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Chapter 105 How to repay virtue

This civil official talked eloquently, but a cadre of generals in the military tent were a little weird, this kind of thing is not the first time to encounter, the Ming literati commanded the army, the literati read too much, and they want to show that they are different from the generals, they always like to talk about some benevolence and morality, and there are a lot of small talk books of the Ming Dynasty, what rely on benevolence and righteousness to convince people's hearts, what enemies feel that they have raised their own righteousness to vote for a lot of jokes, and the scholars have fought there, so they take these things seriously. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The generals are rolling in life and death all day long, and naturally understand that this officer is nonsense, but the noble and the military are cheap, and there are some things that they don't say or don't say.

However, this sour man is talking about this in front of Wang Tong today, and let's see how Lord Wang responds, Wang Tong's face is also a little strange, and before the scholar finished speaking, Wang Tong opened his mouth and asked:

"After the Eastern captives entered Liao Town, they swept through the villages, captured the men to use as slaves, and the women sold to other Tartars as slaves, do you know this matter?"

After the Great War broke the enemy, the Eastern Expeditionary Army also saved a lot of Han people who were captured by the Tartars, not to mention the separation of flesh and blood, everyone's situation is also extremely miserable, it is said that the captured Han people are treated as livestock, and even inferior to the treatment of livestock, such things are seen, everyone in the army is full of righteous indignation, and there are also people in Shenyang who write articles to scold, naturally everyone knows.

When asked this question, the civil official was stunned, and had to reply with a fist in a salute:

"The lower official knows"

"Ben Shuai heard that the chief of Nayu has also read the Three Kingdoms, and he thinks he also knows some truth, why not implement benevolence and righteousness to the Ming army and people, and let the Ming army and people feel grateful and righteous?"

Hearing Wang Tong ask, the civil official's face turned pale, but he didn't know how to answer, and Wang Tong continued:

"The one you said, although Ben Shuai has little reading, but he also understands, this is the meaning of repaying grievances with virtue, but Ben Shuai still remembers that there is a sentence behind this, called 'how to repay virtue', those Tartars slaughtered my Ming people so much, blood debts, you see that they are old and weak and pitiful, do you know that the Tartar soldiers are all their relatives, they are all supported, and the property stained with the flesh and blood of the Ming people is also handed over to them. How do you read a book? Confused!! ”

Wang Tong's voice raised in the last few words, and the civil official's face turned red, he was a noble civil official, and he was actually reprimanded by an old man, and he wanted to leave with his sleeves at that time, but in the end, he was a well-established figure in the Beijing Division, who knew who could offend, and who could not play any tricks.

In front of Wang Tong, no literati can play any style and style, this master is a giant in Beijing, offend him, what is noble and cheap, what style and bones, don't think about taking it out, offend him, the ministers and scholars in the world dare not share the same enemy with you.

wanted to admit it like this, and held his breath in his heart, but this civil official also understood that Wang Tong was really going to be ruthless, not only was he nothing, but the people behind him were uprooted by Wang Tong in the blink of an eye.

After Wang Tong reprimanded this, the generals in the handsome tent exchanged glances with each other, and they couldn't help but gloat, and the civil official hesitated for a long time, and finally made a big gift to make amends and said:

"The student has lost his words, please atone for his sins!"

"How are you writing!?"

Wang Tong didn't pay attention to this person's apology, but asked this question directly, the civil official was stunned, he could go to the sixth department to be a Lang official, how could he also come up on the right path of the imperial examination, the imperial examination was smooth, and a good word was indispensable, although he didn't know why Wang Tong asked this, but he was willing to change the topic from the embarrassment of Fang Cai, and hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Returning to the handsome, the words of the lower official are quite eye-catching."

"Take a pen and paper, Ben Shuai said that you should write, the words should be big, and you should write in block letters!"

Wang Tong ignored the other party's habitual modesty, and said directly, everyone in the handsome tent was confused, thinking that the military discussion didn't talk much, after the marshal reprimanded this civil official, why did he still write, and now the Jurchens are obviously playing the tactic of not fighting with your army, and then attacking and harassing in small groups.

Everyone understands this tactic, the army is always harassed, and it is fighting in enemy territory, the soldiers are bound to be impetuous, morale is declining, if there is any trouble with the food and supplies, I am afraid that such a small problem will become a big disaster, but there is no good way to deal with it at the moment.

The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in the handsome tent are all readily available, and the civil official's expression has been a lot more normal, ready to stop, he picked up the brush, and waited for Wang Tong to speak, Wang Tong groaned, and said:

"Write two words, one is 'set the village and the village', and the other is 'burn the light, kill the light, rob the light'!"

