Gao Shixin said: "When Zhang Jianbai opened the city gate, we will control all the thief leaders and believers first and identify them. Those who are extremely guilty will be sent to the capital to offer prisoners. It is also a merit to offer prisoners. As for whether they are dead or alive, or whether they are judged by His Majesty!"

Yang Zhaoji looked embarrassed: "But I have already accepted the amnesty. Governor Gao, you do this and make them surrender unconditionally. Doing this will make me lose faith?"

"Since we have agreed, we will not pursue Zhang Jianbai's guilt. We will give him a place to live and live to his old age until his death. But other thieves, big and small, must be identified. Everyone, I think so, even if the other people who are being bullied have made mistakes, they will not die, and they will be exempted from death. They will demote them to slaves and be filled into the imperial imperial house, and be a laborer for the rest of their lives. Wouldn't this punish them and allow them to produce food? The food produced by these slaves will be given to the imperial house, and may be the source of your military salary in the future." Gao Shixin said.

The merit of offering prisoners to the capital is no smaller than cutting off a few more small thief heads. For example, if a big thief head like Hou Wu is captured alive and sent to the capital, it is equivalent to killing ten big thief heads like Hou Wu. If a big thief head is killed, it is equivalent to killing at least one hundred small thief heads. In other words, capturing a big thief heads alive is equivalent to killing a thousand small thief heads.

If Xu Hongru can be captured alive, it will be the absolute first merit! Even if you kill ten thousand thieves' heads, it would be better to capture Xu Hongru alive.

Thinking of these contributions, Yang Zhaoji and his group of generals agreed with Gao Shixin's words. After all, offering prisoners is a great achievement. It doesn't matter if they can offer more big thieves to the capital and cut off fewer heads. However, Yang Zhao's basic people's face was damaged, and he became a person who was untrustworthy. If something happens in the future, and then surrenders to the enemy, who dares to surrender to him?

Gao Shixin said: "Yang Junmen, you shouldn't have promised that the thief capitals could be forgiven without guilt! They should have limited certain conditions for surrender! Those who are extremely guilty must be severely punished! Otherwise, in the future, those who commit crimes believe in becoming officials, killing people and setting fires and receiving enlistment? Is it okay to continue like this? Those who should be punished must be punished, and those who do evil must be severely punished without lending!"

The time for surrender with Zhang Jianbai was up. The gate of Zou County opened. Zhang Jianbai, wearing armor and white-haired, was the first to walk out of the city. He was followed by a large group of big and small leaders. Behind him were the main backbone of the Winter Scent Sect wearing armor, and finally the ragged religious people, those who were being held captive. To put it bluntly, they were cannon fodder.

Zhang Jianbai walked to Yang Zhaoji, bent down, and offered his pair of iron maces: "The sinner Zhang Jianbai was bewitched by the demon thieves Xu Hongru, Wang Haoxian and others, went astray and committed a crime. Now he is lost and returns, so he asks to surrender to Yang Junmen!"

Yang Zhaoji helped Zhang Jianbai up: "Come on now! You can return to your back when you are lost and stopping your horse on the cliff. It is very valuable! I will naturally report to the court to make Cambodia enjoy his old age!"

"Yang Junmen, don't look at someone who is old, he can still go to the battlefield to kill the enemy! Someone doesn't want to go home to be a residence hall. He just wants to be able to serve the court and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make contributions!" Zhang Jianbai replied.

Gao Shixin, who was standing aside, looked at the white-haired Zhang Jianbai and thought to himself: This person is really a man, he is almost seventy years old, and he still wants to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make contributions.

"Zhang Jianbai, are you willing to follow me, Gao, to the Liaodong battlefield to kill Jiannu?" Gao Shixin shouted.

Zhang Jianbai turned his head and saw an Jinyiwei standing beside Yang Zhaoji. He quickly saluted: "Of course I'm willing! Don't look at me who is nearly 70 years old and can still eat ten kilograms of meat, but you can use a three-stone strong bow! As long as the senior official said, I will go to the Liaodong battlefield to kill a few Jiannu's heads and come back!"

