The next day, early in the morning. Ning Chen had the notice posted throughout the city. Then he called Yuan Long and others to have a small meeting while eating breakfast. Ning Chen and Pan Yucheng slept for two or three hours last night. Yuan Long and others just took a nap. The soldiers were also exhausted. "Report the situation." Mu Anbang spoke first: "The city has basically been stabilized, but there are still some scattered rebels. Our people are searching." Yuan Long followed up and said: "The prisoners have been transferred outside the city and are detained by our people... How to deal with these people is up to General Ning to decide." Ning Chen asked: "How many prisoners are there in total?"
Yuan Long said: "It has been counted, a total of 11,304 people." Ning Chen looked at Lei An, "Have you counted the number of rebel bodies?" Lei An hurriedly said: "We have counted, a total of 6,933." Ning Chen frowned slightly, "That means there are still nearly 2,000 rebels who have not been found?" Several people nodded. "These people must be found. This uncertainty must be resolved." "Yuan Long, please take some time to do this!" Yuan Long nodded, "Yes!" Ning Chen thought for a moment and said, "Can you tell me about our casualties?" Lei An said, "473 people died in the Changling Army, more than 300 were seriously injured, and more than 1,000 were slightly injured." Casualties are inevitable in war. This is already a great victory. Yuan Long said in a deep voice, "More than 50 people died in the firearms battalion, and more than 100 were injured." Ning Chen was shocked, "They have muskets, how could there be such a high casualty rate? I repeatedly reminded them not to save ammunition, life is more important than anything else..." Yuan Long said, "Most of the 50 people who died were killed when they flew down the cliff with a delta wing." Ning Chen was silent. The delta wing is unstable, and no one has been trained. Where it lands depends on God. Whether you can survive depends on whether you are strong or not? When Pan Yucheng asked before, he said it was a gamble. But he concealed this from the soldiers of the firearms battalion.
Because he had no choice but to take a gamble. Ning Chen had long known that there would be casualties in the Delta Wing's sneak attack on the city of Yuzhou, but he didn't expect such a large number of casualties? He sighed deeply. "Have you counted the number of muskets?" Yuan Long said: "I have counted them, and three were lost." Ning Chen frowned, "Try to find them back." "Yes!" Mu Anbang asked: "General Ning, what about the more than 10,000 prisoners?" Ning Chen thought for a while and said: "We are also short of manpower now, give them a chance to redeem themselves." "Disrupt them and incorporate them into our team... Let two of our soldiers be responsible for watching one. If they are honest, they will stay. If they are not honest, they will be executed directly." "Tell those rebels that if they want to survive, it depends on their performance... If they are not honest, the whole family will be executed." Mu Anbang nodded, "Yes!" "General Mu, you should take more care of this matter... You are good at training soldiers, try to make these people useful to us." "General Ning, rest assured, leave it to me!" Ning Chen looked Xiang Lei'an, "You assist Mu Dutong and keep an eye on these people's movements... When it's time to take action, don't be soft." "I obey your order!" Ning Chen looked at Feng Qizhen who was eating with his head down, and smiled: "Old Feng, how is your investigation of the residences of officials of all sizes in Yuzhou going?" Feng Qizhen shook his head, "Too many, I haven't finished the investigation yet... I'll continue after dinner and try to get it done before dark." Ning Chen hummed and reminded: "The stolen goods seized must be recorded in the book, and after the work is done, send it to me immediately... These must be confiscated, and can't be sloppy." "Okay!" Ning Chen said: "By the way, the soldiers haven't rested recently... If you don't need so many people, let the soldiers take turns to rest!" "It's enough to leave half of the people in the city, and the rest will withdraw from the city and station outside the south city gate. Don't disturb the people." Everyone nodded. After dinner, everyone went to work. Ning Chen rode to Mei Mansion alone. When Zhang Youcai heard that Ning Chen was coming, he ran over happily. "See General Ning!" Ning Chen nodded and asked with a smile: "Nothing happened, right?"
Zhang Youcai said: "To reply to General Ning, the maids and servants in the mansion have been dismissed, and there is nothing else to do." Ning Chen hummed, "You go and do your work, I'll go for a walk by myself!" "Yes!" Ning Chen wandered alone and came to the backyard. The backyard was also guarded by the musket battalion. "You all go down, no one is allowed to disturb me without my order...By the way, leave me two muskets and a torch." "Yes!" Several soldiers from the musket battalion left their muskets and torches and retreated. Ning Chen checked the muskets and turned to the rockery. He carefully distinguished that the bottoms of these rockery were indeed different. He found the golden rockery. After searching around, he finally saw the crescent-shaped stone. Ning Chen stepped forward, stretched out his hand and pressed it, and the crescent-shaped stone sank in. There was only a dull friction sound...A secret door appeared on the rockery behind him. Ning Chen blew the fire stick, lit the torch, and walked in carefully with the gun in hand. Behind the secret door was a passage, which was quite large. The passage extended all the way down. Ning Chen did not move forward rashly. He took off the rope that had been prepared at his waist, tied a stone on one end, and then threw the end with the stone out, and finally shook the rope. He was worried that there were hidden weapons in the passage. After confirming that it was safe, Ning Chen walked forward carefully. As he walked, he poked the stone slab on the ground with the gun barrel... He was afraid that if he stepped on it, the stone slab would sink and arrows would be shot from both sides. Ning Chen walked slowly along the way. After walking a distance, there was light in front. The oil lamp on the stone wall was still on. This is the so-called ever-burning lamp. The ever-burning lamp is double-layered, and the container inside is used to hold lamp oil, which is actually beeswax. The outer layer is filled with water to ensure that the beeswax solidifies and burns slowly. And the wick is also soaked in vinegar, which can keep the low temperature burning... Therefore, the ever-burning lamp can burn for a long time. Ning Chen walked carefully. Every time he walked a certain distance, in addition to using ropes to explore the way, he would stop and observe the stone walls and domes on both sides. If there were any holes, they might be hidden weapons.
After walking for an hour, Ning Chen saw a stone door. He was sweating profusely. Although he did not encounter any traps, he did not think it was a waste of time... It was always right to be careful. He went forward and tried, but the stone door could not be opened. It seemed that there was a trap. He carefully observed the surroundings, looking for a switch. Suddenly, his eyes locked on an oil lamp next to him... The flame of this oil lamp was much brighter than other oil lamps. Looking closely, this oil lamp was also relatively clean, and there was not much dust on it, indicating that someone often touched it. "You want to block my fiery eyes with this?" Ning Chen immediately became proud. He held the oil lamp and tried it. With a click, the oil lamp was turned half a circle. When the click sounded, Ning Chen jumped out like a rabbit with a whoosh. It's not that there are hidden weapons, but he is worried that there are hidden weapons. Ning Chen hid behind a pillar in the distance. There are many pillars in the passage to support the dome to prevent the passage from collapsing. After hiding behind the pillar for a long time, Ning Chen poked his head out to observe... Then he let out a light sigh, why is there no response? The stone door was not opened.