Chapter 840 The reaction of the militiamen

There is no doubt that Xue Qingyao's strategy was good in winning the hearts of the people. At least when these militiamen knew that the Han army did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but also rescued the old, weak and sick who were abandoned by them, their hearts were full of admiration and gratitude.

"Since the Han tribe is so good, why don't we surrender tonight, so that we can go home earlier." A young man in the tent stood up immediately after hearing this, and pretended to leave.

But when he looked at the others, he found that everyone was looking at him like a fool.

"Go tonight? Where are you going? Don't you care about everyone's life or death? Don't you want the food that was cheated away by the commander-in-chief and the elders? Don't you want the wife and children left in Qingquan Valley?"

When asked this, the young man scratched his head embarrassedly. He had just come of age, and this year he encountered such a thing. His family had planned to find him a wife, but it was delayed because of this. He was the kind of person who could feed the whole family, so he didn't consider the thoughts of those married militiamen at all.

"Don't panic, we still need to think about this matter carefully. Although the Han tribe agreed to accept our surrender, they also have conditions. And our elder Jin also needs our cooperation. After all, we can't be the only ones to leave. In addition to the elders and the commander's direct relatives, there are also the grassland soldiers and other militiamen who have to leave together. We can't leave them behind.

Besides, if we leave them behind, how can we take back our wives, children and food?" Just when everyone was frowning, Xun Ge'er also stood up and said a few words to everyone to inspire everyone's fighting spirit.

"Xun Ge'er, you just said that the Han tribe asked us to surrender with conditions. What are the conditions? Didn't you say before that the Han tribe treated the captives very well? They even had three meals a day and white rice at noon?" Someone in the tent asked puzzledly.

"There are three meals. Eating white rice at noon is good, but the Han tribe can't keep them for nothing. Didn't I say before that those captives are helping the Han tribe with their work? I heard that the captives captured by the Han tribe must work for the Han tribe for five years before they can be sent back home.

Now is still a time of war, so those captives are carrying food and grass for the Han army and delivering food to the surrounding people. In short, they have to do whatever the Han tribe wants them to do. As long as they work honestly, they will definitely have a full meal every day." When Xun Ge'er heard someone asking about this, he immediately began to explain.

"Ah? We have to work for the Han tribe for five years? And we are not allowed to go home?"

"Oh my God, if that's the case, then we might as well just migrate to the other side of the sea."

"I'm already thirty-two years old this year. If I work for the Han tribe for another five years, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted to death in the Han tribe and I won't be able to go home in this lifetime."

"Yeah, Xun brother, you didn't agree to this condition from the Han tribe, did you? If they want us to farm, it would be fine, but if they drive us all to the mountains to mine and carry rocks, I'm afraid we'll all be exhausted to death there."

"If that's the case, then we might as well not surrender. Even if we are killed directly, it's much better than surrendering now and dying of exhaustion later."

"Quiet down, calm down, don't panic, Xun Ge'er is such a smart man, he will definitely not agree to such a request, everyone calm down first and listen to what Xun Ge'er has to say." The old man in the tent heard the complaints of the crowd and waved his hand quickly to suppress the discussion of the crowd. He could get a rough idea of ​​what kind of person Xun Ge'er was after these days of contact. He believed that Xun Ge would definitely not be stupid enough to agree to such conditions.

"Yes, yes, yes, everyone, don't be anxious, listen to me first. I have a letter of surrender written by the general of the Han tribe to us, which is the condition for our surrender. I will read it to you, you listen first."

Xun Ge also calmed the emotions of the crowd in coordination with the old man's words, then pulled out a folded letter from his sleeve, unfolded it and read it to the people in the tent.

"Now the leader of the Xin tribe has colluded with the forces of Maodun on the grassland to attack our Han tribe first, killing countless soldiers and civilians of our Han tribe. In order to avenge this and seek justice for the soldiers

and civilians of the Han tribe, our Han army has specially followed the order of the leader to go to Zhudao to punish the rebels. However, the leader thought that God has the virtue of loving life, and the people live in poverty. This matter has nothing to do with the people of Zhudao. He could not bear to commit murder and cause suffering to the people, so he specially prepared the following letter of surrender.

