The next day.

In the early morning, the sky shines brightly.

The morning sun slowly began to emerge from the white of fish belly in the east, and the light shone on the earth.

The southern bank of Huai River, at a glance, it turned into a scorched earth ruin, full of devastation.

The thick black smoke has not yet completely faded and has gradually floated into the air.

Countless burnt corpses also smelled foul smell at this moment.

The layers of corpses seemed to be piled up like mountains, staining the battlefield with blood.

A big battle lasted overnight and finally came to an end.

In this battle, the more than 6,000 people gathered here by the Yangzhou army were almost all killed, except for the more than 1,000 soldiers who surrendered.

Only the governor of Yangzhou, Chen Wen, broke through the siege and hurriedly fled south to Shouchun, the capital.

In response to this, Yuan Yao did not pursue the crowd and refused to leave.

In this battle, the Yangzhou Army's vital forces were basically wiped out with full authority.

The land where our army entered the Yangtze River and Huai River was already unobstructed.

Even if Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, survived, it is no longer worth worrying about.

The capital Shouchun became the treasure of Yuan Jun.

Therefore, at this moment, Yuan Yao did not summon troops, but instead ordered the entire army to start cleaning up the battlefield and deal with the aftermath.

"Each department obeys the order and must clean up the battlefield here within two hours. Build the body and must not bury it in the wilderness."

"And remember to strictly order the dead bodies will be thrown into the river, and those who violate the order will be killed immediately!"

In an instant, Yuan Yao summoned the generals and officers of various departments and ordered seriously.

The order was passed down.

The generals and the school showed doubts on their faces.

Clean up the battlefield?

Why is this?

In their impression, shouldn’t the battle be completed without stopping to advance?

Why should I stay and do such meaningless things now?

But the military order has been issued, and although I am not able to understand it, I dare not refuse to obey.

The generals and the school had no choice but to order the sergeants to start cleaning the battlefield.

Yuan Yao stood between the battle formations with his sword, quietly watching the soldiers fucking enthusiastically, with a smile on his face, and then a sense of worry was filled with another stream of worry.

Although the soldiers of the entire army were puzzled why he attached importance to the move of "cleaning the battlefield", he did not hesitate to issue strict orders for this.

In fact, Yuan Yao is preventing the epidemic.

In ancient times, what were the most serious population losses?

One is a military disaster.

The two armies fought and the fight between the two sides led to a sharp decline in young and middle-aged people, which would certainly affect subsequent farming.

The lack of youth and strength is enough to make every household poor farming and harvest, which eventually leads to starvation and refugees everywhere.

There are countless people who starve to death and countless people who are separated!

The second is an epidemic.

In ancient times, the prevention of plague was extremely weak. In chaotic times, wars were frequent and countless deaths were dead. If you do not pay attention to prevention and pollute water resources, then an outbreak of an epidemic is inevitable.

The third is to hide the population.

This is mainly because the powerful and powerful people gather refugees and hide their official household registration, turning them into unrecognizable tenants, which can only be driven by their own family.

Yuan Yao naturally knew why the population was reduced from 60 million at its peak to the subsequent population of millions in the country.

The key lies in these three points.

In a chaotic world, frequent wars have caused damage to production and many people starved to death. Without precautions, a large-scale outbreak will naturally occur.

Once the epidemic breaks out, it is extremely difficult to solve with ancient medical methods.

As one rises and the other falls, isn’t the population loss multiplied?

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It is precisely because of the above factors that Yuan Yao attaches great importance to the post-war cleaning issue.

After all, this will focus on the development of people's livelihood in the future.

If the epidemic breaks out on a large scale, by then, the population between prefectures and counties will inevitably fall into large-scale flow and loss, population declines, and human resources loss, then what's the use even if it occupies a huge state?

The so-called "If you have a person who has lost his land, you will lose his land."

Population resources are much larger than those of territory.

Because, the development of farming and taxes have been added to military funds, all require the cooperation of the people.

Therefore, Yuan Yao was extremely determined and wanted to control the outbreak of the epidemic, minimize the prenatal conditions for the occurrence of the epidemic, and take precautions.

It took an hour or two, with the unremitting efforts of the Yuan army's troops, and finally cleaned up the ruins after the war.

Immediately, Yuan Yao ordered the entire army to rest for a while, and then formed a formation again, and raised his troops south in a mighty manner, pointing directly to Shouchun, the capital.

On the way south.

Zhou Tai, who had recently made great contributions, couldn't help but arrive again, and bowed and said softly: "Young Master, since the Huai River battle, the main force of the Yangzhou army was almost completely damaged. Since our army headed south, all the cities and villages passed by us have been surrendering and are invincible."

"I think that when the army rushes to the city of Shouchun, the military power will surely reach its peak."

"Taiwan recommends to pick up one person, and is willing to help the young master easily conquer Shouchun, and then conquer the entire Jianghuai area."

Zhou Tai said this slowly.

"Who is Youping?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao looked like he was holding his cheek and asked in a deep voice.

"Young Master Qi Bing, Tai has a good friend, whose surname is Jiang and whose name is Qin, whose name is Gong Yi, is a Shouchun person, but he has a competing appeal in Shouchun and in the surrounding counties."

"If we can get help from others, our army will be able to quickly pacify the entire Huainan area."

Zhou Tai finished speaking and smiled lightly and was solemn, and his words were extremely affirmed by Jiang Qin's talent.

When he heard Jiang Qin's name... Yuan Yao suddenly looked shocked, and then a strong smile appeared in his heart.

He first entered Huainan, and with his outstanding charm, he attracted the dependence of Jiang Biao's tiger minister Zhou Tai. Now he has the opportunity to recover another tiger general. How can he not be happy?

However, while being happy, Yuan Yao was inevitably worried and said with a worry: "It's just Youping, is the Duke Yi you mentioned in Jiang Jie intended for me?"

"Young Master, don't worry!"

After the words came, Zhou Tai waved his hand and signaled, and then said, "Tai and Duke Yi have been in contact for a long time, and they often have letters. He has shown me more than once that his heart is to gain fame and fortune in order to achieve success and achieve success and win a wife and a son."

"It's a pity that now it's a time of chaos. I have visited Jiangnan and found that no one can be called the leader. This is indeed an excellent opportunity for the young master!"

"Tai thought, with the family power behind the young master and the endless courage that the young master has fought for over the past few days, he would be lobbying with Tai, and Gong Yi thought he would not feel rejected."

Zhou Tai inspired him to say with a solemn words.

"good!"

Since he finished speaking, Yuan Yao said with a serious expression: "Then you will be fully entrusted to Youping. I hope Youping can convince Duke Chiang Yi to come and sue him."

"I will definitely live up to the entrustedness of the young master."

Zhou Tai naturally solemnly responded to the dictatorship.

The unique self-confidence is revealed in words.

He felt that based on his relationship with Jiang Qin, it would not be a big problem to persuade him to vote with a letter.
Chapter completed!