Gao Yang frowned slightly, stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows. {Say with a solemn expression: "That's not your style, is it?"} How did you think things were so simple? Not to mention that all the expenses of the army are now supplied by me, and logistics and transportation are also used for storage space. The ruling class of this empire alone will inevitably come and trouble me when they learn that this mighty army is so terrifying. And the emperor, who was not very broad-minded, His Majesty was not as calm as he had shown before. After so many years of natural disasters, the order of this empire has almost completely collapsed. Wars and natural disasters have led to a massive regression of social productivity, and there are so many mouths waiting to eat. Every day people are starved to death, and troublesome things are yet to come. Where will it be as easy as you say? ”

"That's just as well." Yuan Dian smiled and said in response, "In history, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they faced this situation and chose large-scale slaughter to overthrow all the original order. Reducing the population is used to alleviate domestic contradictions. You probably can't do it in such a drastic way. ”

"Poof!" Gao Yang shook his head and waved his hand, and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Am I not right? The instinctive feeling of origin was that Gao Yang was laughing at what it had just said.

Gao Yang reached out and patted his chest, his face was slightly red, he coughed, and said with a chuckle, "You are so funny." Where would the Manchus know how to govern the country? Also take the initiative to reduce the population? They're just used to killing. Killing has become a habit for them. Kill until all those who dare to resist lose their heads, and the rest are all frightened and submissive minions and slaves. They only stop when there is nothing to kill. You're thinking too much. ”

"Really?" The origin asked with some confusion: "Aren't they a country?" There is no country without people. Don't you even understand this? ”

Gao Yang turned his head and looked at the long queue of prisoners of war on the official road. There are Manchu magnates who used to be high in the past, wantonly taking people's lives while talking and laughing, and arrogant. There are also armor soldiers who wear sharp armor, gallop on the battlefield, and their hands are stained with blood and life. There are many, many ill-fated ones. Slaves struggling to survive in this chaotic world of cannibalism.

No matter what their lives were like in the past, what kind of wonderful lives they have. At this moment, these people are all one identity. That's a group of defeated and captured prisoners of war!

There are no Geneva Conventions in this era, and no one will talk to you about human rights. The so-called prisoners of war are just people who are waiting to die with more breath than the dead. On the battlefield, Gao Yang never showed his pity for the enemy. To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to one's own people!

Retracting his gaze, Gao Yang shook his head slightly, and said softly, "That's not a country. Because they don't have their own civilizational heritage. Everything is stolen from others. They are nothing more than an alliance of bandits at best. It's just luck that has always helped them. Now that they've been beaten back to their prototypes, they're still just a bunch of uncivilized bandits. ”

"And what are you going to do with them? You don't want to keep these people for nothing, do you? You don't have any compassionate personality. Origin asked curiously.

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm a good person." Gao Yang hooked the corners of his mouth. Shake your head slightly. He chuckled and said, "Those coaters can be sent to work in the mines." After all, they were all from the Central Plains before, and it was nothing to leave them a way to live. ”

"You're funny." The origin laughed and said, "Still leave a way for people to live?" Can those who were sent to the mines to work as coolies in this capacity come out alive in this era? How long can they survive the heavy physical work? Isn't it still a dead word in the end? ”

"What's wrong with me?" Gao Yang frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly, "I didn't kill them directly, what do you want to do if you let them live for a while longer?" Maybe they're all poor people, or maybe they all have their own tragic stories. However, when they chose to be minions, they were already doomed to their fate! There is a price to be paid for doing anything. If they choose to aid and abuse, they will naturally have to bear the corresponding consequences. What's there to say about this? ”

"But they're all forced?" The origin asked suspiciously.

"Hush." Gao Yang pursed his lips disdainfully and shook his head. Take out a cigarette and light it. He continued: "They are not without hands and feet. Why didn't the captives resist when they were persecuted? I'm winning now, and I can say anything. If it were our side that was defeated at this moment, do you think that these minions who fought for the tiger would turn into pure angels? Don't be funny! They will only be more cruel to their former compatriots than their masters! This is the inferior nature of human beings! I can't see that others are better off than me. ”

Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was not shocked. It's just that the slightly clenched fists show a hint of his mood at the moment. "Every time you enter the customs and plunder, every time you defeat the Ming army. These so-called compatriots are the hardest-working! They killed more people than the captives. When you are proud, you are mad. Now it's unlucky. Can you mix it up if you pretend to be pitiful? I don't even think about this kind of thing! Since you have done evil deeds before, you naturally have to pay the price for what you have done! The reason of heaven is clear, and the retribution is unpleasant. No one can blame anyone. ”

"Listening to you say that, it seems to have some truth." The origin was silent for a moment. Said softly.

