Chapter 55: The Yellow River bursts

(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

Lin Jian ordered all the rebel military attaches to be dragged out and tortured.

"Ahh Zhang Jinxian of Yangxin Zhixian was taken aback when he saw it, and hurriedly dissuaded, "Killing the general without a sentence is detrimental to the reputation of the adult!" Leave it to the Ministry of War, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to deal with it, and their dogs' lives can't be saved, so why rush for a while? He didn't intercede for these rebel military attachés, but Lin Jian killed and surrendered prisoners without permission, and let the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate know that he would be impeached and questioned, which was extremely detrimental to Lin Lian's future. Zhang Jinxian persuaded Lin Jian to withdraw his order and escorted more than 40 generals back to the generals and left them for the disposal of the imperial court.

Lin Jian narrowed his eyes, sighed lightly, and said: "Lu Duwei is still in the coffin city, I can't let him die without turning a blind eye, Shao Wu's generals and thousands of corpses in Jinan, Linqing and other places are not yet cold!" Lin Jian dispelled Zhang Jinxian's thoughts of dissuading him, "The day I carried the coffin into the city, I swore that I would not stand on the same side with the rebel general in my lifetime, and I would not share the sky." If I don't do it today, maybe I will give them the power to escape with their lives......"

Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and other Shao Wu generals knelt down together and kowtowed to Lin Lian, and said: "Master Xie is complete, and the Duwei and the thousands of Shao Wu souls who have died have no regrets!" Zhao Jinlong and Zhou Zhizhong escaped today, and he will be punished in the future! ”

"You all get up, this is what I should do, you recruit fifty executioners from Shao Wujun for me to execute," Lin Jian picked up Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang from the ground.

He also explained to Zhang Jinxian, "As for the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate this matter in the future, I will bear it together." Yang Xin has just broken the siege, the war is still going on, and our troops will continue to pursue the captives after resting. The soldiers are manic and restless, and their mentality is unstable in the prison in the city, and they want to cause chaos, in order to protect the trust of the yang, I will behead the first offender with the right to calm the hearts of the people, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”

Lin Jian asked Yuan Jianhai again at this time, "Does General Zhenguo think it is appropriate to put them back in prison, or to kill them cleanly?" ”

"Kill it!" Yuan Jianhai's hatred for the Zhejiang soldiers who escaped from the battle was not under Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and others.

Jinan fell, and hundreds of people in the Lu Wangfu did not escape, including Yuan Jianhai's wife and concubine. Although he has a weak affection for his wife and concubine, he is so embarrassed and desolate, these are all thanks to the Zhejiang soldiers, Yuan Jianhai naturally does not want them to survive, he can't wait to pull out all the rebels and the captured people and behead them, so as to punish future generations for not daring to rebel again.

Besides, the war is not over yet, Lin Jian led his troops to leave, and Yuan Jianhai still has to stay in Yangxin for a while, he is really afraid that these troops will cause chaos in the middle, and Yangxin's troops are afraid that it will be difficult to suppress, so it is naturally better to remove the hidden dangers at this time.

"In this case, the threat of captives has not been eliminated, lest the surrender of troops cause chaos in the city, Yangxin County invites Lord Lin to kill the surrendered general, in order to set an example and reassure the people!" Zhang Jinxian resolutely said that he would take the responsibility of killing the generals together.

"Take it to Beicheng, and invite the people of the whole city to watch the punishment! Eat the food of the people, the clothes of the people, and those who abandon the land and rebel, this is the end! With a wave of his hand, Lin Jian decided the fate of these generals who were scared and crying.

The armor guards didn't care about the smell, and escorted these rebel military attaches to Beicheng like wolves. The mud there was already soaked with blood, and I didn't care about spraying the blood of more than forty people.

For the convenience of the war, in order to collect the masonry, stones, beams and wood used to defend the city, the houses on the back of the Yangxin County Ya were almost demolished, forming a large open space. However, from the perspective of later generations, the open space is slightly larger than the standard playground of later generations, after all, Yangxin City is still too small.

