Chapter 233: Spoils of War

"Haha, Master Yang, please come quickly!"

"Oh, thank you for your hard work. This journey has not been easy!"

"Dashan, Dashan, take these brothers to eat first, and then let these brothers have a good rest!"

Yang Zhengshan greeted with enthusiasm.

It's not that he did it deliberately, but Yuan Wanli and others really didn't look good.

It is estimated that they suffered a lot during the four days of traveling.

They did not come directly from Chongshanguan, but first went to Jiacheng, and then came from Jiacheng after getting the location of Yang Zhengshan.

The journey from Jiacheng is not very far, only about three or four hundred miles.

But this is the Northland. Although the places they passed have been passed by the garrison camp, who knows if there are any Hu Qi around. If they encounter Hu Qi, then they may only be able to deliver food.

So not only did they have to sleep in the open air along the way, but they also had to be careful to avoid thieves.

They can't eat well, sleep well, and have to travel. You can imagine what they look like at this time.

"Mr. Yang was made to laugh!" Yuan Wanli said with some embarrassment.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said: "What's so funny about this? Master Yuan came here in fear and pain all the way to help us verify our military exploits. I can't even thank Master Yuan enough, so how can I be laughed at?"

"Master Yuan, let's go have a meal first."

With that said, Yang Zhengshan led Yuan Wanli and two civil servants into his camp.

"Master Yuan, drinking is prohibited in the army, so we will have tea instead of a bar!"

When the food was served, Yang Zhengshan greeted the three of them to eat.

Yuan Wanli was really hungry, and he had already eaten several meals of dry food, and his mouth was almost full of food. Now that he saw the table full of food, his index fingers moved.

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your hospitality. You'll be welcome if I wait!"

"You're welcome, eat more!"

Yang Zhengshan greeted.

Immediately, Yuan Wanli and the other three began to feast.

After they finished their meal, Yang Zhengshan did not rush for them to confirm their military exploits, but let them take a rest first.

It wasn't until early the next morning that Yuan Wanli lost all his fatigue and started to get down to business.

"Master Yang, are all the heads here?"

"This~" Yang Zhengshan hesitated and said, "I'd better take Mr. Yuan to have a look first!"

After that, he led Yuan Wanli out of the camp.

When Yuan Wanli and the others arrived at Zaltz's settlement, they were all stunned.

When they came yesterday, they did not see Zaltz's settlement, but went directly into the garrison camp.

Although the garrison camp is near Zalz, it is separated from Zalz by a hill.

There was no way, the smell in the Zaltz settlement was too bad at this time, and the strong smell of blood was particularly pungent.

However, Yang Zhengshan didn't do anything in the past few days. They had collected all the loot and gathered the corpses in a large pit, and the heads were also piled together.

Looking at the huge settlement, looking at the corpses in the pit, looking at the heads piled up like a hill.

Yuan Wanli was so disgusted that he almost vomited out the breakfast he had just eaten.

"This, this, this~~"

He pointed at the hill-like head, unable to speak a complete sentence.

Yang Zhengshan said calmly: "These are the heads of strong men of the Hu tribe, and none of them belong to the old, weak, women and children!"

When talking about military merit based on the heads, in fact, even if there are old and weak among them, it doesn't matter. They are all the heads of barbarians, and they cannot be counted as killing good people and taking merit.

If you want to be more shameless, it is not impossible to put the heads of women and children among them.

However, Yang Zhengshan still had some bottom lines. It was okay to massacre, after all, it was the hatred of the country and the family, but he really couldn't bear to use the heads of women and children to make up for his military exploits.

However, in Yuan Wanli's eyes, this was like a hellish scene.

Although he had been on the battlefield many times before, and had even inspected many heads to confirm his military exploits, this was the first time he had seen such a scene of heads piled up like a hill.

He looked at Yang Zhengshan who looked normal next to him, noticed Yang Zhengshan's deep eyes, and suddenly shuddered.

Master Yang is so cruel!

Is Yang Zhengshan cruel?

How to say it?

As a citizen from a peaceful country, Yang Zhengshan has his own moral concepts and attitude towards life.

But after coming to this world, he reminded himself again and again to adapt to this world and integrate into this world.

Over the past few years, he has changed so much that he seems to be a different person.

That's right, he's just a different person.

Yang Zhengshan at this time is no longer the Yang Zhengshan he used to be.

Yang Zhengshan felt Yuan Wanli's gaze, turned to smile at him, and said gently: "Next, I will trouble Mr. Yuan to count the military achievements! I still have some things to deal with, and I can't accompany Mr. Yuan. I hope Mr. Yuan can forgive me!"

However, his smile made Yuan Wanli tremble again. Yuan Wanli quickly looked away and said stumblingly: "Yang, Mr. Yang, please, please!"

"Da Shan, please accompany Mr. Yuan to tally the battle achievements!"

