While Li Mengxi and Tian Bu were studying gold surgery, the siege had already ended.

The city was full of Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans wanted to occupy the city and defend it, but the city was destroyed and no one could escape.

After the war, an inventory was conducted, and more than 4,000 prisoners were captured, more than 300 people were killed, and countless grain and fodder were stored in the city.

No wonder this yellow scarf stopped moving forward when it hit the river, and stopped moving here. The feeling was that there was too much food and no intention of making progress.

It can be seen from this that most of the Yellow Turbans have no long-term goals and it is difficult to achieve success.

In this battle, the rebel army invested only two to three hundred troops in attacking the city. From the beginning of the siege to the time Zhang Fei climbed up the city wall and then to the city's destruction, it only took a moment.

In just one moment, the rebels suffered ninety-seven casualties.

Fifty of them either died on the spot, or died of excessive bleeding not long after being brought back from serious injuries. The remaining ones, only about forty were still alive.

Of these forty casualties, it is unknown how many will slowly die due to incurable trauma to their organs, and how many may die from subsequent infections is still unknown.

It is estimated that half of the wounded who were still alive one hour after the war would have recovered, or even less.

In other words, after a battle, 300 troops were invested, and one-third of the veterans were directly killed or injured.

Then, the casualty mortality rate exceeded 50%.

The loss of manpower is staggering.

The cooks are cooking meat, large pieces of pork, sheep, and horse meat.

A lot was seized from the city, and the horse meat captured alone was much more than the rebel army's reserves.

Supplies have been greatly enriched, and the rebels may have taken advantage of the victory and rewarded themselves with a good meal of meat.

Li Mengxi went to Liu Bei and wanted to ask Liu Bei to find a pig, some embroidery needles, and scissors. It would be best to find a blacksmith. He had to find a way to make a scalpel.

And Liu Bei also happened to come to see Li Mengxi for something.

The two met at the city gate.

After the war, you will be rewarded for your merits.

If Li Mengxi is not here, there will be no way to proceed.

After all, Li Mengxi and his carpenters had been busy all night during this siege, and they had made outstanding achievements.

This is the first time for Li Mengxi to participate in the grand scene of merit-based rewards.

When Li Mengxi arrived, a large area of ​​​​open space was cleared out of the burned county government offices in the city. Among the broken bricks and unextinguished black smoke-emitting wood, the village warriors lined up neatly in square formations on the left and right.

When Liu Bei led Li Mengxi over, all the village heroes looked at Li Mengxi.

There is a short couple in front.

On the low table, there are piles of bamboo slices.

Behind the shorter ones were several Xiang Yong who were the underlings. Next to Xiang Yong were stacked wine jars and large baskets filled with cooked meat.

Being so far away, Li Mengxi asked about the smell of cooked meat.

Li Mengxi came to the front of the queue. Guan and Zhang were standing in the front row. Li Mengxi squeezed in and stood with Guan and Zhang.

Seeing Li Mengxi coming, Guan and Zhang smiled at Li Mengxi.

Guan Yu smiled and nodded.

Zhang Fei was smiling innocently.

Liu Bei walked to the lower table and knelt down, sitting upright with a solemn look on his face.

"Now that the city has been conquered, those who have made meritorious deeds should be rewarded."

"For Guan Yu's success in besieging the city and stopping the enemy, he was rewarded with three jars of wine and twenty kilograms of meat!" Liu Bei read.

Guan Yu solemnly came out.

Behind Liu Xuande, Xiang Yong, his subordinate, cut twenty kilograms of wine and meat into pieces, filled three jars of wine, and gave them to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu came back with a large piece of meat tied with a straw rope in one hand and three jars of wine in his arms.

"Zhang Fei was the first to conquer a city, and he was also able to kill a general. He was rewarded with ten altars of wine and fifty catties of meat!"

Zhang Fei burst out laughing and said, "That's enough for me to have a good meal!" Zhang Fei shouted happily.

Everyone who hears this will laugh.

