As mentioned above, like all peasant armies, Yao Huang has a large number of people, and the combat effectiveness of each unit is uneven, and a general like Yuan Tao often has an elite army in order to save his life on the battlefield, or to fight to the death when encountering a strong enemy.

Yuan Tao fled with the main force of three or five hundred pro-army, leaving behind the leaders of all walks of life, and the group of displaced people who came here were leaderless, everyone filled the road, and many people cried for their fathers and mothers, and the whole scene was not tragic.

In this way, the whole battlefield turned into a chase, and those who threw away their armor in order to escape for their lives did not even dare to ask for the things they had looted in the past two days, and everyone hugged their heads and ran away.

The saddest of them is the Yellow Harrier Jing Keqin, because the lead is entangled with the Dragon Frame in front, it is not easy to escape now, and in the end it was blocked by the Dragon Frame.

Looking at the dead and wounded of more than 200 of his own soldiers, and the five or six hundred homeless people who followed him panicked one by one, Jing Keqin said sadly: "I am a good citizen of this generation, and my ancestors cultivated the fields for a living, but the government had no choice but to oppress me and other good people, and the land endowment was added to five coins of silver per acre, and the powerful did not have to pay the field endowment, and they were full of food all day long, and the world was too unfair."

I want to carry a three-foot sword in my hand to sweep away the injustice in the world, but in the past few years, how has it become more and more chaotic.

Don't give your life in vain for me, I'll kill myself first, and everyone will sacrifice my head to Yang Lin, and I will definitely forgive your sins. ”

Seeing this, the soldiers under him hugged their hands and persuaded bitterly: "The boss, we were forced to be robbers, but I just waited so that the surrounding villagers would not be oppressed by the government, and we did not rob the surrounding villagers."

The family is honest and righteous to us on weekdays, how can we ignore the family for our own lives? ”

The surrounding soldiers shouted loudly, and one by one they took up their weapons and prepared to fight desperately.

Chen Huaixi, who was participating in the battle on the front line, couldn't bear it, threw down his sword and gun, walked out of the formation, and said to everyone: "In Xia Chen Huaixi, I am now joining the army under the account of adults, and I also know some about your Yao Huang masters.

You Jing Keqin killed the tax collector back then, and you didn't rob the villagers within a radius of miles on weekdays, so you are not a heinous person.

In this case, why not change your past mistakes, follow my family, and make a name for yourself in this troubled era? ”

Jing Keqin was overjoyed in his heart, threw down his weapon and said, "Of course we know the reputation of Chen's participation in the army, although Lord Yang is young and reckless, he really admires his reputation in the local area over the past year.

That's it, it's not ashamed to be defeated under the hands of adults today, and joining the army will be sent to the adult's account, whether to kill or chop the adult.

But the misfortune started because of me alone, and joining the army needs to save the lives of these brothers no matter what."

Chen Huaixi was overjoyed and arched his hand: "Now that the Liukou has entered our Sichuan Province, we adults have the ambition to clarify the whole province, and now we are recruiting heroes from all over the world."

Of course, since the defeat is sincere, I don't think the adults will deliberately ask for the guilt, as for the brothers under your account, if it weren't for the great traitors, of course the adults would have saved them. ”

Jing Keqin was a little relieved when he heard this, and the whole person knelt on the dirt slope with his hands raised, and was escorted by two soldiers, simply tied up, and brought to the rear formation.

As soon as Jing Keqin fell, the other dragons were leaderless, and everyone put down their weapons one after another, and then a group of thirty people was guarded separately.

With more than ten staff members, Yang Lin immediately climbed the hill to observe the situation on the battlefield, the guard battalion was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the local tyrants who had just joined the war group could not resist the collapse.

However, the local rioters collapsed too badly, and Yang Wei's 2nd Battalion, which was intercepted in the rear, had no time to deploy, so the encircled men and horses were limited, and the battle was only a crushing battle, not the originally expected annihilation battle.

