Chapter 634: Urging Peace with War

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Yanqing spread out a map of the distribution of the tribes of the Black Dangxiang on the table, which was a topographic map of Gyeongju drawn by Yan Qing and the scouts in five days, and of course included the location of the tribes of the Black Dangxiang.

"There are a total of thirteen tribes in the Black Dang Xiang, the largest is the Yeli Department, followed by the Nanli Department, and then the Beggars Department, the Mustang Department and the Feituo Department, these five major tribes occupy eighty percent of the Black Party Xiang, and the other eight small tribes are almost negligible, this riot is mainly led by Ye Lifeng, plus the other four big tribes, we have cleaned up three, but still Fei Tuo and Ye Li Feng escaped, this time our attack is mainly based on Fei Tuo, do you have any opinions?"

Li Yanqing looked at more than a dozen partial generals, and at this time, Cao Meng raised his hand and said: "Commander, why don't you fight Wild Sharp Blade, he is the culprit, I think he should attack his tribe first." ”

Everyone was talking for a while, and it seemed that Cao Meng said what was in the hearts of many people.

Li Yanqing waved his hand, and the big tent immediately quieted down, Li Yanqing pointed at Ye Lifeng's tribe with a wooden pole and said: "You can look at this position, Ye Lifeng's tribe is only fifty miles away from the main tribe, and it is also very close to several other big tribes, if our army drives over, under pressure, the black party is likely to resist collectively, if we make it clear that only the wild Feng, it will appear that we are weak, so it is the best choice to clean up this lonely Feituo Department hanging outside, use thunderbolts to deter them, and then promote peace with war, Strive to get the most out of it. ”

Li Yanqing can make his own decisions, but he still called all the partial generals, he is actually consciously cultivating, allowing them to participate in decision-making, and they can gradually take charge of themselves in the future, of course, this is not a day or two can be cultivated, this is actually the result of long-term tempering.

Everyone nodded silently, they also understood the boss's intentions, the purpose of the fight was to promote peace, to seek the biggest bargaining chip for negotiations, if the black party was not interesting, there was only one way to perish.

"So when are we going to strike? How many troops to use? Han Shizhong asked.

Li Yanqing groaned and said: "It's still the same as last time, Commander Cao is responsible for guarding the camp, and the rest of the nine thousand troops are responsible for attacking, and they will set off overnight tonight, but this time I am allowed to use the Heaven-Shaking Thunder!" ”

The generals returned to the camp to prepare, and Li Yanqing said to Mo Jun again: "This time, Mr. will cooperate with Lin Zhizhou on behalf of the military and be responsible for negotiating with the black party. ”

"And what about our conditions?" Mo Jun asked, knowing that Li Yanqing was the real decision-maker behind the scenes.

Li Yanqing said lightly: "I have actually thought about this condition for a long time, in fact, there are only three, first, all the people they plundered will be released, the property will be returned, and each person will be compensated with 100 yuan; Second, we took captive more than seven thousand women and children, and ransomed them with sheep, a hundred sheep for each man; Thirdly, I want all their horses to be handed over to us. ”

Mo Jun was taken aback, "Commander, this asking price is too high!" ”

Li Yanqing's eyes suddenly became fierce, "If it weren't for us killing 3,000 of them, my asking price would be ten times higher, just for the casualties and losses in Qingdong and Beihe counties, would they be able to compensate?" You have to be tough, I don't want to compensate for it, and destroy their whole clan! ”

"I understand my humble position, let's go to Lin Zhizhou!"

Mo Jun knew that Li Yanqing had already made a murderous move, if he wasn't worried about impeachment by the imperial court, he would definitely go on a killing spree, and he couldn't say any more, so he hurriedly saluted and hurried away.

Li Yanqing walked to the big tent with his hands, in fact, his murderous intentions were already surging, but reason repeatedly told him that if he didn't handle the matter of the black party item well, his political career might end because of this, and the central court that ruled the country with benevolence and virtue would never allow such a tragedy as massacre and extermination in the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the black party was also a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty!

Li Yanqing forcibly pressed the gushing killing machine back into his chest, and he stared at the dark night outside, another war was waiting for him.

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Feituobu is located about 150 miles east of Maling, is the most marginal tribe of the five major tribes of the Black Dangxiang, of course, there are two small tribes following them, it is no wonder that there are not many grazing resources in Gyeongju, and there are many mountains, and the Black Dangxiang mainly lives on grazing and medicinal herbs, which is also an important reason why Ye Lifeng can persuade the other four tribes to participate in the riot, and the long-term poverty life makes them unable to stand the temptation of looting.

