Seeing this scene, the rebel soldiers who followed him were so frightened that they raised their hands and surrendered, and even gave up escaping.
"What the hell, they're a bunch of losers, they don't even know how to run away!"
Hong Xing'an watched people around him slip off their horses one by one, squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and couldn't help but curse.
At this moment, he had no hope against his soldiers, so he very wisely turned his horse's head and whipped it.
"hiss!"
The war horse under his crotch neighed sharply, staggered a few steps, and suddenly fell forward to the ground. Hong Xing'an followed the force and rolled several times on the ground before he could barely stop.
But before he could figure out what was going on and get up from the ground, a heavy weight hit his back and he was pinned to the ground.
The weapons on his body were quickly confiscated, and his hands were cut behind his back by two court soldiers.
Obviously, he was captured!
It was only after he was forced to stand up that he realized that his horse had been shot in the front leg by a musket.
Halfway up the mountain.
Li Chengmu looked at the battle situation at the foot of the mountain and said: "This is a group of rioters. I don't understand how they have been able to get benefits from the officers and soldiers in the past two years. They have also captured three states from the officers and soldiers."
Mansion?"
After hearing this, Long Yutian's mouth twitched. How should he answer this?
Can he say that in the last years of the dynasty, the administration was corrupt and the soldiers and horses in the court were scumbag?
At the beginning of troubled times, the newly formed rebels were also scumbag. Otherwise, based on what the rebels have done in the past two years, if the rebels were strong, they would have changed the dynasty long ago.
Both sides were so scummy that they kept the situation balanced.
Of course, this does not mean that all the rebels are scum. The rebels also have ace elites. It can only be said that these elites are very few in number and are in the hands of the thief leader Tan Lang. In other words, these elites are Tan Lang's direct descendants.
Both the imperial troops and the rebels have grown up step by step in the battle. If the rebels continue to let things go like this, their combat effectiveness will definitely increase infinitely in two years.
"Now that your Highness is here, these rebels should wait until they fall apart." Chang Lu stood beside him and echoed his master.
Long Yutian nodded: "Because the traitors are weak now, we should take this opportunity to eradicate them. If they continue to develop, the new thieves will become old thieves, and the traitors' strength will be greatly strengthened. Let them
Coerce ordinary people, let them become new thieves, and then slowly become old thieves through training. If this cycle continues, the rebels will become stronger and stronger, and it will be even more difficult for the court to exterminate them!
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When the enemy is strong and we are weak, the court's situation will become more and more passive. Finally, at the end of the dynasty, it will be annexed by rebels.
Lingnan's 100,000 soldiers and horses faced off against 25,000 rebels. It was almost a one-sided victory. Among them, there were about 5,000 real rebels, and the rest were just ordinary people who were held hostage. They were just here to make up the numbers. The battlefield was about killing people
exist.
After daybreak, the war ended. Our side had no losses, but only 3,000 of the rebels' 5,000 elite troops were left. The others also suffered many casualties in the melee.
Three thousand real rebels were captured, and they were afraid and hesitant. But the ordinary people who were brought there were numb. They didn't know what would greet them next? They didn't know where to go. What's the future for them?
For them, it is a luxury.
Li Chengmu pointed to the nearly 20,000 captives and said to Zuo Jing: "Now that Yuzhou has been ruled by rebels for more than a year, the local officials don't know if they can use it. The placement of these prisoners will be left to you. I hope you won't
Disappoint the Queen Mother and Your Highness!"
Zuo Jing, a refugee in the 35th year of Huiyuan, was taken in by Xia Jing when he fled south, and was later incorporated into the Princess's Guard Camp. Because of his martial arts skills and being a martial arts scholar, Xia Jing temporarily appointed him as the commander of the Guard Camp.
A squadron leader, in charge of one hundred personal guards.
At this moment, Zuo Jing listened to his words and accepted the order with a serious face: "Thank you for the appreciation of the Queen and Your Highness, I will do my best to manage the rear area for the Queen and Your Highness, so that you will have no worries when you go on an expedition!"
After hearing what he said, Li Chengmu was very satisfied: "You will take over the post of Yingchuan County Governor for the time being. I will leave you with some troops and horses, and take all the prisoners back to Xuchang for proper resettlement."
It would be most appropriate for these people who were brought here to be resettled back to Xuchang.
As for the three thousand real rebels, they must be persuaded to surrender to the imperial court. If the rebels are unwilling to surrender, then send them to work as miners in the mines so that they can contribute to the construction of Dayu.
Zuo Jing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, how will Yingchuan County Governor be accommodated?"
Li Chengmu said without thinking: "I have temporarily resigned from all official positions and am free at home. If he is not honest at home, he will be jailed. If he is not honest after being jailed, he will be cut off!"
