Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 39 Dividing the meat
"Sanlang, what do you plan to do with these prisoners?" Cui Hongdu asked in a deep voice.

"How else can I deal with it?" Shen Faseng was hit by an arrow in his right arm, which had already been dealt with by the doctor. He wrapped it in a white cloth and stood out from the crowd. Surrender, of course, those who resist the order will be executed, and the rest will be rewarded to the soldiers!"

Wang Wenzuo frowned slightly, and glanced at the people around the fire, and saw that everyone looked as usual, eating, talking and laughing, and did not show disgust or opposition to Shen Faseng's proposal, knowing that Shen Faseng's words were taken for granted in the eyes of everyone things. (Tang Taizong led the army to conquer Goguryeo and besieged Baiyan City. The defenders were poor and asked to surrender, so Taizong agreed. When the general Li Ji learned about it, he led dozens of soldiers to the Emperor Taizong's horse to remonstrate: "The reason why the soldiers dare Shi Shi, regardless of life and death, attacked the city, greedy for its capture. The city is falling, but how can I accept its surrender, the heart of the lonely soldiers?" Emperor Taizong thanked Li Ji for dismounting, and rewarded the soldiers with his own property to compensate them. It can be seen that the property and population in the besieged enemy city belonged to the trophies of the siege soldiers. It was an unwritten rule in the army at that time. Even an emperor like Li Shimin could only follow it.) I am just a school Wei, how can you offend the public?Can only persuade with rhetoric.

"Yuan Fei! What do you think?"

"Ah, me?" Yuan Fei who was on the edge of the fire thought he heard it wrong. It was the first time he participated in such an occasion, and he never expected that Wang Wenzuo would ask him.

"That's right, as the saying goes, listening and listening will tell you, we are all Tang people, only you and Sancho are Baekje people, so I want to hear what you mean!"

"Mr. Shen's family is naturally right!" Yuan Fei carefully looked at Wang Wenzuo's face. He was born as a servant, and he must have the ability to observe words and emotions. Naturally, he understood that Wang Wenzuo skipped so many people asking questions. The lowest status in the field Wei Wei's self must have disagreed with Shen Faseng, so he used his own mouth to speak: "It's just that the villain thinks that the people in this village have ended up in such a pitiful way!"

"Poor?" Shen Faseng said angrily, "Yuan Fei, have you forgotten how many arrows, stones and javelins they threw at you and me just now? Did you think they were pitiful at that time?"

"Of course I didn't feel it back then, but now I feel it again!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere around the fire became more relaxed.Wang Wenzuo waved his hand, signaled Yuan Fei to sit down, and said with a smile, "Everyone, Yuan Fei's words sound ridiculous, but they are not unreasonable. Baekje people resisted the king's order. Our generation's crusade is the righteousness, and now they have abandoned their armor. Surrender, it won't be good for me to kill indiscriminately!"

"The captain's words are wrong!" It was Gu Cihang who spoke, and he gave Yuan Fei a look of hatred: "These thieves just surrendered because of poverty, and they should die if they resist the king's conquest, how can they be said to be indiscriminate killings?" ?”

Since someone was the first to stand up, the rest of the people also expressed their attitudes. They were basically on the side of Shen Faseng, advocating that all adult men who had resisted be killed, and the remaining wealth, women and children should be distributed to the soldiers. There are basically two reasons. 1. Punish the enemy and deter potential resisters; 2. Reward the meritorious.

"Everyone!" Wang Wenzuo drank his saliva and said in a calm tone: "If the Buddhist monk said that all the people who resisted in this village should be executed, I am afraid that no one will survive except women and children. There are also many who are going to die, after all, there were also women who shot arrows and stones at us at that time, didn’t they?”

"It's better like this!" Gu Cihang replied: "The next Baekje villager will understand what it means to fight against Master Wang!"

"If we have an army of one hundred thousand, that's really good!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But now we only have less than 1000 people. There are tens of thousands of people in Sibi City, and there are more than [-] households in Baekje. You can only do this." Let the next village hit the last person!"

There was silence beside the fire, only the crackling sound of oil dripping on the fire when roasting meat. Wang Wenzuo did not urge him, but waited patiently. After a few minutes, Cui Hongdu said: "Sanlang, I admit that what you said is reasonable, but the soldiers People died and blood was shed during the siege, they are eager for revenge, and they also want rewards, if we don't meet their demands, then no one will work hard next time, what do you say?"

"It's enough to kill the culprit. Revenge doesn't have to be dead. The living are more valuable than the dead!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "As for the reward, if all the adult men are killed, what use are the women and children left behind?" ? Don’t forget, we are now alone overseas, so we can’t sell him, and we can’t bring him back to Datang as a domestic slave!”

"Then what should we do?" Shen Faseng complained, "Let's forget it? The soldiers won't agree!"

"Of course not. The leaders must be executed. Their family members will be made official slaves, their property will also be confiscated, and their relatives will pay for the redemption. The village handed over twenty children to us as hostages, handed over all weapons, and demolished all Fortifications, thirty strong men, one hundred pack horses, five hundred bolts of cloth, and all our supplies for twenty days. What do you think?"

The people around the fire exchanged glances, then nodded one by one.Finally, Cui Hongdu said: "One hundred pack horses, five hundred pieces of cloth, can they produce so much? Confiscate all weapons, tear down the fence, why do I think you are more ruthless than killing them all!"

"I've done the math, it's very difficult, but I can get it out! This is also a punishment. It's better than killing everyone. At least the next Baekje village won't hit the last person!" He touched his knees: "Okay, let's not talk about this! Sancho, the meat is roasted, let's divide the meat!"

Silla Mountain City.

"Shijun Liu, look over there!" The captain pointed to a shadow in the northeast direction: "That is Sanseong County in Silla! If the wind direction remains the same, we will arrive before noon!"

Liu Rengui turned around from the ship's side, smiling: "You've done a good job, pass on the order, and every sailor on board will be rewarded with a hundred cash!"

"Thank you for your reward!" The captain hastily bowed his knees and bowed down.Liu Rengui nodded and turned around.The captain has been living on this sea for 30 years. From a rower to an old sea dog who owns four ships today, he knew in his heart that Liu Rengui no longer needed him, so he stepped back carefully, leaving Liu Rengui alone. .

(End of this chapter)