The sky was bright, and thousands of rays of rays filled the mountains, fields and cities, dyeing the earth with a light golden color. The white flag representing the Turks at the top of Madam Fan City has been replaced by a red flag with the word "Sui".
Xue Ju and Ling Jing rode their horses from the horse road to the city and found Yang Ji who was observing the surroundings in the east city. They got off their horses and saluted, "See you, Your Majesty."
Yang Ji asked: "Have the prisoners been counted?"
"Exactly!" Ling Jing, who was in charge of recording, introduced: "In addition to the people in the city who were forcibly recruited into the army and the ordinary herdsmen who took refuge in the city, there were also more than 23,000 prisoners."
Yang Ji was greatly surprised when he heard that there were so many prisoners besides ordinary herdsmen, and asked curiously: "Where are there so many people?"
"Some of the prisoners are elite soldiers brought by Ashina Simo; some are from nearby Turkic tribes. They came to defend the city after hearing the news." Ling Jing glanced at Yang Ji and continued: "It rained heavily a few days ago. We were unable to march, which gave Ashinalifushe the opportunity to gather his soldiers. According to the prisoners, they all came in heavy rain."
Yang Ji asked: "Are they all Turks?"
The Turks are a country where all the people are soldiers. They have as many soldiers as there are young and strong men. In history, Shibi Khan once had millions of soldiers, which seriously threatened the security of the Central Plains dynasty.
But the Turks are a loose tribal alliance. In addition to the thirty-six major tribes of the Turks themselves, they also control the Tiele tribes, Hu people, etc. living on the grasslands. Whenever the Turks launch a war, these " All the "servant" tribes have to send troops to fight, and among these "servants", the Tiele tribes are the strongest. Therefore, whether the Turks are strong or not depends on whether they can control and mobilize Tiele.
Yang Shuang, Yang Su, Yang Guang and others repeatedly defeated the Turks during the Kaihuang period, and Yang Ji also massacred the Great Lakes area in the third year of Renshou and annihilated hundreds of thousands of troops of Bujia Khan, causing heavy losses to the Turks headquarters and die-hard tribes. However, the losses of the Tiele tribes were not great. Because of this, the Xue Yantuo and Qibi tribes west of Jinshan took a clear-cut stand against the Western Turks, and the Xue Xue tribe east of Jinshan also united with other tribes to prepare to stand on their own.
However, Qimin Khan rose rapidly. He first defeated the Xuexue tribe, and then used the internal strife of Ashina Huaide to join forces with Murong Bei to defeat Ashina Huaide who was entrenched in the Northern Khan Court, making the Eastern Turks suddenly strong. confidence.
It was precisely with this prestige and confidence to defeat the Xue Xue tribe and the Xue Xue tribe that Qimin Khan could easily recruit and surrender the Tiele tribes in the Eastern Turks, and finally made the declining Turks become stronger in the east again.
Yang Ji believed that if he wanted to cause civil strife in the East Turks again, it was not enough to simply divide and alienate the Ashina family members. The best way was to weaken the strength of the Turks themselves, create opportunities for the Tiele tribes to rebel, and create opportunities for the northern and southern Shiwei and Khitan tribes to rebel. Opportunity to advance eastward... The reason why he asked this was because he wanted to give Qimin Khan a generous gift.
"Report to your Majesty, these captives are indeed Turks!" Ling Jing thought that these captives were to be taken back as free coolies, but from what Yang Ji meant, it seemed that was not the case. He asked with some confusion: "But I wonder what your Majesty plans to do with these prisoners?"
Yang Ji said slowly: "There are already many prisoners and slaves in Liangzhou, and we have obtained nearly 100,000 prisoners from the Great Lakes area. If we add more than 20,000 people, I am worried that there will be a big mess."
Ling Jing nodded in agreement: "The king's worry is not unreasonable, so what should be done with these prisoners? Should they all be killed?"
"So cruel! You can tell me." Yang Ji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing who was speechless, turned his gaze to the group of captives in the distance, and said with a smile: "Prairie people have the custom of redeeming captives. People of different statuses The prices are different. We can completely sell these prisoners to Qimin Khan, but these prisoners are brave and skilled soldiers. As long as they ride on their horses, they will be a strong force. Selling them is equivalent to letting the tiger go back to the mountain, with endless troubles. So before selling them, We have to do some tricks."
Ling Jing and Xue Ju looked at each other and asked in unison: "How to do it?"
Yang Ji smiled mysteriously: "I only have three requirements. The first is that I can't go to the battlefield in the future, the second is that I become a burden to Qimin Khan, and the third is that I can't reproduce. What is the best way?"
"Then gelding them!" Xue Ju said: "I used to do fur business with the Turks and Tiele people, and I know that there are masters of gelding everywhere on the grassland. These masters of gelding are quick and precise, and they take advantage of them. After taking away the horse's balls, just stuff a handful of black pot ashes into it and that's it. And almost none of the horses they have gelded have died, so I guess it's okay to let them gel people!"
Yang Ji chuckled: "Tens of thousands of young men and women galloping together, this may be an unprecedented and unprecedented feat."
"Manpower is priceless. No one can capture so many eunuchs at one time. It is indeed unprecedented!" Ling Jing laughed: "Qimin Khan will also be the king with the most eunuchs. This is unprecedented and unprecedented."
"His name will go down in history." Yang Ji told Zhu Can beside him: "Fat man, go and gather the gelding masters in the city. First gelding the high-status people, and then gelding the soldiers. If hundreds of people die, Thousands of people are fine.”
"Here!" Zhu Can smiled naively, rubbed his hands, and asked expectantly: "Sir, can I try it too?"
