After such a great victory, he could not do with the spoils of war, as long as there were more than 2,000 captives, with swords, guns, instruments, gongs, drums, tents, grain, grass, horses, gold and silver treasures, and beautiful women stolen by thieves. Is this Mr. Lin's head watered?

On the one hand, the natural disasters in recent years have been serious, and in some places such as Shaanxi, there is even no harvest all year round, thousands of miles of red land, and hungry people are everywhere, not to mention paying taxes to the imperial court, and the imperial court has to pay money to help them.

On the other hand, there are constant wars outside the border, the war with Mengyuan, the war with Jiannu, no matter who the war is with, in the final analysis, it is all about money. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials took the opportunity to loot the people's fat and ointment, and those unscrupulous traders and tycoons speculated and drilled camps, evaded taxes, and the silver went to private pockets.

The treasury has been in deficit for many years, and it has long been beyond its means, and Emperor Chongzhen has used his internal funds to make up for the holes at every turn, and now the internal funds are also in an emergency. Arrears of food and wages are very common in the army, and some people are even unable to pay their salaries when they are adults, soldiers mutinied and become thieves abound, and it is not uncommon to kill good people and take meritorious deeds.

This phenomenon is most serious in Shaanxi, so this is also one of the fundamental reasons for the outbreak of thieves in Shaanxi.

Under such circumstances, the phenomenon of empty salaries in the army is serious, and the officers leading the troops make false reports about the establishment, and they are eager to reduce the number of generals under them by a large margin, so that more of the food and salary allocated by the imperial court can flow into their pockets, and this is called filling their pockets.

In such a situation, who would want these captives? If the normal food and salary can't be paid, what can we use to support them? If you don't kill them all, throwing off the prisoners is equivalent to throwing off the burden!

Therefore, Shaanxi's one is one and the other, and the two general soldiers turned their hearts over, looked at each other tacitly, and they all agreed.

As a result, Lin Yi really didn't ask for those loot, and Li Guoqi and Huang Ming really dumped all the prisoners of this battle to Lin Yi.

Of course, Lin Yi knew in his heart, the trophies of more than 10,000 thieves in the first battle of Longmen Mountain, plus the trophies of more than 20,000 thieves in the first battle of Suide, these trophies were piled up, and they couldn't take any more Lin Yi.

As for the trophies of the more than 10,000 thieves in Yichuan, I simply gave them a favor. After all, the two of them are the orthodox military attaches in Shaanxi, and they are just here to help suppress the thieves. The Shaanxi army has lost a lot of people in a row, shed a lot of blood, sweated a lot, has no merit and hard work, and now it is finally a victory, even if this bit of loot is pitiful, reward them, after all, at the moment, everyone is mixed in a trench to suppress thieves.

The result was very happy, and Li Guoqi, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, and Huang Ming, the deputy chief soldier, praised Lin Yi's righteousness and discussed the matter of the court's meritorious service.

wiped out five thief leaders at once, fifty or sixty thousand thief soldiers, and folded it to the Longshu case, it must be Longyan Dayue. The three of them, including Ding Qirui, the governor of Shaanxi, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, all had to be rewarded by the imperial court.

Of course Lin Yi didn't care about these fames, the previous two battles had already been made very clear in the letter to the two of them, and this time the battle was in front of them, and they were familiar with it. Let the two of them draft casually, and the general soldier of Shaanxi found a copywriter and quickly drafted the excerpt for Lin Yi to see.

Lin Yi took a rough look, it is basically a fact, of course, Lin Yi's credit is the greatest, followed by the Shaanxi General Soldier Li Guoqi, and then the Deputy Chief Soldier Huang Ming, but they should render the place to make a big fuss, and the place that should be emphasized is emphasized, of course, this is to highlight the merits of the Shaanxi General Soldier Li Guoqi and the Deputy Chief Soldier Huang Ming, Lin Yi will not fight with them for these, after reading it, he agreed, and then the three chief soldiers signed the official fold and used the seal.

Of course, Lin Yi knew that this excerpt could not fly to the case of Emperor Chongzhen's dragon book, and it had to go through the layers of processing and packaging by Ding Qirui, the governor of Shaanxi, and Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides.

After finishing these things, Lin Yi took his 5,000 men and horses, held more than 2,000 prisoners, and temporarily stayed in Yichuan to stand by.

The soldiers and horses of Li Guoqi and Huang Ming, the commanders of Shaanxi, were in one place, and the two commanders took their men and horses back to Xi'an for the time being.