During the war, Yangxin sheltered nearly 30,000 refugees from all over the country to avoid the military disaster, and during the war, he was so hungry that his eyes were full of stars, two meals in a row, and there was meat, and he recovered some strength, the key was that the captives broke the siege and left, and there was no fear of being slaughtered in the city, and the people in the city were in high spirits, full of joy and crowded to the north city to watch the execution.

Lin Jian and the others had a simple meal in the county office, and rushed to Beicheng to supervise the punishment at noon.

After all, Yuan Jianhai and Yuan Yan represent the clan and the Lu Wangfu, and he and Zhang Jinxian of Yangxinzhi County and Cheng Weiyuan, the county lieutenant, followed Yuan Jianhai, and when they ascended to the top of the city, the people in the city let out deafening cheers, and some people even chanted "King Lu Chitose". Yuan Yan in the early spring sunshine, the face is immature, beautiful and clear, standing on the north city tower like an immortal, the people in the city are stretching their necks to cheer, of course, there are also cheers dedicated to "Lin Dujian" and "Zhang Zhixian".

Yuan Jianhai felt naturally good, as if this city was guarded by him, standing on the tower and looking down on the people of the city, looking down on the people under his Yuan clan.

Lin Jian followed behind Yuan Jianhai quietly, Yangxin City was finally defended, and it was impossible for Dongyu to go east, a male clan in Lu Wangfu, and Yuan Jianhai survived alone, especially in the case of Yuan Jianhai's meritorious resistance, whether the court was rewarding merit or consoling, it was unlikely to deprive the prince of Lu Wangfu or demote it, and Yuan Jianhai was afraid that he would inherit the title of King Lu.

Yuan Jianhai and Zhang Jinxian, on behalf of the clan and the local government, respectively said some words of comfort to the people and said some relief measures, and naturally praised the Jiangdong Left Army's behavior of handing over all the seized materials to the local government to help the people. Lin Jian briefly mentioned the matter of rewarding the people's brave military merits, and announced the death penalty for the defected military attache on behalf of the military, and asked the small county lord Yuan Yan to take refuge in the city tower for a while to avoid seeing the bloody scene during the execution.

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Yangxin organized more than 2,000 defenders before the war, although more than half of the casualties were killed, but there were still more than 1,000 people who still maintained a certain combat strength. In the afternoon, Lin Jian saw that order in the city had almost been restored, so he withdrew his command shed from the North City Tower, officially announcing the end of Yangxin's battle to defend the city. Lin Jian himself also moved to the garrison camp in Zhulongpo for a while, and no longer interfered in the local affairs of Yangxin. After all, Yangxin's local system is still complete, and Zhang Jinxian, the county magistrate, and Cheng Weiyuan, the county governor, have also shown better talents than their colleagues.

The Jiangdong Left Army, the Jinzhong Army, and the Shaowu Army were also stationed in Zhulongpo, and in addition to the wounded and sick, nearly 2,000 Jiangdong Left Army, 200 Jinzhong Army, and more than 400 Shao Wu Army were assembled in the Zhulongpo camp.

In the afternoon, the armies continued to rest, and Lin Jian summoned almost 200 military attachés, including the sentinel generals, the commanders, and the bannermen of the Jiangdong Left Army, to hold a summary meeting. Regardless of the good experience or the bad experience, it is necessary to sum up the experience in a timely manner after the war, and invite Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, and others to come over and observe.

The retreat of the captives has been decided, and in addition to tailing and harassing in the back road, there is no big battle to fight, the Jiangdong Left Army is still a very young army, and there are still many things to consider in Lin Tie. In addition to following the pursuing captives, they also had to think about how to make the Jiangdong Left Army face all kinds of problems next. Compared with the battlefield fighting, the cold arrows and hidden guns inside and outside the court will be more dangerous, but no matter how vicious the wind and waves inside and outside the court are, casting the Jiangdong Left Army into an elite and strong soldier and holding it in his hands is like having a firm reef to rely on in the stormy waves.

