The victorious Sui army robbed and killed more than a dozen Turkic reinforcements, Yang Tong was worried that Jieli Khan would open a large army, if there was a large-scale battle, it would be more than worth the loss, so he withdrew and returned, on the way south, ransacked dozens of small and medium-sized tribes south of Duluoshui, and looted their supplies, and the Turkic tribes were scattered at this time to relieve the disaster, and there was no time to pay attention to the Sui army, and because of this, Yang Tong did not encounter any resistance, and escorted the spoils and prisoners back to Pegasus County openly.

At this time, Pegasus County was covered in snow, and tens of thousands of large tents were surrounded by strong fences, beyond which were rows of sharpened antlers, where the prisoners were temporarily held.

On the other side, there was also a white tent, in which 50,000 militiamen from Yuyang, Beiping, and Shuangliao counties were stationed.

Compared with the gloomy Turks, with the arrival of Yang Tong, it can be said that it is in full swing and ecstatic.

In this battle, Yang Dong's Xuanjia army lost more than 500 people, and more than 4,000 people were killed in the angry waves, raging waves, tsunamis, and flying feathers, and a total of about 5,100 people were killed, but the damage they caused to the Turks was far more than that, but they mainly looted materials and consumed Turkic potential this time, and did not count the number of enemies destroyed, nor did they have detailed data, but it was definitely not less than 600,000, because more than 400,000 people in the Tongluo tribe alone were burned clean by a fire, and the other tribes of Tiele were also big tribes. The total loss of these large and small tribes will definitely not be less than 150,000 people, plus the more than 200,000 people captured, far more than 600,000, and if you count the survivors who starved to death and froze to death because of the loss of supplies, the number must be even more exaggerated.

Early the next morning, Zhang Wansui, who was in charge of counting the spoils of war, reported to Yang Tongyu: "Your Highness, it is exciting to say, a total of 650,000 horses were seized on this trip, including 395,000 fine war horses, more than 213,700 cattle, and the largest number of sheep, with more than 13.6 million. There are more than 2 million pieces of various wool up and down, and more than 150,000 catties of dried meat! ”

Listening to the amount counted, Yang Tong lost his mind for a long time. The others also exclaimed in amazement when they heard about this huge harvest.

Li Xiuning, who was on the side, was stunned when he heard this, and almost jumped up with joy, and his beautiful eyes bloomed with a strange brilliance: "No wonder the Turks go to the Central Plains every year, how long has it been?" Robbery is really a good deal to make a profit. ”

Even the steady Qin Qiong couldn't help but say: "In the future, we won't worry about food and clothing at all." If not, the Turks robbed it. We should let the Turks know that we were only benevolent and unwilling to plunder, and that we would not lose to them in our real work. ”

"Don't say it so badly! We are hunting, not robbing......" Luo Shixin corrected in a serious manner.

Qin Qiong hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, yes, it's hunting, it's hunting, and the Turks are our prey." ”

"But we also lost a lot this time...... It was passed down that all the soldiers of the five armies were given one cow, one horse, ten sheep, and ten pieces of leather for each soldier, and the number of fallen and disabled soldiers was doubled, and the 50,000 militiamen who participated in the war were given one horse, five sheep, and five pieces of leather. In addition, all Sui soldiers can each get two sheep, one for recruits and one for county soldiers! The rest of the cattle were all sent to Kannai Province, and one by one was distributed to the people under his rule! The surplus sheep and horses were sold to the common people, and sixty percent of the income went to the imperial court, thirty percent to the generals of the conscripted army, and one to the dead and disabled soldiers. ”

As the order of Yang Tong's reward was conveyed, the soldiers erupted into uncontrollable shouts.

Yang Tong had a smile in his eyes, this is only the harvest on his side, Li Jing's harvest is not included in it, and Ashina Simo will also dedicate sixty percent of the harvest to himself, if so many livestock are given to the imperial court, it will become a heavy burden, and now one by one, it is enough to make the soldiers of the whole territory feel encouraged.

Life is a lifetime of grass and trees, and what you need is nothing more than fame and fortune. The common goal of chasing fame and fortune in this life, how many people are really indifferent to fame and fortune?

Being in the army can gain fame and fortune in a short period of time, how can this not make others envious.

