In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 450 Two Species

Only 40 people were injured.

Chen Da breathed a sigh of relief. For Chenjia Village, every soldier in the Chen Family Army was extremely valuable, because the cost of training one soldier in the Chen Family Army was extremely high, no less than training 100 ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, every soldier in the Chen family army is extremely valuable to them. Fortunately... in today's great battle, not a single soldier died.

Have all the wounded brothers been given medical treatment?

"It's already arranged!"

Gerry replied, "Magistrate Li helped us in this regard, inviting several well-known doctors from the city to come over. The injured brothers are currently receiving treatment from the doctors, and their conditions have stabilized."

"well-done."

Chen Da nodded, then asked, "Have the brothers' battle achievements been tallied?"

"The statistics are in!"

Gerry pulled out a booklet and said, "This is a booklet recording battle achievements. You may take a look, Deputy Commander."

Chen Da took the booklet and immediately saw Fang Yong's name at the very top, which brought him some relief.

Fang Yong was probably the most handsome among Chen Da's more than 300 brothers, and Fang Yong did not disappoint him. In his first battle, he killed more than 20 enemies, making him the one with the most kills among the more than 300 Chen family soldiers.

"After returning to the village, give this booklet to the military commander."

General Chen handed the booklet back to Ge Li, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You must be tired today. Go back and rest. There are still a few battles to fight."

"Okay, goodbye, Deputy Commander."

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In the following days, Chen's army did not leave Ding'an County, but continued to search for and wipe out the fleeing troops within the county.

Three days later, in a village west of the county town, Fang Yong, who had captured all the fleeing soldiers gathered in the village, reported to Chen Da: "Deputy Commander, all the fleeing soldiers in the village have been captured."

"very good!"

Chen Da nodded in satisfaction. "Take the captured defeated soldiers back to the county town and hand them over to Magistrate Li. Then we will set off to return to Chenjia Village."

Over three days, Chen's army conducted a thorough search of the entire Ding'an County, finding and eliminating all the defeated troops remaining in the county.

This village is the last place where the defeated army has settled. After wiping out the defeated army gathered here, the Chen family army can return.

"Yes!"

His clothes were stained with blood, and Fang Yong's expression softened slightly, his eyes still filled with murderous intent. The intense battles of the past few days had left him somewhat exhausted, so when he heard that he could return to Chenjia Village, his tense spirit finally relaxed.

After the group returned to the county town, Li Qingyun, along with Liu Yi and other martial artists, came to greet them, smiling as he approached Chen Dadao: "Brother Chen, how did the bandit suppression go today?"

"very smooth."

Chen laughed and replied, "Now that all the defeated troops outside the city have been executed, Magistrate Li can open the city gates!"

"Good good!"

Li Qingyun said "good" three times in a row. Even Liu Yi and other martial artists behind Li Qingyun smiled. The defeated army was completely wiped out. Even some bandits who used to entrenched themselves outside the city were also killed by the Chen family army. In a short time, Ding'an County will no longer have to worry about bandits!

"These are the defeated soldiers captured today."

Chen Da pointed to the prisoners behind him, who looked terrified, and said, "Magistrate Li, they are now yours to deal with."

"no problem."

Li Qingyun readily agreed and then said, "The manor has prepared wine and dishes. Brothers, please come to my manor for a meal."

"no need!"

Chen Da refused outright: "The soldiers are eager to return home after being away for many days, so we will not stay any longer."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingyun did not press the matter, but simply said, "In that case... Liu Yi."

Li Qingyun gestured, and Liu Yi immediately understood, stepping forward to hand a bag of silver to Chen Da.

"Can't, can't."

Chen Da hurriedly pushed the silver bag back, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "I can't accept this silver. Magistrate Li, please don't harm me."

"Uh……"

Li Qingyun was taken aback for a moment, then said, "This is just a small token of my appreciation. How can it be considered as harming you?"

“Magistrate Li, you may not know this, but Brother Dao is very strict with us. If he finds out that we have accepted money from others, he will be severely punished!”

Chen Da said, "Even I cannot accept your gift, Magistrate Li, otherwise my position as deputy military commander will probably be over."

"..."

Li Qingyun, Liu Yi, and others remained silent.

They knew that the Chen family army had extremely strict discipline, but they never expected it to be this strict.

As the deputy commander of the Chen family army and its de facto leader, Chen Da dared not accept even a single coin...

Compared to the Chen family army, the Xia Kingdom's generals who were corrupt and its soldiers who plundered the people were completely different species.

"Magistrate Li, we need to hurry back to Taiping County, so we won't stay any longer. Farewell!"

Soon, Chen Da led about three hundred men from the Chen family army straight out of the city and embarked on the road back to Chenjia Village.

Li Qingyun stared intently at the Chen family army, which remained disciplined even while traveling, and couldn't help but sigh, "If all the imperial army were like this, how could the world have fallen into such chaos!"

From Chen Jiajun, Li Qingyun saw an army that was completely different from the imperial army.

The generals of the Chen family army were honest and upright, and even the soldiers under them abided by military discipline and never harassed or plundered the people.

In contrast, the imperial army was plagued by corrupt generals who indulged in debauchery, and the soldiers were completely undisciplined. Wherever they went, they would bring disaster to the people, causing widespread resentment.

Compared to Chen's army, the imperial army was no different from bandits.

That's why Li Qingyun made such a remark: if the entire Xia Kingdom's army had the discipline of the Chen family army, what would be the problem with internal strife and unrest? And what would be the need to fear the barbarians to the north?

"Lord Li is overthinking things!"

Liu Yi chuckled and said, "The reason why the soldiers of the Chen Family Army are so disciplined is because they are treated very well! I once had a brief conversation with a soldier of the Chen Family Army and learned about the treatment of the Chen Family Army from him."

According to him, every soldier in Chen's army not only received three full meals a day, but also a meat meal every other day, and a monthly stipend of one tael of silver.

At this point, Liu Yi paused and continued, "In addition, soldiers of the Chen Family Army can drink a bowl of blood from a blood-feathered chicken during their daily training. This is why soldiers of the Chen Family Army are willing to strictly abide by military discipline."

Three meals a day, meat every two days, plus a tael of silver in military pay—that's nothing to a martial artist like Liu Yi. But adding a bowl of blood from a blood-feathered chicken every day...that's a different story.