Luo Zheng was a little angry, and said coldly: "Zhang Mengdi will put things aside for the time being, and then slowly settle accounts with this guy in the future." However, at present, our army has eaten all the grain grabbed along the way, although there are still 8,000 stone of military rations, thousands of cattle and sheep, but it is not enough for more than 10,000 people to eat until next year's autumn harvest. ”

Xu Chu said loudly: "The Qiang people have cattle and sheep, just rob the Qiang people." ”

Luo Zheng glared at him angrily and said, "Blindly looting, how different is it from a robber!" ”

Xu Chu wondered in his heart, not knowing where he said something wrong.

Haven't you been robbing since you entered Liangzhou?

Why did you get to Cangsong, and you are not allowed to rob again.

Xun Yu explained: "General Xu Chu doesn't know that raising the army by plundering is only a temporary measure, and it is not the right way in the end. Moreover, there are not many people in Lingju in the first place, and even if all the nearby Qiang people are robbed, they may not be able to grab enough grain for more than 10,000 people to eat next autumn's harvest. What's more important is that if the general wants to pacify the Xiqiang, he can't blindly plunder the Qiang people, otherwise once the Qiang people resist desperately, not only will the general not be able to stabilize the situation, but also completely force the Qiang people to the opposite side. ”

"This ......"

Xu Chu scratched his head, and then he understood.

Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals also looked abrupt, frowning one by one.

If you can't rob the Qiang people, where can you grab the grain and grass for the winter?

These men are good at killing people, and let them find a way to solve problems, but it is difficult for some strong people.

Luo Zheng rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a little headache: "Eight thousand stone military rations, plus more than five thousand cattle and sheep, even if you save money, it will only be enough to eat until the beginning of spring next year, and it will take at least five months to get the autumn grain into the ground." It's not good to settle the local people and displaced people under the rule of the Qiang Captain Department, so much grain and grass, where to grab it, what can Wen Ruoke do? ”

Xun Yu frowned and thought for a while, and said, "There is no other way, let's go to the Lingju Huqiang Captain's Department first!" ”

Luo Zheng muttered: "That's all." ”

That night, the army set up camp south of Cangsong, prepared to rest for the night, and set up for the south to live the next day.

I didn't think it would be snowing heavily at night.

The snow came suddenly, without warning.

By daybreak, the snow on the official road was more than a finger thick, and the snow still showed no signs of stopping.

Luo Zheng had no choice but to camp and wait for the snow to clear.

That's five days.

The snow on the official road was knee-high, and the cars and horses could not get on the road at all.

It will be until the snow melts and the roads are clear, and it is estimated that it will be until the beginning of spring next year.

Luo Zheng couldn't, so he had to order more than 2,000 Qiang captives to clear the snow in front of the road, and more than 10,000 people lined up in a long snake formation on the official road, and slowly moved forward on the cleared official road at the speed of a snail.

By the time it got dark, he had walked less than twenty miles, and he was not much faster than a snail.

It was less than ten days away, but I walked for a full month before I arrived at Lingju.

On the way, many cattle, sheep and horses froze to death, but fortunately, the weather was cold, so they would not spoil and could be kept as rations.

At this time, the first year of the first peace of the turbulent land had passed.

Last night was the New Year's Eve, but Luo Zheng and the soldiers were not in the mood for the New Year at all.

Lingju is a small county, and it is also the seat of the Qiang's school captain's department.

During the period of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, Xiqiang rebelled, united with the Xiongnu to besiege Baohan, the Han court punished Li Xi and Xu Zi to lead the army to break the Xiqiang, in order to suppress the Qiang people's resistance, cut off the communication between Xiqiang and the Xiongnu, the imperial court ordered to protect the Qiang school captain's mansion and rule the residence.

After it was abolished many times, in the Zhongping period, after the Qiang Beigong Boyu rebelled, he attacked and killed the captain of the Qiang school.

The imperial court took Xia Yu as the captain of the Qiang school, and before he left the customs, he was attacked and killed by the Qiang soldiers.

Since then, the Central Plains has been in civil strife, the Captain of Huqiang has existed in name only, and the imperial court has never appointed the Captain of Huqiang.

By the time Luo Zheng left Zhenxiqiang, the post of captain of Qiang had been vacant for six years.

Lingju is a small county, the city wall is made of adobe, because of disrepair, has been trampled in many places, the hole is open in the city gate, the two wooden doors have long disappeared, and I don't know if it was taken away by the people as firewood burned.

On the empty streets, the snow showed signs of being cleared, but it was overgrown with weeds and bricks and stones, and it was very dilapidated.

Seeing this scene, Luo Zheng's heart was half cold.

Looking at it like this, Lingju is almost an empty city.

It doesn't matter if the city is dilapidated, there are no people, can it still be called a city?

Xun Yu, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other generals also had very ugly faces and wanted to scold their mothers.

Wu Xi, the captain of the Northern Military Academy, has a dark face, he has a good place in Luoyang, eats and drinks spicy, he was originally sent to the bitter cold land of Liangzhou and was full of resentment, and now he sees the dilapidated appearance of Ling's residence, and he doesn't know how many times he has scolded his mother.

