Seeing this scene, the rebel soldiers who ran with him were all so frightened that they raised their hands and surrendered, and even gave up escaping.

"He's milky, a bunch of wine bags and rice bags, and he won't even want to run away!"

Hong Xing'an watched as he slid off the horse one by one, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and couldn't help scolding.

At this moment he had no hope for his soldiers, and very wisely turned his horse's head and whipped his horse.

"Shhh

The war horse under the crotch let out a sharp neigh, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground suddenly, Hong Xing'an rolled on the ground a few times before he could stop.

But before he could figure out what was going on and get up from the ground, he was crushed to the ground with a heavy load on his back.

Soon his weapons were confiscated, and his hands were cut behind his back by two court soldiers.

Apparently, he was captured!

It was also when he was cut backwards that he stood up that he realized that his horse had been shot in the front leg by a musket.

Halfway up the mountainside.

Li Chengmu looked at the battle situation under the mountain and said: "The thief army composed of a group of rabble, His Royal Highness can't understand it, how can he have been able to bargain under the officers and soldiers for the past two years?" And also took three state capitals from the hands of officers and soldiers? ”

When Long Yutian heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, how could he take these words?

Can he say that the officials in the last years of the dynasty were corrupt, and the soldiers and horses of the court were scum?

At the beginning of the troubled times, the rebels who had just formed were also scum, otherwise with the actions of the rebels in the past two years, if the rebels were strong, they would have changed the dynasty long ago.

It was only the scumbags of both sides that kept the situation balanced.

Of course, it does not mean that the rebels are all scum, the rebels also have ace elites, these elites can only be said to be very few, and they are in the hands of the thief leader Qin Lang, that is to say, these elites are Qin Lang's descendants.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court and the rebels have grown up in the battle step by step, and if the rebels continue to let it go like this, in another two years, the combat effectiveness will definitely be infinitely strengthened.

"Now that His Highness is down, these rebels are waiting to collapse." Long Lu stood beside him and echoed his master.

Long Yutian nodded: "It is precisely because the traitors are weak now, we should take this opportunity to eradicate them, if we continue to let them develop, the new thieves will become old thieves, and the strength of the traitors will be greatly strengthened." Then let them coerce the ordinary people, let the ordinary people become new thieves, and then slowly become old thieves in the training, and so on, the strength of the traitors will become stronger and stronger, and it will be more difficult for the court to exterminate them again! ”

The enemy is strong and I am weak, and the situation of the court will become more and more passive, and finally it will really reach the end of the dynasty and be swallowed up by traitors.

Lingnan's 100,000 soldiers and horses against the rebel army of 25,000 people was almost a one-sided victory, of which the real rebels were about 5,000 people, and the rest were all coerced people, who were completely here to make up the numbers, and the battlefield was the existence of sending people's heads.

After dawn, the war ended, and there were no losses on their side, and only about 3,000 of the 5,000 elite rebels remained, and the others were also killed and wounded in the melee.

Three thousand real rebels have been captured, and they will be afraid and hesitant in their hearts. And the ordinary people who came with it looked numb, they didn't know what would greet them next? They don't know where to go, and the future is a luxury for them.

Li Chengmu pointed to nearly 20,000 captives and said to Zuo Jing: "Now that Yuzhou has been ruled by rebels for more than a year, and the local officials don't know if they can be used, the placement of these captives will be handed over to you, I hope you don't disappoint the queen mother and Her Royal Highness!" ”

Zuo Jing, a refugee in the thirty-fifth year of Huiyuan, was taken in by Xia Jing during the period of fleeing south, and was later incorporated into the princess's personal guard camp, because of his martial arts and martial arts, Xia Jing temporarily appointed him as the squadron leader of the personal guard battalion, and his subordinates managed one hundred personal guards.

At this time, Zuo Jing listened to his words, and received the order with a straight face: "Thank you for the appreciation of Queen and Your Highness, the minister will do his best to manage the rear for the Queen and His Royal Highness, so that you have no worries when you go on the expedition!" ”

Li Chengmu listened to his words and was very satisfied: "You will temporarily take over the post of Yingchuan County Guard, and I will leave you some soldiers and horses, and escort all these prisoners back to Xuchang for good settlement." ”

These coerced people are still the most appropriate to be resettled back to Xuchang.

As for the three thousand real traitors, they must be persuaded to take refuge in the imperial court, and if they are not willing to give in, then send them to the mines to be miners, so that they can make some contributions to the construction of Dayu.

Zuo Jing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, how is the current Yingchuan County Guard placed?" ”

Li Chengmu said without thinking: "Temporarily resign from all official positions, idle at home, if he is not honest at home, he will be imprisoned." If you are not honest when you go to prison, you will be cut directly! ”

For the officials under the rule of the rebels, Li Chengmu did not have a good impression of them, and felt in his heart that their group of officials had committed treason, and keeping a dog for their life was the greatest preferential treatment for them.

