The rebels have suffered heavy losses twice, and in Qin Jin's opinion, they no longer have the strength to make an effective counterattack against the Shenwu army, as long as the army advances step by step, it will completely annihilate this rebel army surrounded in a radius of fifty miles. Once this battle was completed, it became the first comprehensive victory of the Tang soldiers in a field battle since An Lushan rebelled.

However, at this time, the generals of the Shenwu Army did not have the excitement they should have, in the previous wars of the Shenwu Army, they experienced countless big battles and small battles, almost all of which ended in victory, even if Yin Ziqi was defeated now, the excitement that should have been diluted has long been diluted.

Yang Xingben and Qin Jin got on their horses and began to hurry, they needed to get to the established position before dark, and further sealed the retreat of the rebels.

The rebels' return to Luoyang had been completely blocked by Xue Huan and Qin Rui, to the north was the surging Yellow River, there was no way out, and to the west there was a mighty army eyeing the tiger, and only by retreating south into the vast Bears Ears Mountain could they have a chance to breathe. And what they blocked was the only way to Bears Ears Mountain.

Bear's Ears Mountain is located in the remnants of the Sankun Mountain, and when Qin Jin fled from Xin'an, he followed the vast mountains to cover his whereabouts, so he naturally knew the situation in the mountains very well. If the rebels are the first to rush in, it will not be easy to annihilate them completely.

"Doctor, you don't have to be in such a hurry, you can stay behind to avoid accidents. ”

Qin Jin and Yang Xingben walked at the forefront of the crowd, and Yang Xingben was a little worried about his safety. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if there is a surprise attack, in case of an accident, the impact on the whole army is incalculable.

Qin Jin was dissatisfied with Yang Xingben's persuasion.

"It's not that Qin hasn't fought on the front line, even if the experience of fighting in battle can't be counted with one pair of hands, there is no need to be such a mother-in-law. ”

"Doctor, it's not the last general, the battle of the trapped beast is even more terrifying, the rebels fight to the death, the pressure on the striker is very great, if you have to be distracted to take care of the doctor's safety, it will inevitably ......"

Qin Jin raised his eyebrows.

"Are you overestimating Yin Ziqi, a trapped beast, how much combat power do you think they have left when the battle is at this point? Leading troops to fight has always focused on the word morale, and the morale of the rebels has long been exhausted. ”

Yang Xing knew that he couldn't convince Qin Jin, so he had no choice but to let it go, but he still sent an additional battalion of men and horses to accompany him.

In fact, it was as Qin Jin expected. When they marched to the northern foot of Bears Ears Mountain, they encountered more and more rebels, but most of them were stragglers, and the largest was only more than 1,000 people. Just send two teams of horses to easily defeat and kill them!

As the sun set down the mountain, the sky was completely dark, and more and more rebels appeared here, and Yang Xingben could finally be sure that Yin Ziqi's rebels were indeed retreating towards Bears Ears Mountain along the route they had expected.

With this judgment, he divided the men and horses into two ways, completely blocking the path of the rebels, but some of them collided like moths. In just one night, there were as many as 2,000 people.

This number has already caught up with the number of slashes after the previous fierce battle.

"It seems that the doctor's guess is correct, and the rebels have completely dispersed. ”

The expected decisive battle did not appear, and all the fierce battles and tragic battles in all phenomena were all disappointed without exception, although this result was definitely good news for the Shenwu Army, but he still felt a sense of loss.

The sky was bright, and another rebel army collided with it, and the Shenwu army easily defeated it again.

Seeing such a situation, Yang Xing originally planned to use all his encamped troops to crush it with a thunderous force, but Qin Jin raised a different opinion.

"Why not rush over with a partial division, only to drive and defeat, within three days, the trapped rebels will be completely scattered. ”

After noon, Mo Yan Siluo arrived at the camp where Yang Xingben and Qin Jin were with a thousand guards, and he came back in person this time to ask to see Qin Jin.

"Doctor, Yin Ziqi's rebels have been divided and surrounded by the warriors of the Hui tribe in the area of Sanhe Temple, and they have now been cut off from water and food, and they will all starve to death in a few days. ”

Hearing Mo Yan Siluo's report, Yang Xingben understood why he didn't encounter a large number of rebels here. It turned out that the main force of the rebels had been surrounded by the Hui Ma Bu army in the Sanhe Temple.

"In that case, why doesn't the leader of the grinding Yan wipe them all out in one go?"

Mo Yan Luo didn't look at Yang Xingben, and his eyes never left Qin Jin for a moment.

"The villain does have a plan to be annihilated, but early in the morning, the rebels sent people to negotiate and plan to surrender. The villain thought that it would be better if he could surrender the soldiers without a fight, but he couldn't make a decision on his own, so he personally rushed to ask the doctor for instructions!"

"The rebels are going to surrender? Is it Yin Ziqi?"

