Zhao Junsheng took a sip of mare's milk wine, put down the wine cup and said: "The Bada people have gone back on their word, treacherously violated the agreement, and brazenly sent troops to invade our country, although they have been defeated by our country and lost 20,000 horses, but they will definitely be annoyed and angry, and all the caravans going to the West in our country will definitely be detained or treated unfairly after entering the territory of the Bada people, at least until we have opened up other roads to the West, our caravans will not be able to leave the Western Regions!"

So, we're going to give the people a little bit of color! There are not too many soldiers and horses in the countries of the Western Regions, they have to be stationed in their own countries, and the number of troops that can be drawn to attack Bada is limited, and I think these Rouran captives should come in handy! ”

Dongfang Chen asked, "Your Majesty plans to use troops against you?" This military expenditure may not be underestimated, the supply line is too long, and the loss on the way cannot afford it! The Bada people fight in the Western Regions at the doorstep, and my country has to travel thousands of miles to fight the Bada people! Moreover, the South Korean side is also a threat to us, so we can't help but guard against it! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "In addition to the factor of opening up the Silk Road, I did consider the problem that the supply line was too long, which is why I planned to use the Rouran captives. Put the Rouran captives in the Western Regions for training, and send troops directly from the Western Regions! In terms of military spending, the imperial court will contribute half, let the countries in the Western Regions jointly contribute half, and all the required grain and baggage will be purchased from the Western Regions! In this way, the problem of too long supply lines is solved! ”

Dongfang Chen nodded: "The minister understands what Your Majesty means, does Your Majesty want Kuhehan to take those Rouran troops and let them fight the people?" It's a good idea, but it's ······ Isn't Your Majesty worried that they will lose control after they leave the Western Regions, and that they will rebel? ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Of course, you can't just let Kuhehan take Rouran to fight the people, and you can't let Kuhehan be the main general, you must send a general to lead the army, with Kuhehan as the deputy general, and the strength of the people who go out to fight is composed of Rouran's troops and the Western Regions Alliance!" The threat to the Western Regions is very great, and the countries of the Western Regions should not object! ”

Minister Lu Xuan was very worried: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the territory of the people is not small, and if the Silk Road is opened, I am afraid that this battle will not be able to be completed in a short period of time, and once the time drags on too long, the military expenditure will be greater, and I am worried that my cadres will fall into this quagmire and cannot pull it out!" ”

Zhao Junsheng did not say how far he wanted to fight, this must not be revealed to anyone, once it was known by the people, I was afraid that the difficulties faced by the army would be unimaginable.

"Let's fight first, and then decide whether to fight big or small according to the situation!"

Early the next morning, their respective troops and horses attacked the camps of the Rouran tribes in the vicinity.

Only two days later, a steady stream of Rouran captives were escorted to the camp of the Heyun Qianjun army, and as there were more and more Rouran prisoners, the prisoner camp could no longer be filled, and Zhao Junsheng had to order another prisoner detention camp to be built next to it.

Six days later, the Rouran camp within a radius of several hundred miles was beaten, and all adult males were arrested, except for the old and weak women and children.

Zhao Junsheng didn't want to engage in a massacre, killing those old and weak women and children who had no power to resist had no sense of accomplishment, and this kind of thing would impact the hearts of the soldiers and generals, so that they had problems in their thinking, and he was not a tyrant, so when he gave the order, he only let the soldiers capture those Rouran cavalry and strong men, almost depriving the Rouran people of their strength, and even making them not even have the ability to defend themselves, only in this way can the Rouran people be completely honest.

Lu Xuan counted the captured Rouran generals and strong men, and he reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the ministers have made a rough calculation, so far, we have captured more than 18,000 Rouran generals and strong men, including weapons, bows and crossbows, horses, leather armor Rouran generals A total of 11,000 people, and the remaining strong men have more than 7,000 people, they all have horses, bows and crossbows, but no weapons and leather armor!" ”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng asked: "I heard that the area around Jinwei Mountain is rich in gold and iron ore, so I organized a group of Rouran prisoners and young people, and let them be responsible for transporting iron ore to Gaochang, and then requisitioned some craftsmen from various countries in the Western Regions to make scimitars, spears, arrows, and iron armor. As for leather armor, aren't we seized furs? Send it to the countries of the Western Regions and let them make leather armor! Riding bows and foot bows are made by our military weapons overseers and are regularly transported to the Western Regions! ”

Lu Xuan quickly recorded what Zhao Junsheng said with a pen, and then implemented them one by one.

Zhao Ping walked into the big tent quickly and reported: "Father, I have contacted the captain's family and Bai Jinguang, and the captain's army is currently on the north bank of the confluence of Shishui and Zhijushui!" He sent detectives to search the vicinity for more than 100 miles, and found no trace of the Rouran people, so far, he has captured more than 3,000 Rouran people, and eight tribes of all sizes have surrendered!

