The dead ones were motionless, the alive ones were crawling around, and some were howling in a pool of blood.
"Retreat. Let them deal with the dead and wounded by themselves. Their families will carry them back. We have wasted too much time. We must leave for Zhangjiawan immediately."
Yang Fan said expressionlessly.
The people around him immediately turned around and left to gather the team and set off.
In this battle, the guard station suffered only a few hundred casualties, and most of them ran away.
They were all locals and were very familiar with the terrain of Tianjin, the lower reaches of the Nine Rivers, with criss-crossing river branches and reed swamps, and dense lakes and ponds. As long as they burrowed into the reed swamps, no one would be able to find them.
There was no place to find their commanders, let alone these Japanese pirates.
"How are the casualties?" Yang Fan turned to ask Sakurai Tao.
"Twenty-three people were killed by muskets, more than 70 were seriously injured, and more than 100 were slightly injured. There were about 100 casualties in the fight just now. The number of people was reduced by about 300, and the seriously injured need to stay in Tianjin Acropolis
Treatment. Take it with you when we retreat."
Yang Fan nodded, this casualty was still acceptable. After all, although the opponent was a mob, they still had five or six thousand people, and the servants' combat effectiveness was still acceptable.
At this time, deep in the reeds, pairs of eyes were anxiously looking at the battlefield. Their relatives had fallen there. Many of them were not dead, but were seriously injured.
Soon, they were surprised to find that the Japanese pirates seemed to have no interest in these beggar soldiers, and they left as a group.
"Gone, gone, the Japanese pirates are gone"
"Folks, come out quickly, the Japanese pirates are gone."
All these people rushed out of the reeds to look for their relatives.
"Brother, brother, where are you?" A man in his thirties shouted anxiously.
At this time, a body wearing armor was pushed away, and a man in his forties below weakly responded: "Old Qi, I'm here. How is the family?"
The young man ran over, taking three steps at a time.
He hugged his elder brother, his eyes were red, "Brother, where are you injured? Can you move? Don't worry, everyone in the family has hid in the reeds. Everything is fine."
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I was hit in the thigh by a crossbow arrow. I don't know what kind of crossbow it was. It was so powerful, and the arrow didn't have wings. It was just an iron rod, and it passed directly through my thigh. It was not hurt.
It will be fine after a few months of maintenance."
"Brother, you scared me to death. I thought you were dead," the young Chinese character said with a hopeful tone.
"What are you talking about? Why don't you expect me to be better?" His elder brother gave him an angry shout. "Fortunately, I saw the opportunity quickly. These Japanese pirates specifically look for officers in armor to greet them and don't pay much attention to us small soldiers.
After I was shot by a crossbow arrow and lay down, I pulled a corpse over it and deceived the Japanese pirates."
"Brother, please be patient for now. I'll find a tree branch to use as a crutch for you, so I can help you go back."
"No rush, no rush, don't worry about me yet. You see, this officer has a lot of good things on him, including armor, a wild goose feather knife, a horned bow, and leather boots. Let's take off all his clothes first.
It's much better than ours. Don't worry about me. Hurry up and take off all the clothes of the dead bodies around you. Come out and don't leave empty-handed."
Lao Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He, the eldest brother, always put his hand in the coffin and asked for money.
"Boss Hu, Lao Hu Qi, you two brothers, don't rush to search your pockets. First, carry the wounded of our Xiaoqi aside." An old man with a white beard said.
He is the oldest veteran of this general banner. He participated in the Wanli War to Aid Korea and is highly respected in the village. The current general banner is his youngest son. His eldest son died in the battle in Liaodong.
"We Xiaoqi people came first, so hurry up and pack up all these frivolous things. These things cannot be kept privately. Several people in our Xiaoqi family also died and more than ten people were injured. These are poor days, so we should cash in our things first."
Nowadays, some families can no longer survive. After getting the money, they first buy medicine and hire a doctor. Any remaining money is distributed to the families of the dead and injured as pensions. All these things must be owned by the public." The old man is over seventy, but he is in good health.
He is straight and even though he is skinny, he has an air of calmness and dignity.
"Grandpa Chen, it all depends on you, you always make the decision." The Hu brothers shrank their necks and agreed.
