Liu Mingzhi looked at the Gumo Kingdom's national seal on the document and put it away with satisfaction.
"Your Highness Princess, it seems that your father is not as tough as you thought. That's right! Why does Gumo have to fall into war when it can be solved peacefully?"
Gu Mo Rongrong nodded sadly: "I hope you, Marshal Liu, can keep your promise. Although Rongrong has only been to Dalong once in her life, Rongrong knows that the Dalong man will never break his promise easily! "
"Don't worry, as long as the Gumo Kingdom assists the Western Expedition to conquer the Thirty-six Kingdoms, I will never break my promise to the next country to give it a city."
Liu Mingzhi emphasized his tone in order to assist. He didn't care whether his aunt Rongrong understood or not. Since there were thugs to attack the city for the Western Expedition army, Liu Mingzhi would never let the soldiers shed their blood by themselves.
"Commander Qi, the three armies have been sorted out and are ready to go to war at any time!"
Liu Mingzhi watched Song Qing, who was fully armored and striding into the hall, nodded slightly and grabbed the map on the side to look at it.
"Next country, Loulan!"
Song Qing frowned and walked to the map and stopped: "Commander, why bother attacking Loulan at the expense of the near and distant? The general thought that we should go straight to Wusun, the neighboring country of Gumo to the west!"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head and drew up the map: "Although Loulan Kingdom is in the southwest of Gumo Kingdom, it is also close to the border. If we attack Wusun Kingdom, the adjacent Pishan Kingdom will definitely feel sad. In this way, we may We are attacked from both sides! Although Wusun is close, it is not the best place to attack!"
Song Qing frowned and pondered for a moment, looking at Young Master Liu thoughtfully: "Advance slowly and decide quickly?"
"That's right, let's capture the countries on the border first to prevent the news from leaking out. Since the thirty-six countries in the Western Region don't take our Western Expedition army seriously, then we will give them a thunderous blow. How long can we hide it? How much time!"
"Yes, General's thinking is too simple, but Commander, you are thinking more thoughtfully!"
The Song and Qing Dynasties did not mean to be flattery by this statement. The difference between a general and a commander-in-chief is that a general focuses on attacking cities and demolishing strongholds, while a commander-in-chief pays more attention to the overall trend.
The two of them are in different positions, and there is no distinction between them as superior or inferior. It can only be said that they pursue their own affairs in their respective positions, and each of them looks at things from a different perspective.
"There is something difficult to handle right now. What should we do with the prisoners in the city if we send troops? We cannot let them go, but once the army leaves, what if the city becomes turbulent!"
Song Qing glanced at Gumo Rongrong and quietly approached Mr. Liu: "In order to prevent the news from leaking, how about killing them all!"
Liu Mingzhi frowned and looked at Song Qing: "This is 200,000 people!"
"Of course the general knows how many people there are, but keeping them will not only consume our army's food and fodder, but also delay the progress of our army. You said that fighting is the only way to support war, but what will happen to our brothers if all the food and fodder are captured and consumed?"
Liu Mingzhi took a deep breath and closed his eyes to meditate.
The decision to trap and kill 200,000 people was not easy to make, but Song Qing's worries were absolutely correct. Fighting to support the war without food and grass would consume a lot of food and grass for 200,000 mouths!
But once the news of the 200,000 captives was leaked out, it would be impossible to peacefully capture the Western Region.
Once the soldiers of other countries knew that they would not escape death even if they were captured, they would definitely resist desperately, which would increase the casualties of the Western Expedition.
The result will be contrary to what Liu Mingzhi predicted!
It is impossible to kill 200,000 people silently. There is no airtight wall in the world. If you want to prevent the news from leaking out, you have to massacre the city.
This result was even less what Liu Mingzhi wanted to see.
What's the use of leaving empty cities when there are no more people? Conquering Heshuo and Hetao requires the supply of war horses and the help of people from the countries in the Western Regions.
If he only came to conquer the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the West with the idea of avenging his past humiliation and avenging the soldiers of the Six Guards, there would be no need to expend all his efforts to persuade the kings of the countries to surrender.
Liu Mingzhi, who had been thinking for a long time, opened his eyes. These 200,000 prisoners must not be killed.
Although it can save a lot of food and grass, it will do more harm than good in the end!
"Your Highness Princess, how about I give you a gift from Gumo Country?"
"what gift?"
"With a population of 200,000, whether your Gumo country can persuade them to join Gumo country is not within the scope of my consideration!"
Gumo Rongrong was confused at first and then her eyes lit up: "The captive of the reinforcements, Young Master Liu, is willing to give us Gumo Country as a gift?"
"Yes, it depends on whether you can eat it or not!"
Gumo Rongrong thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "Of course! As long as Young Master Liu is willing to let me go, I will thank Young Master Liu for his kindness on behalf of my father!"
"High-five!"
"High-five!"
Liu Mingzhi heard the sound of clapping his hands three times in a row. He was looking forward to Gumo Rongrong's wonderful expression when she saw the 200,000 old, weak, sick and disabled reinforcements.
"Send the order!"
"exist!"
"Leave 10,000 auxiliary troops to help the general in Shacheng deal with the 200,000 prisoners. The rest of the soldiers will immediately set off for the capital of Gumo King. After two days of repairs, they will directly attack Loulan Kingdom!"
"Why go to the royal capital of Gumo Kingdom? Can't we just attack Loulan Kingdom directly?"
Young Master Liu rolled his eyes and glared at Song Qing. How could he summon artillery if he didn't go to the Gumo Palace... thugs to plunder the formation for the Western Expedition Army!
"Just give the order, don't ask any more questions!"
"With the order, I will retire at the end of the day!"
"Your Highness, please, how about you and I ride in the same car? I still have many things to ask Your Highness, the Princess!"
Liu Mingzhi doesn't want Gu Mo Rongrong to know the true situation of the 200,000 prisoners yet. Otherwise, once he knows that the reinforcements are just some old, weak, sick and disabled, Gu Mo Rongrong may not change anything, but there is no guarantee that Gu Mo Sangyang will not go back on her promise.
Gumo Rongrong pursed her lips and thought for a while before nodding: "It's Rongrong's honor to ride in the same car as Marshal Liu, please!"
"Please!"
Half an hour later, more than 300,000 troops rushed towards Gumo Palace in a mighty manner.
Liu Mingzhi stood on the carriage and sighed as he looked at the gradually disappearing Shacheng. After all, it was the first city he captured and he was still somewhat nostalgic.
In the carriage, Murong Shan stared closely at the girl Mo Rongrong who was wearing "immoral" clothes. Although Murong Shan didn't say anything, the words "I'm jealous" were written on her face!
"Gorgeous bitch, you are so shameless in wearing so little!"
Murong Shan said something in her heart and looked at the thousands of miles of yellow sand outside the curtains, but her eyes would glance at the carriage door from time to time, for fear that Young Master Liu would rush into the carriage and do something "impermissible" to Gumo Rongrong!
Murong Shan was jealous of Gu Mo Rongrong, but it was never easy for her. Young Master Liu, a private soldier, stared at her intently, which made Gu Mo Rongrong murmur in her heart, fearing that Murong Shan would do something wrong to her when she was the only one in the carriage. action!
Young Master Liu opened the curtain and got into the carriage, knelt down and poured a cup of tea for Murong Shan and the two girls.
"Your Highness, please tell me about the situation in Loulan Kingdom. After all, there is a city that belongs to you!"
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