: In this battle, the Han army will only punish the main culprits, and those who do not resist will not be killed. Civilians will not be killed. Those who surrender voluntarily will not be killed, and prisoners of war will not be killed. Those who are   captured will be subject to five years of labor service to compensate for their crimes.

There are also reward regulations as follows: Those who   surrender voluntarily can be exempted from one year of labor service. Those who surrender voluntarily and persuade one person to surrender can be exempted from three years of labor service   . Those who persuade two people to surrender can be exempted from all labor service, and will be granted household registration as Han tribe residents, enjoy the same treatment as Han tribe people, and be allocated good farmland and houses. Those who report clues about the enemy leaders, Xin tribe   elders, and Xin tribe leaders can be granted a title, a working ox, and 100 kilograms of linen. Those who capture Xin leader and his elders can be granted a title, a cow, two horses, a double-axle cart, ten sheep, two pigs, and a loom. "   Xun Ge'er was reading it clearly, but the crowd didn't quite understand what the first part meant. They only understood the second half.   That is, those who were captured by the Han army still had to work for them for five years. Those who surrendered voluntarily could be exempted from one year, that is, they had to work for four years. If they could persuade one person to surrender, they could be exempted from three years, so they only had two years of work left. If they could persuade two people to surrender, they could be exempted from all labor.   Not only were they exempted from labor, but they could also get the household registration of the Han tribe, become the people of the Han tribe, enjoy the same treatment as the people of the Han tribe, and be allocated fields and houses. Although they did not know what treatment the people of the Han tribe had, there was no doubt that the people of the Han tribe must have lived better than them   . In addition, there was the aspect of rewards. If they could tell the Han tribe where the army leaders on their side were, or where the elders and commanders were, they could not only become the people of the Han tribe, but also get a title. They did not quite understand what a title was, but later it said that they could be rewarded with a working ox and 100 kilograms of linen, which was very attractive.   If you can capture an elder or a leader, the reward will be even higher. Not only will you be rewarded with cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs, but you will also get a cart and a loom. These are things that only wealthy families can afford. In other words, if you can capture an elder, you will become rich instantly   . Of course, such opportunities are extremely rare. After all, there is only one leader of the Xin tribe, and there are only a few elders, and they have 10,000 militiamen. Who can catch them all if the rewards are divided?

However, although the rewards are hard to get, as mentioned earlier, if they can persuade two soldiers to surrender, they can be exempted from all labor and become citizens of the Han tribe. This is still easy for them to do.

And whoever knows this first will benefit more. After all, if others know it first, they will be persuaded to surrender, and then they can only persuade others to surrender. It will become more and more difficult to complete this task later, because there are only so many people in total, and the term "first come, first served" is the most appropriate.

"That's all?"

"That's all. That's all the surrender letter given to me by the Han tribe." Xun Ge nodded affirmatively.

"If that's the case, we still have a chance to be exempted from all labor."

"I think it's difficult. Not to mention persuading two people to surrender, even if you persuade one to surrender, half of the people will have to do four years of labor, and the others will have to do two years of labor." A guy who is good at math immediately analyzed the disadvantages of this policy.

"It's not that there is no way out. We, the militiamen, were deceived by the commander-in-chief. I think we should persuade the bamboo armor soldiers of those clans to surrender. Let them do the labor service, and we can reduce our own labor service. We can also persuade the grassland soldiers to surrender. I heard that the women and children of the grassland soldiers are also on our bamboo island. I wonder if persuading their families to surrender counts."

A smart person immediately began to exploit loopholes in this policy, hoping to find some loopholes to reduce the labor service of his militiamen.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it? If so, can we also make some distribution on our side? The older ones can simply be exempted from labor service, and the young and strong under the age of 20 can be assigned less. They can go home quickly after working for two years, which is not unacceptable." Another person said again.

Xun Ge nodded and spoke, "Yes, in fact, if the time is short, working for the Han tribe for two years is not without benefits. At least you can learn some skills from the Han tribe, and you will have one more way to make a living when you return home in the future. At worst, you can learn some Chinese from the Han tribe."