With the cooperation and propaganda of the imperial court and local officials at all levels, serving as a soldier will definitely become the most popular profession under the rule. When it is necessary to expand the size of the army, there is no need to forcibly recruit at all, only a conscription order, and the people will naturally sign up under the temptation of fame and fortune.

"Your Highness, there are more than 270,000 prisoners." Master Yang, who came early, said.

"More than that, Li Jing and Ashina Simo will definitely send a lot, I heard that Ashina Simo has gained a lot, all of them add up, not to mention 400,000." Yang Tong said with a smile.

Yang Shidao asked, "How to settle it?" ”

Yang Tong had already had a belly case, "All the Li Tang captives in the Battle of Bingzhou were people, and each of them was assigned a Turkic woman, formed a new family, and settled in the nearest counties." As for the Turkic youth, half of them were taken to Wuyuan to build the Great Wall, and half were pulled to mine. At the same time, all the Khitan, Xi, Turkic old, weak, sick and disabled people who have built the Great Wall over the years and are still alive were sent to Pegasus County. ”

Master Yang Dao came to his senses: "Your Highness is saying that Jieli Khan will come to ransom people?" ”

Yang Tong nodded and said: "What we caught are all the family members of the army of Jieli, and Jieli is for the sake of the army, even if he is unwilling, he can only give up his wealth and change people." The Turkic, Khitan, and Xi people all look similar, so they take these defective products as shoddy, anyway, they don't go one by one, by the way, the defective products of Goguryeo are also collected together, all mixed in it, and exchanged for money. ”

"I know what to do, as His Highness said, it's called waste utilization." Yang Shidao smiled, they came here at the beginning, causing Li Yuan to suffer a big loss, not only could not redeem his Hedong Army, but also brought hundreds of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled, and now it has become a heavy burden for Li Tang, and now this hand is exactly the same as at the beginning. "This time, more than 53,700 children were caught. This is the future strong army of the Turks, and it must be the key group of the Turks to redeem. ”

"What do you think?"

"Redemption is possible, but all of them break a leg and an arm, so that they will never be able to ride a horse or open a bow! It will never hurt me in the slightest. The cold murderous aura in Yang Shidao's tone pierced people's bone marrow.

"So ruthless?" Yang Tong was stunned.

"Your Royal Highness, since ancient times, the victor is the king, the loser is the coward, the advance is life and retreat, and the death is death. If it weren't for His Highness taking advantage of the loophole and killing the Turks to attack them unprepared, I am afraid that at this time, hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops would have come to the city, and at that time, many soldiers and soldiers of our Great Sui would have perished. And the grassland believes in the law of wolves, if we want not to be disturbed by them, we can only kill them for hundreds of years and not be able to recover, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did when he dealt with the Xiongnu, fundamentally cut off the threat. These wolf cubs who are about to become adults are merciful enough if they don't kill them all. Yang Shidao's eyes were cold.

Looking at that face without the slightest mercilessness, Yang Tong asked weakly, "Isn't it good to be merciful?" ”

"Benevolence and righteousness are not bad or wrong, and the things left to us by our ancestors are naturally excellent, but it depends on who and what they are. Small mistakes can be forgiven. In the face of such a great evil as the Turks, there is only one word to kill ......"

"Alright! When the money arrives, you will be responsible for mutilating these tens of thousands of wolf cubs! ”

"Whoa." Yang Shidao actually responded.

"......" Yang Tong looked at Yang Shidao speechlessly.

These literati under his command are more ruthless than the other, one is more fierce than the other, one is more courageous than the other, and one is more daring than the other.

Yang Gongren only had 3,000 soldiers and dared to argue with Yang Xuangan's 100,000 main force, and finally let him win; Yang Shanhui and Yang Yuanhong took 800 county soldiers with uneven combat strength, and they were stunned to blast back the 200,000 allied troops of Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng; When Wang Cong was in Hejian County, he forced Dou Jiande to move an inch; Fang Xuanling, who was afraid of his wife, was surprisingly bold on the battlefield, carrying a blade and leading the army to defeat Li Shimin in Beidi County; The most awesome is Wei Yunqi, who flickered to 20,000 Turkic elite soldiers without spending a single soldier, and crippled the Khitan alive......

What a literati this is! The evil gods are almost the same, and it seems that he still underestimated the temperament and bloodiness of the literati in this era.