Song Jiang and Hua Rong had also been captured.
None of the leaders of the Three Mountains Brotherhood escaped. They were all captured.
They were kneeling in a row in front of Zhao Kai's horse.
The Brocade Fur Tiger Yan Shun was the most cowardly. He had just let it go and caught it again.
As for the brave men from the Sacred Mountains, more than 2,000 of them were killed in the cavalry charge.
The rest were all captured.
More than seven thousand captives, and they were all unruly bandits.
There was no prison in any prefecture that could fit it.
How to deal with them was also a headache.
He couldn't just kill them all.
Zhao Kai turned to Chong Lin and said," Go and choose. See if there are any soldiers that can be molded. If there are, pick them out. If not, send them all to do hard labor."”
"This subordinate will obey."
"Qin Ming, you go too!"
"Yes, sir!" Qin Ming answered subconsciously.
Although Qin Ming didn't know who this lord was, he was definitely a noble in the imperial court.
Qin Ming still had good eyesight.
This 3,000-man cavalry was more elite than the western army.
To have such an elite cavalry, how could this man's identity be simple?
He followed behind Chong Lin to select the captives.
When he was far away, he asked in a low voice,"Brother Lin Chong, this little brother Qin Ming, may I ask who you are?”
Chong Lin smiled.
He had only been an instructor in the Imperial Army.
It was normal for others not to know his name.
"I was an instructor of the Imperial Army before, and now I'm the First Commander of the Imperial City's Marriage Bureau."”
"Imperial City Department, marriage officer?"
Qin Ming's expression changed.
As an official of the Imperial Court, how could he not know of the Imperial City Department?
He also knew who had the Imperial City Bureau.
Lin Chong was the number one commander of the Imperial City's marriage officer, which meant that he was a master.
? Qin Ming sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes filled with shock.
No wonder he had such an elite cavalry of three thousand.
So it was him.
Lin Chong knew that Qin Ming had guessed Zhao Kai's identity.
He smiled slightly." Envoy Qin, your family has been protected. They are safe. There is no need to worry."”
Qin Ming was even more touched.
He was not an ungrateful person.
He also knew what would happen if Song Jiang's evil plan succeeded.
Murong Yanda, that fatuous official, would definitely kill his entire family.
Fortunately, he was protected by that master.
"Thank you so much!"
Qin Ming was truly grateful.
" There's no need to thank me," Chong Lin said calmly." I'm just following orders. However, you really have to put in more effort, Envoy Qin."”
Qin Ming's attitude was humble as he respectfully said,"Brother Lin, please guide me."
"You are the commander of the Qingzhou army, with four thousand soldiers under you, but you fought so foolishly that you were captured by thieves. His Highness is very unhappy.”
Hearing Lin Chong address him as 'Wangye'.
Qin Ming was even more convinced of his guess.
However, he complained incessantly," Brother, you don't know this. The Qingzhou Army has 4,000 soldiers in name, but in fact, there are less than 1,000 of them. At most, there are 700 of them, and they are all old and weak soldiers. They are the lowest grade rural soldiers who are only given pickles and rations every month. There is no one under them, so I can't do anything!”
Chong Lin's eyes flickered.
He had followed Zhao Kai for a period of time.
He knew what was going on.
"Murong Yanda is actually so crazy to eat empty pay?”
Qin Ming nodded his head in grievance." Brother is also a general. You should know that in front of these civil officials, the words of our generals are insignificant and do not count.”
Chong Lin comforted him." You don't have to feel wronged. Come with me to select soldiers that can fight. There are 7,000 captives here. We must select at least 700 elites."”
Qin Ming was confused." Brother Lin, which one of these 7,000 bandits has more elites than me? Only 7,000?"”
Chong Lin nodded and said," Choosing people isn't that simple. We don't want old foxes, murderers, and arsonists. We don't want those with poor moral character. We only choose the young and strong."”
Qin Ming finally understood what Zhao Kai meant.
It wasn't for him to choose his own soldiers, but to fill up the Qingzhou Army.
He and Chong Lin began to choose carefully.
Chong Lin shouted," All of you bandits, listen up. This is your last chance. Those who fail will be punished to do hard labor. Those who do not have a warrant on them and have never committed murder or arson, stand here."”
"Don't try to fool us. We'll check them one by one later.”
The rebel soldiers started to clamor.
Servant labor was to repair roads and city walls. There was endless hard work every day.
They thought of themselves as heroes, so who would be willing to do hard labor?
Therefore, everyone enthusiastically signed up.
Song Jiang, Hua Rong, Zheng Tianshou, Wang Ying, and the others were dejected.
They did not know what fate awaited them.
Lu Zhishen, Lu Junyi, and Lu Fang had already led a team to raid the three mountain strongholds.
The three mountains were set ablaze.
From then on, the three villages in Qingzhou disappeared without a trace.
"Your Highness, the three villages have confiscated more than ten thousand taels of silver, and all kinds of gold, silver, and jewelry worth twenty thousand taels, totaling thirty thousand taels.”
Zheng Tianshou, Wang Ying, and the others felt their hearts bleed when they saw their hard-earned wealth being confiscated.
Zhao Kai's eyes were cold.
Thirty thousand taels was equivalent to three hundred thousand strings.
The three bandits that occupied Qingzhou actually had so much wealth.
"Flying Tiger Battalion soldiers are brave in battle, each of them will be rewarded ten strings, the rest will go to the military warehouse.”
"Yes, sir."
Zhao Kai looked at Qingzhou City in the distance." Escort these bandits and follow me into Qingzhou City to meet Murong Yanda."”
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