Yang Zhengshan gave instructions to Song Dashan beside him and returned to the camp.

As soon as he returned to the camp, Zhou Ren came over and said, "Sir, all the supplies have been counted!"

"How many?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"There are 1,300 adult war horses, 720 other horses and colts, 928 oxen, and 3,280 sheep."

"There are also 768 furs of various types, 8,700 iron tools, 860 shi of grain, and 12 shi of coarse salt."

"Three hundred and thirty-two taels of gold, four thousand three hundred and twenty-four taels of silver, and more than 400 pieces of various jewelry!"

There was unconcealable joy on Zhou Ren's face.

Get rich!

This time I really made a fortune!

Yang Zhengshan nodded calmly, which was expected.

The wealth owned by a tribe of nearly ten thousand people is naturally not a small amount.

War horses, cattle and sheep, all kinds of furs, miscellaneous iron tools, etc.

This battle came suddenly, and Zaltz was almost unprepared. All of Zaltz's wealth opportunities were left in the settlement, and they all became their spoils.

But now there are two problems. The first is how they can transport so many things back, and the second is the issue of ownership of the spoils.

It will definitely take a lot of time to transport so many things back, and now Yang Zhengshan is still staring at the Tumogo tribe. Although the Tumogo tribe has been moved for several days, they still have not escaped Yang Zhengshan's gaze.

As for the ownership of the trophies, different trophies have different ownerships. For example, war horses will be directly confiscated to the army. If the quantity is small, Yang Zhengshan can directly take it into the garrison camp. If the quantity is large, it will be turned over.

Another example is cattle. Needless to say, there is a need for cattle in farming. All cattle captured on the battlefield must be handed over to the court.

As for the gold and silver property, uh, have these been seized? Well, a little bit.

"Sir, how should we deal with these things next?" Zhou Ren asked eagerly.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said: "Each person has two war horses. Next, we will have enough war horses for mobile warfare!"

"The gold and silver, well, just leave 30% for an account, and the rest will be given to the soldiers!"

"We will keep whatever we can use, such as grain, grass, coarse salt, etc., and find a place to store the rest. I will report it to the shogunate and ask them to send civilians to transport it back!"

He definitely can't swallow all of these things, and he still has to hand over what should be handed over.

Of course, it is also possible to withhold part of it.

"Sir, don't we transport some back first?" Zhou Ren was a little disappointed.

The most valuable things here are the war horses and cattle and sheep. Needless to say, the war horses must be reserved for the soldiers, but what about the cattle and sheep!

"Haha, you, even if the generals are transported back to the shogunate, we still have our share!" Yang Zhengshan was not worried that he would not have his own share after handing it over.

Keep some of it first and divide it later. In fact, this is already a lot.

If he keeps all of his greedy things, he will not only attract people's attention, but also make them hate him.

Zhou Ren was right when he thought about it, he really couldn't be greedy in this matter.

Originally a good thing, if you are too greedy, it will turn into a bad thing.

Trophies can also be regarded as military exploits. It does not mean that there will be no benefits if they are turned in. This must be recorded in the merit book.

"I'll write a battle report, and later you can arrange for someone to help send the shogunate back!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Here!" Zhou Ren responded happily.

No matter what, he would definitely have a share, so he was still very happy.

Of course, he was not the only one who was happy. Soon all the soldiers in the entire garrison felt this happiness.

Yang Zhengshan distributed most of the gold and silver without hesitation.

The soldiers looked at the gold and silver in their hands, and their morale suddenly rose a lot.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan did not forget to give Yuan Wanli and the others a share.

"Master Yuan, everyone who meets you has a share!"

In the camp, Yang Zhengshan handed two gold ingots worth ten taels to Yuan Wanli.

"This, this is not good!" Yuan Wanli wanted to refuse.

He was a little afraid to accept Yang Zhengshan's things.

"What's wrong? I don't like pushing and yelling. Just take it if you are asked to take it!" Yang Zhengshan didn't give him a chance to dodge and forced it into his arms.

In terms of official rank, he is higher than Yuan Wanli, in terms of age, he is older than Yuan Wanli, and in terms of personal connections, he is the future in-law of the Hou family, so there is no need for him to be too polite to Yuan Wanli.

"Master Yang, what a military achievement!" Yuan Wanli said with some anxiety.

"What are you thinking about?" Yang Zhengshan pointed to the thing in his arms angrily and said, "This is just for hard work and has nothing to do with military achievements. Does Mr. Yuan think we need to falsely report military achievements?"

"..." Yuan Wanli thought of the pile of heads, "No need!"

Nearly four thousand heads!

This is a false claim!

Even if it is reported truthfully, some people may suspect that it is a false report. If there are more false reports, it is probably...

Yuan Wanli had a headache. He had to think about how to convince Shangguan and his colleagues that this military exploit was real.