For this alone, Shicheng paid a price of 800,000 taels for this, and such a huge number could not be paid by other forces. And this move also quickly stabilized the situation in the city, and the city quickly gave birth to a sense of gratitude, I don't know how many people knelt down on their knees in the direction of the Yang Mansion in the city at the moment they got the silver.

All the families of the dead warriors were paid, the grievances in the city disappeared, and there was a smile on the faces of the people. But this is not all Yang Chendong's means, and then he announced that three days later, he will hold an award ceremony for meritorious soldiers, and then the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in this battle will be promoted in official positions and actually rewarded in material.

As soon as the news came out, the people in the city were in an uproar, isn't this a lost battle, how can there be a reward, and it even seems that the scale is not small, what is going on?

The people who couldn't figure it out began to look forward to it in their hearts, looking forward to the so-called award ceremony three days later.

Scattering gold and silver is Yang Chendong's response after returning to Shicheng. Money may not be able to buy sincerity, but money can stabilize people's hearts, can stimulate people's hearts, if it is supplemented by heavy profits, it will definitely play an unimaginable role.

For three days, Yang Chendong did not accompany his wife, that is, the teachers and students of the Yang Family Academy, and he only told these people to walk around the city and see more. He spent all his time stabilizing the morale of the army.

For example, I went to the barracks to inspect the barracks, chatted with the soldiers to understand their psychological thoughts and dynamics, went to the hospital to visit the soldiers who were wounded in the war, and went to the homes of ordinary people to comfort the families of the dead martyrs, and so on.

These actions made Yang Chendong quickly gain the hearts and minds of the army and public opinion, and the factors of uneasiness in the city because of the defeat were almost crushed to zero by his own strength.

In the blink of an eye, the third day came, and early in the morning, the largest square in the city was crowded with people, and under the strict protection of the army, the award ceremony began.

Still the same, the shining silver two of the two carriages were pushed to the center of the square, and Yang Chendong put on his handsome military uniform and walked to the podium. Under the watchful eye and in the midst of all expectations, a personal name was pronounced from his mouth, and a young Mongolian boy wearing a brand-new military uniform stepped onto the podium and personally received the medals of combat heroes from Yang Chendong, Hu Mang, Yang Er, Xiao Feng, Chaifeng, Lu Zhuo, Su He, Xin Honghai, etc., took over the military rank that only officers could wear, and took over the silver two trays that were so heavy that they had to bend down.

In front of Yang Chendong, standing was the Mongolian young man Batu. In this battle, he joined the battle as a recruit, in the midst of the raging fire, he was not afraid, but also fought bravely with the Mobei cavalry, killing two enemies and rescuing the injured Deng Yu, the commander of the first battalion of the reinforced regiment at a critical time, which can be said to be one of the most outstanding people on the battlefield.

When Batu's deeds were reported to Yang Chendong, he felt that there was something to do in this matter, and finally under his strong advocacy and decision, he became a typical recruit and stood on the podium of the award ceremony.

Yang Chendong personally hung a medal of second-class combat hero on his chest, and at the same time gave him a one-pole second lieutenant rank, as well as a substantial reward of five hundred taels of silver.

Holding the tray in his hand, Batu's face was flushed, and the smile on his face was a sunny one. "Do a good job, I'm optimistic about you." Like many leaders in later generations, Yang Chendong patted Batu's shoulder to show encouragement.

It was these seven words that made Batu even more excited. Until he walked past Yang Chendong and came to the podium with amplification equipment and batteries, his face was still red and excited.

"Hello everyone. My name is Batu and I am a native of Mongolia. Since I was a child, I also had a happy family, my father, mother, and sister grew up with me, the family was a herd of sheep and horses, at that time the sky was so blue, the water and grass were so fertile, even if it snowed in winter, the snowflakes were so pure and white... But all this happiness was disrupted by a sudden event, and on that day, four Varat robbers came to my house, my father..."

Batu was still appealing on the podium and talking about his awesomeness, Yang Chendong and the others were already seated in the first row of the podium, and Yang Er was seated to his right.

Regarding Batu, Yang Chendong had already read the investigation and knew that it would be Yang Er's future brother-in-law, which gave him a chance, and now it seems that this person is still performing well. Just seeing Yang Er's gaze towards him, Yang Chendong said softly, "Yes, he behaved very well." ”

"Thank you, young master, for complimenting him and giving him this opportunity." Yang Er was also very excited, and then looked at Batu who was still on the podium, with a look of relief, although what he said was taught sentence by sentence by him and Qiqige for two days and two nights, but it cannot be denied that what he said was the truth, and it was also the most infectable to other Mongolians with the same experience. If you can achieve this effect, then all is enough.

