At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 304 Prisoner Camp

There was a flash of fire and a loud bang. The air flow carried debris and smashed it everywhere. Song Bing couldn't help but squat on the ground with his back.

It crackled, and I don’t know what hit me. Fortunately, I was protected by iron armor and there was no damage.

After the dust settled, the Song Army went in and searched, but found that Aci Timur's body was gone.

The gunpowder depot spontaneously ignited and immediately returned to dust, but Song Jun could not understand his hatred.

"Straight bitch, that guy got an advantage."

"Three thousand Zepao died here, and only after being skinned and cramped can the hatred be relieved."

"When two armies are fighting, each is his own master, but that doesn't have to be the case."

During the discussion, the scene was inspected and nothing useful was found.

The Yuan army headquarters was the last place of resistance. It was razed to the ground and the war in Mouping Town was completely over.

Yuan soldiers emerged from the ruins in twos and threes and asked the Song army to surrender.

After this Yuan army occupied the town, they cleared out the people. During more than ten days of fierce fighting, the whole town was reduced to ruins but no innocent people were affected, so the Yuan soldiers would not be liquidated.

This was the policy of the Song Army, but the Yuan soldiers did not know it. However, they had no choice but to hand over their property and lives to their enemies.

The Song soldiers in custody didn't care what the Yuan soldiers thought. They raised their swords and guns and escorted him into the prisoner camp with eager eyes.

"Right here, queue up and register honestly. If you mess around, we will be ruthless!" Captain Ding Haozhong shouted coldly.

"Hey, don't be like this, don't be like this, we are all brothers of the Han family and should be treated as one of our own." Cui Kang, who smiled like Maitreya Buddha, came out to be a good person.

"Just them? Bah!" Ding Haozhong was disdainful.

"Don't do this." Cui Kang said: "They were deceived by the Tatars, or they were forced to do so. They did not intentionally become enemies. It is understandable and understandable."

"Humph, I've given it to you." Ding Haozhong turned and left.

After watching Ding Haozhong leave, Cui Kang looked at the prisoners and said: "Everyone, when you get here, there is no need to worry about mistreatment. Everyone will register first and then allocate tents.

Generally speaking, as long as you don't disobey orders, you don't need to worry about punishment, and you are guaranteed to have enough to eat. "

Perhaps seeing how friendly he was, one of the prisoners boldly asked, "General, will Master Wang let me go home?"

"Young captain, I dare not call you general." Cui Kang said modestly and asked, "What do you call me brother? Where are you from?"

The prisoner replied: "The villain Li San is from Handan."

The defeated soldiers were treated like this, and they felt quite flattered in their tone.

"Handan, we can't go back for the time being." Cui Kang said, "Don't be disappointed. I just ask you, how did you become a soldier?"

Li San replied: "When the county calls for military service, each household must pay one ding or four taels of silver. How can a small family pay for it if they are so poor? They can only serve as soldiers."

"Your taxes are so heavy?" Cui Kang knew that the burden on the people of Yuan Realm was heavy, but he still pretended to be surprised and said, "So, you are all forced?"

"That's not true. The county master said that when the Song Dynasty's army occupied the land in the south, the land would be confiscated. Therefore, some people took the initiative to join the army in order to protect their land." Li San shook his head and laughed at himself: "The villain is just a tenant, no matter what the county master Whoever it is, someone has to farm, right?"

"Brother, I thought it was wrong." Cui Kang said: "The imperial court only confiscated the fields of wealthy and powerful families. You who have no land rent from the imperial court. Generally, one household has ten acres, and only [-]% of it is harvested. This is determined based on the harvest. Free of corvee and miscellaneous taxes."

"So low?" Sakon prisoners exclaimed.

In this era, the circulation of information was inconvenient, and it was difficult for villagers to know the outside world, not to mention Yuanting's intention to block it.

