"General, one person does the work and the other takes responsibility. This whole thing happened because of us, and we are willing to shoulder the responsibility!"
"Sir, you don't know how these slave bastards bully us on weekdays, and now they are taking revenge!"
"General, you are really confused and don't know the difference between right and wrong. We have a feud with Jian Nu and we will fight to the death. Now we kill Jian Nu and are punished without reward. How can this be justified?"
"Sir, if you punish this Qianhu General, we will be the first to refuse to agree, and we will definitely not agree!"
"Yes, I won't agree!"
"If you dare to punish this general, we will go to the capital to file a complaint!"
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"enough!"
Sun Chuanting shouted loudly and looked at the people angrily: "Do you know what you are talking about, general? But the country has national laws, the family has family laws, and the army has military laws. How to deal with it is a matter of military law.
Have you ever thought that if we all deal with it privately like you, then when foreign enemies invade and occupy the city, they will also surround and kill you privately. Are you willing? "
The crowd was silent, but You Zi was unconvinced.
"General, there is no day like this. If one day our city is captured by the enemy, then we will all die in the battle. There will be no intact eggs under the overturned nest. We can't just survive!"
"Shut up, do you really think that this general will not dare to punish you?"
Sun Chuanting glanced at the crowd fiercely and secretly complained in his heart, why is his brain so weak? Don't you see that Ben is just going through the motions?
"Princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people. This is what your Majesty said, and he has truly done it. Since you have made mistakes, I cannot be partial.
Zhou Qianhu, you failed in your duty as a guard and should have been given thirty military sticks. However, the war is about to begin, and it is the time to hire people. I have given you a three-month fine as a warning. Are you convinced? "
"The general will be willing to accept the punishment!"
"As for you..."
After dealing with the thousands of households under guard, Sun Chuanting looked at the crowd. Half of them had a trace of panic in their eyes, thinking, "Are you afraid too?"
"I'll punish you to help clean the battlefield, bury the corpses, and repair the city walls!"
"Taking care of the food!"
Sun Chuanting added, then turned and left. If he didn't leave, he would really be unable to hold on any longer.
On the side, Zhu Mei touched her chin, her eyes full of weirdness. He was now almost certain that this 'turmoil' was planned by Sun Chuanting.
The more than four thousand people were stunned for a moment when they heard the punishment, and then their eyes were filled with ecstasy.
As usual, the common people were recruited after such wars, and now they are still in charge of food.
You must know that there was a severe drought throughout Liaodong last year, and the remaining food was taken away by the Jiannu Banner people. The food amounted to more than ten taels and one stone. How could poor people like them afford it.
Not to mention the wild vegetables, all the turf and tree roots have been eaten, and many people have starved to death. Now that Sun Chuanting is in charge of food, how can he not be happy?
This is not a fucking punishment, it is simply a reward.
"What are you doing standing still? Why don't you get up?"
"The men will carry the corpses and repair the city walls, the women will clean the weapons of the slaves and help bandage the wounded soldiers, and the old people will take the children farther away and boil some hot water for them. Let's get moving!"
Zhou Qianhu shouted loudly and led everyone towards the city wall.
Downstairs at the city gate, Sun Chuanting looked at Zhu Mei: "General Zhu, I will ask Huang Degong to bring 10,000 Wuxiang left guards and firearms battalion for you to use. They are very skilled in how to attack the city.
After Yuliang City (Faku) is captured, half of it will be left at Qixing Left Ferry to defend Jiannu from returning from the ferry. With Qixing Ferry as the center, people will be sent to patrol up and down for fifty miles. Report any news immediately! "
"The last general takes command!"
After Zhu Mei responded, he hesitated and whispered: "Commander Sun, what should we do with the Jiannu bannermen in Yuliang City?"
"The justice of the family and country comes first, and the hatred of the people comes last. You have seen the reaction of the people just now, and it is up to you how to deal with it! Also, this general will not accept any form of surrender from the slaves. As long as they are sergeants, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Understood!"
Zhu Mei smiled grimly, got on his horse and headed towards Yuliang with 20,000 Liaoxi soldiers and 10,000 Wuxiang left guards.
After seeing off the two of them, Sun Chuanting returned to the half-collapsed east city gate. The captain of the soldiers took out a letter from a small box and handed it to Sun Chuanting: "Sir, this is what Yuan Ge gave to you when you left Panshan a few days ago. The letter asks you to act according to the order in the letter immediately after capturing Xinmin!"
"If you don't mention this, I almost forgot about it!"
Sun Chuanting opened the envelope, took out the letter, glanced at it, and stood up instantly.
"Blow up Liuhekou?"
This is what the letter says.
Sun Chuanting looked at the envelope again and again, confirming that he had just opened it, and that the captain of his own soldiers was with him when he was in his hometown, and there was no possibility of changing it.
"What is Mr. Yuan Ge doing?"
"The emergence of Liaoze is because Huang Taiji blew up the Liuhe embankment so that we could not pass through quickly. Now he is also going to blow up the Liuhe estuary. When the water from Liuhe and Liaohe rivers overflows from the gap, wouldn't Liaoze be even bigger? Already?"
"Sir, when the water flows out, the water volume of the Liaohe River will be less. According to the water volume at the intersection of the Liuhe River and the Liaohe River, if the embankment is blown up, the water volume of the Liaohe River will drop by at least about 20%. When it reaches the lower reaches, the water level will drop by at least one meter. Crossing the river It will be easier.”
"That's not right. Although it is a bit simpler, based on my understanding of His Majesty and Mr. Yuan Ge, I will never exchange hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.
The loss of hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land cannot be solved by reclaiming hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land. This involves population migration, city building, division of cultivated land, regional division, etc. It requires at least one million taels of silver and two to three years of time. The gain outweighs the loss! "
When the captain of the soldiers heard what Sun Chuanting said, he smiled and said, "Should we blow it up?"
"Blow it up, it must be blown up. Although I don't know Mr. Yuan Ge's intention, the military order must be carried out! Order the firearms battalion to take Hongtian Lei to the mouth of Liuhe River immediately, and then go to the city to find a few people who are familiar with Liuhe and Liaohe rivers to go with them."
Half an hour later, hundreds of people stood at the intersection of Liuhe River and Liaohe River. Hundreds of people were digging holes to release thunder!
"General, you should think twice. It is easy to blow it up, but it is difficult to repair it again!"
"General, there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland downstream. It doesn't matter if Jiannu blows up the Liuhe River now. We can still cultivate it when the water recedes.
But if Liuhekou is bombed, hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland will be completely destroyed. We can only rely on these lands to survive. "
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Listening to the pleadings of several people and looking at the rolling turbid water of the Liao River, Sun Chuanting's scalp went numb.
"Several fellow villagers, the Northern Army in the lower reaches was preparing to cross the river and attack Jiannu. They blew up the mouth of Liuhe River to make it easier for the army to cross the river and completely destroy Jiannu.
After the Jian slaves are overthrown, the imperial court will provide proper arrangements, so don’t worry! "
When several common people heard that it was for the army to cross the river, they fell silent for a moment. Although they were common people, they also knew the hatred of their family and country.
Seeing the silence of several people, Sun Chuanting looked at the prepared firearms camp and waved the command flag in his hand.
Thick smoke rose in the distance, and with the sound of several explosions, the hard-built embankment was destroyed, and the turbid river water carried sediment and rushed down towards the gap.
The rivers that had just merged once again split at the gap and rushed towards the Liaoze area. The water level of the Liaohe River was also slowly declining.
