The sky slowly darkened, and there were local thugs who were several times larger than themselves, so Yang Lin ordered the expansion of the army and preferential treatment of the captives to calm the hearts of the captives.

It was announced that the name of the Pengzhou soldiers would be changed from the Pengzhou soldiers to the Volunteer Army, and its units would be expanded to recruit brave and ruthless people among the local rioters and reduce future resistance.

The newly built Guards Division, although there was a guard squadron in the past, but the number was too small, and Wu Dazhu, Yang Bingyun, and Wang Gao were appointed as the captains of the Guards Division.

Each division was expanded from two brigades to three brigades, Yang Cheng, Yang Wei, Long Zhijiao and others were also promoted by one rank, from deputy general to general general, and Liu Jinfu of Jiutiao Long was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division as a brigade leader.

At the same time as announcing the expansion of the army, it was announced that if all the prisoners wanted to go home after being counted, they would be given 2 buckets of food as the cost of going home.

Although everyone was skeptical, since there was no worry about their lives, everyone was no longer panicked, so buried in the pot to cook, and everyone slowly settled down after being full of wine and food.

That night, Yang Lin was scared, for fear that something would go wrong, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until after dawn the next day.

Immediately after breakfast, the army was expanded.

Yang Bingyun and Liu Jinfu were originally the leaders of the local rebels, and there were hundreds of pro-soldiers under them in the past, but now they have surrendered to the volunteers, and they are selected according to the standards of the volunteers and recruits.

In the past, the local tyrants made a living by plundering, and all their needs came by looting, while the volunteers were different from the former Lijia soldiers, and later the official army, which was paid seriously.

The formation of the Yang Bingyun and Liu Jinfu brigades was very fast, and the formation was completed in less than half an hour, while the other departments were relatively troublesome.

First determine the candidates for promotion of squad leader and squadron leader, and then select and evaluate them in accordance with the principle that soldiers are generals.

In line with the principle of voluntariness, those who are willing to join the volunteer army will be registered, assessed and admitted on the spot, and their salaries will be announced on the spot.

It took a whole morning to complete the expansion of the troops, and the rest was what to do with the prisoners.

First deal with those who were coerced to come, in line with the principle of freedom to come and go, those who are willing to go home will immediately be distributed 2 buckets of grain to be carried across the canal river by boat, and those who are unwilling to go home will be ploughed, that is, the government will provide cattle and farm tools to find a place to cultivate, and half of the income from tun farming will go to the government and half to the tun households, which is the same as the production of private tenant farmers.

The vast majority of the 2,000 captives were local people who had been taken captive, except for more than 600 who had been incorporated into the volunteer army, and in addition to more than 500 local thugs, the vast majority of the people who had been coerced were willing to go home, and it took a day to distribute food and be dismissed.

Although two buckets of grain per person were not much, there were too many prisoners, and more than half of the captured grain was consumed at once.

The people didn't believe it at first, but after receiving the food, they thanked them and left in a small boat.

Watching the captives leave happily, the captured thugs were restless.

Many are shouting and hoping to go home, but if there is chaos today, how can these local tyrants who are accustomed to looting live a peaceful life, if they are put back, they will definitely roar in the mountains and forests again and plague the township.

The opinions of the people are polarized, Wang Rimeng and others think that many people kill people and do all kinds of evil, and it is definitely a scourge to stay in the world, so it is better to bury them alive.

Yang Bingyun, Liu Jinfu and others couldn't bear to plead again and again, hoping to let everyone live.

After thinking about it, Yang Lin thought of an excellent method, that is, labor reform.

In his previous life, some reactionary elements, some ruffians and hooligans practiced more means of livelihood after several years of labor reform, and after they came out, they supported themselves.

The Ming Dynasty was originally vast and sparsely populated, and now there are more wastelands in the midst of great chaos in the world, so why not establish a labor camp, first forcibly re-enter labor, and after the expiration of the period, there will be no restrictions on personal freedom, and you can freely choose the military camp, or return to your hometown.

However, the local rioters have been robbing homes and houses for many years, and if they are simply sent to labor reform, there will definitely be a big problem.