In the next battle, they should move their divisions to the south and encircle and suppress the troops of the thieves Zhang Xianzhong, Ma Huihui and Luo Rucai, but this must be ordered by the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of the three sides.

Before leaving, the two chief military officers of Shaanxi, as landlords, held a sumptuous banquet in Yichuan, and after the three chief military officers were full of food and drink, Lin Yi personally sent the two out of the city.

The thousands of Shaanxi soldiers outside had already been prepared, the carts and small cars were full of boarding, and the cattle were also loaded on their backs, of course, they were all food and booty, and so on.

The two chief officers said goodbye to Lin Yi, and left Yichuan with a large group of men and horses, and drove to Xi'an Mansion.

No matter how big the cost, how many defeats they have suffered, how many officers and soldiers have been killed and wounded, and finally they have finally won, and they will be regarded as having an explanation to their superiors and the court, so they will not be punished again, and they will definitely be rewarded for their meritorious service, so the two chief soldiers feel comfortable seeing everything, their mentality is relaxed, their hearts are relaxed, and they also have a smile on their faces.

The two of them chatted while walking, and they talked about Lin Yi, in addition to praising Lin Yi's courage and strategy, they also had some contempt and disdain for Lin Yi.

Huang Mingdao: "My lord, Mr. Lin has repeatedly defeated the Tartars, and he has appeased many Mongolian tribes for the imperial court, and now this time the thieves have made such a great feat, the emperor will definitely be happy and rewarded him, and this person's future is limitless."

"What Brother Huang said is that Mr. Lin was brave at a young age, and he was a dependent minister of the imperial court, and it is said that he soared from a border soldier to the chief soldier, and in just a few years, he was a genius...... However," Li Guoqi said this, paused slightly, and the praise and envy on his face decreased a lot.

Then he smiled disdainfully: "But Mr. Lin is still young in the end, if you want so many prisoners, you will see that it is cheap, and you will suffer a big loss in the future!"

"What the lord said is that he thinks he has too few soldiers and horses, and is eager to expand his strength, but the problem of food and salary is a big problem, the treasury is so tight, once the court can't allocate food and salary, a thief is a thief after all, the thief's nature is difficult to change, mutiny is inevitable, and it is unknown that it will cause a big disaster. Huang Ming also smiled and responded.

"Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, sweeping tiger, Guotianxing, which is not capricious, this time the court may not dare to recruit them again, the prime minister's Xiong Wencan, the soldier of the five provinces, is in prison, it is said that Yang Ge, the secretary of the military department, has also been reprimanded by the emperor, this time he came down to personally supervise the teacher, and he will definitely kill these thieves. It's a pity that this old brother Lin still dares to take in their captives, it's really ......" Li Guoqi said this, shaking his head.

"My lord, it is said that Mr. Lin not only co-opted those thieves, but also boldly released them, as long as they are unwilling to follow him as a soldier, they will all be exempted from their crimes, and they will not be blamed for the past, unconditionally released, if someone impeaches, Mr. Lin may really be to blame."

"Speaking of which, Lin Yi is still young and short after all, forget about him, don't talk about him, don't talk about him." ……

After sending off the soldiers and horses of the two chief military officers in Shaanxi, Lin Yi ordered Suide's soldiers and horses to be transferred along with the prisoners.

During this period, Lin Yi took Yichuan as his temporary base, cleaned the battlefield, buried the corpses, rested the soldiers and horses, repaired the damaged city defense and civilian facilities, strictly enforced military discipline, and went out to reassure the people. Put up a notice of the fall of the thieves, and tell thousands of households, so that they do not need to panic and live and work in peace and contentment.

A few days later, Wang Jian, the military officer, took 3,000 soldiers from the new training camp, escorted 5,000 thieves and prisoners, drove the booty of large carts and small cars, a group of 8,000 people, carts and horses, and drove from Suide to Yichuan.

Now these thousands of captives are very honest, their leaders are all finished, they are willing to surrender to save their lives, although these days the official army did not let them go, but they did not kill them, they did not even receive any abuse, they should eat and let them eat, they should drink and let them drink, and they should sleep and let them sleep.

It's just that these thieves are not down-to-earth in their hearts, and they don't kill or let go, so will they continue like this? Especially when they were escorted out, they heard that they were going to be escorted to Yichuan, and they were even more bottomless, should Lord Lin regret it, should he execute them there?

