The whole country is the first, and the country is second, how to quickly transform the enemy's resources into their own wealth? Several front-line generals came up with their own approach.

"Shaoning, well done!"

On the evening of 21 March, when Wang Bao's Phoenix Battalion rushed from the direction of Mujiaguan, the flag of the Guards Battalion was already fluttering at the head of Rili City.

Wang Bao's troops still have a strong flavor of the Miao and Jingpo tribes, and under the banner of Phoenix, a team of fierce soldiers, although they have traveled a long distance, they are still undiminished and murderous. At a glance, it is clear that they are the best fighters in mountain and jungle warfare.

"Brother Wang is polite. Shaoning was just a fluke. ”

In Rili City, in the hall of the original three highnesses, the generals of the two armies gathered together.

"Huh! Shaoning, don't be too modest! Within one day, first the field battle, and then the siege of the city, defeated the troops of the Ruan family Twenty Qi, captured more than 200 artillery pieces of various types, captured knives, guns and equipment, and plundered dozens of war elephants. There are dozens of pairs of war elephant tusks killed alone, such a big battle is not a big victory?! ”

"Also, the whole city of Rili has gained tens of thousands of people in one drum, and although the treasury is not particularly full, it has also gained a lot. Tens of thousands of military salaries, food, grass, and equipment are enough to support the consumption of the two parts of the southern expedition. ”

"Eh, Brother Wang, what you said is a little bad!" Ye Qi's face was raised, and his voice was very strict.

Well? Wang Bao didn't have time to react, but the eyebrows and eyes of several officers around him stood up. "Even if your Ye Qi's guard battalion wins the battle, our Phoenix Battalion will also break through the dangerous passes and expand the land for the general for hundreds of miles. You've just crossed the river, defeated the thieves, and taken the city, and that's how you entertained me?! ”

Although there are some words in my heart, but the military discipline is strict, but I dare not make a mistake.

"You and I belong to the same general, what are you talking about? In this way, the seizure of the treasury, it is natural to make a book and report it to the adults, the military discipline is like a mountain, and Shaoning does not dare to joke about his own head, but the gunpowder, grain and grass, oh, and the war elephants killed on the battlefield are naturally shared. If you go to Hue this time, you will be able to defeat the enemy because of food. In addition, we also captured dozens of war elephants this time, and surrendered to our army with elephant slaves, as well as thousands of mules and horses. The baggage of the army, transshipment is not a problem. ”

One day the clouds were clear!

Ye Qi's words made the officers of the Phoenix Battalion smile one by one, that's it! They all fought under the command of the general, what are you talking about?!

"We have seized a great deal of gold and silver along the way, and they have all been signed by the judge, the quartermaster, and me, and they have been registered, but what is the use of those things that are not hungry or cold, and what is the use of those who are fighting and slain?"

Wang Baomu's dark face also had a look of pride.

"It's just that the officers and soldiers of our battalion have been rushing for hundreds of miles, and they have a heavy load, and they don't have time to carry grain and grass.

"Huh! Brother Wang, I just said that grain and grass, gunpowder, military uniforms, and equipment are all shared by both the Ministry of Valuables and I. The brothers of the Phoenix Battalion are running thousands of miles, so we naturally have to be more considerate. We rely on the river to supply conveniently. In addition to distributing the grain and grass stored in the city treasury this time, how about half of each of you and me? In addition, the various materials stored in our battalion can also be withdrawn after a while. ”

After some pleasantries, the conversation began to shift in other directions.

"Two adults, what should you do with these people?" Huang Leiting pointed to the captives of the Ruan family army under the city wall.

In the first battle during the day, the third highness of the Ruan family led his own personal army and a few strange people who could be collected to flee through the city, and went straight to Hue, the nest of the Ruan family.

Counting the results of the battle, in the group of prisoners, almost all twenty strange numbers were found, and there were more than a dozen officials in charge of the odds. However, almost everyone was injured. (If you count the bruises caused by being trampled by the soldier's big feet.) All counted, the number of prisoners reached nearly six thousand.

Strip away the prisoners with minor and serious wounds, as well as nearly 4,000 sturdy soldiers.

Obviously, it is impossible for these people to stay in the sun, and it is impossible for anyone to leave the enemy's brigade prisoners in their rear and on the grain route, but it is also unlikely that they will be escorted with the army, and the marching speed of these people is obviously inferior to that of the strictly trained Nanzhong Army.

"Shaoning, why don't you and I each draw two teams of soldiers, and a battalion of iron shoulders to escort these people, and let them carry grain and grass in the rear?"

Wang Bao proposed to build a yì.

"Brother Wang, we are already short of troops, and we have just fought a big battle, and we are exhausted. If nearly three battalions of men and horses are sent to guard these people, then how can we capture more than a dozen towns and towns in Hue in front of us? How to defend it? When you arrive at Hue City, how can you cooperate with the lord to attack the city? ”

A few words, the officers of the two battalions were speechless, yes! It is impossible to lose one's mobility for the sake of these thousands of captives, but if you don't march with them, use the city you have just captured to imprison them, and in the event of a riot, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"What do you mean, sir?" Mai Daming's face showed a hint of hideousness, and his right hand waved down forcefully, "So? "All the people present actually had this idea in their hearts, to kill all these captives once and for all. Moreover, it also alleviates the troops, especially the young children of the Iron Shoulder Brigade, how can they calmly face these enemies who have wantonly killed their relatives, robbed their property, seized their land, and insulted their wives and daughters and sisters?

