Chapter 183: Disposition of the Thief Captives
Deng Yu's face was slightly pale by the cold wind, looking majestic and terrifying, he put away the Tiger Wing Liuyun Knife, and gave Lu Zhen a look, Lu Zhen understood, and immediately arranged for people to tie up all the thieves who surrendered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this battle, because of the cooperation between Lu Zhen and Luo Ben, the Wu army lost less than 100 people, and then pacified Li Laohu's stockade in one fell swoop.
After counting, more than 2,400 thieves were captured this time, plus the 800 thieves who were recruited in the hemp soil city, a total of more than 3,200 thieves were recruited.
Because in recent days, Deng Yu and a group of Wu soldiers have been tortured by cold winds and low temperatures, so as soon as the war ended, Deng Yu arranged for Wu soldiers to go to the earthen house to warm up, and arranged for people to boil the medicinal soup to ward off the cold.
These medicinal soups were developed by Deng Yu before he set off from Xuyi, and they had a good effect of warding off the cold.
After the medicinal soup was boiled, Deng Yu's hand holding the medicine bowl trembled frequently, and after lowering his head and blowing a few breaths, he drank a big mouthful, and in an instant, a fiery breath rushed from his stomach to his head, and then from his head to the soles of his feet.
It is said that this cold air is first entered by the soles of the feet, or there is really some basis, this fiery breath wrapped Deng Yu's feet, Deng Yue sat down to rest for a while, and then felt that the body that was originally cold and was about to lose consciousness became hot again, and the numbness of the limbs quickly disappeared.
"King Wu, how do you feel? This time King Wu is a little reckless, the low temperature on this mountain, a pot of water splashed out, it will freeze in less than half an hour, King Wu suffered in the cold wind for a few days, in case the body is infected with the wind cold, how can this be good? King Wu is the lord of a country, but he can't fall ill, the next battle, or hand it over to the last general, King Wu can go back to Huaiyuan City and wait for the good news! ”
"The national treasure is too worried, the little Xiaoice cold is not enough to trip this king, as you said, this king is the lord of a country, only then should he lead the way in everything, and the generals in this country will respect this king and be willing to share weal and woe with this king!"
Deng Yu's words were heard in Lu Zhen's ears, which made Lu Zhen have a little respect from the bottom of his heart!
At this time, Deng Yu's still pale face showed an indifferent smile at Lu Zhen, and then said: "National treasure, our army has exterminated two waves of thieves, and the number of captured thieves is more than 3,200. ”
"Right now, our army has been delayed for a lot of time, the war is urgent, these thieves have good combat strength, this king has the intention to accept them as the pioneers of our army, you go and gather these thieves now, this king has arrangements for them!"
"Yes, the Admiral understands!"
Lu Zhen is not very good at words, and originally wanted to say something of concern, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only do things seriously for Deng Yue to express his thoughts.
Deng Yu looked at the back of Lu Zhen leaving, his eyes were full of relief and peace of mind, and he secretly said in his heart that it was also his Deng Yu's luck to have a subordinate like Lu Zhen.
Half an hour later, Deng Yue felt that his body was almost better, so he walked out of the earthen house and came to the simple school field, at this time, more than 3,200 thieves were already standing and waiting in the school field, they all looked nervous, and looked at Deng Yu who walked calmly with anxiety.
Deng Yu walked in front of the thieves and didn't say anything about benevolence and righteousness, because for the thieves from the peasants, they didn't understand these things at all.
Deng Yu told them about survival and the future, he gave these thieves two choices, one was to be a soldier for him, and the other was to throw away the murderous weapon in his hand and become a farmer again.
Most of these thieves came from various provinces in the territory of Wu, and they were originally farmers, and the reason why they fell into the grass and became thieves was because of the high-pressure rule of the Tartar court, and at the same time, there was also the exploitation of local tyrants and inferior gentry, they had no land to cultivate, and became thieves in order to make a living.
It has been nearly a year since the implementation of the tuntian system in Wu State, and the displaced people of Wu State have been allocated land, and among these thieves, many of their family members are part of the displaced people who have divided the fields.
Many thieves have received letters from their families, without exception, all of them are urging them to go down the mountain to be ordinary people, not to be thieves again, and now that they have fields, they are not afraid of starving to death.
Therefore, these thieves also knew that what Deng Yu said was not a lie to them.
More than three thousand two hundred thieves looked around hesitantly to see what the others around them would choose, and after a while, many of the thieves came to the side of the deputies who intended to return to the side of the peasants.
The thieves who want to be farmers are some middle-aged men, most of these people are old and young, and the reason why they joined the thieves in the first place is that the livelihood of the family accounts for a large part of the reason.
Now they can get the fields, then they don't need to live the days of licking blood from the knife edge, and after going down the mountain to farm, they can share the joy of family with their families.
Originally, they didn't go back because there were also rules of bandits among the bandits, once they escaped down the mountain, they would be wanted and chased by the cottage, so in order not to affect their families, they had to continue to live with the title of thieves.
And most of the rest are young and strong thieves, at this age, when they are at the end of their edge, of course they don't want to go back to farming and live a life of inaction.
What's more, Wu Jun's treatment is very generous, so that they can't refuse at all, they have a monthly salary, they have a reward for killing the enemy for meritorious service, and the pension is also very high, and when they join the army, they will be assigned to military fields, which can be hired to be farmed by others, or they can be cultivated by their families after they get married, which solves their worries.
The promotion system is even more capable and mediocre, as long as there are enough merits, they can have a bright future, and they will not be like cronyism like other armies.
Therefore, they made the choice to follow Deng Yu without hesitation, looking forward to a bright future.
Lu Zhen quickly counted the number of people on both sides, and there were about 1,400 people who chose to go down the mountain to farm, and more than 1,800 people who chose to stay.
For this result, Deng Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then arranged for a team of Wu soldiers to escort the 'thieves' who chose to go down the mountain to Xuyi, and Li Ke made a settlement for them to start a new life.
Of the more than 1,800 people left, Deng Yu scattered them and divided them into various teams and units, and then promoted the soldiers of the Wu army who had made meritorious contributions to the war, and let them serve as the commanders of these newly joined soldiers.
As for Roben, the military advisor of Hemp, Deng Yue saw that he was a little anxious, so he asked him for his words, and Robben's face was full of joy, and he said his words solemnly, Guanzhong.
"Robben, the word runs through the !!"
Deng Yu muttered, and then was stunned for a moment, if this Luo Guanzhong is the same person as the author who wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his memory, then this Luo Ben will be awesome.