Chapter 593 Their feet were already black from the cold.

The fight started in the morning and continued from noon until night.

The sky was dotted with stars.

Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba then rested.

Everyone retreated back into Hulao Pass.

Just then, Jiang Tian and Bai Qi arrived.

“We pay our respects to our Lord,” Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba quickly knelt down on their own.

Chen Leiting glanced at Jiang Tian: "Are you Lord Jiang?"

Jiang Tian nodded.

"Lord Jiang, this is your subordinate Chen Leiting, the garrison commander of Hulao Pass."

Before Chen Leiting could finish speaking, Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba began to praise him.

"General Chen, with his courage and determination, led 2,000 defenders to withstand the repeated attacks of the enemy's million-strong army."

"General Chen's men have suffered more than half their losses, with fewer than 1,000 surviving. They charged with us again just now, and most of them have been wounded."

Upon hearing this, Chen Leiting scratched his head and said, "This is what I should do."

Jiang Tian walked over and helped Chen Leiting up: "General Chen, your merit in guarding Hulao Pass is truly commendable."

"General Chen, are you willing to follow me?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Leiting knelt down once again with a thud: "If my lord does not abandon me, I am willing to give my life and follow you to the death."

"Chen Leiting, listen to my command."

"Your subordinate is here."

"Promote Chen Leiting to the position of General of the Border Garrison, commanding 10,000 troops. How many enemy soldiers did you annihilate in this battle?"

Chen Leiting thought for a moment.

"Reporting to my lord, there are approximately over 20,000 people."

"More than 20,000 enemy soldiers were killed, and a reward of four million taels of silver will be given." Jiang Tian held up four fingers. "You can distribute these four million taels of silver."

In addition to this bounty, I will give each of those who die in battle an extra thousand taels of silver.

Those who are injured will be sent to the capital for treatment, and we will cover all expenses incurred during this period.

In addition, each injured person, regardless of the severity of their injury, will receive an extra five hundred taels of silver.

Upon hearing this, the more than 900 soldiers guarding the city were extremely excited.

Jiang Tian rewarded him with four million taels of silver in one go.

Each person received several thousand taels of silver.

Those who died in battle not only received this money from their families, but also received an additional thousand taels of silver.

If the injured are sent to the capital, their families will not only receive several thousand taels of silver, but also an additional five hundred taels of silver.

This was something they had never thought of before.

Everyone knelt down in front of Jiang Tian once again.

“My lord, guarding Hulao Pass is our duty, and we should not take this money.”

Jiang Tian smiled slightly: "I am a person who rewards those who have made contributions and punishes those who have made mistakes. Just take the money and be at ease."

Everyone has to get this money, understand?

Chen Leiting nodded, and everyone respectfully kowtowed three times to Jiang Tian: "Our lord has treated us with immense kindness, which we can never repay."

Jiang Tian waved to them, signaling them to go down and rest first.

Jiang Tian arrived at the top of the city wall and looked into the distance.

Below Hulao Pass, everything was a vast expanse of white.

From the distant snowfields, pitiful cries could be heard from time to time.

Even if these rebels lay in the snowdrifts pretending to be dead, the cold snow and ice would still freeze them half to death.

The north wind howled, and the cold was biting. The soldiers, dressed in cotton-padded clothes, stood on the city wall and could feel the biting wind, which felt like needles pricking their bones.

One can only imagine what happened to the rebels lying in the snow.

Inside the military camp at Hulao Pass.

The leaders of the dozen or so rebel groups were also wailing in despair.

After listening to the crowd's voices, Jiang Tian said coldly, "A dozen scoundrels dared to touch my daughter and son. Gag them, throw them in the snow. If they don't freeze to death tonight, I'll settle accounts with them tomorrow."

At the command, everyone immediately sprang into action.

Pang Qingyun and his dozen or so men either had their legs smashed or their Achilles tendons severed.

They were gagged one by one, their hands were tied behind their backs, and they were thrown into the snow.

This night was extremely long for them; they had never spent such a long, cold night before.

The next day at noon, Jiang Tiancai stood up, yawning.

"My lord, many of the rebel leaders have frozen to death."

Jiang Tiancai ignored these people.

"Bai Qi, go with me to Hulao Pass and see how those beasts outside are doing now."

Bai Qi nodded.

More than a dozen famous generals followed Jiang Tian out of the gate of Hulao Pass.

Beyond Hulao Pass lies a vast expanse of fertile land.

Although everything around is white, you can still feel the vast expanse of snow and imagine the magnificent scene below.

The group rode their horses and galloped forward.

After being frozen overnight.

The bodies of the rebels who had already died in battle lay scattered haphazardly in the snow.

The bodies of these rebels were all stiff.

Most of the bodies had been frozen and deformed.

"Check if there are any survivors. If there are, kill them all without exception," Jiang Tian shouted.

The crowd quickly dispersed.

Last night, a number of rebels crawled out of the snowdrifts.

These rebels fled westward at breakneck speed.

However, the thick snow became the biggest obstacle for them as they fled westward.

The footprints of the group were left on the snow.

Wherever they ran, they left behind messy footprints.

Jiang Tian led these people to find them by following their footprints.

"These bastards think they can escape? How far can they possibly run?" Bai Qi said coldly.

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