"Whatever you want!" Yang Ji said angrily, "As long as you don't add human flesh to me when cooking."
Zhu Can patted his chest and assured: "Of course not!"
"Go away! Go and do something for me." Looking at Zhu Can running away with his head in his arms, Yang Ji couldn't help but smile and shook his head. He already had two "anti-kings" under his command, and the "Overlord of Western Qin" could be regarded as being defeated. When the pot was served, in addition to Xue Ju himself, Hao Yuan had already obtained it, and Zong Luohu also obtained it.
As for Song Zhengben and Ling Jing, they are also quite remarkable figures. They are Dou Jiande's prime minister and military advisor, a bit similar to Xiao He and Zhang Liang who were around Liu Bang. It is a pity that after Dou Jiande in history became strong, he became headstrong and liked to listen to slander. , no longer listened to their good advice, resulting in failure, personal death and the country's demise.
I have such a large group of personal talents and a large group of civil and military officials from the King of Wei family. As long as I continue to brainstorm ideas and listen to good advice in the future, and as long as I don't commit suicide in the future, I won't be ruined no matter what.
"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Xue Ju asked.
"Qimin Khan led 30,000 elite troops to the west. Maybe he came to us for a decisive battle." Yang Ji said: "Although this possibility is unlikely, we must not relax. You immediately arrange for people to take turns to patrol, and then send people to inquire. The whereabouts of Qimin Khan must be monitored. The main army must seize the time to rest."
They fought here from the Great Lakes area and barely had any rest. With Yang Ji's physique, they can naturally continue to fight, but these soldiers are not as strong as him. Moreover, they fought all night last night, and the soldiers were also tired. If they continue to kill without taking a rest, I'm afraid this group of men won't be able to fight many more battles. Therefore, we must seize all the time to rest before Qimin Khan arrives and before he divides his troops to deal with Poqiqi.
Only in this way can soldiers fight with high morale and full spirit.
"Here!" Xue Ju bowed and went down to the city to arrange patrols and investigations.
Yang Ji said to Ling Jing: "We are now divided into three. In addition to our 'command center', we also have two separate divisions, Pochaoqi and Yuchigong. We must play a coordinating role. You immediately Arrange manpower to inform Pochaoqi and let him know the news of Qimin Khan's westward march; at the same time, ask them to strengthen contact with us to avoid being outflanked by the Turks."
"Here!" Ling Jing responded and retreated.
"Wait a minute!" Yang Ji stopped Ling Jing and asked, "When did General Changsun go to see Qimin Khan?"
Changsun Sheng was still at the camp, and he must be marching here with the soldiers left behind, but Yang Ji had different missions from him, so Yang Ji, who mainly fought, didn't pay much attention to him, let alone his itinerary.
Ling Jing said quickly: "After the king takes Madam Fan's city, General Changsun will go to see Qimin Khan."
"It can't be like this." Yang Ji shook his head and frowned: "We are the victors, so we must take on the airs and arrogance of the victors. Those who are eager to seek peace now are the Turks who have suffered a defeat. If General Changsun takes the initiative to go to Qimin Khan, not only will the price drop, but his momentum will be a little weaker, which will not be able to scare Qimin Khan, and it will not be conducive to the subsequent negotiations."
Ling Jing nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty is very concerned, so how can we tell General Changsun?"
"Let General Changsun come to the city, and then wait for Qimin Khan to plead." Yang Ji said: "This is a matter of principle involving the national system and national character, which must not be lost."
"Here! I'm resigning from my humble position." Seeing that Yang Ji had no other arrangements, Ling Jing retired and took several civil servants with him.
Looking at the empty city and the endless grassland, Yang Ji suddenly felt a sense of loneliness in his heart. His heart was also empty, as if something was missing, but he couldn't tell what it was.
At this moment, he suddenly felt homesick.
He let out a breath of turbid air, and Yang Ji tried hard to get these thoughts out of his mind. He knew that if he really dropped everything and ran back to Zhangye, he would miss the opportunity!
Public and private matters must be clearly distinguished, but it also means having to endure many sufferings that outsiders don't know. But when the road to office has reached this point, there is no way back for me. Once I give up and lose to my political opponents, The small family of Prince Wei's Mansion and the entire Prince Wei family will be destroyed. So no matter how uncomfortable or lonely you are, you have to hold on.
Whenever this kind of emotion appears in his mind, Yang Ji usually tells himself that his current efforts are all to better protect his relatives and followers.
"Ahhhh!" Yang Ji suddenly took a deep breath, facing the grassland in the distance, there was a burst of howling like ghosts and wolves, and then he cursed very suddenly: "Ashi Naranqian (Qimin), I'm going to fuck your mother!"
Liu Rumei, Zhang Chuchen, and Murong Xianyue, who were all on alert, heard this and immediately rushed over with a large group of orioles, swallows, flowers and plants. They looked around warily, but there was no one around. They all looked at it in confusion. Xiang Yang Ji: "Sir, what happened?"
"It's okay, it's okay!" Yang Jile shook his head happily. After this yelling and scolding, the depression in his heart really dissipated a lot, and he became much more comfortable. He said to the confused Liu Rumei, Zhang Chuchen, and Murong Xianyue: "When people are unhappy, they just need to yell and curse the person they hate the most, and they will feel much better."
"Really?" Liu Rumei didn't know if it was really effective, but after hearing what Yang Ji said, he knew that he was not in a good mood at the moment, so he suggested: "Sir, why don't we go for a walk on the grassland? To relax?"
"No need, there are still many things to solve." Yang Ji shook his head, and suddenly said with a smile: "I will go see the prisoner later, maybe he will be in a better mood."
"..." The girls were puzzled. They really didn't know what was good about the captives. Could they be better than them?