Everyone knew that General Zhang Fei was addicted to alcohol, but all the wine was confiscated by the military advisor. Fortunately, he captured a lot of alcohol after breaking through the city, which was enough for Zhang Fei to have a full meal.

After shutting up Zhang and Zhang, Liu Bei looked down at Li Mengxi with a smile.

"Is it time to reward our military advisor?" Liu Bei looked around and joked with the local heroes with a smile.

The village heroes all laughed when they heard this.

"The military advisor is preparing to build siege equipment and wants to gain merit in siege tactics. He will be rewarded with three jars of wine and ten pounds of meat!"

"Xi'er, come!" Liu Bei smiled and waved to Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi walked over happily.

I can still hold the meat, but I can't hold the wine.

Needless to say, someone came up to help Li Mengxi hold the wine first.

Li Mengxi took a look and saw that he was a very long dog.

The first one was Zhang Fei, the second one was Guan Yu, and the third one was Li Mengxi.

Going down, there are all the meritorious people.

At that time, Liu Bei and the siege team agreed that as long as they were the first to climb the city, they would be the first to do so. Those who followed would also have merits if they could climb the city.

Also, for those brave villagers who broke through the city gate, as long as they successfully pushed the siege column under the city gate, everyone in the siege column team would have made a small contribution, and if they could break through the city gate, everyone would have made a great contribution.

The conditions for the reward are simple and clear, and now is the time to fulfill the promise made at that time.

Liu Xuande actually remembered the meritorious deeds of every person who participated in the siege, and compiled them in a register, so he did not forget anyone.

Every time he picked up a bamboo slip, Liu Xuande read a name. After reading it, he put it aside.

When I finished reading the bamboo slips, there were still a pile of bamboo slips that no one responded to.

"These are all brothers who died in battle." Liu Bei picked up the bamboo slips and read the names one by one. "When a person dies, he cannot receive wine and meat. So, the wine and meat will be counted as money and added to the pension. When the war is over, they will be returned to their relatives.

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As soon as Liu Xuande finished speaking, the village heroes began to whisper.

Liu Bei made it very clear that all the brothers who died in battle had merit. Even though they died, they not only received compensation, but also converted the food and wine that they could not take away into money, ensuring that they would not treat the brothers unfairly.

Everyone was deeply impressed by Liu Xuande's benevolence and righteousness.

When Liu Bei gave the order to disperse, the meritorious men, holding wine and meat, happily said goodbye to Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

Speaking of rewards based on merit, in fact the most important thing is the ordinary soldiers. Liu, Guan, Zhang and Li Mengxi are all members of the same family, so it doesn't matter whether they are rewarded or not.

Everyone is working for the soldiers.

After the people left, Li Mengxi looked around and asked, "Where are the prisoners? How are they being placed?" Li Mengxi frowned slightly.

Guan Yu answered, "The prisoners have been placed elsewhere and are not in the city."

"Then caressing..." Li Mengxi couldn't help but ask again.

"There's no rush." ​​Guan Yu smiled, "I'll starve them for a day, and then I'll feed them."

"Oh!" Li Mengxi's eyes widened as he realized something.

Liu Bei looked amused. He stroked Li Mengxi's shoulder and asked with a smile, "Xi'er, do you know why my second brother wanted to starve and capture him for a day before paying attention to him?"

"Isn't it just that the icing on the cake is worse than providing help in the snow?" Li Mengxi immediately replied, "When the city was broken, it was just half noon and not yet noon. The yellow scarf in the city must be full in the morning and not hungry at noon.

If our army immediately gives out porridge when the city is broken, I think the Yellow Turbans will not be grateful to us.

And if I offer porridge and food again one day later, the captives will be very hungry and unable to resist, so they will be more grateful to me. The care will be taken care of naturally, right or wrong?" Li Mengxi answered with a smile.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang looked at each other and then laughed.

"What a great one. It's better to add icing on the cake than to provide help when needed. Well said!" Liu Bei held up his palms and praised.

"That's right." Guan Yu looked at Li Mengxi approvingly.
Chapter completed!