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Chapter 1006 How to Repay Virtue
This civil official talked eloquently, but all the generals in the military tent had strange expressions on their faces. This was not the first time that this kind of thing happened. Military generals are different, they always like to talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and there are many novels of Ming Dynasty. Take these things seriously.

The military generals were tossing about life and death all day long, so they naturally understood that this officer was all nonsense, but the gentlemen were noble and the military were cheap, so if they didn't say something, they still didn't say it.

But this sour man talked about this in front of Wang Tong today, let's see how Mr. Wang responds, Wang Tong's expression is also a bit strange, the scholar hadn't finished speaking, Wang Tong asked:
"After the Eastern captives entered Liao Town, the villages were destroyed, the males captured were used as slaves, and the female relatives were sold to other Tartars as slaves. Do you know this?"

After defeating the enemy in the great battle, the Eastern Expeditionary Army also rescued many Han people captured by the Tartars. Not to mention the separation of flesh and blood, everyone's situation is extremely miserable. It is said that the captured Han people were treated like livestock, and even It is not as good as the treatment of livestock. Seeing such things, everyone in the army was filled with righteous indignation, and some people in Shenyang wrote to scold them, so naturally everyone knew about it.

When asked such a question, the civil official was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to answer with fists in his arms:
"The officer knows."

"I heard that Chief Nalu had also studied the Three Kingdoms, so he knew some truths. Why didn't he show benevolence and righteousness to the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, so that the soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty would vote with gratitude?"

Hearing Wang Tong's question, the civil servant's face turned pale, but he didn't know how to answer. Wang Tong continued:
"What you said, although I don't read much, I understand that this is the meaning of repaying grievances with virtue, but I still remember that there is a sentence after this, called 'How to repay virtue', those Tartars slaughtered my Ming people like this You see, they are poor, old, weak, women and children. Do you know that the Tartar soldiers are all their relatives, they are all supported by them, and the property stained with the flesh and blood of the people of Ming Dynasty is also handed over to them. ? How did you read the book? Confused!!"

Wang Tong raised his voice in the last few sentences, and the civil servant's face turned red. He was a dignified civil servant, but he was reprimanded by a rough man. At that time, he wanted to leave, but he was a well-established figure in the capital, and he knew who could offend him. , but no one can show any strength of character.

In front of Wang Tong, no literati's style and style can be displayed. This master is like a giant in the capital. If you offend him, don't even think about showing it off If you offend him, the civil servants and scholars of the world dare not share the same hatred with you.

Wanting to admit it like this, he held his breath in his heart, but the civil servant also understood that Wang Tong was 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 sentence, all the generals in the commander's tent exchanged glances with each other, and they all couldn't help gloating. The official hesitated for a long time, and finally apologized and said:

"The student made a slip of the tongue, please make amends!"

"How are you writing!?"

Wang Tong ignored the man's apology, but asked this question directly. The civil servant was taken aback. He was able to go to the Sixth Ministry to become a Lang Guan, so he was on the right track in the imperial examination. The imperial examination was going smoothly and he had a good handwriting It is indispensable. Although he didn't know why Wang Tong asked this, he was willing to change the topic from the embarrassment just now, so he quickly bowed and said:

"Reporting to the Commander, the words of the next official are quite clear."

"Bring a pen and paper. Ben Shuai told you to write. The characters should be big and block letters!"

Wang Tong ignored the habitual modesty of the other party, and said directly, everyone in the handsome account is confused, thinking that the military council didn't say much, why did the commander still write after the civil servant was reprimanded, and now the Jurchens are obviously playing The tactics of not fighting with your army, and then harassing small groups.

Everyone understands this kind of tactics. The army is always harassed and fighting in enemy territory. The soldiers must be impatient and their morale will drop. It's a disaster, but there is no good way to deal with it right now.

Pens, inks, papers and inkstones are always kept in the handsome account. The civil servant’s expression has become quite normal, ready to stop, he picked up the brush, and waited for Wang Tong to speak. Wang Tong pondered for a moment, and said:
"Write two words, one word is 'Ji Cun Bing Zhai', and the other word is 'Burn, Kill, Loot'!"

After Wang Tong finished speaking, the civil servant was stunned for a while. The first handwriting was a bit delicate, but the second handwriting was really vulgar and too straightforward. Is there any dignity in this?But after being reprimanded just now, he didn't dare to speak nonsense. After finishing writing, he sent the words to Wang Tong's desk, and then withdrew.

