Chapter 799: The Teacher of Benevolence and Righteousness
In Guangzhou, there may not be the joy of victory expected by the Ming army outside the city.
This big victory was really too tragic. More than 3,000 people were killed in battle and more than 4,000 were injured. Fortunately, most of them were not seriously injured and could be engaged in the battle at any time.
But even so, it was heartbreaking. Hao Fenglou brought a group of military officers to visit the injured in person, and then the problem of nearly 40,000 surrendered soldiers was placed in front of Hao Fenglou.
To some extent, these surrendered soldiers are indeed elite. Although they are not as strong as the Langshan Army, they can be called lions. However, most of these people's families are small in the Liaodong area. If they are asked to serve Langshan, many people may not be willing, but if they are monitored, they will not have so much manpower.
As for killing, it is not within Hao Fenglou's thinking scope. This is not because he is weak, but because no matter what Hao Fenglou does, he is willing to stick to this final morality. This is his bottom line and will never be violated.
The Ming army outside the city did not continue to attack the city, which gave the people in the city a chance to breathe, and Hao Fenglou decided to solve this problem well.
Afterwards, the escort from the logistics department was summoned. After Hao Fenglou scolded him a few times, the guys went out reluctantly.
Afterwards, bowls of fragrant big white rice were placed in front of these surrendered soldiers with some cooked dried meat.
The treatment of border towns is often better than that of other officers and soldiers, but it is also limited, otherwise there would be no large-scale symptoms of night blindness. Therefore, this big white rice is very attractive to them. These people are all detained in the urn city of Dongcheng. There are people holding muskets around, including people from Xiangshan Guards and Lang Shan Army.
Not only white rice, but also pumpkin soup. There are more than a dozen soup spawning places similar to porridge sheds in this urn. After eating, I took a sip of the soup and felt very comfortable.
Many officers and soldiers of the Langshan Army were a little angry with these guys, and even some people from Xiangshan Guard were quite rude.
Then the blankets were distributed. The weather in Guangdong is not very cold. Even at night, it would not be frozen when sleeping on the ground. However, it is inevitable that it will be easily affected by cold at night, so these blankets can solve their problems.
Blankets are supplies sent from the coastal defense. No matter what the Hao family does, they are mostly generous. In addition, due to the severance of trade with the Ming Dynasty, many workshops have experienced overproduction, resulting in a large amount of goods hoarding. The Hao family can replenish military supplies. On the one hand, it can solve the crises in various industries. On the other hand, the more military supplies, the more certain the war is for the Hao family. Of course, the money purchased by the Hao family is actually a white bar in a certain sense. It does not pay at all, but just draws a big cake and pays the bills with the so-called expectations and beautiful prospects.
This technique has a very noble name in later generations, called finance, which means using one tael of silver to do one hundred taels of silver. As long as your credit does not go bankrupt, you can sing and dance to peace. But once it goes bankrupt, there is no need for the Ming army to break into Langshan. People from Langshan can bury themselves if they dig a hole.
When the surrendered soldiers got the blankets, they naturally felt comfortable and rolled up their blankets to sleep.
Immediately afterwards, many students from Chen Xue came to visit everyone. They often walked to the middle of the surrendered soldiers with wine or some Hu cakes. In the name of Tzu Chi, they said that this was out of humanitarianism and had nothing to do with the Hao family army. They also claimed that everyone was raised by their mother and father, and they were all flesh and blood. Although you were defeated, even if the ants were still alive, the Tzu Chi would not ignore it.
Although everyone understands that the so-called Tzu Chia just wears a pair of pants with the Hao family, after all, they are still rebels, but their identities have not aroused the repulses of the surrendered soldiers.
Besides, white rice and blankets make everyone calm. Although the future is uncertain and I don’t know what the end will be, at least the situation is not too bad now.
There were many students at Tzu Chia who were good at medical skills and began to deal with the injured soldiers. Some of them sat on the ground and talked with everyone. They also ate wine, but the supply was limited.
Since this is the case, then we are inevitably talking. These students began to say a lot, talking about the current emperor killing the king and father, how to kill the former prince, telling the story of General Hao Fenglou, General Hao Fenglou, witnessing everything, escaping from the capital, determined to avenge the late emperor, telling Liangshan's good policies, telling the treatment of the Langshan army, and telling the various kindness of General Hao Fenglou, the kindness of General Hao Fenglou,.