Gao Yang chuckled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense, in this troubled world. They just have to pay the price now. ”

......

The paperwork of the report was sent to the Beijing division in the form of a six-hundred-mile expedited. Emperor Chongzhen, who had been restless since Gao Yang led the army out, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was not in the mood to eat, was almost stimulated to faint after receiving the documents.

Nearly 100,000 people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were captured! Seized supplies, horses, flags are not counted! Honorable people such as the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Prince of Shuosu, Haoge and others were taken prisoner. Abatai, the king of Dorao Yujun, and others were beheaded. The Manchu regent Dolgon frantically fled north, almost sparing himself.

Emperor Chongzhen's hated rebel generals such as Zu Dashou, Hong Chengchou, and Shang Kexi were either killed or arrested. Especially Zu Dashou was captured alive, which made Emperor Chongzhen so happy that he almost flipped the table. It's been hating for more than a decade. Finally caught. And the new army, which was not very favored and felt that it would never want to come back after leaving the customs, suffered slight losses. The number of dead and wounded sergeants was no more than a thousand!

Emperor Chongzhen's first thought when he saw this official document was that Gao Yang was teasing him. The second thought is that I'm dreaming right now? The third thought is, could it be that the ancestor has appeared?!

This result is just too bizarre. Emperor Chongzhen disregarded the rules for the first time, opened the palace gate in the middle of the night, and gathered all the important ministers in the capital to discuss the matter. After a heated argument, everyone thought it was a fake document.

Just kidding. Daming and Jianyu have fought bloodily for so many years, when have they ever won? No, when did you win so brilliantly?! 40,000 beats 100,000 (everyone is a person who knows the roots, who doesn't know what those Jingying and Guanning troops are like?) They weren't counted at all. You lost thousands, and killed the other party's 100,000?! Are you supposed to be killing a pig? If it weren't for Gao Yang's previous performance in Jingshi that was too magical, making everyone worried, no one would dare to do anything to him. If there had been a change in command of the army, these important ministers would have already jumped to their feet and shouted for the cavalry to catch the bastards who lied about the military situation.

Even in the bottom of my heart, there is still a trace of luck. But Emperor Chongzhen also felt that what his important ministers said made sense. This result is really too fake, the national teacher is really a fairy figure, and even the fraud is so magnificent. In the past, even the Guan Ning army couldn't report this cheekiness!

If you want to play this kind of battle, unless you really go to the battlefield with the heavenly soldiers and generals. As for the new army that was peasants a few months ago? Anyway, no one believes in their combat effectiveness. This kind of deceptive thing has been done.

Just when the important ministers were making noise, the messenger sent by Wang Chengen also rushed back to Beijing. The content of the secret letter of Emperor Chongzhen's confidant is almost exactly the same as that of Gao Yang's return! When the surprised Emperor Chongzhen informed all the important ministers of the contents of the secret letter, the hall instantly fell silent.

Everyone looked at each other. If Gao Yang's official document can still be said to be bragging. As Emperor Chongzhen's hardcore confidant, Wang Chengen, who was responsible for supervising the army, did not dare to talk nonsense in the secret letter to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Is it true?!" As soon as this idea appeared, everyone gave up without thinking. Because the reality has taken decades, from the beginning of the Battle of Sarhu to the present, so many tragic defeats have taught them a long lesson. No one believed that the Ming army could win.

But in the following period, Wu Xiang, Gao Di and even Wu Sangui's Kuaima Gongwen came one after another. Everyone said in unison that they had won, and it was a big victory!

It was only at this time that these important ministers of the Ming Empire had to seriously consider the authenticity of this matter. After that, Emperor Chongzhen opened his mouth and said that he could send someone to see the results of the battle first. After all, there is no need for these people to fake such a thing. Then the bizarre debate came to an end.

Soon, a team composed of dozens of officials and eunuchs galloped all the way to Shanhaiguan, and happened to meet the new army brigade that had returned to the pass.

Seriously, I carefully checked the grades that were made of lime powder. After verifying the true identities of those prisoners of war one by one. The officials, who were already about to go crazy, hurried back to the capital division. As for the tired and valuable horses, this kind of thing has long been out of mind.

The news has finally been confirmed. Emperor Chongzhen, who had been unable to eat or sleep well since receiving the news, looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and then cried bitterly. The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids were all dumbfounded. Wang Chengen was not there, and no one dared to come forward to persuade him. I could only watch Emperor Chongzhen cry and laugh loudly.

Finally recovered, Emperor Chongzhen issued a holy decree in a hoarse voice, and asked the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to go out of Beijing to welcome the triumphant return of the army. (To be continued!)