At dusk, the battlefield was basically cleaned up, and a total of 977 heads of captured soldiers were captured in the battle of defending the city, and the rebels only cut the heads of military attachés, a total of 86 heads, killing more than 3,000 rebels who could be counted, capturing more than 1,300 prisoners and surrendering soldiers, capturing and helping more than 6,700 people, and a steady stream of people returning to surrender. More than 20,000 stones of corn, grain and other grains, 90,000 pieces of forage, timber, and a number of carts were seized. Nearly half of the grain and grass were burned, otherwise the seizure would be more abundant. The captured horses were far less than the Jinhai victory, only more than 500 horses, and the capture of the armor was far better than the Jinhai victory.

Mo Jiben and Zhao Jinlong's troops were all reorganized and surrendered, and the Donglu was embarrassed to take off the excellent armor from the two generals and then drive them to Yangxin to attack the city and send them to death, in this battle, the defenders killed and captured almost 5,000 rebels, especially the corpses of the rebels were abandoned around Yangxin City, no one paid attention, and the armor and even the clothes on their bodies became captured trophies. During the rout, in order to flee for their lives, the rebels even threw away the armor that stood in the way.

There are more than 6,000 pieces of guns, spears, knives and shields, more than 3,000 pieces of leather armor, combined armor and group armor, and more than 1,000 pieces of bows and crossbows.

In addition to these, he also collected more than 90,000 taels of gold and silver goods.

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In the night, Zhang Jinxian of Yangxinzhi County and Cheng Weiyuan, the county lieutenant, took the list of seizures to the Zhulongfu camp to see Lin Bin.

Lin Jian looked at the list of seizures under the oil lamp, took a pen and crossed out the capture of the prisoners directly from the war exploits, and said to Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan: "The weather is about to warm up, and the captives are retreating, but it doesn't mean that the captives will not come back next time, the defense line in the north of Yanshan is really worrying, and the place cannot afford not to prepare for force." Of course, this is also a local matter, so I can't intervene too much. Guns, spears, shields, and armor, I left 1,000 pieces each for Yangxin, and the mules and horses that were urgently needed for local reconstruction after the war were also left to Yangxin. ”

"The old man is grateful to the people on behalf of Yangxin......, Lord Lin is benevolent and righteous," Zhang Jinxian said, "Lord Lin is thinking about the place, which makes the old man admire in his heart." ”

"Don't say much politely," Lin Jian said, "Now there are more than 30,000 captives and refugees gathered in Yangxin, and nearly half of them are young and strong. The war is not completely over, and these people cannot be discharged for a while. They must not be allowed to starve to death, and there is no need to feed them in vain. This time, more than 90,000 taels of gold and silver and a number of grain and grass were seized, in addition to the needs of relief and rewards, it should also be able to make the Yangxin city wall covered with bricks and stones and increase the height by one zhang, and build four urn cities outside the four gates...... In the coming year, if the captives enter the Kou again, Yangxin's defense will be easier, as long as the army and the people are united, the eastern captives will enter the Kou for the purpose of plundering, and they will not easily attack the city. ”

Without these goods and materials, it is impossible for them to reinforce, heighten the city wall, build the urn city, and reorganize the army. Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan didn't know what else to say about gratitude, so they just nodded while listening.

At this time, the chief sentry officer Wu Qi pushed the door in, saw Lin Tie in the house with Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan, and hurriedly said: "The Yellow River has burst its embankment, and when the outpost entered the southwest corner of Jihe County, it found that the water that had burst the embankment was overflowing. After the captives retreated to Jihe, they did not stop, but joined forces with the captives stationed in Jihe and retreated all the way to Dezhou. Although there is no further information, it can be preliminarily judged that the main force of the captive army on the southern front has withdrawn from Jinan, and the Yellow River has been broken to block the pursuing troops in the south. It is not clear where the breach is now, so I sent scouts to the south bank to reconnoiter ......"

"These brutes!"

Although Lin Jian had long expected that the captives would break the Yellow River, when it really happened, he was still trembling with anger, and he wanted to break the pen in his hand.