Warlords: Rise of the System

The chief of staff continued, “We have seized thousands of rifles, a dozen light machine guns, three heavy machine guns, and hundreds of thousands of rounds of various types of ammunition.

More than a dozen grenade launchers and more than 100 shells were seized.

Hundreds of damaged rifles were found and brought back.

What was even more surprising was that we found 70,000 to 80,000 silver dollars on the bodies of the bandits, which was enough to cover the military pay for our division for several months.

Master, do you think this is a big gain?"

After hearing this, Commander Ding and the other generals were all shocked. This was indeed a considerable gain.

Commander Ding pondered for a while and said, "We can't take these spoils. We need to find a way to send them to the troops ahead."

A brigade commander was very confused. "This is something they gave up. Why should we send it to them?"

Adjutant Sun spoke up, "After all, they were the ones who eliminated the bandits. We picked up the ready-made spoils. It would be unkind of us to take them for ourselves."

Commander Ding nodded and said, "Adjutant Sun, you will deliver this batch of spoils in person.

It's a good opportunity to make contact with them and see whose army this troop in front belongs to."

"Yes! Commander, I promise to complete the mission."

Adjutant Sun led a team of soldiers, escorting the spoils to Lu Tianhao's camp.

Before Adjutant Sun and his men arrived, Lu Tianhao's scouts had already obtained the news and told Lu Tianhao the situation.

Lu Tianhao was very puzzled. Why did the troops behind send a group of people in the middle of the night? What on earth did they want to do?

The troops in charge of guard immediately became alert and prepared to fight at any time.

It was two hours later that Adjutant Sun arrived with the spoils.

They were stopped by patrolling troops. "Who are you?"

Adjutant Sun saluted and said, "I am the adjutant of the 17th Division under Marshal Zhao. I am here to see your commander on the orders of our Division Commander Ding."

After the soldier went in to report, Lu Tianhao came out quickly.

Adjutant Sun saluted again and said, "I am here to give you the spoils of war on the orders of our division commander."

"What trophies?" Lu Tianhao was a little confused.

Adjutant Sun told Lu Tianhao the situation.

Lu Tianhao couldn't help but laugh. It turned out to be these trophies.

Lu Tianhao said, “When we left, the fire on the mountain was still burning fiercely, so I gave up these spoils.

These spoils were also collected by your soldiers at great risk. I cannot accept them. Please take them back."

Adjutant Sun said firmly, "Our division commander said that you were the ones who eliminated the bandits, and we cannot take these spoils.

What's more, if you hadn't sent someone to inform us that there was an ambush by bandits, our division would have suffered heavy casualties once it entered the bandits' ambush circle.

You are our savior, how can we take your spoils of war?"

Jiao Yajun spoke up, "Just take the stuff back with you. Our team leader doesn't even care about these little things."

Lu Tianhao also said, "Just take the things back with you. Consider it a gift from me to your commander."

Adjutant Sun realized that the other party really didn't care about these spoils.

Adjutant Sun's heart was even more troubled. There were so many weapons, equipment and silver dollars, but the other party didn't even look at them.

From this we can see that this army is financially strong and therefore does not care about these things.

Adjutant Sun asked weakly, "Excuse me, whose unit are you from?"

Zhang Cheng also spoke up, "Our troop belongs to our commander Lu Tianhao.

It was our Captain Lu who built this group, and Captain Lu is our commander-in-chief."

Adjutant Sun was quite surprised. The person in front of him was definitely no more than 20 years old.

At such a young age, he can form a team, which shows that his family is not ordinary. He is very likely the son of a big warlord who has come out to gain experience.

Adjutant Sun exchanged pleasantries for a while, then said goodbye to Lu Tianhao and returned with the soldiers and spoils.

After watching Adjutant Sun leave with his men and spoils, Ding Xuguang couldn't help but ask, "Captain, why don't we want these spoils?"

Lu Tianhao smiled softly, "These spoils were obtained by them at great risk, what do we want them for?

What is the situation of the troops behind? You all know that they don't even have a gun for each person, but they came to reinforce Kyoto Prefecture without hesitation.

Such an army deserves our respect.

Besides, do you think highly of the guns and ammunition they confiscated?

We don't like them, so why not give them to their soldiers to kill the bandits?"

Everyone nodded and agreed. They didn't think much of these weapons and they were useless to them.

It was not until 12 o'clock in the night that Adjutant Sun led the soldiers to escort the spoils back.

What he didn't expect was that the division commander and a group of generals did not rest, but were waiting for him in the temporary command center.

Adjutant Sun couldn't help but smile. Even though the division commander sounded so tough and wanted to return the spoils to the owner, he was actually very reluctant to do so.

Walking into the headquarters, Adjutant Sun deliberately looked gloomy and asked, "Why didn't you guys take a break?"

Seeing Adjutant Sun's expression, Commander Ding and a group of generals felt their mood plummet to the bottom.

Commander Ding said somewhat helplessly, "They have accepted the things. Have you found out whose unit they are from?"

Adjutant Sun sighed, "Alas! I only know that their leader is Lu Tianhao, and that he personally formed this unit, but I haven't found out the power behind him.

They didn't care about the spoils, so we pulled them back, and the soldiers were exhausted."

"What did you say? You brought the spoils back." the chief of staff asked anxiously.

"That's right." Adjutant Sun spread his hands, "Those soldiers transporting the spoils must be very tired."

A smile appeared on Commander Ding's face. "You mean to bring back all the spoils? They didn't want any of it."

Adjutant Sun said with a bitter face, "Alas! They didn't even look at it and asked me to pull the things back."

Commander Ding and a group of generals all had bright smiles on their faces.

Commander Ding added, "Didn't you tell him that there were 70,000 or 80,000 silver dollars in the spoils?"

Adjutant Sun shook his head, "They didn't even ask what the spoils were, they just said they didn't like them and asked me to take them away.

I looked at their weapons and equipment. They are very wealthy and have no shortage of these things. Even if I asked them, they would not take these silver dollars. "

Commander Ding and a group of generals were happy, but Lu Tianhao was unhappy.

It was not until the next morning that a scout told him that there seemed to be quite a few silver dollars among the spoils brought in last night, probably numbering tens of thousands.

After Lu Tianhao received the news, he was very upset. He didn't care about the weapons and equipment, but he really valued the silver dollars, so the more the better.

Lu Tianhao suppressed his heartache and led his troops to continue advancing, wanting to reach Kyoto Prefecture as soon as possible.