"Since His Royal Highness and the Empress trust Xiaguan, it is the responsibility of Xiaguan to place prisoners, but tens of thousands of captives and other people in Yingchuan still don't know what the situation is, so many mouths are waiting to eat, where will the food come from?"

Zuo Jing never dreamed that he would become a parent official, but no matter how excited he was, he didn't forget the current predicament.

Without food, everything is empty talk, and no matter how good the governance strategy is, the officials and people below will not support you.

Long Yutian sighed in his heart, this is the difference between an officer and a traitor.

If this is the case with the traitors, they will either take the people to their advantage, as a shield or as a laborer; Or, in order not to drag down the team, he directly robbed them of their food and killed them.

However, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court could not do this, and the placement of prisoners would not only drain the energy of the troops, but also consume their food.

Treating prisoners well is not an empty phrase, and actual action will become a great burden on the army.

Grain and grass are undoubtedly the most important thing for the army that is out on the march.

With such an important material to take care of the captives, sometimes it is really better to kill them.

But as an officer and soldier of the imperial court, he could only think about this in his heart, and he didn't even dare to show his mouth.

Li Chengmu turned his head, looked at Long Yutian, and asked uncertainly: "How much grain and grass is in the traitor's grain and grass captured this time?" ”

When Long Yutian heard this, he probably guessed Li Chengmu's thoughts, and his heart ached, but he still had to answer truthfully: "The traitor's food is enough for our team to eat for half a month!" ”

Li Chengmu's face flashed with joy when he heard this, and he said with hatred on his face: "It's really a lot, but I don't know how many people they looted to get enough food?" ”

Long Yutian comforted: "These grains can temporarily alleviate Yingchuan's urgent needs, and in a few months, the autumn harvest will be available." ”

After the autumn harvest, the people's families have grain to barely support the summer harvest next year, and the summer harvest is followed by the autumn harvest, so back and forth, as long as Dayu exterminates the traitors and returns the world to a peaceful world, the people can at least live a stable life, without having to be displaced with their families and mouths due to war.

Zuo Jing was very satisfied with this result, he didn't expect Li Chengmu to be so generous, and he gave 100,000 soldiers and horses half a month's worth of grain and grass at once.

These grains were transported back enough for the entire Yingchuan people to hold on until the autumn harvest.

With food, he has fewer obstacles and more prestige in relocating the people of Yingchuan.

"The difficulty in fighting traitors is not to defeat them, but how to settle the people who are held hostage by them, and how to eliminate the core forces of the traitors! And all of this requires grain and grass as a premise! ”

The meaning of Long Yutian's words is obvious, obviously he has an opinion on Li Chengmu's one-time giving all the traitor's grain and grass to Zuo Jing.

Leading troops to fight and manage logistics is the same as being in charge, every penny and every grain must be carefully calculated in order to last a long time.

Li Chengmu naturally heard what he meant, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the problem of food, before the expedition, the queen mother has made arrangements, and Li Dingguo will continue to transport back grain from Nanyang in order to support our marching plan!" ”

When Long Yutian heard this, what else could he say, he could only tell Zuo Jing: "Lord Zuo, when you go to Xuchang and settle these people, you must register the population and fields of the entire Xuchang by the way, if you can cope with it, it is best to re-measure the land and register it as in Lingnan!" ”

Zuo Jing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was overjoyed!

This can be had, at the beginning in Lingnan, the land reform was vigorous, which made their young people who wanted to make a difference enthusiastic.

Now that Yingchuan's reform is led by itself, it makes people very excited to think about it!

Somehow, the word of Lee Seung-mu's placement of the captives spread, and the captives, who had no hope for the future, wept with joy.

And the real traitors thought a little, and couldn't help but recall the original intention of the original revelation, is this kind of fate what they expect now?

The traitor's self-examination made the next persuasion work very smooth, and the traitors were willing to return to the court in order to be justified, to be able to return to their hometowns, and to be able to enter the clan ancestral hall after a hundred years.

The victory in this battle gave the Lingnan soldiers and horses unlimited confidence, and they incorporated 3,000 rebel troops, and the team continued to advance eastward in Yuzhou.

As for the Jingzhou soldiers and horses who are still behind, it depends on their generals whether they can keep up.

The capital and Jiankang received good news from Yingchuan in Yuzhou before and after.

Li Jingfu read the good news, and couldn't help but be happy, and directly feasted the ministers in the palace to celebrate.

And Xia Jing in the capital received the news, and when she saw the craftsman Luo Old Man who was sent, she also smiled, and directly dialed some craftsmen to him, asking him to lead these cornerstones to reorganize the military battle in the capital.

