Chapter 32 Heavy Snow
"I can't give you the warhorse. Although it is also a trophy, we are in urgent need of it now. I can only occupy it temporarily. When I am free, I will compensate you!"

Zhou Lan saw Yang Zhengshan's eyes fell on the dead horses and said a little embarrassedly.

In the previous battle, Yang Zhengshan could be said to have saved their lives.

Maybe they can escape to the mountains, but by the time they get there, there will probably be only a few people left.

So she kept talking about the grace of saving her life.

Zhou Lan felt very embarrassed that she was going to take over someone else's spoils after he saved her.

Yang Zhengshan looked at those things and did not refuse them. He bowed his hands and thanked them very readily: "Thank you for your consideration, General!"

Yangjia Village really needs these things.

The young and strong men who died or were injured in the battle yesterday all need financial compensation.

Don’t say that money cannot buy life. For ordinary people, money is life and food is life.

Although these things in front of you look messy and seem to be worthless, in fact, they are not cheap.

For example, those leather armors, even if they are worn out, can be exchanged for more than ten taels of silver. And those dead horses can also be sold for a lot of silver. Even if they cannot be sold, they can be distributed to everyone.

"And these!" Zhou Lan brought out another cloth bag from behind her.

The cloth bag fell to the ground, making a crisp metallic collision sound.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes and reached out to take the cloth bag.

The cloth bag is full of silver and money!
"All these for us?" Yang Zhengshan said in surprise.

"Well, we need military merit more than money!" Zhou Land said.

Yang Zhengshan weighed the cloth bag, and it must be around 70 or 80 kilograms!
Seventy or eighty kilograms of silver and money, even if most of them are copper coins, it would probably be several hundred taels of silver.

What a good man!
Hundreds of taels of silver can be given away just like that?
Can there be more good people like this?

Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhou Lan with surprise.

As for the other things, it could be said that they were given to him as a favor because they could not be taken away, but the silver and money proved that the other party really wanted to compensate them.

"Then I will be disrespectful to refuse!"

"Ok!"

Zhou Lan naturally didn't know that Yang Zhengshan had given her a good guy card. In fact, with her status, she didn't care about the hundreds of taels of silver at all. If she had not brought any money with her, she would have wanted to give Yang Zhengshan more.

"I have urgent matters to attend to, so I won't stay here any longer. Once we drive those barbarians away, I'll come back to thank you!"

After saying that, Zhou Lan bowed to Yang Zhengshan.

Then she turned around and left with a group of soldiers.

Yang Zhengshan looked at their backs, thoughtful.

Drive away the Hu thieves?
Can you do it?

"Dad, are these all ours?"

Just when Yang Zhengshan was wondering whether the border troops could drive away the invading Hu people, Yang Mingzhi ran over with a happy face.

"Yes, they are all ours." Yang Zhengshan glanced at the cloth bag in front of him and the things in the distance, and said lightly: "Send all these things to the clan leader!"

"Okay!" Yang Mingzhi happily arranged people to start moving.

It was not until the afternoon that Yang Zhengxiang counted these supplies.

There were eighteen dead horses, twelve sets of intact leather armor, thirty-four sets of damaged leather armor, twenty-four longbows, and seventy-two long swords.

There were four hundred and eighty-three ounces of silver.

There were also some miscellaneous items such as daggers, short knives, saddles, dried meat, food, etc.

To be honest, those border troops cleaned the battlefield very carefully, even the saddles were not left out.

Unfortunately, the Hu people do not like to use spears, and the young and strong people in Yangjia Village are not good at using long swords.

"How should these things be distributed?" Yang Zhengxiang asked Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "All the dead horses should be slaughtered and divided among the households according to their population!"

"See if you can put together a few more complete sets of those broken leather armors. I'll distribute them when the time comes."

"As for the bows and arrows, I'll see if there are any people who can use them. If there are, I'll distribute them!" "Silver!"

He pondered for a moment and said, "Each person who participated in the battle will receive 2 taels, each person who was slightly injured will receive 4 taels, each person who was seriously injured will receive 10 taels, and each person who died in battle will receive 20 taels."

"I'll sell the other things later and buy some family property. What do you think?"

Yang Zhengxiang stroked his beard and said, "Whether it's training or fighting, you contributed the most, so you should get more."

"No need. We are not an army. In the army, officers naturally take the biggest share. We are of the same clan and should take care of and support each other. They need the money more than I do!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head and said.

He is not very short of money now. Although he has spent almost all the money he earned before, it is easier for him to earn money than others. There is no need for him to compete with the villagers of Yangjia Village for this little bit of money.

"Of course, I will also pick some others as rewards for my hard work!" Yang Zhengshan chuckled.

Just now he saw a few nice items among the mess. They were not valuable things, but just some practical things.

For example, there is a short knife that he likes very much.

Yang Zhengxiang also laughed, "Okay, you decide!"

Then Yang Zhengshan picked out a few nice little things and took them away. As for the rest, Yang Zhengxiang would distribute them and he didn't need to worry about it.

Now is not the time to relax. Although they repelled a wave of enemies yesterday, who knows if there will be other enemies attacking next.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan was worried that the Hu cavalry from yesterday would come back for revenge.

So after discussing with Yang Zhengxiang, he immediately devoted himself to the guarding of Yangjia Village.

However, his worries seemed unnecessary. In the following days, no Hu cavalry appeared near Yangjia Village.

……

It snowed again in Anning County, with heavy snowfall, and the earth was dressed in new clothes overnight.

When Yang Zhengshan got up in the morning, he pushed the door but couldn't open it. The snow was already up to his calf. Yang Zhengshan had to use a little force to push the door open.

"father!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming out, the members of the Yang family who were cleaning the snow greeted him one after another.

Yang Zhengshan nodded calmly, then turned and looked towards the back mountain.

All I saw was a blanket of silver covering the mountains and fields, as if the whole world had turned into a world of ice and snow.

Seeing this, Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up.

"This war must end!"

There was heavy snow, and the Hu cavalry could no longer plunder, so they had no choice but to withdraw from Dayong.

The heavy snow will limit their movements, and of course it will also limit the border troops' encirclement and suppression of them, but this is after all the territory of Darong, and the Hu people cannot stay in Darong to plunder for a long time.

A heavy snowfall is enough to change the course of a war.

The heavy snow now should shorten the time of the Hu people's looting.

"Dad, the snow in the mountains must be very thick!" Yang Mingcheng came to Yang Zhengshan and said worriedly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said, "You can go into the mountain and take a look later!"

He knew what Yang Mingcheng was worried about.

The Jiang family and Yang Yunyan.

Last year, Jiangjia Village suffered heavy losses from banditry, and now it has to face the plundering of the Hu cavalry, so the villagers of Jiangjia Village hid in the mountains very early.

The conditions in the mountains were harsh, and Yang Yunyan was pregnant.

If you count the days, Yang Yunyan is already seven months pregnant.

Giving birth was not easy in ancient times, and now Yang Yunyan is hiding in the mountains. If she is not careful, there may be two deaths.

"Take Minghao with you! Be careful!" Yang Zhengshan warned.

The forest is even more dangerous after the heavy snow, so it would be good for Yang Mingcheng and Yang Minghao to have a companion together, so that they can take care of each other in case of any accidents.

"I understand, Dad!" Yang Mingcheng grinned.

(End of this chapter)