Chapter 553: Prisoner Takeover
Niulan Mountain is still a world of snow, not only the big camp under the mountain, the whole Niulan Mountain is still covered by ice and snow, looking around, it is all a piece of white, and occasionally a little bit of green pokes out of the snow and white, becoming a bright color in this vast world. The sun shines on countless long ice cubes, colorful lights flicker, accompanied by a crackling sound, a little ice beads fall from the ice cubes, smash on the snow, etching out small holes, the weather will get warmer day by day, these small holes will be eroded out of the small holes will become bigger day by day, and finally this thick snow will turn into selling water, moistening this fertile black earth.
From Niulan Mountain to the direction of Donghu, the Eastern Army has opened up a spacious avenue over the years, paved with broken stones, compacted, even in the rainy season, can withstand the rolling of carriages, last year when Dayan was far away, countless carriages carrying supplies, along this avenue, deep into the territory of Donghu, did not let this road much damage. Even now, this road is still a smooth road between Donghu and Dayan merchants.
The two sides have lifted the state of war, adhering to the supremacy of profits, the merchants have flocked to it, but all the businessmen with a little vision know very well that after the war, it is the time to make a lot of money, from Dayan to Donghu is countless daily necessities, needles and threads, tea bricks and pots and pans, and from Donghu brought back real money, fur and medicinal materials, this is a typical book of profits, not only large caravans, but also one-legged merchants, anyway, as long as you arrive along the way, you can make a lot of money.
Of course, on this road, it is not without risks, leading to the depths of Donghu, along the way, because of the remnants of the rout after the war. It is very likely to evolve into bandits, and if you encounter a clever robbery, you can only pinch your nose and admit it. The average large caravan is well equipped with escorts. Moreover, these caravans are generally in collusion with the real power figures of the local government and do not worry about this, while the weak merchants are really taking great risks.
Of course, Gao Yuan doesn't care about this, and at any time, it is impossible to ban business exchanges between the two places, and. Banning is not necessarily a good thing, for example, some specialties of Donghu are needed in western Liao, and if the trade routes are cut off, these things will naturally not be able to be obtained along the way. Anyway, merchants have to pay taxes when they come and go, and the final destination of these taxes and silver can only be Zhengdongfu. Deep down, Gao Yuan even hopes that the business exchanges between the two places will be more frequent. You can collect more tax money yourself. And in terms of the utilization rate of these silver taels, Gao Yuan is confident that in this world, no government can be more effective through its own Zhengdong Mansion.
Of course. This does not mean that the Zhengdong Mansion will let go of commerce, such as iron materials, weapons, etc., are prohibited, and openly sell these things to Donghu, once caught, there is only one way to kill the head.
However, since the armistice between the two countries, according to the investigation report of the Supervisory Yuan, Gao Yuan has seen an interesting phenomenon, that is, the Donghu people have suddenly increased the number of agricultural tools for farming. Cao Tianci once suspected that the Donghu people were finding a different way. After these tools were introduced, they were melted back into iron. If you rely on these things to raise iron materials and build weapons, Donghu is afraid that it will perish long ago, and it can wait until today. The large import of agricultural tools should be a major change in domestic policy of the Donghu people, perhaps they are preparing to transition from nomadic herding to farming. Gao Yuan is interested in any change in Donghu's country, because this is his next enemy, and a large amount of manpower and material resources of the Supervision Yuan have been tilted in the direction of Donghu, striving to lay a solid intelligence foundation for the future war between the two sides.
Today is the day when Zhou Yuan arrived at the Niulanshan camp, and Gao Yuan led the generals at all levels of the Eastern Field Group to personally go out of the camp for fifty miles to greet this former Dayan captain who was once powerful and prominent in the Dayan government and the opposition.
The forward troops that had come out in advance had already set up barracks, and a thousand heavily armed foot soldiers and five hundred cavalry were ready to fight, and a few miles to the opposite side of them was the barracks of the Donghu people.
Looking at the banner of the Agu Department fluttering opposite, Gao Yuan shook his head and sighed, "The Chengtou Changing King Banner, thinking about the Agu Ministry, was originally a big tribe in the top three at least in the Donghu Department, but now, it was called to do these boring things, it can be seen that the Agu Department is about to decline." ”
Helanxiong nodded and said: "Agu is on the wrong side in the internal dispute in Donghu, even if Agu Huaien fights back and retains part of Agu's vitality, but it is natural to lose Thorpe's favor, like doing something wrong in this kind of thing and surviving, it is already very good, under normal circumstances, Agu Huaien's relatives will be killed and killed, and his subordinates will be distributed to other tribes, and now there is still something for them to do, I am afraid that it is too late for Agu Huaien to be happy in his heart!" ”
"It seems that for a long time to come, Agubu will be your opponent." Gao Yuan said with a smile: "I think, Agu is here, not only to escort Zhou Yuan and the first batch of repatriated Yan Jun, but this time, I'm afraid I will set up camp here and sing against you." ”
"Just in time, a lost dog, is in a hurry to make a meritorious service in front of the new master, presumably this must be very eager, but just sent me to the door, with his head to dye the red flag, I can't ask for it." Helan Xiong said coldly.
