"Sanlang, what do you plan to do with these prisoners?" Cui Hongdu asked in a deep voice.

"How else can we deal with it?" Master Shen's right arm was hit by an arrow. It had already been dealt with by the doctor. It was wrapped in white cloth and stood out among the crowd. He snorted coldly: "Resist Master Wang, again. After encircling and then surrendering, naturally those who raise troops to resist orders will be killed, and the rest will be rewarded among the generals!"

Wang Wenzuo frowned slightly and glanced at the people around the fire. He saw that everyone looked as usual, eating, talking and laughing, and showed no disgust or opposition to Master Shen's proposal. He knew that what Master Shen said was in front of everyone's eyes. Coming is a matter of course. (When Taizong of the Tang Dynasty led his army to conquer Goguryeo, he besieged Baiyan City. The defenders were exhausted and asked to surrender. Taizong agreed. After General Li Ji learned about it, he led dozens of soldiers to advance on Emperor Taizong's horse. Remonstration: "The reason why the soldiers risked their lives and attacked the city regardless of life and death was because they were greedy for capture. The city is now overhanging, how can we accept its surrender? How lonely are the soldiers?" Emperor Taizong humbly thanked Li Ji for dismounting and distributed it with his own property. The soldiers were rewarded to compensate for their losses before they surrendered. It can be seen that the property and population in the besieged enemy city were the spoils of the siege soldiers. It was an unwritten rule in the army at that time. Even an emperor like Li Shimin could only (Follow.) I am just a school captain, so how can I cause public outrage? I can only persuade with twisted words.

"Yuan Fei! What do you think?"

"Ah, me?" Yuan Fei, who was at the edge of the fire, thought he heard wrongly. It was his first time to participate in such an occasion, and he did not expect that Wang Wenzuo would ask him the question.

"Yes, as the saying goes, you will understand if you listen. We are all from the Tang Dynasty. Only you and Sancho are from Baekje, so I want to hear what you mean!"

"What Mr. Shen Jialang said is of course right!" Yuan Fei carefully looked at Wang Wenzuo's face. He had been a slave since he was born, and he must have the ability to observe people's words. Naturally, he understood that Wang Wenzuo skipped so many people asking questions and had the lowest status in the room. Wei Wei himself must have had a different opinion than Master Shen, so he used his own words to speak: "It's just that I think it's quite pitiful for the people in this village to end up like this!"

"Poor?" Shen Faseng said angrily: "Yuan Fei, have you forgotten how many arrow stones and javelins they shot at you and me just now? Did you think they were pitiful at that time?"

"Of course I didn't feel it at that time, but now I feel it!"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere around the fire became more relaxed. Wang Wenzuo waved his hand, motioning Yuan Fei to sit down, and said with a smile: "Everyone, Yuan Fei's words sound ridiculous, but they are not unreasonable. Baekje people It is our duty to resist the king's order and to conquer them, but now that they have abandoned their armor and surrendered, it would be bad if we continue to kill them indiscriminately!"

"What the captain said is wrong!" It was Gu Cihang who spoke. He glanced at Yuan Fei hatefully: "These thieves just surrendered because they were out of strength. They deserved to die for resisting the king's expedition. How can they be said to be indiscriminate killings?" ?”

Since someone was the first to stand up, the others also expressed their attitudes. They basically stood with Shen Faseng and advocated killing all the adult men who had resisted and dividing the remaining wealth, women and children among the soldiers. There were basically two reasons. 1. Punish the enemy and deter potential resisters; 2. Reward those who have made meritorious deeds.

"Everyone!" Wang Wenzuo took a sip of water and said calmly: "If what the monk said is that all the people who have resisted in this village will be executed, then I am afraid that no one will survive except women and children, and even among women There were quite a few who were going to die, after all, there were women who shot arrows and stoned us at that time, weren’t they?”

"This is better!" Gu Cihang replied: "The next Baekje village will understand the consequences of fighting against the King!"

"If we have an army of 100,000, that would be great!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "But now we have less than 1,000 people, there are tens of thousands of people in Sixian City, and there are more than 700,000 households in Baekje. What do you do? It will only cause the next village to hit the last person!"

There was silence around the fire. There was only the crackling sound of oil dripping on the fire while grilling meat. Wang Wenzuo did not rush and waited patiently. After a few minutes, Cui Hongdu spoke: "Sanlang, I admit that what you said makes sense, but the soldiers People died and blood was shed during the siege. They are eager for revenge and want to be rewarded. If we don't meet their demands, no one will work hard next time. What do you think we should do?"

"Just kill the culprit. Revenge does not necessarily require death. The living are more valuable than the dead!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "As for the reward, if all the adult men are killed, what use will the remaining women and children have? ?Don’t forget, we are now alone overseas, and we cannot sell him or take him back to the Tang Dynasty as a domestic slave!"

"Then what should we do?" Shen Faseng complained: "Just forget it? The soldiers won't agree!"

"Of course not. The leaders must be executed. Their families will be turned into official slaves, and their property will be confiscated and redeemed by their relatives. The village will hand over twenty children to us as hostages, hand over all weapons, and demolish all Fortifications, thirty strong men, one hundred pack horses, five hundred bolts of cloth, and all our military supplies for twenty days. What do you think?"

The people next to the fire exchanged glances with each other, and then nodded one by one. Finally, Cui Hongdu said: "One hundred pack horses, five hundred pieces of cloth, can they bring out so much? Collect all the weapons and tear down the wall. How do I feel about you? This is worse than killing them all!"

"I've done the math, it's very difficult, but I can do it! This is also a kind of punishment. It's better than killing everyone. At least the next Baekje village won't kill the last person!" At this point, Wang Wenzuo took a photo. He touched his knees and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore! Sancho, the meat is roasted. Let's divide the meat quickly!"

Silla Mountain Fortress.

"Liu Shijun, look over there!" The captain pointed to a shadow in the northeast: "That's Sanseong County of Silla! If the wind direction remains unchanged, we can arrive before noon!"

Liu Rengui turned around from the side of the ship with a smile on his face: "You did a good job. If you pass on the order, every sailor on the ship will be rewarded with a hundred coins!"
Chapter completed!