Chapter 583: Dealing with the Aftermath is Not an Easy Task

From the moment the city wall was climbed, almost all the unhappiness and resentment vanished, and a fire in the rebel barracks, which burned for a whole night and a half, was now nearing its end, and its general condition could be clearly seen from the high walls. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info all wooden buildings were basically burned, including the gate and the jagged walled wall.

The wall protecting the barracks was burned down, which meant that the Tang/Army could easily approach the rebel barracks as long as they crossed the three trenches, but it was of little significance to approach the rebel barracks at this moment. It was this fire that completely burned all the conditions for the rebels to be united.

Therefore, wherever Qin Jin came into view, there was no other scene except for a ruin.

Although Qin Jin had expected the situation in front of him for a long time, he was still shocked by what he really witnessed. Unexpectedly, Sun Xiaozhe's rebels ended in an inexplicable fire.

At the same time, Guo Ziyi had already ordered the defenders in the city to attack from all sides and go to the barracks abandoned by the rebels. Except for the barracks where the Chinese army was located, which was burned to the ground, the barracks in the other three directions were still intact, but the rebels among them had already fled and surrendered.

The main purpose of the Shenwu Army was to clear the obstacles, destroy the rebel barracks, and fill in the trenches that the rebels had dug with time and effort. Only in this way can Chang'an City be thoroughly developed in the direction of restoring order. Moreover, there are a large number of rebel soldiers who rely on the remnants of the abandoned barracks wall, and it is also a top priority to clean up these people who intend to resist stubbornly.

In addition, in just one night's effort, the new army was 30,000 recruited. This amount is almost more than eighty percent of the supply capacity planned by the Shenwu Army, so the supply pressure suddenly increases. Guo Ziyi himself was not in command on the city wall at this time, but personally went to the camp to arrange relevant matters.

From the first day of the establishment of the battalion, more than a month has passed now, from the initial more than 100 soldiers to the current nearly 70,000 people, the total number of its troops has exceeded the number of soldiers in Chang'an City. And the only way for the Shenwu Army to restrain these former murderous demons is through food.

Many people choose to surrender for a simple reason, that is, to eat. The fact that the rebels under Sun Xiaozhe's command were able to hold out for several months without food and grass is also a miracle in military history, and of course this miracle is also based on a disgusting foundation.

As the Shenwu army filled in the trench and went deep into the rebel barracks, under the guidance of the surrendered rebel soldiers, they found the warehouse where they stored military rations.

The rebels fed on this substance, and the Shenwu army in the city had heard about it for a long time, but today they were shocked to see it in person, and some even vomited on the ground, and sighed deeply, I don't know how the rebel soldiers could get out of their mouths.

This kind of appalling thing happened outside Chang'an City, and now that the Shenwu Army has taken over the abandoned military camp, it is natural that there is no room for the existence of this kind of thing, and after consulting Qin Jin, it was finally burned clean. As for the large and small corpses that have not been made into human breasts, due to the large number, they can only be burned on the spot, and then the residue of the incineration can be buried on the spot to minimize the impact.

Qin Jin took the risk of doing this, according to the custom, these dead bodies should be buried, regardless of the enemy and me, if the fire is less clean, it will definitely be criticized, the courtiers are dissatisfied with him, if they catch this handle, they must not make a big fuss?

However, Qin Jincai will not take into account the thoughts of those who are flies and dogs, at this time it is already spring, the temperature is getting higher and higher day by day, if you rely on manpower to bury these thousands of dead bodies, I don't know how long it will be delayed, with the temperature rising Another major evil consequence is that the corpses rot and stink, once this causes an epidemic, the consequences are unimaginable.

Moreover, the number of dead bodies is too large, even if it can be buried in time, if it is to completely decompose, I am afraid it will take at least a year and a half.

In fact, dealing with the abandoned barracks and various defense facilities left behind by the rebels is already extremely labor-intensive.

It's okay to say about the burned down camp of the Chinese army, after all, the fire burned the wooden buildings on the ground to ash and charcoal, and it can be roughly completed by filling in the ravine. However, the well-preserved barracks were the most troublesome, and after months of uninterrupted repairs and reinforcements, the difficulty of demolition was not much easier than that of the heavy repairs.

Some people suggested that it would be better to use a large fire to burn everything clean, but Qin Jin and Guo Ziyi still did not adopt this suggestion after discussion. The rebels used a lot of wood and iron to build their barracks and facilities, which were not to be discarded. Now that the urgent need has been lifted, why not spend some manpower and material resources to put it together and put it together? As long as we do a good job in allocating manpower, everything will not be a problem.

As the saying goes, there is no trivial matter at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone such a major matter related to the use of manpower? Qin Jin forwarded this to Li Heng for permission. After learning of his original intentions, Li Heng readily agreed, and put him in charge of the matter together with the king of Guangping.

