The Qiang army was defeated and the war in Liangzhou was settled in one battle.
The next day, Jiang Chen ordered a celebratory feast to be held in Poqiang City to reward the three armies.
All the generals were drinking and chatting happily, unusually excited.
On one hand, it was for this great victory.
On the other hand, it was because of the wine and meat on the table. Liangzhou was located in a remote area and its living conditions were difficult.
But he was more excited because of the wine.
Jiang Chen had always been strict in managing the army, and alcohol was prohibited in the army.
Unless it was after a great victory, one could only drink appropriately, but never excessively.
Otherwise, even Jiang Chen's capable subordinates would definitely be severely punished.
But even so, it was enough to make them extremely excited.
After three rounds of wine, the dishes were almost finished.
Jia Xu took out the post-battle statistics he had compiled and reported to Jiang Chen.
"General, thanks to the bravery of our soldiers and our previous tactical planning, our army has defeated Ma Teng's Qiang soldiers!”
"We have killed more than thirty thousand enemies. Our casualties are very low, only two thousand one hundred and twenty-three dead, one thousand three hundred and twenty-two heavily injured, and two thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven lightly injured.”
"According to the previous management, the families of the deceased soldiers have been notified after burial and given the highest standard of compensation.”
"The heavily injured and lightly injured will also be properly arranged. When they recover in the future, they will be assigned tasks according to their specific conditions.”
Jiang Chen nodded slightly.
It was far from enough to be strict in managing the army.
Treating the soldiers well was also an important part.
Treat the soldiers well, not only when they were alive, but also when they died.
Only in this way could the soldiers not have any worries and could kill the enemy on the battlefield without caring about their own lives.
"Where are the supplies?"
Jiang Chen asked.
This time, they had defeated 80,000 Qiang soldiers. It was said that there were 30,000 cavalry among them. They must have captured a lot of resources.
"We have a great harvest this time!"
Speaking of this, even the usually calm Jia Xu had a smile on his face.
"Let's not talk about the gold, silver, treasures, weapons, and equipment. Just the warhorses alone have been harvested to more than seven thousand!”
Cavalry was one of the top military types in ancient times. They had extremely high mobility and destructive power.
Infantry of the same size would only be crushed by the cavalry and would not be able to fight back at all.
Moreover, even if the cavalry were defeated, it would be difficult to catch up with the infantry.
Seven thousand warhorses was not a small number!
Jia Xu continued," Our cavalry deliberately avoided attacking the horses during the battle with the Qiang soldiers, so most of these horses are healthy and can be used to form cavalry."”
"Those few horses that were injured and unable to go to the battlefield were distributed to the people according to the previous regulations to be used for farming.”
"Yes."
Jiang Chen replied.
Those injured warhorses could no longer go to the battlefield, so it was useless to keep them in his hands.
By distributing them to the people, he could win over their hearts and increase their agricultural production. It also indirectly increased his grain reserves.
This was the suggestion Jia Xu had given him previously.
After years of implementation, it had achieved very good results.
Jiang Chen stood up.
"This victory is inseparable from the contribution of every soldier. All soldiers should be rewarded!”
"Pass down my order. All the soldiers and officers will have their pay doubled this month!”
The soldiers shouted," Thank you for your reward, General!”
At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran in quickly. He cupped his fists and knelt on one knee."General!"
"A war broke out at the border of Bing Province. The Southern Xiongnu followed the Yellow River and quickly occupied a large number of towns!”
Jiang Chen's eyes flashed as he looked at Jia Xu.
Previously, Jia Xu had suggested that he place spies in Bingzhou to gather information.
If the Xiongnu were to take advantage of the internal strife in the Central Plains and Bingzhou being leaderless, he would take this opportunity to drive the Xiongnu away and take Bingzhou in one fell swoop!
Jia Xu's expression was calm and composed.
"Good!" Jiang Chen's gaze was sharp as he said.”
"These foreign races have wild ambitions, and they actually took advantage of the internal strife of the Great Han Dynasty to attack the border of the Great Han Dynasty and harm the people of the Great Han.”
"This is really unbearable!"
"Zhang Xiu!"
"I'm here!"
Zhang Xiu hurriedly put down the wine cup in his hand, stood up, and cupped his fists.
"I order you to be the vanguard and lead 10,000 troops to Bingzhou to expel the Xiongnu!”
"Yes!"
Zhang Xiu cupped his fists.
Previously, when he had defeated the Qiang soldiers, although he had asked to fight a few times, he had not received Jiang Chen's permission.
He could finally make a move against the Xiongnu this time.
Ten thousand cavalrymen!
For a small commandant who had just joined Jiang Chen's army, this was enough to show Jiang Chen's trust and expectations for him.
"The rest of the soldiers, start preparing immediately after the celebration banquet. In a few days, the army will follow me to the east.”
"Dong Zhuo is a traitor to the country. He deposed the emperor and established a new one. He has no respect for the law and is not tolerated by the world.”
"We are all subjects of the Han Dynasty. How can we ignore it and let that traitor get away with it?”
"I was only restrained by Ma Teng's Qiang soldiers and couldn't fight Dong Zhuo.”
"Although Ma Teng has fled, the Qiang soldiers are no longer strong enough to threaten the border of our Great Han.”
"I will naturally lead the army to eliminate the evil and save the emperor!”
The soldiers shouted," Get rid of the evil and save the emperor!”
"Get rid of the evil man and save the emperor!"
"Exterminate the evil and save the emperor!"
……
The next day, in Poqiang City, the two armies set off separately.
Zhang Xiu led 10,000 black armored cavalry to Bingzhou to wipe out the Xiongnu.
Jiang Chen personally led fifty thousand troops, twenty thousand of which were black armored cavalry and thirty thousand infantry, to attack Dong Zhuo's remaining forces in Liangzhou.
Once the news came out, the world was shocked!
At the same time, while Jiang Chen and Ma Teng were fighting, the Central Plains had also undergone tremendous changes.
Dong Zhuo used the nursery rhymes of Chang 'an children as evidence and called it the will of heaven.
The proposal to move the capital to Chang 'an was strongly opposed by many ministers.
However, after a few times of bloody suppression, he only dared to be angry but did not dare to say anything.
The matter of moving the capital to Chang 'an was temporarily settled.
A few days later, Dong Zhuo left Luoyang with the emperor and his ministers.
When he left Luoyang, he indulged his soldiers to wantonly burn, kill, plunder, and rape women.
Those that could be taken away were taken away, and those that couldn't be taken away were burned. For a time, Luoyang City became a purgatory on earth.
Countless commoners had suffered and died in this disaster.
After Dong Zhuo left, the soldiers who were guarding Tiger Cage Pass lost the will to resist.
He might as well open the city gates and let the seventeen vassal armies enter.
Sun Jian, the Tiger of River East, was the first person to enter Luoyang City. However, for some reason, not long after he entered Luoyang City, he broke his oath of alliance and left in a hurry instead of chasing Dong Zhuo.
The other dukes also had other thoughts.
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