Chapter 616: Han Qi in the city of Xijin Mansion

After staying up all night, Han Qi finally finished processing the stacked official documents in front of him, and then stretched his waist for a long time, and then rubbed his temples that were a little swollen, and then stood up and moved.

It was already dawn outside the window, but Han Qi didn't feel sleepy at this time, during this time, Liu Ping led the army to attack the city outside, and Han Qi and others in charge of logistics were also busy and dizzy, especially when the first city was played, logistics had to face a lot of pressure, for example, this time Han Qi didn't sleep all night, it was because Liu Ping and they had just beaten down Wuzhou, plus the Zhulu and Ulzhou that were fought some time ago, it can be said that the road between Xijin Mansion and Datong has been cleared.

Of course, according to Liu Ping's previous plan, Datong must be put at the end to fight, and then Shanyin, Shuozhou and other places will be defeated, and finally concentrate troops to attack Datong, but the defenders of Datong will definitely not watch the Song army clear the surrounding cities, so the Liao army is likely to take the initiative to send troops, which is also a big challenge for Liu Ping and them.

Moreover, Shanyin and other cities are also farther away from Xijin, but they are very close to Yanmen Pass on the border of the Great Song Dynasty, and then the logistics do not need to be mobilized from Xijin Mansion, but can be mobilized from Yanmen Pass, which will definitely need Han Qi and them to coordinate, I am afraid that they will have to be busy again.

But busy and busy, Han Qi's heart was full of excitement during this time, when he was still a teenager, he once told Li Zhang, hoping to gallop on the battlefield in the future, recover Yanyun for the Great Song Dynasty, so as to solve the border troubles in the north, at that time Li Zhang laughed at him for not being able to do anything, after all, he was just a scholar, and fighting this kind of thing was not what he was good at at all.

At that time, although Han Qi was speechless to refute, he was still a little unconvinced in his heart, but later as he grew older, he also realized more and more that Li Zhang's words were correct, a person's energy is limited, and there are always things he is good at and what he is not good at, such as Han Qi himself, it must be no problem for him to write essays and poems, and administration is his strength, not to mention governing the place, even if he is asked to do the prime minister's business, he is confident.

But fighting this kind of thing is really not what Han Qi is good at, he has read a lot of military books before, and even sometimes feels that he is not inferior to those famous generals in history, but when he really came to the army, he found that the real army is far more complicated than he imagined, and it is not easy to command a large army, at least he will definitely not be as handy as Liu Ping and other generals.

It is precisely with the above cognition that Han Qi is willing to be the logistics of the army during this time, after all, this can be regarded as participating in this war, every time he fights a city, Han Qi feels like he has completed a dream, which prompts him to work hard to ensure the supply of materials for the army, after all, these battles also have his share of credit.

Thinking that his childhood dream was about to be completed, the corners of Han Qi's mouth couldn't help but show a little smile. At this time, a bright light had appeared in the eastern sky, and it seemed that the sun was about to rise, but although Han Qi felt a little tired, he still did not feel the slightest sleepiness, so he simply went out of the room and called his guards to come to the city to inspect.

Seventy percent of the people living in the city of Xijin are Han Chinese, the remaining two are Khitans, and the other one is a Liao ethnic minority such as Bohai people and Xi people.

However, although the Han people are the majority, the Han people of the Liao State have lived under the rule of the Khitan people for several generations, and they have long recognized themselves as Liao people from the bottom of their hearts, especially the Han Confucian students, who are more radical than the Khitans, they regard the Liao State as orthodox and the Great Song Dynasty as the Southern Dynasty.

In this case, coupled with the fact that the Song and Liao countries have been opposed for many years, so although the Xijin Mansion was defeated, the city was not very peaceful, and there was even a rebellion before, and the Khitans and Han people participated in the rebellion, and it was mainly Han people, after all, the Xijin Mansion was Nanjing, the Liao State, and it was also the place where the Han scholars were most concentrated, and most of these scholars were accomplices of the Khitan people ruling the Han people, and they were also the ones who gained benefits.

For this awakening rebellion, the Song army also carried out a very cruel suppression, and even all those who dared to participate in the rebellion were all capital crimes, and their heads were also hung at the city gate, and now the city wall near the city gate is almost full of human heads.

After several rounds of suppression and purge, the city of Xijin Mansion finally settled down temporarily, but Han Qi is now guarding Xijin Mansion instead of Liu Ping, and he is usually heavily guarded when he enters and exits, so as not to encounter assassination by the Liao, after all, his current identity is too important, if something happens, I am afraid that it will also affect the logistics of the Song army, so I have to worry.