He also gave him a copy of some drawings of the results of the Lingnan Iron Workshop, such as the boring machine for making flintlock pistols, the drawings of steam engines, and so on.

As for the drawings of the steamer, Xia Jing did not give it to him, because there are no big rivers in the capital, and there is no need for that kind of big steamer, or sea boat.

Xia Jing hopes that they can develop and produce the steam engine as soon as possible, the capital is inland, and the transportation is too inconvenient, if there is a steam engine, then all the transportation problems can be solved.

On this day, Wei Donglai reported to her.

Xia Jing heard that all government affairs were on the right track, so she asked him: "How does it feel to take over the government affairs of the entire Gyeonggi area?" Can you still handle it? ”

"Niangniang has already planned everything, the minister just acts according to the rules, and everything can be handled." Wei Dong thought that if these things couldn't be handled, then wouldn't he have lived up to Xia Jing's expectations.

Xia Jing nodded: "It's good to be able to deal with it easily, the next autumn harvest is the top priority in the Gyeonggi region, and you have to let the officials below prepare for it." ”

Wei Dong responded: "Yes, Weichen will definitely arrange it properly." ”

"Well, the autumn harvest is coming soon, Beidi on the other side of the grassland is almost unable to sit still, and the border defense line of Bingzhou should strengthen patrols and strengthen precautions, I will write to the border general to tell him this."

Xia Jing said, thinking about what else she needed to tell in her head.

The more Wei Dong listened, the more wrong he became, and finally couldn't help asking: "Niangniang, you have arranged everything, do you want to leave Beijing?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Ye Fei, who was standing on the side as a pillar, and saw that he didn't even give him a look, so he looked at Xia Jing again.

Xia Jing didn't hide it, and directly admitted: "Yes, Xiao Wu led the troops to win the first battle, and the next battle will only become more and more difficult, and when he fights with Qin Lang's main force, I am worried that he will not be able to cope with it." ”

Wei Dong wanted to say that you are leaving, who will handle the affairs of the capital?

But he quickly thought of Li Chengmu's identity, and the prince of a country really can't take too much risk.

"What Niangniang is worried about is what the minister is worried about, there is Niangniang at the helm and support for His Royal Highness, I believe that His Royal Highness will be invincible and return triumphantly!"

Xia Jing explained some affairs and sent Wei Dong away.

I wanted to go out of Beijing this time, mainly because I was bored in the capital, I had to worry about the war on the front line every day, and I had to worry about Xiao Wu's safety, I was really irritable, it was better to go out of Beijing to the front line, maybe she could really help them.

Just leave, three days later, Xia Jing took five hundred horsemen and guards out of the capital.

This time, Xia Jing also changed her habit of going out to take a carriage, and went directly on horseback in military uniform.

She and her guards did not follow the route of the army's southern expedition, but directly passed through Xingyang County and went straight to Chenliu in Yuzhou.

"Master, fifty miles further is Xu Tong, it's getting late today, let's stay in the town in front of us for one night, and then continue to hurry tomorrow, right?" Ye Fei told Xia Jing the news that he would not be able to collect and inquire at night.

Although the guards brought out this time are uniform, they are not the unified robes of the imperial court, but the unified clothes specially made by Xia Jing, which look like the guards of the family to outsiders.

So Ye Fei suggested going into the town to rest for one night, and Xia Jing did not object, and readily agreed.

"Okay, after so many days of driving, everyone has worked hard, let's go into the town tonight and rest for a good night."

A group of 500 people entered the town in an orderly manner, and the people who returned home in the evening were scattered in a panic.

In this era of constant military disasters, suddenly seeing such a well-equipped group of people, almost frightened the whole town to retreat home.

Ye Fei is full of black lines.

Yan Qiong scratched her head, glanced at Ye Fei's black face, turned her head to Xia Jing and said, "Master, we seem to have scared them. ”

Ye Fei glanced at him, "It's not seeming, but everyone who has eyes can see it, we scared them." ”

Xia Jing chuckled and pointed to the inn in front of her: "Not far from each other in front, there are two inns, let people ask if there are any guest rooms?" ”

Yan Qiong said with a smile: "In such a small town, the inn can't be full, as long as there is a room for the master to live, my brothers and I can make bunks on the floor." ”

Ye Fei was unhappy when he saw that he was loyal in front of Xia Jing, and glared at him: "The master asks you to ask, where is so much nonsense!" ”

Yan Qiong smiled and hit the horse forward, and when she left, she didn't forget to raise a middle finger at Ye Fei in a place where Xia Jing couldn't see, everyone is the captain of the master's guard, just show him a face with your kid in front of the master!

"You"

Ye Fei was stunned, and he wanted to go up and break his fingers!

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