As for the officials under the rule of the rebels, Li Chengmu had no good impressions of them. He felt from the bottom of his heart that these officials had committed treason, and sparing their lives would be the greatest favor to them.
"Since Your Highness and the Queen trust the official, it is the official's duty to place the prisoners. However, tens of thousands of prisoners and other people in Yingchuan still don't know what is going on. With so many mouths waiting for food, where will the food come from?"
Zuo Jing never dreamed that he would become a local official, but no matter how excited he was, he would not forget his current predicament.
Without food, everything is empty talk, and no matter how good your governance strategy is, the officials and people below will not support you.
Long Yutian sighed in his heart, this is the difference between officers and soldiers and traitors.
If the rebels encountered this situation, they would either kidnap the people and use them as human shields or laborers; or, in order not to drag down the team, they would directly rob their food and kill them for dragging them down.
However, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court could not do this. Arranging prisoners would not only involve the energy of the team, but also consume their food.
Treating prisoners kindly is not an empty talk, but in actual practice it will become a huge burden for the army.
Food and grass are undoubtedly the top priority for the army on an expedition.
Such important supplies have to be divided into parts to take care of the prisoners. Sometimes I think it is better to kill them to save trouble.
But as an officer and soldier of the imperial court, I can only think about this in my heart and don't even dare to say it out loud.
Li Chengmu turned his head, looked at Long Yutian, and asked uncertainly: "How much of the rebels' food and grass baggage was captured this time?"
After hearing this, Long Yutian probably guessed what Li Chengmu was thinking, and his heart ached, but he still had to answer truthfully: "The rebels' food is enough to feed our team for half a month!"
After hearing this, Li Chengmu's face flashed with joy, and he said with hatred: "It's really a lot, but I don't know how many people they plundered to get so much food?"
Long Yutian comforted him: "These grains can temporarily alleviate Yingchuan's urgent needs. The autumn harvest will be ready in a few months."
After the autumn harvest, the people will be able to survive until the summer harvest next year if they have food in their homes. After the summer harvest, it will be the autumn harvest again. And so on. As long as Dayu annihilates the rebels and restores peace to the world, the people can at least live a stable life.
, there is no need for families to be displaced due to war.
Zuo Jing was very satisfied with the result. He did not expect that Li Chengmu would be so generous, giving him half a month's worth of food and fodder for one hundred thousand troops.
The grain shipped back was enough for the entire Yingchuan people to last until the autumn harvest.
With food, he would have fewer obstacles and more authority in resettling the people of Yingchuan.
"The difficulty in fighting the rebels is not to defeat them, but how to resettle the people who are held hostage by them, and how to eliminate the core force of the rebels! And these all require food and grass as a prerequisite!"
The meaning of Long Yutian's words was obvious. He was obviously dissatisfied with Li Chengmu for giving all the rebels' food and grass to Zuo Jing at once.
Leading troops in war and managing logistics is the same as being a director of a family. Every penny and every grain of food must be carefully calculated to ensure long-term success.
Li Chengmu naturally heard what he meant and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the food problem. Before the expedition, the queen mother made arrangements. Li Dingguo continuously transported food back from the Nanyang Society to support our march plan!"
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After Long Yutian heard this, what else could he say? He could only tell Zuo Jing: "Master Zuo, when you went to Xuchang and resettled these people, you also had to register the entire population and land of Xuchang. If you can
To cope with it, it is best to re-measure the land and register it like in Lingnan!"
When Zuo Jing heard this, his eyes lit up and he was overjoyed!
This is possible. In Lingnan, the land reform was vigorously carried out, which made young people like them who wanted to make a difference excited.
Now Yingchuan's reform is led by himself, which makes people extremely excited just thinking about it!
Somehow, word spread about Li Chengmu's placement of the prisoners, and the prisoners who had originally lost hope for the future cried with joy.
But the real rebels thought for a moment and couldn't help but recall the original intention of rising up in the first place. Is this the outcome they expected now?
The rebels' self-reflection made the subsequent work of persuading them to surrender very smooth. In order to have a legitimate name, to be able to return home in fine clothes, and to be able to enter the clan ancestral hall a hundred years later, the rebels were willing to surrender to the imperial court.
The victory of this battle gave the Lingnan soldiers unlimited confidence, and they recruited three thousand rebels, and the troops continued to march eastward in Yuzhou.
As for the Jingzhou soldiers and horses still behind, it depends on their generals whether they can catch up.
Jingcheng and Jiankang received good news from Yingchuan, Yuzhou.
When Li Jingfu saw the good news, he couldn't help but feel so happy that he hosted a banquet for the officials in the palace to celebrate.
When Xia Jing in the capital received the news and saw the delivered craftsman Old Man Luo, she also smiled and directly assigned some craftsmen to him, asking him to lead these cornerstones to reorganize the military situation in the capital.
