PS: The boss is mighty, thank you for the reward of 'Xuanyu'!

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When none of these captives surrendered, they were all the same captives, and they could only eat half a day of food.

At that time, everyone was the same unlucky captive, and no one was better than the other.

But now it's different.

Those soldiers who surrendered to Cheng not only became a member of the Tang Dynasty's royal division, but also lived a happy life with enough to eat. And he also became a hundred households, and became the top boss of those captives who refused to surrender.

On the contrary, those who refused to surrender continued their captive life, not only without enough to eat, but from now on they would have to do heavy manual labor every day: clearing the wasteland!

At the same time, the bigger change is that those companions who used to be as hard as them have become their top bosses in the blink of an eye, and they are still yelling at them and urging them to work hard.

This difference in treatment and the huge gap in the status of the two will bring great psychological shock to these two groups of people at the same time.

With this obvious gap contrast, the dozen or so people who surrendered first will be more glad for their original choice, and they may become more loyal to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

And those captives who refuse to surrender will slowly change their minds, seeing that the captives who were like themselves before are now living a life of superiority, unless they are those who are stubborn and loyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to continue to stick to the ideas in their hearts.

It is very possible that these people will slowly change their mentality and then turn to sincerity.

For what will be the final effect of such a routine, the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty, Madame Bai, is very confident, after hearing that a group of captives have been obedient, facing Bai Yunqi who came to report, she showed a calm look and said to her younger brother:

"In the past, those mud-legged old ladies in Lijiazhuang could be cleaned up and obedient, but now it is not easy to clean up dozens of prisoners!"

Even Emperor Li Xuan didn't know that there was Madame Bai's impetus behind this incident, but no matter what, he was still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, even if he was a puppet, he could learn a lot of news from the mouths of Liu Bagou and other courtiers.

After hearing that the captives had been packed up, he learned that Bai Yunqi had been running to his mother Madame Bai every day in the past few days, and he had already guessed the matter in his heart, and it must be led by Madame Bai behind this matter, and Bai Yunqi was just an executor.

However, he did not stop it, but secretly supported Mrs. Bai's approach, even if Liu Bagou said: The harem is important, even if Bai Yunqi is the uncle of the country, he can't run to the harem every day, Li Xuan didn't hear it.

Because he knew that Madame Bai had done all this for her son.

It has been more than half a year since he came to this time and space, and others are not sure about how Li Xuan is doing, but he is absolutely sure of how Madame Bai is about himself, that is, in the eyes of Madame Bai, there is only him Li Xuan, a precious son.

What other Tang Dynasty, even the daughter-in-law Dong Yunyun is just leftovers, and the importance is not even as good as a hair of Li Xuan.

Now that Madame Bai is using her uncle Bai Yunqi to recover the captives and try to establish an army that has always been directly loyal to the 'imperial family' and loyal to the emperor Li Xuan, how could he, Li Xuan, oppose it?

As for Liu Bagou's implication that the harem will lead to national danger and the like, Li Xuan didn't bother to refute him, the Tang Dynasty was a little bigger, and he was worthy of saying that the harem was a high-level problem?

If this can be said, then everyone should not play the game of the Tang Dynasty, because there are too many similar problems.

There are countless 'major' problems in the Tang Dynasty, and any one of them can endanger the country's social welfare, such as the bureaucratic system, from ancient times to the present, several thousands of years of history at home and abroad.

For another example, who has ever seen himself become emperor in a dream? But the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan's father Lear must have done just that!

If Li Xuan or his son or grandson really took shit luck, developed and defeated the Ming Dynasty and became the lord of Shenzhou, those historians would have a headache How to record the black history of the early Tang Dynasty, if this is recorded truthfully, I am afraid it will make future generations laugh for a thousand years.

It is estimated that I have to play some word games such as the White Snake Uprising and the Dream of the Immortals.

Therefore, Li Xuan scoffed at Liu Bagou's various worries and hints, and secretly continued to support his mother, giving Bai Yunqi all kinds of conveniences.

However, as a puppet emperor, Li Xuan watched his mother recover the bandits step by step with the help of his uncle Bai Yunqi's hands, and establish a standing army, and he also admired his mother Madame Bai's series of routines.

Speaking of playing conspiracy and trickery, in the huge Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that no one is the opponent of Mrs. Bai, and it is worthy of being the wife of the landlord's family, and this palace fighting skill is estimated to be full!

Just when Bai Yunqi was playing with his standing army rear army, Li Xuan also got news from the front line, saying that Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren had arrived and launched an attack on Jiguan Mountain, as for the result, it would not be for a while, and it was estimated that it would have to fight for a while.

However, Li Xuan knew that this time to attack Cockscomb Mountain, Fang Dongquan and their chances of success were very high, and the more than 200 people they brought with them were more well-equipped than the last time they went to Cockscomb Mountain.

In the last battle of Luohu Valley, more than 500 Ming troops fled in a hurry, and when they fled for their lives, they threw away everything that could be thrown away, not to mention the baggage such as military rations, and even the weapons they carried with them were also thrown away.

When cleaning the battlefield, the bandits in Huangzhushan not only obtained a large amount of military rations for the Ming army, but also obtained a large number of weapons and equipment.

With these captured weapons and equipment, the bandits in Huangzhushan suddenly changed their shotguns for cannons, hoes, wooden sticks, sickles and so on, and now they are using the standard weapons of the Ming army.

Not only conventional weapons such as steel knives and spears, but also firearms and more valuable armor.

The ordinary guards of the Ming army wore tattered cloth clothes, but some officers and a few backbone soldiers were well-equipped, and a few still wore armor.

Even if it is just the most ordinary cotton armor, it is also a defensive weapon, and there is even a set of chain mail that was originally worn by Zeng Ziyun, and later this set of chain mail was robbed by Butcher Chen.

The bandits in Huangzhushan with sharp weapons and thick armor, although the quality of their personnel is still the same as before, their combat effectiveness has definitely been improved.

Therefore, Li Xuan believed that it would be a matter of time before Fang Dongquan and their victorious return were over.

However, even if Fang Dongquan and they defeated Jiguan Mountain, there were still Huanggui Mountain and Black Tiger Village waiting for them to recover, so for a while, the Tang Dynasty's foreign expansion war would not stop.

Although the continuous war is suspected of costing the people and money, and even affecting the clearing of wasteland and spring sowing, the bandits in Huangzhushan can't control so much.

Because they all know very well that it won't take long for the next attack of the Ming army to come, and no matter how stupid people are, they know that the Ming army suffered a big loss last time, and even lost one thousand households, and the Ming army will definitely pay more attention to it, and there will be more Ming troops when the time comes.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty should take advantage of the precious time of winter to expand as much as possible and enhance its strength!

Their guess was indeed not wrong, and Ming Ting's reaction was indeed not small.

No, at this moment, Zhengtai County ushered in an unusual guest, he was Su Jiakang's top boss and the master of Song Zhiwen, the prefect of Xingquan Mansion.

After seeing Su Jiakang, this middle-aged scribe wearing a green shirt and holding a folding fan in winter directly handed him a handwritten letter from Song Zhiwen, the prefect of Xingquan Prefecture.

When Su Jiakang saw the letter, he took it back and lit it with a candle flame and turned it to ashes.

Immediately, he didn't seem to see Su Jiakang's frowning expression, but said directly: "Since your lord has already read the letter, you must know what to do!" ”