choke element

Chapter 442 Regret

"The body is almost done."

On the top of the dam, Guo Zhongyuan came with a torch and reported to Guo Ning: "Li Quan has quite a few ruthless fighters who dared to fight, and 1000 people were killed on the spot in his camp. Now we can find out their names and identities. Yes, there are probably more than 600. After another half an hour, if some people can’t confirm their identities, forget it and burn them all.”

Everyone will nod in satisfaction.

Identifying the identities of all Li Quan's deceased and promising to return their ashes is a bit deliberate.Its purpose is to show their tolerance to the soldiers and civilians under Li Quan's command.It is enough to achieve this level, and there is no need to be demanding about the details.

Guo Ning asked, "How are the captives doing?"

"Nearly 200 officers and soldiers were captured, and more than half of the two or three thousand who escaped in the wilderness were captured. The wounded are being treated, but a batch of them will inevitably die tomorrow. In addition, there are many women and children in the old and small battalions. Gu Shang, I will let someone take care of me at the moment, and set up a battalion for every [-] people, and I have already set up twelve battalions, and I plan to count them carefully tomorrow morning."

"Well, remember to send people to patrol the camp at night. It is strictly forbidden for our soldiers to insult and beat the captives, especially those women, who are the family members of the captives. We don't want to touch them, and we don't want to lose our reputation."

"Don't worry, handsome."

Guo Ning turned to Xu Xuan: "Two days after tomorrow, seize the time to screen and select prisoners. Those who are willing to surrender will serve as Alixi of the town defense army first; those who are unwilling to surrender, or those who are rebellious, will be sent to Jinqing later. After a while of hard labor, go to build the city, build roads, and kill the spirit. In addition, if there is..."

Guo Ning pulled at his mustache, Xu Yu took half a step forward, and said in a low voice, "Some of them are die-hard loyalists of the Red Coat Army and have a deep relationship with the rest of the Red Coat Army. Those who are willing to surrender will be useful in the future." "If you don't want to, you'll have to do hard labor, and I'll send someone to watch it... It's also useful to either let them go, or create an opportunity for them to escape."

Guo Ning nodded repeatedly.

In this regard, Xu Wei is a veteran, so there is no need for Guo Ning to talk about it.

The Ding Navy made a big move this time, defeating the Red Coat Army successively in the west and south directions, subduing the Jin Army, and its mighty army was far beyond the imagination of outsiders.Those who were released had seen the battlefield with their own eyes, and when they returned to the fragmented remnants of the Red Coat Army, they would be more in awe of the Ding Navy than anyone else.

Of course, there is still a part that Xu Yu uses for other purposes.Those who will "run away" may be the people arranged by Xu Wei to infiltrate the various departments of the Red Coat Army on the East and West Roads of Shanxi.

Military victory will definitely bring about the expansion of the territory.Judging from the current situation, Guo Ning can at least completely control the Erfu, Erjie Town, Erdefense, and Qici County on Shandong East Road, a huge territory of 52 counties in total, with a population of millions.Based on this, it is not difficult at all to gather an army of [-].

At the same time, the ten military states on the East and West Roads of Shanxi will fall into long-term chaos.The rest of the Red Coat Army was struggling among them, while Guo Ning, Pu San Anzhen, and Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu had a much stronger force, and they were able to freely manipulate and seize benefits.

If there are no special changes in the situation, this will be a process of at least three to five years, and many deep-seated things will be slowly managed, so there is no need to talk about it here.

The next group of generals slowly turned back from the embankment, intending to return to the camp separately to deal with their respective official duties.

After walking for a while, the direction of the generals happened to intersect with Guo Alin and the others.

The conversation and laughter of the soldiers were blown into Guo Ning's ears by the wind.Guo Ning also heard Yu Mang'er's sudden burst of crying.

As a low-level soldier, Guo Ning could feel the emotions represented by the two voices.He stopped, listened for a moment, and smiled.

For these soldiers, talking about their trivial lives is naturally a good relief after the battle.

It's not that they want to use these to lure someone deliberately. These soldiers are rough people and can't do fine tricks.The key point is that as time goes by, the soldiers feel more and more the benefits brought by the military household system, and they are satisfied with it, so they talk about it.

