Zuo Guangxian arched his hand and said: "I have also heard of the agreement reached at the beginning...... The two sides should help each other and not invade each other, right? Isn't the Providence Army going to help the Overseers deal with these thieves and rogues? I don't know how General Qin explained today's actions? ”

Qin Danian also returned the salute, the two were only more than ten steps apart, and there was no need to talk loudly, "General Zuo, think about it, what did you originally plan to do with these thieves after you have chased these thieves here?" ”

Liu Shaozong snorted coldly behind Zuo Guangxian: "They are rogues, and they are enemies of the imperial court, so they naturally want to annihilate ......"

Zuo Guangxian nodded, in the matter of dealing with the thieves, he and Liu Shaozong were both adhering to the orders of the Overseer.

Qin Danian glared at Liu Shaozong in the dark, and then said loudly: "Your goal is to completely annihilate the thieves of the Huideng Xiang Division, and go back to ask for merit from the Hong Supervisory Army, isn't it now that you have reached your goal?" The thieves won't come back, Whedeng is just outside the city, and without the soldiers, won't you even be able to catch a Whedeng? ”

Liu Shaozong was furious, and only pointed at Qin Danian with his finger, but he couldn't speak.

At this time, it happened that the soldiers escorted Hui Dengxiang over, "Hou Ye, general, the bandit leader Hui Dengxiang has been captured......

Zuo Guang first glanced at the captured Hui Dengxiang, but there was no joy on his face, Hui Dengxiang was captured, and the rest of the Liukou entered Xi'an...... The entire Huideng phase is considered to have collapsed, Qin Danian's words, judging from the results, may be right......

However, in his heart, there is a faint trace of unhappiness, and a trace of indescribable worry, the Mandate of Heaven Army forcibly saved a large number of rogues from the hands of the Ming army, this is not to put the Ming army in his eyes, among all the rogues, the Mandate of Heaven Army is the only one who dares to confront the Ming army head-on......

Qin Danian sat on his war horse, not moving at all, but said in his mouth: "General Zuo, Hui Dengxiang has been captured, you have successfully completed the task assigned to you by the Hong Governor's army, what are you not satisfied with?" This general rode out of the city alone, that is, adhering to the meaning of the metropolitan governor, and did not want to be the enemy of the Ming army, don't you understand? ”

Zuo Guangxian was silent, but he was thinking quickly in his heart.

Qin Danian then said: "Since General Zuo has no opinion, then General Ben will go back, so as not to worry about the brothers, if the general can afford it, he might as well go to the castle as a guest, and the general will definitely be hospitable......"

Liu Shaozong had already relieved his breath, he put the spear in his hand and shouted: "You offended the Ming army, you still want to go back to the fort......

Qin Danian took off the spear from under the victory hook, held it in his hand, and said coldly: "An Yuanhou goes against the will of the Hong Commander's army, and wants to fight to the death with the Heavenly Mandate Army?" ”

"Hou Ye," Zuo Guang came to the city late first, but he also knew that the fire # gun of the Heavenly Mandate Army, with a range of five hundred steps, Xi'an, there were many shadows in the city gate cave, Qin Danian rescued the thief in person, and dared to go out of the castle alone, he must have been prepared, he lowered his voice and said: "Today's matter...... Let's go back and ask Lord Overseer......"

Qin Danian saw that Liu Shaozong and Zuo Guangxian had no intention of hindering him, so he smiled coldly and said: "The matter of the Metropolitan Governor and the Hong Governor Army, this general does not understand, but those of us who are subordinates only need to carry it out, if you have any doubts, you should go back first to ask for advice, if you wantonly start a war, this general will accompany you, but once the war starts, how it will end in the future, I am afraid it will not be up to you!" ”

Liu Shaozong had to swallow his anger, and under the persuasion of Zuo Guangxian, he slowly left Xi'an, and in order to vent his anger, the remnants of the Huideng Prime Minister outside the city, whether they were soldiers, or old and weak women and children, were slaughtered.

Qin Danian returned to the fort and closed the city gate before coming to the training ground.

The training ground can handle at least 500 people to train together on weekdays, but at this moment, the crowd that has been suppressed by the black has been crowded into the corners, and visually, together with the old and weak, there are at least 10,000 people!

The soldier in charge of the guard hurriedly trotted over and saluted, "General, it has been counted, there are more than 12,000 people in total......"

"So much?" Qin Danian frowned suddenly, the garrison of Xi'an on weekdays is only two hundred households, he brought a thousand soldiers from Jingyuan County this time, the food is already in short supply, and there are suddenly more than 12,000 people, how can we let them live?

"General......

"Have their instruments been confiscated?" Compared with grain, Qin Danian paid more attention to stability and confiscated weapons, and the original thieves could only be regarded as lambs without horns.

"Back to the general, all the weapons have been collected," the soldier pointed to the front right, "for the time being, they are all hidden in the barracks, and the outside is locked!" ”

Qin Danian nodded, but looking at these thieves, he still had a little headache, more than 10,000 people gathered together, in case something happened......

These people must be separated, and the smaller the number, the easier it is to manage!

He thought for a moment, but walked up to the thief, swept his gaze one by one, and waited for the thief to calm down before he said loudly: "You are all born poor people, and you participate in thieves to eat for a living, and the Heavenly Mandate Army does not care about your past!" ”

The thieves pricked up their ears lest they miss a word.

