"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! ”

"Only the first evil will be punished, and the rest will surrender without guilt!"

The hundred soldiers who rushed into the cottage shouted all kinds of persuasion words under the instruction of Su Yan, and the thieves in the cottage heard the shouting outside, and immediately had the illusion that the enemy army was attacking, and then looked at the enemies who rushed over like wolves and tigers, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

The soldiers of the Zhongwu battalion also ignored the thieves who surrendered on their knees, and directly bypassed them and continued to fight into the depths of the cottage.

When they ran to the gate of the cottage, they were shocked to find that the outside of the cottage had been surrounded by countless torches - after the shouts of killing sounded on the cottage, Chen Ying, who stayed at the bottom of the mountain, immediately gathered all the soldiers and raised torches to attack Jianshan.

Su Yan did not encounter any resistance along the way, the thieves who stayed in the cottage had no fighting spirit after experiencing the defeat during the day, coupled with the sudden night attack, their will to resist was even weaker, seeing that Su Yan came in with heavily armed soldiers, they all obeyed the words of persuasion and chose to surrender.

In this way, before Su Yan and his party were killed in the main village, the only battle that happened tonight had already ended, Xu Yujing and his personal soldiers were killed and lost their armor, and they had to surrender to Chen Shenggui in order to survive.

After Xu Yujing surrendered, the night attack finally came to an end, and the main force of the army led by Chen Ying outside took over the cottage and brought all the captives, forcibly captured women and children, and the food and property that Xu Yujing had accumulated in the past few months down the mountain.

In order to prevent this ready-made cottage from being occupied by robbers from behind, before leaving, Su Yan ordered the entire cottage to be set on fire to ensure that it could not become a stronghold for thieves.

Watching the cottage gradually be engulfed by the flames, Xu Yujing's face was like ashes with his hands tied, and the reflection in the burning was constantly jumping in his pupils, this was the base he had worked so hard to build, but it was burned by a fire.

This may not be nothing, compared to the fate he will face next, Xu Yujing's heart has begun to despair.

It's not that he doesn't know that Dehua County has been captured by another group of rebels, but he thinks that the two armies are clearly divided and do not invade each other, so he didn't take Su Yan's group of rebels to heart anymore, but he didn't expect him to become a prisoner because of this.

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Early the next morning, Su Yan led the army to dismantle the camp and escorted the huge captives back to Dehua County.

He had gained a lot from last night's battle, and the captured population was left alone, and the booty in the cottage alone included 40 stone of grain, more than 1,000 taels of silver and copper coins, three war horses, 10 pack horses, and 23 chickens and ducks.

There were also the soldiers who participated in the battle and were captured, a total of 1,788 people, except for the 213 people who went to the most heinous crimes, including Xu Yujing, and most of the rest were good residents in the vicinity, who were coerced by Xu Yujing to join him by force, and were forced to fall into the grass.

In addition, there were 454 women and children who were rescued, most of the family was coerced to join the army, their husbands and sons were among the soldiers, but a few were forcibly occupied by Xu Yujing and his own soldiers, and their virginity was taken away.

Looking at the women and children with the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe on their faces, Su Yan already had the verdict in his heart against the identified people who had indiscriminately killed innocent people or robbed people's women.

Because of the slowness of women and children and the surrendered troops, the march became very slow, and it was not until the afternoon that they finally arrived at the county seat.

After arriving in the county seat, the 213 people who had been convicted of the crime were immediately taken to the Yamen prison to await tomorrow's public trial, while the remaining 1,575 people were put into temporary camps outside the city under the supervision of soldiers, and women and children also built another smaller camp next to their camp.

Su Yan was ready to distribute these people to settle down on wasteland near the county seat after discussing with Liu Wenmin, and let them mainly grow sweet potatoes for a living.

On the other hand, the news of Su Yan's annihilation of Xu Yujing's bandit army also quickly spread throughout the county with the return of the army, and under the deliberate promotion of Liu Wenmin, Su Yan's reputation and image gradually became higher in the hearts of the people of Dehua.

Such a leader of the rebel army who will send troops to suppress bandits in order to protect the people is simply a great and righteous existence compared to the official uniform that only collected heavy taxes and did not care about the life or death of the people, and was unable to deal with bandits.

Moreover, when the righteous army entered the city, Su Yan also restrained his subordinates not to attack the people, and killed a few ** who disobeyed the military order, it can be said that Qiu did not commit any crimes, and he was selfless with an iron face to describe him, coupled with the subtle influence of the system on the people of Dehua, all kinds of factors add up, and the attitude of the local people towards Su Yan can almost be explained by admiration.

Su Yan didn't know about this, the only thing he could detect was that after he led the army into the city, the eyes of the people on the street were almost all fanatical and admiring, and there were even many people holding containers with food to greet the army on the street.

In the face of the enthusiasm of the people, the soldiers who accompanied the army were obviously somewhat flattered, and this was the first time they had such an encounter, especially the soldiers of the Zhongwu battalion, who had never been so welcome in the places they had gone before, either spurned and disdainful, or were hostile and fearful, that many of them could not help but weep bitterly.

Looking at the reaction of the soldiers of the Zhongwu Battalion, Su Yan sighed, which army in this era was not regarded by the people as a flood beast and wanted to retreat? It's rare to get this treatment, and it's no surprise that they would have this kind of reaction.

Thinking of this, Su Yan slowed down his horse, clenched his fists and said loudly: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, I, Su Yan, have the responsibility of protecting the safety of the people on the Dehua side, if any thief dares to attack my people, he is an enemy of my Su Yan, and I will raise troops to fight for it!"

Tomorrow afternoon, I will hold a public trial meeting in front of the county government, and the public trial bandit leader Xu Yujing and 212 people, you can go and watch! ”

As soon as they heard that there would be excitement to watch tomorrow, the people were moved by Su Yan's previous words, and they became excited, the ordinary people of this era are the most lacking in entertainment, it is rare to encounter large-scale gatherings, and there may be executions of prisoners, they must go to the onlookers to watch!