Chapter 426 Harvest

It wasn't until dawn of the next day that all the armies that had launched a full-scale attack returned to the camp one after another. Although Lu Zhi also stayed up all night, his mental state was surprisingly good, and his complexion was much healthier than before.

Although all the ministries pursued them with all their strength, but due to the difficulties in their strength and poor preparation, there were more than 10 million Yellow Turbans, but only more than 5 million were captured in the end, and more than 1 million were killed.

That is to say, most of the Yellow Turban Army escaped in the end.

However, these people are no longer enough. They have completely lost their organizational system, their morale has dropped to freezing point, and they have completely lost their ability to coordinate and communicate with each other. As long as they keep chasing them, they can be easily eliminated.

"The last general has completed the task, so I report back to Duke Lu!" After distributing the spoils, all the generals returned to Lu Zhi with joyful faces.

"Hahaha, Yue Wu and you all have worked hard!" Upon seeing Shang Ji and the others, Lu Zhi immediately burst into a bright smile, and quickly walked a few steps to help everyone up.

"This battle defeated the moth thief in one fell swoop. You have made great contributions. I have already reported your achievements to the imperial court. I think the edict of reward will arrive soon. Please stay safe and don't worry!"

"The last general is ashamed. I failed to find the first horn to kill the thief. Please forgive me, Lord Lu!" Shang Ji bowed slightly.

"The words of Yue Wu are serious. Who would have thought that a character like Zhang Jiao would abandon the main force of the Yellow Turban Army and escape alone? This is my carelessness, and it has nothing to do with Yue Wu."

Lu Zhi waved his hand and said without hesitation.

Is Zhang Jiao great? Of course great! Relying on his own strength, he set off a huge wave and directly shook the foundation of the great man's rule. How can such a person not be powerful?

But without an army of tens of millions of Yellow Turbans, no matter how powerful Zhang Jiao is, there is a limit. He no longer has the ability to overthrow the imperial court. From the macro perspective of the imperial court, Zhang Jiao at this time is not as high as the threat level of Nan Bocai. To deal with Zhang Jiao, the next step is to arrest him at sea.

"Everyone came back from the battle, and the case says that the old man should hold a banquet to celebrate your achievements." Lu Zhi apologized and explained to everyone: "However, the war is not over yet, and everything is complicated, so I invite you all to the celebration banquet." Wait for a while, the old man will definitely do what he says and will not break his promise!"

"Mr. Lu belongs to the world, so military affairs are of course important. Mr. Lu is busy. If you have an assignment, please don't be too polite!"

"Hahaha!" Lu Zhi laughed loudly when he heard the words, looked at Shang Ji and said with a smile: "What kind of dispatch is not dispatched, everyone go to rest for a while, and just wait for the imperial court's order of praise!"

"The last general sends Duke Lu respectfully!"

All of you are delighted to hear this,

This battle looks dangerous, but the actual process is very simple. Not to mention the great achievements in vain, and the huge economic income, how can you not like it?

Now that the battle has been decided, just wait for promotion and fortune.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Shang Ji returned to the Liaodong Army camp with the generals of his headquarters. Qin Ping, who had already received the news, greeted him with the remaining generals.

"The last general congratulates the lord, you have broken Guangzong City and made a world-class achievement!" As soon as they saw Shang Ji, Qin Pingping and others congratulated in unison.

"Haha, gentlemen, please rise up, you have worked hard all night fighting!"

"Serve for the lord, don't dare to speak bitterly!"

Returning to the barracks, and letting the generals who had gone out to fight go back to rest, Shang Ji summoned Qin Ping alone.

"Zizheng, how did our army gain in the battle yesterday?"

Hearing Shang Ji's question, Qin Ping immediately became excited, and quickly took out a booklet and handed it over: "My lord, our army harvested a lot last night. This is the harvest list. Please read it over, my lord!"

Shang Ji took the list and opened it to see that the first column was the number of prisoners of war.

"In this battle, our army captured more than 1.8 million prisoners of war, nearly half of whom were third-rate prisoners of war, and captured more than 2,000 yellow scarf generals who were third-rate or above, 198 second-rate generals, 54 first-rate, and four super-first-rate , but did not capture famous generals (historical generals)!"

