Chapter 119: Plundering the Population
"Robbing people," Zhang Hao said with a mysterious smile.
"Robbing people?" Several people exclaimed in surprise and looked at Zhang Hao in confusion.
"That's right, robbing people, regardless of men and women, the old people and children are all plundered to our Liaodong." Zhang Hao nodded and said.
"But...... What to rob them for, you have to feed them with a large amount of food. Zhang Fei's face was full of displeasure.
"Food is not a problem, now we have a bumper harvest in Liaodong, and in the future, as the people learn more and more about new crops, the yield will definitely be higher and higher."
"As for what to rob them for, that's too much, what do you do to build roads, open up wasteland, and dig ditches without manpower? And we can also instill in them the Han culture, and slowly assimilate them into our sons. ”
Zhang Hao slowly explained that this was also part of his national integration plan, plundering the Goguryeo people, then instilling Han culture in them, and then distributing them to various places, intermarrying with the Han people, and slowly assimilating them.
"There are so many benefits, so grab it." When Zhang Fei heard that it was beneficial, he immediately looked geared up.
"We have to plan well, we can't fight indiscriminately, and don't forget that there are still a large number of troops on the other side of the boiling water." Zhang Hao glanced at Zhang Fei and said.
"Or I will lead them away and lead them to the east, and you will plunder on the west." Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said.
"I'll lure the enemy." Tai Shi Ci glanced at Zhao Yun and said, of course, it is more suitable for archers to lure the enemy like this.
Zhang Fei opened his mouth, he wanted to ask for battle, but thinking that his cavalry was the slowest among the three cavalry, he shrank back.
"It's not proper, I'm afraid that if you blindly lure you to the east, you will soon be seen through by the enemy." Zhang Hao shook his head and said.
"My lord, it's better for us to divide our troops and harass them in many places, so that the enemy will be exhausted." Zhao Yun proposed again.
"Hmm...... OK. Zhang Hao nodded and said.
"Lord, how do you divide it?" Tai Shi Ci asked.
"In this way, Ziyi and Zilong, the two of you will mix the teams, each lead half, and when the time comes, you will have one road on the left and one road, and try to achieve the same configuration of troops on both sides, so that the enemy thinks that it is the same army." Zhang Hao thought for a while and said.
"Lord, what am I doing?" Zhang Fei saw that Zhang Hao didn't mention himself, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"You escort the population, and all the plundered population is guarded by you, take them to the middle road, and sneak all the way back to Liaodong."
"How does it work?"
"Let's plunder the population of the nearby settlements outside the city first, and we must check carefully, and no one is missed, otherwise we will all be left here if the news is leaked."
"Then Zilong and Ziyi followed me to attack the domestic city and lure all the enemy's troops over, and Yide took the plundered population to find an opportunity to sneak towards Liaodong."
"After all the enemy's armies have gathered in the domestic city, Zilong and Ziyi will act separately, attack a city every other day, and continue to plunder the population on the day when they don't attack the city, and send it to Yide, and so on."
"Senior brother, you go alone, return to Liaodong, and find Mr. Shengji to send an army to meet us." Finally, Zhang Hao looked at Tong Fei and said.
"Okay, I'll go." Tong Fei nodded and left.
"Let's do it too." After Tong Fei left, Zhang Hao said to Zhang Fei and the three of them, and the three of them agreed and left, and Zhang Hao chose to go with Zhang Fei.
With the army to a small village-like settlement, Zhang Fei gave an order, and the army came out, and more than 3,000 cavalry rushed into this small village in an instant.
Most of the people in the village did not react, and even if there were those who reacted quickly and wanted to escape, or to pass the news outside, they would be instantly chased by the cavalry and caught.
The small village was not large, with less than 100 households and 4500 people, and in the face of an army several times their size, or a cavalry army, these people had no hope of escaping.
"Search around, if you miss someone, see how Lao Tzu goes back to clean you up." After gathering all the people together, Zhang Fei ordered his subordinates loudly.
Except for about 200 soldiers guarding the people, the others dispersed in an instant, and searched every corner of the village again.
"Nope"
"Not here, either"
"None"
One voice after another came, because the army came too suddenly, these people had no time to hide, so they were caught all at once.
"Arrange for someone to escort these people to the meeting place, and we will go to the next village." Zhang Hao looked at the captured Goguryeo people and said.
After everything was arranged, Zhang Hao and Zhang Fei rushed to the next village with a large army, and in the other two directions, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici led the team, doing the same thing, plundering village by village.
At this time, each city was not very large, and it was generally only the powerful and rich or those who followed their masters and a small number of people to live in the city, and most of the people still lived outside the city.
In the evening, the three teams returned to the meeting place, which was already crowded with Goguryeo people, who were shivering one by one under the guard of the army, and did not dare to make a sound.
"My lord, the count has been completed, and there are nine thousand five hundred and twenty-seven people in total, of which children and the elderly account for about thirty percent, most of the young and middle-aged people are women, and there are relatively few men, so there should be many who have joined the army." Zhao Yun reported carefully.
"Lord, there are so many people, and there are less than 20% of young and strong men who can engage in all kinds of labor, isn't it too much of a loss?" Zhang Fei scratched his head and said.
"It is true that there are not many young and middle-aged men in front of me, but those children will grow up, and more children will be born after those women marry others, and there will be no loss." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
"Well, it seems that we will have to raise them for a long time." Zhang Fei sighed and said.
Zhang Hao and the others looked at Zhang Fei's expression and laughed loudly.
"Arrange the personnel who are well guarded, you must not let one go, if there is a dishonest person, you can kill a few to deter it." Zhang Hao smiled and said solemnly.
They are still in the hinterland of the enemy, and they dare not be careless, and if they are not careful, they will be wiped out.
"Don't worry, my lord, the soldiers know that this is related to their own lives, so be careful." Zhang Fei nodded and said.
"Okay, these people will be handed over to you, and the others will hurry up and rest, and act as planned tomorrow." Zhang Hao patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and said.
Zhang Fei divided his soldiers into three groups, and during the day, everyone escorted these Goguryeo people together, and took turns guarding them at night.
In this way, every soldier can rest sufficiently, and the strength of the guards is not too weak, in fact, these people are very easy to guard, especially the young and middle-aged men in it are relatively small, and there is basically no ability to resist.