Please give me some red tickets. This is free. Brothers, please support the boat.

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At the foot of the hillside, in the rolling low bushes, the corpses of two to three hundred Houjin soldiers and hundreds of war horses were displayed in random directions. They seemed to have been eaten by the green bushes, against the dazzling sunlight.

, some dazzling, some ferocious.

Li Yuanqing understood it at a glance.

This must have happened during the storm last night. These Tatars did not know the details and tried to break out at night, but they were caught in the flood and drowned.

Judging from the scale of the corpses, there should be many more people. However, those people were not so lucky and were trapped by the bushes. I am afraid that they had already been swept into the sea and perished.

"Haha. Just wait, I'm going to cut off some Tatar heads."

"Slow down, wait for me, I'll go too."

Some soldiers from Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan couldn't wait any longer and rushed down the mountain to cut off the heads of these Tatars.

The Ming Dynasty judged military merit by considering the head.

Whether you kill ten thousand enemies, a hundred enemies, or even just one, the court only cares about how many heads you have in your hand.

To a certain extent, this is indeed a good means to verify military merit and prevent false claims of merit.

But the fact is that the soldiers of the Hou Jin Dynasty were extremely brave. Even if someone was killed in battle, others could get half of his family property as long as they took his body home. This also made the soldiers of the Hou Jin Dynasty attach great importance to the corpses of their companions. Even the Ming army

A big victory, but it's hard to get too many heads.

Even if the battle is won, the soldiers are busy beheading them, so how can they complete the mission of continuing the pursuit?

This made the Ming army often become jealous when they saw the heads of Tatars. They fought for each other and even fought with swords. In the end, the victory turned into a defeat.

Especially in large-scale operations, when every unit wants to be killed, who is willing to do the dirty and tiring work?

Just like on the football field, everyone wants to be a forward and score goals, so why do they need defenders and midfielders?

Is this possible?

Soon, a dozen soldiers had crossed the river at the foot of the mountain and began to cut off their heads in the bushes.

Several soldiers around Li Yuanqing couldn't help it anymore, "General, let's go and behead them too? Otherwise, they will behead them all, and we will be gone."

The military discipline of the Changsheng Camp is very strict. No one dares to move without Li Yuanqing's order.

Beside them, more and more soldiers from Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan were running down the mountain to cut off their heads on the opposite side.

Li Yuanqing glanced at the soldiers and asked, "Do you also want to go?"

Several soldiers were stunned.

Even though they had not been following Li Yuanqing for a long time, they were all close to Li Yuanqing. They had already realized that Li Yuanqing did not seem to agree with this matter, and they all shook their heads in a hurry.

Li Yuanqing slowly exhaled a breath and said coldly: "If you want merit, go and get it on the battlefield. Did you kill these Tatars? What is the use of taking their heads? Even if the court recognizes it, I, Li Yuanqing, will not recognize it.

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Several soldiers hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, not daring to breathe.

Soon, a scene formed.

Soldiers from Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan rushed to the opposite side like a race to behead their heads. However, the Changsheng Camp was still busy with camp affairs. Even if some people were jealous and glanced at the opposite side secretly, no one dared to move.

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong were both veteran generals, and they soon discovered this difference. Both of them were a little embarrassed, and hurriedly asked their own soldiers to call these soldiers back.

Zhang Pan was even more ashamed. He finally understood why Li Yuanqing dared to confront the golden cavalry, but he could only run away blindly.

"Damn, these bastards have really embarrassed me."

Zhang Pan spat fiercely, "Zhang Ming, Zhang Hu, get over here."

"Yes." After a moment, two strong men hurriedly knelt down beside Zhang Pan.

The taller one is named Zhang Ming, and the thicker one is named Zhang Hu. They are all Zhang Pan's confidants who have changed their surnames.

"Listen to me, you two. Whoever cut off the head just now will be found by me. Each of you will be given a hundred lashes. You will not be spared lightly."

"Uh? Yes." Zhang Ming was stunned, but he also knew that Zhang Pan was really angry and did not dare to refute, so he and Zhang Hu hurriedly led the soldiers to arrest the person.

Chen Zhong's face didn't look good either. He waved his hand and ordered Chen Changyou, the leader of his own soldiers, to arrest him.

Not long after, dozens of Zhang Pan's soldiers who had their heads cut off were captured.

Zhang Pan directly ordered them to be tied to the pine forest nearby. He picked up the riding crop in his hand and whipped them head and face.

The soldiers screamed in pain and hurriedly begged for mercy, "General, why did you beat us? What did we do wrong?"

"What a fool, you still dare to be so harsh."

"General, we were wrong, please spare your life."