Qin Danian said again: "If you enter the territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army, you are our people, from now on, as long as you abide by the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, this general will guarantee your safety, and will also give you land and food!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

The crowd was stunned for a while, and then they pushed the gold mountain and poured the jade pillar to set off a wave of kneeling and worshipping, as Qin Danian said, they were originally born in Kuhaha, and followed Hui Dengxiang against the officers and soldiers, just to eat and let themselves and their families live.

Just outside the city, the Heavenly Mandate Army gave them a chance to live, and they immediately took Hui Dengxiang, but Qin Danian refused, so they drove Hui Dengxiang away.

Qin Danian knew that in this troubled era, in the eyes of ordinary people, "if you have milk, you are a mother", there is no loyalty at all, but he can't disobey the orders of the governor.

"You guys get up first, listen to me," Qin Danian and the other thieves who were kneeling on the ground got up, and Fang said: "However, General Ben said uglyly in front, the Heavenly Mandate Army is not a charity hall, if anyone dares to disobey the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, General Ben will sacrifice his head to the flag." ”

The thieves suddenly took a breath of cool air, when they entered the city just now, because it was too crowded, the general asked the soldiers to shoot several young men who cut in line, which looked even more fierce than the Ming army......

Qin Danian obviously saw the fear in their eyes, very good, in the current situation, only awe can make them obey the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and more than 10,000 people will not be chaotic.

He glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze, and said: "You don't have to worry, the subordinates of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the people will have a good life, and they must live better than you before, the government will not exploit you, and the army will be like today, if something extraordinary happens, it will definitely protect you, this general is still the same sentence, as long as you abide by the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Army." ”

"What is the law of the Mandate Army? What do we need to do......" said an old man cowering.

"There are no special requirements, just like before, arable land, tax payment, you can rest assured, the tax will not be too high, there is no Liao salary these apportionments, the land of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the people's taxes are easy, so no one will flee, in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, have you seen the people of Lanzhou?"

Only then did everyone remember that over the years, it seemed that they had never seen the people of Ganzhou and Longyou, could it be that the land of the Heavenly Mandate Army was really a paradise for the people?

Qin Danian seemed to understand their thoughts, "The territory of the Heavenly Mandate Army is indeed the paradise of the people, but the people must also abide by the law, and there are no rules, wouldn't it be chaotic?" As they did when they entered the city, if there was a riot, the result would be that the gates were blocked, and no one could enter...... When such a thing happens, General Ben will definitely not be merciful! ”

"The grass people and others must abide by the laws of the Mandate of Heaven Army...... and everyone dispelled their doubts.

"However, there are too many of you, there is not enough arable land near Xi'an, you must go to Lanzhou, and the metropolitan governor will redistribute the land to you," Qin Danian said: "From Xi'an to Lanzhou, there are many mountain trails along the way, more than 10,000 people, we can't provide protection, we must go in batches." ”

No one objected to this suggestion, and their identities had returned from thieves to the common people, and their weapons had been confiscated, so they could only hand over their fate to the Mandate of Heaven.

Qin Danian picked more than 1,000 strong men with mothers-in-law, together with their families and property, more than 5,000 people, first had a full meal in Xi'an, and then set off overnight, first to Talachi Fort, in Jingyuan County will get a food supply, and then rushed to Lanzhou, in order to protect and restrain these people, he also sent a hundred soldiers to accompany him.

The remaining more than 7,000 people, Qin Danian classified them, Zhuang Ding and his family, set up tents in the training ground that night, and the old and weak women and children who did not have the protection of Zhuang Ding stayed in the barracks, for them, the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven could only camp that night.

Tomorrow morning, these people in the training ground will leave Xi'an for Lanzhou, and in the afternoon, the last group, that is, the type of people who lack the protection of the strong men, will also go west under the escort of the main force of the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Qin Danian handed over the affairs of Xi'an to Liu Zongmin, the official of the hundred households, and rushed to Jingyuan County with a small number of cavalry, and sent everything that happened in Xi'an to Lanzhou, so that the governor of Dadu was ready to accept these people.

Li Zicheng received Qin Danian's summons, not only did he not feel burdensome, but his heart was overjoyed, although these are thieves and their families, but the officers have been filtered, ordinary soldiers will soon be reduced to ordinary people.

The first batch of strong men all had mothers-in-law and aunts, as well as the rest of their families, basically a complete home, Li Zicheng let them stay in Lanzhou for a day, and after carrying out the necessary ideological education, he asked them to bring coarse grains and seeds, and sent them to the Huizhou capital.

The capital city of Huizhou, last time there were only more than 10,000 people, the number was too small, after Dai Junen's care, gradually developed some arable land and pastures, these people went to Huizhou, basically there is ready-made arable land.

However, they were all thieves and had to serve a year of hard labor, and Li Zicheng gave them a year of encouragement and allowed them to help build roads in the capital of Huizhou for a year, except for ploughing the land.

The southwest and southeast directions of Huizhou, respectively, there are cement avenues leading directly to Lanzhou and Jingyuan County, and the main road to be built in the future is to the north, which leads directly to Luyang County on the north bank of Lushui, and Luyang County has also placed thousands of displaced people from Shaanxi last time, in fact, it has belonged to the Han land, and out of the outer wall, it is the Dragon Capital and Helan Mansion of the Hexi Governor's Palace.