Yang Song looked at these soldiers. The bright and mighty armors and uniforms before the expedition were now covered with traces and were extremely mottled.

Although he knew from the battle reports and the system that the soldiers guarding the camp had not been damaged, the dangers of the battlefield could also be seen from these battle scars.

After the order of commendation was conveyed, Yang Song waved his hand, and Zhou Wu, who had been waiting aside, solemnly walked to Yang Song carrying a tray.

Yang Song walked down the steps, Zhou Wu held the tray in both hands and followed Yang Song.

He came to Zhang Wei, helped Zhang Wei up, and then turned sideways to pick up an exquisite bronze medal from the tray. He was about to put it on Zhang Wei's chest with his own hands, but found that the other man was wearing armor. He had no choice but to hand it to Zhang Wei.

In the hands of the guard.

While handing the opponent the medal, Yang Song looked directly at the opponent and said seriously: "Zhang Wei, thank you for your hard work!" After saying that, he patted Zhang Wei's shoulder hard.

Zhang Wei looked at Yang Song with emotion, then looked at the medal he held in both hands, his face flushed with excitement, he hugged Yang Song heavily, and said loudly: "I will serve you to pieces, no matter what."

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"Very good!" Yang Song praised Zhang Wei with satisfaction, turned to Zhou Wu and ordered: "Zhou Wu, award medals to other soldiers!"

"Yes, I obey!" Zhou Wu accepted the order, and then it was time for the soldiers of the Guards Battalion to award medals to each soldier in the guard camp.

There are 1,100 people in the guard camp. Yang Song cannot award the medal to every soldier in person, and there is no need to go to all of them in person. It is enough that he personally awards the medal to Zhang Wei!

They all went to present the awards in person, not to mention the lack of time. The most important thing is that this is just a ceremony, and with Zhang Wei as the representative, it will be fine!

But don't underestimate such a ceremony. With this ceremony, the military spirit and loyalty of these soldiers are all concentrated on Yang Song.

The soldiers of the Guards Battalion worked in pairs, with one person holding a tray and the other awarding medals. Each tray contained multiple medals.

The soldiers of the Guards represent the monarch in awarding medals to soldiers. When they are awarded, they will first salute with fists in the hands of the guard battalion. The soldiers of the Guards will then put a medal into the hands of the opponent with both hands and then salute in return.

Row after row, row after row, the medals were awarded one after another, and soon they were all awarded. There was no extra medal, and no medal was missing.

Finally, Yang Song returned to the steps and faced the soldiers guarding the camp. He did not speak, but said a simple and sincere sentence: "Welcome home!"

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A celebration banquet at night is indispensable. Tonight, Yang Song has also canceled the alcohol prohibition in the guard camp. He wants these tired soldiers to relax!

Of course, only tonight. After tonight, Yang Song gave the guard camp a five-day holiday so that the soldiers could go home and reunite with their families!

Yang didn't go to the celebration banquet tonight. He just went to drink a bowl and then returned to the mansion.

He also knew that his identity would make it difficult for the soldiers to let him go in that situation.

After leaving the military camp, he heard the lively noise coming from behind. It was not so lively when he was there just now, which made him feel a little lonely!

Although I have already experienced it very much, I still have to say with emotion, it is so cold at high places!

Yang Song knew that in a high position, one must have the determination to face loneliness! He only knew that this position had great power, but it also had a deep coldness!

"Haha~! Why do I feel old? I am only twenty-one years old!" Yang Song stabilized his mind, no longer paying attention to the hustle and bustle behind him, and moved forward with firm steps!

He decided to go back and find two little flowers, so that the fragrance of these two little flowers could soothe his lonely soul...

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The next day, Zhang Wei and Yu Shu had to give a formal and comprehensive report before going to rest.

All the officials have come to the Council Hall. Although today is not the day of the court meeting, they are still here! Today is to summarize the war!

Zhou Wu was also called by Yang Song, maybe because he wanted to see his former comrades' current glory, and he didn't know if he would be hit!

After everyone greeted each other and sat down, Yang Song took the lead and said: "You have completed your task very well, I am very satisfied!"

"It is my honor that your Majesty is satisfied!" Zhang Wei and Yu Shu quickly stood up and replied after hearing their Majesty's words.

Yang Song raised his hand and told them to sit down and said, "Let's start the report! Sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them bowed again before sitting down and starting to report.

"Your Majesty! I led the guard battalion to conquer the Southern Barbarians this time. After two battles, I wiped out more than 10,000 enemies, including..."

Zhang Wei began a three-hour report, including the expedition, the excessive killing in the first battle, the "whirlpool tactics" in the second battle, and the final pursuit.

He recounted the entire process of the war from beginning to end. After Zhang Wei finished describing the battle, Yu Shu supplementarily recounted the achievements of the soldiers, the number of injured, the consumption of supplies, etc.

After the two protagonists finished reporting, Yang Zhong's report followed.

"My subordinates have asked the seventeen leaders of Feilong Island to start mining with all their strength. It is estimated that more than 50,000 tons of struvite can be mined every month! Each team of Nanman is very peaceful under the leadership of each leader, among which..."

Yang Zhong mainly talked about the management of prisoners during this period and the estimation of future harvest. The rest was the recruitment of militia and the consumption of various materials, among which food and grass were the most important!

"Your Majesty, because there are more than 16,000 Southern Barbarians, the domestic food reserves have been consumed a lot, and now they cannot support the recruitment of 50,000 people within half a year!"

Yang Song asked: "How many people can be recruited in half a year?"

Before he even had time to ask about the mining harvest, he heard that there was not enough food, which made him very worried!

Captain Yang Zhong was very clear about the domestic grain reserves, so he said: "When we return to the emperor, we can only increase the number of people by 10,000 people!"

"What?! Only 10,000 new people can be added? Aren't there only more than 16,000 Nanman barbarians? Are these Nanbarbarians so edible?"

Yang Song was very shocked by the consumption of food. The food reserves of more than 100,000 people for a month could only increase the number of people by 10,000 people. This made him doubt the decision to capture the Southern Barbarians!

Yang Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, war consumes a lot of food and grass. In addition, there are still 15,000 Southern Barbarians who are temporarily useless!"

When Yang Song heard Yang Zhong's answer, he understood that in addition to the consumption of the war, there were still fifteen thousand "chess pieces" who were not producing anything and were consuming the Xia Kingdom's foundation!

Although it may come in handy in the future, right now it is just a bottomless pit, a black hole that can only be entered but cannot be exited!

Yang Song looked at Chen Ping and asked: "Chen Ping, does the Intelligence Bureau need so many Nanman?"

Chen Ping bowed and replied: "Go back to your Majesty, there is no need for it!"

He didn't wait for Yang Song to ask more questions and explained: "I am planning to select a small number of outstanding Nanbarians among the more than 10,000 people to train. Only a thousand people will be selected from the big and small Nanbarans!"

Yang Song wondered: "Since there are only a thousand people, what are you going to do with the extra people?"

Chen Ping replied: "The remaining boys and girls can be used for mining. These Nanman people, at this age, are already very good laborers! As for young children..."
Chapter completed!