The clean-up of the thieves' village on Tai O Island was extremely smooth, and it only took one morning to get rid of the four large camps on Tai O Island, as well as a few small villages that had not been detected before, and none of the camps resisted, all of them opened their doors and surrendered, and a considerable number of people, animals and goods were seized. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Shen Xi strictly ordered that the booty should not be hidden, the booty was sealed and escorted to the coast along with the people and animals on the island.

The old pirate was escorted to Shen Xi, knelt on the ground, and begged bitterly: "Lord Junmen, please follow the previous agreement and spare the men, women, and children on the island." ”

Shen Xi said: "The human official will naturally let it go, but not now...... All the people on the island will be taken to Huanggang, the young will be imprisoned for a short time, and the women and children will be arranged to live in those deserted villages, and they will be handed over to the officers and soldiers of the Ayutthaya to take care of. After the official calms down Nanao Mountain, I will give you an explanation. ”

The old pirate was anxious when he heard this, and said: "The military gate is Mingjian, before going to the island, we were in Huanggang for the people, during which the bandits harassed many times, but the officers and soldiers of the Dacheng Institute turned a blind eye, and later we had children who were captured by the bandits and plundered to Nanao Island, but the officers and soldiers of the Dacheng Institute not only did not rescue, but accused us of being bandits, and sent troops to arrest people. ”

"Many of the people of this island have suffered the same fate, if you send the islanders to Huanggang and hand them over to the care of those officers and soldiers who are accused of thieves in Dacheng, when you come back from the military gate, I am afraid that we will be long gone."

Shen Xi didn't know if the old pirate's words were true or false, so he couldn't help but squint at the old pirate and asked, "When you say this, do you believe that this official can protect you and others?" ”

The old pirate looked sad: "If I knew this, it would be better to fight with the officers and soldiers, even if I die, I can finally give the women and children on the island a chance to escape by boat, and now I can only watch it fall into the hands of jackals...... Sadly, it was the old decay that harmed the villagers on the island! ”

These words sounded like self-blame, or a wail before the catastrophe was imminent, but Shen Xi always felt that the old pirate was putting pressure on him, and immediately frowned:

"The land around Huanggang is fertile and the water source is abundant, and once it is reclaimed, it will be fertile for thousands of miles. Now the bandits around Huanggang have been wiped out only in a moment, as long as they work hard in the future, plus a new crop is about to spread over from Guangzhou Prefecture, the yield is high, not to mention that it can be two to three crops a year, and it will not be difficult to live a good life in the future. ”

"As for the thousands of households in the big city that you are worried about, I only need to go to the Taoist order, and forgive them and they will not dare to do anything wrong."

During the war, Shen Xi didn't want to make extraneous branches, and now all two hundred households in Dacheng helped to suppress the bandit army and transport military rations, and at the same time sent special personnel to ensure the safety of Huanggang River, Yifeng River, Hanjiang and other ferries.

"In this case, please forgive the old man for not being able to persuade the bandits on Nanao Island to surrender, if they want to kill or chop, let the military dispose of them!" The old pirate said with a resolute expression.

Shen Xi's face became extremely ugly. Since the old pirate said such words, he could not be counted on in the next attack on Nanao Island, and a big war was imminent.

However, Shen Xi also needs a battle of a certain intensity to sharpen his soldiers and horses, if with the current troop configuration can not even conquer Nanao Island, then the bandit army does not need to continue to go north, as soon as possible to pack up the cover and roll back to Guangzhou Mansion, first train him for two or three years before considering sending troops.

Shen Xi looked indifferent: "This official has done this, and he has done his best." The mountain bandits captured on land before were mostly shown to the public, and even women and children were also assigned as pariahs, compared to the people on Tai O Island. Whoever comes, escort this person and his accomplices onto the ship, send them to the East Reef Platoon in batches, and then hand them over to the officers and soldiers left behind to send them to Huanggang for resettlement. ”

"Yes—"

One of the guards took the order, and as the old pirate was taken away, Shen Xi ordered: "Ordered the Thousand Households of Dacheng to be sent out by the Governor Fu to lead the army, and in order to avoid unnecessary casualties when attacking Da'ao Island, he gave the bandits on the island a promise to let them go to Huanggang to reclaim the famine." Let the thousands of households strictly follow the decision of the governor and the yamen, and if there is any excess, the governor will severely punish him! ”

"Order!"

Another guard took the Governor token and left.

At this time, the soldiers on the island were still immersed in the joy of victory in the battle and the unwillingness not to steal the spoils of war. Many generals secretly calculated that the seized goods on Da'ao Island would be divided into one point, and one person could have more than five dollars in the account, not to mention that there were more bandits and more goods on Nan'ao Island, which showed that it was still very good to follow Shen Xi to suppress bandits.

"God bless, let Lao Tzu win the next battle again and again, and when he finishes fighting pirates with Lord Tufu and saves enough silver, his children and grandchildren will be able to live a good life in the future, and Lao Tzu will be at ease in the guard as a resident, who likes to show who will go hard!"

Soldiers have their own little Jiujiu, and if they want to work hard once, they will eat and drink spicy food for the rest of their lives, and there are only a few people who want to be promoted to officers by accumulating military merits.

Ordinary soldiers are illiterate and have no lofty aspirations, and they only ask for a peaceful son with a hot kang head for their wives and children, and their promotion is far from getting rich.

Shen Xi understood that in order to make this group of soldiers who seek wealth to obey, it is necessary to make them feel that it is profitable to follow them, not only during the war, but also to be rewarded by the imperial court when they turn back, and to deal with this group of rough people, the simpler and rude the better.