Yang Lin was quite disappointed, and once had doubts about his elite strategy, but now it seems that the benefits of the elite strategy are very obvious.

As a result of the implementation of the strategy of lean soldiers, the expenditure on money and food has been greatly reduced, and in the past it was necessary to raise two soldiers, but now it is only necessary to raise one, so that the living conditions have been greatly improved, and the nutrition of the officers and men has been greatly improved, and they are all alive and well; unlike other troops, they cannot eat meat twice a month, and their health is very poor, and they are not only unable to train and fight for a long time with high intensity, but are also very prone to getting sick.

In addition, in the era of alternating hot and cold weapons, sophisticated armor can resist long-distance shooting and shooting fragments, or slashing with knives and guns.

Although this year slowly experienced the advantages of elite strategy, this long-distance attack really built confidence.

If all the people were soldiers in the past, not only would the pressure on military needs increase greatly, and a large amount of money and food would be needed, but it would also be impossible to fight such a long distance.

As the saying goes, a hundred miles of profit and a general, mainly because the ancient people had poor physical fitness, if they marched for a long time and fought with great intensity, due to the injuries and fatigue of the soldiers in the army, so the lord would inevitably be defeated and killed.

But now, after all, is the era of alternating hot and cold weapons, and after all, the battlefield relies on manpower to slash and kill with a knife and a gun.

At this moment, Chen Huaixi came with Jing Keqin one step higher and one step lower.

Looking at Jing Keqin, who was tied up with five flowers, Yang Lin said angrily: "Hurt the heavens and reason, hurt the heavens and hurt the reason, the people take food as the sky, and even the people's rations have to be robbed, and they don't give the people a way to live."

This kind of thing that even robs the last grain of the common people, where is the left and right, push me down and hack to death. ”

Chen Huaixi was shocked and hurriedly stopped: "My lord, although this Jing Keqin is hateful, he robbed grain with Yuan Tao, but he still has a good conscience, after all, he didn't kill anyone.

In addition, this Jing Keqin is a bit of a conscience, although Luocao has robbed for more than ten years, he has never robbed the surrounding villagers. ”

Yang Lin was slightly stunned, shook his head and said: "Don't rob the villagers, don't rob the villagers, is it because this shows that he is a good person?"

The rabbit doesn't eat the grass next to the nest, which only shows that this Jing Keqin still has a little conscience and knows that the robbery is wrong. ”

Chen Huaixi arched his hand and said: "My lord, there are many reckless heroes in troubled times, and this Jing Keqin is such a reckless hero.

The government has been heavily taxed year after year, and everyone has no way to live, so of course people like adults who understand things deal with the government and find government theories.

But Jing Keqin and others are reckless heroes, and they don't study much on weekdays. ”

Yang Lin was stunned in his heart, stared at the other party who was strong and disheveled, and asked: "Jing Keqin, you are also a good man, tell me, why did you fall into the grass?" ”

Jing Keqin Daxi, kowtowed again and again: "My lord, the grass people have been poor since childhood, although they have not studied, they still know filial piety to their parents and are close to the villagers.

When the grass people were eighteen years old, the place was hit by a disaster, and the local officials were really hateful, so they still paid taxes and assessments as in previous years.

Adult, one acre of land is given 3 buckets, and the common people can't afford to pay it in a normal year, let alone a famine year?

I was young and vigorous at the time, and the officials reasoned that those dog-legged people were going to beat me, but I couldn't beat them, so I could only pick up the pig-killing knife and fight the other party, killing and wounding two people on the spot, and I was forced to have no choice but to end up in the grass. ”

Yang Lin sighed and said: "It would have been a good thing for Hong Wuye to pay off his meager endowment, but the government has no money to apportion, and the officials of the government are doing evil, and the people's livelihood is difficult."

