When the enemy soldiers fled to their own camp, what awaited them was not their comrades, but Li You's soldiers. This caused the enemy soldiers to panic even more. They had no intention of fighting, but Li You did not want to let them go.
Not long after, Lu Ning and Zhang Liao's army arrived. The enemy soldiers who had yet to escape saw that there was no hope and could only choose to surrender. The Xianbei Tartar Cavalry that could escape were only a few hundred.
The battle ended. After cleaning up the battlefield, the Lü Ning army had killed more than 1,200 Xianbei cavalry and captured more than 2,500. There were still a few hundred enemy soldiers who had escaped.
The Lü Ning army suffered more than 500 casualties, of which more than 200 were seriously injured or killed. In general, the Lü Ning army had won a complete victory. Although a few hundred enemy soldiers had escaped, it was not important to the Lü Ning army. There were only a little over a thousand soldiers in the entire Yin Mansion. This would not affect the Lü Ning army's next attack on the city.
During the break, Lu Ning said to Li You,""Buhui, did you encounter any resistance in the enemy camp?”
Li You chuckled and said," My lord, they only left a few hundred soldiers in the entire enemy camp. They all went to chase after Zhang Chuang. When I led my brothers into the camp, the enemy soldiers did not expect that our army would launch a sneak attack on their camp under such circumstances. They did not expect to be ambushed either, so we caught the enemy soldiers off guard. We only paid the price of more than 20 soldiers to destroy their camp and completely eliminate the enemy.”
Two days later, Lu Ning led his army to the outside of Yin Mansion. When Zhang Liao led his soldiers to attack the city, they found that it was an empty city. All the Xianbei cavalry had fled.
When the Lü Ning soldiers entered the city, they found out that it was the hundreds of defeated soldiers who had fled back. It was said that the entire army had been wiped out by the Lü Ning army. When the enemy general in charge of guarding the city heard that the Lü Ning army had five or six thousand cavalry, they immediately chose to escape.
After the Lü Ning army entered the city, they rescued more than a thousand of the Lü Ning people. They were all captured by the Xianbei army and became Xianbei slaves. The 500 women became the Xianbei soldiers 'toys and targets to vent their frustrations on. When they saw the Lü Ning army, they were filled with tears.
Lv Ningma ordered people to settle them down and assured them that no more Tartar cavalry would dare to bully them.
Then, Lü Ning immediately ordered Li You to lead 1,500 flying bear soldiers and charge straight for Yanmen Pass, not letting them stay for even a moment. Lü Ning did not want to give the defenders of Yanmen Pass any time to prepare for defense, and Lü Ning also wanted to catch them off guard again.
When Li You arrived at Yanmen Pass, the Xianbei cavalry had also left.
After receiving Li You's report, Lu Ning immediately arranged for craftsmen and some captives to repair the Yanmen Pass. They increased the thickness of the city walls and added fortifications to strengthen the defense.
At the same time, he ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army to attack the other cities in Yanmen Prefecture. They had to recover the entire Yanmen Prefecture as quickly as possible so that the Lü Ning army would have some depth of defense.
After Zhang Liao left, Lu Ning gave Zhang Chuang an unexpected order. He ordered him to bring 50 soldiers to disguise as ordinary people and go to Hanoi County to find Sima Lang and Sima Boda. He also wanted to find an opportunity to kidnap Sima Lang and bring him to the Yin Mansion.
Lu Ning instructed Zhang Chuang to be respectful and polite to Sima Lang along the way. He must not use violence and must also ensure Sima Lang's safety. Little Zhang Chuang was frowning.
Lu Ning thought to himself that although Sima Lang was still young, he was still a famous person. If he went to invite him, he would definitely not be able to do so. Who would be willing to help a nameless person like him who had no background, no foundation, and no money? He could only take extreme measures to get him over first. Otherwise, he would not have anyone to deal with internal affairs.
After more than ten days, all the refugees and soldiers stationed in the base camp had safely moved to Yin Mansion City. Lu Ning asked the group of literati found among the refugees to settle them down and re-measure the land. Each household was allocated 20 mu.(According to the measurement of Mu in the future) Land, but it is not allowed to be barren. 15 Mu must be planted with food crops, and the other 5 Mu can be planted with cotton and other cash crops. The tax of each household is calculated according to 15 Mu, and 10% per Mu. The rest will not be levied. If there is any barren land, the barren land will be confiscated and fined 50 taels of gold per Mu. The land will belong to the farmers, but the farmers are not allowed to buy or sell the land. For example, the farmers in Bingzhou, whose land area was more than 20 mu, would have to pay 80% of the tax on the excess land.
For business? Lu Ning also offered more preferential policies. All the industries and businesses that were under Lu Ning's jurisdiction would only be charged 10% of the transaction amount. There would be no other taxes.
As for the mining industry, no one was allowed to mine at will. They had to obtain the approval of the government before they could mine at a designated location. After Lu Ning told these messy things to the group of scholars, he asked them to quickly write a notice and announce it, and asked them to settle the refugees as soon as possible.
Among the 20,000 to 30,000 refugees, Lü Ning also gathered 32 blacksmiths. Lü Ning organized them and set up a weapon manufacturing factory, and each of them was given a certain amount of shares. He asked them to craft the sabers, spears, swords, armors, shields, arrows, and so on according to Lu Ning's designs.
The first thing that Lü Ning asked them to make was not weapons, armor, or other equipment, but a set of retorting equipment for brewing wine. Lü Ning had to produce a small amount of good wine as soon as possible so that he could bribe the corrupt officials in the court and the eunuchs around the emperor. He had to try to solve the problem of their political status in Yanmen Prefecture. Otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain.
During this period, Lu Ning also selected dozens of skilled carpenters and formed a team to build a furniture factory. Each carpenter was given a share.
In addition, he also planned to build a paper mill, a ceramic factory, and a brick factory. As for the cement factory and the steel factory, he could only build them when he had the talent and financial resources.
Through this period of observation, L??Ning found two scholars with relatively good working ability from the group of scholars. They were Chen Fang, Chen Yuanda, Mai Zi, and Mai Changsui. Both of them were from Jizhou, scholars from dilapidated families.
Chen Fang was more flexible, good at diplomacy, and eloquent. Mai Zi didn't speak much, but she was good at doing things and had a certain level of internal affairs.
Lü Ning had promoted the two of them to assist Lü Ning in handling some daily affairs, which made the two of them feel flattered. They immediately swore to Lü Ning that they would be loyal to Lü Ning for life, which made Lü Ning feel a little warm.
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