It is no longer important whether the Prime Minister of the Baltic Dynasty, Aipola, and a group of Baltic Dynasty officials can hear the profound meaning of Nangong Ye's words. After all, the collapse of the Baltic Dynasty has become an established fact.
Even Nangong Ye, even Luo Li, kept telling them the truth for three days and three nights, but it was no longer helpful.
Nangong Ye had no intention of continuing to ridicule the Prime Minister of the Baltic Kingdom who was similar to him in age. He casually asked Queen Qu about the situation in the city and said nothing more.
As for the remaining seven or eight cities south of Queen City of Boluo Guoqu, there is no need for Nangong Ye and the others to take them seriously.
Even the Royal City, a city that embodies the faith of a country's people, has been captured. The remaining small border cities will only be captured sooner or later for the powerful Western Expedition army.
In the view of Nangong Ye and others, to capture the few remaining small cities in the Baltic Kingdom, it is not even necessary to dispatch the main troops of the Western Expedition. It only needs to mobilize a part of the elite Dalong and the vanguard troops of the Hapu Dynasty to capture them. The whole territory of Baltic State.
If the city lords of those cities were more cooperative, they would not even need to mobilize troops. Just relying on envoys to persuade them would be enough to get them to leave the city and surrender.
Under Zamuna's translation, Nangong Ye continued to ask Aipola some questions about King Polo's whereabouts.
However, Ailola didn't know anything about it. The remaining noble ministers of the Baltic Kingdom didn't know as much as the prime minister Ailola knew!
After questioning to no avail, Nangong Ye could only order the soldiers to take the officials from Boluo into custody first, and then summon many generals in the city who led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield to come to the palace to discuss matters.
"Let's see the commander-in-chief."
"No courtesy, please take a seat."
"Thank you, Marshal."
"General Tang, how are the soldiers clearing the battlefield?
Have you calculated the number of battle losses between our army and Tianzhu soldiers and horses?
The casualties among our soldiers should not be serious, right? "
"Reporting back to the commander, the general has not yet calculated the specific number, but based on the general situation reported by the generals, the number of battle losses of our soldiers is very considerable.
In this siege, after artillery coverage, Tianzhu's vanguard troops took the lead in breaking through the city and withstood 80% of the pressure from the enemy's counterattack. Only then did our main infantry of Dalong successfully enter the city and gradually cover up the enemy.
Because of the strength of the armor and the fact that the enemy troops defending the city were frightened by the power of the artillery, although our army suffered many casualties, there were not many soldiers who died directly in battle.
As for the Tianzhu soldiers and horses under our command, although the casualties were slightly heavier, they were still within the allowable range of battle damage.
Before receiving the commander's order, the general had already dealt with the deputy general Coors of the Tianzhu soldiers and horses, and it could be seen that he did not have much resentment for the number of casualties of the Tianzhu soldiers and horses.
It's just that I haven't had time to calculate the specific situation yet. After I get the results, I will immediately submit the document to the commander-in-chief for review. "
Nangong Ye's frown gradually relaxed, and he fiddled with the tea lid and blew a breath.
"As long as our soldiers are not seriously ill, it will be fine. As for the soldiers who died in the war in Tianzhu, the gold and silver pensions should be paid as usual.
If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.
We have repeatedly used their Tianzhu soldiers and horses to serve as the vanguard of our army as we attack cities and forts. Although they dare not resist due to the strength of our soldiers and horses, it does not mean that they have no complaints in their hearts.
To put it bluntly, maybe I dare to be angry but dare not speak more.
In order to preserve the overall strength of my Western Expeditionary Army officers, I don’t want to argue so much with them.
However, we cannot ignore their feelings at all. The reason why this siege went so smoothly is that, in addition to our artillery soldiers, bed crossbow soldiers, and trebuchet soldiers, the vanguard troops formed by their Tianzhu troops ranked first. Second-class merit.
This commander, Deputy Commander Wanyan, and Governor Yun all saw the general situation during the siege through the telescope. Their casualties were indeed considerable.
If they continue to mistreat their soldiers and horses in terms of war death pensions, it will inevitably make people feel chilly. It will not be so easy to drive them to act as pawns to charge into battle in the future.
Maybe we will have to give in because of our power, but if we want to use it smoothly, I'm afraid it will be difficult.
