In the next period of time, Longwang Village and various imperial guards had attacks and defenses, with Chen Feng's front line. The imperial guards basically defended and did not attack actively. However, the other routes tried to attack several times and were repelled by the defenders of various water camps. The two sides were still in a strategic stalemate.

The imperial army occupied the prefectures and counties, and began to attack the villagers of Huyang, using Yuwen Yan's five strategies to defeat the thieves.

Longwangzhai has sought justice for the people over the years and spread martial arts to the world, and has great support for the people. Therefore, Huyang has many people who are thieves, and the states and prefectures are unable to control it. Now that the army has arrived, the imperial court laws have suddenly become confident of implementing them.

After all, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in charge of Huyang, and I can't deal with the bandits for the time being, can't deal with the people?

The method of continuation of ten households was quickly implemented. If one of the ten households had a thief, the other nine households would be responsible. However, if these nine households reported to the government, then the report would be successful, not only would there be no need to continuation of continuation, but they would also receive benefits such as silver and land.

Of course, with Chen Feng's prestige and the low credibility of the government, most people will most likely keep silent and protect each other even if they know which thief.

Therefore, Ma Zhen did not expect the people to take the initiative to implement it. He first forced this method to use force to force it to kill the chicken to warn the monkey and to comfort the soft and comfort it.

It doesn't matter if there is no civil report at the moment. Where is the most serious place for thieves in Huyang? It is easy to figure out. The officers and soldiers directly suppress and take charge of the thieves, and arrest people in every village. At the same time, if someone voluntarily confesses his guilt, or someone wants to escape from thieves, he will be temporarily pardoned and give him benefits as appropriate and announce it to prove that the report is meritorious.

When the people heard that the imperial army implemented this method, they were all frightened and worried. Some people were afraid of suffering, so they took the family to the Dragon King Village overnight. Some people were worried about being caught in a vain and fled one after another.

This move hits the horse's mind, and the more refugees flee to Longwang Village, they will consume their opponent's food and grass. While the empty countryside of the people will reduce the eyewitness of the bandits in the countryside and can also strengthen the walls and clear the fields.

At the same time, Huang Ping obeyed the orders and sent his soldiers to pretend to be bandits and loot the village.

The court secretly sent people to spread rumors, saying that because there were too many people who fled to Longwang Village and the food on the mountain was limited, the village had to send people down the mountain to grab food, trying to store winter food, and ignoring the life and death of the people who were robbed. Chen Feng was just a false benevolence and righteousness.

Or maybe there was insufficient food in the mountains, and Chen Feng no longer accepted the revenge, so these fugitives were driven down the mountain and had to form a new gang and robbed everywhere, and it was no longer safe in the countryside.

For a moment, the people were panicked.

Of course, some people can make up their minds to commit suicide, but naturally some people are unwilling to follow the thief with their heads.

When the gentry and men suffer, many people are happy, but they do not have the courage to be wise. They just want to sit on the wall and watch others uphold justice for themselves. They are unwilling to be involved in trouble and live a low-key life. The premise of supporting Chen Feng is that they will not be affected by the consequences.

There are still many people who are unwilling to lose their current life until they cannot survive. Because the situation is stronger than others, they have to work hard to supervise and prevent which households from implicating them. If they knew who had been in trouble for a long time, they would take the initiative to report to the government and fight for no responsibility.

People who have already gained benefits are more afraid that others will complicate themselves in losing what they have gained, or want to gain more benefits through reporting, so they are more motivated to supervise their neighbors.

In the process of implementing this law, the court also drove villagers from different places to live in concentrated places, and selected some villagers to manage and supervise them on behalf of Lizheng.

With officers and soldiers supporting and supervising behind their backs, these selected "temporary official" had to cheer up for their work, for fear of being replaced or even being held accountable.

Some clever "temporary lining" use this little power at hand to form cliques among the common people to settle down. At the same time, they can strengthen control of other villagers and strictly monitor them to prevent someone from robbing them.

As a result, the people naturally divide, everyone is alert to others and supervise each other.

Although Longwangzhai spreads martial arts, ordinary people do not have outstanding talent and have to work every day, and their martial arts practice time is limited. Although their skills are more than ordinary people, they can face the number of serious officers and soldiers with good training, and it is difficult to take advantage of them.

Moreover, the imperial army is huge, and most people know that their arms cannot twist their thighs and dare not resist directly... If there are people who resist in public, the officers and soldiers will directly destroy them to serve as a warning.

However, the officers and soldiers did not immediately execute the thief who had already seized him. Although these people were accomplices of rebellion, they were bewitched by the thief, and they could give them a chance to atone for their sins and ask these sinners to turn against the thief and charge at the forefront during the battle, and those who retreated would be killed.

The officers and soldiers claimed to the villagers that the followers of the thief should be executed according to the law. However, given that the bandits are good at playing with people's hearts, the government specially opened a fence. However, the crime of death can be avoided from being alive. This is the punishment for the thief. They are sent to the battlefield and charge for the officers and soldiers, and finally survive, and they will not blame them.

In several battles, officers and soldiers drove away the criminals in front, while the troops hid behind, using the criminals as a barrier, and advanced step by step.

These criminals are basically unarmed, and behind them are the officers and soldiers who are supervising the war, so they can only rush forward with their heads in hunch.