Luo Zheng restrained the war horse and shouted, "Where is Wu Xi?" ”

Wu Xi urged him to step forward and said in a muffled voice: "What does the general command?" ”

Luo Zheng said: "The quick condemners went to the city to investigate, and saw if there were bandits entrenched in the city. ”

"Yes."

Wu Xi arched his hand and went down to arrange.

Luo Zheng ordered the army to camp on the spot, and he was not going to enter the city today.

In a short time, the spies sent to the ground returned.

There were several bands of bandits entrenched in the city, about 2,000 people.

At this time, the bandits in the city already knew that there was a large army from outside the city, and they climbed to the top of the city one after another, probing their heads to watch.

Luo Zheng saw it clearly, and immediately ordered Wu Xi to lead troops into the city to clear out the bandits in the city.

Soon, the elite of the 3,000 Northern Army beat the drum and slaughtered through the north gate with great momentum.

"Damn it, where did the officers and soldiers come from."

A small leader of the bandits scolded, "Go and report to the big leader, just say that the officials and soldiers have come in." ”

"Yes."

A bandit said yes and flew away.

However, before the leader arrived, 3,000 northern troops had already entered the city.

Dozens of bandits gathered at the North Gate saw that the situation was not good, and ran away.

Wu Xi took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, and did not give the bandits a chance to gather and resist at all, and swept away more than 2,000 bandits who did not expect that there would be officials and soldiers on a snowy day.

Luo Zheng placed more than 2,000 bandits and more than 2,000 Qiang prisoners together, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead a thousand cavalry to guard them.

Early the next morning, the army marched into Lingju and began to take over the city.

It was freezing cold, and there was no way to repair the collapsed city.

Luo Zheng had no choice but to order the soldiers to install a gate for the city gate first, and then reorganize the houses in the city a little, and place the 8,000 army and 5,000 people, while the more than 4,000 prisoners were kept in the barracks, and they were only given a meal for two days.

Lest these captives be full of warm thoughts**, and have nothing to do when they are full.

The official residence of the Captain of Huqiang has fallen into disrepair, and the houses have collapsed in many places, and there are still burned ground.

In the huge land house, I can't find a few houses that can live in the land.

Xu Chu worked hard with his soldiers for a long time before he cleaned up a few houses that were still in good condition.

Gan Qian and Ren Yan continued to work with their servants and maids, while Luo Zheng went to the council hall.

The spacious council hall collapsed, the walls leaked everywhere, and the cold wind blew the snow flakes in, hitting the face like a knife scrape, and all the generals covered their hands and sighed.

Luo Zheng frowned, looked at Xun Yu who was standing on the left and said tremblingly: "Wen Ruo, from today on, you will be the head of the Qiang Lieutenant Department, but all internal affairs are decided by you, and this general will not ask." ”

Xun Yu was so resolute that he arched his hand and said, "Obey the order." ”

Luo Zheng slowed down his tone and said, "The conditions are a little difficult, and these days are hard. However, it was too cold, and Wen Ruo was a scribe, not as strong as me, so he needed to add a few more clothes, and beware of the wind cold. ”

Xun Yu's heart warmed, and said: "The general can rest assured, in the next year, he will be strong and strong, and he will be able to withstand the severe cold." ”

Luo Zheng nodded, looked around at the generals and said: "Don't be idle, if you have nothing to do, take the soldiers to repair the city defense, or repair the houses in the city, how much can you do, and then go to the neighborhood to get some firewood to burn." Damn, I'm about to freeze to death. ”

"Hahaha!"

The generals burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was finally warmer.

Zhao Yun said: "Lord, what about those captives, you can't just keep them like this, right?" ”

Li Meng also said: "Yes, our army does not have much grain and straw, and it is not a matter to raise those prisoners for nothing." ”

Luo Zheng said 'um', "These captives are all young and strong, it's a pity to kill them, but you can't raise them for nothing." Let's be coolies first, and let these captives repair the walled houses or carry firewood. ”

Zhao Yun arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

Luo Zheng thought for a while, his eyes showed a ruthless look, and he said: "Most of these captives are Qiang people, they are used to robbing their homes, and they are all a little unruly, don't treat them as people for the time being, just treat them as animals, and don't let them eat enough, just eat half full every day, and squeeze all these guys to see if they still have the strength to make trouble." ”

"Yes."

The generals agreed with a bang, and did not feel that the oppression of the prisoners was excessive.

You must know that in this era, it is common to kill captives.

Luo Zheng didn't kill these captives, but just squeezed some bodies, which was already very merciful.

Even Xun Yu, a literati, has no opinion on this.

The literati of this era were different from the scholars of the Song and Song dynasties in later generations, and they did not speak of benevolence, righteousness and morality, let alone use the big hat of virtue to criticize some barbaric behavior, and did not think that there was anything wrong with mistreating the prisoners.

There are even some literati who kill foreigners, and they are more sinister than military generals.

The sentence 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different' shows the attitude of the literati of this era towards foreign races.

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