Chapter 384 Cleaning up the mess

The fire in the valley was not extinguished until the third day.

Yang Zhengshan led the guards into the valley.

The ground was covered with ashes, and it was gray and black everywhere, as if the whole land had turned black and gray, and there was a touch of green on the hills on both sides.

Crossing the valley, Yang Zhengshan came to the camp of the imperial army.

"Haha, Zhengshan, you are here!"

Liang Chu was so happy to see Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "I pay my respects to the Marquis!"

"Hey, why do you and I need these vulgar etiquettes? Let's go, let's talk in the tent!" Liang Chu didn't waste any words and directly dragged Yang Zhengshan into his tent.

The two families are in-laws, so the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

The two had just sat down in the tent, and the tea hadn't come up yet, and Zhou Lan came.

"General Yang!"

"General Zhou!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhou Lan with a friendly smile on his face.

Zhou Lan looked at Yang Zhengshan, and her heart was full of joy.

"Okay, stop standing, sit down!" Liang Chu asked the two to sit down.

The three of them sat down and started chatting.

Although they usually exchanged letters, many things could not be explained in letters.

The topics of the three people's chat were also very wide, from family affairs to government affairs, from young children to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"My Lord, what is the situation in the court now? Will there be any problems with the Imperial Guards leaving the capital?"

After chatting for half an hour, Yang Zhengshan shifted the topic to the Imperial Guards leaving the capital.

This matter is not a trivial matter, it involves the struggle for imperial power.

The Emperor's personal army and the Kyoto Imperial Guards have always been the two most important military powers in the hands of Emperor Chengping.

With these two military powers, the imperial city and Kyoto can be guaranteed to be worry-free.

But now six battalions of the Imperial Guards have left the capital, and the remaining six battalions are still unknown!

If the Imperial Guards become in name only in Kyoto, then the problem will be big.

When mentioning this matter, Liang Chu's face became solemn.

"The decision to dispatch the imperial guards was made jointly by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the other ministers, and Duke Ningguo also agreed to it!"

"But~~"

Liang Chu pondered for a moment before saying, "But this matter was made possible by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince been able to influence the cabinet?" Yang Zhengshan asked with a frown.

Liang Chu shook his head slightly, "I don't know, but the situation in the court has changed a lot recently."

"Your Majesty has been in bed for several months!"

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized.

The old emperor has been in bed for several months, and it seems that there is no hope of recovery, and he may die at any time.

At this time, the ministers in the court will naturally lean towards the crown prince.

Even if the crown prince is not good, he is the legitimate crown prince.

One generation of emperors and one generation of ministers.

If the ministers want to keep their official hats, they naturally have to show their performance in advance, otherwise they will have no chance to show their performance when the crown prince ascends the throne.

At this time, the crown prince does not need to do anything himself, and many ministers will take the initiative to serve him.

If the prince wants the imperial guards to leave the capital, then the imperial guards will naturally leave the capital. I am afraid that even the cabinet will have to give in to the prince.

"In this case, isn't it that the prince is the only one who can control the world?" Yang Zhengshan said.

"That's not the case. The prince hasn't ascended the throne yet, how can he control the world?" Liang Chu said lightly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded. As long as Emperor Chengping didn't die, the prince would be just the prince. It was impossible for him to control the world.

In fact, even if the prince ascended the throne, he couldn't control the world.

The Darong court is a place where the emperor and the literati rule the world together. If the emperor is strong, then the court is naturally the supreme power of the emperor. If the emperor is mediocre, then the court will become the world of civil and military ministers.

After talking about the situation in the court for a while, the three of them shifted the topic to the main topic.

In the battle in the valley, the 70,000 Wuliang army was almost wiped out. Since then, the hidden dangers of Wuliang in Liaoxi and Chongshan Town West Road have been completely eliminated, and this war will most likely end here.

This time, the Wuliang Hu tribe was also seriously injured. 80,000 Hu cavalry is not a small number. Even if the Wuliang Hu tribe is strong, it cannot withstand such a loss.

In a short period of time, the Wuliang Hu tribe will definitely not attack Darong again.

As for Darong, the situation in the court is a bit complicated, and it will definitely not launch a counterattack against the Wuliang Hu tribe.

So this war caused by King Qing will most likely end here.

After meeting with Liang Chu, Yang Zhengshan asked the soldiers to clean up the ashes in the valley.

Of course, he asked the soldiers to clean up the ashes not for hygiene, but because there are still many valuable things hidden in the ashes.

For example, the burned armor, leather armor and cloth armor are definitely useless, but iron armor and weapons can be re-melted and re-forged.

Another example is the gold and silver looted by the Hu cavalry. The Wuliang army looted the entire Liaoxi Province, and the gold and silver they obtained amounted to millions of taels.

Fire can burn gold and silver, but it will not turn gold and silver into ashes.

With so much gold and silver, Yang Zhengshan naturally had to collect them all.

A few days later, the soldiers of Chongshan Town turned over the ashes in the valley, and Yang Zhengshan gave one-third of the gold and silver he found to the Imperial Army.

These gold and silver originally belonged to the people of Liaoxi, but now they belong to the spoils of Chongshan Town and the Imperial Army.

Since they are spoils of war, they must follow the rules.

One third was given to the Imperial Army, one third was given to his soldiers, and the remaining one third was handed over as spoils.

There are rules for this kind of thing in the border town. Although sometimes the share will be adjusted according to different specific circumstances, the rule is that the spoils should be given to the soldiers who charge in the front first.

September 8th.

The imperial guards handed over more than 18,000 prisoners to Chongshan Town.

The war was over, and as imperial guards, they should not stay in Chongshan Town for too long.

So after handing over the prisoners, Liang Chu ordered to return to Beijing.

And Yang Zhengshan got busy after receiving the prisoners.

There are so many prisoners to deal with, and it is definitely not possible to kill them all, not even to impose heavy penalties.

Because most of these prisoners are from the military households of the west road of Chongshan Town, if they are severely punished, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the military households.

In order to appease the people and stabilize the situation of the west road of Chongshan Town as soon as possible, Yang Zhengshan only dealt with a few military officers with official positions. As for ordinary soldiers, after reorganization, they are still soldiers of the reinforcement camp of the west road of Chongshan Town.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was busy reorganizing the reinforcements camp on the west route, the victory report about the battle of Wuming Valley was also sent to Kyoto.

It was a great victory to annihilate the 70,000 Wuliang army in one fell swoop.

Its significance was no less than the capture of Fushan City.

The Wuliang Hu tribe has always been a strong enemy of Darong in the north. For decades, Darong and the Wuliang Hu tribe have never stopped fighting.

There are several small-scale battles between Beiyuan Town and the Wuliang Hu tribe almost every year. Sometimes there are battles with more than 10,000 participants, but battles with a scale of more than 100,000 are rare.

The annihilation of 70,000 Wuliang Hu cavalry in one battle is unprecedented.

The victory report to Kyoto naturally caused a commotion.

The destruction of the Wuliang army made the whole court relieved.

During this period, they were still very nervous facing the aggressive Wuliang army, fearing that the situation would get worse and worse.

Now that the situation has turned around, everyone can relax.

However, the subsequent rewards became a new point of contention in the court.