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Chapter 1318 Booty

Zhao Hu was helpless and sighed slightly.

"Can we catch all the defeated soldiers? Even if we can intercept them all, will the main team of the Shepherd Banner not get the information the next day, will they send troops here to check? We'd better evacuate as soon as possible."

Only then did the team leader remember that he still had millions of cavalry, and he could get rid of people like himself with a little bit of money, so he nodded in fright and immediately led others to carry out the order.

The logistics soldiers who did not go to the front line to fight very much have already started their busy work as doctors. Zhao Hu cherishes these 25 logistics soldiers very much. Let them follow the cavalry.

No wonder Zhao Hu protected them so much. You must know that they are the essence of the brigade. They are responsible for the work of doctors, repairmen, cooks, and luggage. Without them, the entire brigade will collapse soon.

After the battle was over, Zhou Wen and the other five guards ran to Zhao Hu immediately.

"Sir, are you not hurt?"

Among the five people, only Locke and Luo Fei were injured, and the other three had scratches at most.

Zhao Hu smiled and gave a series of orders without answering.

"Sir, after interrogation, the enemy army that attacked this time was [-] cavalry, belonging to the Muzi Muqi, an ally of the Feimu Banner, led by Murtie, the eldest son of the Muzi Banner owner, and two thousand commanders.

"During the battle, Murtie was killed by Luo Feixiao, and the two commanders were killed by you, Commander Zhao Hu. Congratulations, Commander, you have made a great contribution."

Dio, who ran back after finishing the main information quickly, said happily.

According to the military law, the credit of the personal guards is counted on the officers, and the rewards are determined by the officers themselves, especially those who were born as slaves like Dio and the others, the credit is almost all from the master.

And the credit for killing the leader of a thousand people and the young master of the enemy force is enough to make Zhao Hu directly become a major.

Zhao Hu, who knew about the personal guard system, didn't evade it. Anyway, he deliberately applied for them, and he thought he was an idiot.It also signaled Dio to continue reporting.

"Sir, due to the rush of time, I didn't have time to count other spoils, but just counted the number of enemy corpses and prisoners.

"The enemy left a total of 550 and six corpses, of which all officers over ten commanders died in battle, and captured 120 enemy soldiers, including [-] and four wounded soldiers. I don't know how to deal with these prisoners?"

Dio's question was already a little evasive, because according to the usual practice, captives are also trophies and can be disposed of by the victor at will, while wounded soldiers who have no mobility are usually killed directly, and no one will rescue them.

Zhao Hu thought for a while and sighed.

"Let them fend for themselves."

He couldn't bear to kill them all, and he was unwilling to take them away to slow down his speed. Of course, it was even more impossible to take out precious medicine to rescue those wounded soldiers and prisoners.I had no choice but to say so.

It's not that Zhao Hu is cold-blooded and doesn't help the wounded soldiers. In this era, doing so is no different from cutting his own flesh to feed the tiger, and he will definitely be spit on by his subordinates.

"Sir, this subordinate thinks that those wounded prisoners should be left alone, but those prisoners who are healthy should be turned into servant soldiers?"

A team leader said that Zhao Hu knew this team leader, and he was Sergeant Geralt of the Cavalry Squadron.

Servants are slave soldiers, Zhao Hu knows, but isn't this Geralt afraid of these captives rebelling?

They have more people than their own brigade.

Zhao Hu motioned for Geralt to explain, and Geralt answered quickly.

"Sir, my subordinates will first talk about the situation of the Feimu Banner Allies. The Feimu Banner Allies are not so much a country, but an alliance of many independent forces.

"This country does not have a unified government, currency, taxation, officials, nor a unified army, and foreign wars are generally led by a few of the most powerful flag workers, with their flags attached to them.

"In normal times, government affairs and military affairs are handled by each flag. That is to say, a flag can be regarded as an independent country.

"All the herding flags of the Flying Herding Banner League implement the banner owner system like a slave owner. The banner owner is the owner of the flag herding. Everything under the whole flag, including all the bannermen, is his private property. He can do whatever he wants.

"To put it bluntly, except for the banner owner and his relatives, all the bannermen are slaves.

"These bannermen do not have any personal freedom. When two herding banners fight, the winner can annex, sell, or kill all the bannermen of the loser, but the bannermen of the loser cannot and will not resist at all."

When Geralt said this, he glanced at Zhao Hu with a strange look in his eyes.

Zhao Hu couldn't believe it.

"You mean, these banner people don't even have the intention of swearing allegiance to the banner owner?"

"Absolutely not!"

Geralt nodded affirmatively.

"Because they are the property of the banner owner, they don't have their own consciousness. Unless the banner owner has received great favor from the banner owner, or has been promoted to an officer above ten commanders, he will swear allegiance to the banner owner."