It should be noted that as long as the method of adding sweet dates with a big stick is used properly, you can eat it anywhere.
This is not just for Tang Ru, you should also keep it in mind.
No matter what happens in the future, we must make good use of the Tianzhu soldiers and horses in the two countries who rely on us, and we must not actively force them to confront us with weapons.
Even if we have to fight against each other one day in the future, they will have to seek death on their own, not because we force them to do so.
Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to establish a foothold in the north and south of Tianzhu in the future.
You also know that the reason why we were able to establish a foothold in Tianzhu so quickly was due to the help of local snakes like them.
Once they are in harmony with the appearance and the spirit, or the appearance is in harmony with the spirit, we will be greatly restricted in the future when we cooperate with Zhang Shuai's army on the left to continue to advance westward.
The worst result is that it will be attacked from both sides and be caught in a dilemma between them and a country further to the west.
Therefore, it is a top priority now to stabilize the Tianzhu troops and horses that rely on us.
As long as we make good use of them, they will become a sharp knife in the hands of our right-wing troops.
You must control the relationship between our soldiers and horses and Tianzhu's soldiers and horses within a certain degree.
The Western Expedition is a century-old plan, and we must not ruin the long-term planning of the imperial court for the sake of temporary quickness. "
"We will obey orders carefully and will not dare to disobey them."
"It's good that you understand. As for dealing with the people in the city, just behave according to the old rules.
But I still have to talk about the rules that I have repeatedly ordered, and I hope you won't find it tiresome.
No matter whether the family is rich or poor, they only need to rob less than half of their property. They are not allowed to kill people, see blood, or rape women.
Anyone who disobeys orders will be dealt with according to military law.
I hope you won’t try the law yourself. "
A group of generals looked at Nangong Ye with excited expressions: "I understand, thank you Commander."
"As for the soldiers and horses from the guard camp being dispatched this time, just follow the rules you have agreed upon privately."
"We have the order."
Nangong Ye looked at the excited expressions on the faces of a group of generals, took a sip of tea and calmly placed the tea cup in his hand on the table.
Wanyan Chiezha and Yun Chong didn't say anything. They had also climbed up step by step from small soldiers back then, and they knew very well what the soldiers below needed most.
During the war, even if you talk about the truth for a long time, it is far less effective than saying "brothers, grab gold, silver and women" to boost the morale of the soldiers of the three armies.
However, the army was not only controlled by military orders, but also restricted by the words of Liu Mingzhi before the expedition. As the commanders of the three armies, Nangong Ye and the others naturally could not let the soldiers under their command act too unscrupulously.
Otherwise, once the hundreds of thousands of soldiers are allowed to completely let go, I am afraid that the entire territory of Tianzhu will face the disaster of houses being burned, stones being cut, and people having to change their species.
But as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Nangong Ye and the others had to take care of the emotions of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under their command, so they could only think of a compromise.
That is to allow the soldiers to confiscate half of the gold and silver treasures from the local people, but they must not act excessively.
Moreover, the act of forcibly expropriating the gold and silver treasures of the barbarian people in various places must not be done by Dalong soldiers and horses, but they must instruct those soldiers and horses of Tianzhu to serve for them.
In this way, even if the records accompanying the army in the future describe the specific circumstances during the expedition, I and others will have an excuse after returning to the court.
At first, Nangong Ye and the others were a little worried about whether the soldiers under his command could control their desires, and they worried about this for a long time.
Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Western Expedition were all elite soldiers who had been fighting for more than ten years among the Three Kingdoms. Orders and prohibitions had long been engraved in their bones, and they did not do anything extraordinary.
Only then did Nangong Ye and the others feel completely relieved.
Slowly, this set of tacit and unwritten rules gradually spread among the right-wing army.
At first, veterans like Nangong Ye, Wanyan Chizha, Yun Chong and others were still worried about how to explain to Liu Mingzhi after returning to Beijing. After all, there was no way to hide this kind of thing from the military recorder.
But when they learned from Cheng Kai, Ning Chao and others that Liu Dashao had acted in this way during his expedition to the Western Regions in the past, their worried minds immediately calmed down.
Maybe Liu Mingzhi was loved by hundreds of thousands of soldiers back then not just because he was good at fighting and commanding the army well.
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