Xie Ming

Chapter 189 Post-War Events
Xiao Lang listened completely to Qiu Zhizhong's suggestions and plans, changed his original thinking, and ordered Ma Minglu and Gu Changting to quickly go to various departments to pass on the orders and prepare to accept the allocation and dispatch of soldiers!
The specific amounts received by the generals are as follows:
[Sun Peizhong's troops: 813 (original soldiers) + 1886 (captured and surrendered soldiers) + 500 (war horses) = 2699 people (reorganized camp)]

[Li Huchen's troops: 778 (original troops) + 1921 (captured and surrendered troops) + 500 (war horses) = 2699 people (reorganized battalion)]

[Liu Wenbing + Gong Yonggu's combined forces: 454 (original soldiers) + 500 (captured and surrendered soldiers) = 954 people]

[Wang Chuanwu's troops: 431 (original troops) + 500 (captured and surrendered troops) = 931 people]

[Xu Jizu's troops: 248 (original troops) + 390 (captured and surrendered troops) = 638 people]

[Li Hongsheng's troops (surrendered generals): 785 (remaining after the night raid) + 315 (replaced and supplemented) = 1100 people (the original number of troops is also this!)]

[Total number of soldiers: 9021]

In addition, Minglu secretly investigated and collected evidence to identify the reasons for the surrender of the generals, and selected suitable generals as soon as possible, and identified the names of soldiers with obvious bad deeds.

According to Xiao Lang's total number of people to be dispatched from each department, Minglu will be in charge, with Changting assisting. A detailed list will be drawn up by noon today at the latest and then sent to the Governor's Office for Xiao Lang and Zhizhong to review.

Afterwards, Xiao Lang transferred Li Hongsheng and led his subordinates Qin Jing and Ding Wu back to the East City Infantry Battalion.

He agreed to return his old troops, and taking into account the casualties in the night attack on Li Hongsheng's troops, he promised to fully staff him with the lost troops!
Li Hongsheng was also appointed to focus on two matters.

1. After returning to the camp, do your best to appease the emotions of the soldiers and generals who surrendered in Baoding Prefecture, and avoid large-scale mutiny among the lower-level soldiers in the infantry battalion, which could cause trouble!
2. Youbao’s troop allocation is progressing smoothly!
Xiao Lang returned to his old subordinates, and promised to allow Li Hongsheng to support his own troops alone and act on the same level as the other generals in Xiao Lang's army!
The remaining surrendered generals from other camps and branches must be assigned to various armies according to the dismantling and allocation plan for further training.

If you achieve new achievements, you will be promoted again!
Li Hongsheng must assist in accomplishing this matter and be careful to prevent the surrendered generals from becoming dissatisfied and causing trouble.

After finishing all the work here, Gu Changting, Ma Minglu and Li Hongsheng left hand in hand to work together!
May 11st, at 30: p.m. (: a.m.).

Minglu and Changting returned to the front hall of the Governor-General's Office.

It is said that the specific details of the division of troops have already been drawn up, and Li Hongsheng's going along this time has been extremely effective. Many soldiers in the infantry battalion have surrendered and are in a stable mood. They follow orders and there are few who make trouble!
In response to this, Xiao Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, led by Xiao Lang, Zhizhong, Minglu and Changting, they carefully analyzed and discussed for half an hour in the front hall of the government office before finally finalizing the details of the affiliation of the surrendered soldiers and generals.

After the meeting, the matter was still handled promptly by Minglu and Changting!
And Xiao Lang, please make it clear that by this evening, around the hour of You, all matters concerning the planned division of troops must be completed completely without any mistakes!
After the two men followed the order and went to do their job, Xiao Lang also called Hu Chen and Li Hongsheng!
The order was that Hu Chen should lead 300 soldiers and horses of his own army, with Li Hongsheng pretending to be the chief officer, and quickly march to Mancheng and seize the city as soon as possible!

The detailed matters concerning the division of troops of Hu Chen's troop were handed over to Xu Jizu for temporary handling.

