Ji Xiha counterattacked with the Manchurian Eight Banners, but it did not make much difference. When he saw the 500 men who followed the charge, all of them were shot dead. As a result, the remaining 500 people are also at the bottom of their hearts, and they do not see the slightest hope.

Caught in the crowd, Duran's legs were even weaker, and if it weren't for the guards around him to support him, it is estimated that he would have collapsed to the ground at this time.

The surrounding Restoration Army is still approaching, and the guns of the white pole soldiers are constantly harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Eight Banners. Luo Keduo said with a dead face: "Is this God going to kill me?" "Roto didn't know where he went, and it was possible that the siege followed Jishiha and charged to his death.

Su Bai looked at Luo Keduo, who was like ashes, and said: "Lord Jun, why don't we escort you from the mountain behind, when we enter the mountain, it will not be easy for them to catch us." ”

Luo Keduo glanced at the hillside behind him and said miserably: "Will the Ming army let us run in?" With this delay, there were only more than 400 soldiers of the Eight Banners around him. Su Bai glanced at the hillside and found that there were Ming soldiers coming out one after another, and many Qing soldiers who had fled into the mountains were driven out.

Su Bai suddenly despaired, and sighed: "I, Su Bai, first followed Taizu, Taizong to fight on the battlefield, and then followed the regent to conquer the Central Plains, but I didn't think that now I would die here." After speaking, he looked at the Eight Banners soldiers who kept falling. Now the soldiers of the Eight Banners can't hurt the Ming army at all, the Ming army just shoots arrows from a distance, and the Qing army can't find anyone if they want to fight.

Su Bai raised his sword with blank eyes and killed himself, not giving the nearby Ming army a chance to kill him. Seeing this, Luo Keduo was about to kill himself, but was stopped by the guards around him, and these guards still wanted to protect Luo Keduo to break through.

At this time, Zhu Youdong also came to the front, saw the gorgeous armor of Luo Keduo and others, and knew that this was an important figure in Manchuria, and immediately said: "Stop shooting arrows and capture all these people alive." Zhu Youdong gave an order, and the surrounding Restoration Army really stopped shooting arrows, and rushed forward to capture Luo Keduo and others alive.

Luo Keduo's guards were still desperately resisting, but Duran had no intention of resisting, and when he heard that the army was going to capture them alive, he immediately shouted: "Capture them alive, we won't resist." We don't resist. Duran's words made his guards stunned, Duran was preparing to surrender.

No matter what Duran's guards thought, whether Duran wanted to surrender or not, the surrounding Restoration Army did not give them time. The soldiers of the Restoration Army who rushed up immediately trapped Duran and the others. On the other side, even if Luo Keduo's guards resisted desperately, there were too few people after all, and Luo Keduo was hooked by the white pole soldiers behind him with a hook, and then he was directly dragged into the crowd of the Ming army, and he was also captured alive on the spot.

With Rocodo being captured alive, the others were not captured alive, and those who were willing to surrender were taken into custody, and those who were unwilling were hacked to death on the spot. After the fighting stopped everywhere, the entire Xiangshui Pass was on the two-mile road to Xiangshan, and the corpses were piled up.

Now that the war is over, Zhu Youdong asked people to quickly clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers. At this time, Liu Dong came over and asked, "Master Hou, what about those injured soldiers of the Han Army Banner and the Manchurian Eight Banners?" Zhu Youdong thought for a while and said: "Now that we have collected prisoners, there are nearly 7,000 people in the Han Army Banner, and more than 5,000 people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which is more than 10,000 prisoners. ”

Liu Dongcai was stunned for a moment and said, "I understand what Master Hou meant, I'll deal with it." Zhu Youdong thought about it again and said: "Let our people go and collect the corpses of our army killed in battle, and as for the corpses of the Qing army, they will all be burned in a centralized manner." Let the captives do it, and they must not be left idle, lest something cause trouble. ”

After letting Liu Dongcai clean up the battlefield, Zhu Youdong called Xia Guoxiang, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu and said, "You guys fought well today." After hearing this, the three of them hurriedly claimed that they didn't dare, and said: "This is all a clever plan of the Hou Ye, so that the Qing army has no way out, so that we can easily annihilate the Qing army." ”

Zhu Youdong nodded with satisfaction and said, "The battle was good, but now we have a problem." What to do with these captives? Xia Guoxiang said: "Isn't this easy to deal with?" These people are all skilled men with bows and horses, and as long as they are integrated into our ranks, we can quickly increase the combat effectiveness of our cavalry. This was also very beneficial to the Qing army that attacked Yunnan later. ”

