Chapter 104: Epilogue Three
Although today's battle was the army under Lin Ze who won the victory with an overwhelming advantage, Lin Ze was not happy about it.
Of course, Lin Ze was still very satisfied.
War is the place where the true strength of an army is best tested. This time, the performance of Lin Ze's army gave him a perfect answer.
With a quantity of more than 10,000, the Qingzhou rebels were wiped out directly. Although the nine-story and nine-story of these Qingzhou rebels were all ordinary civilians, this military achievements were considered huge.
Lin Ze did not laugh, and this is the reason.
His army destroyed 140,000 Qingzhou rebels, but the people here were almost all the people at the bottom. Although they were against the enemy, they were just a group of poor people. They would become rebels, not because of the great flood in Qingzhou, not because of the inaction of the court, not because of them no longer able to survive, so they would rebel, become rebels, and fight against Lin Ze's army.
After destroying these rebels, Lin Ze only felt sad, not excited.
If possible, Lin Ze would rather not use these rebels who were born from the lower class as his military achievements.
"Alas, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are suffering!" Lin Ze sighed in his heart.
No matter which dynasty or era, the people's performance is the most vulnerable side, and there are few times when they are not suffering.
"Young master, the battlefield has been cleaned up, what should those prisoners do? Or should I get involved in the labor camp as per the previous practice?" Lin Hu came to Lin Ze and asked.
After being around Lin Ze for so long, Lin Hu had already understood Lin Ze's way of doing things and also understood his thoughts about the people at the bottom of the country. This is what Lin Hu wanted to see the most.
Lin Hu was also born at the bottom of the class, so he understood the hardships of the people at the bottom of the class and wanted to do something for the people at the bottom of the class. However, at that time, he himself would gain a foothold and it was completely impossible to help other people.
Now, Lin Ze, the owner he followed, is a person who truly loves the people. Therefore, Lin Hu's desire to do something for the people at the bottom was equivalent to realizing it.
This time, the number of prisoners captured by them was nearly 110,000. According to the previous practice, they had long been assigned to labor reform camps to receive labor reform. However, Lin Hu knew very well that these people were still poor people at the bottom half a year ago, or a year ago, and they were not soldiers at all. When they thought that they would face at least two or three years of labor reform, Lin Hu felt a little reluctant.
"This is a problem." Lin Ze lowered his head and thought, and he obviously thought of this.
Lin Hu felt relieved, and then stood aside and waited for Lin Ze's order.
It took two minutes before Lin Ze thought about the problem here.
"Lin Hu, let's get them into the labor camp to receive the renovation!" Lin Ze said directly.
"What? Young Master, this..." Lin Hu's face was filled with surprise. Based on his previous understanding of Lin Ze, Lin Ze shouldn't have made such a decision, but why did Lin Ze make such a decision?
"Lin Hu, it's right to pity those people. I hope you always have such a pitiful heart in your heart." Lin Ze first affirmed Lin Hu's pity for the lower class people.
Then, he changed his tone and said, "But Lin Hu, you also have some differences here. You must have a rule of conduct, or the bottom line. The people at the bottom are indeed pitiful, but as long as they make mistakes, they still have to receive punishment. They cannot be just because they are ordinary people at the bottom and live a difficult life, which is very pitiful. Therefore, if they make mistakes, you pretend not to see them, or just give up after teaching them. If you do this, you are a big mistake.
Because you are indulging in crime. Once this person's criminal behavior is caught and not held accountable, then the person will definitely commit the same crime again, even countless times, and the consequences will be even greater.
Just like these rebels in Qingzhou this time, we all know that they are all ordinary people at the bottom. They are only the path of rebellion because they can't survive. However, we cannot let them go directly for these reasons.
Not to mention anything else, can you guarantee that these people have really not committed any crimes during the period of their rebellion? Lin Hu, you should have seen the packages carried by the Qingzhou rebels with your own eyes. Are there many blood-stained gold and silver jewelry inside?"
Speaking of this, Lin Ze did not say anything further, and looked directly at Lin Hu beside him.
"Young Master, I was wrong!" Lin Hu lowered his head with shame and said.
