Hearing Master Zhang Chi say this, Zhou Yi, who was originally a little panicked, immediately calmed down.
"Damn, didn't we just capture a Khitan? I thought it was the Khitan who led the army to attack! What's the fuss about this!"
Master Zhang Chi also quickly explained: "Wu Zhuangshi has captured a Khitan noble."
"Khitan noble?"
When mentioning the Khitan nobles, Zhou Yi couldn't help but think of Xiao Feng and his son in The Eight Tribes of the Dragon. They were the Khitan nobles. As a symbol of the Khitan nobles, both of them had a wolf head tattooed on their chest.
Zhou Yi secretly thought to himself: "I wonder if the Khitan nobles here will also have wolf heads tattooed on their chests like in The Eight Tribes of the Dragon!"
"Let's go, take me to see that so-called Khitan noble!"
Under Zhou Yi's urging, Master Zhang Chi quickly led the way.
When he arrived at the trial hall, Zhou Yi saw a strong man tied up with hemp rope at a glance.
"Lao Zhang, didn't you say he was a Khitan noble? How did you tell that?"
Zhang Chi quickly explained: "Reporting to your lord, the Khitan nobles will have the Sirius totem tattooed on their necks. This is the difference between their nobles and the untouchables."
As soon as Zhang Chi finished explaining, two soldiers pushed aside the man's long hair covering his neck and exposed the tattoo of the Sirius totem on his neck to Zhou Yi.
The captured man also kept struggling and yelling and cursing.
Zhou Yi understood instantly after seeing it, and murmured to himself: "I thought his wolf totem was tattooed on his chest!"
"Sir, this man is a Khitan noble. If we find out that he is captured by us, he will probably cause a military disaster!" Zhang Chi advised cautiously.
Zhou Yi rolled his eyes at Ji Bochang's master. If Ji Bochang, the former county magistrate, hadn't asked Zhou Yi to do it, and this man really knew Pingjiang County very well, Zhou Yi would have slapped him just for what he said just now!
"It sounds like if this person is not captured, the Khitans will not invade our Central Plains in the future! Master Zhang, don't mention this kind of thing again in the future."
"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is an eternal truth!"
Zhang Chi also heard from Zhou Yi's cold voice that he was very dissatisfied with his right-leaning capitulationism.
Although the city walls in Pingjiang County are not as high as those in Pingliang County, Zhou Yi now has a lethal weapon like Qin Nu.
If all the horses in Pingjiang County are equipped with Qin crossbows, Zhou Yi can guarantee that there will be no more than 100,000 troops to fill it, and Pingjiang City will never be able to be conquered.
Moreover, Zhou Yi is also looking forward to the Khitan people leading the crowd to rescue the man in front of him. In this way, Zhou Yi can also see the power of Qin Nu.
"Wu Laoliu, how did you catch this man? Didn't he have any servants behind him?" Zhou Yifa asked.
Wu Laoliu replied truthfully: "Reporting to your lord, this person was discovered when we were conducting disguise training outside the city in accordance with your requirements. At that time, he was roping a tall horse alone. It must be that he was with his big horse. The troops got separated."
"Not to mention, the disguise training you taught us is really useful. This kid walked up to us and didn't even notice our presence. We caught him off guard."
Zhou Yi nodded with satisfaction and said approvingly: "No wonder you are all carrying hay turf on your back. It turns out you are doing camouflage training. Not bad. Keep working hard and strive to develop a capable scout unit."
All the sergeants were praised by Zhou Yi, and all their faces were filled with smiles.
"Sir, what should we do with this Khitan dog thief? Should we kill him with one knife or something?" Wang Ting, who came with Wu Laoliu, asked.
Zhou Yi quickly waved his hand and said: "I still have an important use for this person. You put him in a prison and keep him under strict supervision first, and starve him for a few days first. Then I will have a wonderful use for him!"
Wang Ting and other young men were somewhat puzzled that Zhou Yi did not kill the Khitan nobleman on the spot. In their view, the Xiongnu, Khitan and other foreigners were the culprits of their misfortunes in life.
Although one of Wu Laoliu's arms was cut off by the Khitan thieves, Zhou Yi had great prestige in his heart, and the county magistrate was both wise and brave. Wu Laoliu did not do anything because of his resentment towards the Khitan people. Nothing out of the ordinary, on the contrary, he honestly abided by Zhou Yi's decision.
"Wu Laoliu, you just said that the Khitans were chasing a wild horse. Was that wild horse ever captured by you?"
Wu Laoliu shook his head in shame and said: "Sir, to be honest, when we pulled the man off his horse, the wild horse he was chasing took the opportunity to escape, and our personnel couldn't catch up no matter how hard they chased! "
Zhou Yi bluntly asked the soldiers: "If your master wants to do business with the Khitan people, how would you feel?"
Wang Ting took the lead and said: "The eldest master cannot do business with the Khitan thieves. They are all ambitious people."
Wu Laoliu was lost for a moment, and then looked at Zhou Yi's eyes seriously, and found that the elder's eyes were very firm.
Wu Laoliu thought for a while and said: "Sir, since you came to Pingliang County, not only have you not harmed us like the dog official Liu Datong, but you have also made the lives of our people in Pingliang County better and better. You said that you want to fight with the Khitan dog Thieves must have their own considerations when doing business."
Zhou Yi nodded heavily and replied: "You are right, everything I do is for the people under my rule, for the people of my country, Chen."
Zhou Yi looked at the military camp in Pingjiang County from a distance and said: "You have also seen that our army is in urgent need of war horses. There are only less than 100 horses in a team of thousands of people, so I want to use this Khitan nobleman you captured. Find a way to trade horses with them."
"In this way, we will not only be able to form a strong army in the future, but we will also be able to greatly guarantee the logistics and transportation of food and grass."
After learning Zhou Yi's thoughts, Wu Laoliu and Wang Ting immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Zhou Yi in unison: "Don't worry, sir. Although I hate Khitan dogs and Huns dogs, I will never do it." It affects your overall planning.”
Zhou Yi quickly helped Wu Laoliu and Wang Ting up, and gave him several other small tasks.
Although Zhouyi has a high prestige among the army and the people of the county, he still has to talk to the current generals and enlighten them about their hatred of the Xiongnu and Khitan.
Sure enough, this trick was still useful, and Wang Ting, Wu Laoliu and others really took into account Zhou Yi's thoughts.
They also felt that it might not be a bad thing if they could exchange war horses from the Khitans.
