Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 244 The Story of the Tianxiong Army Suppressing Bandits 6
With Lao Huihui escaping and King Huntian killed, this fierce battle with huge disparity is coming to an end.In fact, this battle took less than an hour from the time when the musketeers of the Tianxiong Army fired the first lead bullet to the time when Lao Huihui escaped. In this short period of one hour, more than 3000 people fell to the ground, guarding the Canal. There was blood flowing everywhere, and corpses were scattered everywhere. It was too horrible to see.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the piles of corpses and groups of trembling prisoners on the battlefield, and remained silent.This was the first battle of the Tianxiong Army, and even he, the founder of the Tianxiong Army, was shocked by the terrifying power of the brand-new combat mode in this battle.From the beginning to the end, the Tianxiong Army did not give any chance to the rogues who were ten times their number. Even if a pig is in command, this battle can still be won!His army can defeat any opponent without the command of a famous general!
It's just...is it necessary to kill so many people?
Looking at the messy corpse, a trace of unbearableness flashed across his eyes.These people are not slaves, not Tartars, they were originally honest people, or officers and soldiers suffering from hunger and cold, in order to have enough to eat, they had to pick up a knife.They are bandits, he is a soldier, and it is only natural for soldiers to kill bandits. He will not have any psychological burden, but seeing thousands of people fall in such a short period of time, he still feels blocked.Isn't the Tianxiong Army's murderous nature a little too fierce?
Qi Hu came over and asked, "My lord, what are you thinking?"

Lu Xiangsheng broke away from his thoughts and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little bit stuck because so many people died in such a short period of time... In fact, we don't need to kill so many people, as long as we kill a thousand or hundreds of them, they will die." It's time to collapse..."

Qi Hu sighed, and said: "My lord, there is no room for mercy on the battlefield. Those rogues are so fierce in fighting trapped beasts. If we don't crush their resistance as quickly as possible, the blood will flow like rivers." We! And the Daoming Dao is also gradually prospering, and it will definitely attract the coveted eyes of all parties. If you don’t need a few thousand heads to stand up, the Daoming Dao will definitely go to the wolf, and there will never be peace. To put it bluntly, I just want to use these thousands The blood of the rogues set the rules for the rogues who covet the wealth of the Dao Ming Dao, and let them know that those who surpass will die!"

In fact, Qi Hu didn't want to kill so many people, but the battle was extremely fierce, the rogues eager to survive were extremely fierce, and the Tianxiong army who was dedicated to defending their homeland was merciless in attacking, making the battle extremely tragic. When the Tianxiong army stopped By that time, the blood was already flowing like a river.Fortunately, the Tianxiong army didn't kill the red eyes. After breaking into the camp of the rogues, they didn't kill the old, weak, women and children.Seeing that the Tianxiong Army was willing to accept the surrender, the rogues put down their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground begging for mercy. As for whether they would be killed after surrendering, they didn't care. courage.All the camps hung up white flags one after another, and the rogues who were stubbornly resisting also came out of the fortifications and put down their weapons. This tragic battle was over.

Of course, the so-called tragic is for the rogues.Counting the casualties, Lu Xiangsheng was shocked again: 340 and eight Tianxiong soldiers were killed, seriously injured, and slightly injured, and more than [-] people were killed and injured by the bandits, and there were more dead than injured!
The exchange ratio is as high as one to ten!

