This look is that it was not until almost noon that Zhao Dongting turned around and returned to the palace.

Just after eating and resting for a while, he asked Ying'er to announce Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, Chen Wenlong, Chen Jianghan and other humeral ministers.

When everyone arrived at Zhao Dongting's dormitory, he asked, "How is the cleaning of the battlefield going?"

Zhang Shizhuo said: "Your Majesty, the battlefield has been cleaned, and the bodies of our soldiers and the corpses of the Yuan army have been gathered and burned. Blades, armor, horses, etc. have been sorted out and put into storage. ”

He was the Privy Councillor and was in charge of the whole country, and was in charge of the matter.

Zhao Dongting nodded, and asked again: "What about the casualties of our generals?"

Zhang Shijie's face was slightly gloomy and replied: "Lu Chuanyao, the deputy general secretary of our army's guard Ma Army, was unfortunately killed, and there were two commanders of the class, six direct commanders, two commanders of the forbidden army, and fourteen centurions, all of whom were unfortunately killed, and the injured were not counted. ”

Wars are always a lose-lose battle, and it is difficult to win a complete battle.

Zhao Dongting also sighed softly, and then said: "The families of the generals and commanders should be properly settled, and their descendants will be cultivated by the treasury. The pension of the fallen soldiers is paid twice the previous standard, and their families must not be wronged. In addition, their ashes are now properly kept, and a monument will be built for the fallen warriors of our Great Song Dynasty in the real future. ”

The humerus ministers in the room were moved, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted the emperor's sage.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand and did not speak.

After a while, Zhang Shijie said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a matter that needs to be reported to the emperor, please ask the emperor to decide." ”

Zhao Dongting asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Shijie had a bitter face, "Those pawns ...... The ministers really don't know what to do. ”

He has been really worried about this for the past two days.

At this time, there were less than 15,000 Song troops left on Jinzhou Island, while the Yuan army had more than 17,000 soldiers. If you accept them, it will be difficult to manage, and there will not be enough food, but if you don't accept these soldiers, you don't know where to arrange them.

Zhao Dongting groaned slightly, and looked at Lu Xiufu and the others, "How do you think Aiqing should handle it?"

These ministers have apparently thought about this issue as well.

Su Liuyi replied first: "Your Majesty, our army is now in short supply, so it is better to surrender them and disperse them into various armies." It's just that we won't give them weapons for the time being, so that there won't be too much chaos. ”

"No, no. ”

But as soon as his words fell, Chen Wenlong, the governor of the political affairs, objected: "Since ancient times, the heart of defending people is indispensable, and the Yuan army has more than 17,000 soldiers. I think it is better to send them to Qiongzhou and let them open mines in Qiongzhou, which can be regarded as making some contributions to the imperial court. ”

Su Liu Yi said: "How can the imperial court have ships and soldiers to send them to Qiongzhou now?"

Chen Wenlong was dumbfounded.

Although 267 warships were harvested, it was not possible to send these captives to Qiongzhou with all the troops. In that case, the island will be empty.

These humeral ministers didn't have a foolproof idea.

Of course, this is not to blame them, in ancient times, the treatment of captives was nothing more than exile, surrender, or extermination.

Originally, it was clean to kill, but now the Song Dynasty is short of people, and they are reluctant to kill those soldiers. Moreover, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and these adults who read poetry and books always thought that it was against heaven and earth to kill and surrender pawns.

Zhao Dongting actually thought about this problem last night, and seeing that these ministers didn't have an idea, they smashed their mouths and said, "According to me, let's deal with it like this! Today, I will treat them with delicious food and drink, and then ask them if they are willing to surrender or leave at night." If you want to leave, entangle them, let them go home on their own, and those who want to stay are the sergeants of my Great Song Dynasty, who will stay in the army and serve my Great Song Dynasty. ”

The ministers were thoughtful.

After that, Chen Jianghan said with a heartache: "Your Majesty, they are pawns, let them go home, do we still entangle them?"

Zhao Dongting knew that this iron rooster was reluctant to spend money, and said with a smile: "It's delicious and delicious here, the north is far away from here, and there are many wars on the way, and most of the soldiers are Jurchen and Han Chinese, how many people do you think will choose to go back? I estimate that only those soldiers who still have families in the north will resolutely want to go back." Don't be reluctant to give up the silver taels, now our army is short of food and grass. ”

Chen Jianghan blinked his eyes, still feeling heartache.

Zhao Dongting said again: "By the way, speaking of this matter, I remembered one thing, the former Song generals among the captives of the Yuan army were not allowed to be hired again, and these people were not loyal, so let them all go home." ”

The ministers had no objection to this.

Zhang Shijie took two steps forward, and just said: "Your Majesty, if we release these soldiers back, what if they join the Yuan army again?"

Zhao Dongting smiled and said, "Let's entangle them and let them go home, I believe that no one with a little conscience will continue to join the Yuan army to help the abuse." ”

When the ministers saw Zhao Dongting say this, they couldn't think of any good ideas, so they nodded and agreed.

Zhao Dongting took out Liu Hongqi's letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Xiufu, "Take a look at this letter." ”

After reading the letter, Lu Xiufu's face changed slightly, and he handed it to Zhang Shijie again.

When several ministers in the room finished reading it, their faces were not good-looking, and they were worried and angry.

Zhang Shijie said with an anxious face: "Our army is now in short supply of soldiers, and there is a shortage of mines, how can this be good?"

Even though he was a veteran of the battlefield, he felt a little difficult to deal with for a while.

