After Gao Yingxiang was arrested, the refugee rebellion in Shaanxi finally came to an end. However, Hong Chengchou was in big trouble. The Ming army had only more than 3,000 troops, but the surrendered refugee rebels had 15,000 people, and 3,000 people had to take care of 15,000 people. The degree of trouble was naturally imagined.

Fortunately, after Yan'an Prefecture learned that Hong Chengchou had led 3,000 cavalry to defeat the 30,000 refugee army, it sent 3,000 troops to support Hong Chengchou and transported a large amount of food to reward the army, which solved the problem of guarding prisoners.

At noon the next day, the 4,500-day Ba Army led by Yang Sichang and the 3,000 new troops led by Mao Yuanyi also arrived. It was naturally not a big deal for so many troops to gather together. Hong Chengchou decided to lead the army to Yan'an Prefecture to repair it.

However, when it comes to the handling of 15,000 prisoners, everyone has a major disagreement. Hong Chengchou believes that it is necessary to eliminate evil. These 5,000 prisoners have committed evil to the people of the Ming Dynasty. It is better to kill the roots and execute all the prisoners.

But Yang Sichang, Mao Yuanyi and others strongly opposed Hong Chengchou's opinion, believing that killing prisoners is ominous. Since the prisoners have surrendered to the official army, the official army should keep their promises and give the prisoners a way out.

Hong Chengchou did not argue, as if he had accepted the opinions of Yang Sichang, Mao Yuanyi and others, and decided to give preferential treatment to the prisoners and take them back to Yan'an Prefecture to settle.

However, because Hong Chengchou was worried about the impoverished army's iron-blooded skills, the captured refugee soldiers were all worried that Hong Chengchou would execute them after he arrived in Yan'an Prefecture, so he deliberately dragged them very slowly at their marching speed, and the army could not walk ten miles a day.

This place is about fifty miles away from Yan'an Prefecture. The speed of less than ten miles a day naturally made Hong Chengchou very dissatisfied. In order to avoid the long dream of Yan'an Prefecture, that night, Hong Chengchou set up a camp at a place twenty miles away from Yan'an Prefecture, and held a banquet, inviting some leaders of the refugee army to come to the banquet. The food of the 15,000 prisoners was greatly improved.

As the leader of the refugee army, Gao Yingxiang was naturally qualified to attend the banquet. At the banquet, Hong Chengchou waved his long sleeves and showed excellent conversation. Not only did Yang Sichang, Mao Yuanyi and other subordinates admire him, but even made the leaders of the refugee army feel quite heartbroken. Everyone gave the cups and the atmosphere was very happy.

Gao Yingxiang's originally hanging heart gradually returned to his stomach. At the banquet, Hong Chengchou promised Gao Yingxiang in public that when Hong Chengchou returned to Beijing to report his duties, he would plead with His Majesty today, and give the leader of the refugee army and 15,000 prisoners a way out, which would definitely satisfy them.

Everyone believed Hong Chengchou's promise. After all, an official as big as Hong Chengchou can't go back on his word.

After three rounds of drinking, I don’t know if there was hearing hallucination in my ears. Everyone actually heard a "rustling" sound from outside the camp, as if a large number of people were digging together.

Gao Yingxiang held the wine glass and asked in confusion: "Sir Hong, what's the sound outside?"

Yang Sichang also asked in confusion: "Sir, it seems that there are many people digging the soil outside?"

Hong Chengchou did not answer the questions of the two, but was silent.

Gao Yingxiang felt a big deal and listened with his ears. The shouts of eating meat and drinking in the prison camp were no longer heard at some point. There was only the sound of constantly digging the ground and digging the soil outside the camp.

"Okay, Hong Chengchou, do you want to kill us? I'm fighting with you!"

Gao Yingxiang immediately understood and subconsciously wanted to draw his sword to kill Hong Chengchou, but as a prisoner, his weapon had naturally been confiscated.

When he touched his waist, Gao Yingxiang was stunned, and then became angry and waved his fists and smashed it towards Hong Chengchou.

But for some reason, Gao Yingxiang, who was strong and had amazing arms, just waved his fists, felt a huge dizziness in his mind, and his body became weak in an instant.

"Hong Chengchou, you actually poisoned?" Gao Yingxiang pointed at Hong Chengchou and asked furiously.

"Hong Chengchou! You are so despicable!"

"You evil villain!"

"I won't let you go if I become a ghost!"

The other refugee leaders were in the same physical condition as Gao Yingxiang, and everyone immediately understood that Hong Chengchou was poisoning at the banquet.

Yang Sichang finally understood Hong Chengchou's intention. It turned out that Hong Chengchou had never accepted the opinions of him, Mao Yuanyi and others. He was determined to kill all the prisoners of the refugees and buried them alive!

Yang Sichang said anxiously: "Sir, from ancient times to the present, killing surrender has always been the most harmful thing to Tianhe. Think about Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, and Hu Zongxian. After they killed surrender, none of them could end up with a good end!"

Mao Yuanyi and others also hurriedly bowed and persuaded: "Sir! Killing prisoners is not bad, please think twice before you can!"

However, Hong Chengchou said firmly: "Shaanxi has suffered natural disasters for many years, and there is no food enough. If he brought 15,000 prisoners to Yan'an, what should the soldiers eat? What should the people in Yan'an eat?

You don’t need to say anything more. Even if there are any consequences in the future, I will bear them all and will never involve you. Knowing that I am guilty of me is only in the Spring and Autumn Period!”

Hong Chengchou's powerful words made everyone speechless. Yes, Hong Chengchou is right. The problem of eating for 15,000 prisoners is not easy to solve. After all, Yan'an Prefecture has always been the most barren area in Shaanxi. If Yan'an Prefecture wants to solve the problem of eating for 15,000 prisoners, wouldn't it take the lives of the people of Yan'an?

Besides, as the supreme leader, Hong Chengchou has clearly stated that he will bear the responsibility of killing prisoners alone, so what else can everyone say!

Everyone fell silent, and Hong Chengchou shouted "Come on," and dozens of soldiers armed to the teeth rushed in and cut off the heads of dozens of refugee soldiers including Gao Yingxiang.

A quarter of an hour ago, there was still a sing and dancing in the tent, and the officials and thieves were all together; a quarter of an hour later, blood flowed in the tent, like the Shura hell.

This strong contrast made Yang Sichang, Mao Yuanyi and other officials feel nauseous, and they all ran out of the camp to vomit heartily.

When they vomited and dried their throats and raised their heads, they saw a scene that was creepy and would never forget them for the rest of their lives.

More than 30 meters outside the camp, a large pit with a length of 100 meters and a depth of 7 or 8 meters was dug out at some point.

Around the pit, the officers and soldiers pushed the cart indifferently, dumping trucks of prisoners into the pit like taking out garbage.

The captives were still awake. They knew the fate they were about to face, and they all struggled with all their might, but somehow, all the captives' movements were soft, as if they were slowing down.

After pushing all the prisoners into the pit, the sound of Luoyang shovel waving in the silent night sounded again. These sounds were particularly lukewarm and became an indelible haze for the official army from Yang Sichang to Mao Yuanyi to the unknown soldiers throughout their lives.
Chapter completed!