Chenjiujia Village was under the general banner. The old man's young son followed Shangguan and retreated to Hejian Mansion. The old man took the remaining men in the village to collect the bodies of the dead and rescue the injured.
Old Chen's eyes flashed, and he was a little puzzled. These actions did not seem to be the work of Japanese pirates.
Those guys are just beasts in human skin, as ferocious as wild beasts.
It can also give the injured a breath of air.
However, the missing flags, weapons, clothes and cloaks he found at the scene did indeed look like Japanese items.
Old man Chen couldn't help but shook his head, why bother with so much, maybe they had something to do and were in a hurry to leave.
"Everyone, hurry up and carry away the wounded and corpses first. No one in our village is allowed to throw away. The remaining people took off the clothes of these dead corpses, which is enough to make a suit of clothes for everyone in the village. There are also rags.
It’s enough to make a little coat for the baby. Don’t leave any weapons, armor or anything else behind. Even the arrows can be pulled out and taken away by me. Please be more agile with your hands and feet.”
An old man in his fifties complimented: "It has to be our old uncle. An old man is like a treasure. The other villages are scared to death and no one dares to come. This wealth has made us rich."
Old Man Chen glared and scolded: "You are a worthless thing. What else can you do besides flattering me? You go and drag that dead horse away. You can buy a horsehide for a lot of money. Don't waste your time here."
voice."
As he spoke, he kicked Chen Dahai aside.
Chen Dahai was not angry either. He bowed his head and took his children and grandchildren to kill the horse.
Chenjiujia Village made a fortune and acquired a total of 75 sets of armor, 31 dead horses, 10 injured horses, 17 bows, more than 130 spear heads, and 101 waist knives.
There were also 17 Japanese swords. More than 7,000 arrowheads were pulled out from the ground and corpse wounds.
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"Hey, brother, brother, if you have something to say, we're not dead yet, so you can't take off my clothes. I'm from Zhaojiacun. Oh, you bastard, I'm going to sue you to Lord Baihu."
It turned out that some people were ripping off the clothes of dead people and stripping off the clothes of wounded soldiers from hundreds of households. The angry old man Chen kicked them all aside. None of these bastards were good.
"Who asked you to take off the clothes of the dead robes and not put them on? Bandage these wounded people who are not our Xiaoqi, carry them to the side of the road and put them away. Why don't you go quickly? Damn it, you bastards."
"Mr. Chen Qi, look at this horse. It is a fine war horse. Unfortunately, it was hit by an arrow in the leg. It would be a pity to kill it." An old man with gray hair said.
The old man Chen's name is Chen Zhong, and he was the chief flag officer at that time. This Chenjia Village was created by seven veterans he brought back from North Korea. The old man who spoke was Huang Huai, a veterinarian in Baihuli at that time.
"Let me see, um, it's a good horse. Take it back and get some herbs to treat it. Maybe it can be raised well. A batch of war horses is worth at least thirty taels of silver. Even if they can't be used as war horses, they can also be used as pack horses.
, worth at least ten taels of silver."
"It's a pity that our village is so poor. The horses have to feed bean cakes in the middle of the night. We are all short of food, so we're afraid we won't be able to feed them." Huang Huai said with some pain.
"Gather the old brothers together, reopen the blacksmith furnace, get the badly damaged weapons and armor pieces this time, make some farm tools, and exchange them for some soybeans from Tanggu. If you can raise this horse and sell it,
We can invite a scholar to open a restaurant for the children. We brothers have suffered from being illiterate all our lives, and we must give the next generation something to look forward to," Chen Zhong said in a low voice.
"Okay, let's do it like this." Huang Huai nodded.
"I didn't expect that these Japanese pirates didn't clean up the battlefield and gave us an advantage. I remember that those Japanese pirates were so poor back then that they plundered Koreans without leaving any trace. How come these people have changed their gender today, and the wounded soldiers were not massacred."
"They are so well dressed and their armor is much better than the Ashigaru in Korea. I estimate that these people are not Ashgaru skirmishers, let alone Japanese pirates. They seem to be regular daimyo with samurai. I don't know what they want."
What are you doing? It’s even scarier that these people don’t want money.”
Chen Zhong looked around and saw that the cleaning was almost done.
"Let's go. People from other villages will be coming soon to avoid any disputes."