In fact, ordinary warriors also like to get real gold and silver rewards.The impact of a large amount of money is far stronger than the complicated and rigid merit recording system of Dinghai, and it can make people feel more satisfied.It is also easy to understand that it is easy to understand who will work for whomever takes money.

However, Guo Ning had seen too many such scenes when his family was fighting in Monan.He knows very well that if an army only recognizes money, there will be big problems.

At that time, the Jurchens generals often took full boxes of silver to lure the soldiers to die.At the beginning, half and half of the silver bills were given, and the soldiers were still very enthusiastic.

Later, as the entire boundary trench defense line continued to collapse, some soldiers could not buy food with money, and more soldiers got money but died to spend it.

In the next few years, the gold, silver and copper coins given by the imperial court became less and less, and more and more banknotes were handed over.The number on paper for handing over banknotes starts from ten guan, and expands to one hundred or one thousand guan in a blink of an eye, but its real value is not as good as a piece of butt wipes.

By this time, the morale of the army had already collapsed.Countless Han people, Khitan people, Bohai people, and Wang Gu people were not on the same side as the Jurchens, but now they see that they have lost their military pay and rewards, so why fight?What are you doing?Crazy or stupid?
Hundreds of thousands of troops all thought this way, and it was inevitable that they would lose consecutive battles with the Mongolian army.

Therefore, Guo Ning felt that no matter how much the soldiers got as rewards with gold and silver, they would only be grateful for a while.Only when the military government grants tax-free land, promotes positions, and uses the government's ability to govern as a solid guarantee, can two-way trust be gradually established.

Most of the ordinary soldiers have simple demands.A wife and children on the kang, a few acres of fields and a cow are almost their ultimate dreams.

Ding Haijun fulfilled their dreams, enabling them to happily talk about their family business and fields, and they naturally agreed with Ding Haijun and Guo Ning.

Out of human instinct, they must hope that the fields they have bought with their lives and cultivated so hard will always be in their hands; they will gradually be satisfied with the envious eyes of shady households and ordinary people. Maintain the honorable status of soldiers.

Once they get used to this, they can't tolerate their lives being destroyed by others, and they don't allow the only comfort zone in this terrible world to become a castle built on gravel.

Therefore, they must be closely united and closely follow Guo Ning's footsteps.Because many ferocious beasts that bite the flesh and blood of the soldiers and civilians are still roaring in the distance, only the Ding Navy can maintain a strong force to repel those beasts and protect everything the soldiers have obtained.

This kind of unity is far more meaningful than the loyalty obtained by giving money once or twice, and even more reliable than the friendship on the battlefield obtained by sharing life and death several times.

Thinking of this, Guo Ning couldn't help touching the iron bone hanging from his waist.

He himself started out as a member of the army entwined with friendship on the battlefield. In fact, he is quite similar to Li Quan. high level.

Before mobilizing troops this time, he had thought that if he had the opportunity, he might as well fight against Li Quan, and see how his iron spear, which shocked the states, was better than his own Iron Guduo.

It was not only based on the eagerness of the warriors, but also because of Li Quan's misdeeds of trying to frame Ding Haijun hand in hand with the Mongolian army.

There is another point.Guo Ning's vague memory in that big dream always felt that there was some special relationship between Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen, which made Guo Ning very uncomfortable.

Guo Ning is a man with a family and a house, and according to the current situation, he and Yang Miaozhen are already on fire.As a military and political leader, Guo Ning must deal with everything with a cold and hard heart.

But he was only in his twenties after all, and he just felt uncomfortable.

Today at Tieling Terrace, if Li Quan dared to charge forward, Guo Ning would really give him the honor of dying in battle.

It's a pity that Li Quan gave up.

Guo Ning also lost the opportunity to fight happily.

After today, the scale of war facing the Ding Navy will be even greater, and the strength of the Ding Navy itself will also expand dramatically.As the coach, Guo Ning may have fewer and fewer opportunities to play directly, which is a bit regrettable.

(End of this chapter)