Chapter 623 - Making An Inventory (1/1)
Chapter 623: Making An Inventory
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next , Huwei Hall was already filled with s above the commandant rank from White Stone Pass, as well as Qian Su and Lu Wenbin ere brought in by Yan Liqiang to observe theto Tie Yunshan detailing the situation of yesterday’s hostilities with invigorated spirits Those who participated in the said fight, including wang Naiwu and Xiao Yuh spirits Those who did not participate yesterday, however, were gazing at the participants with envious eyes Soret, al their chest in sorrow All they could do was blaht
News of yesterday’s fight had already been transhout White Stone Pass, which entailed that Qiyun Protectorate General Yan Liqiang led his troops to guard the Wind Border Stockade before they proceeded to annihilate the Tuli Tribe He then heroically drove off the reinforce three victories frouards in the Great Han Empire’s White Stone Pass hadn’t felt as proud and satisfied for the last few years Before this, they were always abused by the Shatu Seven Tribes to the point that they had to be cautious of everything they did However, with Yan Liqiang’s arrival, he was able to swiftly turn things around The arh spirits and their h as if they were on steroids
The process where Yan Liqiang took the life of Burk’s number one champion—Balsa, and forced thousands of Bakeyi Tribe reinforcehout White Stone Pass, thus beco a word of myth within the army
Tie Yunshan’s uninhibited voice reverberated throughout the room, which sounded like a voice of heaven to the audience
“The proceedings of yesterday’s battle are as follows…”
“After yesterday’s battle, our troops killed nearly tens of thousands of people froalore of spoils of war We rand total of 14,566 rhinodrake steeds, 41,588 yaks, 3,684 sheep, and 2,818 sets of swords, bows, and ar gold and silver, three hundred thousand taels of silver, and one hundred thousand sheep, ere not able to bring them back as we could not carry the Plains instead… ”
A lot of the officers were secretly shocked to hear about the Tuli Tribe’s abundance of wealth from Tie Yunshan Besides flocks and herds, they didn’t expect that they would find bountiful aold and silver jewelry as well Moreover,the value of those one hundred thousand sheep, should they be able to bring theion, the hype for as tremendous If they could herd those sheep from the Tuli Tribe into White Stone Pass, then their wealth would soar to uniures
Qian Su had a pained expression on his face as he listened to Tie Yunshan’s deliverance In the past when he was overseeing the Gan Province Manufacturing Bureau, he had never felt any shortage of money before Now that he had been entrusted with the i the finances of the Qiyun Protectorate, he suddenly felt thatout like water No matter how h Therefore, when he heard that Yan Liqiang and the others were able to bring back the ten thousand sheep yesterday, his expression turned bright as he kept repeating those nuh his teeth, he murmured, “One hundred thousand sheep, one hundred thousand sheep…”
Tie Yunshan continued to iterate those nu at the head table, listening to hi his countenance Even as Yan Liqiang remained quiet as water, Tie Yunshan felt a chill down his spine despite being a veteran
“Howasked calmly
“It is estimated that 487 White Stone Pass troops were injured and 267yesterday’s battle Forty of uards were injured as well, and six were lost in the battle… ” Tie Yunshan replied with a heavy heart
Death was inevitable in wars and battles No hting, the deaths of those who participated could not be avoided Fortunately for Yan Liqiang’s troops, their number of deaths was coh-ranking officials, this was already considered a perfect victory The injured feere a necessary price to pay to achieve such a result
Yan Liqiang was not as relaxed as the coloomy As military men, these cootten used to the concept of paying the necessary price for the sake of victory But for Yan Liqiang, it was his first ti an arainst the Shatu Seven Tribes in a full-scale confrontation Even though yesterday’s battle was considered to be victorious, Yan Liqiang still felt an unavoidable responsibility for each of the soldiers who followed him to the battlefield and unto their deaths
Ast the three hundred lives lost in battle, six of theuards, as well as students from his archery academy Froo, they followed hi was quite familiar with each of their faces too He could even call out their na Zizhong, Tang Xingke, Zhang Wei Asters, four of the — were shot dead by archers of the Tuli Tribe during the raid yesterday Tang Xingke and Zhang Wei, on the other hand, were stabbed to death by a few Shatu people who jumped fro the pursuit of thefro returned last night, he thoroughly cleaned those six corpses before stitching up their wounds and giving thee of clean clothes As he recalled the faces of these six people, his heart was filled with sorrow and despair
The entire room fell silent as soon as Tie Yunshan was done with his response It wasn’t until half a ained his composure and realized the whole roo at him as they waited for hione, but the living were still here The best way to commemorate the deceased would be to honor their sacrifices, and live a better life in the future withsaid those words to hihtly on his knees He then took a deep breath before asking Tie Yunshan, “According to the previous army structure, hoill the deceased fro to the previous army structure of the Great Han Empire, the family of the deceased will be compensated with twenty taels of silver The Military Governor’s Office will send official docuanization to avoid the conscription of any of their family members within these five years…”
“Only this much?”
Tie Yunshan re and continued, “If the higher-ups are not corrupt, it is already good enough for the family of the deceased to receive ten taels of silver In some places, the family of the deceased will not be able to receive more than ten taels of silver as compensation Some are able to receive three to five taels of silver, and so at all as their compensation money will be embezzled by the upper officials If the deceased does not have a family, the local duration for the exe from five years to two or three years Their local bureaucrats and despotic landlords will soive the conscription exemption to their own fa’s face darkened as he listened to Tie Yunshan’s explanation He then asked, “Does this happen in Qiyun Prefecture as well?”