He also gave him some drawings of the results of the Lingnan Iron Works, such as boring machines for making flintlock guns, drawings of steam engines, etc.
As for the blueprint of the ship, Xia Jing did not give it to him because there were no big rivers in the capital and there was no need for that kind of big ship, or sea-going ship.
Xia Jing hopes that they can develop and produce a steam engine as soon as possible. The capital is located inland and transportation is too inconvenient. If there is a steam engine, all transportation problems can be easily solved.
On this day, Wei Dong came to report to her.
After Xia Jing heard that all government affairs were on the right track, she asked him: "How does it feel to take over the government affairs of the entire Gyeonggi region? Can you still cope with it?"
"Your Majesty has already planned everything. I just act according to the rules and can handle everything." Wei Dong thought that if he couldn't handle these things, then he would have failed Xia Jing's expectations.
Xia Jing nodded: "It's good if you can handle it easily. Taking over the autumn harvest is the top priority in the Gyeonggi region. You need to let the officials below make preparations."
Wei Dong responded: "Yes, Wei Chen will definitely make arrangements."
"Well, the autumn harvest is coming soon. Beidi over the grassland can hardly sit still. The Bingzhou border defense line needs to strengthen patrols and strengthen defenses. I will write to the border general to remind him of this."
As Xia Jing spoke, she was thinking about what else she needed to tell her.
The more Wei Dong listened, the more he felt something was wrong. Finally he couldn't help but asked: "My dear, you have arranged everything, do you want to leave Beijing?"
After saying that, he looked at Ye Fei, who was standing aside as a pillar. Seeing that he didn't even give him a look, he looked at Xia Jing again.
Xia Jing did not hide anything and admitted directly: "Yes, Xiaowu led the troops to victory in the first battle, and the subsequent battles will only become more and more difficult. When we fight against Tan Lang's main force, I'm worried that he will not be able to cope with it."
Wei Dong wants to say that since you are gone, who will handle the affairs in the capital?
But he quickly thought of Li Chengmu's identity, and the prince of a country really couldn't take too many risks.
"What I worry about is exactly what I worry about. With your Majesty at the helm and supporting you, I believe that Your Highness will be invincible and return in triumph!"
Xia Jing handed over some matters and sent Wei Dong away.
I want to go to Beijing this time, mainly because I am bored staying in the capital. I have to worry about the war on the front line every day, and I also worry about Xiao Wu's safety. I am really irritated and abnormal. It is better to leave the capital and go to the front line. Maybe she can really help. Their busyness.
He left as soon as he said so. Three days later, Xia Jing left the capital with five hundred horse guards.
This time Xia Jing also changed her habit of riding a carriage when going out, and directly went out on horseback dressed in military uniform.
She and her personal guards did not follow the southern expedition route of the army, but passed directly through Xingyang County and went straight to Chenliu in Yuzhou.
"Master, fifty miles further on is Xu Tong. It's getting late today. Let's stay in the town ahead for one night and continue on our way tomorrow, right?" Ye Fei told Xia Jing the news about the night's inquiring.
Although the guards brought out this time were uniformly dressed, they were not uniform uniforms for the imperial court, but uniforms specially made by Xia Jing. To outsiders, they looked like guards from aristocratic families.
So Ye Fei suggested that he go to the town to rest for a night. Xia Jing did not object and readily agreed.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work after traveling for so many days. Let's go to town tonight and have a good rest."
A group of 500 people entered the town in an orderly manner, and the people returning home in the evening were frightened and dispersed.
In this era of constant wars and disasters, the sudden sight of such a well-equipped group of people almost scared the entire town into retreating home.
Ye Fei's head was covered with black lines.
Yan Qiong scratched her head, glanced at Ye Fei's dark face, turned to Xia Jing and said, "Master, we seem to have scared them."
Ye Fei rolled his eyes at him, "No, anyone with eyes can see it. We scared them."
Xia Jing pointed to the inn in front with a chuckle: "There are two inns not far from each other in front. Let me ask if they have guest rooms?"
Yan Qiong smiled and said: "In such a small town, it is impossible for all the inns to be full. As long as there is a room for the master, my brothers and I can lay the ground floor."
Ye Fei was unhappy when he saw him expressing his loyalty in front of Xia Jing, and glared at him: "Ask as the master tells you to do, where did all this nonsense come from!"
Yan Qiong smiled and rode forward. Before leaving, where Xia Jing could not see him, he did not forget to raise a middle finger to Ye Fei. "We are all the captains of the master's personal guards. How can you stand in front of the master?" Just show your face to him!
"you"
Ye Fei was so stunned that he really wanted to go up and pluck off his fingers!
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