In a general battle in the western suburbs of Yuncheng, the officers and soldiers were defeated, and when the Liangshan escort team counted the results afterwards, a total of more than 20,000 prisoners were collected, more than 10,000 died at the scene, and the rest were scattered everywhere without a trace. Among the leading generals, Yumei was cut off her horse by Guan Sheng and trampled into a pile of meat by the chaotic army; Han Tianlin, the eunuch of the Tangzhou Soldiers and Horses, rushed to the forefront, and happened to encounter the victory of the killing god and was cut off by an axe; Ma Wanli, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Junzhou, hid in the formation and was afraid, but was caught by Tang Bin and became a ghost under his knife; In the end, only Wang Yi, the commander of the Dengzhou soldiers and horses, was nowhere to be found.

So far, Tong Guan's conquest of Liangshan this time, the eight major prisoners surrendered one person, captured one person, and died five people, and finally only one Wang Yi remained, and only one of the two major forbidden army generals remained, and only 20,000 or 30,000 people remained of the 100,000 army.

However, Liangshan Manor, as expected, has obtained a huge harvest. More than 30,000 prisoners were collected and surrendered, and there were countless horses, ordnance, grain and grass.

In the Zhonghua Hall, when everyone listened to the numbers compiled by Zhu Wu, they all smiled.

"It's still a pity, if the speed of the rear army is a little faster, the 20,000 forbidden troops can also be encircled in the net, and there will be one more entry.

Xu Guanzhong, the chief of staff, seemed to feel that it was not perfect enough, but Wu Yong quipped:

"Brother Guanzhong's appetite is too big, less than 30,000 people, but to make 70,000 dumplings, you are not afraid of belly breaking. You are familiar with military books, and look for examples of such battles in history. ”

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the room was filled with pride and pride.

"Don't laugh at everyone, I'm worried here? The 27,000 prisoners, plus the 5,000 troops in Xuzhou before, more than 32,000 people, are now crowded with the Qianshan training ground, and if they are not handled properly, there may be chaos. ”

When everyone was excited, I saw Zhao Ding say depressedly.

"What Director Zhao said is reasonable, more than 30,000 young and strong captives are our wealth, but improper disposal is also a burden, now Director Xiao Jiasui is not on the mountain, so I asked Mr. Wen to take the lead, the Civil Affairs Department, the Finance Department, the Logistics Office, the Military Administration Office, the Staff Office, and the Armaments Department cooperated, and all the battalions and departments in the manor fully supported, and now we will screen and classify the prisoners. It is foreseeable that we will fight again with the imperial court in the near future, and there will be a large number of captives going up the mountain at that time, so it is important to digest this group of captives within a few days. ”

Gu Haotian had already considered the matter of the captivity, and when he heard Zhao Ding mention it, he immediately came to his senses, and it was not the time to celebrate, so he immediately issued an order.

Everyone understood what they said, and then dispersed out of the Zhonghua Hall and went to their respective parties. Gu Haotian followed behind everyone and was about to go to the prisoner camp, but saw Bian Xiang coming over and said, that Xuzhou Governor Li Ming asked to see him, and he saw that he stayed in Zhonghua Hall.

It is said that Li Ming came to Liangshan with his subordinates since he surrendered to Liangshan in Huojiaji that day, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived on the mountain, Wu Bingyi, the governor of Chenzhou, would follow him up the mountain, but his treatment was that he was a prisoner in custody, and he immediately thought that his letter asking for help must have worked, and he felt guilty for this colleague in the rear army for a while. In the past two days, he has sought Wen Huanzhang's permission, met his old partner several times, and gradually figured it out. Today, when he saw a large number of captives brought up the mountain, he understood that the officers and soldiers would be defeated, so he came to see the petty officials whom he had not yet met.

Zhonghua Hall, Li Ming followed Bian Xiang into Gu Haotian's public house, and then saw the young master of Yizhuang who made him a little unbelievable. After he was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the rumors of the young Yingjie were true, and he immediately threw himself down and made a big salute.

"Li Dujian must not be so outside, even if he comes to the manor, everyone is

Brother, please get up. ”

As soon as Li Ming's body touched the ground, he was helped up by a pair of warm and powerful arms, and then he heard the voice full of affinity, and suddenly the last bit of vigilance in his heart was lifted, and he said calmly:

"I came to save the petty officials from Wu Bingyi."

"Eunuch Li just has to say it."

"Wu Dujian came all the way from Tokyo to be the rear army with me, the two of them got along very well, this time it was also because I was captured, although this person is not perfect, but quite affectionate, I implore the petty officials to let him live."

"Li Dujian can rest assured in this matter, as long as it is not a heinous crime, Liangshan Manor has never had the habit of killing prisoners, as long as everyone stays with peace of mind, we will welcome it, and if you don't want to, you will send him to return to his hometown, and Wu Dujian is the same - go and stay at your own convenience, you just discipline him with peace of mind, if you want to return, let him go down the mountain every two days."

"It's serious!"

Li Ming couldn't help but be surprised when Gu Haotian said such a thing.

"There is no need to doubt, even your five thousand subordinates are the same, now everyone is busy screening prisoners, and the capital prisoner should also clean up his own subordinates, so that they can be disposed of together."

Gu Haotian said that, then got up and pulled Li Ming to the prisoner camp together.

Let's say that Li Minghun followed Gu Haotian to the prisoner camp in Qianshan, but he saw that the people in the big square were like a bazaar, but the difference was that there were soft voices everywhere, and there was no beating and crying at all. He looked all the way, but suddenly saw a familiar face in front of the sign of the medical office, and couldn't help but cry out in surprise:

"Wu Dujian, why are you here?"

