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Chapter 245
Deputy General Chen defended the Juma River for several days, and finally received the news at the end of September that Jineng had led his troops to withdraw from the capital area and retreated to Shanxi through Fuyu Mountain.

A few days later, the Ministry of War sent a transfer order ordering him to return to Fangchang Town.

In any case, the whole local war was very good for Chen Mu, except that there were many casualties——Jiang Yuelin, who was ordered to defend the small river valley, was shot in the shoulder by a flowing arrow and fell from his horse. More than 270 of his banner troops died in battle; , Hu Liangpeng two killed a total of more than [-] people.

There was also his most precious headquarters banner army. Although they couldn't get in at all in the final annihilation battle, four people were still killed.

Shuanmaqiao captured 230 three, killed 430, and got 170 three complete heads.

Shuanma Bridge had more kills and fewer heads, and there was no way. The artillery bombarded the bridgehead and tamped the ground. Where there were heads, the number of kills was calculated based on the left and right hands, left and right feet.

The officials of the Ministry of War were picky and picky, saying that this cochlea is not flat, that nose bridge is too straight, and the other’s back molars are too flat. Those who eat coarse grains do not gnaw bones. In short, Chen Mu felt that this was an insult to his IQ.

"Fuck me, I just watched the bastard come over and shoot arrows on a flying horse. You said this is not a Hulu. Do you think Chen is a fool in his 20s?"

Of course, he can only slander these words, because this is the normal process of recording first-level merits in Beijiang.

The mission of the imperial court's meritorious officials is to pick and choose, on the one hand to prevent generals from killing good men and false meritorious service, and on the other hand, try their best to save money for the court.

The emperor's mouth is a head of 100 taels, and the base of the Great Wall on the border is full of barbarians. The officials below are most afraid of good generals like General Chen. Many prisoners can't make fakes, they can only work hard on their heads.

Otherwise, just rejecting the first-level reward and pension for the Mahe Great Victory is a small 10 taels of silver, plus Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, and Ma Fang, what will the court give?Sell ​​dragon chairs!
But under the watchful eyes of Jizhen Bingbeidao and Yuma Youjian, he reluctantly wrote down 330 nine pieces, no, Chen Mu threw another one into his head, and made a whole, 340 first-level merits , 230 Three captives work.

Chen Mu is satisfied!
If the meritorious service is obtained, even if the reward is halved, you can still get 3 to [-] taels of silver. After such a reward, no matter whether it is the follow-up work of the Yanqing Sanwei or the battalion under him, they will all return to their hearts.

The most important thing is that the northern captives retreated, and most of them were still alive.

The cruelest thing about receiving rewards is that some people who have fought hard for this feat can no longer see them.

In fact, General Chen is not considered a serious problem in the eyes of the officials of the Ministry of War. Even if he talks about it, it will not affect the relationship. Chen Mu, like Qi Jiguang, likes to use cannons, and he can smash the enemy's head. , It is nothing more than a big victory, and the officials of the Ministry of War also like big victories.

According to the officials of the imperial military department, Li Chengliang and Ma Fang are the real big troubles on the east side. Those two masters used to fight with the northern captives on foot and cavalry. They killed as many heads as they killed.

Where is Master Chen so sympathetic to officials, he smashed his head first when he came up.

Chen Mu, Wu Dui, and Chen Ju cooperated very tacitly in the battle report. It goes without saying that General Chen took the lead in deciding the opportunity to win the war. This time, in the great victory of Jumahe, killing the enemy was useless, forcing the enemy to retreat.

Of course, Chen Ju also added an explanation in the battle report, saying that Vice President Chen didn’t have a cavalry team, so he couldn’t continue to expand the results after the enemy’s defeat. He didn't dare to chase.

Without the favorable location along the Juma River, no matter how elite his banner troops were in the field, they would be dragged and exhausted by the prairie cavalry.

His banner army made another windfall, and the weapons, armor, horses and utensils carried by more than a thousand enemy troops were all his.As small as a few pieces of gold decoration, as large as hundreds of straight knives, scimitars, bone buds, earthen guns, hundreds of leather armor, cotton armor, and mail armor, of course the most and best are those hard bows and their subordinates. Looting Taiyuan's belongings.

There are also horses, nearly [-] living war horses. Although it is difficult to find uninjured horses, there are still hundreds of healthy horses that can still gallop. Comfortable answer, most of them can be cured in a few months.

At least it can make up for the casualties he received from Wang Zhongguo.

In addition to the living horses, there are also a large amount of horse meat, horse skin and horse bones. After the soldiers share the food, the horse meat is distributed to the refugees in Fangshan Liangxiang, and handed over to the county magistrates to let them destroy the meat as soon as possible. Jin and others were brought back to Changping by the baggage team.

Chen Mu's artillery team was very busy on the way back. There was no other way. This was not Nanyang Guard. There were only so many available under Chen Mu's men. The family soldiers and the flag army together only had so few people who knew how to count. I was busy calculating the share of meritorious service, and calculated the rewards that should be shared by the sergeants who participated in the previous battles.

Although the unscrupulous General Chen has a deep affection for Wu Dui and Chen Ju, he still will not allow any soldier, even his own banner army, to receive the full reward. Artillery soldiers must have received the most rewards, followed by recruits led by Deng Zilong and Hu Liangpeng who faced the enemy directly. The first-level meritorious service was calculated on the basis of ten people, and Chen Mu planned to let them get two-fifths of the rewards based on their combat performance.

The victory of Yanqing Sanwei's Banner Army was fixed. Chen Mu asked Jiang Yuelin to discuss with Hu Xingyun, and try to let Hu Xingyun's department get [-]% and Jiang Yuelin's department [-]%.

In other words, General Chen must withhold at least [-]% of the reward.

"What do you not want money these days? Agricultural tools, cattle, military equipment and livestock, take this opportunity to use the court's rewards where they should be used. Those in the banner army who are really brave to kill the enemy should be rewarded. If you retreat after a cowardly battle, you will not be rewarded. Everyone who needs to be killed must be killed. Rewards and punishments must be used to mobilize their enthusiasm. Do the two commanders know how to be motivated? They just want to find a way to make all the banner troops howl like wolves and obey orders to kill the enemy!"

On the third day after returning to Changping, Chen Mu issued his first military order to the three guards of Yanqing, ordering the three guards to reorganize the banner army, hook up the banner army, and detail the thousands and hundreds of households. The functions of the small flags under his command are divided with the positions of the flag army.

Each thousand households has ten divisions and one hundred households under its jurisdiction, which are divided into military music, artillery, cavalry, car battalions, earthworks and supplies, specializing in technical fields; Yu also reorganized and divided into mining, agriculture, animal husbandry, weaving, and craftsman according to their skills. They also performed their duties.

After receiving the order, Jiang Yuelin and Hu Xingyun looked at each other... This step is too big.

(End of this chapter)