Li Zicheng immediately slashed his sword, and he was quite happy that he had won the battle, and at this time he secretly said in his heart: "After this battle, our army has been tempered with blood, and there is already a strong army, as long as there are more victories, Luoyang can be defeated!" That's all for later, it's time to clean up the battlefield. ”

After thinking about it, Li Zicheng said to Li Guo: "Shelter the rout of the official army, their combat strength is not weak, and they are all from poor families, tell them about our policies, let them be used by us." When our army's war losses are reported, they should be treated as a bereavement pension and a medical treatment. ”

"Yes, King Chuang. It's just that I don't know how to deal with the wounded in the officers and soldiers? Is it killed? Li Guo was about to leave, but suddenly thought of this matter, so he asked.

Li Zicheng thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Since our army started its army, it has never embarrassed the poor people. Although the officers and soldiers are enemy troops, they also fight for their livelihood.

We don't embarrass them, but there are wounded in the officers and soldiers, they will be treated as one, and the seriously injured can be temporarily sheltered, and when we reach their hometowns, we will give them fields, but we need them to come to our begging army. ”

"Yes, King Chuang, I know."

When Li Guo got the order, he ordered the commanders in the army, holding megaphones, riding horses and whips, galloping in all directions, shouting the prisoner policy of the beggar army.

"Surrender and don't kill, treat the prisoners preferentially! Surrender without killing, treat the captives preferentially! ”

The scattered officers and soldiers had no way to escape, and they had no choice but to surrender.

After the battle, Li Zicheng ordered Li Guo to count the battle losses, and the beggar army lost 378 men, 120 seriously wounded, and minor wounds, with a total loss of nearly 500 men, while the officers and soldiers were killed and seriously wounded in the battle, with a total loss ratio of nearly 1 to 5.

This battle loss ratio is acceptable, and the rest of the matter is to preach the policy of the beggar army, absorb these officers and soldiers from poor people's families into the beggar army, and then disperse and deploy them to each squad, so as to enrich the strength of the beggar army.

It is not difficult to use the surrender army, it is rare to stimulate the sense of ownership of these surrendered troops, and it is not as simple as eating a salary to fight a war, but also for the happiness of oneself, one's own family, and the happiness of thousands of poor people.

In this matter, the instructors Megatron and Shocking Heaven each selected and sent capable men in the army to interpret the policy in depth on a small scale, so as to influence the officers and soldiers to surrender to the army, so that they could truly integrate into the begging army.

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Gou Yu never thought that he would be selected as a beggar army to explain the policy far away.

The above statement is that he has the only dog left in his family, but he actively supports the policy of the beggar army and is willing to enter the beggar army, which is an activist and worthy of appreciation, so he can naturally show up and speak and arouse the resonance of others.

The object that Gou Yu needs to explain is the twenty former officers and soldiers sitting in front of him, who are sitting on the small bench in an orderly manner, looking up at Gou Yu sitting on the Taishi's chair.

Gou Yu saw respect and fear in the eyes of these officers and soldiers, such a look was once revealed when Gou Yu looked at the officers and soldiers, and now, things are wrong, the officers and soldiers have actually become defeated generals, and he has also become a team leader, what he has to do now is to tell these officers and soldiers everything that happened to him.

"I used to be a farmer, and my family was poor..........."

Gou Yu has never read a book, and his rhetoric may not be very ornate, but if he just talks about what he has experienced, the ordinary and simple language is more infectious, substitutional, and more convincing.

At first, the officers and soldiers did not understand why they had been divided into groups of twenty.

Without an answer, some people think about the worst outcome of things, and the worst outcome is nothing more than killing and surrendering.

Because they were afraid of being killed, when they first entered the house, the soldiers of the officers and soldiers were very nervous, and when they first saw the dog, their eyes showed more fear.

But after they listened to the dog's experience for a long time, they gradually became less nervous, and their hearts were filled with great curiosity.

How can there be thieves in the world who do this, do not burn, kill, and plunder, unlike locusts, who eat up one place and move to another, and actually beat corrupt officials and gentry, and divide the land, which is like a dream.

"Dare to ask Shangguan, did the king you said really give you grain and land?"

An officer and soldier surrendered to the army after listening to it for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it anymore and asked out loud.

