Inside the beacon tower, a group of veterans surrounded Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu.
Before Sergeant Han Zhong, who was in charge of recording military merits in the beacon tower, could verify the identities of the three Tartar heads, scout Tang Yanhai had already come up and examined the heads carefully.
Tang Yanhai had killed a Tartar before and could judge the authenticity.
Han Zhong also confirmed loudly:
"Yellow mouth, white teeth, high cheekbones, deep eye sockets, long hair tied in a ponytail, three sets of cowhide armor, and three scimitars!"
"What Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu brought back were indeed leather-armored Tartars from the Northern Di. They weren't killing innocent people to gain credit for their crimes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people around him looked at him with envy and even jealousy.
Of course they knew the value of the three leather-armored Tartar heads.
In addition to accumulating military merits for future promotions, there are also fifteen taels of real gold and silver.
In recent years, the Northern Di have risen in the desert grasslands and have become a powerful military force; while Dayin has gradually declined after two hundred years, with its military equipment being slack and its soldiers' combat effectiveness being low.
The Northern Di Tartars often harassed the border of Dayin, and even broke through the checkpoints and went deep into Dayin to plunder grass and valleys.
In most of the tug-of-war battles with the Northern Di Tartars, Dayin was at a disadvantage.
It takes a lot of hard work to kill a Northern Di Tartar.
Therefore, the Dayin court issued an edict and formulated a series of reward measures for killing the enemy to encourage border soldiers to kill the enemy, and raised the reward for killing an ordinary Northern Di Tartar to five taels of silver.
You should know that in Dayin, one tael of silver can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins, which can buy about one hundred kilograms of high-quality rice, enough for ordinary people to eat for a long time.
The purchasing power of five taels of silver is naturally self-evident.
Dayin's soldiers were divided into recruitment and conscription systems. The salaries of recruited soldiers were generally higher, with an income of ten taels of silver a year.
The salary of soldiers recruited through conscription is much lower, and some places only provide food and accommodation without salary.
People like Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu were soldiers temporarily recruited from counties and prefectures near the border, and they only received a pitiful 300 coins in military pay per month.
Zhang Biao, the superior, even deducts half of the food. How can the ordinary soldiers have enough to eat?
Therefore, Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu actually got three genuine heads of leather-armored Tartars from the Northern Di Kingdom. Who wouldn't be jealous?
"Tell me quickly, how did you kill these three Tartars?"
Compared to others who were eyeing the reward, Tang Yanhai was more interested in how Zhao and Wang killed the three Tartars.
It took him a lot of effort to kill a Tartar, and he did it only after the opponent was already injured. Tang Yanhai himself almost lost his life!
He couldn't understand why two new recruits who had only been in the army for three months could kill three Tartars.
"It was really a stroke of luck. Brother Zhao and I were hunters for a living before we joined the army, so we know a little bit about setting traps."
"When we found three Tartars near the boundary marker, we panicked at first. Fortunately, Brother Zhao had a plan and we set a trap..."
Wang Tiezhu spitted loudly as he described in vivid detail how he and Zhao Muyun killed the enemy.
Zhao Muyun was able to kill three Tartars by himself. This would definitely be beyond the comprehension of these beacon tower guards.
I am not afraid of my brothers suffering, I am just afraid of my brothers driving a Land Rover!
Human nature is the same, whether in ancient times or today.
So on the way back, Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu agreed to say that the two of them had set a trap together and killed him.
This way, others will be more accepting of it psychologically.
"So that's how it is, no wonder!"
"I was saying, how could you two rookies possibly defeat three Tartars head-on?"
"Once your military achievements are reported and the rewards are paid, you two will have to treat everyone to a drink!"
Although everyone was jealous of the achievements of Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu, after all, they were also members of the Yanqingdun Beacon Tower.
Today we have killed the enemy and made great contributions, and the entire beacon tower will also benefit from it.
"Okay, that's enough, let's all go!"
Zhang Biao stood behind the crowd and observed what everyone was doing.
Seeing everyone treating the two new recruits like stars, I felt very uncomfortable.
If this continues, won’t everyone forget the existence of me, the boss of the beacon tower?
Upon hearing Zhang Biao's seemingly majestic voice, the Dun army stopped gathering and dispersed immediately.
He called Zhao Muyun and Wang Tiezhu to his residence.
"You two were able to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service during your patrol. I will immediately report this to the captain of the military garrison and reward you accordingly!"
After closing the door of the room, Zhang Biao looked at Zhao Muyun and the others with uncertain eyes and said hypocritically.
Zhao Muyun sneered in his heart.
It was obvious that they were sent to die, and now that they have come back alive, Zhang Biao must be disappointed!
Looking at Zhang Biao's shifty look, it seems that he is up to something bad again.
"Then I'll have to trouble Zhang, please help us get the reward money as soon as possible so that we can treat our brothers to drinks!" Zhao Muyun responded.
"Yes, thank you for your help, Zhangtou. I also want some reward money to marry a wife!" Wang Tiezhu also agreed.
"Don't worry, your reward will be there!"
Zhang Biao's face immediately revealed a greedy look as he said, "However, I have another rule here. The military merit of taking three Tartar heads will be counted towards the entire beacon tower. You can only take five taels of silver each!"
What?
Wang Tiezhu became anxious and immediately felt unfair for Zhao Muyun.
This head of his was given to him by Zhao Muyun, so it didn't matter even if he didn't want any reward or military merit.
Zhao Muyun risked his life to kill three Tartars. How could Zhang Biao just take them away so easily?
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