This situation made the Longwang Village jail be restrained and allowed the officers and soldiers to drive the people and disrupt the formation. This naturally would not work. It was also quite difficult to shoot arrows and slaughter the villagers. Maybe there were parents and brothers of the counterfeiters, and they would be either fighting or not.

Fortunately, the battles are mostly water battles, and the tactics of officers and soldiers to drive civilians to fight are limited by the terrain and have limited roles in water battles and cannot achieve the best results.

This cruel tactic is easy to criticize, but if the target is a troublemaker who commits treason, the court will feel at ease.

With the implementation of one strategy by Ma Zhen and Yuwen Yan, the control of the people in Huyang gradually increased. Although it was not supported by the people, it was as effective as the people, and the high-pressure management was as effective as the people... As long as the force was sufficient, this would be even more efficient in the short term.

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On the Longwang Village, the Central Army’s tent.

The leaders gathered to discuss and the crowd was infuriated.

"Damn it, the officers and soldiers' plans were really insidious, and they actually drove the people to death!"

"Not only that, they also pretended to be bandits, robbed the people, and blamed us. It's hateful!"

"With this way the court acts, he dares to claim orthodoxy. Are we like bandits or are they like bandits?"

Zhou Jing sat in the main seat, listening to the leaders' indignation, his face did not change much.

When he fought against Ling Fengzi in front of the formation, he knew about the five strategies of the officers and soldiers.

He had to admit that these methods of the court were effective. Without taking into account the injustice of more villagers, he did remove many of the people's eyeliners and confusions of Longwang Village.

In his opinion, the officers and soldiers acted so ruthlessly, first, they believed that Huyang was full of unruly people, and they had basically no one who was interested in the court, so they had to use severe medicine to manage. Second, this was the battle of the imperial destiny, and victory was the top priority, not a time to care about the subsequent governance, so they did not regard the people as human beings.

Zhou Jing was not surprised. After all, it was the feudal era and the army had basically no moral integrity.

At this time, Guo Haishen frowned and said, "The officers and soldiers are so coercing the villagers, can we go and rescue them?"

Zhou Jing looked at him and shook his head:

"The court had already lost the hearts of the people in Huyang in Huyang, so Ma Zhen took the initiative and treated all the local people as treasons, and acted without any scruples. If we were really doing evil and ignoring the bandits who were indifferent to the people, he might not use this strategy, but I waited for the support of the people, and the officers and soldiers would regard the hearts of the people as the key points of our army and threatened us. This was an open plot and would destroy our righteousness.

However, the imperial court's efforts to fight for the whole country, and the long battle was not conducive to our side. If our army split its energy to save the people, it would be in line with the thoughts of the officers and soldiers. There were many people in Huyang Township and it was difficult to rescue them all. This move consumed our troops and food, and would reveal flaws, allowing the officers and soldiers to predict our actions and ambush them."

Fang Zhen quickly asked, "Brother, how should I deal with it?"

"If you want to solve the problem, you can only fight quickly and repel the officers and soldiers, otherwise it will only drag down our army."

Zhou Jing responded in a deep voice.

On the battlefield, there are few "I want" strategies that are both worldly. If you want to break the strategies of officers and soldiers to win back the people's hearts, your opponent will lead you to the nose.

In his opinion, only by quickly overturning the officers and soldiers can we stop the loss.

Although the people's hearts are useful, most of the time the people are unreliable. Although they support Longwangzhai, they have their own thoughts and interests, and are not a solid piece of cake. It is impossible to expect everyone to leave everything behind to help him. Therefore, there is nothing to blame for self-protection, and being divided is common sense. This is the most commonly used method by rulers.

Zhou Jing didn't expect to win his opponents by relying on the people's hearts, and he had to be real swords and guns.

Duan Yunfeng's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice:

"The officers and soldiers drove the people to attack, and the fellow villagers in front of the formation called each other from afar to destroy the fighting spirit of our army. As the saying goes, kindness does not control the soldiers. If the officers and soldiers come again, we should not show mercy to the villagers and shoot arrows and kill them... The fundamental reason is that the court forced them to death and let them kill more officers and soldiers to take revenge."

Du Ying nodded in agreement and added: "Yes, and there are also disadvantages to driving the people to fight. If our army takes the initiative to attack, these villagers will run blindly and flee in panic, and will also attack the enemy's formation. It may not be all bad things... If you want to succeed, you must be cruel!"

Zhou Jing was silent.

This way to drive the people into combat is a situation that is inherently difficult to decide. As long as the opponent uses it, there is almost no other way to deal with it. If you cannot make up your mind, the result will only be worse.

The Longwangzhai Uprising was professed to kill the powerful and powerful for the people. As an opponent's court, naturally, would not let them maintain "righteousness"... They were thrown into dirty water, divided and separated, and forced to make choices that go against their will. Such situations are inevitable. The enemy will never allow you to go smoothly, cause you very much trouble, and will never cause less. This kind of life-and-death war is willing to do whatever you want, even if both sides suffer.

Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes and stood up suddenly, with a stern tone:

"If the officers and soldiers act like this, our army will naturally vent their anger for revenge on our people, and at the same time, it will shock the official army... and follow me to go out of the village."

"What are the concerns about the village leader?"
Chapter completed!