When the Qin soldiers regained control of the outer city walls, especially after closing the city gates, the thieves inside the city immediately collapsed.

In fact, in terms of numbers, they were not much less than the Qin soldiers. If you can gather together and rush out together, you still have a chance to fight out of the city. But at this time, the city was completely chaotic, and Hao Shaoqi did not know where to go. As the saying goes, a man does not walk without a head, a bird does not fly without a head, and a thief who has lost his command has completely lost the ability to judge the situation.

As soon as they saw that the Qin soldiers occupied the outer city wall, the thieves who could still fight hard just now had all their fighting spirit at this moment, and felt that there was no hope of escaping, so they threw away their weapons and surrendered.

And the Qin soldiers were already red-eyed at this time, especially the cavalry, because they had paid heavy casualties in the battle just now, and everyone from generals to ordinary soldiers was eager to avenge their comrades. Therefore, they did not care that the thieves had disarmed and surrendered, and they continued to slash and kill with their knives.

Zhu Youzhen saw it really in the inner city, and hurriedly went out in person to stop this crazy behavior. He didn't pity the life of a thief, but the immediate priority was to keep the situation in the city under control, not to kill.

Under his stern reprimand, Li Laiheng, Xie Yong and other generals came to their senses, reorganized their ranks, and tightly guarded the city gates, while confiscating the weapons of the surrendered soldiers and driving them to prison.

Speaking of prisons, this is also an important building in Qinwangzhuang. Because in all the battles from the militia to the Qin soldiers, some prisoners were always captured. Of course, these captives could not be killed at once, for many of them were new thieves and were forced, and although they did some evil deeds, they were not guilty of death. And after all, Zhu Youzhen is just a vassal king, and theoretically has no power to kill. Even if it is the county order Sun Chuanting, he can only try the case, and the verdict will have to go to a higher level of yamen.

But if you just let it go, it obviously won't work. After all, these people are bandits or thieves, even if they don't do anything, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is a capital crime. Moreover, many of them have done evil in the past, and have even killed people, and if they are released without a clear trial, will they not let the murderers of the people go unpunished?

Second, even if these people are all innocent, the reason why they are thieves is mainly because of poverty. Of course, it was easy to let them go, but after they went out, they still had no way to live, and sooner or later they would have to rebel.

Regarding this urgent and thorny problem, Zhu Youzhen also thought about pushing it out, that is, handing over all these people to the Xi'an government for disposal. But after thinking about it, there are still many women and children among them, and if they are handed over to the government, they will definitely have to lose their heads, which is too cruel. So he finally decided to build a prison and deal with the prisoners himself.

When Qinwangzhuang was building a large number of buildings, Zhu Youzhen deliberately set aside a large area of land in the inner and outer cities to build a prison. Of course, the name "prison" is too conspicuous, and Zhu Youzhen chose a slightly better name: Qin'en Institute. As the name suggests, it is to use hard work to repay Qin Bing's grace of not killing and alleviate his own sins!

For different prisoners, Zhu Youzhen also treated them differently. Like the dependents of the thieves, in fact, they are just some old and young women and children, so Zhu Youzhen let them live in prisons in the inner city. The conditions here are slightly better, and they feel similar to those of a modern prison. Three meals a day are served normally, and the prisoners can also let off wind in the courtyard and move freely for a while.

As for those male prisoners who participated in the battle, Zhu Youzhen was not so polite. The prison where they were held was in the outer city, and in order to prevent thieves from escaping, Zhu Youzhen built this prison impregnable. The floor and walls are all made of bluestone, and the doors of each cell are made of iron rods the thickness of forearms. In a cell of less than 10 square meters, at least a dozen prisoners should be stuffed, and as for whether they can stand it or not, it is not within Zhu Youzhen's consideration.

Due to the limited conditions, there was no courtyard for the prisoners to move around at all, and whoever had their turn to do the hard work was escorted to a designated place by a special person to work under the supervision of a loaded gunner, and immediately thrown back into the cell when they were done. Therefore, a story like "The Shawshank Redemption" or "Prison Break" is absolutely impossible to happen here.

The prisons in the outer city were relatively empty before, but today they were suddenly full. Zhu Youzhen didn't have time to subdivide whether they were thieves or ordinary people, let alone interrogation, so he could only stuff them in first.

Among them, there were at least 2,000 thieves who invaded the city, and in addition to about half of them, there were about 1,000 left. The number of civilians who were driven to attack the city was even greater, almost reaching tens of thousands. The 10,000 people were crammed into more than 200 cells, and the cramped capacity was as high as a canned sardine.

Zhu Youzhen and Qin Bing didn't have mercy on this, who let them attack the city! Most people are also obedient to this kind of treatment, after all, it is better to die than to live, and it is already very good that people don't want their own lives.

By the time the city had completely calmed down, it was late at night, but the thieves outside the city had not stopped. Although they tasted the grenade, and no one dared to get too close to the city walls, they still clamoured outside the outer moat, and had no intention of retreating.

In fact, Li Zicheng knew very well in his heart that this siege had completely failed. Just now, Hao Shaoqi drove the people to attack the outer city, and he thought that it was about to be completed, and his nerves, which had been tense for many days, had just relaxed.

Unexpectedly, the battle situation changed dramatically, not only did the official army reoccupy the outer city wall, but also more than 10,000 thieves and ordinary people, including Hao Shaoqi, were almost all wrapped in dumplings, and there was not one in the hundredth that ran out! He often boasted that he was good at using soldiers, but this time, he was completely tricked by the enemy!

Up to now, Li Zicheng also understands very well that although there are still tens of thousands of people in the camp, there are less than 6,000 soldiers who can fight. Just now, so many people couldn't attack it, and now this little force is even more useless, so it's best to flee quickly.

But after suffering such a big loss, and also losing the general Hao Shaoqi, he really couldn't swallow this breath. And Hao Shaoqi's life and death are unknown now, if he just raises his legs and leaves, it will also chill the hearts of the soldiers. That's why he let the thieves continue to make noise outside the city, but in fact, it was just for show.

But he was sulking in the camp, when suddenly a junior colonel came to report: "General Qiyu, the officer and army asked you to answer before the battle, saying that they wanted to talk about the release of the prisoners!" ”

Li Zicheng's heart was suddenly overjoyed, and he secretly thought that if the defenders won this battle, they probably couldn't support it. Therefore, on the pretext of releasing the prisoners, he negotiated the conditions with himself.

He has always been cunning and wise, and immediately made up his mind to deceive the captured Hao Shaoqi and others back first. As for the promises made to the other party, it's all! As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will break through the city, slaughter all the people in the city, and fiercely release this evil breath in his chest!

So he immediately came to the outer moat, accompanied by the generals, and shouted at the head of the city: "If you want to discuss the return of the prisoners, do you dare to come out to negotiate?" ”

"Li Zicheng, your brain is in water, right?" Zhu Youzhen at the head of the city shouted in high spirits, "Still thinking about taking this king out of the city?" Let's just say it, if you want to shout hard, you can get closer! ”