As for the captives, there were even more prisoners. The bandits collapsed so quickly that the battle was over before they had time to escape. Of the 1000 to 600 bandits, only more than 60 escaped. , Under their pursuit, how many of those rogues will survive in the end, only a genius knows.The bandits plundered along the way, and obtained a lot of livestock, gold, silver and jewelry. The Tianxiong army captured more than 700 horses, more than 60 mules and horses, thousands of donkeys, and [-] taels of silver.Such a rich harvest made the generals of the Tianxiong Army very happy, especially the more than [-] horses, which made them even more envious.Most of these war horses are Shandan horses and Hequ horses, which are both harness and ride type, resistant to rough feeding, and strong in disease resistance. They are very good war horse breeds.Although these horses were used too hard by the rogues, they lost weight seriously, and were exhausted to death, but the Tianxiong Army didn't dislike them, they brought them back and raised them for a year or so, and they turned into a group of lively horses again!As for the [-] taels of silver, it was a surprise. Who doesn't know that their adults are short of money now?With this unexpected fortune, his frowning brow should be relieved, right?
"My lord, what should we do with these prisoners?" Lei Shisheng, a mighty general of the Tianxiong Army, ran over and asked, pointing at the prisoner who was squatting on the ground with his hands on his head.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer right away, his gaze flicked over the prisoner's face.There were tens of thousands of bandits, and there were more than 1 young and strong men who were able to fight. More than 3000 were knocked down, and there were more than 6000. They were gathered in an open field, looking terrified.Women, old people, and children trembled even more. Whenever a soldier of the Tianxiong Army passed by, there would always be suppressed screams from the crowd.These rogues have one thing in common, that is, they are all skinny, with dry faces and sunken eye sockets. The hard life has almost squeezed out their vitality, leaving only a thin and weak body.For the current Ming army, it is actually not difficult to defeat the rogues who are several times more than themselves with a few strikes. The difficulty is how to arrange the prisoners.Among the tens of thousands of rogues, there are only a few thousand people who can go to battle, and the rest are the family members of the rogues or the refugees who were coerced by them. It seems that the momentum is huge, but it is actually a mess, and the rogues are well aware of this. So when he saw that the momentum was not good, he immediately fled with a few cronies, leaving thousands of old and weak women and children to the officers and soldiers.In this way, the officers and soldiers faced a difficult problem: if they take over this hot potato, so many prisoners will have to eat, and two meals a day, a mountain can be gnawed down, and their ration supply is already tight enough , where can there be any surplus food to support so many idlers?So, what about driving them away?The same doesn't work, these refugees will immediately cause chaos if they have no food to eat!
As for killing good men and taking meritorious deeds... Except for Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Xiaoshou, few people dared to kill thousands of old and weak women and children at once, and the imperial censor's memorial would bury them alive!Killing is neither letting nor letting, let alone raising it. Anyone who receives such a hot potato will have a headache.Lei Shisheng saw that Lu Xiangsheng hadn't spoken for a while, thought he was in trouble, so he said, "My lord, why don't we give them some dry food and let them go home by themselves?"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly: "Can they go back? Winter is coming soon, even if they have dry food and money, how long can they struggle?" He sighed heavily, "Give them a full meal, and then take them back to Daming government, enroll in the military, and give them a bowl of safe food."

Lei Shisheng was very worried: "My lord, so many people need to dress and eat! Can we afford to support so many prisoners!?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "We still have a lot of food in stock. Let's tighten our belts and save a mouthful for each person, which is enough for them to eat for a day. We are all the people of the Ming Dynasty. If you can't bear to let them die of cold and starvation in the wilderness? Can you help? Yes, let’s help as much as possible, besides, we also need more people to help open up wasteland and cultivate land.”

Lei Shisheng had a worried look on his face, and said: "I'm afraid that the news will spread, and the refugees will come here upon hearing the news, and eat up the Daoist Daoist alive!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "I don't care about the long-term, let's take it one step at a time. Cook food for them right away, and dispose of the corpse at the same time... The head is not needed, let them leave the whole body."

Lei Shisheng sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you are really kind-hearted. I hope these bandits can understand your painstaking efforts and not let down your kindness." He turned around and led others to clean up the battlefield, and injured the ones who were not seriously injured. The bandits were carried out for treatment, and those who were seriously injured were given a stab wound to free them as soon as possible.Many bandits whose hands and feet were broken by lead bullets or whose intestines and stomachs were trampled by horse hooves were squirming in pain in a pool of blood. When they saw the Tianxiong Army approaching, they screamed, not asking for treatment, but just for a quick death. The screams and bloody wounds made Tianxiong Jun, who was responsible for the last-ditch attack, feel his stomach churn, and the joy of victory disappeared without a trace.

So what if you wiped out more enemies?It's not his own compatriots who died!Such a victory is hard to cheer up.

The last dying bandit was also freed, and the Tianxiong Army commanded some young and strong bandits to chop firewood, pile the corpses on top, and then set fire to them for cremation.There were too many dead people, and they couldn't find a place to bury them for a while, and they couldn't leave their corpses in the wilderness, so they had to be cremated.Before the cremation, try to get the ashes to come and identify them. After the cremation, wrap the ashes into a bag and give them to the relatives of the deceased, so that they can find a place for burial by themselves.

It is easier to bury a bag of ashes than to dispose of a corpse.

This humane act made the rogues who were frightened out of their bodies suddenly realize that this bloodthirsty army is not so terrible, as long as they are not their enemies, they will not show their knives at themselves.The fear dissipated little by little. When they learned that they would be taken to the Daming Mansion, join the army, and receive a stable ration with these soldiers, the rogues finally came back to their senses, and all the perceptions that had been dispelled by fear returned to their senses. Their bodies, then, wailed heart-piercingly by the fire, and a woman cried to the army: "Why didn't you say it earlier, you said it earlier, maybe this battle won't be fought." , my man doesn’t have to die!”

The Tianxiong Army could only smile wryly...

(End of this chapter)