"Well, what Xun Ge said makes sense. I heard that even if the Han tribe does not farm, they can still support their families by working for the tribe. Young people can really consider it." Another man in his thirties said. He said this, in fact, he was also encouraging those teenagers. His own children are already several years old, and he doesn't want to abandon his wife and children to work for the Han tribe for a few years.

"That's it? What does our Elder Jin think? Did he agree to these conditions of the Han tribe?" The oldest old man in the tent asked a key question again.

"Elder Jin hasn't said what he thinks yet, but he has agreed to take everyone to surrender to the Han tribe. Now it's about the conditions the Han army has given us. He asked me to talk to everyone first to see what everyone thinks. If everyone is unwilling, Elder Jin said he would find a way to talk to the Han tribe and see if the conditions can be modified." Xun Ge'er answered immediately after hearing the question.

"Can the conditions still be negotiated? If that's the case, why didn't you say so earlier? Let him go and negotiate with the Han tribe. We were deceived and implicated by the commander-in-chief and his men. We shouldn't be held responsible for the mistakes they made.

Besides, we haven't fought with the Han tribe, nor have we killed anyone from the Han tribe, so the Han tribe can't force us to do labor. We are willing to help the Han tribe capture those clan soldiers and grassland soldiers, but the Han tribe must exempt us from labor.

Well, that's it, otherwise we can't agree to it. As for those rewards and so on, we can do without them. We just want to be exempted from all labor."

The old man immediately made a decision for everyone in the tent, and after hearing his decision, everyone surprisingly had no objection. After all, no one wants to be a labor camp prisoner for the Han tribe for a few years, right?

"Well, in that case, I'll go talk to Elder Jin again and see if he can find a way to negotiate with the Han tribe again. Anyway, I won't go this time, hehe." Xun Ge'er laughed helplessly twice, put away the letter of surrender, turned around and left the tent again, facing the thick darkness, and ran to Elder Jin's big tent.

"Old man, do you think the Han tribe can agree to our demands?" After Xun Ge'er left, a young man asked worriedly.

"How do I know whether they agree or not, but we have to fight for it ourselves, and we can't just accept our fate. If there is really no way, we can only follow the methods we just discussed. Alas, it's all the fault of that damn Commander Xin and his elders. Why did they provoke the Han tribe for no reason?" The old man comforted everyone, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

Xun Ge'er also quickly reported the feedback from the militia to Elder Jin Tiezhen. After listening to the feedback relayed by Xun Ge'er, Tiezhen couldn't help but laugh.

He thought to himself, "The organization was originally planning to use these clans to do free labor for a few years, but it seems that it is not possible now. Well, let's do as the militiamen say. As long as we capture these clan soldiers and grassland soldiers in the camp and let them do labor, it will be good. At worst, we can change the policy and let these people work for a few more years."

After thinking it through, Tiezhen immediately made a decision and said to several undercover agents who came to report the situation.

"You rest here for one night first, and then go back and report the news tomorrow morning. Just say that the Han tribe didn't know the difference between militia and armored soldiers here before. Now that they know the situation here, they decided to agree to the militia's request. As long as they are willing to surrender voluntarily and cooperate with the Han army to capture those clan soldiers and grassland soldiers, they will be exempted from all labor and granted Han tribe household registration, so that they can enjoy the same treatment as the Han tribe people.

In addition, after you announce this policy, publicize the treatment of our Han tribe people, mainly the lifestyle of our Han tribe, the many conveniences and benefits

The purpose is to publicize the prosperity and strength of our Han tribe , as well as the benefits that the Han tribe will bring to them after taking over here in the future, so as to gain the support of the militia to the greatest extent. Finally

, as long as they agree to surrender and cooperate with the actions of the Han army, the Han army will be willing to lead them to take back their food and wives and children. Remember, this point must be publicized in place. Do you understand?"

Xun Ge'er and others immediately stood up and replied, "I understand."

"Okay, then take a rest and go back early tomorrow morning." Tiezhen nodded at them, then turned and left the big tent. He also had to report the situation here to Yang Feng.

(End of this chapter)