The thieves who ran behind were chased by the officers and soldiers and killed on the ground.

Some of the thieves saw that they couldn't run, so they quickly threw down their guns, fell to their knees and surrendered.

These people are lucky, because they didn't meet Hong Chengchou's generals, and they won't be like He Renlong who entertained them with a banquet while ambushing soldiers and horses to kill him, they met Lin Yi.

Because unlike fighting with the Tartars, Lin Yi had already ordered that he was not allowed to kill and surrender, so these people were able to survive.

The battle to hunt down the remnants was still ongoing, and Lin Yi's new training camp and the tigers from the standard camp were chasing after them.

It's not okay to talk about fighting these thieves, and it's not okay to talk about running them, because don't talk about these soldiers of the new training camp, they can't compete with the iron cavalry of the 2000 standard battalion alone, it is an elite combination of Tianxiong Army and Guanning Tieqi.

Therefore, they did not run for several miles, except for those who were shrewd and surrendered first, and the rest were cut down to the ground, and blood was splashed on the mountains.

But the bandits are bandits after all, and some of the rest can really run, and the sweeping tiger with a bunch of wolves rushes to the swoop, and the officers and soldiers are chasing after them, and then the thieves feel that they can't run like this, and they have to disperse and run up the mountain, and when they reach the halfway up the mountain, they know that they won't go right away, the bow and arrow can't reach, and they can escape if they can't hit the firecracker.

But this time he was wrong again, Zu Keyong and Wang Jian's men and horses, after killing the thieves who caught up, chased them down the hillside, ordered them to dismount, and continued the pursuit on foot.

The physical strength of these generals is very good, because Lin Yi has conducted special physical training for them, which is the training method of special soldiers in later generations. Now that it is used, the hillside that the thieves can climb up is a piece of cake for Lin Yi's generals.

Those thieves are terrible at first sight, they are going to kill them all!

Originally, they wanted to run into the mountains and play hide and seek with these officers and soldiers, but it seemed that there was no chance now, and the officers and soldiers ran much faster than them, and soon caught up, slashed and killed, and the dead bodies of the thieves stained the rocks red, and they all came down the hillside.

Some were shot by bows and arrows, and these thieves who were chasing had no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, and there were originally more than 10,000 people and horses, but now no one can take care of anyone, and the team is getting smaller and smaller.

The sweeping tiger ran desperately up the hill, but his wound was painful and he shed a lot of blood, and now he couldn't run anymore, so he could only grab a vine, snorting and panting, and the arrows were in his ears, whistling from time to time.

Looking back, the officers and soldiers have caught up, and there are fewer and fewer people around him. No, you have to run up.

But this time he ran a few steps ahead, and a Ming army caught up with him, it was Wang Jian, and he slashed with a knife on his bloody face.

If it is on flat ground, under the condition that two people are equal, an objective and fair competition, Wang Jian is not the opponent of this sweeping tiger. But now it's different, although both of them are injured, but Wang Jian chased him on horseback for a long time, and now he gets off the horse to chase him, and the physical exertion of the two people is completely different. In addition, the sweeping tiger is now on the slope of the mountain, and he can't use his specialty to slash the knife, but Wang Jian doesn't have these restraints, and he was stabbed in the face by this kid, and the revenge of disfigurement can't be avenged, so Wang Jian aimed at him and chased him to death.

There is really no way to sweep the floor tiger now, so that every day is not good and the ground should not be called. If there is a regret medicine seller in the world, then he won't cut Wang Jian's knife just now, and now he kneels down and begs for mercy, maybe there is still a possibility of survival, or he shouldn't have listened to the shooting at all, if he wants to fight Lin Yi and their ambush according to his own plan, how can there be such a thing today, but where to find this regret medicine?

The sweeping tiger was annoyed, barely coped with two moves, screamed and was stabbed by Wang Jian, and then Wang Jian slammed the knife, and the sweeping tiger went down.

Wang Jian was afraid that he would not die, so he jumped down the mountain and chopped off his head with a click. Carrying his head, not to mention whether he has made meritorious service or not, he finally let out a bad breath.

At this time, all the thieves were gone, either captives or dead bodies, and there was blood everywhere.

Zu Keyong and Wang Jianbing joined forces to cut off all the heads of these dead thieves, and reported their injuries to the imperial court in the future. Then press the thieves who surrendered and go back.

When they walked back, they found that before they knew it, they had chased the thieves for more than 20 miles.

After going back to hand over the order to Lin Yi, he found a suitable place, set up camp and went down to the village, kept all the heads of the sweeping tiger and the shooting sky, and registered all the heads of the rest of these ordinary thieves, and then treated the wounded, counted the number of people, cleaned up the battlefield, buried the corpses, took care of the trophies, and dealt with post-war affairs.

This battle lasted for more than two hours, and the more than 10,000 thieves who had planned to eat Lin Yi's 7,000 men and horses and loot their belongings were scattered in this way. The officers and soldiers cut off more than 3,000 heads, captured more than 4,000 people, and the whereabouts of the remaining thousands are unknown.

For these more than 4,000 captives, Lin Yi dealt with them like this, one did not fight, two did not scold, three did not kill, did not blame the past, gave them two ways, those who were willing to join them as soldiers, gave them a chance, those who were not willing to be soldiers, asked their names and addresses and registered them, and then told them not to be thieves anymore, so that there would be no good end after all, and then dismissed them on the spot.