"Kill?" Ye Qi and Wang Bao glanced at each other, to be honest, they didn't have such thoughts in their hearts, those thousands of strong captives, although they were captives, they were also soldiers! And the tens of thousands of residents in Belvedere on this day, who can guarantee that after the army goes east, they will not stab them in the back?

You can't slaughter this Rili City for the safety of your own back roads and grain routes, right?!

The atmosphere in the lobby was tense at the moment. No one spoke, but the eyes of all the officers were fixed on the two Ye Wang. Just waiting for that command from their mouths.

Several battalion officers had sweaty hands on their hands, and they kept wiping them with red silk on the hilts of their knives.

About half a pillar of incense passed, Wang Bao looked at Ye Qi, "Shaoning, it's better to be like this." He hesitated, looking like he wanted to say something.

Ye Qi's face also had a hesitant look, judging the two of them as if they were deciding to kill on the battlefield.

"Brother Wang, rank, let me ask, what do you think is the most lacking under the rule of the lord?" Ye Qi straightened out his thoughts and began to talk eloquently with the officers present. As he spoke, he motioned to the soldiers to serve tea to the commanders, and then arranged for food and drink.

Drinking tea and waiting for dinner, the atmosphere in the lobby seemed relaxed and relaxed, not as tense as just now, and people's minds gradually broadened.

"Under the Lord's rule, there was no shortage of food, money, artillery, ships, and weapons. What do you say is missing? "Mu Rikun, a battalion officer of the Phoenix Battalion, oh, no, his name should be Peng Kun, and Mu Rikun is his Jingpo name. asked Ye Qi very puzzled.

Wang Bao laughed, "Brother Peng Kun, I let you read on weekdays, but if you don't read, let you listen to Mr. Tell the story, and make you uncomfortable and kill you." Do you know that paddy fields and dry fields are all cultivated by people, money and grain are not dropped from the sky, and ships, artillery, and weapons are all built by people? ”

"Moreover, we have these thousands of strong people in our hands right now, and there are tens of thousands of people in this city!" Ye Qi added a sentence with a tacit understanding.

"What do you mean? Co-opt them? Peng Kun and the others somewhat understood.

"I don't understand, you listen to Ye's command." A sly smile appeared on Wang Bao's face.

"Even if you don't win, it's not far away!" Ye Qi, who was born as a scholar, changed a sentence.

"Recruit them, let them lead for us, and capture a dozen towns and cities along the way from here to Hue, and let the defenders know that if they surrender, they will not die. Then, I have another way to get a large number of working people for the Lord! ”

Soon, in the restless city of Sunny City, the residents heard the long-awaited voice in a frightened mind.

"South China rebelled against the commanders of the Central Route Army and the commander of the Western Route Army under President President Ma of the Zhulu Army! When the army enters the city, it is not allowed to take a thing in vain, it is not allowed to kill a person indiscriminately, all soldiers are not allowed to ** women, rob property, and enter people's houses without permission! ”

The sound came into the houses and courtyards, which made the owner breathe a sigh of relief, the tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and the man breathed a long sigh of relief. "Finally escaped a military disaster!"

However, the sound that followed was nerve-wrenching.

"In accordance with the order of President President Ma of the Zhulu Army, in accordance with the law of the Great Ming. From now on, there shall be no slave ownership and no human trafficking in any area under the jurisdiction of our army. All contracts of sale, etc., are void! All people, men and women, young and old, good and low, are re-registered. ”

This! Hearing this, the man sat on the ground with a fart, if he was not allowed to keep slaves or buy and sell human beings, there would be almost no one to serve him in his huge mansion. There was no one to cultivate the land outside the city.

Half an hour passed, and no one picked up the male master who was stunned on the floor, and the male and female servants who served on the side were all thinking thoughtfully about their thoughts there.

"You! You guys! You guys! The man trembled with anger, and his hands trembled and he couldn't speak.

At this moment, Ye Qi, Wang Bao and others, who had had dinner, Shi Shiran came to the big school field where the thousands of prisoners were detained.

Around the school grounds, dozens of artillery pieces were placed, ranging from the Franc machine to the twelve-pounder bronze cannon, and the muzzles of the black holes of the guns were facing the school field; The well-fed gunners looked at the soldiers of the Ruan family army who were squatting or sitting with some boredom.

In the distance, according to the arrangement of Ye Qi and others, a few large cauldrons were set up, and meat was boiled in the pot, (the quartermaster didn't have such a good heart, and what he cooked for them was an elephant that was killed during the day, and after peeling the skin, he chopped it into pieces and boiled it in the pot.) Cooking rice.

The captured soldiers, blinking their eyes and inhaling through their noses, had not eaten for a day, had spent the day in panic, and now smelled the aroma of the food, and the instinct of man reacted.

However, this meal is obviously not so delicious.

Groups of soldiers of the South Central Army, who were like wolves, beat the prisoners of the Ruan Jiajun with the weapons in their hands, separated them in groups, and screened them one by one.

Those in officer armor, as well as those with wounds, were lifted out of the crowd.

Then, a group of people who looked like medical officers came over and examined the wounded soldier's injuries.

Then, with the brush in his hand, put a little cinnabar or a little ink on the foreheads of the wounded soldiers. And so on, and so on.

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