"Okay, then I'll ask the old hero to compete in archery!" Gao Shixin said. If Zhang Jianbai really had the skills he brags about, he would be the old Huang Zhong. Although he had only seven years left to live in the original time and space, if he had real skills, he could use his remaining energy to go to the battlefield and kill many Jiannu.

The surrendered demon thieves of the Winter Sorrow Sect were separated by the Ming army. The big thief heads and big leaders were gathered together. The main force of the thief soldiers with armor was sent to another prisoner camp, and the ragged civilians were sent to another prisoner camp.

The thieves and leaders of all sizes were not wary of these actions of the Ming army. When they negotiated with Yang Zhaoji, they had agreed on conditions. The officers and soldiers would not make things difficult for these thieves and leaders who voluntarily surrendered, but the officers and soldiers also needed military merits and needed to cut off some people's heads. Anyway, the civilians who were being held captive would chop them down and just save their lives.

That night, Yang Zhaoji held a big banquet to invite the surrendered Zhang Jianbai and a group of thieves and big leaders.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, except for Zhang Jianbai, the other thieves and leaders of all sizes had almost been drunk. Some were already unconscious and some were drunk. At this moment, Yang Zhaoji suddenly stood up and waved his hand. A group of elite servants with exquisite armor and sharp blades poured into the back of the tent.

"Yang Junmen, what do you mean?" Zhang Jianbai was shocked.

"Cambodia, I promise to invite you and not hold you accountable. Naturally, I believe it. But some of your subordinates have committed serious crimes and must be sent to the capital. Today I will ask someone to take down the leader first. As for whether he is guilty and sent to the capital to be imprisoned, it is not the military sect that the final decision is made, but the Jinyiwei will come to identify it." Yang Zhaoji said.

The servant tied up all the thief-sized leaders except Zhang Jianbai and took them out of the Central Army's tent.

"Yang Junmen, why are you untrustworthy?" Zhang Jianbai said in grief.

Yang Zhaoji sighed helplessly: "Some of your subordinates are indeed full of blood debts, so I let it go. The people in the court are not convinced, but please rest assured. There are not many people who are truly guilty, just a few. The rest, like you, will give you the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious service."

Zhang Jianbai had nothing to say. Among his subordinates, there were indeed some murderous demons like Li Kui. But not many of them were ordinary martial arts practitioners, so there would be no trouble. What he was worried about was that the officers and soldiers convicted most of their brothers for the sake of the head. In that case, it would be better not to accept the recruitment. If they fought to the death, they would have a way to survive.

However, Gao Shixin was very good at frame-up by the upright and kind gentry civil servant group, but he was much more kind to these rioters. He asked the Jinyiwei to disperse all the thieves and leaders of all the thieves and interrogate them one by one.

The separate trial made it impossible for them to collude with confessions, and the Jinyiwei told them that if they were meritorious in reporting other thieves, they could be released immediately. As a result, the thief leaders who were separated for interrogation bit each other and exposed the crimes of others. Even if they were their own good brothers, they would even report the incident of their good brothers peeking at their neighbors’ mothers bathing when they were young.

In fact, among these thieves, there are not many people who have committed tremendous crimes. Most of these people are ordinary martial arts practitioners, but they have taken the wrong path after being bewitched by Xu Hongru. Some are typical examples of officials forcing the people to rebel. Gao Shixin gently let them go to these people who were forced to rebel. If these people fall into the hands of civil officials, they will definitely die. But they were fortunate to meet Gao Shixin who was disliked by civil officials, so they were all let go.

But to be honest, Gao Shixin didn't dare to use these people who were brainwashed by the Scent Sect, so the treatment method was given to Yang Zhaoji, who recruited them. Lao Yang decided whether to entrust them into the Ming army or put them home to farm.

Among the demon thieves in the Sinxiang Sect, there were not many people who were extremely guilty. There were two thieves who were called Little Li Kui. Gao Shixin ordered them to be convicted without hesitation, and then tied them up and handed them over to Yang Zhaoji, asking him to send them to the capital to offer prisoners.

As for the leaders of the demon thief cavalry, it is not so easy to let go. Those people are horse thieves recruited by Xu Hongru. They are bandits who do evil things on weekdays. Most of the guys were tied up and given to Yang Zhaoji as his contribution to the capital.
Chapter completed!