"..."

Zhang Pan was sweating profusely. Here, Chen Zhong also picked up a riding whip and came to his deployment.

Although the whip was struck on Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong, the soldiers in the Changsheng Battalion felt the same way, especially the soldiers who had just thought of beheading them.

"What are you looking at? Have you finished your business?" Duan Xiliang couldn't help but shouted rudely.

"Yes." The soldiers did not dare to neglect and hurriedly went about the affairs in their hands.

But Duan Xiliang's eyes flashed with pride. On weekdays, Li Yuanqing was really strict with his training requirements. Many times, he was even completely unreasonable, which Duan Xiliang couldn't bear. But at this time, this seemingly inconspicuous small detail was actually

The gap has been widened.

Duan Xiliang is also reflecting on why Li Yuanqing always emphasizes, "Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime."

This is probably the problem.

If the Tatars on the opposite side have not completely evacuated and charge while these soldiers are beheading, then...

Li Yuanqing didn't have much expression on his face, he wasn't proud, and he didn't deliberately dissuade Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan.

In fact, although the soldiers barely restrained the urge to behead their heads under the high pressure of Li Yuanqing at this time, deep down in their hearts, there were probably many who disagreed.

This kind of thing is also human nature.

Although they have a little bit of team awareness, they will inevitably not have distracting thoughts when faced with the temptation of personal interests.

This is mainly a problem with the Ming army's reward mechanism.

But through today's seemingly inconspicuous little detail, Li Yuanqing understood that reform in the military was urgent.

Drilling and military discipline are the basics, but human kindness and comfort, or in other words, giving soldiers an open path forward, are the most critical elements for maintenance and development.

The road ahead is still long and long.

Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong had vented enough, and the atmosphere in the Third Division's camp gradually began to become chilly.

This is the atmosphere that a military camp should have, not freedom and laxity.

In the evening, there was horse meat stew in a big pot again.

The soldiers had enough to eat and drink, and the weather was good. Today's events became their biggest topic of conversation.

Li Yuanqing, Chen Zhong, and Zhang Pan summarized the battle in a newly built large shack.

After a full day of rest today, all aspects of affairs gradually returned to normal, and the Tatar heads and war horse corpses on the opposite side were also collected to the camp.

In several days of fierce fighting, Chen Zhong's side lost more than 00 soldiers and more than 400 auxiliary soldiers. Zhang Pan was even worse, losing more than 700 soldiers, nearly 800 auxiliary soldiers, and countless wounded.

Li Yuanqing's side was slightly better, with nearly 100 casualties among the soldiers and less than 100 auxiliary troops.

The main reason was that Li Yuanqing later joined the battle and the auxiliary troops did not go deep into the front line. Most of the injuries were caused by the death of spearmen who acted as human shields when facing the enemy head-on.

There was also a storm, which also brought several casualties to the third department.

As for the damage to the ship, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver were lost.

But the harvest was not without success. All three departments got a lot of new wheat this year. Zhang Pan had the most, with hundreds of thousands of jins. Most of them were shipped back to Lushun, and Chen Zhong also got more than 00,000 jins.

, Li Yuanqing is at least over 100,000 pounds.

Excluding the ones that were burned down at the foot of Fuzhou City, there won't be any big problems if the three units can survive this year.

In these successive battles, the three groups obtained the carcasses of almost five to six hundred war horses. This horse meat was considered a considerable fortune.

There are also various weapons, tents, armors, etc., which can be worth tens of thousands of taels.

The most critical Tatar heads, Li Yuanqing currently has more than 400, Zhang Pan and Chen Zhong each have a hundred or so, plus more than 00 on the opposite hillside, the three together, close to 900 Tatar heads.

Among them, there are about 600 levels of real slaves and 00 levels of Han army flags. It can definitely be said to be a great victory.

Zhang Pan said: "Yuan Qing, you have contributed the most in this battle. In this way, for this level 00 Tatar head, you get 100, and Lao Chen and I each get 50. In this battle, we are not at a loss."

Chen Zhong nodded and expressed no objection.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Two brothers, you and I are fighting side by side in this battle, so what difference does it make between you and me? In this way, we have a total of more than 900 levels of heads, so let's divide them equally. Each of us has a level 00 true slave and a level 100 Han army flag.

.It’s easier to calculate if you report your merits upwards.”

Chen Zhong and Zhang Pan were both shocked. Zhang Pan hurriedly said: "Yuan Qing, this, this, aren't you suffering a big loss? No, no. My brother has already received a great favor from you, how can he still take advantage of you like this?"

Your advantage? You are trying to make my brother lose his dignity in the future. No, I don’t agree."
To be continued...