After all, after the capture of Yin Ziqi's banner, various rumors have been said to have noses and eyes, and most of the rebel captives claim that Yin Ziqi is no longer alive at this time, and Yin Ziqi is commanded by a Khitan named Li Zhongguo.

"If the rebels are not playing tricks, they might as well agree, but there is one thing, make sure that these people can only make a move after laying down their weapons, and you must not take it lightly!"

Mo Yan Luo felt that he played a pivotal role in this battle, and he was quite complacent in his words, he patted his chest and assured Qin Jin:

"Doctor, rest assured, it can be more time-consuming and laborious to receive troops than to fight a tough battle?"

"Doctor, the last general suggests that after these people completely surrender, they should be killed in one fell swoop!"

Mo Yan Luo also felt that Yang Xingben's words were reasonable, and rarely echoed:

"General Yang's words hit the nail on the head, the villain thinks it is very reasonable, these rebels are the old foundation of the Youyan border army, they only know that there is a handsome man but they don't know that there is a son of heaven, and their loyalty to An Lushan is far greater than that of the Tang Dynasty, if they don't kill them cleanly, sooner or later they will be in trouble!"

Mo Yan Siluo has lived in Chang'an for nearly ten years, not only learned the culture of the Han people, but also learned the way of thinking of the Han people.

The rebel army from Youyan not only brought a devastating blow to the Tang Dynasty, but also the object of hatred of all the tribes of the grassland, and there was no one who was not afraid to mention it.

"On the steppe, after conquering their mortal enemies, many tribes often kill all the men who are taller than the wheel, so that these people will not have a chance to recover in the future, and avenge their past defeats! ”

Qin Jin smiled.

"It's a good thing that the rebels surrendered, but if you didn't want them to live in the first place, why bother?

"The doctor is a little taken for granted when he says this, as long as the rebels don't lay down their arms for a day, they will have normal combat effectiveness for a day, and the price paid for such a kill is also very great......"

Yang Xingben and Mo Yan Luo soon stood on the same front. Trying to completely convince Qin Jin to accept his plan to kill and surrender.

On the battlefield, the so-called morality is not his priority element, and only the unscrupulous pursuit of victory at the lowest cost is the ultimate goal.

Qin Jin said:

Qin also heard that all the men of the rival tribe may not be killed every time on the grassland, and when the enemy gives up resistance and chooses to surrender, they will be given a chance to be forgiven. ”

"This ...... There is indeed such a situation, but after all, the thief rebels are not ordinary and small!"

Qin Jin thought even further, if he didn't ask about the indiscriminate killing and surrendering, it would only arouse the remnants of the rebels to resist to the death, and in the end, this seemingly appropriate method would have the opposite effect, and would bring all kinds of unexpected bad effects to the future war of quelling the chaos.

In the end, the Qin and Jin Dynasty rushed to the battlefield and accepted their surrender, and sent a large number of private backbones to accompany them, and after receiving the prisoners, they were broken up and divided and reorganized according to the previous practice, and then mixed with the local prisoners of war to build a prisoner of war camp.

As for the follow-up disposal method, Qin Jin had no intention of feeding these people in vain.

In addition to maintaining the most basic living conditions of the prisoners of war, they were also given heavy labor, digging trenches, repairing walls, burying dead bodies, and clearing wasteland, all of which required a great deal of manpower, and these prisoners were excellent free labor. Once conditions permit, it may not be impossible to throw these extremely experienced captives into battle again.

After defeating Moyan Siluo, Yang Xingben stayed, intending to continue to persuade Qin Jin.

He felt that Qin Jin was a little too kind of a woman when dealing with the rebel prisoners. Treating captives so favorably is quite a deviation from his cognition.

"The rebels burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil, if the doctor is merciful to them, how can the people of Dugi Province see my Shenwu army?"

Qin Jin smiled, he knew that Yang Xing was originally a stubborn person, and the things he recognized could not be easily changed.

"What the people care about is food, clothing, shelter and transportation, hatred is not the basis of their survival, Erlang, sometimes killing may not be the most effective way to deter people's hearts!"

Yang Xingben disagreed.

"If you don't kill, how can you deter rebellion? Whoever kills is an understatement, you will be scorned by rebellion!"

Indeed, not killing is not enough to deter rebellious rebels. But now, the situation faced by the Shenwu Army is extremely complex, and the way to deal with it is not simple, which can be classified as killing or not killing. On the one hand, we want to kill people, and on the other hand, we have to subdue people's hearts. Only by subduing the hearts of the people can we completely solve the root cause of rebellion!"

It has been a hundred years since the Hu people migrated into Hebei Province in large numbers, and this migration has strengthened the fierce folk customs of Hebei again and again, in addition, it has also made the people of Hebei gradually alienated from Chang'an.

If you want to solve this problem completely, can it be solved by just killing a word?

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