In the vast grassland, a strange team is slowly moving forward, this team is like an ancient caravan, almost everyone is leading a horse, but the horse is not carrying goods but people!

Prisoners, to be exact, many, many prisoners.

This time, Haotianbu captured nearly 4,000 young people, and they only had a total of 2,100 cavalry, so almost everyone had two prisoners tied to their mounts.

At this time, the captured young men naturally woke up, and they were looking at the nearby Haotian cavalry with fear on their faces, not knowing what fate would greet them.

In fact, the cavalry of the Haotian Department didn't know what to do with these prisoners, they just followed the order, tied these prisoners on horseback, tied them strongly, and then pulled them back.

This time, the battlefield is still nearly a hundred miles away from the camp of Haotianbu, and if they are at this slow pace now, I am afraid they will not be able to return to the camp today.

So, what exactly are these captives to do?

You know, if they can't go back tonight, they'll have to camp on the grass too, because they don't have tents with them, and they don't even bring meat, so they only bring their equipment.

If they can't go back to the camp, they don't even have firewood for the barbecue, and what will happen to the nearly 6,000 people to eat and drink?

Zhao Hao was naturally aware of this problem, and he had already sent someone back to the camp to inform Youyan and Ah Hua.

At noon, General Hua of the Heavenly God Camp took 300 elite horsemen and drove more than 4,000 horses to meet him.

She not only brought Zhao Hao and the horses they continued, but also brought tens of thousands of catties of fresh meat, and even the iron pot and firewood for cooking soup.

This time, there is no need to worry about eating, the other soldiers of the seventh battalion happily took the meat, iron pot and firewood, and prepared to bury the pot to cook meat, but Zhao Hao called the generals of the eighth battalion together and held a simple meeting.

The main theme of the meeting was what to do with these captives.

No one knows the answer to this question.

So, what does Zhao Hao plan to do with these captives?

Zhao Hao was not in a hurry, he first ordered a pile of firewood, and then wore more than a dozen catties of barbecue meat with the generals of each battalion and roasted it on the fire, so he asked unhurriedly: "Do you know how to take care of these prisoners?" ”

This one!

There are nearly 4,000 young people, and it is really troublesome to take care of them, because the total number of elite cavalry in the entire Haotian Department is a little more than 4,000, and if all the 4,000 cavalry take care of the young men of the 4,000 captives, there is basically no need to do anything else.

When the generals heard this, they all frowned and remained silent.

Originally, everyone was quite happy after a big victory, but this time, the atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Seeing this, Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile and said, "What are you doing with your frowns?" These captives are all young and strong, and it is a great thing that there are so many young and strong people in our Haotian Department at once. ”

This is said as if they are the clansmen of the Haotian Tribe, the problem, they are not the clansmen of the Haotian Tribe, but the enemies of the Haotian Tribe.

Ah Shan couldn't help but ask, "Great Chief, how is this a good thing?" They are the young men of the Xue Man Tribe, not the young men of our Haotian Clan. ”

Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head and said, "They are not the young men of the Xue Manbu, but the young men of those small tribes who were conquered by the Xue Manbu. ”

Ah Shan was still puzzled: "Then what's the difference, weren't they instructed by Xue Man's Department to attack our Haotian Department this time?" ”

Zhao Hao patiently explained: "They didn't come voluntarily, they were all forcibly recruited by Xue Man's army, do you think they want to start a war with us." You may not know that the method of subduing the small tribes of the Xue Manbu is completely different from ours, they just rely purely on force to suppress them, and if they do not accept it, they will be killed, and the Xue Manbu does not give them any benefits to entrap them. Therefore, they are just afraid of the Xue Manbu, and they are not really here to fight for the Xue Manbu, don't you see that they don't have any intention of desperately, as soon as the general of the Xue Manbu dies, they will begin to rout. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and the faces of Ah Shan and the others couldn't help but show a sudden look.

Zhao Hao then explained: "Therefore, these people can be fought for, as long as we treat them much better than Xue Manbu, they will definitely slowly integrate into our Haotian Ministry." ”

At this time, Ah Hua was a little curious: "Then how can we be good to them, should we put them back and send them some meat?" ”

Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head: "It is naturally impossible to put them back, but meat can be sent, we can treat them as our own people, as long as we work, we will give the corresponding meat as a reward." ”

Is it possible to do this?

Here comes the problem again.

Ah Shan couldn't help but ask: "If you don't let them go back, let them go to work, what if they run away?" ”

Zhao Hao said wisely: "There is no need to worry too much about this, as long as they don't give them weapons and horses, it will be difficult for them to escape, and even if they escape, it will be easy for us to chase them back." We can also disperse them to the garrisons of the battalions, and keep them all thousands of miles away from their tribes, so that it will take them nearly half a year to run back, do you think they still dare to escape? ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but nod thoughtfully.

Zhao Hao then explained: "Wait a minute, you will divide the prisoners, about five hundred prisoners per battalion, and after you go back, you can pull out the camp and set off back to your station." Be careful not to allow these captives to come into contact with weapons and horses. Also, try to find them some work to do, and don't let them be idle. ”

At this time, the youngest Ah Huo couldn't help but ask: "What can we let them do, there is not much work at this time, let them do all the work, aren't our own people out of work to do?" ”

Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh and said: "How can there be no work to do, they can do more work, such as building sheepfolds, cowsheds and stables, you all have to set up a fixed winter area in the future, you know, don't wait for winter to come and rush to build sheepfolds, cowsheds and stables." In addition, you can also prepare a little more forage, so that they can go to the grass after autumn. There are also cow dung picking, drying cow dung and so on, all of which can be done by them. ”

When the generals heard this, they all nodded suddenly, and it seemed that they should all know how to deal with these captives.

However, this is not over, and then Zhao Hao confessed: "Also, you can also send your own cavalry to search the north of the grassland, if you find a herd of bison, wild sheep and wild horses, you can find a way to collect it yourself, so that there will be more and more livestock under your hands." If you find a pack of wolves, you can ask for help from the nearby battalions, or you can send someone directly to me, in short, the exploration of the grassland will be left to you, and you can start to act when you return. As for the Xue Manbu, after they suffered such a big loss, they should not dare to send people to retaliate in the past two years, and you just took the opportunity to develop. ”

When the generals heard this, they were all excited and ready to subdue the herds of bison, wild sheep and wild horses, they liked it the most, and who didn't want to have more livestock in their hands.

At the end of this brief meeting, they hurriedly ate some meat with their men, and hastily divided the prisoners, and stuffed some meat into the mouths of each captive, and then they could not wait to return to the camp, collect the tents, and take the prisoners with their fine horses, and go back to their own station.