When the day is about to dawn, the nine thousand Song army arrived at Feituo Dazhai five miles away, this is not the temporary Dazhai of Juzhou, but the old village that has been operating for a hundred years, Dazhai is built by the mountain, the momentum is magnificent, the mountain is full of dense caves and houses, from a distance, it looks like a huge beehive that stretches for several miles.

The Feituo Department also retreated from Juzhou unscathed, with a total population of more than 15,000 people, including more than 3,000 young and strong people, and more than 2,000 war horses.

The leader, Kemei, was originally glad that the army had withdrawn from Juju unscathed, but he never dreamed that because he did not pay the price, the first sword of the Song army entering Gyeongju would actually be cut at him, and he would pay an even heavier price.

Ke Mei has received an urgent report from the peripheral outposts, and he was immediately frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and it took a while to react, on the one hand, he urgently sent people to the Yeli Department for help, on the other hand, he mobilized all the young and strong to guard the village, and the chickens and dogs jumped in the village, and the crying and screaming sounded.

Li Yanqing stood on a high place and watched this Dazhai, the terrain of Dazhai is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Song army does not have a good siege means, maybe it will really pay a great price, but since the advent of the earth-shaking thunder, its powerful explosive power is enough to destroy some not very strong city walls, and although the terrain of this Dazhai is good, but the defense structure is very rough, wood and stone structure, typical anti-wolf and not anti-man, maybe they didn't think that there would be an army to attack,

They themselves are the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are connected with the blood of the Western Xia, they have not encountered any enemies in the past hundred years, but they can't withstand the temptation and purging of Ye Lifeng, and they committed heinous crimes in the land of Gyeongju and Dunzhou, and finally attracted the thunderous wrath of the Song army, which is also their own doing.

'Woo-' The low horn sounded, and a group of murderous Song troops marched towards Dazhai, and three small trebuchets appeared in the ranks, which could throw fifty catties of earth-shattering thunder to a hundred steps away, and they would be a sharp weapon for attacking the enemy's Dazhai.

Ke Mei stood in the gate of the village and watched the black Song army, his legs trembled, he also realized that maybe he made a mistake, he should let the cavalry go out to fight, although it is not too late, but he hesitated, the cavalry killed, what about the defense here? It only takes a thousand men to break through the walled gate, and then it will be difficult for the cavalry to come back.

Ke Mei hesitated for a long time, and finally did not order the cavalry to kill, "Today is the time of life and death for our tribe, everyone fight hard!" Kemei shouted in a hoarse voice.

At this time, his heart was full of endless remorse, why did he obey Ye Lifeng's purging to plunder the wealth of the Han people, but his greed caused a monstrous disaster to the whole clan.

At this time, a cavalryman of the Song army rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Commander Li has an order, within a quarter of an hour, you can surrender and accept punishment, otherwise you will break through the cottage and the whole clan will be destroyed!" ”

The cavalry of the Song army shouted three times and galloped away, at this time, all the soldiers of the Feituo tribe turned their heads to look at the leader Kemei, but Kemei did not make a decision immediately, he immediately gathered the generals to discuss, and the result disappointed Kemei, and all the generals unanimously demanded to fight to the death with the Song army and never surrender.

Ke Mei had to let out a long sigh, "Providence! ”

Time passed little by little, but the other side never showed signs of surrendering, at this time, a soldier ran to report: "Commander, the time has come!" ”

Li Yanqing coldly ordered: "Pass my order, after Dazhai is breached, except for children, all men will be killed, and those who rape ** women will be beheaded!" ”

The order was given, the offensive began, and the fierce war drums 'Boom!' Boom! Boom! Knocking, Han Shizhong commanded two thousand crossbow troops to kill the walled gate, and suppressed the enemy arrows in the big village with a divine arm crossbow a hundred steps away, at this time, two thousand soldiers rushed forward with earthen bags and piled up a hundred steps away from the walled gate, which was the experience of the Song army in attacking the enemy village in Dunzhou to prevent the enemy's giant wooden array.

Ke Mei's face suddenly changed greatly, if the ramp up the mountain is full of sandbags, it will indeed affect the power of the giant wood formation, the reason why the generals are unwilling to surrender is because the village has prepared nearly 10,000 giant trees, which are defensive weapons that have been saved for decades, but have never been used.

It's just that Kemei never dreamed that these sandbags would not go uphill at all.