The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 596 The Emperor's Wind
After Yang Yong's rebel army took Danyang, the first thing Yang Yong did was to release the list to calm the people. No one is allowed to disturb the people, enter the houses without authorization, and not use the people's plants or trees. Anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy.And publicize the policy of the rebel army, so that the common people don't be afraid, and register all the refugees who have difficulties in life, and then open warehouses to release food to relieve the victims.

The common people know good and evil best, and the policy of the rebel army won the hearts of the people. After receiving the relief rations, the common people rushed to tell each other. , Long live the rebel army".

Of course, Yang Yong knows that those who win the hearts of the people win the world and get the support of the general public. This is the foundation and the most important thing for starting a business and building a country.

In fact, Yang Yong did this every time he occupied a city, including when he cooperated with Xue Ju and his son, the overlord of the Western Qin Dynasty. After passing this order, these generals would not dare to act recklessly.But Yang Yong emphasized it again every time to avoid mistakes.

At the same time, he ordered people to clean up the battlefield, bury the corpses, treat the wounded, and deal with post-war affairs.

Another matter is how to deal with the family members of Fu Gong Er and others. Because Fu Gong Er fled in a hurry, his family and the families of Chen Dangshi, Feng Huiliang, Li Zhengdao and many other soldiers are all in Danyang City. The rebel army occupied Danyang, and these people naturally fell into the hands of the rebel army. Now they were all tied up and brought to Yang Yong. There were more than 1000 men, women and children.

Luo Song, Yu Chigong, Lin Wenyuan, Zhang Gongjin, Hou Junji and others unanimously advocated that all the more than 1000 people should be exterminated, because they all hated Fu Gong Er and others.

Yang Yong's five beautiful wives also agreed, saying: "My lord, is there any need to say this? Fu Gong Er is insidious and cunning, with a human face and animal heart. Chen Dangshi, Li Zhengdao, Feng Huiliang and others are all his accomplices. The prince and others lured him into Danyang and almost killed him and all the generals. How many of our brothers died at his hands, we have to kill all their families to avenge the brothers who died, and to kill the prince and the generals who were killed. Shame is."

Yang Yong tried his best to reject all opinions: "Everyone, we can't do that. The grievance has its head, and the debt has its owner. When one person does something, the other is responsible. Although Fu Gong Er, Chen Dangshi, Li Zhengdao, and Feng Huiliang are not to be punished, what they did Because it has nothing to do with their families, these women, children, old and young are innocent. We are a rebel army, and we don’t engage in family punishment. If we kill innocent people indiscriminately, how is it different from those feudal warlords and innocent tyrants?" If you talk too much, you will be speechless.

After Yang Yong finished speaking, he ordered these people to be released on the spot. These more than 1000 people survived death. He never imagined that Yang Yong could be so tolerant of them. He knelt down on the spot, kowtowed to Yang Yong, and shouted. There were gratitude and sadness. Soon the soldiers drove them back home.

Yang Yong told Xu Maogong and others not to embarrass them, as long as they do not do things that harm the rebels, do not engage in assassination, sabotage and other activities, they are treated the same as other people in the city. Go out of town privately.Xu Maogong nodded and arranged for someone to do so.

This incident caused a great sensation among the soldiers and civilians, and they all secretly praised Yang Yong for his magnanimity.

Although 3 to [-] Wu troops were defeated in this Yangtze River battle, and a total of more than [-] Wu troops were wiped out, but it also paid the price of more than [-] casualties. It didn't work, but this actual battle allowed the young navy to accumulate valuable combat experience.

In addition, during this battle, more than 8000 generals and soldiers of the Wu army who had not had time to escape were captured in the camp by the riverside. These people were all willing to surrender to the rebels. The [-] Wu troops did not expect that Yang Yong would dare to treat the prisoners so preferentially. Before, they only thought that the so-called "preferential treatment of prisoners" was just a slogan to calm the enemy's morale, so they were very grateful, and they all surrendered to Yang Yong.

In order to boost morale, Yang Yong issued an order to reward according to merit, and then the whole army congratulated for a day.

After Yang Yong took Danyang, the entire Wu State became a sensation. In fact, the current Wu State has existed in name only, and the capital has been occupied by rebels. Fu Wei and Fu Gong Er have almost done it in the name of capturing the king, and they are basically short-soldiers.

Two days after Yang Yong took Danyang, he got a report that the guards of nearby Chushui, Liyang, Tong'an and other prefectures and counties were so frightened that they hung their seals and gold, abandoned the city and fled, and these places became empty cities.Yang Yong was overjoyed, and immediately sent troops to take over these counties.

Then, the guards of Gaoyou, Xuancheng and other prefectures and counties a little farther away led their subordinates to abandon their soldiers and came to Danyang, and they all surrendered.Yang Yong was overjoyed, and reorganized their generals, and then rewarded all the surrendered generals in these states and counties, and promoted them to a higher level.

In this way, except for Jiangdu, Runzhou and Piling, the rest of the states and counties in Wu State were all occupied by Yang Yong's rebel army, and Piling (the area around Changzhou today) was taken by Huzhou King Shen Faxing.In this way, only Jiangdu and Runzhou are left in the vast Jianghuai area actually controlled by Fugong Er.

At this time, the number of Yang Yong's volunteer army increased sharply. In addition to the collection of Wu Jun's captives and surrendered soldiers from various states and counties, many ordinary people came to sign up to join the army. 35.

Yang Yong was overjoyed, and discussed with Xu Maogong to get rid of evil affairs and advance, and he must not give Fu Gong Er and others a chance to breathe. They rested their troops in Danyang for ten days, and after preparing the food and grass, they left the general Gongye Chang to lead the army for five days. Wan defended Danyang and asked Zhang Gongjin to take Wan Wan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Yang Yong and Xu Maogong raised 40 elite soldiers, including [-] naval divisions, and went down the river to attack Jiangdu and Runzhou. If these two places were taken again, Wu Guo and perish completely.

Yang Yong took five beauties and wives, led by generals Luo Song and Yu Chigong, and marched by land and water. Starting from Danyang, a 40-strong army marched down the river.The accompanying generals this time included Hou Junji, Lin Wenyuan, Liao Yong, etc. The vanguard battalion of [-] soldiers left Nanjing and went east for only [-] miles before arriving outside the city of Runzhou.

Runzhou is today's Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province.Although it was a county-level town in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was much smaller than the state city, but it was also an important military town. Looking at Piling, there are surging rivers to the east and north, which can be said to be like a tiger crouching on a dragon's pan, which is almost as dangerous as Danyang (now Nanjing).

Luo Song and Yu Chigong's vanguard battalion moved outside Runzhou, and the [-] soldiers and horses did not camp or leave the village. They went directly to Chen Bing's city to scold the enemy.

At this time, the defender of Runzhou was Feng Huiliang, the general under Fu Gong Er.Under the order of Fu Gong Er, he led [-] troops to defend the city.At this time, no matter how Luo Song and Yu Chigong's generals scolded and fought outside the city, Feng Huiliang acted like a tortoise, closing the city without fighting.

The soldiers under him scolded for a long time, but there was no movement in the city.Yuchi Gong became anxious and advocated forcibly attacking the city, but Luo Song stopped him, "General, don't be reckless..."

(End of this chapter)