Chapter 243: Cherishing talents is a virtue, recommending talents is a merit.

At this time, there were no enemies in the Korcha clan's flag area, only corpses were left on the ground. However, the soldiers were exhausted and could only withdraw from the battlefield to rest and treat the wounded.

The garrison suffered heavy losses, but compared with the reinforcements, the casualties of the garrison were nothing.

More than half of the 3,000 cavalrymen in the reinforcements were killed or wounded, and more than 1,000 of the 3,000 infantrymen were also killed or wounded.

This battle was really tragic.

When Yang Zhengshan arrived at the temporary base on the other side of the flag area, both the soldiers of the garrison and reinforcements cast respectful eyes on him.

"Lord Yang!" Zhang Chengzhi saw Yang Zhengshan coming and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"How is Lord Zhang's injury?" Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhang Chengzhi's bandaged chest and asked with concern.

"It's just a superficial injury, no big problem!" Zhang Chengzhi said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, looked around, and said: "This is left to you, Lord Zhang. The surrounding vigilance will be the responsibility of our garrison camp!"

"Okay, Lord Yang, don't worry, I will arrange everything!" Zhang Chengzhi naturally had no objection.

In fact, in terms of official rank, Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Chengzhi are the same. Yang Zhengshan is the commander of Songzhou Guard, and Zhang Chengzhi is the commander of Songzhou Vanguard.

In addition to Zhang Chengzhi, there is another sitting officer in the reinforcement camp, who is the commander of Songzhou Rear Guard, but this sitting officer has died in battle.

In addition, there is Zhang Yuanwu, who is the commander of Songzhou Guard and is considered a subordinate of Yang Zhengshan.

Wang Bin cannot take charge, so Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Chengzhi should take charge here, but Yang Zhengshan is not a member of the reinforcement camp after all, so it is not easy to interfere in the affairs of the reinforcement camp.

At this time, Zhang Chengzhi is enough, he only needs to help from the side.

After a simple arrangement, Yang Zhengshan took the uninjured soldiers to take on the task of vigilance.

Wang Bin slept for a day and a night, and woke up the next morning.

"Ahem, I'm old, and my body is a little weak!"

In the tent, Wang Bin sat on the bed and said bitterly.

He is 46 years old this year. Although he is not very old, his physical function has begun to decline.

If he was three or four years younger, he could hold on a little longer when facing Duobato.

Yang Zhengshan, who was standing next to him, smiled, handed him the tea in his hand, and said, "No matter what, we won this battle!"

This is true. Although they suffered heavy losses, they really won this battle.

The defeat of Korcha clan, just this point alone, is enough for Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan to write in the war merit book.

After hearing this, Wang Bin grinned, "Hahaha, not bad, Wang San, help me up, I want to write the battle report myself!"

He couldn't wait to report his merits to Chongshan Town.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile when he saw him like this.

Wang San stepped forward and carefully helped Wang Bin up. When he stood up, the pain in his wound made Wang Bin grimace.

However, he still insisted on getting up and sitting in front of the desk, sweating profusely and writing a victory report.

After the victory report was sent out, Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Chengzhi led the soldiers to start cleaning the battlefield.

Harvesting heads and collecting spoils.

Although nearly half of the Korcha clan's flag was burned, the spoils they harvested still surprised Yang Zhengshan.

How much wealth does a large tribe have?

Yang Zhengshan did not have an accurate understanding before, but now Yang Zhengshan knows.

Ten thousand taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, and thousands of various gold and silver jewelry.

Tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, war horses, well, there are not many war horses, only less than 2,000, mainly because many war horses were killed and injured in this battle.

There are countless other messy things.

"What a pity, a lot of them were burned!"

Looking at the piles of gold and silver, Wang Bin couldn't help but feel sorry.

Gold and silver can't be burned, but furs, medicinal materials and other materials can be burned.

The most valuable things of Korcha are not gold and silver, but cattle and sheep, countless furs, and some precious medicinal materials.

"How do you think these gold and silver should be dealt with?" Wang Bin looked at Yang Zhengshan.

"Turn over 30%, keep 40% to compensate the soldiers who died in the battle, and give the remaining 30% to the soldiers!" Yang Zhengshan said his thoughts directly.

Wang Bin agreed with his proposal without thinking.

Such a plan seems to have no benefits for them as officials, but in fact, the bulk of it belongs to them.

Cattle, sheep, furs, medicinal materials, and some exercises, etc., are actually more valuable than gold and silver. The key is that leaving these things is not easy to be criticized.

As for how to divide the remaining things, Yang Zhengshan didn't ask, he believed that Wang Bin would leave him a share.

...

Chongshan Pass

"Great victory, great victory!"

The shouts of surprise spread throughout the general's mansion, and the clerk in charge of receiving the battle report shouted while running to the study of the general's mansion.

"Sir, sir, great victory!"

Lu Chongde, who was handling military affairs, stood up at once after hearing this.

"Great victory!"

He was surprised at first, but then confused.

Where did the great victory come from?

Liang Chu should have just arrived in Fushan City not long ago. Did they fight with the Hu tribe as soon as they arrived in Fushan City!

The clerk ran into the study and handed the battle report to Lu Chongde with a happy face, "Sir, Wang Bin, the lieutenant general of Songzhou Guard in the East Road, and Yang Zhengshan, the garrison commander of Anyuan City, defeated the Korcha clan! Great victory, great victory!"