In order to prevent the incident in Baoding Prefecture from leaking out, the entire city must be taken as soon as possible and there should be no delay.

After all, as for the Baoding incident, the four gates of the city have been under martial law and closed, which is not a long-term solution.

If the delay lasts too long, the defenders in the city will definitely figure out something!
After receiving the order, the two generals bowed and withdrew, leading their troops away!

Five quarters past noon (12:15)!

Scouts rushed back to Baoding from the direction of Mancheng, saying that Mancheng was in our hands! The capture and occupation went very smoothly!
Afterwards, the division of troops in the infantry camp in the east of Baoding Prefecture began to be carried out under the full supervision of Ma Minglu. At the same time, Mr. Liu also rushed to the east of the city with Xiao Jingchuan's order, instructing him to deal with the deployment of Li Huchen and Xu Jizu first!

Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Jizu's troops were deployed, and Xiao Lang issued another urgent order, ordering Jizu to take the more than 200 local militiamen from his own army and the remaining more than 2,300 soldiers who had been deployed by Hu Chen, and rush to Mancheng again!

And send a message to Hu Chen and Li Hongsheng.

The Huchen troops were stationed in the entire city, clearing out all security measures in the city, mobilizing the masses, and starting to reinforce the city defenses on the spot!
Li Hongsheng returned to Baoding and had another assignment!

As for Xu Jizu, after completing the handover of all matters in the city, he immediately set out for Liupan Mountain with more than 200 militiamen from his own tribe to meet the Crown Prince on his way to Baoding Prefecture. He also carefully escorted the supplies and money stranded in Liupan Mountain and transported them to Baoding City!
The next day! May 2nd.

After Ji Zu brought the prince and escorted money and grain into the city, Xiao Lang discussed the issue of pay with the other generals early the next morning.

Because the whole month of April was devoted to military operations, especially at the end of the month, the soldiers in Baoding Prefecture were paid their April salaries, and also the salaries of the newly recruited soldiers who surrendered, in the hope of stabilizing the morale of the army!

It was agreed at the meeting that the soldiers from the original central army who followed from Jiulong Town would receive their April monthly salary in full war pay, six taels per person!
For those killed in battle, the pension will be increased by three taels of silver!
The newly recruited surrendered soldiers from Baoding Prefecture will receive a monthly salary of two taels each, which is their share of the salary!
Don’t care about the loss!

[Material statistics: remaining after use! ]

[Silver: 22 taels - 1.6 taels (original troops' war pay) - 0.2 taels (original troops' pay + pensions) - 1.1 taels (new troops' sitting pay) = 19.1 taels! ]

On the afternoon of the second day, Ma Minglu was still in charge of the salary distribution. The scene was very lively, with the soldiers having fun and enjoying themselves.

Li Hongsheng had already rushed back to the city and was stationed in the camp.

The surrendered soldiers in the newly formed army were all overjoyed, and the morale of the army reached its peak!
The first quarter of the afternoon (15:15).

Caikou Street was the execution ground temporarily built by Li Jiantai to execute Xu Baoyi, and it has not been abandoned.

But what was different from before was that this time, the person who was tied up and escorted to the execution ground was replaced by someone else.

After Minglu's first round of screening and evidence collection, a total of thirteen former garrison officers with extremely bad deeds, from the captain of a thousand troops to the captain of a small team, who bullied the common people, robbed people by trickery, and forced women into prostitution, were arrested and escorted away. Their crimes were extremely heinous and they could be sentenced to death.

In addition, twenty-six officials and close confidants of Li Jiantai's government were also executed for crimes such as aiding the enemy, helping the tyrant, and robbing merchants and civilians!
The scene of the execution of thirty-nine people was unprecedented.

Although the number of onlookers was not as many as expected, there were still more than a few hundred people.

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Jingchuan also went to the scene in person and used this incident to publicly publicize the nature of his own army and the righteousness of serving the country and the people among the people!
From this, the conditions and benefits for recruiting soldiers were also explained, and it was mentioned that a recruitment point would be set up in front of the Governor's Office, and the common people were welcome to join the army to defend the country!
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