A group of soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division guarding the city gate stayed in the city gate hole as bored as possible.
Now six days have passed since the Tang Army captured Hanyang Fucheng. The troops of the First Army and the Fifth Army have left Hanyang one after another. Even the Holy Emperor left Hanyang with a group of civil and military dignitaries and guards.
, took the navy's royal warship and sailed down the river back to Jinling.
The war seems to have completely left this city!
However, there are still more than an entire 7th Infantry Division stationed in the city. The fragmented buildings and damaged walls in the city all declare to the world that not long ago, this place experienced an extremely tragic war.
Yes, although the Battle of Hanyang was a tough battle for the Tang Army with an absolute advantage, it was fought very smoothly.
But for the defenders and residents in the city, it was not very friendly.
Of the nearly 30,000 Supervisor Chinese Army troops originally garrisoned in the city, as well as about 5,000 young men who had been temporarily recruited, about 5,000 were killed on the spot. In addition, about 2,000 people were seriously injured and came in behind.
They died within a few days, so in total, the number of Ming army casualties was about 7,000.
The remaining more than 20,000 people were basically prisoners of war!
And the casualties among the people in the city were actually quite large!
The main reason is that when the Tang Army attacked the city, it conducted intensive shelling on the city. Although the main target of the bombardment was the city head, not all the shells could accurately land on the city head. In fact, quite a few of them flew over the city.
city head, and then fell inside the city.
This also resulted in a large number of buildings near the city wall being destroyed, and the ordinary people in these buildings naturally suffered unreasonable disasters.
After the city was broken, the Tang Army entered the city and carried out a purge operation. Many of the Ming army's defeated troops hid in civilian houses to resist. The Tang Army was not polite about this, and would use various methods, including shotguns.
Cannons, shooting at close range with five-pound field guns, throwing grenades, and even arson attacks, etc. In this process, some civilian casualties are inevitable.
But all this has passed, and now there is no more frightening sound of gunfire in the city!
The newly arrived prefect of Hanyang and other officials at all levels are organizing the residents in the city to clean up the ruins and bury the dead and injured to prevent a plague from happening in the city!
The fighting in the city has completely ended. Hanyang Fucheng did not implement the strictest martial law as in the previous days. Instead, it began to allow residents in the city to move around, and at the same time, people outside the city were allowed to enter the city.
After all, the original martial law was so strict just to capture the defeated troops and Zhang Yue and other high-ranking Ming army generals and officials who had escaped, but in the first three or four days, they were basically able to catch them.
The Army of the Tang Dynasty is not interested in catching every deserter. They are not so free. As long as they catch most of the defeated soldiers and ensure that they will not encounter large-scale military resistance in the city, then they will be able to deal with some of them.
The defeated soldiers who were fleeing for their lives didn't pay much attention to them.
After all, a few defeated troops can no longer affect the overall situation.
After several consecutive notices of peace and security were posted, it was officially announced that the lives of the residents in the city had normalized. As a result, the 7th Infantry Division stationed in the city seemed to have nothing to do.
They have to wait for the replenishment of soldiers and equipment, otherwise they would have rushed to the front line long ago.
However, this kind of idleness is actually a very rare time for rest and relaxation for many soldiers!
As the main force of the Second Army, the 7th Infantry Division has been fighting on the front line since the launch of the Southwest Campaign. In the Battle of Susong, the Battle of Huangzhou and even the Battle of Hanyang, they are all well-deserved main forces.
Its own casualties were not small to begin with, and after the Battle of Hanyang, some soldiers and equipment were redeployed, so the current strength of the 7th Infantry Division is only a little more than half of its full strength.
From more than 15,000 people at its peak, there are now only more than 8,000 people.
The Third Infantry Division, the other main force of the Second Army, is not much better, and its current strength is also only a little over 10,000.
After all, the shortages of almost three armies are concentrated in these two infantry divisions. It would be abnormal if the shortages were not serious.
Rest and replenishment are the main tasks of the 7th Infantry Division now. As for garrisoning Hanyang Fucheng, that is just incidental!
Unless it is the front line, otherwise, garrisoning in a certain city is not the task of Datang's current fourteen main infantry divisions and ten mixed regiments. Almost all of these main forces are arranged to fight on the front line.
And those stationed at the rear are all reserve divisions!
According to the arrangements made by the Privy Council, it is estimated that in three days, a preliminary division will cross the river from Wuchang Prefecture and then enter Hanyang.
But before that, the garrison of Hanyang Fucheng still had to be done by the 7th Infantry Division, and guarding the city gates also had to be done by the elite main infantry.