The Daao soldiers took it without blood, and the thieves on the island, plus more than 800 old and weak women and children, plus the necessary living materials, sent to Huanggang at least ten boats.

Even so, Shen Xi still ordered the shipment to be shipped in batches, saving ships while making those thieves lose their subordinates and unable to converge, so that there was no need to worry about any of them making trouble or even rebelling.

As for the large amount of property, all of them were transported to the camp by the sea, and Shen Xi asked someone to count them, and at the same time sent people to thoroughly check the officers and soldiers who had been to the cottage before to see if they had secretly seized the booty.

If you hadn't reminded you before, private hiding can only say that greed is human nature, and it will be okay to beat the stick, but now that Shen Xi has set up the rules, whoever dares to hide it boldly is looking for death by himself.

Before going to the island yesterday, Shen Xi ordered the officers and men not to carry silver money with them, because the excuse they found was that the silver money could not be used on the island, and it would be extremely inappropriate to carry it on their bodies if they were lost during the war, so they would all be left on the ship and kept by a special person, and they would be returned to the land after returning to the mainland.

Before, whether it was a general or an ordinary soldier, he didn't understand Shen Xi's rule, but now he finally woke up, this is obviously a pit dug for everyone to jump!

If you don't search, you don't know, but if you search for it, there are really people who have privately withheld goods.

When a veteran soldier searched the bandit's house, he found a gold wrench weighing one or two, and he didn't want to hand it over, so he hid it in his shoes, and this time the soldiers who searched it were found out. Those who were ordered to be in charge of the search were also veteran ruffians, and it was easy to figure out the psychology of their companions by comparing their hearts to their hearts.

In the end, the veteran soldier Youzi was escorted to Shen Xi, and many people in the army came to watch, and some of them did not look right, obviously having ghosts in their hearts.

Shen Xi showed a cold smile on his face, the deterrence of fighting a Jing Yue was not enough, the officers and soldiers couldn't resist the lure of money, and felt that it was a big deal to be beaten with a military stick like Jing Yue, not to mention that there was still a great chance that they couldn't find it. Now Shen Xi wants to let them know that there is a reason why they must be punished.

Aren't you unruly, aren't you cheating and playing tricks, don't you think that the eldest of heaven and your second child ignore the orders of the governor? Get your head moving now!

"My lord, this is just searched, can you take a look?"

Qianhu Sun Xinian presented the golden wrench finger to Shen Xi, and he could smell a foul smell from afar, obviously these veterans don't like to be clean.

Shen Xi didn't stretch out his hand to take it, and said coldly: "This official beat Jing Deputy Qianhu before, and there are still people who commit crimes against the wind, raise their heads!" ”

"Your Excellency told you to look up!"

The superintendent and guard next to him directly carried the old soldier's oily hair, and let his face face face Shen Xi, one or two hated itchy, Jing Deputy Qianhu's private loot was beaten, we honestly sent back the privately withheld goods, do you dare to hide it privately? Especially if it's such a valuable thing as a golden wrench!

You don't really want to show us that you're bold, are you?

Shen Xi shouted: "Are you guilty? ”

The soldier tilted his head and said, "I don't know the crime, fighting has always been like this, whoever grabs it is whoever, it is justified!" ”

"I really ate the heart of a bear and a leopard gall...... Pull it out and behead it, and the canonical punishment will be clear! Shen Xi waved his hand.

"Huh?"

The veteran Youzi, who was still arguing with Shen Xi just now, was speechless in an instant, didn't he say that the crime he secretly hid was just a military stick? Why was Jing Deputy Qianhu just beaten, and when he came to me, he was going to be beheaded for public display?

Shen Xi angrily pointed at the veteran's head and said, "If I don't kill you, it's not enough to be angry!" The goods you have withheld from your personal possession are a reward for all the officers and men to feed their families, and the goods have gone into your pocket, and you have sent the officers and men of the three armies and their families to drink the northwest wind? ”

I have to say that Shen Xi is definitely a master in intrigue and sowing discord.

Originally, the generals and soldiers present felt that the old soldier was pitiful, and thought that the punishment of the Governor was too heavy, but after hearing Shen Xi's words, they immediately changed their positions and were filled with righteous indignation...... Okay, you dare to steal Lao Tzu's money, everyone learns from you, isn't the money in Lao Tzu's pocket hollowed out by you?

At this time, no one realized that in fact, a one-tael-heavy gold wrench was evenly divided into four thousand soldiers, and each person had about a penny.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

At last the officers and men had already begun to shout together, strongly demanding that the old soldier be guillotined.

Shen Xi naturally obeyed the will of the people, and soon ordered the Ming Zheng canonical punishment, and when the head of the people landed, the audience fell silent, and Shen Xi said in a timely manner: "I just searched a camp tent and found a private collector...... Now the official will give those who are obsessed with a period of time, and if they repent, the official will not be blamed for the past, but if there is any more wealth and goods with him and do not declare it, they will be beheaded once they are found...... Let's disperse, let's search in an hour! ”

Shen Xi returned to the big tent of the Chinese army. When the guards searched the camp after half an hour, not many of them had voluntarily handed over their private belongings, but some discarded gold and silver jewelry and broken silver could be seen everywhere in the clearing.

Obviously, the officers and soldiers who had hidden their belongings before no longer dared to ignore Shen Xi's orders, but they didn't want to hand them over and be known that they had embezzled public property before, so they had to find an opportunity to throw away their private belongings, as long as they couldn't find their heads, everything would be fine. (To be continued.) )