Chapter 384 [The Fate of 30,000 Warriors]
The weather on the day of the surrender was good, and the wind was light and light, which was in stark contrast to the mood of the huge general. The huge general who was depressed in his heart was dressed more like he had won a battle, his hair was tied with a jade crown, and he was wearing a 'golden armor' covered with a moire brocade robe, but his complexion was not very good, and his blue and white face looked like a cabbage that had been wilting for three days, which was obviously hungry.
The dozen or so guards behind him are a nine-foot man with a lot of water, today they are here to ask for surrender, the trap sword is not brought, and the waist is tied with a ceremonial sword made of green bamboo, which was originally considered majestic, but unfortunately the white flag swaggering in the wind is not very good-looking, no matter how you look at it, it looks like doing white things. Pang Cong looked back at this white flag from time to time, and he was very dissatisfied in his heart, the white son of Qin was so famous, but he had to play the white flag when he was surrendered, and he didn't know where he learned the problem!
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qing Doctor did not fall down, surrendered can, a should be treated favorably, according to the rules of the victorious side has to be greeted from afar, the etiquette and music are played in unison, ready wine and meat hospitality, the two sides laugh and drink, and then laugh like old friends to agree on the surrender matters, the next time there is a contradiction how to fight and how to fight, how to descend and how to surrender. This is the etiquette set from the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the princes of the world were relatives who broke bones and tendons, and the family fought behind closed doors, and no one would do anything to the end. In the Warring States Period, many things changed, the more fierce the battles became, and the more people died, but this doctor is still the doctor, and humiliating the surrenderer is something that makes all countries despise.
Bai Dong is willing to follow etiquette in everything, but the white flag is extremely resolute, and if he refuses to play the white flag, forget it, let's continue to fight. Pang Cong thought for a long time with a dark face. In the end, I agreed. It's just that this white flag is not very good-looking. insisted on adding a few black eagle feathers to the tip of the flag, and Bai Dong agreed, and if he was allowed to ask for a sky-high price, he had to allow someone to land and pay back, right? In any case, the invincible Pang Jiajun was planted in his own hands, and Pang Cong still came with a white flag, which gave him a special sense of achievement.
Pang Cong, who had a black face, walked in front of Bai Dong, bowed slightly to offer the official surrender letter, and then sat opposite Bai Dong. Shake off your cheeks and eat. It's been three days, and the huge general, who has always paid attention to sharing weal and woe with soldiers, has really made it possible for soldiers to be hungry if they don't eat, and his eyes are also green when he sees the wine prepared by Bai Dong, 'Mimi' and the legendary braised pork with bean sprouts!
Bai Dong didn't speak, and watched with a smile as Pang Cong killed twenty Mimi and two large portions of braised pork by himself, and ordered someone to send him two bowls of noodle water for him to drink, and then asked in a low voice, "Is the general full?" ”
"When you're full, thank you for your hospitality."
Pang Cong glared at Bai Dong: "When I saw Bai Zi today, I realized that the rumors were true, Bai Zi was kind and benevolent."
"Stop. The general is a man of a hundred battles, how can a good man in the army learn this trick of praising people on stage and drawing ladders? I don't like to hear this, since it's a surrender. Just listen to my assignment, how many soldiers are there under the general? ”
"More than 12,000 were killed and wounded in the battle, and 20,000 were lured by you to be willing to be taken prisoner with food. Now there are still 40,000 troops in the camp of the Wei State, most of them are the elite soldiers of Wei Wu trained by my uncle and father, and they are worthy of a battle! ”
Pang Cong secretly glanced at Bai Dong, obviously a little weak-hearted: "Green onion is not afraid of death, it is really worthless for my Wei warriors, and I hope that Bai Zi can abide by his promise and treat my Wei warriors first." ”
"Worthy of a war? Just 40,000 hungry soldiers? But since I mentioned your uncle, I'm still your little uncle. Shallot, you're going to freeze me when you open your mouth, aren't you? Keeping your word? What promises did I make? ”
"Don't be foolish! You and I are the commanders of the two armies, and we should still rely on seniority! Pang Cong's face flushed: "Bai Zi called the army to shout, but those who surrendered could get foot money to return to their hometowns, and the same was done for the remnants of Muzi Tooth that day, isn't it a promise?" ”
"Of course, but only for the cantonment army." Bai Dong smiled and glanced at Pang Cong, what kind of idea did he know? That's a vain name.
"Only for the cantonment army?"