But even though it was a break, guarding the city gate was indeed very boring. Many people were bored watching the civilians coming in and out. On the side, the patrolmen in black uniforms were searching people entering and leaving the city and maintaining order.
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"This is the eighth one who has been beaten. The quality of these people is too poor. The first few young masters said they would not line up, which is understandable, but why does this person have no reason to line up?
Huh?" A first-class soldier looked puzzled.
The corporal next to him said: "Didn't you see that man is wearing a long gown? He is a scholar. It is normal to not want to queue with ordinary people. However, after being warned by the patrolman, he still wants to jump in line. This is asking for a fight!"
"Just watch, he'll be honest after a few hits!" the corporal said, pointing to the middle-aged scholar in front of him who was about forty years old and wearing a long gown.
The man seemed to be relying on his status as a scholar, and then ignored the patrolman's warning and insisted on jumping to the front row, saying something polite and polite.
The patrolman maintaining order at the gate of the city only tried to persuade him verbally at first. When he saw that the man was unwilling to come out, he immediately pulled out his sword. Of course, he did not draw the sword, but the sword and the scabbard were thrown directly at the man.
A middle-aged man who talks about being polite and scholarly.
The knife hit him, and then he lifted his foot and kicked it hard, knocking out the middle-aged scholar!
Then he pulled out the waist knife a little and said sternly: "You are so brave, you dare to disturb the public order, someone is here!"
At this moment, the middle-aged scholar was frightened. In his life, he probably had never encountered a government servant who was so disrespectful to his talented husband.
, he just said that he could not jump in line, and he retorted a few words that he was a scholar, a scholar, etc., and then he was beaten.
What's more important is that after he heard the word "coming person", he was so frightened that he forgot about the pain, and then cried out: "Master, please have mercy, Master, please have mercy!"
Unexpectedly, the patrolman ignored him at all, but said to a young patrolman who was following him: "Issue a ticket!"
Then the young patrolman took out a small book from his arms, tore a page out of it and placed it on the middle-aged man. At the same time, he said: "Disturbing public order, refusing to listen to advice, being of a bad nature, you will be fined according to the law."
Twelve!"
After finishing speaking, he said again: "Pay the fine in person, no credit will be owed!"
Ten taels? Why don’t you go grab the money?
If those two patrolmen heard what this middle-aged scholar was saying, they would probably agree: We are just robbing money. If we don't rob money, hundreds of patrolmen from our Hanyang Prefecture Patrol Bureau will drink from the northwest.
go?
Although the Tang Dynasty would leave local taxes to local areas, except for a few areas with relatively good economies, most local finances were very poor, and the salaries of patrol officers were all paid from local finances. Local finances
If you don’t have money, you have to rely on yourself to generate income!
Among the many laws and regulations in the Tang Dynasty, the patrol police's favorite ones were various fines. Even in order to generate income, many minor crimes, such as jumping in line at the gate of the city, were directly punished.
Settle the matter with a fine.
But even if you are caught, you will still be sent to work in the end. And work, to put it bluntly, means doing hard work for the government for free. In the final analysis, it is actually related to money.
Of course, there are some cities that are more straightforward, such as Jinling City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. When entering and exiting the city gate, there is always a fast lane for VIPs. Each person pays one tael of silver at a time. You can leave after paying.
Go worry about queuing!
The first choice for powerful, wealthy businessmen and scholars who are obsessed with face!
If a wealthy businessman has to queue up with ordinary people to enter the city gate, and can't even walk through the express lane, others will definitely doubt your strength.
Really powerful merchants bring groups of servants and maids to the express lanes, and one trip costs dozens of taels of silver!
If you want to show off, just take a group of servants to the express lane. If you go back and forth dozens of times a day, the whole Jinling City will know that you are rich and awesome, because this money is enough for you to go to Qinhuai River Miss Sister
I stayed in the boat for a long time.
Of course, the scholar can't pretend to be cool. He doesn't even have a cute maid when he goes out. It shows that he is not doing well. These ten taels of silver will kill him!
He only managed to escape with more than three taels of silver in his body!
If you don’t have enough money, it’s okay. The patrol officer said that we are very reasonable. You can go to work in the labor camp, and your salary will be offset by the fine, and you will get free food and accommodation!
In the end, he asked his friends to help pay the fine, and finally avoided the fate of being arrested and sent to a labor camp!
And this scene was seen by many people, and everyone was stunned!
Among these people, a tall and thin old man wearing ordinary scribe's clothes had an expression that said, "I don't accept anyone, but I will accept you!"
Today, I, Zhang Yue, finally know why the Puppet Tang Dynasty has so much money. I, Zhang Yue, feel inferior to this method of making money!