Jing Keqin, although what you said is pitiful, is it okay to fall into the grass? ”

Jing Keqin's expression was gloomy, and he sighed: "My lord, I still regret it when I think about it now, not to mention anything else, seeing that I killed someone on the spot, my grandmother, who brought me up with her own hands, was frightened and fell ill, and finally died."

Because of the small insult to his reputation, the little father didn't want to see each other before he died, and the little mother actually ... I hanged myself. ”

Yang Lin was quite shocked, paused for a long time, and looked at the crowd: "This is really miserable, the common people worship the people of our government as gods, look at how everyone treats us ordinary people?"

I have raised the army this time, not only to restore temporary peace to the common people, but also to eradicate the soil of apportionment, so that all those who work hard can live with dignity. ”

Jing Keqin was quite moved, kowtowed, and said: "My lord, this time the small one surrendered willingly, not only because there was no way out of the defeat, but because the lord has put an end to the yamen apportionment since he became an official, and put an end to the indiscriminate conscription in various places." ”

Yang Lin helped the other party up, looked at the other party and said, "Jing Keqin, just now you said how many years you have been in the grass?" ”

Jing Keqin's face was stunned, his expression was gloomy, and he replied that he had been in the grass for eight years.

Yang Lin shook off his big hand, suddenly turned around and said: "Left and right, drag Jing Keqin down for me, give me a ninety-six whips, one whip a month, beat hard, don't show mercy." ”

Chen Huaixi was stunned for a moment, and said: "My lord, Jing Keqin's affection is pitiful, my lord has forgiven him in his heart, but why do you still order to be beaten?"

Yang Lin bowed his head and said silently, and Liu Xianfa next to him said: "Chen joins the army, you don't know yet, the adults want to pull out the brand imposed on General Jing by corrupt officials and corrupt officials."

After these ninety-six whips go down, General Jing will be an innocent person from now on, who dares to say that he is a coward? ”

Jing Keqin knelt down and sat down before hearing this, and cried: "The adult did the right thing, the adult is helping me wash away the shame on my body, and the little one is only grateful in his heart."

One whip a month, I fell into the grass in June, and the man who knew the calendar helped me calculate, how many months I fell into the grass, one whip a month, and there was no ambiguity. ”

Outside a whip and a whip went down, the whip fell to the ground, and the yellow harrier Jing Keqin didn't call with a wooden stick in his mouth, so he hit one hundred and two whips and dragged it in again, and saw Yang Lin bow down on the spot.

Yang Lin helped him up, looked at the generals who came to report the victory, and said: "Everyone, this Jing Keqin was desperate in the past, and the fault was not entirely himself, but the government's expropriation and expropriation, but the indiscriminate apportionment of the yamen, and now that he has surrendered to my volunteers, I hope that everyone will regard him as their own brother in the future, and do not despise each other." ”

Everyone saw that they had the intention of taking it in, and they all congratulated them, especially Yang Bingyi and Liu Jinfu, the two generals, who had ridiculed their status as a local tyrant in the past, and they didn't expect that today's adults would come up with such a way to help wash away the stains of the past.

Seeing everyone like this, Yang Lin was very happy in his heart, as the territory expanded and the number of troops increased, he understood the importance of the imperial general.

In the previous life, Yuan Shikai ruled the army, and whenever there was a promoted official, he would inevitably look for his minor mistakes and punish them a little before he was promoted, and then he would be promoted.

If alcohol in the past life was a lubricant that stimulated the heart, then in the ancient military camp, there was only a stick to be loyal to these big bosses.

In addition to finding a good way to govern the army with both rigidity and softness, today's war has also achieved great results.

Although Yuan Tao's local tyrants were not completely annihilated, they were defeated for more than ten miles.

In addition, the results of the battle were also quite objective, not only Huang Harrier Zijing Keqin led his troops to surrender, but there were also many captured homeless.

Yang Lin immediately ordered the expansion of the 5th Division, and appointed Yang Bingyi as the first deputy general to expand the department.