Chapter 395: Rewards for Controlling Two Provinces

"Do you others have anything else? If there is nothing, then all withdraw!"

Liu Bian, who had finished handling the matters, asked the group.

Hearing this, the group looked at each other, all shook their heads secretly, and then, in unison, said to Liu Bian:

"We have nothing!"

Seeing this, Liu Bian said to the group:

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

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

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

Hearing this, the group's expressions were all shocked, and Liu Bian said even more urgently:

"Present it!"

"Yes!"

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

"Good, Wenyuan 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 to the group with excitement.

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

"Li Liangcheng, you read General Wenyuan's battle report to my beloved ministers, so that my beloved ministers can also be happy!"

"Yes!"

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

"Reporting to Your Majesty! Your subject Zhang Liao, leading the fifty thousand Bing Province army soldiers, following Your Majesty's decree, has successfully killed all the Xiongnu people in the three commanderies of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang."

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

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

"Killed one hundred thousand Xiongnu soldiers, captured a total of one hundred and twenty thousand Xiongnu warhorses, thirty thousand cattle, and three hundred thousand sheep."

"Your subject saw that the common people in the three commanderies of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang had been oppressed by the Xiongnu for a long time, and many families had no fields or food."

"In order to settle these common people, your subject acted without authorization and distributed half of the cattle and sheep to these common people. I beg Your Majesty to punish your subject for the crime of not reporting!"

"As for the one hundred and twenty thousand warhorses, His Majesty once promised this subordinate when ordering the expansion of the Bing Province army that the remaining fifty thousand warhorses would be captured by this subordinate himself. Now this subordinate has done it."

"I beg Your Majesty to allow this subordinate to keep fifty thousand warhorses for the fifty thousand Bing Province army soldiers to use, and as for the remaining warhorses, I beg Your Majesty to dispose of them."

"These captured warhorses and cattle and sheep have already been dispatched by me to Zhang He, who is garrisoning Chang'an, to send five thousand people to escort them back to Chang'an."

"In a few days, they will be delivered to the Imperial Court and Your Majesty. Additionally, these are the lists 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 had to know that even for this expedition to Liang and Bing provinces, the grain and fodder were squeezed out by Xun Yu and the others.

Only then could they scrape together the grain and fodder needed for one hundred thousand troops for three months.

This was still because everyone knew they would definitely 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 would have been 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, for the Great Han Empire, these cattle could be used as plow cattle, and in coordination with the curved-shaft plow previously given by Liu Bian.

In the future, it would be even easier for the Great Han people to plant fields.

The group who came to their senses all looked at Liu Bian with excitement and shouted loudly to him:

"We congratulate Your Majesty!"

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

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

"Pass the decree to Zhang Liao, tell him to arrange the affairs of Bing Province 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 the Eunuch Chief Steward Li Liangcheng.

"This slave obeys the decree!"

"Wenhe, send Wenyuan's battle report 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 it was a victory achieved by fighting against foreign tribes, so it should be publicized well to enhance the majesty of the Great Han Empire.

"Your subject obeys the decree!"

Jia Xu responded to Liu Bian with a smile.

"Then let's stop here for today. You all withdraw!"

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

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

As for official positions, he could not directly reward them now; he had other plans for these in the future.

Now, the best way was to reward everyone with some treasures that could improve 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 one hundred thousand, not counting the generals in the army.

Their rewards would definitely be better than those of ordinary soldiers, so he was truly worried about whether the national fortune points would be enough.

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

Just as 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 Liang Province. Reward the host with one hundred thousand national fortune points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully mastering the entire Bing Province. Reward the host with two hundred thousand national fortune points!"

"Ding, congratulations to the host for the national fortune points breaking through one million for the first time. Reward with 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, host!"

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

After Liu Bian heard the system's rewards, he was instantly overjoyed.

"However, the national fortune points rewarded for Bing Province are twice as many as those for Liang Province. I guess it has something to do with the population of Bing Province."

"The entire Liang Province, although its land area is much larger than Bing Province, only has a population of three or four hundred thousand, while the population of Bing Province is nearly double that of Liang Province."

"I just don't know if the system calculates it based on population. However, back then, why did Sili only give one hundred thousand national fortune points?"

This was what Liu Bian could not understand. The population of Sili was more than that of Bing Province and Liang Province combined, and the system only gave one hundred thousand national fortune points.

If it were rewarded based on population, that wouldn't make sense either! ===== CHAPTER 396 =====