Pang Cong got up: "Why! ”
"Just because I'm the winner, I make the rules. What are you so excited about? Anyway, your uncle and I are also brothers in the same sect, a family, let's talk, the Bai family tea is the best, I won't take it out to entertain if it's not a distinguished guest, don't waste it"
Bai Dong took a sip of tea slowly, pointed to the banquet and asked Pang Cong to sit down: "Lao Qin also has a tun army, these people are all crop men on weekdays, and they have to kill the enemy for the country in wartime, what do they rely on, isn't it a passion and the heart to kill the enemy to serve the country?" For these people, it is natural to be lenient and give them foot money to reunite with their families, but what is Wei Wushu? This is a group of professional soldiers, who take killing people as their profession, do not produce, and rely on the people's fat and people's ointment to feed! So in my eyes, they are the real enemy! Naturally, there must be a way to treat the enemy, and I am not stupid enough to let these Wei soldiers go back and be my enemies. ”
"What do you want to do, Qin Guobaizi is the Heavenly Sect, is it?"
"Rest assured, they are enemies, but they are also people! War is the business of the princes and doctors, what does it have to do with them? I'm not going to surrender. But they won't be released back to their hometown anytime soon, they need to go to a place full of hope."
"What exactly are you going to do? Neither kill nor release, don't tell me that you will take 30,000 dangerous captives and deal with the prince. You are the Tianxia Sect, after this war, you will become the most famous master of the art of war in the world, are you so stupid? ”
Mo said that Bai Dong was a lone army that went deep into the Wei realm and relied on sports warfare, that is, he fought all the way step by step, and carrying 30,000 prisoners was also a great burden, not to mention anything else, just the rations of these 30,000 people were a problem, and it was Pang Cong himself, and he would kill or surrender, and there was no third choice.
"Go to the Western Regions! I naturally have a way to send them over, it is no secret that the Qin State is in the Western Regions, and the Western Regions Zhurong is not ferocious, fierce or not? Now they are obediently raising sheep for Lao Qin, but unfortunately there is still a shortage of manpower, and Lao Qin buys wool from the people of the Western Regions, the cost is always a little higher, if you set up your own sheep farm, I believe the profit will be higher! ”
Bai Dong smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Wei Wushu, I heard that when your country chooses martial arts, they must be more than eight feet tall, everyone can carry a weight of 100 catties, run fifty miles, and then be able to fight and win, all of them are all good strength, such good men are simply wasted to fight, they should go to the hopeful Western Regions prairie, they should be men who herd sheep and horses!" ”
"You, you, you, you, you, you're going to get the elite soldiers trained by your uncle to go to the Western Regions to herd sheep?"
Pang Cong's mouth was open enough to stuff three eggs at the same time, and he felt that he was going crazy, or Bai Dong was crazy.
"What's so bad about herding sheep and horses? Wei really thinks he is worthy of these good men? They have been a military soldier for ten or eight years, not farming, different trade, and when people are old and decrepit, they will be abandoned, how do you let them survive? The result is either to be a bandit, or to fall into poverty, it is better to learn a craft, Wei also has pastures, in the future, when they return to Wei, even if they can't be a military pawn, they can also raise some sheep or something, rest assured, when the old Qin has as much wool as he wants, he will not treat them badly."
Viciousness! Insidious! Ridiculous! Pang Cong was about to cry, he couldn't imagine the scene of sheep all over the mountains and fields of Wei State, this kid didn't want Wei Wu to pawn sheep and sheep, he wanted to raise Wei Guo as a sheep Uncle still looked down on this kid, just when he was an unborn all-round talent in civil and military affairs, handsome soldiers, where did he think that he was still such a terrible conspirator. It's a pity that the form is stronger than the person, what he has to do now is to save the lives of tens of thousands of Wei soldiers, fight? What to fight? The hearts of the people are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.
"But you are my senior brother's nephew and the general of Wei, so I still have to make a special exception for you, I can give you a foot fee and send you back to Pangcheng like I did with those soldiers. This is already the limit of what I can do, satisfied or not? ”
"I'm not leaving! The elite soldiers of the Pang family have all been taken to the Western Regions by you, and I, a bare-bones general, will return to Pang City with the face, and then even my own son will look down on me! Isn't it the Western Regions, I'll go too, I can't do without my own soldiers! ”
"Okay, it's a good one, then it's as you wish. By the way, there is still your Uncle Sun Bin in the Western Regions, if you can ask for benefits in person, you will definitely gain a lot, and it may not be a bad thing to go."
Bai Dong looked at Pang Cong with a smile, there have been frequent reports recently, and everything is a hundred thousand urgent military information, and the Persians in the west are beginning to be restless, they have taken a fancy to the sheep raised by the people of the Western Regions (to be continued......
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