Now even the blind can see that the Son of Heaven has asked Qin Jin to pull the king of Guangping in everything, one is to give him the opportunity to exercise, and he is also accumulating merit and qualifications for him.

Qin Jin himself was not disgusted by this arrangement, the king of Guangping was humble and studious, polite, and did not have the arrogance and arrogance of the Li family's children, and his uncles were not very likable in comparison.

Seeing that the siege of Chang'an had been lifted, the clans wrote to Li Heng one after another, requesting that the private enterprises be abolished and that they should return to their respective homes. After all, these days the nobles are pampered since they beat their mother's womb, and there are all people who serve them carefully, and they have to do everything themselves in the private sector, not only that, but everyone has to fight for food in a pot, and dozens of people crowd into the bunk to sleep at night, what is the difference between this kind of day and being tortured and imprisoned?

However, on this point, the opinions of the officials are surprisingly unanimous, believing that the war has not yet been settled, and the situation outside Chang'an City has not been completely calmed, who knows if there will be a recurrence, and the imperial court simply does not have the extra manpower and material resources to estimate the tens of thousands of clans, so it strongly urges the Son of Heaven to continue to lock these people in the private sector.

In this regard, Li Heng is still quite embarrassed, he thinks far more than ordinary courtiers, it is true that it is appropriate to save manpower and financial resources for the imperial court, but it is also an indisputable fact that he treats the clan too harshly, and I am afraid that the hat of this bullying clan will be buckled on his head sooner or later.

Therefore, Li Heng's statement on this matter was unexpected by the officials, and it was a little ambiguous.

However, this matter cannot be forcibly implemented without the cooperation of the courtiers, the Ten Princes' Mansion has long been destroyed at the beginning of the Taishang Emperor's Western Hunt, and the clans were also placed in the East Palace at the beginning of Li Heng's return to Beijing, but it is not a long-term solution after all.

Several strong-tempered clans couldn't help but be furious when they learned about the conversation between the Son of Heaven and the officials about this matter, and they all said that they wanted to see the Son of Heaven in person.

In this crisis, which was about to evolve into a conflict, Qin Jin once again made an unexpected decision. In just one day, he sent a letter to the Son of Heaven, saying that the clans should be released from the private sector in accordance with the original agreement.

Li Hengwan didn't expect that the first person to stand up for him to relieve the siege was Qin Jin, and he also affirmed his attitude under great joy.

"I do have the idea of liberating the clan, but the ministers all say that it is difficult to support the manpower and material resources, so it is also a dilemma!"

This is not only a show of attitude, but also a disguised request for help.

Unexpectedly, Qin Jin calmly replied:

"Your Majesty, why should you be worried? The clan has a population of tens of thousands, and it is completely possible to act on its own, so doesn't this solve the problem of manpower? As for the supplies, the ministers can meet their needs as appropriate, and they will not make Your Majesty embarrassed!"

Qin Jin's words undoubtedly took all the mess on himself, and Li Heng was happy and emotional, so much so that he didn't know what to say.

Li Heng is a son of heaven who is interested in fame through the ages, and it is never like letting a stain like the Ling Persecution clan appear in the history books of later generations to evaluate him, and now that the problem has been satisfactorily solved, he is naturally in a good mood.

When Qin Jin left the Taiji Palace, he was just in time for Li Yu to enter the palace with a roar, and when he learned about Qin Jin's statement and promise from Li Heng, he completely ignored Li Heng's face and angrily called him a traitor.

"Such a twisted intention is really a treacherous person, Your Majesty should stay away!"

But I heard a voice sounding sadly from the side.

"I'm afraid my squire's words are biased and mean. Since ancient times, which traitor has been able to ignore his own safety and save the society from the tide?"

It was Li Fuguo, Li Mi glared at him angrily, as long as this eunuch appeared, he would block himself in a weird way, but he had no way to deal with it.

In his opinion, Li Heng has too many difficult villains around him, but he is regarded as a cronie and can't move at all.

Putting aside the flies in the Taiji Palace, he did not return to the army, but rushed to inspect outside Chang'an City with a retinue.

Out of the Anhua Gate, he only felt that there was a sense of being a human being, although there was only a city gate separated from the outside, but in order to calmly step out of this moment, I don't know how many people rushed forward for this.

The trench outside the rebel camp had been filled, and the air was still filled with a strong smell of burning, which grew stronger and lighter with the wind.

Along the way, you can occasionally see blue and black severed hands and feet from the dirt, Sun Xiaozhe's rebels besieged the city for several months, and the soldiers and civilians in Guanzhong and the rebels who died as a result were hundreds of thousands......