"It can't be true. Just go and ask in the army and you will know." Cui Kang said, "Those of you who are under the rule of the imperial court have already enjoyed such benefits. Those who are under the rule of the Tatars can only wait until the imperial court fights them. .”

Just as it was Li San's turn to register, Cui Kang ended the chat and allowed the Sakon prisoners to whisper among themselves.

I can't believe it, but I want to believe it, because the conditions Cui Kang said are indeed too tempting.After the registration was completed, it was time for dinner. Cui Kang ordered a group of prisoners to carry the meal, including Li San.

Before they reached the cook, they could already smell the aroma, and the prisoners swallowed unconsciously.

Cui Kang asked, "Why, don't you usually have enough to eat?"

After chatting for a while, Li San thought he was familiar with it and replied: "You can only eat full during training and war. Normally you are half hungry and half full."

Yuan Ting could hardly afford to fight anymore. Cui Kang smiled inwardly and said, "Don't be surprised when you see the food later."

There was no meat, but no one had a piece of salted fish.

The prisoners were stunned.

"We couldn't see any meat when we fought hard, but you actually gave fish to the prisoners?" Li San asked.

"It's just salted fish, it's not necessary for meals." Cui Kang said in a complicated tone: "The fishing skills of the imperial dynasty are great, and sea fish are very cheap. As long as cars and boats can go everywhere, the people can afford it, and the military will naturally supply it in large quantities."

When I first joined the army, I ate salted fish every day and felt that the food was good. After eating for a few years, I felt like vomiting.

The Ministry of Revenue does not care whether the soldiers want to eat or not, but only ensures that the soldiers are satisfied with the food. Moreover, if there is salted fish, no salt is needed, which can also reduce the logistical burden.

The captives didn't feel this way. They all ate deliciously. If it wasn't for a limited amount, I'm afraid some of them would be bloated to death.

After eating, the prisoners went back to their tents.

"I feel very uneasy," one prisoner said.

Li San heard this and said, "What's so unreliable? What's our humble life worth?"

"That's right. If you are punished as a hard slave, you can just take him away directly. There is no need to be so kind."

"Yes, I am in the army and can only see meat and fish during the New Year and festivals. It would be better for Master Wang to just give us fish to eat."

"What are you afraid of? At worst, you will end up working for the imperial court... I'm talking about the Song State. At worst, you will work for the Song State."

"That's right, you are just a cheap life. Who can you sell it to?"

"The Tatars buy and sell by force, and the Song government treats them well, making them even more worthy of their lives."

Outside the tent, Cui Kang showed a proud smile, turned back and reported what he heard to Ding Zhi.

"Not bad." Ding Zhi nodded and said, "The next step of the plan will be carried out tomorrow."

Cui Kang asked: "Are you too anxious?"

"Use troops everywhere, and there is a shortage of troops everywhere. Convert the prisoners into our own people as soon as possible to supplement the lack of personnel in each department. The sooner the better." Ding Zhi said.

Cui Kang said: "It's just that the die-hard elements among them have not yet been identified, so I'm afraid it will be half the result with twice the effort."

"It doesn't matter." Ding Zhi said with a sneer: "In a few days, the die-hard elements will naturally reveal their whereabouts, and then mobilize the prisoners to identify them, and we can deal with them all together."

"I'm going to sort things out now," Cui Kang said.

"Go ahead and do this well and see who dares to underestimate our ideological education staff." Ding Zhi said with a smile.

"When the prisoners are turned into soldiers, the division commanders are afraid that they will not be able to surrender us." Cui Kang also laughed.

No one denies the importance of ideological education, but the credit is not obvious. Including Ding Zhi, the highest rank is no more than a major general.

Just as the war broke out again, troops everywhere were needed to replenish their ranks, but the imperial court no longer dared to continue to expand the army - the population, money and food were no longer enough to support more troops.

Therefore, Ding Zhi proposed to transform Han soldiers and prisoners. The 1 Northland Han soldiers in this camp were their testing ground.

(End of this chapter)