"Three thousand four hundred and fifteen in all."

"Now that screening is underway, we don't want to be a habitual offender, and we will hand it over to the imperial court for disposal."

The short conversation reached the ears of Ruan Lizhen, who had not slept well all night, and she was very amazed, she had heard the story of waiting for the rabbit, but she didn't expect that there was still a matter of guarding the fire and waiting for the rogues.

Yu Guozhen's plan was quite successful, at least ninety percent of the thieves who fled to the area of Tong's 'Chengfang' Yang were ensnared by him, and the rest of the sporadic thieves did not need to be taken care of by the family guards, and the villagers in each township were brave and strong, so they could be cleaned up.

This kind of harvest made Yu Guozhen very satisfied, and from the beginning of the war to the present, except for only two days of rest after the capture of the Lu'jiang River, the guards have been running around almost all the time, and their reserves of physical strength have been seriously insufficient, so Yu Guozhen decided that this battle is over.

"Go back?"

Hearing the news, Rao is guard boys were brave and warlike, but they couldn't help cheering.

"Little officials, these rogues have made our New Year not have a good time, and after fighting for so long, our Xiliu Courtyard has no time to rebuild, so everyone is so happy." Tian Boguang said with a grin beside Yu Guozhen.

Yu Guozhen glanced at him, this kid has a delicate mind and slick means, except for a slightly worse relationship with Ye Wuya, almost everyone in the family guard has a very harmonious relationship, he makes fun of many people, but he doesn't really hate the people who are being teased.

"Just now he said this, because he was afraid that I would blame everyone, this kid, the overall situation has been cultivated, and it is very sleek, but it is frivolous, and it has to be honed, and it can be useful in the future." Yu Guozhen thought to himself.

There were many useful talents in the first three batches of home guards, which alleviated Yu Guozhen's originally stretched situation.

They drove the captives forward, nearly 4,000 captives, of course, there were also those who harbored evil intentions and wanted to escape, all of them were chased and killed by Qi Niu with cavalry. After killing more than twenty people, the rest were completely honest and obediently headed east.

Drove these rogues to march to Zong'yang, and then in the name of Yang Erming, the magistrate of the county, requisitioned dozens of civilian boats, they went down the river to the east, and returned to Xiang'an in just one day's work. When he heard that he had arrived in Xiang'an, Yu Guozhen couldn't help but walk out, looked at the mess by the West River, and was silent for a long time.

The ship docked, and the rogues were so completely destroyed that even the dock they had built was gone. With the help of the gangway, they staggered ashore and stepped on the land they were familiar with.

Yu Guozhen walked a few steps, and the gravel road that was originally padded was full of human and animal feces, which was left by the rogues, and it was more difficult to destroy this road, so they expressed their hatred for Xiang'an in this way.

They walked more than 100 zhang and came to the ruins of the Hosoyanagi Courtyard. This is the most complete ruin, not only all the wooden structures have been burned clean, but even the rammed earth walls have been torn down by them.

Among the ruins, Yu Guozhen did not find anything intact.

Originally, this was the place where the family school was located, with blackboards and desks, but when the rogues arrived, they only destroyed and did not build, and they never knew the meaning of this place. Over there was a row of mulberry trees in the yard, which had now been dug up by the roots, and Yu Guozhen knew that many of the young people in the family guard liked these mulberries knotted by mulberries.

"They were peasant uprisings, but they were also outrags...... The imperial court drove them crazy, and, after them, there were even more crazy and even harder to find a trace of progressiveness. If I don't work hard and can't defend this country, then it will not only be the Xiliu Courtyard that will be destroyed, but the whole of China! ”

"It is not the roots of the mulberry tree that are broken, but the inheritance and foundation of China!"

"The backbone of the Chinese people was interrupted, first two hundred and sixty years of slavery restoration, then a hundred years of invasion by foreign countries, and even after China stood up again, there were still some Chinese people who did not grow a backbone, cruel on the outside and cruel on the inside, and willing to be foreign slaves! Even under the obvious bullying of Yangyi, he also deceived himself and self-indulged**! (Note) With such contemplation in his heart, Yu Guozhen's expression gradually became a little serious.

Next to him, Wang Qinian even whimpered and cried. This wandering teenager only experienced a life full of concern in Xiang'an. Not only him, but almost all the guards were indignant while sighing, and many people had already regretted it, and they asked Yu Guozhen to kill the thief again.

"The opportunity to kill the thief will be there in the future, and Xiang'an is destroyed, the Xiliu Courtyard is destroyed, we can still rebuild, as long as we are still there, our land is still there......" Yu Guozhen raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet, and the guards were quiet, waiting for him to continue to speak.

"I also know that some of you feel that there is no need in your hearts to fight with the rogues this time, at least not so desperately. We have few people, if we fight to the death, there must be casualties, we have gathered a total of 419 people, that is, 419 people, but in the repeated battles, more than 100 people have been lost, and the casualties have exceeded a quarter. ”

"But now you all see, if we hadn't fought bloodily, how many Xiliu Courtyards would have been harmed, and how many Xiang'ans would have been destroyed?"

