After breaking through the two strongholds of Meihuawu and Shangyao, Li Xiang did not immediately go south, but dealt with two troubles first.

The first trouble was the issue of prisoners.

In total, more than 500 Fang La's troops were killed in the battle, dozens of people escaped, and the rest were all taken prisoner.

What to do with captives in their early 300s?

It is impossible to kill them all, Li Xiang is not a butcher.

It's impossible to let go. Li Xiang didn't get dizzy, how could he be willing to do something to increase the strength of Fang Lajun's army in vain?

Two hundred and eighty Zhuang Ding took off their bamboo and wooden helmets and seized the time to rest. Martial artists in their early 200s gathered in groups, excited and confused. More than 20 lightly and severely wounded were biting on wooden blocks and were being bandaged......

"Yes, let's do it."

The owner of the village discussed most of the incense with Yang Yingdong and Fang Weiliang, and then looked at the prisoners of Fang Lajun with a slightly unbearable gaze. In order to rescue his father-in-law and save more people, Li Xiang could only harden his heart.

Ding Shihang and Da Niu stepped forward and asked the captives to report major crimes to each other. As long as the two of them feel credible, they can save their lives and not have to stay with the other captives.

Naturally, some of the captives were coerced to join the Fang La army, and there were not a few who had grudges against each other.

Not to mention hundreds of people, even if it is a hundred, there is also a situation where Zhang San is the leader of Li Si's team, and he is also the murderer who destroyed Li Si's homeland.

Intimidated by the prestige of Fang Tianding, the Qilin son of the Fang family, and the tens of thousands of troops of the Yongle Dynasty under the city of Deqing County, there were many soldiers of the Fang La Army, but no one dared to speak. Some of the captives were even thinking in their hearts: There are only 500 people, which is not enough for General Fang to eat, and Lao Tzu will ......

Seeing that no one responded, Ding Shihang and the others looked back at the owner, but found that the owner was closing his eyes and recuperating.

Da Niu stepped forward fiercely, chopped off the index finger of a prisoner of the Fang La army, and then handed the knife to a new Zhuang Ding who had never killed an enemy.

Xin Zhuang Ding had seen blood, but he had not killed a single enemy on the battlefield, so he trembled and cut off the index fingers of two people, then returned the steel knife, and left with his fists clenched.

"Next!" The sound of the bull is like a bell.

As a protégé of the owner, how can Ding Shihang fall behind? He agitated in front of the queue of Zhuang Ding who lined up to cut off his index finger, "You are either novices who have never killed an enemy, or archers who have never fought at close range, and some of you have never seen blood. ”

"Now there's a chance. These Fang La troops don't know what to do, so they just cut off their index fingers, so that they don't do evil again in the future! ”

"There are more than 300 Fang La thieves, and there is a chance. Priority for those who have not seen blood, then novices, then archers......"

A young man with a slender face was about to cut the index finger of the tenth captive, when he heard the captive in front of him struggling and crying, and then the captive crowd begged for mercy.

The captives of Fang Lajun were shocked by Zhuang Ding's ruthlessness. Some captives thought that Li Xiang and the others had the kindness of women, but they didn't expect these people to use such tricks!

The martial artist on Li Xiang's side was also stunned: the means of cutting off people for the second half of their lives can be used as they say, and the young commander he serves is not so harmless to humans and animals at all!

At first, the vision was in a trance, and after confirming their situation, most of the captives lost their minds.

Crying about a certain team leader slaughtering a village, accusing someone of doing all kinds of evil, and having seen anyone eat human flesh with his own eyes...... When the war has reached this point, it is not uncommon for any ugliness to be fought.

However, some of the fierce news that the captives broke out still made Li Xiang and the others churn in their stomachs, and they didn't dare to associate some pictures.

Zhuang Ding, Wu Fu, and the wounded also heard something, and the discomfort after the killing was much less.

The big bull led people forward and stabbed to death the captives who wanted to make trouble or prevent others from talking. Ding Shihang led people to gather the captives who kept breaking the news and were sobbing, took off the ropes that bound them, and gave them hot water to drink.

Differentiation and disintegration are complete.

Yang Yingdong came out and escorted out more than 20 prisoners who were accused of committing major crimes, as well as more than a dozen low-level officers who were team leaders, and let the archers who were only good at long-range attacks and the novices who had no heads in their hands come forward.

In order to further return the martial artists, Li Xiang set aside five places to see blood.

Faced with the fate of being executed, the captives reacted differently. There are those who cry and struggle, those who scold incessantly, and those who cry and beg for mercy, but they can't dodge a knife.

