On the shore, two government officials saw from a distance that the big ships were setting up sails and sailing quickly towards the depths of the sea. They couldn't help laughing with joy!
To put it bluntly, they just went into battle to kill the enemy, but they were forced to do nothing! If possible, they would not be willing to fight to the death with the enemy!
After all, he is a yamen servant!
Occasionally dealing with unruly people, and bullying good people at the same time, that is the right path. To go into battle with a knife and fight like a bloody gourd in the end is not their specialty at all.
Therefore, when they saw the Goguryeo people's ship fleeing after hearing the wind, they were not upset, but immediately became excited!
"Run away, run away! What a scream!"
The squad leader in front heard the cheers of his men and couldn't help but turn around and yell!
However, even his face showed an uncontrollable smile at this moment.
Standing on the shore, I watched several large ships gradually sailing away, until even their shadows became blurred.
The squad leader then put away his smile, looked around again, and said to his two subordinates: "You guys stay here! Don't wait for these bastards to come back, I'll go check out other places! If there is any situation, remember to report it as soon as possible. !”
"ah?"
Hearing what the squad leader said, he seemed to be about to leave. The yamen officer who had just grinned stupidly suddenly became anxious and hurriedly stopped the squad leader and asked: "Just...we two of us will stay here? How long will we have to stay here?" ?!"
"Stay until the sun goes down! If you dare to run back early, see if I don't break your dog's legs!"
The class leader snorted coldly, turned around and strode away!
Only the two yamen servants were left standing there depressed, muttering secretly, not knowing what to say, but thinking about it, they must have something to do with the direct female from the squad leader's family.
After leaving the seaside, the squad leader inspected the surroundings again and took care of two of his men who did not follow the instructions to inspect because they were afraid of the Goguryeo soldiers. Then they returned to the village with satisfaction.
The village is still smelly at this moment!
Countless blood and indescribable substances flowed onto the road, and then were trampled by countless feet, and they suddenly turned into bloody tofu, which oozed out.
This means that there is a reward in front of you. Otherwise, this scene alone would make people vomit.
catty!
However, compared with the beginning, the corpses in the village had been picked up and transported to the mass graves behind the village. Only the ferocious heads were left in the open space outside the village, stacked like a hill.
In ancient times, rewards were based on military merit!
The calculation of military merit basically relies on counting the enemy's heads. This has been handed down from the Qin Dynasty.
According to the regulations of Shang Yang's Reform: As long as the soldiers of the Qin State capture the head of the enemy's "Jiashi" (armored warriors, generally elite forwards in the army), they can obtain the first-class title (gongshi), a hectare of land, a house and a house. One servant.
The more heads you kill, the higher your title will be!
As for the evidence of capture, it is the enemy’s head (head)!
That is to say, after the war, the enemy's heads were cut off and brought back to the military camp as evidence.
The reason why the soldiers of Qin were brave and brave, apart from the strict military laws, was largely due to this merit-based merit system!
I don’t care who you are, who you are, or how old you are!
As long as you get the heads, after the war, the quartermaster will distribute the corresponding rewards to you!
In this way, all Qin soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy!
And, imagine that on the battlefield, the enemy has three or four ferocious heads hanging on his waist, covered in blood, and rushing towards you like crazy!
I'm afraid that those who are not mentally strong will collapse and run away on the spot. Even if they don't run away, their legs will probably be weak from fear!
In this way, the result of this war is self-evident!
So since then, counting military merits based on heads has become the most commonly used method in the army!
Of course, sometimes, a general may take advantage of the enemy's ears because of the trouble of carrying so many heads into battle, but this situation is still rare.
Outside the village, a bloody hill of piled heads stood here. At the foot of the hill, blood flowed windingly.
How to bring such a large number of people back to the county seat is also difficult. Moreover, it is hot now, so we have to think of a way to store them.
Fortunately, this is a fishing village and there is nothing else. There is plenty of coarse sea salt used to pickle salted fish!
After all, coarse sea salt is not like table salt. Refined salt must be filtered and detoxified before it can be used.
This thing,
Just lead the seawater to a depression and wait for it to dry in the sun, and you will get a lot of white sea salt. For fishermen close to the sea, it can be said to be inexhaustible!
Therefore, the people of Weijiacun, even if Xiaojiazi was so angry that they moved away the wooden benches and horses, they were too lazy to move the coarse salt piled in the corner.
By the time Wang Mengcai finished counting the heads one by one, the remaining blood on these heads had almost drained away.
Next, wrap the head in coarse salt, throw it into a sack, and then sprinkle a few handfuls of lime on the sack before loading it into a car and taking it away.
The cart used to hold the head was also collected from the people by Wangzhi County's people who hurried back to the county seat.
When the officers recruiting carts hurried back to the city, they publicized the news along the way that they had personally sacrificed their own county magistrates and went into battle to kill all the Goguryeo soldiers.
The people all over the city were astonished, but they couldn't help but be extremely grateful to this new magistrate!
Although the enemy may not be able to capture their small county town, what if it is still possible?
When that time comes, all the people in this city will suffer the consequences!
Now, when they heard that the magistrate was guarding the enemy outside the county town, all the people were excited! They donated their own oxcarts and carriages to take the magistrate and others back to the city, and by the way, they also pulled back the head of the stick to open their eyes!
Among them, "Thunder Tiger" alone contributed five horse-drawn carts and two ox-drawn carts. It can be said that he was in the limelight for a while! It also made up for the embarrassment of "running away from marrying his son-in-law" before.
It was a busy time, and it wasn't until dusk that Wang Mengcai finally got everything done.
That is to say, they now have more people and more strength, otherwise just digging that big hole would be a hassle.
Before the sun had even had time to go down, the people sent out to guard ran back. When the squad leader saw it, although he had a stern face, he did not break their legs according to his previous cruel words!
According to the people who came back, everything is normal!
Although he had known that this would be the case, in order to prevent accidents from happening, Wangzhi County decided to send people to monitor the surrounding area immediately after returning to the city, using fireworks as a signal to prevent these Goguryeo people from coming back to take revenge.
As for these people, they are really tired after being frightened and fighting such a tough battle today. They should go back and take a good rest and accept the rewards from the people of the city.
