Chapter 386: Disposing of Prisoners
A few days later, as the good news spread into Chang'an City, the entire Tang Dynasty was celebrating, and Li Jing also led the army back to Shuofang City.
As Zhang Yi expected, Li Jing brought back not only tens of thousands of Tang troops, but also tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners!
The Tang army and the Turkic captives together had about 780,000 people, and the team of 780,000 people meandered for nearly ten miles like a long dragon, and the scene was very spectacular.
And Zhang Yi also took the defenders of Shuofang City out of the city early to meet Li Jing's victorious army.
"The last general congratulates the general manager on his victorious return, and congratulates me on the strength of the Tang army and the invincibility of the Tang army!"
Zhang Yi arched his hand, and congratulated all the congratulations he could as usual.
Li Jing just greeted him as usual, he, including the Tang Army soldiers, was very tired now, and he just wanted to enter the city as soon as possible, and he didn't want to talk so much nonsense.
"Take all the captives to the barracks!"
With a wave of his hand, Li Jing immediately asked the soldiers to escort those Turkic captives back to the Shuofang military camp, and then followed the team to the military camp himself.
Zhang Yi, on the other hand, counted the number of captives on the side of the road.
When Lao Zhong saw Zhang Yi counting the captives' eyes, he knew that his young master must have something in mind, generally only when there is a big business to do, or when he wants to make a lot of money, Zhang Yi will have this kind of look.
That's the kind of eyes that only a natural capitalist can have, and only people who have an almost paranoid fanaticism about something can have.
He knew that his young master had set his sights on that group of prisoners, and now he was counting the number, but he just wanted to know in advance how many prisoners there were and how many things he could do.
"Old Zhong, tonight, when the chief manager has rested, let's slaughter cattle and sheep to the barracks to reward them."
Zhang Yi said with a smile, and began to walk back with his own people.
In the evening, Zhang Yi asked the sergeants to drive a large number of cattle and sheep to the Shuofang City military camp, tonight he really wants to reward the army, and he really should reward the army, the army of the Tang Dynasty can win against the Turks, it should be worthy of celebration by all the Tang people.
Li Jing is very depressed now, although he has won a big battle, but he has no less worries.
Let's not talk about whether his method of winning this battle is appropriate, whether it will make those generals collectively reject him, these tens of thousands of prisoners alone are enough to give him a headache.
Tens of thousands of captives are not only a matter of eating and drinking, but also a lot of potential safety hazards, in short, all kinds of troubles.
"General, Zhang Mujian has led people to drive cattle and sheep to the army." A partial general walked in from outside the tent to report to Li Jing.
"Even if he kid has a conscience, he will give the order to let the soldiers go down and let the soldiers let go of eating and drinking, everyone has worked hard during this time, and his head has been tied to the waistband of his trousers, which is not comfortable!"
"But don't relax, those Turkic captives take good care of them, don't let them poke out any baskets!"
After Li Jing finished speaking, he waved his hand and let the partial general go out.
Li Jing was rarely so kind to the soldiers, and the smile on the general's face was about to bloom when he walked out of the big tent.
Thinking that Zhang Yi's kid rushed to Yinshan with Tang Peng in the name of the army, Li Jing's face was twitching.
This kid, the key is that he can't say anything about him.
But now fortunately, he still has a little conscience, and he is willing to take out so many things to reward the army.
"Report, chief manager, Zhang Mu asks to see outside the account!"
Not long after the general went out, a soldier came to tell Zhang Yi to see him again.
"What is he here for? You let him in! ”
I don't understand Zhang Yi's intention, but Li Jing still let him in first to see what tricks this kid can play.
Li Jing has never had a good impression of Zhang Yi, so he is also very stubborn that Zhang Yi will not have anything good to look for him.
"Congratulations, Boss!" As soon as Zhang Yi came in, he still congratulated him first.
"Okay, don't grind with me, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, if there is anything, just say it directly!" Regarding Zhang Yi's flowery intestines, Li Jing saw through and directly asked Zhang Yi to get down to business.
"Okay, then I'm not polite anymore"
"The chief manager won the battle against the Turks this time and brought back tens of thousands of Turkic prisoners, presumably these Turkic prisoners are not easy to discipline, not only a waste of manpower, but also a waste of money."
Zhang Yi stopped abruptly when he said this, and looked at Li Jing with a smile.
"It's true, the captives are like this, and no one has a good way to deal with them, say, what do you want to do, what do you think!"
As soon as Zhang Yi talked about the captives, Li Jing knew that this kid must have the idea of beating those captives again.
However, those captives are also a hot potato for him, and if Zhang Yi can have some better way to help him get rid of those captives, it will also be good.
"Yes, the kid does have a good way to solve the problem of those prisoners, but I also have one condition, if the chief manager can promise me, I will help the chief manager to properly dispose of these prisoners!"
Zhang Yi is now talking to Li Jing in the tone of a businessman, and he just wants to maximize his own interests.
"It's not a small amount of courage, you dare to talk to me about conditions!" Li Jing frowned, his hands were raised, and he almost slapped the table.
"The kid is indeed a little bolder, if you bump into the boss, please forgive me, the kid will go out!"
After Zhang Yi finished speaking, he arched his hand and was about to walk out of the big tent, Li Jing still refused to show some sincerity at this time, and he would not talk to Li Jing well.
"Come back!" Li Jing's face was dark, he just wanted to scare Zhang Yi, and then let him tell the method obediently, but he didn't expect this guy to be so hard, and he was about to turn around and leave.
Hearing Li Jing's voice, Zhang Yi stopped again.
"Is there anything else going on with the Grand Administrator?" Zhang Yi deliberately asked Li Jing, but he knew that Li Jing called him back, so he naturally planned to listen to him.
"Tell me, what are your conditions?" Li Jingqiang held back his anger and stared at Zhang Yi fiercely.
Zhang Yi didn't think so, and said leisurely: "The chief manager only needs to hand over these captives to me, and then let me handle the rest of the matter, I promise to let the chief manager make everyone satisfied." ”
"Of course, when the chief manager returns to Chang'an, I need the chief manager to intercede for me, no matter what charge Your Majesty wants to deal with me, I need the chief manager to say two good words for me!"
Zhang Yi's request is as simple as that, let Li Jing help him say a few words, and even if Li Er wants to deal with him because of Yang Su's affairs, if he, the chief manager, speaks for himself, then Zhang Yi's situation will be much better!