After Xia Guoxiang finished speaking, Zhu Youdong did not answer immediately. Seeing this, Wu Guogui said: "What concerns does Master Hou have? Are you worried that they won't help? Or is it something else? ”

Lin Zhuang also said: "Master Hou, we now have 40,000 troops here, and we can't get anything out of this 10,000 surrendered army." Zhu Youdong said: "It's not whether we can suppress these surrendered troops, but whether we can ask for these surrendered troops." ”

Lin Zhuang listened to Zhu Youdong's words, and immediately understood that the Restoration Army had always hoped to get the support of the people everywhere. Therefore, whether it is in Sichuan or in Yunnan and Guizhou, the Restoration Army can quickly establish its own network among the people, so that the people everywhere can actively cooperate with the Restoration Army. If the Restoration Army accepts these prisoners now, then the sins of these prisoners in Yunnan will be counted on the head of the Restoration Army, which will make the Restoration Army lose the help of the people.

Xia Guoxiang and others came to the Restoration Army not long ago, and they did not understand the solution of the Restoration Army. In the past, the army was a contest between the army and the army, and the people were at most masters to the generals and the army, and they had no influence on the army at all. It is normal to defeat the enemy and absorb the enemy army, so Xia Guoxiang and the others are a little strange, why Zhu Youdong is still hesitant to recruit these battle-hardened soldiers.

At this time, Luo Ren also came over, and after Zhu Youdong saw him, he said: "You came just in time, I am looking for you for something, you go and gather the soldiers in the army who have joined Yunnan, and gather them together." Luo Ren, who had just come over, heard Zhu Youdong say this, and immediately said: "Okay, I'll go now, it just so happens that these people have just come to our Restoration Army, and they are not familiar with our distribution of loot, and there were several things hiding outside just now." With that, he withdrew.

Zhu Youdong also made up his mind at this time, and said to Xia Guoxiang: "You go and gather all the Guan Ning troops, and wait for something to do." Xia Guoxiang and the others saw Zhu Youdong's arrangement, and they were not discussing the matter of the prisoners.

When they all went out, Zhu Youdong said to Lin Zhuang again: "You go and let Qin Yiming and Ma Wannian also gather the white pole soldiers." Lin Zhuang said: "Master Hou, you have gathered so many troops, and I am afraid that there will be not enough people to guard the prisoners." Zhu Youdong said: "Now those prisoners have been cleaned up and cleaned up by Liu Dongcai, they have something to do, and there will be no chaos." Let's go and prepare. ”

After Lin Zhuang went out, Tan Shuanghua said, "You plan to kill the prisoner?" Zhu Youdong glanced at Tan Shuanghua and said, "It is always a disaster for them to stay." Zhao Shichao next to him also said at this time: "Master Hou, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to do this, it's ominous to kill prisoners since ancient times, and if this spreads, will anyone surrender in the future?" ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Even if no one surrenders, they can't stay, they are all soldiers of the Han Army Banner and the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and they have rich battlefield experience." But they are also heinous crimes, we have not yet entered Yunnan, and the bloody methods of the Qing army in Yunnan are already endless. Returning to Guizhou, burning, killing, looting, and destroying lives. At the beginning of the year, I attacked Yongchang and other areas, because I had stationed troops in the Ming Dynasty, and slaughtered the city in Yongchang, where the Qing army passed, chickens and dogs were not left. If we had left these people in the army, would we have entered Yunnan? ”

What Zhu Youdong said was all facts, not many years ago, but what happened in front of everyone, so Tan Shuanghua and Zhao Shichao suddenly had nothing to say. Zhu Youdong said: "Not only these, these Qing troops entered Yunnan all the way to loot, and the people of Yunnan were miserable. All these things make it impossible for us to spare these captives. What's more, it has been a year since the Qing army arrived in Yunnan, and there are already some local gentry, Tusi was afraid of the slaughter of the Qing army, so he took refuge in the Qing army, which is a loss of land for us. This is the same for us and the Qing army, and the main force of the Qing army is now the army of Huguang and Guangxi. ”

Zhao Shichao couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw Zhu Youdong talking about this at this time. Zhu Youdong continued: "Although most of our troops are ordinary people from Sichuan and Yunnan, they have no advantage over them. So what we have to fight for now is people. As long as we have their support, we will be able to move through Yunnan unimpeded. The Qing army did not have any advantage. ”

Tan Shuanghua's eyes widened and said, "Can the military situation still be analyzed like this?" Zhu Youdong said: "Of course, not to mention that among these captives, there are many people who are loyal to the Manchurians, and they surrender when they are poor. Who can guarantee that they won't stab us in the back at other times, so I think it's better to deal with it directly. ”

Tan Shuanghua saw that he couldn't say anything about Zhu Youdong, so he had to say: "You have thought about these things yourself, as long as you kill these people, it is estimated that the Qing army in Yunnan will never surrender to us again." Zhu Youdong said: "These are not afraid, as long as we can work together, they can't help us." ”

As he was talking, Luo Ren came in and said, "Master Hou, those Yunnan soldiers have gathered. Liu Dongcai also walked in and said, "Master Hou, the battlefield is almost cleaned." Zhu Youdong said to Liu Dongcai: "Okay, you will take all the captives to an open place at the foot of Changshi Mountain to settle down, and then let everyone bury the pot and cook." As soon as Liu Dongcai heard this, he immediately went to arrange it.

