"General Lu."

"General Hua, General Qin."

Hua Rong and Qin Ming rode up to Lu Junyi. After the three of them greeted each other, Lu Junyi asked, "How is the situation over there?"

Hua Rong said: "All the Jin Army encountered have been eliminated, but it is unknown whether there are other Jin Army soldiers hiding in people's homes. After all, there were many of them, and the situation at that time was complicated, so it was difficult to protect

There will be no Jin Army soldiers hiding in ordinary people’s homes.”

Lu Junyi nodded slightly and said: "The situation here is similar to yours. We have wiped out everything we encounter, but we dare not say whether there are any fish that have slipped through the net. I have asked General Lu and General Guo to calculate the gold.

The corpses of the army have been found. After a while, the number of corpses will be counted, and we will know whether there are any fish that have slipped through the net."

As they were talking, they saw Guan Sheng, Sun An, and Gao Zhan coming over on horseback. After greeting each other, they each explained the situation. In general, they were all the same, and they all killed all the Jin soldiers they encountered.

, but no one is sure whether there are still remaining Jin Army soldiers hiding.

"Guning City was captured by us, but we also lost a lot of soldiers in this war epidemic, and many people's homes were also destroyed." Gao Zhan said with a sigh as he looked at the bombed houses of ordinary people.

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Lu Junyi said: "There is nothing we can do about it. If we were a little soft-hearted at that time, we would be killed by the Jin Army, so we could only fight to the end with the Jin Army.

As for the destroyed houses of the common people, I will send people to count them later, and after the court sends officials, I will compensate them. In short, they will not suffer any loss."

Gao Zhan nodded slightly and said no more.

Several people came to Wanyanzhu's residence. At this time, there was no one in the house, and some valuable things had been taken away. It should have been done by Wanyanzhu's servants, but he didn't want to pursue this matter.

Because Wanyanzhu only stayed in Guning Mansion for a few months, and it was impossible to move his family here, the servants in his house must have been found in Guning Mansion, so there is nothing to pursue.

significance.

However, although the servants took away all the valuable things placed in each room, the gold and silver in the treasury were not touched at all.

This is because the door of the treasury is made of iron, and it is locked with a chain as thick as a finger. It is not easy to open it. In addition, the situation at that time was quite critical, so those servants probably took some valuable money.

His belongings ran away without even bothering to come to the treasury.

"Seal all these operations and no one is allowed to act rashly. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed," Lu Junyi said to the soldiers.

"Yes." the soldier responded.

About half an hour later, Lu Fang came back and reported to Lu Junyi: "General Lu, I have already counted the corpses of those Jin soldiers. The total number is 26,981."

"The Jin Army has a total of 210,000 people, and now there are only 26,981, which means there are still 3,090 people who have not been wiped out." Lu Junyi said.

"It must be hidden in those people's homes." Yang Zhi said.

"We will immediately search from house to house, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we will find them and eliminate them," Suo Chao said.

"If this doesn't work, it will scare the people."

Lu Junyi said: "The people have just experienced an unprecedented war, and now is a time of shock. Especially since we are still the army of the Song Dynasty, they are already afraid of us. If we search their houses at this time,

, it will definitely scare them.

Guning Mansion has now been captured by us. These people will be the people of the Song Dynasty in the future. We must make them feel that the Song Dynasty has no ill intentions towards them, so that they can rule here well.

Otherwise, they will think that we are as ferocious as the Jin Army, which will not be conducive to our future rule."

"If we didn't search their houses, how could we capture these remaining Jin troops?" Xu Ning said.

Lu Junyi said: "We started from wiping out the rebels until we broke through Youzhou. We encountered this situation more than once. In the end, those people hiding in people's homes were all given away by us.

Did you catch it?"

"What General Lu means is that if we put up another notice and offer a large reward, then people from Guning Mansion will tell us," said Qiang.

Lu Junyi nodded slightly and said: "When the Jin Army first occupied Guning Mansion, they killed a lot of people. The people here hated them deeply. I believe that as long as we offer a reward, they will definitely come out to expose these hidden gold coins."

Military."

After hearing what he said, Guan Sheng, Sun An, and Gao Zhan all nodded.

"By the way, what are our casualties?" Lu Junyi asked again.

Guo Sheng said: "We have a total of 4,673 dead and 8,037 injured."

Lu Junyi sighed softly and said, "Although we were fully prepared, we didn't expect so many casualties."

Guan Sheng said: "There is nothing we can do about this. After all, the Jin army has much more people than us, and they also have gunpowder sticks in their hands. Casualties are inevitable. And we can exchange the Jin army for such a small price."

Such a heavy loss is already very good.

You must know that the number of people killed by the Jin army this time is not a small number. I believe it has been very damaging to the Jin country."

"General Guan is right. In war, people will die and be injured. But after we had gunpowder sticks, we minimized the casualties, so every time we fight, we always hope to win without a bloody blow, but this

This kind of thing cannot be successful every time.

Therefore, General Lu does not need to feel too sad about the casualties of the soldiers." Suo Chao said.

Lu Junyi sighed again and asked, "Is there a situation like Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Li, and Wu Heisuo?"

"I just asked Sa Jiang to identify them. All three people were killed on the south city wall, especially Wu Heisuo, whose limbs were shattered by the explosion. If his head hadn't been intact, we wouldn't have known who he was," Lu Fang said.

