Chapter 332: Northern Di Intelligence

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A team of cavalrymen slowly moved forward over the rolling grass hills.

Temu Ta was in the front. When he arrived at the fence, he dismounted and walked towards the Khan's tent.

He led his troops back after withdrawing from Tongguan.

Jinzhou's plan failed, and they could only go south as planned.

"The troops of the King of Yan took Tongguan first?" After hearing Temu Ta's words, Mule Hongzhen frowned slightly.

Although he was not completely sure about taking Tongguan, he was still very disappointed to learn that Tongguan was taken by the King of Yan.

Temu Ta looked guilty, "Father Khan, we underestimated the troops of the King of Yan. We didn't expect them to win so smoothly. Now it seems that artillery is too important in war, and this time I also saw the new firearms of the King of Yan."

"New firearms?" Mule Hongzhen frowned.

At this moment, a guard in front of the tent suddenly came in, "Khan, King Ulanba is here."

Temu Ta's smile disappeared immediately.

Mule Hongzhen temporarily put the matter of King Yan's new firearms behind him and nodded to the guards. The guards went out and Ulanba walked in.

Seeing Timota, Ulanba stepped forward and hugged Timota, smiling: "Brother, although Jinzhou is a bit of a pity, the good news I brought this time is much more important than Jinzhou."

Temta forced a smile and said: "Could it be that the artillery has been developed?"

Ulanba nodded and turned to Mule Hongzhen, "This is what I came to see my father Khan to talk about."

"Is the missionary from the Russian country willing to teach the craftsmen how to cast artillery?" Mule Hongzhen leaned forward with expectation.

From the mouth of this missionary, he no longer knew nothing about the enemy from the Far North.

According to this missionary, the accent of their country's name is similar to that of Russia.

The current monarch of the country is called Nicholas the Great.

The place where the capital of the Russian country is located is called the European continent.

The monarchs of the Russian country have been promoting and advocating eastward expansion for generations, which is why their army arrived here.

There are now many fortresses built by them on the snowy plains in the far north.

The missionary also mentioned some other countries on the European continent, but he was no longer interested.

What he cared about was artillery.

Beidi had the world's most invincible cavalry, and if it was supplemented with artillery.

What Dasong, Ross or Europe, will all crawl at his feet.

"Yes, father Khan, after allowing him to preach in Ningcheng and Jincheng, he was very happy and agreed to this matter. The child has dispatched a group of craftsmen to him." Ulanba said.

"Hahaha..." Mulehong really laughed.

For more than two months, Beidi treated this missionary as a distinguished guest, and now this stone has finally been warmed up.

Thinking that it won't be long before Beidi will have the same artillery as King Yan, his mood, which has been gloomy for several months, finally became comfortable.

When Temuta heard this, he was also shocked.

But at the same time of happiness, he was a little sour.

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Yancheng.

Chang Wei came back and sent the battle report to the palace.

After taking Tongguan, he didn't need to stay there any longer, so he was transferred back.

The entire Jinzhou is now safe.

It is only necessary to clear out the remaining Xiliang fleeing soldiers in the territory.

"Although there were no heavy losses like Xiliang, the palace's personal army also suffered more than 10,000 casualties this time, including 4,312 killed and 6,100 injured." Chang Wei said: "But some of the casualties were non-combat casualties, and many soldiers had malaria." Chang Wei sighed.

Zhao Xu nodded. In ancient wars, snakes, rats, insects, ants, heat and cold would cause casualties to soldiers, and of course there were diseases.

For example, the malaria mentioned by Chang Wei, in contemporary history, in the war of Kangxi's pacification of the Three Feudatories, even this emperor could not avoid it.

It can be seen that the situation among the soldiers is even worse.

"But fortunately, there are secret medicines from the palace in the army, and most of the injured soldiers have been rescued." Speaking of this, Chang Wei cast a respectful look at Zhao Xu.

In the past, at least half of the more than 6,000 injured soldiers would have died, but now only 10% of the soldiers did not survive.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu was somewhat relieved. Of course, Chang Wei did not mean that the secret medicine cured malaria, but that it cured the sword wounds.

But even so, he still felt distressed.

After all, there are still more than 5,000 soldiers whose lives will remain forever on the land of Jinzhou.

"The soldiers' pensions must be done well. If anyone dares to seek personal gain in this matter, don't blame me for being cold-blooded and ruthless." Zhao Xu said solemnly, "These soldiers sacrificed their lives for Dasong. Their names should be remembered, and their families should be treated well. We can't let them point at our spines and scold us under the Nine Netherworld!"

"Your Highness, don't worry. I will personally keep an eye on this matter and send people to check every family. If anyone dares to give less than a copper coin, I will tear him apart personally." Chang Wei said loudly.

In this matter, he supports King Yan ten thousand times.

"Well, we will set up a special pension department in the army to take care of the matters of the wounded and dead soldiers. Also, in the future, any civilian family who has joined the army will be given a special title of military dependents and marked on the household registration. Every year during the solar terms, the government office will send some rice, flour, meat, oil, etc. Even if the soldier died in battle, they will continue to send it." Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

On the one hand, this is to strengthen the care for the soldiers' families.

On the other hand, it is also to improve the status of soldiers.

In Dasong, especially in Jiangnan, Dasong soldiers have a derogatory name that is the same as today, called Xiao Chilao.

What is being devalued is the soldiers. The word comes from the tattooing system. In order to prevent prisoners and soldiers from escaping,

In the Dasong Army, soldiers would be tattooed on their faces and painted with cinnabar.

This Xiliang tattooed the face of Mr. Chuang for a reason.

Therefore, the people insulted the soldiers by giving them the word "Chi Lao" to show their contempt.

In his opinion, this low status of soldiers is also the root cause of the Great Song Forbidden Army's war against the five scum.

When establishing the royal army, Chang Wei also mentioned tattooing, but he refused.

Now, he's going to completely change that.

Soldiers cannot be allowed to work hard and suffer contempt at the same time.

Furthermore, once one becomes famous, thousands of bones will wither.

The history books record the princes, generals and ministers, but why did they ever give these ordinary soldiers any pen and ink?

Since he is the King of Yan, he must fundamentally change this.