Zhu Youdong said to Luo Ren again: "You take the assembled soldiers to camp next to the prisoner camp, remember to take care of them first, don't cause trouble." Luo Ren was a little embarrassed: "This is not easy to do, those Yunnan soldiers who saw the Han Army Banner and the Manchurian Eight Banners were all like seeing people with a deep hatred in the sea of blood." ”

Zhu Youdong said: "Don't care about these now, you have to show me, I'll let Guo Li Ai bring someone to help you." Luo Ren had no choice but to go out and make arrangements. Zhu Youdong then asked Xia Guoxiang to take Guan Ning's army to station next to the captives, and if necessary, let them separate the Yunnan soldiers from the captives.

Originally, these captives saw that they were placed by the lake, and there were soldiers from Yunnan stationed next to them, and they were still very worried, afraid that the Ming army would kill all the prisoners. But I saw that there were Guanning troops stationed next to them, and these Guanning troops also helped the officers in the Yunnan soldier battalion to block the soldiers who wanted to rush over. It didn't take long for Guo Liai to bring soldiers over to help maintain order, and he was immediately relieved.

In the evening, Zhu Youdong called Xia Guoxiang, Luo Ren and Qin Yiming again: "We can't stay behind these surrendered troops, they are not loyal, they can stab us at any time." In addition, if we co-opt them, we will lose the support of the people in Yunnan, which will be very unfavorable for us to attack Yunnan. ”

Xia Guoxiang and the others still wanted to persuade them, but Zhu Youdong stopped: "I know what you say about killing prisoners is ominous, but I don't believe it, I killed beasts, and they are not human beings at all." They committed offences in the Central Plains and in Yungui, and it was difficult to write, so they had to die, and this matter was for Luo Ren's Yunnan soldiers to do, and the Guanning army would hold the north, and the white pole soldiers would defend the south, so that not a single prisoner could escape. ”

When a few people saw that Zhu Youdong had already given the order, they didn't say anything, and immediately went out to make arrangements. Soon after, there were miserable shouts and vengeful laughter of Yunnan soldiers in the camp, until an hour later, there was no sound in the whole camp. Luo Ren then ordered the soldiers to withdraw from the camp, and then had them all set on fire.

Some of the prisoners who escaped from the camp were also killed by the white pole soldiers and Guan Ning soldiers who were guarding outside. In the Guanning army, Xia Guoxiang looked at the captured prisoners who were killed and said: "Such a good source of soldiers, they were all killed like this, I didn't think that this Hou Ye was so indifferent, this is more than 10,000 people, and they were all killed directly." Who else will dare to surrender after this? ”

Wu Guogui said: "The reason he gave was actually to avenge the people, what are the people in this world?" It's right to have soldiers. Hu Guozhu said with a gloomy face: "I'm afraid he is giving us a horse!" Tell us that even if we have 10,000 Guan Ning troops, we may not let him see it. ”

Xia Guoxiang thought of what he said at the beginning to reorganize the army, and immediately sighed deeply, and said, "Do we still have the capital to resist now?" They easily annihilated more than 50,000 military land, we surrendered with more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 Han military banners and 15,000 Manchurian Eight Banners were all wiped out. When did the Qing army ever suffer such a crushing defeat? Even the two famous kings of Li Dingguo did not have such great results. ”

Wu Guogui said: "During this time, I heard that Guizhou is basically clear anyway, and only Li Benshen is left with 3,000 people in Pingbawei, and it is estimated that there will be no drama at this time." ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "Not only Guizhou, Sichuan has also been recovered, and it is constantly marching to Yunnan, you said that when our prince was in Sichuan, why didn't he hear of the No. 1 person?" ”

Hu Guozhu was about to say something, but he saw that a fire had broken out in the prisoner camp. Then he said: "It's useless to say this, go back and pay the errand." After speaking, he took the lead in returning to Xiangshui Pass, Xia Guoxiang and Wu Guogui also shook their heads and followed behind Hu Guozhu.