Gao Yuan looked up to the sky and laughed, "One sentence is to the point, but don't be careless, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, after all, the Agu Department was once the top three tribes in Donghu, and the strength is strong, even if it is injured, it can mobilize tens of thousands of cavalry at any time, and your Eastern Field Army Group now only has 3,000 foot soldiers and 3,000 cavalry, and the strength is superior." ”
"Didn't the governor say that a field army has 60,000 troops?" He Lanxiong said with a smile.
"I agreed, but I want you to summon soldiers! As soon as you are summoned, I will pay you and equip you with weapons!" "High and far-reaching.
"Okay!" He Lanxiong pointed to the opposite side, "Where is it, there are tens of thousands of Yan Army prisoners of war, and there are 5,000 people who returned in the first batch, why don't you stay and be incorporated into our Eastern Field Army?" ”
"That's not going to work!" Gao Yuan smiled and shook his head, "It turns out that you have the idea to hit this, and I have an agreement with Tan Feng that these prisoners of war who go back must be returned to them." ”
"This guy turns his face faster than a book, let's learn from him once, are you afraid that he won't turn his face? Does he dare? He Nanxiong smiled.
Gao Yuan waved his hand, "Now is not the time to finally tear your face, the things that should be maintained on your face still have to be maintained, why bother to tell others?" ”
"These people are the elite of the Yan Army, if we can win it, we will definitely be able to raise our strength to a higher level." He Lanxiong said unwillingly: "You are willing to give it up like this? ”
"It's not a matter of reluctance." Gao Yuandao: "Even if these Yan troops are left, they may not be willing to listen to your command, they are released in an organized manner, if you want to receive such prisoners of war under your command, don't forget that now in Donghu, there are 50,000 such prisoners of war, if they are not repatriated by the Donghu people, but rescued by you, it is another matter." ”
Helan Xiong's eyes lit up, "Dudu, you are cunning and big." ”
Gao Yuan smiled faintly, these tens of thousands of Yan troops who were captured by Donghu, but the essence of the Great Yan army, said that he was not greedy, it was fake, he wanted to swallow it, but he also had to pay attention to some ways and means, Donghu Tong guò was sent back through regular channels, and he couldn't stretch out his hand, but if he snatched it from Donghu, it was his own spoils, and he left it at his disposal, Tan Feng wanted people, yes, he could find Donghu people to ask for it, it had nothing to do with himself.
"Governor, here!" A step behind the two, Meng Cheng pointed ahead and shouted. The two stopped talking, turned their heads to look, the gate of the large camp of the Agu Department was wide open, and thousands of cavalry came out from the inside, lined up outside the camp, and behind them, a group of people dressed in the uniforms of the Yan Army, but with bare hands, walked out of the inside with their heads down, and the right hands of each of them were strung together by ropes, connected to each other, and marched in the direction of the Eastern Army.
"It seems that I have suffered a lot." He Lanxiong shook his head and said: "Look at this one by one, the faces are yellow and thin, they are all the same as bamboo poles, Du Du, these soldiers are only afraid that they will be scrapped a lot, and they will not be of great use when they go back, I take back my previous words, these soldiers are useless, people are thin, and they will always be able to raise them back, but look at their appearance, they don't even have the spirit." ”
Meng Chong on one side sneered: "These people are also wastes when they live, Tan Feng still expects them to go back to support the backbone of the Yan army, this way, at most a farmer, it seems that Tan Feng's abacus has been in vain." If you want me to say, these people are simply a shame for soldiers, tens of thousands of people surrendered without a fight, if they were broken and fought to the death with the Donghu people, even if they died in battle, they could also exchange the lives of many Donghu people, even if they were defeated, they would be a well-known man, how could there be such a shame now. ”
Helan Xiong smiled bitterly when he heard this, Meng Chong's words reminded him of the more than 20,000 Hun cavalry who were booby-trapped by Qin General Wang Xiao in the Huolan Mountains, if they fought to the death, they would not necessarily be wiped out, and if they fought hard, they would be able to drag the Qin army on the grassland, then Zhao Mu of Zhao State would be able to break through the Hangu Pass, and maybe he would be able to kill the King of Qin on the spot. In hindsight, there are countless possibilities, but in that situation, where can you think of so much. If everything is accurate, then it is not a man, but a god. (To be continued)
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