These thieves never dreamed that it would be so cheap, they thought that if they were captured, they would definitely die nine deaths. Because the trick of surrender has been played badly by Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, these capricious people, and the people in the government have been deceived, even if they really surrender, can they still be trusted? Can you spare them? The reason why they chose to surrender was that they were completely forced to helpless just now, and it was a while to be able to live for a while, but they didn't expect that God had eyes and let them meet Commander Lin.

These people couldn't believe that Lin Yi would treat them so favorably, no matter how big the sin was before, no matter how many lives they had, they would be wiped off with one stroke, and they would be given two ways to live, and it seemed that either of the two roads was good, they could save their lives, and they could still let them eat food and become soldiers?

Some people just have the mentality of trying it out, and there are really many who are willing to stay and be soldiers, and as a result, Lin Yi has recruited more than 1,600 people. The remaining more than 2,000 people, after Lin Yi registered them for education, they were really dismissed unconditionally.

When these people really gained freedom, they knew how precious life is, because this is equivalent to them have died once, reborn after the catastrophe, people who have not experienced it can not understand at all, the feeling of being hit by a pie falling from the sky, in addition to secretly glad that he met the living Bodhisattva Lin Yi, he firmly remembered the number of Lin Yi, the general soldier of Miyun, and made up his mind that he would not dare to be a thief again in the future. But it is impossible to be so lucky every time, how many people who have fought against the court in the past dynasties have had a good end?

Of the more than 1,600 people who were adapted, Lin Yi announced in public that they would let go of their burdens and regain their lives, and from now on, their salaries will be paid, and they can also be rewarded if they have merit, and no one may discriminate against them, but if there is a collaborator who defects, Ling Chi will be executed.

Where can you find such a bargain? These people didn't dare to dream of it, knelt on the ground and thanked Ling Ling, kowtowed their heads to thank Lin Yi, and thanked Lin Yi's eight generations of ancestors.

Lin Yi asked Wang Jian to lead them down, explained them the discipline in the army, and then dispersed to each flag and battalion, and a small flag commander or chief flag commander led them away.

After two days of rectification, Lin Yi's casualties in this battle were filled by them, so that Lin Yi's 7,000 men and horses not only did not decrease, but there were more than 1,000 more people after this battle, and now the total number of troops under his command has reached 8,200.

After finding a place to set up camp and go down to the village, Zu Keyong came to see Lin Yi that night, and after giving a salute, he said, "My lord, how many words do my subordinates don't know whether to say or not?"

"Grandbrother has something to say, please tell me in person, how did you talk about it." Lin Yi said with a smile.

Although Zu Keyong knew that he would never be able to run away from talking here, he still lowered his voice and said: "My lord's matter today, my lord's grace and subordinates really admire, but is it too merciful to them?" Those people said that they would be released, and now these people have been incorporated again, the thieves are capricious people, in case something goes up to blame, adults can't get out of it, adults don't forget the lessons of Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the five provinces, and others. And the temper of the saint is clear today, and Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others regard us as a thorn in the flesh, and they will definitely slander when they free their hands in this matter, and in the humble opinion of their subordinates, this matter is not accommodating with Mr. Zheng. ”

Lin Yi smiled, "Brother Zu had no choice but to understand Lin's heart." But Brother Zu, please rest assured, Lin has already considered this matter. Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian wanted to make waves, but they couldn't spare their hands anymore, because Lin watched the sky at night, Yang Sichang and they must have a big trouble recently, and they couldn't care about harming us at all. As for Governor Zheng, it is not too late for us to wait until we finish suppressing the thieves here, and besides, we have adopted these people to help the court to suppress the thieves, and the purpose of releasing those people is to influence them to abandon evil and follow good, and to be obedient people of the Ming Dynasty, why not? ”

Lin Yi said in his heart, is there any need for such a trivial matter, a dignified governor, he can't be the master of releasing or co-opting a few thieves, so it's a fart. However, Zu Keyong is well-intentioned, afraid of being victimized by traitorous ministers, if Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian and others detain this matter to recruit troops and horses privately, or secretly collaborate with bandits, it will be a big crime.

However, Lin Yi didn't worry about these two traitors, because Lin Yi was familiar with this history and knew that Yang Sichang and they would be finished soon. He can't wipe the off his body, so he still has the heart to harm others? Even if you have the heart, you don't have a chance.

In this troubled world, if you don't want to accumulate some strength, how can you do it? A few years later, the company of the Ming Dynasty will also be closed, and the boss will also be replaced, this is the death of the Ming Dynasty, and his current official position is even more powerless. What are you going to do with these traitors, lackeys, corrupt officials? The weak eat the strong, and if you don't have the strength, you have to be slaughtered, and everything else is out of the question.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using thieves to expand their strength, these people in the Ming Dynasty don't care if he was a thief or a soldier before, as long as they can be harnessed to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty from being bullied by the Tartars in the future, this is enough, as for the others, they are secondary.

"Since this is the case, my subordinates are relieved." Zu Keyong said in his heart, my lord, I can also see that Yang Sichang and they are about to be in trouble? Really?

Zu Keyong pondered in his heart, thinking that in two or three years, he could be promoted from a border soldier to the chief military officer of the imperial court, killing factory guards, punishing Tartars, exterminating thieves, and doing everything, he concluded that this must be true, because Lord Lin is a strange person through the ages, and his speech has never been different.

Thinking of this, Zu Keyong was happy.