God's rulers are angels of light, earthly rulers, and slaves of Satan!

- Gorky (proletarian writer of the former Soviet Union, founder of socialist realist literature)

The Governor of Sannohe Castle lived in the castle, and the assessment room, which was once full of retainers, became empty with the successive appointments of Yumitsu Numata and others, and even when discussing such a major matter as the Date family's surrender, the number of retainers in the assessment room was only a few people.

Because Sanhe Castle had been designated by Hakumine as the capital of the Yanhuang family and was not included in the rule of the Five Kingdoms of Oshu, Nanbu Nobunao, who was the Taishou of Luchu, had already taken his team to Hachinohe Castle, and Hachinohe Castle, which was slightly smaller than Sanhe Castle, became the new capital of Oshu Land China.

As a result, the elder of the Yanhuang family who remained in the three cities was left with only the pseudonymous Tanda Quantai, whose status in the Yanhuang family was nominally very high, but in fact he was not even comparable to ordinary retainers, and he did not have any real power in his hands.

In the past, when Bai Feng held the Yanhuang family assessment meeting, he would symbolically call Tantian Quantai, until recently, other family elders have gone to various places to take up their posts, Bai Feng simply excluded Tantian Quantai from the assessment meeting, and also said that his name is to take care of Tantian Quantai's body.

In the Yanhuang family, there is no foundation at all, but he is full of resentment but does not even have the courage to show it; not only that, but in essence, he is idle at home, and he also took the initiative to resign from Bai Feng as the elder of the pen family on the grounds of physical discomfort.

Since Tanda Quantai is so knowledgeable about current affairs, Bai Feng naturally won't be too embarrassed by him, and the old pseudonym Bai Feng of the pen family is still left to Tanda Quantai, and Bai Feng has also doubled the amount of money in Tanda Quantai, so that he can recuperate at home with peace of mind.

After solving the problem of Kanta Quantai, the only retainers of the Yanhuang family who were able to come to the assessment room to participate in the assessment meeting were Sanada Nobuyoshi, the commander of the Yanhuang Standing Army, and Nanbu Nobuyoshi, the commander of the Southern Standing Army, and the other generals who participated in the assessment meeting were not retainers of the Yanhuang family.

"Ladies and gentlemen, General Yubu and General Anto Ietada have completely annihilated the invading Date family army at noon yesterday. Bai Feng, who had a ravine in his heart, said to everyone in a light tone: "In this battle, our Yanhuang army killed more than 2,000 enemies and captured more than 25,000 soldiers of the Date Army;

Since ancient times, the question of how to deal with prisoners of war as best possible has been a headache for the victors, and if they really wait until the end of the war to release them, then when the next war breaks out, the released prisoners of war will take up arms and become enemies.

However, if the prisoners of war are not released and forcibly left under their own rule, then these prisoners of war who are concerned about their wives and children will inevitably become a destabilizing factor or even a time bomb under their own rule.

"My lord, I think that this large number of prisoners of war can be temporarily guarded by the garrison near Sanhe Castle, and after our army has completely eliminated the Date family and occupied Shimono Province, then these prisoners of war, who were originally peasants, can be sent home. ”

Based on the expansion plan being implemented by the Yanhuang family, the nimble Sanada Nobuyoshi first gave his own advice, and in Sanada Nobushiori's opinion, these surrendered troops, who did not have much loyalty to the Date family, could be smoothly transformed into good citizens under his rule.

"Lord, General Sanada's words are certainly reasonable, but they do not take into account the feelings of our Yanhuang family soldiers. Nanfang Xinli said with a dissatisfied face: "The soldiers of our Yanhuang clan fought bravely on the battlefield and exchanged their blood and lives for victory in the battle; as a result, we easily released the enemy soldiers they had worked so hard to capture, how can this be worthy of those soldiers of our army who shed blood and sacrificed?"

Looking at Nanfang Nobuyoshi with a look of righteous indignation, Bai Feng was not in a hurry to say what he thought, he first waved his hand to signal Sanada Nobuyori not to refute it, and then asked Nanfang Nobuyoshi: "Southern General, what do you think should be done with this batch of prisoners of war?"

"My lord, killing these prisoners of war who have laid down their arms for no reason will certainly seriously damage the reputation of our Yanhuang family, but letting them go is really chilling to the officers and men of our army, so I propose that these prisoners of war be reduced to slaves and rewarded to the soldiers of our army who have made meritorious contributions to the war. ”

"Do you want to reward the slaves?" After an undeniable mutter, Bai Feng turned his head again and asked Sanada Shinshihiro, who was eager to try it on the other side, "General Sanada, what do you think of the Southern General's suggestion?"

"My lord, the southern general's suggestion is a small benefit but a big disadvantage for our Yanhuang family!"

"General Sanada, you are conniving at our enemies! If even the enemy troops who invaded our Yanhuang family can be released without paying any price after being captured, then wouldn't everyone be able to send troops to invade the territory of our Yanhuang family in the future?!"

Nanfang Xinli, who was full of gunpowder as soon as he opened his mouth, didn't take Sanada Nobuyori in his eyes at all, and his words were even more aggressive; Bai Feng, who was watching, had to sigh in his heart, with such a reckless personality, no wonder Nanfang Nobuyori couldn't stay in the Nanfang family.

"Southern General, if our Yanhuang family does not have the ability to capture the Xiaye country, then I naturally will not have an opinion on your disposition; you must know that once the Xiaye country becomes the territory of our Yanhuang family, then the families of these prisoners of war will be the people of our Yanhuang family. ”

"So what? Just because their families have become the people of our Yanhuang family, can they be forgiven for their sins of being enemies of our Yanhuang family? These people who have taken up arms to invade our Yanhuang family must pay for their crimes!"

"Is the war between the two families something that these ordinary soldiers can decide? It is the Date family that has invaded our Yanhuang family, and what we are about to do is to destroy the Date family; as long as the Date family is destroyed, this war will be completely over. ”

"The Ida family, the culprit, will be punished all over the house, but these soldiers of the Date family must not be spared!"

"You ......"

In Bai Feng's view, Nanbu Nobuyoshi and Sanada Nobuyoshi's suggestions have their own advantages and shortcomings, and neither is the best way to deal with them.

Just as Sanada Nobuyoshi said, Nanbu Nobuyoshi's proposal for the disposal of prisoners of war was too rough and not conducive to the future rule of the Yanhuang family over Shimono Province; on the other hand, Sanada Nobuyoshige's proposal for the disposal of prisoners of war was indeed too lenient and not conducive to the Yanhuang family's establishment of an inviolable and strong image in the Yamato Empire.

"General Nanbu and General Sanada, your suggestions for handling are very good, why don't you compromise and implement the suggestions of the two of you?"

"Do as your lord commands!"

"When the prisoners of war are brought back, the army of the southern general will be responsible for dividing them into five hard labor teams and sending them to the five countries of Oshu, and they will be responsible for the construction of roads and the repair of towns in the five countries of Oshu for the next two years, and they will be sent home when the time is due. ”

"The lord is wise!"