Yang Lin decided to first sentence Yao Tiandong and nearly ten other notorious criminals with heavy blood debts to deter everyone

With an order, the Baozhi ferry port was once again in a commotion, those who were tied up by the five flowers, and saw that the people around them were fully armed, of course, these vicious people knew what the result meant, and desperately clamored for their lives to threaten others to resist.

But the soldiers around were fully armed, and everyone did not dare to resist at all.

After the three-way drum, the various departments reassembled, Yang Lin sat on the head, and then spoke with a megaphone.

In ancient times, there was no tweeter to speak very tired in front of everyone, and after many experiments to create this kind of loudspeaker, the shape is similar to that of ordinary speakers, the slight difference is that you can put your mouth at the bottom end, so that the sound will not spread around, plus vibrate at the mouth of the horn, so that the sound can spread farther.

Yang Lin took the megaphone and said loudly: "Brothers, my volunteer army was developed for the Pengzhou soldiers, since its establishment, we are to oppose the tyranny of the government, ensure the safety of the people, achieve social peace, and ensure local prosperity.

Yao Tiandong was originally a ruffian hooligan in southern Shaanxi, and fled to our Sichuan when the world was in turmoil, not thinking about the kindness of our Sichuan people to give him a life and a life, he actually roared in the mountains and forests with the local ruffians and hooligans, tied up and extorted the people, and harmed the local people, so that we used to be rich and full of wolf smoke in northern Sichuan, causing local creatures to be ruined and bleeding into a river.

Brothers, this official has studied hard since he was a child, and he is not a person who loves to kill, but Yao Tiandong and others have committed extremely heinous crimes, and not killing is not enough to uphold the justice of the world, and not killing is not enough to calm the anger of the people.

Brothers, I was retaliated against by corrupt officials last year, and some brothers also advised me to wait for the grass to raise troops to resist the government's expropriation and extortion, but I always think that this is not the right way, even if the husband can't benefit the people, but if he doesn't harm the villagers, everyone can do it.

Brothers, this official knows that some heroes and heroes in the past mistakenly voted for Yao Tiandong and the local tyrant in order to oppose the government's wanton expropriation and tyranny.

Brothers, let us work together to eliminate the maladministration of the government, ensure the safety of the people, achieve social peace, and ensure local prosperity. ”

Everyone heard the thunderous cheers, especially Yang Bingyun, Liu Jinfu and others, Yang Lin not only announced in public that he was not to blame for the past, but also intentionally or unintentionally said that his subordinates also wanted to fall into the grass, this is not to excuse himself in public?

Seeing this, Yang Lin immediately led everyone to cheer loudly: get rid of the bad government of the government, ensure the safety of the people, achieve social peace, and ensure local prosperity.

After a cheer, Yao Tiandong and others were brought up one after another, and after confirming their past evil deeds, they were pushed off the field and stabbed to death with a knife. (Exercise the courage of the soldiers, not cut off the head).

The other local rioters were sentenced to 3 to 8 years in prison, depending on their previous position, the number of crimes committed in the past, and the difference between being captured and revolting, and then sent to various places in units of 100 people for farming.

Some people saw that the former poor and vicious masters were killed on the spot, and although they could not bear it in their hearts, this has long been commonplace in the history of Eastern warfare.

Although the prisoners were also treated preferentially on the ancient battlefield, their leaders were not among them, and some rebel leaders were even killed by five horses without a place to bury.

For ordinary captives, it is like a year, and it is entirely up to their mercy to give their lives to the other party.

On the battlefield, many generals often slaughtered prisoners in revenge after losing their loved ones.

In addition to the revenge killing of prisoners, the other is to slaughter cities and kill prisoners for food, for livelihood, or to stabilize the morale of the army.

Now that the army is in chaos, compared with the generals of the same era, Yang Lin only pursues the poor and vicious, reforms the old thieves through labor, and distributes the road expenses to the captured strong men to repatriate, although it violates the modern principle of treating prisoners well, but in ancient times, it can be said to be benevolent and righteous.

In this way, it took two days to basically determine the strategy for dealing with the prisoners, and on the third day, Yang Lin led his troops north to pursue Yuan Tao's troops.