When all the important cities in Liaodong fell, the culprits were those spies.
Without spies, the Eight Banners soldiers, who were without artillery and firearms, would have found it almost impossible to capture those fortified cities.
"It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go!" Wang Jiayan said angrily: "I think we can kill him to avoid a repeat of the situation in Liaodong back then."
"Nonsense!" Fan Jingwen immediately rebuked: "If you want long-term peace and stability, you must govern the country with benevolence and not kill people indiscriminately!"
"Then tell me what we should do! What if there is a traitor inside? While we are fighting hard in the front, they are wreaking havoc in the rear! Other things are fine, but if the food and grass are burned, our army will face the tragic situation of the Battle of Songjin again." Wang Jiayan retorted unconvinced.
"You..." Fan Jingwen's gray beard was shaking with anger.
Gao Shiming suddenly said, "I think we can move them back to the inland areas, such as Henan! There is a lot of land and a small population there, and immigrants are urgently needed."
"Not appropriate," Fan Jingwen shook his head. "Immigration requires not only money and food, but also a large amount of manpower! There is a war going on at the front line, and local officials have not yet been sent. The court has no one and no energy to organize immigration in Liaodong."
"Let's just kill them all!" Wang Jiayan advised.
Fan Jingwen glared, "There are more than a thousand people in Ningyuan City alone. If we have to kill them, it's not impossible! The following Jinzhou, Yizhou, Guangning, Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou... will all encounter the same situation! There are tens of millions of people. Should we kill them or not?"
"If we kill them all, what's the difference between our Celestial Empire's army and the Jian Nu who are worse than beasts?"
"You have to know that these people are Liao people, not Jian slaves!"
When everyone heard this, they were all silent.
They knew very well that if they raised their butcher knives against ordinary people, the righteous army to recover Liaodong would become an unjust army.
Everyone was undecided and could only look at Chongzhen.
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