After dealing with Deng Ponu's intention to kill and surrender, the next things to be dealt with will be difficult.
How to deal with these more than 100,000 Xiongnu and Khitan prisoners?
How to deal with the captured Hun Prince Atamu?
How to prepare the good news for Pingjiang County and submit it to the court?
These are all questions!
Although Zhou Yi was not short of food and could support these more than 100,000 captives, over time the people of Pingliang and Pingjiang County would definitely be dissatisfied with Zhou Yi's preferential treatment of the captives and the demons who invaded their homeland.
But if these people are released, they will once again become a knife to invade Chen State after returning to the grassland.
As for the Xiongnu Prince Atamu Zhouyi, he didn't know how to deal with it.
Although Emperor Dog's imperial edict was to let Zhou Yi serve as an envoy to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu Khitan army and cede the land of Yongzhou.
Zhou Yi could have taken the Xiongnu prince to Beijing and pretended that the land of Yongzhou had been ceded, but in fact he occupied the entire Yongzhou.
But in this way, Zhou Yi became a traitor like Li Hongzhang who lost power, humiliated the country, and betrayed the country.
In that case, it would be basically impossible for Zhou Yi to gain the admiration of the Chen people in the future and thereby increase his reputation.
But if he was brought back to the Chen Kingdom to claim his merits, Yan Song, an old thief who colluded with the Huns, might secretly trip him up and bring the Hun Prince Atamu back to the Hun Palace.
One person is short of wisdom, but everyone is wise. Zhou Yi was really undecided and asked everyone: "Everyone, how do you think these things should be handled?"
"This is not easy, let's drag these Khitan Huns to surrender and build the Great Wall!" Wang Dachui was the first to suggest.
It's not that Zhou Yi didn't think of this idea, but if he wanted these soldiers to build the Great Wall, he would have to send a lot of soldiers to take care of it.
Pingjiang County originally had more than 20,000 troops, but more than 10,000 people were killed or wounded while defending the city. Adding in Pingjiang County's nearly 20,000 soldiers, the total number of soldiers was less than 30,000.
The most lacking thing among Zhou Yi's men now is manpower. If we have to find more manpower to manage these more than 100,000 surrendered soldiers, I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower.
If there were only a small number of people, most of the Khitan Huns would have run away during the construction of the Great Wall.
Zhou Yi also expressed his doubts. At this time, Lin Zhenyuan stood up and suggested: "Master Zhou, there is a Gulan River connected to the east of the Wuwei Mountains. Although the river is vast and stretches for thousands of hectares, it separates the Huns and Khitans. Two parts. They want to go around the Gulan River, and it will take more than a month to ride on horseback."
"Master Zhou might as well divide the Huns and Khitans into two parts, let the Huns build the Great Wall in the west, and let the Khitans build the Great Wall in the north!"
"So even if they all ran away, firstly, there would not be enough food to support them on foot around the Gulan River. Secondly, if they escaped, they would probably become slaves of the Khitan (Huns). After weighing the pros and cons, they I will definitely not run away, but will build the Great Wall with peace of mind. This way, you don’t need to dispatch a large number of soldiers to guard it!"
Zhou Yi's eyes immediately lit up after hearing Lin Zhenyuan's analysis, and he immediately adopted Lin Zhengyuan's opinion.
After learning that the Gulan River divided the Khitan and the Huns into two places, Zhou Yi also analyzed that the traitor Yan Song not only colluded with the Huns, but also probably colluded with the Khitans.
The Xiongnu and Khitan joint attack on Chen was probably led by him.
However, Yan Song did not expect that the Xiongnu and Khitan armies would go back on their word and continue southward after conquering Wuwei Pass, destroying the 200,000 troops that Yan Song had finally obtained.
After thinking about these things, Zhou Yi only felt that how Prince Atam of the Huns handled and how to write the good news for Hepingjiang County was no longer a problem!
At this time, Zhou Yi suddenly came up with an extremely vicious plan to drive a wedge between the Xiongnu and Yan Song.
However, if Zhou Yi wanted to implement this strategy, he had to borrow something from Prince Atamu of the Huns - his head.
Therefore, Zhou Yi did not intend to report the capture of the Hun Prince Atamu to the court, but instead planned to kill Atamu on his own initiative.
Moreover, Zhou Yi planned to send a group of Khitans in Yan Song's name to take Atamu's head to the Huns' court.
The reason why the Khitans were sent to deliver Atamu's head was also to make the Xiongnu Great Chanyu vent his anger on the Khitans.
Zhou Yi was also prepared to tell the news to the Khitan soldiers who were going to the north to build the Great Wall.
In this move, Zhou Yi used Yang Mou.
If these Khitan soldiers who went to the north to build the Great Wall wanted to escape, they would be dead due to lack of food. If they wanted to join the Xiongnu, the angry Wu Wan Shanyu might not forgive them.
The only choice left for these Khitan soldiers was to help Zhou Yi and others build the Great Wall.
Lin Zhenyuan and the others originally wanted Zhou Yi to send Atamu to the capital to receive the reward, but Zhou Yi directly rejected it.
"General Lin, have you forgotten the reward for your heroic victory at Wuwei Pass three years ago? The merits and demerits are equal and there will be no prosecution!"
Lin Zhenyuan was silent for a long time and did not speak.
"I did not cede the land of Yongzhou this time. To a certain extent, it was disrespectful to resist the decree. Instead of sending Atamu to Kyoto and being sent back to the Xiongnu territory by the emperor or even Yan Song, which would have been in vain, it would be better to kill him. Killing him will, firstly, destroy a general of the enemy, secondly, it can damage the relationship between Yan Song and the Huns, and thirdly, it can drive a wedge between the Xiongnu and the Khitan."
"This plan can kill three birds with one stone, so why not do it?"
Everyone present listened to what Zhou Yi said so clearly and logically. They all felt that their way of thinking about the problem was too one-sided and too simple.
Their admiration for Zhou Yi was not only their admiration for his extraordinary wisdom, but also their admiration for his decisiveness in doing things and being a person who achieved great things.
To be decisive, to be decisive is not just to make a decision, but more importantly, to make a decisive decision immediately.
Lin Zhenyuan thought that he couldn't do this in Zhouyi.
"Now that the matter of the prisoners and the Xiongnu Prince Atamu has been resolved, I would like to ask, General Lin, are you willing to stay and join my army in Pingliang and Pingjiang counties to fight with us against the Xiongnu Khitan?"
Lin Zhenyuan nodded and agreed without thinking: "It is really a blessing for Lin to be able to fight against the Xiongnu Khitan together with you. I hope that you and your Excellency will support me in the future!"
Lin Zhengyuan wants to stay, and his soldiers are no exception. Even Deng Ponu, who was on the verge of death after being beaten and had only one breath left, held on and begged: "Master Zhou, please don't exclude the villain."
"Not to mention the three major disciplines and eight points of attention in the army in the future, even if it is doubled to the six major disciplines and sixteen points of attention, Deng Ponu will definitely not violate it again!"
"Okay! Brother Deng, then you must remember what you said today! If you violate military discipline again in the future, there will be no chance of forgiveness!"
Deng Ponu's eyes were filled with tears of excitement, and he nodded gratefully towards Zhou Yi in assurance.
