Chapter 122

"Do you others have anything else? If not, then all withdraw!"

Liu Bian, who had resolved all matters, asked the crowd.

Upon hearing this, the crowd looked at each other and secretly shook their heads, then said in unison to Liu Bian:

"We have nothing!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian said to the crowd:

"Since there is nothing, then all..."

"Your Majesty, General Zhang Liao of Bingzhou has sent a victory report!"

Just as Liu Bian intended to tell the crowd to withdraw, the Dark Guard Deputy Commander Tai'a outside the door hurried to Liu Bian and said respectfully to him.

Upon hearing this, the crowd felt a jolt, and Liu Bian said even more eagerly:

"Present it!"

"Yes!"

Only to see Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng take the battle report from Tai'a and respectfully present it to Liu Bian.

"Good, Wen Yuan is worthy of being a fierce general of my Great Han Empire!"

After Liu Bian finished reading Zhang Liao's battle report, he immediately said loudly and excitedly to the crowd.

Afterward, he handed the battle report in his hand to Li Liangcheng beside him and said to him:

"Li Liangcheng, read General Wen Yuan's battle report to the dear ministers, so that the dear ministers can also be happy!"

"Yes!"

Li Liangcheng responded upon hearing this, respectfully took the battle report from Liu Bian's hand, faced the crowd, opened it, and read it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty! I, Zhang Liao, led 50,000 Bingzhou army soldiers, following Your Majesty's decree, have successfully killed all the Xiongnu people in the three commanderies of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang."

"At this time, all nine commanderies of Bingzhou have been taken by our army, among which, the Xiongnu Grand Chanyu Yufuluo was beheaded."

"Beheaded the Xiongnu Grand Chanyu, Yufuluo's son, Liu Bao, as well as important generals such as Yufuluo's general Qu Bei."

"Killed 100,000 Xiongnu soldiers, captured a total of 120,000 fine Xiongnu warhorses, 30,000 cattle, and 300,000 sheep."

"I saw that the people of the three commanderies of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang were long oppressed by the Xiongnu, and many families had no fields or food."

"In order to settle these people, I took the liberty to distribute half of the cattle and sheep to these people. I ask Your Majesty to punish me for not reporting!"

"As for the 120,000 warhorses, when Your Majesty asked me to expand the Bingzhou army, you promised me that the remaining 50,000 warhorses would be captured by me, and now I have done it."

"I ask Your Majesty to allow me to keep 50,000 warhorses for the 50,000 Bingzhou army soldiers to use, and I ask Your Majesty to dispose of the rest."

"These captured warhorses and cattle and sheep have been arranged by me to be escorted back to Chang'an by 5,000 people from Zhang He, who is stationed in Chang'an."

"In a few days, they will be delivered to the imperial court and Your Majesty. Also, this is the list of meritorious soldiers and the detailed process of the battle..."

Following Li Liangcheng's low voice, the entire hall was silent.

Everyone was shocked by Zhang Liao's results, especially those warhorses and cattle and sheep.

One must know that even this time, when Liu Bian went on an expedition to Liangzhou, the grain and fodder for Bingzhou were squeezed out by Xun Yu and the others.

Only then could they scrape together the grain and fodder needed by 100,000 troops for three months.

This was still because everyone knew they would win, so they tightened their belts to scrape it together; otherwise, those officials would not have been willing to let Liu Bian go on an expedition during this period.

The logistical pressure on the imperial court was too great!

Now, just the cattle and sheep captured by Zhang Liao were so many, so the pressure on the imperial court would also be much smaller.

Moreover, these cattle, for the Great Han Empire, could even be used as plow cattle, and in coordination with the curved-shaft plow previously given by Liu Bian.

From now on, it would be even easier for the Han people to plant fields.

After coming to their senses, everyone looked at Liu Bian excitedly and shouted loudly to him:

"We congratulate Your Majesty!"

"Hahaha, my dear ministers, congratulations to all, congratulations to all!"

"Li Liangcheng, Zhang Liao's battle has raised the national prestige of my Great Han and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Xiongnu!"

"Pass the decree to Zhang Liao, tell him to arrange the affairs of Bingzhou as soon as possible, and then return to the capital in triumph. At that time, I will reward him heavily!"

The excited Liu Bian immediately said loudly to Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng.

"This servant obeys the decree!"

"Wenhe, send Wen Yuan's battle report back to Wenruo and the others together!"

After calming down, Liu Bian looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile.

Such a great victory, and a victory achieved by fighting against foreign tribes, should be well publicized to enhance the majesty of the Great Han Empire.

"I obey the decree!"

Jia Xu responded to Liu Bian with a smile.

"Then let's stop here for today, you all withdraw!"

Seeing that all matters had been handled, Liu Bian immediately said to the crowd.

He had to go back and think carefully about what to reward these imperial soldiers who returned in victory.

As for official positions, he couldn't directly confer them on them now; he had other plans for these in the future.

Now, the best way was to reward everyone with some treasures that could enhance their strength.

However, these things would probably cost quite a few National Fortune points.

Although at the current stage, Huang-grade items were enough for everyone to use, he couldn't handle the large quantity!

This time, just the ordinary soldiers who went on the expedition to Liang and Bing provinces numbered nearly 100,000, not counting the generals in the army.

Their rewards must be better than those of ordinary soldiers. In this way, he was truly a bit worried about whether the National Fortune points would be enough.

Moreover, the main thing was that he discovered a good thing in the system mall, and he planned to exchange it after he had saved enough National Fortune points.

Just when Liu Bian wanted to open the system mall to check, a crisp system prompt sound rang in his mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully mastering the entire Liangzhou territory, rewarding the host with 100,000 National Fortune points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully mastering the entire Bingzhou territory, rewarding the host with 200,000 National Fortune points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for the National Fortune points breaking through 1,000,000 points for the first time, rewarding one copy of 'Basic Artifact Refining Compendium' and one copy of 'Basic Alchemy Manual'."

"Ding, the system reward items have been stored in the system space for the host, please check them yourself!"

"Hahaha, good, now I don't have to worry about not having enough National Fortune points."

After Liu Bian finished listening to the system's rewards, he was instantly overjoyed.

"However, the National Fortune points rewarded by Bingzhou are actually double that of Liangzhou, which is probably related to the population of Bingzhou."

"The entire Liangzhou, although the land area is much larger than Bingzhou, only has a population of 300,000 to 400,000, while the population of Bingzhou is nearly double that of Liangzhou."

"It's just that I don't know if the system calculates it based on population. However, back then, why did Sili only give 100,000 National Fortune points?"

This was what Liu Bian couldn't understand. The population of Sili was more than that of Bingzhou and Liangzhou combined, and the system only gave 100,000 National Fortune points.

If it were rewarded based on population, it wouldn't make sense!