No one had expected Xu Fengwu to take the initiative to attack when He Tao led the vanguard and Huang An's two battalions were about to arrive.
What was even more unexpected was that the envoy, He Tao, was ambushed halfway. Only a hundred of the three hundred men returned. The rest either died in battle, fled, or were captured.
In this battle, Xu Fengwu led Du Qian, Song Wan, Ruan Xiao Er, and four hundred lackeys to destroy Liangshan Town in one go. Then, he had Du Qian and the other two attack from all directions and rob the major families of the surrounding villages.
Liangshan Town was a rich place where merchants settled down. There were originally more than a hundred local soldiers. There was also a rammed earth wall around it, so it would not be so vulnerable.
Who knew that Xu Fengwu had Ruan the Second disguised himself as a merchant and sneaked into Liangshan Town early on, and then he led his men to launch a surprise attack. Under such coordination, Liangshan Town was easily breached.
With the help of the surrounding villages, the harvest from this battle on Liangshan was much more than destroying Xihou Village.
Rice, silver, cloth, silk, pig iron, salt, and other materials were all transported back to Liangshan by boat. Together with the captives brought by Shi Wengong, the entire village was overjoyed.
Liangshan Lake had been established for more than two years, but it had never been as prosperous as it was now. Ever since Xu Fengwu became the Fort Master, the results of the battle had been more and more fruitful, far stronger than during Wang Lun's time.
On Liangshan, whenever the minions saw Xu Fengwu, they would all praise the Fort Master's might, causing Xu Fengwu's reputation to reach a new height.
As for those large families and merchants who were robbed, they were extremely unlucky. All their property and goods were robbed by Liangshan. They had nowhere to cry even if they wanted to.
He could only hope that the moment the troops arrived, the Liangshan bandits would immediately be annihilated so that they could get back their property.
In the Hall of Righteousness.
Xu Fengwu and the others gathered together. After counting the results of the battle, they naturally could not help but reward them. Then, they prepared a banquet to celebrate.
This battle was very important to Liang Mountain. Just like how the government army had a psychological advantage over the bandits, the Liang Mountain lackeys naturally had some fear when facing the Shangguan army.
Shi Wengong's ambush this time had defeated He Tao's 300 men and brought back more than 40 captives, instantly increasing the confidence of the minions.
So what if they are government troops? Aren't they still captured by our Liangshan?
For a moment, not only were the Liangshan minions full of confidence, they were even a little blindly optimistic.
In the Hall of Righteousness, after Xu Fengwu counted the results of the battle, he rewarded Shi Wengong according to his merits. He found it a pity that Shi Wengong couldn't capture He Tao because of his horse.
Xu Fengwu said to Shi Wengong,""Teacher, don't worry. After we deal with the government army's expedition, we'll make a trip to the north and buy a few good horses.”
This kind of thing could not happen again. Now that Liangshan had just started, Shi Wengong's role was very obvious. With such a fierce general leading the charge, the effect was definitely huge.
If he lost a brave general because of his warhorse, Xu Fengwu would definitely die of depression.
It was just like Gao Chong in the Legend of Yue Fei. He was originally the number one fierce general under Yue Fei, but because his mount was exhausted, Gao Chong was overturned to the ground and finally crushed to death by Jin Bing's iron tackle.
This kind of death made people speechless.
"The warhorses are just a small matter," Shi Wengong cupped his fists and said."However, in this ambush against the government troops, two of our brothers died and more than ten people were injured.”
Xu Fengwu pondered for a moment and said,""These two brothers died in battle for the village. As the village master, I naturally can't ignore them. Those who died in battle would receive a hundred strings of money, and the stronghold would personally bury them. If there were family members in the village, the money would be handed over to them. If there were no family members on the mountain, this money would have to be sent to their relatives.”
"If they are disabled from the battle, they will also have fifty strings of silver. In addition, every time they go down the mountain from now on, 70% of the spoils will be placed in the warehouse to maintain the daily operations of the village. In the remaining 30%, the brothers who went down the mountain would get 15%, the brothers guarding the stronghold would get 10%, and the leaders would get the remaining 5%. What do you think of this method?”
After Xu Fengwu finished his suggestion, he looked at the crowd.
No one present could have any opinions. Whether it was for the minions of the stronghold or for the leaders, it was a great benefit.
Everyone shouted in unison:"Brother(Fort Master is benevolent, we agree.”
"Since that's the case, let's get someone to copy down this rule so that we brothers know about it. As for the two brothers who died in the battle, they had to give out their compensation as soon as possible. Then, they had to prepare good coffins and bury them properly.”
Xu Fengwu had come up with this compensation and reward method at the last minute, but it was very reasonable after careful consideration.
Seventy percent of the spoils were enough to maintain the operations of the village. As the village grew in the future, the number of people would only increase, but only a small portion would go down the mountain each time.
This small portion of the reward was 15%. If the amount seized was especially large, it would definitely make people rich overnight. This was completely an incentive mechanism.
With such a reward system, everyone in Liangshan would probably ask to fight.
More importantly, Huang An's two battalions of prefectural armies were about to arrive. If this reward system was issued, it would definitely boost the morale of Liang Mountain.
None of the people present were stupid, and they all realized the benefits of this. They were afraid that everyone in Liangshan would die for him in the future, and they could not help but admire Xu Fengwu even more.
"Don't worry, big brother. I'll do it now.”Zhu Gui immediately stood up. He was one of the few people on Liangshan who could write and calculate, so Xu Fengwu temporarily let him manage the money and food.
However, Zhu Gui's skill in arithmetic was limited. In addition, he had to be responsible for gathering information. If he had to do two jobs by himself, it would be fine if there were only a few people in the village now. However, when the number of people increased in the future, he would probably find it difficult.
Xu Fengwu felt that it was better to let Zhu Gui focus on gathering information and find someone else to manage the money and food.
Naturally, Xu Fengwu thought of Master God-Diviner Jiang Jing. He was proficient in the art of calculation and could accumulate thousands of points without missing a single detail. He was ranked fifty-third in the original novel and was the most ideal candidate.
However, Xu Fengwu did not have time to look for Jiang Jing, so he could only let Zhu Gui take over for the time being. Grand Duke Xu was good at arithmetic. After all, he had to look at a thick stack of account books every year when he collected the rent. How could he not know arithmetic?
It was just that Great Grandfather Xu had been following his son around and had been unhappy for the past few days. He did not have a good attitude towards Xu Fengwu either. He did not want to get into trouble at this time.
After arranging the rewards, Xu Fengwu knew that there would be punishments. However, regarding the punishment system, he planned to wait until the government troops were defeated before issuing it along with the military law.
Then, Xu Fengwu reminded everyone,""In addition, although we have won this battle, we still cannot let our guard down. The Jizhou prefectural army is about to arrive, so you must seize the time to train your brothers.”
Although the Liangshan troops first broke Xihou Village, then Liangshan Town, and even ambushed He Tao, the situation seemed to be good.
However, Xu Fengwu knew very well that strictly speaking, the Liangshan minions were just a bunch of mobs. They could fight a smooth battle, but they would not be able to fight a tough battle.
However, in the current situation, Xu Fengwu could only let his minions train and fight to maintain this momentum.
As for the rest, they could only wait until they defeated the Jeju prefectural army.
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