Chapter 1001.
The 1,000 elite Featherwood Guards led by Sun Zhengheng returned to the camp in the middle of the night.
They were carrying blazing torches, and most of them had boxes or bulging bundles hanging on the sides of their mounts, all of them wearing a look of excitement and thrill.
They all looked excited and thrilled. They looked like they had returned home fully loaded!
After meeting up, Sun Zhengheng told Wang Chen with a smile on his face that their harvest this time was very large, not only had they completely destroyed the White Wolf’s nest, but they had also seized the horse thieves’ treasure trove.
In addition to countless gold, silver, treasures, food and herbs, the feather guards also captured a large amount of armor, lances, bows and arrows, heavy crossbows and other weapons.
All of these equipment were very fine, compared to the army’s standardized weapons they were not inferior in the slightest, and even exceeded.
And this is obviously unusual!
Because ordinary horse thieves and robbers, it was simply impossible to store such a large amount of equipment and weapons, unless there were ulterior motives.
The White Wolf Thieves were definitely not ordinary horse thieves, and these equipment also proved, from another angle, the rumor that they were involved with Great Yan.
After all, fine armor and weapons were not something that could be created by an ordinary craftsman, not to mention that the quantity was so high!
Wang Chen’s heart stirred as he asked, “What did you do with these things?”
The feather guards led by Sun Zhengheng were all riding back and forth on light horses, and apart from the visible gold and silver treasures, they couldn’t bring any more items with them.
“All of them, including the grain and grass, were sealed.”
Sun Zhengheng lowered his voice and said, “All the thieves have been beheaded and their nests burned down.”
Wang Duan nodded, “Very good.”
There was no problem with Sun Zhengheng’s approach.
There must have been a large number of horse thieves’ families, old and weak, women and children, who stayed inside the thieves’ nest, but Wang Duan did not feel that they were innocent.
“Right.”
Sun Zhengheng took a sandalwood box and handed it to Wang Duan, “Wang Taibao, this is your share.”
This time, after breaking the horse thief alliance and wiping out the White Wolf Bandits who had been roaming the Western Sea Prairie for years, Wang Dust’s credit was second to none.
It was only right for him to take a share of the spoils, and he had to take the lion’s share.
The wooden box that Sun Zhengheng handed over to Wang Dust didn’t look big, but the wealth contained inside was not trivial.
Wang Dust was not polite: “Uh-huh.”
He accepted it directly.
Of course, in addition to Wang Dust, the other 2,000 Featherwood Guards who stayed behind in the camp also got their share of the rewards.
All of them rejoiced.
The entire camp stayed up all night.
As a result, the next day it wasn’t until near noon that the peace procession pulled out of camp and departed.
The rest of the journey went smoothly, passing through half of the West Sea prairie without encountering any thieves and bandits.
Seven days later, the peace procession arrived at Xihai County and stayed in the county for three days.
On the night of arriving at the county, the heads of the three leaders of the White Wolf Bandits were hung on the flagpole in front of the city gates for public display.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the city celebrated in ecstasy!
Over the years, the White Wolf Bandits had frequently robbed merchants and travelers to and from the prairie, attacked local herdsmen tribes and villages, and brought deep disasters to the people of the West Sea.
The major chambers of commerce hated them even more.
Now that the White Wolf Bandits have been wiped out, the three leaders have all been awarded their heads, instantly solving the heart of the West Sea County’s big problem.
Everyone’s joy can be imagined.
Therefore, when the peace procession left the county, countless people came out of the city to send off, the scene was spectacular.
Wang Chen also took away his own bounty, which amounted to millions of taels!
After the county town, the peace party traveled for another five days, leaving the West Sea Prairie.
It entered the border of Hanhai County.
Hanhai County is the second largest county in Daliang, second only to Xihai County in terms of territory, and even more desolate than the latter.
All the way to the west, the grassland gradually turned into the Gobi, the distant mountains towering snow-capped peaks, within a radius of hundreds of miles can not see any people, only some such as wolves, rock sheep, snow hares and other animals inhabiting their interiors.
This border county belongs to the Great Liang and Great Yan separation zone, is also the Great Liang famous place of exile, the past and present do not know how many criminals were sentenced to exile in the Hanhai, for the country garrison will atone for their sins.
Due to the harsh environment and sparsely populated, the peace party did not encounter any bandits along the way.
It is not to say that there are no horse thieves and bandits in Hanhai County, but small groups of thieves see such a huge team, where there is still the courage to come closer.
Like the White Wolf Bandits, such a large group of horse thieves would only choose the West Sea County, where the water and grass are abundant.
However, half a month after the peace party entered Hanhai County, a huge oasis located at the foot of the snowy mountains appeared in everyone’s sight.
Hanhai City had arrived!
Hanhai City was the county town of Hanhai County, the only large city, and concentrated most of the population of the entire county.
This large city with a history of hundreds of years was also an extremely important pass fortress, guarding the necessary route to Great Yan.
In addition to the common enemy of Daqi, Hanhai City also played a great role in maintaining the friendly relationship between Da Liang and Da Yan.
Before the arrival of the peace procession, the side of Hanhai City had already received the Flying Eagle’s message, and thus had prepared to welcome them early on.
After a grand welcoming ceremony, the peace party was arranged in Ming Yu Palace.
Ming Yu Palace is the royal palace of Great Liang, used by the Emperor of Great Liang to visit the border counties, but since the establishment of this palace located in the center of Hanhai City, the number of times it received the Emperor was very few.
After all, Hanhai County is really too remote and desolate, and also concentrated a large number of exiles.
However, the palace was large enough to accommodate a peace procession of more than 3,000 people.
According to the plan, the peace procession would rest and reorganize in Hanhai City for five days before leaving the gate and crossing the Hundred Mile Gorge.
After crossing the Hundred Mile Gorge, it would be Great Yan’s territory!
Since these past days on the road had been really hard, after settling down in the palace, the three thousand feather guards followed suit and completely relaxed.
“Lord Wang, Lord Sun ……”
A fat-headed fat man nodded and hailed at Wang Duan and Sun Zhengheng, “The county governor sent me to send three hundred fat sheep to reward the Prince of Heaven’s own army, in addition to a thousand jars of fine wine.”
This fat man was obviously a merchant and businessman, climbing the county governor’s path to flatter Her Highness.
Sun Zhengheng smiled and said, “Lord County Guard is so courteous, then we’ll accept the honor!”
The fat man bowed repeatedly, “I should, I should!”
Not only did he bring fat sheep and wine, but he also matched them with cooks, cooks and handymen.
Thus, with Princess Qing Yun’s consent, a bonfire was quickly set up inside Ming Yu Palace, and a head of cleaned and flayed fat goat was set up on the fire, roasted until its body was charred and oily.
A thick aroma of roasted meat spread out within the palace, making the feather guards all salivate!
These fat sheep roasted to eight or nine minutes cooked when the chef in charge of barbecue to bring material cans, from which grabbed a large handful of spices sprinkled on top, that the aroma is even more enticing.