Investigation and evidence collection? The war is urgent, how can we have the time and energy to investigate in detail?

Two minutes later, there were more than thirty heads on the ground.

First instigate the captives to hate each other, then deal with those who can organize the captives to rebel, and finally separate the captives from each other. Suspicion and hostility are accumulating rapidly, and the brothers who have good friendships no longer believe in each other, how can the captives still make trouble?

The troubles brought by the captives are perfectly solved.

"We have limited supplies and even more limited manpower, so we can't be held back by captives." Li Xiang frowned, looked at the north and said, "Yang Duntou in the east of the north, there is an army defending there. Let them come and take the captives, and the owner of the village will give them a merit. ”

"There is also Miaoxi Town at the north entrance of the mountain road, and the two battalion commanders stationed there are also informed, and let the two battalion commanders find a way to take people away. It's too far away, we can't send it up. ”

Fang Weiliang and Yang Yingdong had no objections.

In all fairness, the owner's method was very ingenious: he did not have to kill all the captives brutally, nor did he have to worry too much about the cost of the captives, and he was able to befriend the officers of the forbidden army and the Xiang army.

A day later, one of the commanders stationed at Yang Duntou took two hundred and thirty prisoners from Li Xiang with a smile. The head of the capital looked honest, but he killed all the captives on the way, and only took the heads with him.

Two days later, he rushed to Tiger Pond with a roar, and the forbidden army of two hundred captives raised his shining sword before he could get out of the two miles.

It is a common practice nowadays for captives to be credited with the same merits as heads......

The second trouble is the three martial artists who committed the crime.

The martial artist surnamed Shang retreated. There was nothing to say, Li Xiang directly ordered the execution.

A middle-aged martial artist with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but his face was ruined by a three-inch long scar, stepped forward, and after being stopped, he knelt down and shouted:

"The commander is good, the villain is a close relative of him, and the villain begs to see him for the last time."

Li Xiang still approves of some basic human feelings in the Yanhuang land, especially the very humane practices such as severed head wine, severed head meal, dying and family meeting.

Shang Yunfei saw that the two village owners and guards who were blocking the road gave way, kowtowed and thanked him, and after throwing away his weapon and being searched, he lowered his head and walked to Shang Zhihe, who was about to be beheaded.

The sealing cloth was thrown away, and Shang Zhihe, whose face was full of snot and tears, trembled, and exclaimed after seeing the person clearly: "Yunfeitang ......"

"Sober up!"

Shang Yun, who was squatting on the ground, shook Shang Zhihe violently, and directly woke up the frightened guy.

"Uh-huh, got it. Uncle save me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die! Let's grow up together, you can't leave me alone, the Hun family and a few dolls are still waiting for me......"

"Shut up, you mushy bucket, where did you get the face to mention your relatives! If you don't let you come, you come sideways, rush so far ahead, and retreat when you are scratched by a stone, who can spare you?! ”

"I, I was scared at the time, and I didn't know how to ......" Shang Zhihe's chapped lips trembled rapidly, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.

It's strange and reasonable that Shang Zhihe himself can't figure out why he retreated.

"Hugh has a lot to say, if you have anything to say to the family, hurry up. It's also that I didn't stop you, knowing that you are a useless flower papaya, but I didn't stop you. Shang Yunfei held back his tears and urged Shang Zhihe to say his last words.

Shang Yunfei made a big name in Shili and Eight Towns at the age of sixteen, and he was the only man in the village who had been to Hangzhou City. Shang Zhihe saw that his cousin, who had been protecting him for many years, had no choice, and finally cut off the idea of survival.

After believing that he was going to die, Shang Zhihe quickly calmed down and began to sobbing and saying his last words.

When the time came, Shang Yunfei hugged Shang Zhihe fiercely, and said in his ear: "Don't worry, as long as I have a bite to eat, I won't let a few babies go hungry." ”

Sang's hair was recoiled and then held in place by a string. During the whole process, Shang Zhihe no longer struggled, trembled, or cried, but just squinted and looked up, his expression was neither crying nor laughing.

The moment before the knife was cut, Shang Zhihe, who usually likes to play clever, played the last clever. This time it's not for myself, it's all for my family.

Shang Zhihe lifted the strength of his whole body and shouted:

"Li commanded the adult, and he was as kind to the villain's whole family. The villain retreated, he deserved this reward! ”

"The villain has no complaints, he just looks forward to serving the commander again in eighteen years!"