Lu Junyi said: "It's good that I didn't escape."

Then he said to Lu Fang: "Immediately post a notice to calm the people, and at the same time, post a notice offering a reward for the capture of the Jin army who slipped through the net."

"Yes." Lu Fang took the order and left.

"General Guo, please immediately send someone to inform General Huyan that we have captured Guning Mansion and ask him to seal off all roads to prevent the news from leaking." Lu Junyi then said to Guo Sheng.

"Yes." Guo Sheng accepted the order and left.

Lu Junyi then turned to look at Zhang Qing, Luan Tingyu, Li Cheng, and Wen Da, and said: "The four of you are responsible for guarding the east, south, west, and north cities. No one is allowed to be released until all the hidden Jin Army soldiers have been wiped out.

People leave the city."

"Yes." Zhang Qing, Luan Tingyu, Li Cheng and Wen Da responded.

"General Qiu, you will be responsible for patrolling the city." Lu Junyi said to Qiu Qiongying.

"Yes, I humbly obey my orders." Qiu Qiongying said.

Later, Lu Junyi said to Yan Qing: "Go to Youzhou yourself and tell Mr. Hua that we have captured Guning Mansion."

"yes."

Yan Qing immediately changed into a fast horse and headed towards Youzhou as quickly as possible.

Fifty miles away, Hu Yanzhuo led his soldiers to hide in a dense forest. Ten feet away from them was the main road.

"Several hours have passed, and I don't know what the fighting situation is like on General Lu's side." Hu Yanzhuo said to Sun Li beside him.

Sun Li said: "General Lu is brave and resourceful, and with the help of generals, General Sun, General Gao, General Hua, and General Qin, there will definitely be no problem in capturing Guning Mansion. General, don't worry."

Hu Yanzhuo said: "I also know that they will have no problem taking down Guning Mansion, but it has been so long and there is no news at all. I am really worried."

"If the general is really worried, then just send someone back to take a look." Sun Li said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the soldier they sent out as a sentry came with another soldier and said, "General Qi, General Lu has sent someone."

"Greetings to General Huyan." The soldiers sent by Guo Sheng saluted Huyanzhuo with their hands clasped.

After Hu Yanzhuo asked the soldiers to excuse themselves, he hurriedly asked: "Have General Lu and the others taken down Guning Mansion?"

"General Lu and the others have captured Guning Mansion. They have sent a special person to report to the general, asking the general to block all roads to prevent any news from being leaked." said the soldier.

Hearing that Guning Mansion had been captured, Hu Yanzhuo and Sun Li were very excited.

"Great, Guning Mansion has been captured. Now the Jin Army is completely helpless against us." Sun Li said.

Hu Yanzhuo nodded slightly and asked: "How is the situation of the Jin army? How many people were killed?"

The soldier said: "Basically all of them were killed. Only more than 3,000 people were hiding in people's homes and were not caught. However, General Lu has posted a reward notice. I believe those Jin soldiers who are hiding will be caught soon."

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"What about the casualties of our army?" Hu Yanzhuo asked again.

"The casualties this time were quite heavy. More than 4,000 brothers were killed and more than 8,000 were injured," the soldier said.

"With so many people dead, it seems that the battle is very fierce." Hu Yanzhuo said.

The soldier said: "It was very fierce. The fighting lasted for several hours. If we hadn't used thunder cannons to kill Wanyanzhu, Wanyanli and Wu Heisuo from the beginning, leaving them leaderless, plus our

The gunpowder sticks are more powerful than theirs, and this battle will be very difficult."

Hu Yanzhuo said: "It's a pity that you asked me to garrison here, otherwise I can also help General Lu and others."

Sun Li said: "Your Majesty has always been very prudent in the use of troops. He asked us to guard here to prevent accidents. Therefore, although we did not participate in the battle of Guning Mansion, our role was not small at all. General, there is no need to regret this.

"

Hu Yanzhuo nodded slightly, sent the soldiers back, and then ordered the soldiers to strictly block all roads.

Yan Qing rode a fast horse back to Youzhou and introduced the situation of Guning Mansion to Hua Ju in detail. After hearing this, Hua Ju left 30,000 people to guard Youzhou, and then took other soldiers to

After arriving at Guning Mansion, even the craftsmen led by Meng Qinghe, Jin Dajian, Ling Zhen and others were brought with them, because with their presence they could make the firearms they wanted at any time.

Since those craftsmen brought a lot of equipment for making firecrackers, thunder cannons and other firearms, Hua Ju and the others were not very fast. They could only walk forty miles per hour on average, so it took him almost eight hours to arrive.

Guning Mansion, it is already midnight at this time.

Because Yan Qing had already rushed back to Lu Junyi to report the arrival of Hua Ju's troops, Lu Junyi had already led his troops to wait at the city gate. When he saw Hua Ju's arrival, he hurriedly led his generals to greet him.

"I'm sorry to see you, sir." Lu Junyi and others bowed and saluted with their hands clasped.

"Generals, there is no need to be polite."

Hua Ju got off the horse, looked at Lu Junyi with a smile, and said, "Thank you for your hard work on this trip."

"This is what people in humble positions should do."

After speaking, Lu Junyi and others moved aside and said to Hua Ju: "My lord, please go into the city and rest."
Chapter completed!