understand?"

The confidant shook all over and said quickly: "The villain understands, and he will never dare to say a word."

"Good milk."

After Liu Zongmin finished speaking, he took out something from his sleeve and threw it at him, "No, take it, it's your errand money today."

As soon as my confidant took the thing, he felt heavy. When he looked at it, he found that it was a gold ingot, which seemed to be at least five taels.

Looking at the gold in his hand, his confidant immediately understood that this was the hush money that Liu Zongmin gave him. If he dared to say something randomly, the consequences would not be something he could bear.

Looking at his confidant who quickly knelt down and Xie En, Liu Zongmin waved his hand and signaled that he could leave.

But before the other party left, the door was pushed open again, and a personal soldier walked in and whispered: "Master Liu, Master Tian brought dozens of people into the city."

"Ta Mixiu?"
Chapter completed!