After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56
"Zhu... Qin thing, I saw you took away Master Fang, I wanted to talk to you, but I didn't expect..." Song Lian couldn't continue, what he meant was very clear, you see, I am an experience manager You are an experienced officer, and you are already in charge of official documents, but you get a Master Fang, not to mention overlapping tasks, and Master Fang is not a good person. If you want to achieve great things, you must be close to the wise and far away from the villain.Lao Fang is a complete villain, if you don't kill him, you can't keep him.

It's just that when this notice was posted, Song Lian was completely speechless.

He really can't do what Lao Fang can do.

"Mr. Song, this is what you need to reflect on. Even a ball of horse dung can be used to fertilize the field. How can you discriminate against Master Fang?"

Song Lian was speechless, and for a moment didn't know whether it was a compliment or a derogation... Fortunately, Song Lian was a kind person and did not continue.

"We have already raised the banner. The Qing court has lost 3000 people plus a general army. They will definitely not let it go. Internally and externally, there are a lot of things going on. I am not sure how to arrange it."

In addition to being in charge of official documents, Song Lian, the experience officer, also had schedule arrangements. He and Zhang Lin, the adjudicator, happened to be divided into government affairs and each performed their duties.

Zhu Yiyuan said: "Since there are so many things, let's deal with them slowly. Let's talk about military affairs first. Ma Degong walked the Great Wall Ridge, but the surprise attack failed. The Qing army should not take this road next, and I will send a Qianhu, stationed on the Changcheng Ridge line, and then united with the Taishan Army, if everything goes well, the northwest of Laiwu will rest easy."

The topography of Shandong flashed through Song Lian's mind. It was true. Although Laiwu was regarded as Jinan Prefecture, the terrain was already very rough, especially Mount Tai in the west and Changcheng Ridge in the northwest formed a not-so-solid barrier.

Can break through, but not easy.

Especially after the success of the horse failed, no one would easily take risks.

"As far as Xintai is concerned, there seems to be no big problem. The main reason is that the Confucian Mansion lost hundreds of family members. In addition, there are not many Qing troops in Yanzhou Mansion. The only few troops have to be used to protect the safety of the canal. There is no time to go north." Zhu Yiyuan said with a smile, what Xintai really needs to be wary of is the local officials and gentry, these people surrendered to Zhu Yiyuan under heavy pressure, it is hard to say whether they will change their minds in the future.

So it is necessary to put a thousand households in Xintai.

In this way, Zhu Yiyuan had three active thousand households left in his hands, plus a sufficient number of militiamen.

And there are only two directions where Zhu Yiyuan needs to use troops. One is Zichuan in the northeast, which is also the place where Zhu Yiyuan made his fortune.

"Now the main forces of the Qing army are gathered in Jiyang, Qingcheng, Qidong, and Le'an. Meile, Zhangjing Lai, and General Yi Yonggui are all there. To be honest, I am surprised that Commander Xie can carry it to this day. "

Although Zhu Yiyuan helped Xie Qian resolve most of the pressure from the refugees, there were still refugees pouring into Gaoyuan and other places.

Opposite him is the serious Qing army. It is really not easy to persist for so long.

Song Lian thought for a while and said, "Zhu Qianshi, can you ask Commander Xie to give up Gaoyuan, retreat to Zichuan, and join us?"

Zhu Yiyuan murmured, but he didn't intend to be afraid of Xie Qian and not allow him to come over.In fact, Zhu Yiyuan very much hoped that Xie Qian could go south, and then join forces, march into Mengyin, and formally enter the Yimeng mountain area.

With their strength, as long as they are blocked by mountains and rivers and can restrain the main force of the Qing army, they will surely develop rapidly.

This is the safest way.

The question now is whether Xie Qian can go south smoothly?
The Qing army did not let go, and chased into Zichuan, or wanted to cross the original mountain and enter Laiwu, how should Zhu Yiyuan deal with it?

"If we don't cut off the tail of the Qing army, we won't be able to let go and march into Mengyin." Zhu Yiyuan said seriously: "The next focus is still on the direction of Zichuan, emigrate as soon as possible, transfer food supplies, and workshop craftsmen, All moved to Laiwu first."

Song Lian listened carefully and nodded frequently.

At this moment, Tan Qiye... Uh no, it's Tan Deyu, he's here.

"It's like this. After counting, including the Qing army captured by the militia and civilians, there are a total of more than 300 people. What should we do?"

Zhu Yiyuan looked at Song Lian, "Go and call Zhang Duan."

