Although Luguan had fallen, Luguan Pass remained completely intact. Jia Lingyun was, at this moment, rather grateful that the floods had not washed away the pass; otherwise, he would have wasted precious manpower and resources to rebuild it. Once the battle was over, Jia Lingyun promptly instructed the Department of Military Affairs to bring the merit roll so that he could reward everyone according to their contributions. Yanfei had slain Hua Zhan, achieving the feat of beheading an enemy general, and thus ranked first.
The various divisions then set about taking in surrendering soldiers and gathering weapons, which need not be detailed here.
Two days later, Han Ling rounded up the river workers who had helped dig the canals and the merchants who had purchased the materials, bringing them all to Luguan. There were about five hundred people in all. Bound with thick ropes and stripped to the waist, they knelt in neat rows below Luguan Pass.
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