Qin Ping took the initiative to explain to Shang Ji.

"Yes, the quantity and quality of captured prisoners of war are quite good, Zizheng did a good job!"

"Hey!" Qin Ping laughed, and continued: "It all depends on the soldiers' lives. Because our army is all cavalry, we have incomparable advantages in the process of capturing prisoners of war. Therefore, not only are there a large number of prisoners captured this time. , also high quality.

"Contact General Ling Cao and arrange manpower to escort all the prisoners to Liaodong as soon as possible."

After Shang Ji finished speaking, he didn't bother to pay attention to this matter. After several trials, he already had a mature plan for escorting the prisoners, and he didn't need extra attention, as long as he gave the order.

Shang Ji turned the booklet to the second page, and Qin Ping said at the right time: "According to the general's order, our army took the opportunity to collect many large equipment such as catapults and bed crossbows abandoned by the Yellow Turban Army. Because of concerns about Lu Gong's opinion, the last general I didn’t dare to be presumptuous, I only harvested 300 bed crossbows and 64 catapults, these congratulations have been included in the camp.”

"Did Duke Lu notice your actions?"

Qin Ping hesitated for a moment, and said: "The final general is not sure. Although his actions are trying to be concealed, with Lu Gong's ability, it is still very possible to discover the small movements of his subordinates."

Shang Ji nodded and said no more. He was almost nine levels sure that Lu Zhi had discovered the clue, but Qin Ping's actions were not too much. Presumably Lu Zhi would not be too fussy. The truth is that when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Lu Zhi Sure.

"My lord, in addition to the prisoners of war and the large equipment you ordered to collect, we have also harvested a lot of good things!" Qin Ping smiled triumphantly, showing his white teeth.

"Oh? I want to see what it is!" Shang Ji was aroused by Qin Ping's words, and he turned to the next page of the brochure, only to see that it read:

"There are more than 18,000 blacksmiths, including 11,000 juniors, 4,000 intermediates, 2,000 seniors, 560 elites, 79 experts, 8 masters, and masters. Level one person!"

"There are 1,600 doctors, including 960 junior doctors and intermediate doctors..."

"2,900 architects, among them..."

"One hundred and thirty-one alchemists, among them..."

"There are 2,600 Confucian scholars,..."

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Shang Ji's pupils shrank suddenly, and he asked a little excitedly, "What's going on with these people?"

There is no room for Shang Ji not to be excited. As the overlord, Shang Ji currently has two headaches. One is population, but talent!

The population problem can also be solved through immigration and encouraging births, but talents are not easy to deal with. Although Shangji has invested a large sum of money to attract production talents, the effect is not obvious. Low-level production talents are of little use, and high-level people can live well there. In this case, why go to Liaodong, the "land of bitter cold" to suffer?

And the cycle of self-cultivation is too long, and no obvious effect will be seen in a short time.

The list provided by Qin Ping has greatly alleviated Shang Ji's dilemma of lack of production talents.

Take the most important blacksmith as an example. At present, the highest professional level of blacksmiths in Liaodong is the master blacksmith Lu Gui, but this time there are as many as eight master blacksmiths alone, and there is also a master-level national treasure, which really surprised Shang Ji. .

"My lord, most of these people were kidnapped by moth thieves to provide logistical support for them to build weapons and equipment. Guangzong City was broken too suddenly, and the Yellow Turban Army didn't care about them, so it's cheap. !” Qin Ping smiled triumphantly, and said with some regret: “It’s a pity that our army is short of manpower, and most of them were taken over by Lu Gong except for the blacksmith.”

"That's enough! This is enough! No matter how much the Duolu Guild goes mad!" Shang Ji smiled excitedly, and then ordered: "Take care of them, and try to meet any requirements, but they are absolutely not allowed to leave our military campus without permission." camp!"

"The end will understand!"

The tens of thousands of various production talents are the biggest gain of this trip. Compared with it, the tens of millions of gold coins, food, grass, etc. immediately pale in comparison.