The soldiers gathered the bandits and their families in the house, as well as the bandits and bandit families who had been captured in other parts of the cottage and did not escape, in the open space in front of the house.

At this time, Wu Shigong looked at these captives with a blue face. He wasn't embarrassed by being crushed to the ground by the guards just now. He was deeply remorseful.

When attacking the mansion just now, Wu Shigong could have been completely prepared. Let their soldiers attack again under the protection of firearms and chariots. However, because Wu Shigong underestimated the enemy, he rashly let the soldiers attack directly, so that the arrows shot by the bandits in the house knocked down several of his soldiers. Such casualties simply should not have occurred.

Looking at the prisoners gathered, a wave of hatred rose in Wu Shigong's heart. He narrowed his eyes. But then he closed his eyes again, shook his head, and tried to shake the thought out of his mind.

At that moment now, Wu Shigong had the idea of killing the prisoner. But fortunately, his mind was still a little clear, and he knew that the consequences of killing the prisoner were really serious.

Of course, Wu Shigong did not think that the killing of prisoners would be ominous or anything, nor was he afraid that the killing of prisoners would be attacked and impeached by other officials. Wu Shigong felt that if he killed the prisoners, then when he faced the enemy in the future, the enemy would no longer surrender because he had killed prisoners, and the losses of his soldiers would increase.

However, not retaliating at all could not relieve the hatred in Wu Shigong's heart at this time. So Wu Shigong ordered: "Pick out all the people who used to live in this house." ”

Under Wu Shigong's order, the soldiers quickly selected the people who had lived in the house from the captives and drove them to the side to form a group.

There are more than 30 of these people, basically all of them are old and weak, women and children, and they are all relatives of Li Harrier and the big bandit leaders under him. Because Li Harrier and his bandit leaders fled too quickly, there was no time to flee with their families.

After these people were driven out, they all knew that something was wrong, and some of them collapsed on the ground, and some knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying and begging again and again.

"Kill them all." Wu Shigong didn't care about those pleas at all, and directly ordered to the officer He Fei on the side.

Na Hefei listened to Wu Shigong's order, looked at those people again, leaned his head in front of Wu Shigong with some doubts, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, there are still nursing children here." Are they all killed? ”

Wu Shigong listened to He Fei's words, and the anger in his chest could no longer be suppressed. He slapped He Fei with a backhand and knocked He Fei in a circle.

Don't talk about cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. Just He Fei's behavior of expressing doubts about Wu Shigong's order added fuel to Wu Shigong's fire at this time.

The slap that Wu Shigong gave was actually an answer, so He Fei covered his red and swollen face, stumbled to the soldiers surrounding these people, and issued an order. The soldiers immediately stabbed out their spears......

Lei Ying, who was on the side, looked at the corpses in a pool of blood, and his eyelids jumped. It's brutal. Even bandits fight each other, such an act of destroying the door is also very rare. In Lei Ying's heart, Wu Shigong immediately rose from the devil level to the demon king level.

However, Wu Shigong didn't care at all about killing Li Harizi and the relatives of the bandit leaders under him. After Wu Shigong seized Li Harrier's cottage, he had been fighting with Li Harrier endlessly. Now killing his relatives, at most, will not die. The consequences have not changed much. So, there is nothing to hesitate at all.

What follows is nothing more than some aftermath work. What to transport their wounded back to the fortress of Qianhusu to rescue, search for trophies, let these captives rebuild the gate of the cottage or something.

When he arrived in Zuihou, Wu Shigong left 200 soldiers in this cottage where the gate was repaired, and let Qian Qilai lead it. Then, after Wu Shigong left a part of the provisions, he escorted the other booty back to the fortress of Qianhusuo.

Before going back, Wu Shigong dispersed the captured bandits and their relatives. Wu Shigong would definitely not raise these captives again. As for how these people survived this winter, Wu Shigong didn't have time to worry about that heart.

When breaking up with Lei Ying, Wu Shigong told Lei Ying: "You go and inform all the big bosses in this mountainous area, and let them rush to the Qianhusuo Fortress in half a month to discuss matters." If anyone doesn't arrive, his fate will be the same as today's Li Harrier. ”

Lei Ying hurriedly agreed.

After returning to the fortress of Qianhusuo, Wu Shigong went to visit the injured soldiers for the first time. Fortunately, except for one soldier who was seriously injured and is still unconscious, the other soldiers were not injured to the point of vital injury, and they could recover after a period of rest.