Soon Zhang Lin also came, and he said directly: "The Qing army expelled the refugees, we resettled more than 1 people, and the people in Zichuan also moved south to escape the flames of war. There are tens of thousands more in Laiwu County. If not If it is handled properly, both outsiders and locals will fight. We have no shortage of labor, on the contrary, food is precious and should not be wasted.”

At this time, Tan Deyu pondered and said: "It's like this. The soldiers and horses under Ma Degong's hands are doing a lot of evil, and it's hard to tame them for a while. If we keep them, I'm afraid there will be troubles later."

Both of them felt that these captives were a hot potato, which was very difficult to deal with.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Lin suddenly said slowly: "I thought these people were swindling surrenders. They were planning to rebel in the army, and they were brought to the river to kill them all!"

As soon as Zhang Lin finished speaking, Song Lian's eyes widened, "Zhang Duan, we caught everyone one by one, how can it be counted as false surrender? What's going on with the intention of treason?"

Facing the questioning, Zhang Lin ignored him at all, but looked straight at Zhu Yiyuan.

Kill it!
Only by killing can it be over.

"Mr. Zhang, what you said reminded me of a saying, every time you go against the law, things can be done." Zhu Yiyuan said lightly.

Zhang Lin was stunned for a moment, because this method was indeed learned from Prime Minister Cao, but Zhu Yiyuan said that it was always against Cao Cao, it seems that Mr. Zhu did not agree with his idea.

"Please show me, my lord."

Zhu Yiyuan said: "I don't want to talk about the way of benevolence. Ma Degong's subordinates are damned, but if they are all killed, more than 1000 lives, I will not agree to it no matter what. And since this After the war, we couldn’t hide anymore. We simply made the commotion a little louder and made it known to the whole world, just to boost morale and sweep away the slump.”

Zhu Yiyuan has already figured it out, hiding is impossible, there are thousands of soldiers and horses in the land of three counties, where else do you want to hide?

But if it is said that the Qing army will immediately mobilize the main force to besiege them, that is not necessarily the case.

After all, the main force of the Qing army was still in the south of the Yangtze River, and there were only a few people in Shandong. It would take at least two or three months to mobilize more troops. At that time, Zhu Yiyuan might have entered Mengyin, and the situation was very different.

So these captives can be released back, but they cannot be released simply.

"Commander Tan, you order to screen and accept reports. For those leaders in the army who have committed numerous crimes, they will be caught and put together with Ma Degong, ready to be executed. As for ordinary prisoners, take them to our prison. Take a look at the village to see how the land is being divided. Then each person will be given one tael of silver and a pack of dry food, and let them go home and stop working for the Qing court."

Several people took a deep breath, released the captives, and returned dry food for travel expenses. Isn't this kindness too much?
But after thinking about it, this move seems to be full of deep meaning.

When these people go back, they will definitely bring the situation of Laiwu back under the rule of the Qing court. If there is a comparison, there will be harm, and the gap between the two sides will inevitably plant a seed.

We are doing well and are not afraid of comparison at all!
It cannot be denied that among these captives, there will be natural villains who are unreasonable, ungrateful, unconscionable, and commit all kinds of evil... But as long as some of them can tell the truth and think of the good of the rebels.

Even if they rejoin the Qing army and meet again on the battlefield, it will have unexpected effects.

Zhu Yiyuan got up, walked behind Zhang Lin, and patted his shoulder slightly.

"Mr. Zhang, in the final analysis, we fight to fight for the dignity of being human and to defend China. If we fight and become barbarians ourselves, then we will be sorry for the sacrificed soldiers."

Zhang Lin was horrified, and nodded hastily, "I understand."

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"It's vicious, it's so vicious!" Fang Dayou gritted his teeth and cursed angrily: "Zhu Yiyuan, this thief actually paid the captives travel expenses and dry food. What does he want to do? Want to break the morale of the army? I used to think that Xie Qian was the number one in Shandong. A bandit, from now on, Zhu Yiyuan is more than ten thousand times more hateful than him!"

Good guy, Zhu Yiyuan's arrangement made the governor furious, and the people around him looked dumbfounded, "Lord Zhongcheng, what should we do about this matter?"

"What else can I do! Pass down the order that the captives are not allowed to return, as long as they are caught, they will be executed on the spot!"

"Rectify the law on the spot?" According to the inspector's opinion, "Master Zhongcheng, what are you charged with? You can't kill people casually, right?"

Fang Dayou rolled his eyes strangely, and said angrily: "You are also an old prisoner, don't you understand? They open eyes for the bandits, they are collaborating with the bandits, and they will be executed!"

The inspector hurriedly agreed.

Fang Dayou then said: "Let's discuss, how to get rid of Zhu Yiyuan?"

(End of this chapter)