Chapter 397 Prisoners of War are resources, and resources must be utilized

Chapter 397 Prisoners of War are resources, and resources must be utilized

Gu Qingyun was panicked after not fighting for many years, and Cheng Bohu was a newborn calf, and the two chased after the rout and killed for a while, until they saw that group of people rushing into the mountain. After checking the results of the battle, the soldiers in charge of the pursuit were all satisfied, and Dugu Qingyun couldn't help but shudder when he looked at Cheng Bohu's bloodstained axe.

Good fellow, that's a real murderous weapon, and the horse this guy rides is unusually tall and strong, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to carry it at all. Just now, those routs also wanted to fight, but they were cut off in just one round, and he really brought the right person this time - this is really a little evil star! is worthy of being the son of the old Cheng family!

Collecting men and horses along the way and gradually turning back, Dugu Qingyun captured a lot of prisoners by the way, and when he joined the army, it was actually 2,000 men and horses holding nearly 6,000 prisoners. Among them, there are Tuyuhun people and Tubo people, although their faces are different, most of them are full of fear when they see the Tang army.

In this snowy plateau, after such a rendering by people with intentions, the ferocity of the Tang Army is famous. Among them, the 100,000 prisoners killed in the original battle of Tiele were repeatedly instilled by Qinling and Tsampa into his soldiers, in order to boost the morale of the soldiers under his command, so as not to surrender to the enemy as prisoners when the time comes. However, once they were defeated, all their efforts were in vain. When they don't have the strength to resist, most people choose to surrender rather than commit suicide.

At this time, Li Xian was invited back to the Chinese army by Qi He Li, and as soon as the soldiers knew that Li Xian had gone to the battlefield in person before, they were afraid to return, but they were more excited. For the sons and daughters of ordinary people's families. Military merit is undoubtedly the only way to get ahead. Now that an unattainable noble person has fought as bloodily as them, the sense of identity from the bottom of his heart is naturally different from the past. Besides, they won a big battle.

Thereupon. Everywhere Qi Bi He Li and Li Xian went, the cheers were endless. The faces that had not yet been wiped off were full of excitement and excitement after the victory—partly for his own survival, and partly for the near-completion of military exploits.

And the casualties that are being counted make Li Xian and Qi He Li feel heavy in their hearts. A group of Qibi He Li made a feint attack on Wuhai. An army that waited for an opportunity to intercept the Tibetans was calculated with intention or not, and the losses were not large, but the Chinese army resisted the Tibetans for two hours, relying entirely on tenacity and faith, but the losses were quite heavy. Except for Xin Wenling and Li Jingye, who could not go into battle, the others were all wounded, and the number of people killed and seriously injured in battle reached more than 2,000. And that's just a preliminary statistic.

After Dugu Qingyun and Cheng Bohu happily signed up for the big tent, the first thing they saw was the calm faces of Li Xian and Qi Bi He Li, which made the two of them think that the war was unfavorable, so. Cheng Bohu consciously took a step back and handed over the responsibility of the report to Dugu Qingyun.

"Xiao Cheng and I pursued for nearly three hundred miles. Killed three commanders, several centurions and five centurions, beheaded hundreds of ranks, and captured about five or six thousand enemy troops......"

"You also took five or six thousand prisoners?" Qi Qi He Li interrupted Dugu Qingyun's words, and after receiving an affirmative answer, he immediately glanced at Li Xian, "Plus the prisoners captured after clearing the battlefield, it will probably not be less than 20,000, even if the Tuyuhun and Tubo people are half each, the number is quite considerable." Although our army has won a new victory, it must not be careless in disposing of prisoners of war. ”

Li Xian knew that Qi Bi He Li was still haunted by the massacre of Tieler, so he made a special mention of this. He didn't say it was good, nor did he say it bad, but said with a smile: "This has always been a war, but once a prisoner is captured, it is always difficult to deal with it, killing it is against the peace of heaven, and it is ominous to kill a prisoner; But there is no such reason for good food and drink, and it takes a large number of soldiers to guard these strong captives. Tuyuhun needs people to restore the country, and Tubo must not be willing to lose such a strong soldier. ”

Qibi He Li seemed to be a little famous when he heard Li Xian's words, and a trace of doubt suddenly appeared on his old face, but Dugu Qingyun had been stationed in the state for many years, and he didn't know how many times he had received the messenger of Tuyuhun asking for help in a year.

"Then separate the Tubo and Tuyuhun people, but kill all the Tubo people with one sword! There are not many Tibetan people in the first place, as long as they can kill them all, see how much strength they still have to disturb the border! ”

As soon as he said this, Qi Qi He Li's face immediately changed, and when he was about to dismiss it, Li Xian picked up the conversation with a smile: "General Dugu, do you know how many casualties our army has this time?" Do you know how much it cost to bring food and grass with ordnance this time, as well as the loss of war horses, etc.? Do you know how much it will cost to reward the whole army and give everyone an additional rank and knight? ”

He suddenly put away the smile on his face, stood up viciously and roared: "With so many dead and wounded people, and so much money spent on such a big victory, there is no reason for my Datang treasury to pay for it!"