And it is intelligence that diagnoses and treats these soldiers. He not only learned Buddhism and martial arts in Shaolin Temple, but was also very proficient in the treatment of external injuries. And in order to rescue the unconscious soldier, Wu Shigong did not hesitate to invite another famous doctor from the county town for consultation, and did not hesitate to use good medicine.

Eventually, the soldier was finally pulled back from the danger. However, because of his serious injuries, the soldier basically lost his ability to work in the days that followed.

So when the soldier woke up, he was very worried about his situation. This soldier was a bandit with a horse who later surrendered to Wu Shigong. At that time in the Ming Dynasty, once a soldier was disabled, the military attache was able to give the soldier a large amount of silver severance pay, which can be said to be very benevolent.

Therefore, when he saw Wu Shigong coming to visit him, the soldier looked at Wu Shigong with pitiful eyes and begged Wu Shigong: "My lord, you must not abandon me. I'll do a good job under adults in the future. ”

Wu Shigong grabbed one of the soldier's hands, patted it in the palm of his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely raise you for a lifetime." You see, after the injury is healed, how about going to my house and being a steward? ”

When the soldier heard Wu Shigong's words, he was very excited, and he struggled to get up from the bed and salute Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong hurriedly stopped the soldier's reckless move, and then said: "Now you can recuperate from your injuries with peace of mind, and when the injuries are all neat, I will find you another family affair." ”

Wu Shigong's arrangement of this wounded soldier once again caused a huge sensation among all the soldiers. Especially those bandit soldiers who led horses to surrender to Chengcheng, they also increased a lot of sense of belonging to Wu Shigong's army.

Before the Chinese New Year, Wu Shigong also negotiated with the bandit bosses in the mountainous areas to sell the salt goods provided by Wu Shigong throughout the mountainous area. And Wu Shigong also divided this mountainous area into regions, and let these big bosses be responsible for the sales of salt goods in their respective regions, so that they could also make some small fortunes.

And after getting the news sent by Wu Shigong, Lu Jianchen also rushed over from Yangzhou. Of course, he didn't mainly negotiate business with Wu Shigong, because of the previous agreement, the two sides basically negotiated. Lu Jianchen mainly wanted to coordinate with Lu Yunhuan, give Lu Yunhuan some benefits, and determine the amount of salt goods to be increased.

Zuihou, Lu Jianchen and Lu Yunhuan hosted Wu Shigong again, and at the banquet, the three of them formally reached an agreement on the supply of salt goods. In addition, Lu Jianchen and Lu Yunhuan also gave Wu Shigong a New Year's gift. What is funny is that Lu Yunhuan actually proposed at the banquet: give Wu Shigong a little girl from the clan as a concubine.

Of course, Wu Shigong politely declined. Don't say that your three wives are still pregnant, and you can't do this kind of thing that affects their mood. Just this kind of political marriage without any feelings, as a modern person, Wu Shigong is more cold. He's already been a son-in-law, so he doesn't want to hurt that little girl anymore.

After all this, Wu Shigong distributed the loot according to the usual practice and summed up the combat experience this time. In this summary, in addition to reaffirming the great role of firearms, everyone felt that the power of artillery was too small, and if you attack a strong city, the power of these guns may not be enough.

Therefore, Wu Shigong specially allocated 800 taels of silver to Yang Goudan, and asked him to start developing a three-pound artillery. And if the funds are insufficient, it will continue to increase in the future.

In addition, in view of the fact that the battle for the city will definitely be carried out in the future, Wu Shigong began to train the soldiers in the attack and defense of the city. And all the officers also carried out the offensive and defensive drills of the city on the map.

Unexpectedly, in this exercise on the map, the most haode achievement turned out to be calligraphy and ink. This kid seems to have a lot of tricks to save his life, and he is willing to use his brains in life-saving methods. This timid man also has the advantage of being timid.

Therefore, Wu Shigong officially pulled Shumo out of the inner house, and despite Shumo's opposition, he appointed him as an officer without a single soldier. And the housekeeper of the inner house, Wu Shigong let the dog-legged man often come to serve as him.

Before the Chinese New Year, under the care of his master Zhang Xuebin, Wu Shigong's documents and New Year's gifts were also handed over to the higher-level yamen and various officials as usual. Even the county order Yu Zilian's share was not pulled down.

The only thing that is a little annoying is that the silver sent to Old Man Zhao Ming is more, because Old Man Zhao Ming has taken another concubine. Wu Shigong complained in his heart: "This old man is not tired of being tired once a year!" ”

Soon, Wu Shigong ushered in the second year of Chongzhen after the happy and big-bellied ladies celebrated the New Year.