Not only Yang Er, but also two other Mongolian warriors who made meritorious contributions in this battle spoke. Their experiences are different, but the goal of the topic is to point to the same place, which is the benefits of joining a mercenary, and how their lives have changed and how they have been tempered by joining this army. I could hear that the people in the city who participated in this award ceremony were either excited, or had tears in their eyes, or...

It was a successful congress. After all the processes were completed, the final item of the conference, the moment before the end of the conference was announced by Humang, the recruitment of new soldiers in the city was announced, and the strong support of the people present was immediately received.

Yang Chendong did not advocate conscription before, because the resources in the city are limited, and it is very expensive to raise an army, not to mention that the treatment of mercenaries itself is so high. But in this battle, the loss is too great, so a lot of places are vacated, so it is necessary to conscript, this is also a way to bundle everyone's interests, think about it, when there are mercenary recruits in every family, isn't everyone's safety tied together, it is really a glory, a loss.

1,200,000 taels of silver were scattered before and after, and dozens of soldiers were promoted to the rank of cadre platoon commander and deputy platoon commander, which is the best example. In the nearly four months that Yang Chendong was away, the total population of Shicheng increased from the original 50,000 to nearly 70,000 now. Of those, 15,000 young men alone. It's just that 6,000 recruits are recruited from among them, and it's still very easy to do. As for the lack of other sources of troops, it is necessary to fight the idea of the logistics regiment.

The logistics regiment does not just manage logistics, there are two very special units, one is the construction team and the other is the prisoner barracks, and their combined population alone is more than 10,000 people.

They were all made up of prisoners who had been captured in the war. The former are the reserve units of the mercenaries that have surrendered, and the latter have not yet completed their transformation and have not completely surrendered. "6,000 people were selected from the construction team to be reorganized into the army, and 6,000 people from the prisoner barracks were selected to join the construction team to continue their activities and reform. Tell them that if they behave well, they may become a mercenary from the captive army, and if they don't behave well, they will be able to work for the rest of their lives. ”

Yang Chendong spoke, and as the nominal head of the logistics regiment, he took over the work and began to make adjustments.

It's only been a few days since they returned to Shicheng, and the losses of the army in the previous war have been replenished, maybe their combat power is not as strong as the previous mercenary veterans, but at least the number has reached the same level as before, and even in terms of military morale, it is not bad. "Seize the time to train, let the new and old soldiers run in as soon as possible, and meet the requirements of being able to go to the battlefield." After throwing this sentence towards Hu Mang and the others, Yang Chendong left the military camp outside the city and returned to the Yang Mansion in the city.

In Yang's mansion, Feng Liang, director of the Shicheng Security Bureau, and Tie Hu, the captain of the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team, had been waiting here for a long time, and as soon as they saw Yang Chendong coming back, the two people who were originally straight with straight waists had a change in their whole body momentum, reined in their edges, and lowered their noble heads.

"You're here, let's talk about it, how is the investigation?" Yang Chendong nodded to the two of them, and then entered the side hall accompanied by Yang Si, a member of the family, and sat down in front of the chair.

Yang Si's body was very good, and he seemed to be seriously injured that day, but it was just caused by excessive bleeding. Once he came to his senses under the blood transfusion, he quickly became vigorous, although it was not enough to say that the injury was completely healed, but as long as he did not fight the enemy for too long, there would be no problem.

After this incident, Yang Si admired Yang Chendong even more. He already knew that at the most critical time, it was the young master who transfused the blood on his body to himself, which was even more touching.

The ancients were no more educated than modern people, and they knew less about some things. In the eyes of many of them, blood is a life-saving thing, how can it be given to others casually? But the young master did this, how noble is he, how humble he is, and it is worth the young master to do this?

I still remember that after waking up, Yang Si was in pain, and he wanted to die, he thought that the young master transfused blood to himself, it was all his fault, and later the doctor Yuan Heping told him a lot of truths, and said that human blood can be produced by itself, as long as it is not overbleeding, it can be recovered slowly, and he slowly accepted it. It's just that since then, he has become more loyal to Yang Chendong.