At that moment, Han Qi went out of the mansion, only to see that the streets were full of patrolling soldiers, and the entire city of Xijin Mansion was still under the control of the military, and every evening to sunrise belonged to the curfew time, and even during the day, the activities of the residents in the city were also restricted, but some normal activities in ordinary times could still be guaranteed, and even merchants from the Great Song Dynasty had brought rice and noodles to sell, of course, the price was definitely more expensive.

At this time, the curfew had just been lifted, but there were still very few pedestrians on the street, Han Qi rode forward along the main road of Xijin Mansion City, and the Liao people were constantly looking at him secretly along the way, but Han Qi did not squint at this time, and the official uniform on his body also represented his identity, and he was quite angry.

In fact, during this time, Han Qi would walk from this main road almost every day, mainly to remind the people in the city that he represented the Great Song Dynasty to guard here, and this place has also become the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, of course, if anyone has bad intentions, he can also jump out and assassinate him, but every time he travels, he is guarded with heavy troops, and it would be great if he could lure out those people.

After patrolling all the way, there were no bold people jumping out, and at this time Han Qi also came to the south gate, and then Han Qi boarded the city gate, and then looked at the scenery inside and outside the city, but when he saw the large camp outside the city, he couldn't help frowning.

The camp outside the city is actually a prisoner of war camp, when Liu Ping conquered Xijin Mansion before, Han Nanwang wanted to burn a jade stone with the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect to be betrayed by his subordinates in the end, resulting in the surrender of the remaining more than 10,000 Liao troops, and the prisoner of war camp outside the city was set up to house the Liao prisoners of war.

However, now there are not only prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp, during this time, Liu Ping and they carried the power of a great victory, and every city can be conquered with almost no effort, and some of them are even more willing to surrender, which also leads to more and more prisoners of war, and it is definitely not possible to stay in the local area, so now they are all escorted here to concentrate on care, after all, there are more defenders left in Xijin Mansion, and the materials are enough, and only here is suitable for taking prisoners of war.

No matter when, the flaws of the prisoners of war are a headache, keeping them not only to eat and drink, but also to prevent them from making trouble again, Han Qi at this time very well understood why Bai Qi wanted to kill 400,000 Zhao prisoners of war, but the killing of prisoners is unknown, and it is not only easy to be impeached by the minister, but it may also be recorded by the historian, and then it will definitely have a reputation for killing like Bai Qi.

Now the number of prisoners of war in the camp is about to exceed 20,000, and Han Qi has to send 3,000 defenders to guard these prisoners of war.

Thinking of the problem of prisoners of war, Han Qi couldn't help but show a headache expression, you must know that Datong Mansion and other cities have not yet been defeated, if you wait until the entire sixteen states of Yanyun are defeated, I am afraid that the number of prisoners of war will reach thirty or forty thousand, and what should be done with these prisoners of war at that time, you can't keep them all the time, right?

However, prisoners of war can only be kept temporarily, and Han Qi has also written to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to make defects to prisoners of war, after all, it is the first time that the Great Song Dynasty has captured so many prisoners of war in a foreign war, and there is no precedent for him to refer to, so it can only be decided by the imperial court.

At that moment, Han Qi walked hundreds of steps east along the head of the city, and finally came to a city tower, but unlike other places, it was actually heavily guarded here, and Han Qi passed through the guards and entered the interior of the city tower, which had been converted into a temporary prison, and Han Nanwang and Han Feifei, who had been captured before, were imprisoned here.

After Han Qi walked into the city tower, he soon saw Han Nanwang's father and son who were imprisoned inside, this is said to be a prison, but in fact, it was just converted into an ordinary room, and the living utensils in it were all available, and their father and son were still imprisoned together, and even Han Nanwang's family was only under house arrest in the city, and they were not abused.

"General Han, how are you thinking about it?" Han Qi came to the door and looked at Han Nanwang who was lying on the bed inside and asked.

Hearing Han Qi's footsteps, the young Han Feifei was the first to sit up, but Han Nanwang on the other bed was still lying there motionless, until Han Qi's voice came, I saw Han Nanwang sit up with Han Feifei's support, he was also injured when he was captured before, if it wasn't for the treatment of the military doctor, I am afraid he would not have survived a long time ago.

I saw that Han Nanwang's face was pale at this time, and his eyes looked at Han Qi a little blankly before he spoke: "What, have you already conquered Datong Mansion?" ”

"Not yet, but soon." Han Qi said with a smile at the moment.

"Then wait until you settle Datong!" Han Nanwang covered his chest at this time and said again in a weak voice, after he was captured, Liu Ping wanted to surrender him, Han Nanwang wanted to fight for Liao Guogangrene, but he was worried about the safety of his wife and children at home, so he finally put forward a condition, that is, to wait for the Great Song Dynasty to conquer Datong Mansion before considering surrender, and Liu Ping also agreed to him.