Everyone was not moved by these things at the beginning. They were not fools. They came to persuade the surrender, but they didn't hit the smiley people. Besides, they were not bad. To put it bluntly, most big-headed soldiers actually didn't even have the qualifications to persuade the surrender. Since they have become surrender soldiers, they should do whatever they want? Persuading surrender is often related to the noble generals.
In fact, most people still have a curiosity and are interested in talking about things in the palace. When they hear this, they also feel relish. It is not too bad to think that it is a storytelling book.
In the evening, the Tzu Chia House students said almost everything, but they did not force them to pat their butts and leave.
The next day, it was still the same. The white rice was just dried pork yesterday, but today it was fresh meat. Not only that, every two people also distributed a cooked egg. The people in the Tzu Chi Academy came as usual, but still came to visit and treat the wounded, but the contents of the words changed a lot. They did not intend to say how good Lang San is and how kind General Hao was. Sometimes they also told some stories. These stories were no longer attractive in Lang San. After all, the entertainment activities there were more abundant, but here, the affairs of such talented men and beautiful women were fatal attraction.
After repeated these days, many people became familiar with these students. When they woke up early in the morning, they not only looked forward to the white rice, but also guessed what food they would have today, but also looked forward to the students coming.
But early this morning, the person who came was a general riding a tall horse. Then the scene began to become serious. Some Lang Son Army officers and soldiers appeared in large numbers and asked everyone to complete the team.
Tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers had no choice but to feel panic, and began to stand around the school station in a crowded manner.
Hao Fenglou was dressed in military uniform and walked up to the school stage step by step with the handle of the knife around his waist. After he stood still, he looked at the white and fat surrendered soldiers and began to say the first sentence: "Mr. Hao rose up to avenge the late emperor and for the people. I know in my heart that many of you regard me as a traitor, but the late emperor is very kind to me. Mr. Hao saw the pseudo-Emperor Zhu Gaosui kill his father and brother with his own eyes. If he was still indifferent and enjoyed the salary given by the late emperor, he would be worse than a pig or dog? Everyone, I am not here to tell you this. Since the day of the revenge, I have never argued to anyone. In the battle of Guangzhou, I know in my heart that many of your brothers have died under the city wall, and many people in our Langshan have been stained with blood in this city. You... deserve to die!"
Hao Fenglou's face became more stern, which made many people even more afraid.
Hao Fenglou gritted his teeth and said, "Because everyone brought by Mr. Hao is Hao's brother and my son. Now, many of them die, and they die under your knife. For the sake of emotion and reason, I should avenge them."
The crowd began to stir, and the Lang Son Army and the Xiangshan Guard, who were in charge of the alert, had to deter them and raise the muskets in their hands.
Hao Fenglou continued, "But..." Hao Fenglou said viciously, "I don't want to kill you, because my children and I promised each other when we vowed that what we want to do is a benevolent and righteous teacher, to save the people from water and fire, to save the world with each other. So I decided that if possible, you can leave at any time and leave this Guangzhou city at any time. After all, your parents and your family are still in Liaodong..."
Everyone was shocked, and they were served with delicious food and drink, but they were going to let them go back?
Hao Fenglou continued: "Of course, if someone is willing to stay, we are willing to accept it. I can guarantee you that as long as you are willing to join my Langshan Army and join the grand ceremony with me, Mr. Hao is willing to treat you as his children. You have rice and meat for three meals a day, and you will never lose anything. Every month, we will pay salaries. When you take down Jinling in the future, you will not lose even more. As long as you stay, Mr. Hao is willing to share the joys and sorrows with you. Now, those who want to leave can leave, and you can do it at any time."
After Hao Fenglou finished speaking, he walked off the school stage.
He didn't say anything more. In fact, even Hao Fenglou himself doubted whether he was a little stupid, because he naturally believed that a considerable number of these people would pick up their swords and become their enemies after leaving the city.
But he did it all in the end. Since he did it, there shouldn't be any regrets.
So he did not look back and led a team of personal guards through the city gate and entered the inner city.
Suddenly, the entire city seemed to explode. They never expected that the Hao family army would let him go so easily.
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Chapter completed!