"My lord, we can't march with nearly 400,000 captives." Lai Xiucai asked tentatively.

"This is a big problem, just the daily food and salary expenditure is a huge amount, and our army simply cannot support it." Sun Chuanting also felt a headache for the 400,000 captives.

"My lord, these 400,000 captives must not be released, if they are released, it will be a great hidden danger, if they are taken together, our army's logistics will not be able to guarantee the daily needs of more than 400,000 people, and these 400,000 prisoners will become the biggest destabilizing factor in this southern expedition. Even if adults can solve the problem of food, these 400,000 captives are still unstable and will become a disaster. Lai Xiucai said.

"The meaning of coming to the deputy governor is ......," Sun Chuanting said.

"Your Majesty has a decree, if there is resistance, the whole city will be slaughtered, I thought they were all buried, so as to prevent future troubles." Lai Xiucai suggested.

"You mean all 400,000 captives were killed?" Sun Chuanting looked at Lai Xiucai in surprise.

"Yes, all of them are killed." Lai Xiucai said fiercely, "There is no need for adults to come forward in this matter, I can handle it, and adults only need to be sick for two or three days." ”

"Kill the prisoner unknown!" Sun Chuanting sighed, "And if these 400,000 captives are killed, even if this battle is won completely, the imperial court will not let us go, even if Your Majesty is willing to protect us, it will definitely be criticized by the imperial court." ”

"My lord, when you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it." Lai Xiucai persuaded him.

"Let me think about it." Sun Chengzong said.

"My lord, it is even more impossible to leave the captives in many states, our army only has 50,000 troops in this battle, and the number of people left in many states cannot exceed 10,000, otherwise the strength of our army in the southern expedition will be insufficient. The soldiers and horses left behind in Duobang not only have to guard the prisoners, but also have to defend Duobang, once the army of Annam sneaks up on Duobang, the 400,000 captives of Duobang will become a hidden danger, if Duobang is lost, our army's back road is broken, even if we can take the western capital, this battle is bound to lose. If the captives are sent to the country to build roads, our army is too small, and the soldiers and horses escorted are destined not to be too many, in case a prisoner gets out of control and attacks the territory of the empire, then we will be unable to escape the blame for the death, and even Your Majesty will not let us go. Lai Xiucai said.

"Come to the Admiral, I understand what you say, but I want to kill 400,000 prisoners, I ...... I really can't do it. Sun Chuanting said.

"My lord, I will do this matter, and I will never implicate the adult, and the adult will only know after doing something." Lai Xiucai said.

"I'm the coach, and I'll do it for sure, and it's your turn to take responsibility." Sun Chuanting refused. Sun Chuanting had finally made up his mind, he understood that these 400,000 captives were his biggest drag, and with these 400,000 captives, this southern expedition was very likely to be dragged into a defeat by these 400,000 captives.

"My lord, I can't do this more appropriately......" Lai Xiucai said.

"Needless to say, you can arrange it at once, and do it tonight, lest we have too many dreams at night, and we have stayed too long in Duobang." Sun Chuanting interrupted Lai Xiucai's words and said.

"No."

"You are responsible for the separation of the 400,000 prisoners, and my side is responsible for the specific arrangements." Sun Chuanting said.

"No."

……

It is impossible to kill 400,000 captives at one time, so they can only be killed in batches. After receiving Sun Chuanting's order, Lai Xiucai immediately divided the 400,000 captives into teams of 10,000 people and placed them separately. Sun Chuanting arranged the 50,000 army separately as military units, 5,000 dragoons and 5,000 infantry were responsible for guarding, and the remaining four armies, each army was responsible for ten prisoner camps, that is to say, every thousand people were responsible for one prisoner camp.

And the logistics of the Ming army began to dig pits from now on as a big pit to bury the corpses.

In the evening, Sun Chuanting convened a meeting of all the generals of the thousand generals and above.

"Our army only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, but now there are 400,000 prisoners, not to mention the logistics cannot be guaranteed, even this group of prisoners is extremely difficult to guard. These 400,000 prisoners have now become the greatest burden of our army in this battle, and we have only one way to go, that is, to abandon these 400,000 prisoners and abandon this burden. Sun Chuanting said coldly.

After Sun Chuanting finished speaking, it did not cause discussion, and the group of generals present knew that how to deal with the 400,000 prisoners was related to the success or failure of the battle.

Sun Chuanting stopped everyone from speaking, and he continued: "I have decided to kill all these 400,000 captives. ”

As soon as Sun Chuanting's words fell, it immediately caused a burst of discussion. Seeing this, Lai Xiucai said: "This matter is my suggestion, and it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, so you can be responsible for carrying it out." ”

"No." Everyone said in unison.

After glancing at Xiucai, Sun Chuanting said helplessly: "I don't need to say how to operate it, I have a few requirements here: first, there must be no living mouth; Second, one person cannot be run away, and if anyone runs away from one person, military law will be involved; Thirdly, I have made forty great pits dug and buried them all in the pits when they die. ”

"No."

……

At the third watch, after an urgent drum beat, the Ming army's action began.

"Assemble everybody at once." The sound of assembly rang out in the prisoner camp.

At this moment, the prisoners in the prisoner camp had just slept for more than an hour, and many of them were still dazed.

"Hurry up, assemble quickly." Ming Jun urged.

The captives of the prisoner camp did not know that danger had come at this moment, and they were driven and lined up by the Ming army.

"Everybody follow me at once." One of the generals said, "Don't be left behind, those who fall behind will not be spared." ”

1,000 Ming troops escorted 10,000 captives to the big pit dug today. At this time, Mr. Qian, who was in charge, said to the captive: "Everyone immediately went down to the pit. ”

Although the language of the two sides is not comprehensible, they also know what the Ming army wants to do through the actions of the Ming army. The captives stood at the edge of the pit and did not dare to move, nor did they go down.

"Push it down." As soon as Mr. Qian gave an order, several people at the front and on the edge were pushed down.

"Hurry down." Mr. Qian urged.

The people at the front were under the oppression of the Ming army, and finally some people began to jump down the pit, as more and more people were forced to jump into the pit, some people realized that the Ming army was going to kill them, and at this moment some people began to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

"Kill." Mr. Qian ordered coldly. Several people who knelt down and begged for mercy were instantly killed on the spot by the Ming army.

At this time, some of the captives who had not yet gone to the pit were already ready to move, trying to resist, and when the Qian general saw this, he did not hesitate to order: "Do it, kill them all." ”

The Ming army immediately used both swords and guns, and the prisoners, whether they went into the pit or not, immediately became the target of the Ming army.