After Wang Tong finished speaking, the civil official was stunned for a while, the first character is still a bit exquisite, and the second character is really vulgar and too straightforward, is there any other system in this? However, after being reprimanded, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and after he finished writing, he sent the words to Wang Tong's desk, and then retreated.

Wang Tong looked at the two big characters that were upright, nodded, took out the big seal and stamped it, Wang Tong's voice was not small, the generals in the handsome tent heard it clearly, but everyone understood it, and their expressions were cautious, Wang Tong stood up from behind the bookcase, and said solemnly:

"From today onwards, those who go to all places to clean up, with 500 horsemen as a team, all villages and villages are not allowed to be kept, and all the property and soft livestock are brought to the left side of the camp, and each collection of 10,000 people is sent back to Liao Town, if there is no disobedience, they will be treated as thieves, and there will be no forgiveness!"

Listening to Wang Tong's tone, this is already a military order, the generals dare not slack off, they all clenched their fists and bowed in agreement, Wang Tong turned to Li Rubai and said:

"General Li, you lead people to Baima Village once, just follow the policy of the three lights, don't leave the dogs, and teach the Tartars who dare to act recklessly a lesson!"

Li Rubai also agreed loudly, Wang Tong turned around and said to the civil official:

"You must have understood the meaning of these two words, take these two words and go to the armies to preach this policy, do you understand?"

The civil official's body trembled, and he hurriedly received the order.

From the border wall to Hetuala, and even on both sides of the route of the army in the future, no village shall remain, and the whole village must go to the designated place to gather and live, and obey the arrangements of the army.

If you dare to disobey, or even collude with a small group of Jurchen soldiers and horses, then all the people will be killed, the village will be burned down, and all property and supplies will be looted.

Wang Tong's meaning was very direct and clear, and the civil officials didn't dare to hide anything when they preached, plus the two big characters with Wang Tong's seal, the soldiers of all armies knew it in their hearts.

Going deep into the enemy's territory and burning, killing and looting the enemy's people seems to be a matter of course, but in fact there are quite a lot of restrictions, many civilian officials and military generals with troops will use this article to restrain their subordinates and eliminate dissidents.

Wang Tong's two strategies of "gathering villages and merging villages" and "three lights" completely eliminated their scruples for them and let them go and do their best.

The Huwei Army, which has always been disciplined, also participated this time, and the armies from all walks of life admired the combat power of the Huwei Army, but they were very confident in the matter of burning, killing and purging, thinking that this Huwei Army might not know how to do it.

What I didn't expect was that after the Huwei army started, they sighed to themselves, compared with the two, their three lights were just blowing a gust of wind, blowing off some floating soil, killing some people and looting some property, or setting fires, but the Huwei army did such things, that is, uprooting, scraping the ground, all the property that could be exchanged for money can be searched out, all the hidden population can also be found, and the houses and courtyards in the village will definitely be burned clean.

After such a thing, they can't help but admire it, the strong are always strong, and this tiger army can reach this point today, of course, there is a reason for him.

After this incident, most of the people in the White Horse Village ran into the mountains, and a small number of the old and weak people stayed, and after the old and weak were tortured, they asked where those people were hiding in the mountains, and then the people who stayed in the village were killed, and the whole village was set on fire and burned clean.

The people in the village will not hide in the mountains to a place that is too difficult to reach, they still have luck, the army will not find them and they will leave quickly, but they are wrong, the Liaozhen soldiers found them, and after a short battle, they took the people of Baima Village down the mountain together.

Seeing the corpses in front of the village, seeing the village that had become a ruin, the villagers of Baima Village collapsed, and then the revenge of the cavalry of Liaozhen.

After the cavalry of Liaozhen left, there were also people from other villages who came here to see the scenery, they only saw the ruins of the village and the corpses in a mess, it is now the spring season, the beasts in the mountains are short of food, those corpses are torn and mutilated, looking miserable, like hell.

All the villages that colluded with the small forces of the Jianzhou Jurchens to attack the Ming army were all destroyed, all the residents were slaughtered, and the corpses were laid in front of the village to warn others.

The only villages that were spared were the hiding places of the small units nearby, and their murder was avoided, but they could only be taken to the camp to be encircled and awaited.

The officers and soldiers are tired of this, but some civilian officials and officials who accompany the army can't stand it, and with the lesson of the handsome account, no one dares to say anything about benevolence, righteousness and morality in person, but some people write back to Shenyang, or take notes at home, which is nothing more than saying that there are "like beasts" and "hell on earth" here.

Having said that, the civil official who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality with Wang Tong in the handsome tent also wrote back to Shenyang, but not about the corruption of benevolence and righteousness, but to say that there are many people and cheap goods in the camp at present, all of which are sold at low prices