"Maybe some people will think, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, and we can rebuild. But have you ever thought that if we do not go to war, we will be able to defeat the thieves by relying only on our officers and soldiers? ”

When he said this, Yu Guozhen paused for a moment, looked at everyone, and all the guards shook their heads almost at the same time.

They fought side by side with the officers and men, and they saw with their own eyes the strength of the officers and men, and to be honest, they really looked down on the officers and men. Just with those officers and soldiers who are so hungry that their faces are yellow and thin, and even the weapons in their hands are rusty and rotten, let alone defeat the rogue, even supporting them for a few more hours in the hands of the rogues is a dream!

"The officers and soldiers can't defeat the thieves, we can defeat the thieves but we don't make any efforts, so let's Xiang'an, we don't do anything, our Nanzhili is occupied by the Liukou, where else do we go to rebuild Xiang'an, where else do we go to rebuild the Xiliu Courtyard?"

"Everyone knows that I bought land and property in Qinzhou, and everyone can go to Qinzhou and Xinxiang with me. However, if I abandon Xiang'an today, I may have to abandon Xinxiang tomorrow! The wicked, whether the wicked man is a rogue, a Tartar, or a foreigner from the sea, each of them is more greedy than the other, and each is more vicious than the other. Not only to rob us of our money, not only to occupy our land, but also to try to kill all our people, if we can't kill them, we will be forced to abandon our ancestors and give them slaves! At that point, where will we hide, and where will we rebuild? ”

"Now, do you think you want to fight or not?"

His last sentence made the hundreds of guards present, even the borrowed Tong's city people, all excited. From ancient times to the present, the love of the Chinese nation for the land is rooted in the blood and glory, as long as there is land, the Chinese nation can build a beautiful homeland. And if they are deprived of the right to build a beautiful homeland, it will make them even more sad than depriving them of their lives!

"War, natural war!"

Ruan Lizhen looked over from the boat, and she was brought here like a group of women who had been plundered by the bandits and lost their homes. She couldn't hear Yu Guozhen's words, but she heard the thunderous response of the young guards and the people. She felt a little strange in her heart, what did Yu Guozhen say that made everyone so excited?

She looked at the ruins from afar, and probably guessed in her heart that it was Yu Guozhen's fine willow courtyard. Liukou's destruction of the Hosoyanagi Courtyard was much more complete than the destruction of her family's Villa. She didn't have any feelings for Xiang'an, so she didn't have much feeling about the ruins, just glanced at it, and returned to the ship.

After the hanging, Yu Guozhen ordered to start driving down the prisoners on the ship, these thousands of prisoners have a lot of strong labor, and it is only fitting to use them to clean up the ruins and prepare for reconstruction. Moreover, Yu Guozhen also needs to change some of the bad habits of these captives in this reconstruction.

"Most of you and others were originally good, but they also knew the difficulty of harvesting and building. But after the thieves, they destroyed people's fields, burned people's houses, and plundered people's property. If you just kill corrupt officials to do the right thing for heaven, if you just kill bad gentry and fight grievances, I, Yu Guozhen and you, have no grudges and no hatred, and they have nothing to do with each other. But you and others kill innocents indiscriminately, and the sins you create are better than corrupt officials and bad gentry! ”

Yu Guozhen said this is a bit exaggerated, when it comes to the destructive power of a single person, he is just a rogue from the common people, where can he compare to those officials and men who are full of fat. But at this moment, standing in this large area of ruins, Yu Guozhen's words are very infectious.

Most of these rogues were also the sons of good families, good farmers and good craftsmen in the workshop, all of whom knew that it was not easy to reclaim and build.

Many even knelt on the ground and muttered silent prayers.

"If you wait, you will redeem yourself. From now on, from now on, you will begin to clean up the ruins and rebuild the garden for the innocent people whose homes have been destroyed by you. Yu Guozhen's voice was even more severe: "Every day, someone will record every performance, if you do your best, when you have the freedom to complete your crimes, if you are rewarded for meritorious service, you will have a corresponding reward, if you are passive and sabotage, you will be punished by law, if you still try to make noise and riot, the knife in Yu's hand has no head that cannot be cut off!" ”

This is an encouragement and a warning, for these rogues, although Yu Guozhen's speech left a deep impression on them, but it could not make them immediately heartbroken and reformed, but with this speech as a foundation, when implementing the rules and regulations in the future, there is a word first.

The number of prisoners counted was a total of 4,100, and after selection and screening, Yu Guozhen left 2,000 of them, which were all physically strong and relatively honest at the same time, especially those who mastered the craft were preferred. Yu Guozhen felt that the most ferocious and difficult to save among the rogues were those lumpenproletarians who were lazy and idle, and it was difficult for such people to master a craft, even farming. And people who have a craft, as long as they are not in the event of a natural disaster, are generally looking forward to peace and stability, so that they can earn a good job by virtue of their own craftsmanship.

For these captives, it was the beginning of a new life for them.

Note: Okay, I'll name you directly here, these complaints are for Yang Mingzhi, a reporter from the Xinyang Slave Society, and Yang Yi and his ilk, for a certain delegation official who does not dare to fight for the interests of his country to cater to the racial discrimination of the Baipiyang adults and criticize his own athletes who have made great sacrifices!

(To be continued)