The Guang'an rebels had been defeated by Jian Liangzhi's main force of more than a thousand troops. They encountered no resistance when capturing prisoners, and the battlefield was quickly cleared.
However, at this time, several officers under Jian Liangzhi felt a little unhappy, because they were mainly responsible for the battle just now. Although they had an absolute advantage, they still suffered dozens of casualties.
But when the prisoners were captured and the battlefield was cleaned later, because the Guang'an rebels were all escaping in the direction of the Qingshan Patrol Camp, the Qingshan Patrol Camp captured a lot of prisoners. This was nothing. The most important thing was the Qingshan Patrol Camp.
The battalion not only captures prisoners, but also cleans the battlefield.
What is cleaning the battlefield?
Of course I picked up a gun!
"Sir, this Qingshan patrol camp is so unreasonable. They took half of the spoils!" Someone complained. Although they didn't think much of these tattered second-hand weapons, anyone who saw the battle was fighting for themselves.
Yes, even if half of the loot is taken away by others, there will be complaints.
Jian Liangzhi, however, didn't take it seriously. It was just a few firearms, which were nothing to regular troops like them. Only local second-line troops such as patrol battalions and guards would regard a few broken guns as treasures.
After a while, Jian Liangzhi saw Lin Ziran. Before Lin Ziran could speak, he took the initiative and said, "Guard Lin, you did a good job this time!"
This was obviously a compliment, but Lin Ziran felt a little dissatisfied after hearing it.
It’s not that Jian Liangzhi’s words are unpleasant. In fact, when Jian Liangzhi said these words, his tone was very kind and appreciative. Normal subordinates would definitely be very happy to hear this.
But Lin Ziran is not his subordinate!
Although it was said that this time he was following orders to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Guang'an rebels, it was just a coordinated operation at best, which does not mean that Lin Ziran was Jian Liangzhi's subordinate.
However, although he was slightly dissatisfied, he did not show it, but said a few polite words, saying that it was all because of your command, Mr. Jian.
But in his heart, Lin Ziran had already made up his mind to kill this Jian Liangzhi first after he had raised millions of troops!
Let you show off in front of me...
As for now!
Ahem! You have to be cowardly, and if you say a few nice words, you won't lose any meat...
After the two parties were polite, the atmosphere became quite friendly.
Later, the army did not stay in the barren mountains and forests. Jian Liangzhi immediately led his troops to a nearby village for a temporary rest. It is expected that they will continue to go north to encircle and suppress the Guang'an rebels tomorrow.
As for Lin Ziran, he was preparing to lead his troops back to Qingshan Town and successfully escort more than 400 newly captured Guang'an prisoners of war back to Qingshan Town.
Jian Liangzhi wanted to lead his army to continue fighting north, but he didn't have time to watch and escort these prisoners of war, so he asked Lin Ziran to escort these prisoners of war back to Qingshan Town first.
Luo Mazi walked to Lin Ziran and said worriedly: "Sir, these more than 400 people are not easy to deal with. They cannot be killed or released. If they are brought back to Qingshan Town, could we keep guarding them?"
Lin Ziran also had a headache!
Jian Liangzhi asked him to escort these prisoners of war to Qingshan Town for custody, but he did not say much about what to do next.
But just as Luo Mazi said, these are more than 400 prisoners of war, and these are not ordinary young men, they are all prisoners of war. Even though they are unarmed now, they cannot relax their guard.
This is tantamount to wasting a lot of troops on custody for no reason.
Moreover, Jian Liangzhi did not directly allocate him rations to support these prisoners of war. Doesn't this mean that he, Lin Ziran, has to pay for these prisoners of war himself?
Lin Ziran wanted to find Jian Liangzhi, but no matter what happened, he had to get the prisoner's ration money first. Lin Ziran never did business at a loss.
However, Jian Liangzhi had already set off with the cavalry regiment at this moment, but Lin Ziran's old acquaintance Hao Ren was still there, and Lin Ziran immediately found him and asked him a few words.
After hearing Lin Ziran's doubts, Hao Ren said: "According to convention, each army generally handles prisoners of war on its own. The prisoners of war in Chongguang City are managed by our Third Division Military Police."
Hao Ren continued: "As for Brother Lin, although your situation is a bit special, Brother Lin doesn't have to worry. The division will handle it properly, and the rations for the prisoners of war will also be provided separately."
Lin Ziran felt relieved when he heard that the Third Division Headquarters would be responsible for the food rations for the prisoners of war. There were more than 400 mouths. Although it was impossible to feed them well, it was not a small amount to eat every day.
He, Lin Ziran, was not willing to pay for it himself.
After solving the problem of rations for the prisoners of war, Lin Ziran took the Qingshan patrol camp and four hundred prisoners of war on the way back.
The road was fairly smooth, but Lin Ziran kept thinking about a problem halfway through, which was how to improve the overall quality of the Qingshan patrol camp.
While thinking, Lin Ziran turned his attention to the dejected Guang'an rebel officers among the prisoners of war.
These two days of continuous fighting made Lin Ziran once again deeply aware of the poor overall quality of his Qingshan Patrol Battalion.
He had already decided to strengthen training for the troops after returning, and was even planning to find a few people from the regular army to serve as instructors.
But now he discovered that the Guang'an prisoner-of-war officer in front of him was a ready-made instructor!
He didn't know it before, but now he knows that the Guang'an rebels they surrounded and eliminated were the third battalion of the 9th Fusiliers Brigade. This 9th Fusiliers Brigade was the main force of the Guang'an Army.
Even if it is not the most elite unit, this third battalion is much better than the ordinary regular army.
The officers in such an elite force are naturally elite talents.
If they can be used as instructors to train the bandit peasant officers under their command, or even help with the training, the effect should be very good.
The only question now is: Are these prisoner-of-war officers willing to help them train officers and soldiers?
After returning to Qingshan Town, he began to deal with these prisoners of war.
Those ordinary prisoners of war soldiers had nothing to say. They were just ordinary soldiers who were serving as soldiers and eating food. There was no hatred between the two sides. Lin Ziran was too lazy to put them in prison. It would be too wasteful. Instead, he sent them directly to prison.
Digging trenches and building walls in oil fields.
Prisoners of war work in exchange for rations, fair and just!
The wall construction in the Qingshan Oilfield Area has never stopped. Not only does the wall in the inner factory area need to continue to be taller and thicker, but more importantly, it must continue to extend to the outside, at least to enclose the new oil wells.
Avoid prying eyes or even damage from outsiders.
But if you hire young people to build it, the cost will be huge. Therefore, the construction of these walls and trenches was previously built by hundreds of bandits with second thoughts.
Now, these four hundred prisoners of war can be used, and these prisoners of war will not even have to pay for the rations themselves, but will be given by the division headquarters. It does not cost Lin Ziran a dime, which is more economical than using the hundreds of bandit laborers.
Money, although the hundreds of bandit laborers don't need wages, they still have to be given food rations.
Ordinary prisoners of war and soldiers are easy to arrange, but it is not easy to arrange the officers and a dozen sergeants among the prisoners of war.
Because Lin Ziran was planning to draw them over to train his officers and soldiers.