On the way, these thieves dared to ask Wang Jian.

Wang Jian smiled and reassured them, Lord Lin has always followed his words, if you don't kill and surrender, you won't kill and surrender, if you don't believe it, there are soldiers in the army who will surrender to generals, but you can ask them to know.

Some of the thieves and generals also killed thieves in this battle, and like other meritorious soldiers, they have been registered in the merit book, waiting to be cashed in the future. These people used to be the subordinates who shot the sky and swept the tiger, the former Longmen Mountain battle, they became Lin Yi's prisoners, with the mentality of trying it out, after surrendering Lin Yi, I didn't expect that there was really no discrimination, the equipment, food and drink were the regular army treatment of the Ming Dynasty, and now they have made meritorious contributions, they are all glad to have chosen the right way, and followed the right adult, which is much more decent than being a thief!

As soon as Wang Jian said this, for the sake of everyone being a thief in the past, some of them really secretly told these captives their experiences, completely voluntarily, and those who were willing to be soldiers would stay, and distribute armor, swords, guns, and food and salary, and in the future, they would become Lin Daren's soldiers, and they would be treated equally. If you don't want to leave, you will not be blamed for the great crimes in the past, and you can slap your ass and leave if you make a promise not to be a thief again.

These thieves' eyes are wide open, like listening to a book from heaven, is there really such a cheap thing in the world? Lord Lin is really a bodhisattva! The thieves spread, and they were all envious, but when they arrived in Yichuan, they didn't know if the halo of luck would cover their heads, and their eyes were full of anticipation with ropes. Therefore, along the way, these 5,000 captives were obedient one by one, let them go east and not west, let them go, and stop when they stopped.

With so many thieves, traveling hundreds of miles in the mountains and wilderness, Wang Jian and they didn't encounter any trouble at all.

After seeing Lin Yi, Wang Jian handed over the order. Explaining what happened on the road, Lin Yi laughed and praised Wang Jian for a few words, he did a good job. Then, Lin Yi combined the prisoners on the battlefield of Suide and the prisoners on the battlefield of Yichuan, there were 8,000 people, and then told them that the policy towards the prisoners was really decided completely according to their wishes, and they were not reluctant.

When these thieves heard that there was really such a cheap thing in the world, they expressed their willingness to eat food and become soldiers, and they were willing to swear allegiance to Lord Lin, so they stripped off the thief's skin and served the imperial court. Only a small number of people are tired of these days of fighting and killing, and there are still children and relatives at home, so they choose to receive education, take off their military uniforms after registration, and return to their hometowns to be obedient people, never to be thieves.

A total of more than 3,000 people were unconditionally released, and many of these 3,000 people were persuaded to leave by Lin Yi's generals, because they were weak or disabled after a physical examination, and were not suitable to continue to stay in Lin Yi's team.

Lin Yi recruited prisoners, of course, he couldn't be like other warlords, in order to make up the numbers, he touched his head and did everything, one was to be young and middle-aged, and the other was to have a similar physique, at least he couldn't have injuries and defects, otherwise he would be cannon fodder when he arrived in the army, which was a matter of human life, and in the end, a total of more than 4,000 people were recruited.

Lin Yi immediately sent an order, giving them military uniforms, equipment, food and salary, etc., of course, these military supplies came from the spoils of these wars, the two battles annihilated the three major bands of thieves 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the weapons obtained were of course more than enough to support these thousands of people in a short period of time, and of course there was no problem with the supply of food and salary at the moment, and Lin Yi had already calculated these accounts.

These 4,000 people used to be the essence of the stars, mud, and lights, but now they have become Lin Yi's army.

From thieves to soldiers, not only to change military uniforms, give them benefits to make them grateful, but also to get rid of their banditry as soon as possible, it is necessary to rely on iron discipline to restrain them, so these 4,000 people are concentrated on instilling discipline and then dispersed, and integrated into Lin Yi's 8,000 men and horses, all flags, teams, and battalions, disrupting order, and then leading the troops accordingly to instill discipline and manage them, no matter who violates military discipline, of course, they are also treated equally.

The 4,000 prisoners were rectified for nearly ten days, and in addition to listening to reports, Lin Yi personally visited and inspected the battalions from time to time every day, until he felt that the whole was almost the same, and then he was relieved.

