Chapter 135 What does Zulong’s father’s paternal love feel like? I’m very touched and excited!

Public trials can win over the hearts and minds of the people at the bottom, as Ying Zheng has proven in Chu.

Therefore, the standard for judging the powerful gentry is also very simple: whether they have committed the crime of abusing the people in daily life.

The people who suffered the crime came forward to identify and report the gentry and powerful men who were found guilty. They were sentenced on the spot to life-long hard labor. All family members and even entire relatives were sentenced to joint imprisonment.

If it is found out that the common people have made false accusations, the common people will be guilty of the same crime.

This is the harshness of Qin's law, and the cost of breaking the law is extremely high!

As for the gentry and powerful men with lighter or innocent crimes...according to Qin Mo's original disposal suggestions, as well as the enhancements and modifications by Ying Zheng and the ministers, there are also more detailed disposal methods.

If the crime is relatively minor, first of all, the property and property will be confiscated, and secondly, depending on the crime committed, the offender may be sentenced to three years of forced labor, or his family members may also be sentenced to one year of forced labor.

At the end of the term, they will move to Tieshan, where they will be divided into fields and placed under supervision. They will not be allowed to serve as officials for three generations.

Those who are not guilty are allowed to keep a certain amount of floating wealth according to the number of family members, that is, the level of a well-off family, and then are forced to move to Tieshan, where they are concentrated on land and placed under supervision.

At the same time, as compensation, the grandchildren of the innocent family head can be given priority to enter school and receive legal and ideological education. If they pass the examination in the future, they will be transferred to Guanzhong and can serve as officials.

This is the rigorous and meticulous aspect of Qin's laws, as evidenced by the Qin bamboo slips of Sleeping Tiger Land!

After such a public trial, the local gentry and powerful people were wiped out, and the Yue people cheered.

After the rice is harvested, the fields can be re-divided and high-yield grain seeds can be planted!

The next day, the old and weak soldiers selected from the Huotou Army quickly dispersed in all directions with letters of persuasion to surrender from the naturalized army, blueprints of new farm tools, and rations in twos and threes.

Later, the army divided into small groups of varying sizes. Under the leadership of military officers and missionary officers, following the Huotou Army recruiters, they rushed to towns and cities in all directions.

As Fusu said, they are all local soldiers and capture the local city!

In addition, Fusu, as the prince and general of the left, led 10,000 newly reorganized tribal troops as the commander-in-chief of seizing the city, ready to support any small force that encountered setbacks in seizing the city.

In order to escort Haodaer's first independent leadership, Ying Zheng sent out Feng Jie, Li Si, Zhou Qingchen, and Zhao Gao's luxurious lineup in one go.

At the same time, he sent an order to the 20,000 Qin troops in the rear, asking Zhao Tuo, Zhang Han, Wang Qi and other new generals to temporarily resign from their military posts and join the Fusu Army as Sima.

Such an arrangement can be described as well-intentioned!

Fusu finally experienced what father Zulong's father's love feels like. He was very touched and excited!

Then, Ying Zheng abandoned him and led the remaining 20,000 troops with Qin Mo. Following the advance Huotou Army recruiters, they continued to advance towards the royal city of Panyu.

Fusu led his own army of soldiers and horses, holding a telescope to watch the more than 30,000 troops leaving. Looking at the backs of Ying Zheng and Qin Mo's horses gradually disappearing, he suddenly felt neither excited nor moved... Compared to

Ying Zheng and Qin Mo, such a big boy seems to be superfluous...

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"My dear, if you keep the prince here like this, nothing will go wrong, right?"

When Ying Zheng saw that the army had marched far enough, and it was no longer possible to see Fusu's troops, he suddenly asked Qin Mo, who was a horse's head behind.

Although he had never personally led an army in a battle, it was obviously against common sense for the main force to bypass many towns and rush straight to the Royal City of Panyu.

Even the towns that were bypassed have already been identified by sentinel detectives. Almost all of them are old, weak, women and children, and they do not have the ability to fight out of the city and cut off the retreat of the army.

But no one can guarantee whether the Panyu court still has any trump cards.

After all, war is always changing!

Qin Mo probably knew what Ying Zheng was worried about, so he comforted him and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Even if the Panyu court still has hidden troops and horses, or borrowed troops and horses from other countries to fight, as long as they dare to appear in our army's rear path , is to throw yourself into a trap.”

"Your Majesty, please note that our army's real retreat is not His Royal Highness, but the 20,000 Qin army warriors further behind."

"At this time, Your Highness the Crown Prince only needs to defend one city and wait for reinforcements. Your Majesty and his ministers will lead the army back to the army and gather together 20,000 Qin army elites to attack in front and behind. As many Panyu troops come as many as they can stay!"

When Ying Zheng heard what he said, he felt relieved.

Facts also proved that Ying Zheng's worries were unnecessary. Two days later, he received good news from Fusu one after another.

In one Panyu town after another, due to the efforts of the Huotou Army to recruit officials, the people's mentality changed, and the officials and the people did not trust each other.

When soldiers from the local area arrived, they encountered little resistance and easily captured the town.

In the few towns where there were die-hard gentry officials, the old, weak, women and children were unwilling to obey orders and defend. After confirming that the father, brother and son of the family were really outside the city, they immediately turned against each other and cooperated with the inside and outside, and it was immediately defeated.