Wu Dujian! Could it be Wu Bingyi! Gu Haotian listened in front, his heart suddenly wondered, and he hurriedly turned to look, but saw a forty-year-old man lined up in the queue for medical treatment.

"I have a slight back injury today, come and ask the doctor to take a look."

"Why didn't you say it two days ago, otherwise you could have been treated earlier."

"The first two days - didn't there be no seizures in the first two days!"

This Wu Bingyi was beaten off the horse by Shi Jin with a stick that day, and the injury was on his back, he endured the pain for a few days but didn't dare to talk about it, he really couldn't survive today, and he heard that there was a doctor outside to heal people, so he tried to talk to the guard, and he didn't want to bring him over.

"General Wu, the injury is serious, why don't you go to Doctor An to take a look?"

When Wu Bingyi was talking to Li Ming, someone on the side suddenly asked him, but when he looked closely, he was a heroic young man, and he suddenly thought of someone, and quickly turned his head to look at Li Ming. But he opened his mouth and said,

"It's the ancient petty official in the manor."

"The guilty general Wu Bingyi thanked the little official!" Wu Bingyi saw that he hurriedly came over and bowed.

"The general is injured, so there is no need to be polite."

Gu Haotian stepped forward to help him up, and called a personal guard to send him to An Daoquan. Li Ming said that he was not familiar with the manor, and he also went over together.

An Daoquan naturally caught the general trauma, and when he applied the medicine, Wu Bingyi immediately felt cold and painless, and he was immediately grateful.

"Brother Wu's matter, I have already mentioned it to the junior official, he said that you come and go freely, there is no harm in the manor, and you can rest assured."

An Daoquan's hospital was in the back mountain, and after Wu Bingyi was healed, Li Ming and he casually entered a tavern on the street, and after the two sat down, Li Ming told him about the original investigation.

"What are Brother Li's plans to do next?"

Wu Bingyi didn't show any special excitement, but asked about Li Ming

Idea.

"I have no choice but to return to Liangshan, I'm afraid that my family is already on the way here at this moment. However, at that time when I was in Huojiaji, if I was forced to do so, now I am a little lucky, this manor may really be the best destination for the rest of my life. ”

Liangshan Manor is very different from the outside society, anyone can feel it as soon as they come in, and Li Ming, as a capital eunuch, naturally sees it more clearly, so his mentality has changed a lot in the past few days.

"Why do you say that?" Wu Bingyi then asked.

In fact, Brother Wu also thought of it in his heart, but he just didn't say it. Look at the pedestrians on this street, young and old, men and women, all of them are peaceful and happy, that is comparable to the outside! You and I have been officials for many years, and when have we seen such a world? And the way the captives were treated in the manor, when you think about it, it is extremely clever. Most of the captives who have gone through the three levels of food, healing, and reasoning will willingly stay and serve, even if they return to the village, who will be the enemy of Liangshan, I am afraid that they will still build momentum for him. ”

Li Ming said, withdrew his gaze from the window, and then continued to Wu Bingyi:

"Although I'm clumsy and don't understand much reason, I always feel that sooner or later the Chai family will be replaced by this ancient petty official, so I'll take a gamble."

After Wu Bingyi listened to Li Ming's words, he didn't ask anything more, he pondered for a while, and then said to himself:

"I don't know if Liangshan Manor wants me to be an incompetent person!"

"Liangshan is now recruiting talents, if Brother Wu thinks so, the petty officials will not refuse, but there is only one thing you and I must understand, the position must not be as majestic as the superintendent of the government. The ability of the generals of Liangshan is clear to both of us, and if we are truly obedient, we must not think too highly of ourselves, so as not to increase the jokes. ”

"I know the importance of this, I fought with the one called Shi Jin that day, and I fell off the horse in just over ten rounds, so what kind of face and position do I have, just stay there."

Li Ming saw that Wu Bingyi also wanted to stay, and he was overjoyed at the moment, so he pulled him to find Gu Haotian.

After several days of busyness, more than 30,000 captives and surrendered soldiers were finally cleared, and a total of more than 20,000 young men were selected to join the Liangshan guard. During this period, Li Ming and Wu Bingyi played a great role, and the two of them appeared in person as the capital eunuchs, so that most of the captives quickly developed trust in Liangshan, and greatly promoted the progress of persuasion.

More than 20,000 soldiers joined the escort team, which was another painful and happy thing for Liangshan Manor. On the one hand, he quickly improved the strength of the Liangshan Escort Team, but he also faced tremendous pressure in terms of training and transformation.

In the Zhonghua Hall, Gu Haotian convened the chiefs of the military, political and civil affairs departments and the relevant battalion commanders to discuss countermeasures.

Xu Guanzhong, the chief of staff, had long considered this matter, and he first spoke and put forward ideas:

"These people are different from ordinary people, they have all been trained for a long time before, although the methods are different from the training camps, but they always have some foundation, I think that some of these backbone cadres will be selected and sent to the training camps and officer training camps, and the rest will be distributed to the battalions for their own training."

"Director Xu's idea is feasible, but one thing is important, these people come from officers and soldiers, and military discipline must not be strict, if military discipline is not grasped well, it will fall short." Wu Yong is in charge of military law, and his worries are also very reasonable.

Everyone had no objection to the two suggestions, so after some discussion, the training placement plan was decided. As for the sudden expansion of the battalion, Gu Haotian came up with a new idea, he felt that the establishment of the escort team had reached the time to adjust.

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