Great victory over the Korcha clan!

Lu Chongde shuddered suddenly and quickly read the battle report.

Wang Bin described the battle with Korcha clan in great detail in the battle report, from Yang Zhengshan finding the location of Korcha clan's flag land, to Yang Zhengshan proposing the fire bull formation, to the specific course of the battle, he has a detailed description.

However, he also concealed one point, that is, he was defeated by Dobato.

This is actually not very important. Although Korcha clan was found by Yang Zhengshan, and the fire bull formation was also proposed by Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Zhengshan and Anyuan City garrison battalion performed the best in the battle, he was the main general, and the battle was won under his leadership.

In any case, his contribution is the greatest.

So it doesn't matter whether he can beat Dobato, it's just a bit embarrassing to say it out.

"Good, good, hahaha~~"

After reading the battle report, Lu Chongde shouted twice and laughed.

Although this great victory did not play a decisive role in the entire war, it could greatly weaken the strength of the East Sea Hu tribe.

The Korcha clan is one of the seven large tribes of the East Sea Hu tribe.

Defeating the Korcha clan is equivalent to reducing the combat power of the Donghai Hu tribe by 10%.

More importantly, the army of Chongshan Town suffered little loss, only the Songzhou Guard of the East Road lost 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Before the main force moved, a large tribe of the Donghai Hu tribe was crippled, which is undoubtedly a commendable thing.

Lu Chongde looked at the battle report again, with a strong smile on his face.

"Fire Bull Formation, haha, what a great Fire Bull Formation!"

"This Yang Zhengshan is worthy of being the master of military strategy who wrote "Thirty-Six Strategies"!"

He directly gave Yang Zhengshan the title of master of military strategy.

"Sir, this Lord Yang is really amazing. Not long ago, he defeated eight Hu tribes in a row, and now he and General Wang have defeated the Korcha clan. It's really amazing!" The clerk next to him couldn't help but admire.

Whether it is a mule or a horse, you will know it after pulling it out for a walk.

Most of the middle and high-level military officers of Chongshan Town were pulled out this time, and Yang Zhengshan undoubtedly became the most outstanding and outstanding one.

"Alas, it's a pity that he is just a garrison commander!"

At this time, Lu Chongde felt a little regretful. If Yang Zhengshan had been a lieutenant general, his performance this time would have been more outstanding and his results would have been greater.

He knew that Yang Zhengshan was extremely good at training soldiers, and this expedition also proved this.

The more than a thousand soldiers in the Anyuan City Garrison Camp had only been under Yang Zhengshan's command for three years, and they had become the elite among the elite, winning battles one after another.

The clerk's mind moved slightly, "Sir, should this victory report be reported to the court!"

This clerk was not a clerk from the General's Mansion, but a clerk from the Governor's Office. Liang Chu took most of the clerks from the General's Mansion with him when he went on the expedition, and Lu Chongde came to sit in the General's Mansion. Naturally, he had to use his own people, especially the clerks who helped him handle affairs around him, all of whom were his people.

"Report to the court, yes, it should be reported to the court!" Lu Chongde nodded and said.

"Such a talented general, you should recommend him to His Majesty!" The clerk laughed.

Lu Chongde was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

Appreciating talents is virtue, recommending talents is merit.

If he recommends Yang Zhengshan to His Majesty, His Majesty will certainly understand his virtue and remember his merit in his heart.

Moreover, this can be regarded as a favor, and the favor of recommendation can make friends with Yang Zhengshan.

Thinking of this, Lu Chongde no longer hesitated, and immediately wrote a memorial, and sent it to Kyoto together with the battle report. Of course, he did not forget to send a battle report to Liang Chu.

The defeat of Korcha clan will also reduce the pressure of Liang Chu in Fushan City.

…

At this time, Yang Zhengshan naturally did not know that Lu Chongde wanted to earn a favor from him. After a few days of cleaning, Korcha clan’s flag land had completely turned into a ruin, and all the materials had been sorted into piles, waiting for the transportation of Wang Sheng, the transport captain.

That’s right, Wang Sheng has now become the captain of the transport team.

At Wang Bin’s request, Wang Sheng once again mobilized thousands of civilians from Jiacheng, and carried the spoils to Jiacheng like ants moving.

The settlement of the Korcha clan was not limited to the banner area. About 50% of the Korcha clan members, or about 30,000 to 40,000 people, lived in the banner area.

Even if only a small part of the property of these 30,000 to 40,000 people was burned, the remaining amount would still be a large number.

Even if 5,000 civilians were mobilized, it would probably take several trips to transport all the useful things back.

Fortunately, the Korcha clan had a lot of cattle and sheep, and the civilians could use cattle to carry supplies, which saved the civilians a lot of effort.

In the following days, the soldiers of the reinforcement camp and the garrison camp rested while helping the civilians transport the spoils.

It was not until the beginning of June that all the spoils were transported back to Jiacheng.

At the same time, the soldiers had almost rested.

The soldiers with less serious injuries could already participate in the battle, while the soldiers with more serious injuries returned to Jiacheng with the civilians.

Now there are only 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry in the reinforcement camp under Wang Bin.

There are still about 700 cavalry under Yang Zhengshan.

Zhang Yuanwu only had 300 infantrymen under his command.

The total number of troops was only 4,000.