Wang Tong looked at the two upright big characters, nodded, took out the big seal and stamped it, Wang Tong's voice was not low, the generals in the commander's tent could hear it clearly, but everyone understood it a little bit, His expression became more serious, Wang Tong stood up from behind the desk, and said solemnly:

"From today onwards, those who go out to suppress everywhere will form a team of 1 cavalry, and the villages and villages will not be kept. All property, soft and livestock will be brought to the vicinity of the camp, and [-] people will be sent back to Liao Town every time. All those who are criminals are treated as thieves, and they will be killed without mercy!"

Listening to Wang Tong's tone, this is already a military order, the generals dare not neglect, they all clasped their fists and bowed to agree, Wang Tong turned to Li Rubai, and said:
"General Li, if you lead people to Baima Village once, follow the strategy of the Three Lights, don't leave any dogs behind, and teach the Tartars a lesson!"

Li Rubai also agreed loudly, Wang Tong turned around and said to the civil servant:
"You must have understood the meaning of these two words. Take these two words and go to each army to preach this strategy. Do you understand?"

The civil servant trembled and quickly took orders.

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From the side wall to Hetuala, and even on both sides of the army's marching route in the future, there must be no villages left. The whole village must live in a designated place and obey the arrangement of the army.

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

Wang Tong's meaning was straightforward and clear, and the civil servants didn't dare to hide anything when they preached. In addition to the two big characters stamped by Wang Tong, the soldiers of all armies knew it well.

Going deep into the enemy's territory, burning, killing and looting the enemy's people seems to be a matter of course, but in fact there are many restrictions. Many civil servants and generals who lead troops will use this rule to restrain their subordinates and eliminate dissidents. Moreover, Wang Tong ruled the army Yan Ming, everyone was timid and restrained.

Wang Tong's two strategies of "merging villages and villages" and "three light" completely dispelled their scruples and let them go and work hard.

The Tiger's Might Army, which has always been strictly disciplined, also participated this time. All the armies admire the Tiger's Mighty Army's combat power, but they are very confident in the burning, killing and suppression. They think that the Tiger's Mighty Army may not know how to do it. .

Unexpectedly, after the Huwei army took action, they sighed that they were inferior. Compared with the two, their three lights were just a gust of wind blowing away some floating soil, killing some people, looting some property, or setting fire, but Huwei When the army does this kind of thing, it is uprooting and scraping the ground. All property that can be exchanged for money can be searched out, and all hidden people can be found out. The houses and courtyards in the village will definitely be burned. clean.

After all these things, they couldn't help but admire them, the strong are always strong, and there is certainly a reason for this Tiger's mighty army to be able to reach the point it is today.

After the incident in that Baima village, most of the people ran into the mountains, and a small number of the old and the weak stayed behind. After being tortured, the old and the weak were asked where those people were hiding in the mountain, and those who stayed in the village were arrested. Killed, the whole village was also set on fire and burned to the ground.

The people in the village hid in the mountains and would not hide in places that were too difficult to reach. They were still lucky, and the army would leave soon if they couldn't find them. However, they were wrong. The Liao Town soldiers found them. After a short battle , and took the captives of Baima Village down the mountain.

Seeing the corpses placed in front of the village and seeing the village in ruins, the villagers of Baima Village collapsed, and then came the revenge of the Liao Town cavalry.

After the Liao Town cavalry left, people from other villages also came here to look at the scenery. All they saw were the ruins of the village and the messy corpses. They were all torn and mutilated, looking miserable, like hell.

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

The only few villages that were spared were those who confessed the hiding places of the small groups of troops nearby. Their murder was spared, but they could only be taken to the camp to be trapped and wait for disposal.

The officers and soldiers of the various armies enjoyed it all the time, but some civil servants who accompanied the army couldn't stand it. With the lesson of the commander-in-chief, no one dared to say anything about benevolence, righteousness and morality in person, but some people wrote letters back to Shenyang, or wrote down notes at home. The notes are nothing more than saying that "there are beasts" and "hell on earth" here.

Having said that, the civil official who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality with Wang Tong in the commander's account also wrote back to Shenyang, but he did not talk about the corruption of benevolence and righteousness, but said that there are so many people and cheap goods in Daying right now, and they are all low-quality goods. It is sold at a low price, and now you come here to buy with cash, it must be very profitable. Looking at the trend, the deeper the army goes, the more benefits you can get, so let the servants who stay in Shenyang bring more silver, don’t miss
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