And as time passed, Fusu's rate of seizing the town was getting faster and faster.

We are even about to catch up with the main force advancing straight towards the Royal City of Panyu!

First, Fusu became more and more proficient in maneuvering and dispatching troops and horses.

Secondly, the things that the Huotou Army recruiters used to confuse people's minds, as well as the letters of surrender written by the Naturalized Army to their relatives, are more likely to brew unrest as time goes on.

As a result, many gentry officials in towns abandoned their cities and fled before the local rebels could arrive.

He even took the initiative to come to the city to offer sacrifices to others, so that his merits would be reduced to crime!

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The trump card of the Panyu imperial court that Ying Zheng was worried about did not appear, but the main force of 20,000 was about to arrive at the royal city of Panyu.

"Your Majesty...General...the vanguard troops intercepted an urgent report on Panyu's military situation and sent it to the Royal City of Panyu!"

Under the scorching heat of the sun, a Yue knight with a flag on his back flew up to his chariot a hundred steps away and reported loudly.

Ying Zheng waved and said, "Send it up."

The imperial guard beside him rode forward, took the intercepted Panyu military report from the Nayue knight, and returned and forwarded it to Ying Zheng.

"Give him ten taels of gold and send him to a medical camp for diagnosis and treatment."

Ying Zheng rewarded the Yue knight who seemed to be suffering from heat stroke, then unfolded the bamboo slips, read them over quickly, then handed them to Qin Mo and said, "My dear, how should we deal with this?"

Qin Mo took the bamboo slip and looked at it calmly.

The content of the bamboo slips is very simple, but the amount of information contained is quite large.

Several plains in the Panyu Kingdom were successively occupied by the armies of the Six Nations. The guarding generals retreated with their remaining troops and were entangled with the armies of the Six Nations in the mountains and forests, requesting the Panyu court to send reinforcements.

Otherwise, the armies of the Six Nations will enter the plain where the Royal City of Panyu is located...

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Although the King of Panyu sent all his troops to quell the rebellion along the rear coast, it was impossible for him to just let the armies of the six nations invade and occupy Panyu's territory.

Therefore, some troops were left to some extent, relying on dangerous fortresses and vast mountains and forests to stop the sluggish armies of the Six Nations.

I don’t expect to be able to resist it, I just want to delay it for as long as I can!

According to the estimation of the King of Panyu at that time, if the suppression of the rebellion went smoothly, he would be able to lead his army back before the Six Nations troops entered the plains.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the mountainous land with no ruling value in exchange for time to quell the rebellion!

However, the King of Panyu's plan was very good, but the old tribes of the Six Kingdoms were not fools. After testing out the strength of the Panyu army left behind, they decisively concentrated their forces to grab the territory frantically!

This means that after the failure of the rebellion, the King of Panyu had already committed suicide. Otherwise, even if he escaped and found out that the armies of the Six Nations had invaded many plains and were about to reach the plain where the royal city was located, he would probably hang himself in despair.

Because in the plains, even if there are cities as support, the armies of the Six Nations can rely on the war wisdom accumulated over hundreds of years of the Warring States Period to defeat the Baiyue Army to the point of doubting their lives!

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Qin Mo put away the bamboo slips, clasped his hands and said to Ying Zheng: "The movements of the old tribes of the Six Kingdoms were much faster than expected."

"For the present plan, we must quickly seize the royal city of Panyu, and then send out troops to block the armies of the Six Kingdoms in the mountains and forests to fight."

"Otherwise, once the armies of the Six Kingdoms enter the plains of the Royal City and the two armies take up positions to fight, even if our army has thunderbolts to support it and can win the battle, I'm afraid it will be a miserable victory!"

Ying Zheng nodded in agreement and said: "Shan, I will follow Aiqing's policy and quickly seize the Royal City of Panyu... But I don't know if the Huotou Army going to the Royal City of Panyu to recruit surrendered officers has disrupted the Royal City of Panyu."

Qin Mo was silent, this was what he valued.

Although the Yue people did not have any superb construction skills, they could still build city walls and other things.

Judging from the oral accounts of the soldiers who surrendered, the royal city of Panyu was very majestic, even if it was not as good as the cities in the Qin Dynasty, it was not much worse!

Moreover, in the royal city of Panyu, there were many noble officials and ministers.

These noble ministers and the guests and retainers they support are a city-defending force that cannot be underestimated!

Facing a real city guarded by troops... it can definitely be conquered, but it will undoubtedly be difficult to conquer it in a short time, even if the siege army has thunderbolts to assist them.

And if time goes on and the armies of the Six Kingdoms invade the plains of the royal city, it will be a disaster.

Therefore, it now depends on whether the Huotou Army recruiters who sneaked into Panyu Royal City can do anything.

If they work hard, the army can be much more relaxed!

"March urgently. We will march another twenty miles before sunset. Our troops will surround Panyu Royal City at noon tomorrow!"

Qin Mo solemnly issued a military order.

"Here~!"

The captain of the personal guard bowed his hands and accepted the order. He immediately separated out a group of knights and rode off with the order flag, conveying the military order to every part of the long marching team.

After hearing the military order for a rapid march, the missionary officers at all levels decisively took the lead in singing military songs, asking the soldiers to sing and cheer up: "Forward, forward, forward, our team is like the sun... Get ready... Sing~!"

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To be continued...