The captives and war horses are the trophies of our army, kill those Tibetan prisoners of war, and ask for ransom? ”

Hearing Li Xian's naked mention of the ransom, Qi Qi He Li was stunned, Duguqing Yun Xin Wenling was also stunned, as for Cheng Bohu and Li Jingye, they thought of the scene of dominating Chang'an Luoyang in the past, and their faces suddenly showed great joy, but it was difficult to speak because of their identity.

After a long time, Qi Bi He Li coughed dryly, found a reason to drive everyone down, and when there were only two people left, he said without a trace: "Your Highness, this war in the northwest is to stabilize one side." Moreover, the centrifugal rebellion of the northwest tribes is also due to the immorality of my Tang generals, if His Royal Highness's move is imitated by other generals, plundering foreign people and blackmailing them......"

"General Chebi!" Li Xian suddenly interrupted Qi Bi He Li's words, and said with a smile, "Then let me ask you, there are indeed people without virtue among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, but the vassal kings of all ethnic groups in the northwest are all saints?" For example, this time, if Tubo does not send troops to Tuguhun and does not occupy the homeland of other people's national capitals, will there be such a battle? If I lose the Tang Dynasty in this battle, or if it is more serious, if I am unfortunately captured, then Tubo will easily send me and the defeated army back? It's not the same to extort military funds from my Datang! ”

Qi Bi He Li was speechless for a moment, this loser left behind military funds and even people's wealth, cattle and sheep, which was originally the truth of the law of the jungle and the tribes in the northwest, but he has been obedient to the Tang Dynasty for many years, and the concept of benevolence, righteousness and morality has gradually subdued the survival truth of the jungle.

"Tibet is now becoming stronger and stronger, there is no shortage of cattle and sheep, no shortage of grain, no shortage of gold and silver utensils, and they cannot afford to lose people. A sturdy prisoner of war in exchange for cattle, sheep and horses, presumably those people should be able to weigh it! I heard that when they got married, the dowry was very extravagant! If they say that there is no money for the time being, it is very simple, there is still a lot of wasteland in the Anxi and Liang areas, and those prisoners of war will be reclaimed! Even if the herdsmen don't know how to plough the land, they will always build roads, and they will always build cities, right? I will build ten or eight fortresses on this grassland to see how the Tibetans will march in the future! ”

It was the first time that He Li had heard such strange theories, and the expression on his face was strange. However, this was not the end of it, Li Xian took out another thing that startled him - it was a golden sword, and it was also a symbol of the royal power of Tuyuhun Khan.

"With this, some of the nobles who mingle with the Tibetans will know about the times, and it will be easy for them to do something. Therefore, it is not difficult to manage these prisoners of war. ”

Even coaxing and deceiving the outside to strengthen the pressure, Li Xian asked for the right to dispose of the prisoners from He Li, so he brought Li Jingye and Cheng Bohu over, and put his plans in their ears one by one. As a result, I saw the two nodding again and again, but the more they nodded later, the slower the frequency of nodding, and finally they gasped.

The Tang army won a great victory, but there were more than 20,000 prisoners, and after discussing with Li Xian, he decided not to divide the troops and temporarily retreat to Shudun City. Due to the prisoners, this journey is naturally extremely slow, and if a large number of Tubo soldiers emerge at this time, I am afraid that the final victory or defeat is still unpredictable. It's just that the road was unusually peaceful, except for the occasional little mess among the prisoners of war, which was too peaceful.

Just a day ago, Li Xian made an appointment with several captured Tuyuhun nobles, and between life and death, glory and humility, almost no one made a choice against him. In addition, Li Xian took the golden knife used by the Khan, saying that it was the Tang Dynasty that pardoned all the Tuyuhun prisoners of war this time, and everyone thought that since the Tang Dynasty had won, he would definitely help Tuyuhun restore the country, and they believed Li Xian's so-called pardon. So, when Li Xian offered to let the Tuyuhun prisoners of war help take care of the Tubo prisoners of war, everyone agreed almost flatteredly.

Then, knowing that there were still a lot of good lives to live in the future, the Tuyuhun people enjoyed twice the diet and water of the Tubo prisoners of war, and incidentally supervised the Tubo prisoners of war who were originally friendly troops. Pity those Tibetan prisoners of war who were half starved to death, but they only dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, it is conceivable that these two groups of people will not be able to get together in the future.

"The so-called friendly forces are nothing in the face of interests."

This is what Li Xian said to Li Jingye Cheng Bohu, and somehow it reached the ears of Dugu Qingyun and Xin Wenling, and even He Li heard about it. After being frightened by Li Xian's audacity the previous time, the three of them felt a chilly feeling again, and He Li also seriously considered how to write the recital.

How to highlight Li Xian's bravery and weaken the danger at that time by the way, this is a problem that is beneficial to him and Li Xian at the same time - otherwise, if the emperor knows that he uses Li Xian as bait, even if he is a famous general left by Emperor Taizong, it is useless.

However, before Shudun City arrived, the army encountered another group of people on the road, whether it was Li Xian or Qi Bi He Li, they did not expect that one of the two important figures of the Tubo army in this battle was captured!

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