"That's natural, at first I heard King Chuang say this in Zhengjiazhuang, and said that his old man was joking, who knew that King Chuang's old man would do what he said. Our family divided the food for the winter and the seeds for planting in the spring.

At this time, the people of the whole Zhuangzi are repairing the canals, digging wells, waiting for the ploughing cattle, waiting for the spring to bloom and plant the grain. King Chuang said that he would not pay rent in the first year, and the harvest in the field would be his own. ”

As he spoke, a happy smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

"Then, Shangguan, did King Chuang do this in Lushi County and Yongning County, or did we do it in Henan?"

"This is what I want to focus on telling you today, we beg for the army, and when we get down a place, we will fight corrupt officials and bad gentry and divide the land.

Our next step is to fight Yiyang County, then Luoyang, then Kaifeng, then the whole of Henan, and finally, the whole of Daming.

Where there are poor people, let's help them. In the future, if we go to your hometown and give you land, what will we do? ”

"Really, is there any condition for dividing the field?"

"Just a little!" The dog held out a finger in the air, but did not speak.

The soldiers were fascinated by what they heard, and they were waiting for the answer, not beware of the dog's silence, and urged with a full voice: "Shangguan, what are the conditions, tell us." ”

"The poor must die, and if they are rich, they cannot get the land." The dog is left to reveal the mystery.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"My family is poor, and I haven't said a daughter-in-law to this day."

"What are you, my family wears a padded jacket in winter, whoever goes out, who wears it."

The competition between the officers and soldiers is generally called poor, as if they were about to be given land according to the degree of poverty.

"Don't worry, if you want a field and a good life, you need to rely on one thing."

"What's the matter, Shangguan say it quickly."

"If you repair one piece, you will do it for hundreds of thousands of pieces."

Everyone slapped their chests in unison and made promises.

"That's not necessary," Gou Yu waved his hand and said solemnly: "As long as you join King Chuang's beggar army, fight for the poor people like us in the world, and let them live a good life, what is it, are you willing?" ”

Hi! After talking for a long time, this is the thing.

Everyone was originally a soldier to eat, and it is natural to join the begging army, so why talk so much gossip.

"We're willing to join the beggars."

The soldiers had smiles on their faces, and they were sincerely willing to join the beggar army from the bottom of their hearts.

"That being the case, according to King Chuang's military order, you will first recite the military rules and discipline of my begging army, and join my begging army, but you can no longer behave like an official army, what bandits are like combing, soldiers are like washing, and they must not appear, we are in charge of the poor people." Dog Yu admonished.

"We should abide by military discipline, and if there is a violation, we will be willing to lead the army." The surrenderers responded in unison.

"Very well, you can go to the clerk to register and make a book, join my beggar army, join our army, and assign to whichever army you are assigned, and then you will be sent."

"Yes."

In the Battle of Yiyang, Li Zicheng led the begging army to fight with 500 elite officers and soldiers sent by Kaifeng, relying on the numerical advantage and the perseverance to defend his own property, he won the battle in one fell swoop, and also absorbed more than 300 surrendered officers and soldiers into his own army.

After this battle, the beggar army not only greatly increased its military strength, but also greatly boosted its prestige.

In this battle, although the official army was defeated, the foundation was not damaged at all, and the next wave of officers and troops who entered the begging army were afraid that it would not be long before they would be killed in Henan Mansion.

We must seize the time to expand our territory, expand our foundations, and expand our army, so that we can resist the next wave of offensive by the officers and troops.

Li Zicheng ordered Li Guo, Gao Jie, Bai Guangen, and Gu Junen to each lead more than 1,000 men and horses, and the troops were divided into four routes, respectively attacking in the direction of Yanshi, Gong, Mengjin, Yiyang, Xin'an, Mianchi, Dengfeng, Song, and Shaanzhou.

According to the policy of the beggar army, first take the villages, towns and fortresses, then the countryside surround the cities, take the prefecture and county towns, and wait until all the prefectures and counties in Henan Province have been taken, and then attack Luoyang.

When the people of the prefectures and counties of Henan Province heard about what the begging army had done, they had already hoped in their hearts that the begging army would come to them and let themselves live a good life.