It is not easy to digest these more than 5,000 people (including the more than 1,000 people who were previously adapted to shoot the sky and sweep the tiger), for these thieves at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Lin Yi has long studied them, and formed a set of plans to conquer them in his heart, and he must prescribe the right medicine, combine rigidity and softness, combine leniency and severity, and give both grace and might, only in this way can he control them.

Now Lin Yi's men and horses have exceeded 12,000 people, and it has been half a month since the thieves here were exterminated.

Lin Yi felt very satisfied as if he had completed a big project, and in the future, he would pull more than 10,000 horses to fight, and this would be like a chief military officer.

"Brother Lin, with such an increase in soldiers and horses all of a sudden, what if the imperial court doesn't allocate food and salary?" Xiaoying is worried.

"What are you afraid of, there is a God of Wealth following." Lin Yi smiled and looked at Zhezhe.

"Brother Lin laughed, Zhezhe is the god of wealth, Zhezhe's savings are all at the disposal of Brother Lin, but just like that, after a long time, so many people will sit and eat empty."

"Don't worry, as long as we can win the battle, we are not afraid of running out of money and food, and we don't need to steal or rob when we are in time, so someone will naturally send it."

"What Brother Lin said is, if you annihilate a few more bandits, you will have everything, who are we going to fight in the next battle?"

"I don't know, just wait, I should be about to have an eyebrow." ……

Sure enough, within two days, the order of Zheng Chongjian, the governor of the three sides, arrived. In this order, Lin Yi and his three general soldiers were first praised for their meritorious work in suppressing thieves, saying that the emperor's holy decree had not yet been issued, and the report of the victory had already been handed over.

But now the military situation is urgent, Zhang Xianzhong's 80,000 troops have arrived in Xing'an, Zuo Liangyu's men and horses are fighting fiercely with them, He Renlong's men and horses are in Guangyuan and Ma Hui's team is on fire, Luo Rucai's men and horses have killed Yunyang and Junzhou, and there is a great tendency to enter Shaanxi.

Governor Zheng asked Lin Yi's men and horses to immediately go to the Baishui River south of Shangzhou, that is, the area of Shanyang County, Shaanxi Province, in later generations, to prevent Luo Rucai's men and horses from running into Shangluo Mountain, and then flow to Shaanxi to cause chaos. At the same time, he ordered Li Guoqi, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, and Huang Ming, the deputy commander-in-chief, to lead their troops to Xing'an, which is the future Ankang, to stop Zhang Xianzhong, and to stop the three bandits in any case and exterminate them in southern Shaanxi.

In the end, Zheng Chongjian emphasized after this order, which way the men and horses lost the battle, and the previous credit for suppressing the thieves was in vain, Chaoyan will definitely be strictly responsible, and those who are convicted of serious crimes must be remembered.

After receiving this will, Lin Yi knew that a more difficult person was coming, Luo Rucai's nickname was Cao Cao, Lin Yi knew this person before he crossed, and the shadow of this person was often found in history books and film and television works in the late Ming Dynasty.

Luo Rucai is also a native of Shaanxi, speaking of which I have to admit that Shaanxi is worthy of being a revolutionary holy land, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the revolutionaries here presented a "blowout" shape, Gao Yingxiang, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, Liu Zongmin, Gao Jie, Li Chengdong, etc., these revolutionary bigwigs are all from Shaanxi, although there are many heroes in the late Ming Dynasty, Yang Sichang father and son, Zheng Chongjian, Ding Qirui, Fu Zonglong, Hong Chengchou, etc. Wu Sangui and others were more able to fight than one another, but the revolutionary bigwigs in Shaanxi finally gave the life of the Ming Chongzhen court to "revolution".

Luo Rucai's fame once overshadowed Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. He also debuted much earlier than Li Zicheng, when Gao Yingxiang was called the king, Li Zicheng was still an inconspicuous pawn in the army, and Luo Rucai was already famous at that time. According to historical records, when the strength was at its greatest, Luo Rucai's troops had three or four hundred thousand troops, and like Lao Hui Ma Shouying, he was one of the most important figures in the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty.

After accepting Xiong Wencan's recruitment, Luo Rucai seized Yunyang and Junzhou, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled in Gucheng, he responded in Yunyang and Junzhou, and Lao Huihui also raised the banner in Hunan, the strength of these people is now much greater than Li Zicheng, it is because they contain a large number of officers and troops, Li Zicheng has the opportunity to kill Shangluoshan and flee to Henan.

Therefore, Lin Yi knew that a trickier opponent was coming......