Bai Jinguang's army met Princess Tuzhen and her men again on the south bank of the Sini water, and the two sides fought three battles again, and Princess Tuzhen fled to the north of the Yusi River with the remnants, and disappeared! In the hometown of the high car, there are only traces of life left by the high car people, and no people and livestock have been found, so they must have migrated long ago! They captured more than 5,000 Rouran soldiers, and six tribes, large and small, were submitted! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and instructed Kang Yide: "Go and send the ministers and generals of the army to discuss matters!" ”

"No!"

When the ministers and generals arrived, under the instruction of Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Ping told the situation of the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army respectively.

Zhao Junsheng waited for Zhao Ping to finish speaking, and then said to the ministers: "There are two questions now: first, whether the eastern and central armies will continue to expand the search scope to search for the Rouran people; Second, how to settle the various Rouran tribes who have returned to Shun and Chengcheng? On these two issues, please talk about your thoughts! Let's talk about the first one first, whether our army will continue to expand the search area! ”

The ministers were relieved to hear that the eastern and central armies were safe and sound, and had achieved a lot of results, but the two problems they faced were difficult.

Xu Yan was the first to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since this battle has been fought to this point, he will fight to the end until Rouran is completely destroyed!" can be ordered that the eastern and central armies continue to expand the scope of search, and strive to wipe out all the Rouran people, so that no fish can slip through the net, and they will not be revived! ”

Minister Li Song stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's views are different, Mobei resists the vast, although we have the map left by the previous dynasty as a reference when searching, but more than 20 years have passed, many tribes in Rouran have changed their places of residence and grazing land, and our soldiers are not familiar with the terrain, and it is easy to encounter ambushes if we rashly expand the scope of search!"

In addition, even the Northern Wei army of that year had never hit the area west and north of Zhijushui, which was completely unfamiliar to our army and generals, and all kinds of situations were unfamiliar. ”

Another minister, Wang Henian, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now that we have dealt a heavy blow to Rouran, and also killed the Rouran Khan and many ministers and generals with the army in one fell swoop, it is impossible for the Rouran people to re-establish a khanate court in a short period of time, and even if it is reluctantly established, it is impossible for other tribes to submit, so my Daqian can solve the remnants of the Rouran people step by step, and fight steadily, so it is a complete strategy!" ”

Zhao Junsheng touched his short beard and looked at Dongfang Chen, "National Teacher, what is your opinion?" ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the battle has come to this point, the strategic purpose of our dynasty has basically been achieved, before the expedition, we have not made further plans, no matter from which aspect, if we continue to fight, our army will not be able to catch it!"

To give a simple example, most of these substances have been exhausted, such as mosquito repellent drugs, healing drugs, hemostatic gauze, oil lamps, etc., and the Rouran people do not have these things, they can survive on the grassland without any pressure, but our army can't!

Also, we seized a large number of livestock this time, but the seized grain is not much, Rouran people can eat meat every day, drink mare's milk, most of our soldiers are Han people, naturally want to have meat to eat every day, but only eat meat, only drink mare's milk, do not eat food, a long time can not stand it, if you change slowly, maybe you can change your living habits, this sudden change, it is likely to cause diseases such as soil and water adaptation, then the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, it is easy to be the remnants of Rouran seize the opportunity to fight back!

The minister's suggestion is that the main army will be taught for the time being, and then slowly plan it after making sufficient preparations in the coming year! ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't comment or make a decision after hearing this, "I have to think about this matter, let's talk about the second thing, how to deal with those obedient Rouran tribes?" ”

Minister Lu Xuan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since those Rouran tribes have returned to our court, our court should properly settle them, but we can't let them continue to stay in Mobei, so as not to rebel again, the minister suggested that they be moved to Monan, and their tribes should be divided into grazing pastures, and they should not cross the border without authorization!" For this matter, we can learn from the Han Dynasty, Cao Wei and other resettlement matters of the Southern Xiongnu! ”

Xu Yan immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this must not be the case!" ”

"Tell me your reasons!"

"Your Majesty, colleagues, let me ask how many times did the Han Dynasty place the Southern Xiongnu in the Monan region?

A small rebellion in three years, a major rebellion in five years, every time the Han Dynasty sent troops to quell the rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu, it spent countless grain and grass military funds, and countless dead and wounded soldiers! When I arrived in the Jin Dynasty, how did the barbarians who moved to Mo Nan treat my Central Plains Dynasty? They are a group of white-eyed wolves that are not well raised, these barbarians are rebellious in their bones, they can't beat us now, and they will obediently surrender, once we are weak, these barbarians will fight back like tigers! Your Majesty, moving them to Monan is definitely a problem for raising tigers, please think twice! ”