Zhao Dongting seemed to be confident, and said: "I have a good plan in my heart, and I just want you to prepare for this letter to show you." ”

Zhang Shijie suddenly turned from worry to joy, and said: "Your Majesty, do you have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

After the previous battle that annihilated the Yuan army, even if it was him, he now admires Zhao Dongting very much. Although the emperor does not know how to arrange troops, the method of fighting is elusive, and his control of the overall situation is also very strong.

"Defend as offense!"

Zhao Dongting said quietly: "Our army still has many mines buried all over the island, and there are many weapons in the army to prevent the cavalry of the Yuan army, such as thistles and other weapons used for ambushes. In the past few days, our army has made every effort to dig trenches all over the island, bury hidden weapons, and wait until the day when the emperor will come to attack, and the whole army will guard the palace and wait for work. Consume their forces with rolling stones, fireballs, bows, arrows, crossbows, etc., and then engage them in a bloody battle after they can attack the island and palace. ”

Zhang Shijie was even more overjoyed when he heard this, "The minister will go down and arrange it!"

Zhao Dongting didn't have anything more to say, so he nodded and asked several ministers to retreat.

He could only point out the general direction and strategy, and asked him to dig traps and bury hidden weapons, which he didn't understand at all.

This kind of thing seems simple, but in fact, there are many skills and exquisiteness in it.

Waiting for Lu Xiufu and them to leave, Zhao Dongting himself also walked to the weapons workshop. The smelting technique of the Southern Song Dynasty was still good, and it could smelt steel, but in the end it was still limited by the level of science and technology, and although the forged weapons and armor were strong, the weight was too heavy, and it was often ten catties, and it was not sharp enough.

Although Ge Lijun was about to attack, Zhao Dongting still wanted to improve the smelting techniques of the Southern Song Dynasty.

As long as the army's weapons can be improved, its combat effectiveness will inevitably increase dramatically in the future.

Li Yuanxiu saw Zhao Dongting walking straight to the weapons workshop, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, don't you want to meet the Yuan army general Wan Yanzhang?"

Zhao Dongting raised his eyes and said, "What are you going to do to see him?"

Li Yuanxiu said: "Doesn't the emperor plan to recruit him?"

In ancient times, when seeing powerful generals, kings were usually reluctant to kill, such as Cao Cao's treatment of Guan Yu.

Zhao Dongting crossed over from modern times, but he didn't think so, he shook his head and said: "The Yuan Dynasty is powerful, and my Dynasty is weak, but if Wanyan Zhang is not a fool, he will not really vote for my Great Song Dynasty." If he wants to leave, he will stay with him, I am too lazy to see him, it is better for him to go, he is here, those Jurchen soldiers always take him as the main thing, maybe there will be changes. ”

Li Yuanxiu was surprised: "If Yan Zhang surrenders, he won't be so untrustworthy, right?"

At that time, many people regarded benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith as more important than life.

Zhao Dongting sneered and shook his head, no longer speaking.

People's beliefs will always change with the change of the times.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Shijie reported in the court: "Your Majesty, the matter of surrendering has been properly handled. There are more than 12,000 people in the Yuan army who are willing to submit to our army, and the rest of the nearly 5,000 people have been sent to each of us to go home. ”

"Hmm. ”

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, "Then first disperse them into the various departments of our army, let them dig traps with our sergeants, do not distribute weapons, and all the rest are fed and clothed in the same way as our sergeants." ”

Zhang Shijie bowed slightly, "How are those generals and commanders placed?"

In fact, in the past two days, Zhao Dongting was also a little upset by this incident, and said impatiently when he heard this: "Let's register it first, and then I will settle them when this matter is over." ”

"Yes. ”

Zhang Shijie answered, and stopped talking.

Zhao Dongting rubbed his temples and said, "By the way, is Wanyan Zhang going or staying?"

Although he didn't want to recruit Yan Zhang, he still had some care about this general of the Yuan army.

Zhang Shijie replied: "He stayed in the army. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Dongting couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, "He didn't leave?"

Zhang Shijie looked at Su Liuyi next to him, Su Liuyi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to see Yan Zhang, he said that most of his tribe stayed in the army, and he had nothing to worry about in the north, so he was willing to serve in the army." ”

Some ministers were happy, after all, Wanyanzhang was also quite famous in the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting thought for a while and said, "Then give him a command post first, but don't give him the right to the army, let him stay first!"

The ministers did not speak.

Sometimes they are really not used to the little emperor's speaking habits, and they feel very strange. Naturally, they didn't know, and sometimes Zhao Dongting couldn't cry or laugh when he saw them talking in a literary manner.

After a little silence, Zhao Dongting saw that the ministers didn't seem to have anything to do anymore, so he said: "This battle is a great victory, all of you Aiqing have merit, and when the traitor Ge Lijun is repulsed, I will reward him again." If there is nothing to do, then retreat, and the matter of digging the trap must be hurried and not delayed. ”

The ministers thanked Xie and responded to the response, and when Li Yuanxiu announced his retirement from the court, they walked outside the hall one after another.

In the afternoon of that day, the island of Ganzhou was noisy. Countless soldiers and soldiers held iron pickaxes to dig traps, wooden wheeled carts loaded with various trap weapons ran all over the mountains, and the gun carts, street chariots, horses, ballistae and other equipment stored in the weapons workshop were transported to the inside and outside of the palace. Countless watchtowers began to rise all over the palace.

The war of the state island has just fallen, and it is about to usher in a big war again.