Zhao Hu suddenly realized and nodded.

"No wonder they immediately lost their fighting spirit when they heard that their young master had died."

Hearing this, Dio immediately clapped his hands, a little annoyed.

"If I had known this earlier, the cavalry squadron should have intercepted them from the rear, so I'm afraid we could capture them all, right?"

The other team leaders must also look annoyed.

If you know that the Shepherd Banner soldiers are so unbearable, then you should catch a few more, and then the meritorious service will be distributed evenly, which is a great contribution.

Seeing that the team leaders started to accuse Geralt of not reminding him earlier, Zhao Hu laughed.

"Well, don't worry about it. When we heard the news of the million cavalry, who would have thought that we would win? Besides, only two or three hundred people escaped.

"Diou, take a few people to deal with the captives and see if they are willing to become our servants. If they are willing, take them to the logistics soldiers to help and speed up our evacuation.

"Also, those shepherds who can still be rescued if their hands and feet are intact, just rescue them, let alone those who are seriously injured."

After everyone knew the character of Mu Qibing, they didn't resist Zhao Hu's order. One more servant means more manpower.

Diou took the order and left with Sun Jie.

Seeing Dio leave, Geralt had a look of anxiety in his eyes, but Zhao Hu asked the team leaders to report the losses, so he could only sigh.

"Sir, 25st Cavalry Squadron, three killed, [-] wounded, none disabled."

Speaking of this, Geralt, the captain of the cavalry squad, blushed a little.

Although his own squadron suffered the fewest casualties, it also had the fewest victories.

I rushed in after the battle was almost over.Although it is impossible to count the results of killing the enemy in the middle of the night, I also know that there are only a few dozen people in the entire cavalry squadron who drew knives and slashed people.

"Sir, 34nd Infantry Squadron, 91 killed, [-] wounded, seven maimed. Five corporals died in battle."

"Sir, the 45rd Infantry Squadron, 80 people were killed, 13 people were injured, and [-] people were disabled. Among them, the leader of the second squadron died in battle, and six corporal leaders died in battle."

The two infantry squad leaders reported in pain.

These two squadrons rushed to the forefront, almost all of them were injured. The two squadrons together lost the combat effectiveness of four squadrons, and one squadron leader died in battle, which was a huge loss.

"Sir, the No. 43 Bow and Arrow Squadron, 52 people were killed, 15 were injured, and [-] were disabled. The corporal killed four."

The squad leader had a sad face, he lost two corporal leaders under his command alone.

"Sir, the Fifth Archery Squadron, 32 people were killed, 43 people were injured, 12 people were disabled, and three corporal leaders died in battle."

The squad leader's face was tense.

Although it suffered the least loss among the four front-line combat squadrons, there were also two squadrons whose combat effectiveness was finished.

Most of the casualties of the two bow and arrow squadrons were caused by the commander's order to throw torches. Otherwise, the sky would be pitch black, and people like myself were standing on a high place. How could there be such a huge loss?
Hearing these numbers, Geralt blushed even more.

Comparing the loss of his own squadron, he was ashamed to look at these four colleagues.

Zhao Hu sighed.

"Seven people were killed in battle, 150 people were injured, and 290 people were disabled. Our Fifth Brigade lost two-thirds of its combat effectiveness."

All the squad leaders lowered their heads sadly.

"Notify the logistics soldiers that the carriage must be free to carry the disabled brothers. The remains of the dead brothers are cremated on the spot. We will take their ashes back to their families."

When Zhao Hu said this, he hesitated for a moment.

"Take off the heads of the dead enemy soldiers and marinate them with lime."

The squad leader who wanted to remind him immediately obeyed with cheers and respect.

Although it might seem cruel to take away the head of the enemy soldier, there is no other way.

The confirmation of military merit is like this, without evidence, it will not be recognized by the empire.

These heads are the evidence to prove their merits and ensure their promotion!
You can throw anything away, but this must not be thrown away!

After this battle, the squad leaders really admire Zhao Hu, the second lieutenant officer who manages logistics.

Zhao Hu killed the enemy himself, and killed two commanders himself!

The commanders of the Muqi allies are not like the commanders who climbed up by blood. They are all warriors with extraordinary martial arts. This logistics second lieutenant is really powerful enough to kill them.

When the team leaders finished their reports, Dio, who was ordered to deal with the prisoners, brought Sun Jie and several logistics soldiers to the hundreds of prisoners.

Looking at these strong men who were as well-behaved as sheep under the guard of the cavalry squadron, Dio felt contempt in his heart.

No wonder those flag shepherds regard them as their private property, look at their slaves, if they don’t oppress them, who do they oppress?
But this is also good, at least there are more manpower that can be used.

(End of this chapter)