After learning that the Japanese pirates' camp was empty, Zhu Ping'an silently chanted "bring glory to the ancestors" and used the luck as a radar to carefully observe the luck around him. Indeed, he did not find any black or bloody luck that symbolized death and bloodshed. However, for the sake of caution, Zhu Ping'an sent four teams of young and strong civilians in four directions to scout the area within a radius of five miles. There was still no trace of the Japanese pirates. After finally confirming that the Japanese pirates had indeed retreated, Zhu Ping'an ordered the city gates to be opened and led the young and strong people to take over the Japanese pirates' camp.
At the same time, Zhu Ping'an sent four teams of young and strong civilians to four directions to scout the area within a five-mile radius. There was no trace of the Japanese pirates. After finally confirming that the Japanese pirates had indeed retreated, Zhu Ping'an ordered the city gates to be opened and led the young and strong people to take over the Japanese pirate camp.
Just as Liu Dadao said, the Japanese pirates' camp was empty, and all their belongings were taken away, leaving only 26 seriously injured Japanese pirates who were unable to walk. The cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the Japanese pirates can be seen from this. These 26 seriously injured Japanese pirates were regarded as a burden by the Japanese pirates and cruelly abandoned in the camp.
What should we do with these twenty-six seriously injured Japanese pirates
Treat prisoners well?!
Does not exist.
Each of these Japanese pirates was completely unscrupulous, their hands were stained with the blood of innocent people, and each of them was deeply sinful. Zhu Ping'an acquiesced to the angry young and strong people who chopped the seriously injured Japanese pirates to pieces.
The Japanese pirates cruelly abandoned even the seriously wounded ones, let alone the bodies of those who died in battle. The bodies of the Japanese pirates piled up like a mountain under the city wall, and a ditch outside the Japanese pirate camp was also filled with the bodies of the seriously wounded and dead Japanese pirates.
Behead!
Zhu Ping'an ordered the collection of the corpses of the Japanese pirates under the city walls and in the ditches, and their heads were beheaded and pickled with coarse salt, lime and wood ash as a military merit so that he could ask for rewards from the court. The corpses were then piled up and burned to prevent the spread of plague.
Four hundred and fifty-eight Japanese pirate heads were found in the ditches under the city wall and outside the Japanese pirate camp. Together with the 337 Japanese pirate heads that had been intentionally collected on the city wall before, a total of 795 Japanese pirate heads were obtained.
In fact, the number of Japanese pirates killed is definitely higher than this figure, but some of their heads can no longer be found.
In addition, there were more Japanese pirates who were seriously or lightly injured, but they were not unable to move, and they still retreated with the main force of Japanese pirates.
In fact, the pirates who were hit by stones had a high probability of surviving. If they were shot by feather arrows or splashed with gold juice, even if the injuries were not serious, they would basically die, ending their dirty and sinful lives, but it would be a few days later. Because the feather arrows on the city were soaked in gold juice, full of bacteria. After shooting the pirates, the bacteria would enter their wounds and infect them. In this era, medicine was basically helpless against infectious diseases such as tetanus. As for the pirates who were splashed with boiling gold juice, their festering wounds were a breeding ground for bacteria, and the chance of infection was almost 100%. Once infected, they were basically dead.
By this calculation, at least half of the Japanese pirates were killed.
This time, the Japanese pirates plundered Jingnan in a mighty force and were extremely arrogant. However, they suffered a bloody defeat in Jingnan County and almost lost their battle.
Of course, Jingnan also suffered heavy losses. First of all, the Japanese pirates ravaged Jingnan, burning, killing and looting. It is unknown how many villages were harmed, how many civilians were killed, and how much property was robbed. All these have yet to be investigated and counted. Secondly, in the attack and defense of Jingnan County, a total of more than 800 young and strong people were killed. In addition, it is now the autumn harvest season, and the Japanese pirates are wreaking havoc, destroying farmland and delaying farming time, resulting in even greater losses.
These losses are devastating for Jingnan.
Of course, if Zhu Ping'an had not led everyone to defend Jingnan County to the death, if Jingnan County was occupied by the Japanese pirates, the losses suffered by Jingnan would not be as simple as serious damage. Judging from what the Japanese pirates did when they occupied other counties, if Jingnan was occupied by the Japanese pirates, what awaited Jingnan would be a devastating disaster.
"The county magistrate led his men to drive the Japanese pirates away!"
"We have secured Jingnan, we are saved..."
When the people of Jingnan County heard the news of the Japanese pirates' retreat, they cried with joy, feeling lucky that they had escaped death and escaped a disaster. For a time, Jingnan County became a sea of joy.
Of course, some are happy while others are sad.
More than 800 young and strong civilians died in the defense of the city, which meant that more than 800 families had to endure the pain of losing their loved ones. Amid the ocean of joy in Jingnan County, there were cries of more than 800 families.
After Zhu Ping'an led the young and strong to destroy the Japanese pirate camp, he returned to Jingnan County. As soon as he entered the county, he was welcomed by the people. The people welcomed everyone with food, wine, meat and other delicacies. Zhu Ping'an was especially cared for by the people. Every step he took, someone gave him fruit, wine and meat, and he was almost overwhelmed by the people.
All the young and strong people couldn't help but straighten their chests and hold their heads high, feeling a sense of pride and honor.
The little maid Hua'er was also among the crowd lining the streets to welcome Zhu Ping'an. Seeing that Zhu Ping'an had become the city's hero and was loved by all the citizens, the little maid Hua'er was so happy that she danced with joy, as if she was the one being welcomed and loved.
Because of the people lining the streets to welcome us, it took us almost half an hour to walk the short distance back to the city.
"You are all heroes of Jingnan. It is because of your fearless sacrifice and your determination to fight to the death that Jingnan was defended. What I promised you before will be fulfilled one by one. All of you can get a reward of ten taels of silver, and the injured will get an additional ten taels of silver. The specific situation has been recorded, and the reward will be distributed to you within ten days. In addition, if any of you want to work in the county government, you can go to the county government to register starting tomorrow. After this battle, there are many vacancies in the county government, and I will give priority to you."
Before dismissing the young and strong people, Zhu Ping'an stood in front of everyone, held up two registration books and spoke loudly to everyone.
Zhu Ping'an knew the importance of clear rewards and punishments, which was the key to winning the trust of the people, rallying their hearts, and achieving long-term development. After the war, apart from honor, people cared about rewards.
Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Ping'an's promise, the young and strong people cheered loudly, and Zhu Ping'an's prestige among them grew day by day.
After making promises to the young and strong people, Zhu Ping'an led them to the Jingnan Anti-Japanese Heroes Cemetery, where he knelt down and paid tribute to the young and strong civilians who died in the battle.
After the sacrifice, Zhu Pingan comforted the relatives of the young men who died in the battle one by one, and promised them in public that their close relatives could receive a reward of 10 taels of silver for their bravery in defending the city and 50 taels of silver for compensation. In addition, Zhu Pingan also provided special compensation to the families of the young men who died in the battle, exempting all families of young men who died in the battle from taxes for ten years.
With Zhu Ping'an's special pension, the grief of the families of the deceased soldiers was comforted and their sorrow was alleviated a lot.
The dark clouds over Jingnan County completely dissipated.