Lin Hu was personally responsible for cleaning the battlefield this time, so he had seen countless bloody packages and gold and silver jewelry.
If there were only one, two, ten, twenty, or even one hundred, or two hundred, there was nothing.
Isn’t it said again? The rice is the same and there are always a few rat shit among so many people.
However, this time, the amount of gold, silver jewelry and other items that Lin Hu collected, stained with blood, exceeded tens of thousands of pieces. It is no longer necessary to say what this matter means.
Seeing Lin Hu's look of loss, Lin Ze stepped forward and patted Lin Hu on the shoulder and comforted him: "Lin Hu, don't be too sad. Although some of these prisoners have done something wrong, I believe that most people are still good, have bottom lines, and can still educate them well. Therefore, we cannot let them go so simply. Instead, we must carefully identify the people inside to see if they have committed crimes, whether the crime is serious or not, and then sentence them to different punishments based on different crimes, so that we can truly have a clear conscience."
"Well, young master, I'll listen to you!" Lin Hu said after regaining his spirits.
"That's good!" Lin Ze felt relieved when he saw Lin Hu recovering his spirit.
"Lin Hu, this matter will be handed over to you afterwards. Anyone with innocent lives will be sentenced to a heavy sentence; if he just robs and does not harm his life, he will be sentenced according to the charge of robbery; if he did not commit these crimes and just joined the rebels, he will be sentenced based on the length of time he participated.
For example, if you just participated and were less than a month, you were sentenced to one month of labor reform. The time was between one month and three months, and the time was half a year, while the time was ten months for half a year. (There was not a year in the rebellion in Qingzhou, so there would be no more than one year.)” Lin Ze determined some standards for sentences, and the remaining Lin Hu and the others just had to do it according to this standard.
"Yes, young master, Lin Hu understands!" Lin Hu said with a serious expression.
"No. 3, do you say these are just the troops trained by Lin Lixuan in less than half a year? Can the troops under his lord be comparable to those of Lin Ze's troops?" A man in his thirties covered with trees a thousand meters away from the battlefield asked the man in his thirties who were dressed in the same dress.
No. 3's face was red and white at this time. He had already valued Lin Ze's army before. In his opinion, Lin Ze might be able to win this war, but that would definitely be a tragic victory, and there would not be a few left in the end.
At that time, he will follow the orders of the Governor's Office and lead some rebels here until Lin Ze is eliminated.
It can be said that the calculations in the Governor's Office are really very good.
However, no matter how careful the calculation is, it fails in the face of the powerful combat power of Lin Ze's army.
No. 3 never thought that the combat effectiveness of the more than 10,000 cavalry under Lin Ze would be so strong. Facing the 140,000 Qingzhou rebels, he not only did not be afraid, but instead took the initiative to attack, and finally wiped out the 140,000 Qingzhou rebels.
What made him feel most heartbroken was that Lin Ze's army suffered extremely little casualties, absolutely no more than a thousand, and the entire battle lasted two or three hours from the beginning to the end.
(In fact, the battle was only half an hour before the actual battle ended. After the Black Dragon was captured alive and the other troops collapsed, the battle could be said to be over. As for the remaining one or two hours, Lin Ze's army was cleaning up the battlefield and arresting the captives who knelt on the ground and surrendered.)
The Qingzhou rebels of 140,000 were wiped out in two or three hours. Such combat efficiency made No. 3 stunned.
The No. 3 believes that the Governor's Office can still do it, but this requires the Governor's Office to assemble at least 100,000 troops and take ten days and half a month to defeat the rebels in Qingzhou.
I had the idea, this is just a defeat, but not a complete annihilation like Lin Ze now.
No. 3 always thought that the Governor's Office was the strongest, but after watching this battle, he realized that he was actually a frog in the well.
The Governor's Office has indeed a large number of troops, with an army of more than 500,000, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than the rebels in Qingzhou. It seems that it has a great advantage over Lin Ze, but don't forget that Lin Ze has a total of 100,000 such powerful cavalry.
When he thought of Lin Ze having such a powerful heavy cavalry in his hands, No. 3's heart turned cold and seemed to be frozen and could not speak.
Chapter completed!