"Are you really going to let us go home?"

These prisoners of war of the Imperial Army are also people who drag their families with their families, so they are naturally unwilling to die in vain.

Now that Yang Qi said that he would pardon them, they still had doubts, after all, the other thieves had never been merciful to the prisoners of war.

However, there was a lot of love for this rebel army, and I had never heard of the killing of prisoners of war, so I was immediately hopeful, but I was still somewhat worried.

"I, Yang Qi, mean what I say, as long as you lay down your weapons and promise not to fight against our rebel army in the future, I can not only let you go home, but also send you the money to go home."

After hearing Yang Qi's words, these prisoners of war were in an uproar, when did the rebel army become so merciful?

"If you are willing to lay down your arms and go home now, come to me to register and receive your travel expenses."

"If you don't want to go home and want to continue to be a soldier and eat food, go over there and wait, I have already ordered the Huotou army to cook on the fire, and you will have a full meal first."

Yang Qi did not give these prisoners of war more time to think, and let them choose directly.

After Yang Qi finished speaking, he asked the two soldiers to bring a box of copper coins and a box of silver coins, and at the same time asked the clerks in the army to prepare the paper and prepare for the registration and registration.

Seeing that Yang Qi didn't seem to be telling a lie, these imperial prisoners of war hesitated, and a few of them were bold and took the lead in stepping out.

"In order to prevent you from taking the money and not going home, but continuing to return to the Imperial Army, we have to register here what each person's name is, where they come from, and if they encounter them on the battlefield in the future, we will show no mercy!"

"And if I knew that you would return to the Imperial Army, I would release the information, and I don't think the Empire would spare you then."

Yang Qi is naturally also precautionary, so while letting these prisoners of war go home, he also kept a hand.

These prisoners of war also looked at each other, Yang Qi was tantamount to cutting off his back route, and they really couldn't go back to the imperial army in the future, so they could only go home.

"Name?"

"What kind of position did you hold in the Imperial Army?"

"Where is your home, and who else is there?"

......

The clerks in the army, according to Yang Qi's instructions, carefully questioned and registered every prisoner of war who wanted to return home.

Although such registration is not very effective in practice, it is at least a deterrent.

"Your home is in Wei New Town, Ansan County, and you can go home in two days and receive ten copper coins."

Yang Qi personally distributed travel expenses to the registered prisoners of war, which flattered these prisoners of war.

"Thank you, General, thank you, General."

Feeling the heavy copper coins in their hands, the prisoners of war who escaped death were grateful.

"Go back and farm well to support your family, don't work for the empire, go ahead."

After Yang Qi personally handed over the copper coins to these prisoners of war, he did not forget to kindly advise them.

Seeing that Yang Qi really fulfilled his promise, not only pardoned them and let them go home, but also paid the travel expenses, those who were still waiting stepped forward one after another.

Li Cunyi and the others originally planned to escape at night to avoid being killed by the rebels.

But the current scene made them puzzled at the same time, and at the same time, they also lost the intention of escaping, because there was no need to escape, just go forward to register, and then they could go home.

"Brother Li, let's go register and go home too, right?"

Seeing that people took the money and left one after another, Li Cunyi's several familiar soldiers were also eager to try.

"You take the money and go back, have a peaceful birthday, I won't leave." Li Cunyi thought about it and said.

"Brother Li, why is this?"

"I sold my land and spent more than 20 silver coins to fill the vacancy of the team after my father's death, and now I have nothing to go back to, and the Imperial Legion can't go back......" Li Cunyi looked a little affectionate and lonely.

Li Cunyi's father was also a general of the Ansan County Garrison, and after his death, Li Cunyi took a lot of money to replace his father's position.

Originally, Li Cunyi still wanted to mix in the Ansan County garrison for a few years, and then marry a wife.

But now with their defeat by the rebels, the trajectory of his entire life has changed.

Li Cunyi was very aware of the imperial army's punishment system for the defeated army, and drew one out of ten to set an example.

Now that Yang Qi has registered their information again, even if they go back and escape the punishment of drawing ten kills, if they fall into the hands of the rebels again, there will be no way to live, so he can only stay.

Like Li Cunyi, because there were many prisoners of war who were concerned by all sides, only a few of the more than 1,000 prisoners of war actually left, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the rebel army.

The other 1,000 or so prisoners of war eventually remained, and they were willing to join the rebel army and continue to serve as soldiers.

Some of them are worried about being punished when they go back, some are ambitious and want to follow the rebel army to gain fame and wealth, and some simply want to find a place to eat.

Now the entire Dahong Empire is heavy in taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and corrupt officials are rampant, even if they go back, they have no way to live, so they simply stay.

"Thank you for not giving up, willing to stay and join our rebel army, two days ago we were enemies on the battlefield, but from today on, we are a brother who scoops food in a pot, with my Yang Qi to eat, I will definitely not be hungry for you!"

Yang Qi didn't expect that the number of people left behind greatly exceeded his expectations, so he seemed very happy.

Although he now has more than 10,000 soldiers, in fact, except for the 5,000 soldiers of the elite battalion, the others are all new recruits, and their strength is not strong.

In the battle with the Imperial Army, the performance of the rebel army greatly surprised the elite of these Empires, which was eye-catching, and of course, this was also an important reason for the surrender of these elite troops.

Now the more than 1,000 captured prisoners of war of the Imperial Army have become the real elite of Yang Qi's subordinates.

These people used to be soldiers of the elite legion of the empire, they did not need to be trained, and they were even better than the soldiers of the elite battalion, Yang Qi believed that as long as he treated them well, these elites of the original empire would definitely become a division of tigers and wolves.

Li Cunyi and the others don't know if their choice is correct, but they have no other way to go now.

"Sun Jie!"

"Yes!"

"Bring up the cauldron and let these brothers have a full meal first!"

"No!"

Sun Jie and others admired and admired Yang Qi incomparably, so they unswervingly supported Yang Qi's decision.

Soon, the steaming meal was delivered, and Li Cunyi and other hungry people couldn't care about their own image, gobbling it up, and soon all the food was swept away.

"Have you eaten enough?"

After the meal, Yang Qi gathered all the soldiers who had thrown over to give a lecture.

"I'm full."

"It's full."

These soldiers now have round bellies, and it is rare for them to have a full meal.

Although they were former soldiers of the Imperial Army, there was serious corruption within the Imperial Army, and they were often deducted from their salaries.

"Why are you as weak as a girl, tell Lao Tzu loudly, have you eaten enough?!" Yang Qi looked around and shouted loudly.

"I'm full!"

"Okay, this is the momentum that the elite army should have!" A smile appeared on Yang Qi's face.