Just when Han Xun and Bai Yixuan were planning, Nalan Ye had already captured the two cities of Huayang County in Western Chu, the closest neighbor of North Vietnam, Shulang and Shuyang.

At this time, Nalan Ye's army had already entered Shuyang City, still trying to persuade the people here to relocate from North Vietnam to Western Chu.

In the city lord's mansion, Nalan Ye sat in the position that originally belonged to Dongping, the director of Shuyang City, and listened to Guan Dongping, who was now obedient, report on the latest important matters.

Although Nalan Ye has always hated this kind of betrayer who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and betrays his master for glory, but at this moment, he can't care about so much, as long as it is useful.

Taking the initiative to attack North Vietnam, he took a certain risk, as long as he could help in any way in the war, Nalan Ye was willing to make an exception.

If he himself sent someone to investigate the situation in Shuyang City, it would take a day or two at the earliest, but since Guan Dongping had surrendered, it would be easier to learn the situation from him.

"At present, there are 30,000 households in Shuyang City, with a total of 110,000 people, including the elderly, children, women and children, and young adults. Xiaguan has already asked people to post notices, as long as they are willing to go to Xichu, not only can they avoid the war and save their lives, but each household can also get ten taels of silver and ten catties of rice noodles, as soon as they arrive in Xichu, they will be distributed. Standing below, Dongping, the former director of Shuyang City, cautiously glanced up at the handsome and majestic young man above, and hurriedly continued: "So far, there are only 8,000 households that have gone to register, and these 8,000 households are all peasant tenants in the city. But those who had a way to live, or those who were unwilling to leave, did not show up, and many ignorant people scolded and said...... Say King Chu, you ......" Guan Dongping swallowed and spit out, not daring to say it, those words were too ugly, he was afraid that saying it would arouse the anger of the killing god in front of him.

Who knows, Nalan Ye had no expression at all, and only said lightly: "What did those people say?" Hearing Nalan Ye's urging, Guan Dongping had to say, and said, "Uh...... Those people really don't know your kindness, King Chu, they said...... Said that the king of Chu wanted them to be traitors, betrayed North Vietnam, and also occupied their houses and land, and said that the king of Chu, you, you must not die well......" Nalan was noncommittal, even though he looked at Guan Dongping's head and couldn't lower his head anymore, looking like he was servile, he was afraid of offending himself, but he didn't feel anything in his heart.

From before he made such a decision, he was mentally prepared. The two countries were at war, after all, each of them was the main one, and he naturally thought of the interests of Western Chu, and of course these North Vietnamese people regarded him as an enemy.

It's just that Nalan Ye has to do this, even if these North Vietnamese people are not brought to Xichu by him, they will only die in this war in the end.

Only by moving them as far as possible could we avoid more deaths, which not only weakened the strength of North Vietnam, but also brought more productivity to Western Chu.

For a long time, it has been getting better and better for Western Chu, and the population of North Vietnam has decreased sharply, even if Western Chu does not use troops against North Vietnam, then the North Vietnamese royal family will only be an empty shell, and North Vietnam, without its subjects, will be useless at all.

"Don't worry about that, city lord, you just go on. As long as you mobilize more than 70% of the people to move out within 10 days, this king can guarantee that you will continue to be the lord of the new city. But if even half of the people can't be mobilized, then the city lord ...... Hehe, you know what this king means, right? ”

"Yes, yes!" Guan Dongping was frightened and responded: "King Chu rest assured, the lower officials will go all out to move these people who don't know whether they are alive or dead." The Lord of Chu is willing to spare their lives, which is already merciful, if they don't know what to do, then don't blame the lower officials for being ruthless. ”

"Well, remember, try not to hurt people, you go." Nalan Ye waved his hand.

"Yes." Guan Dongping respectfully retreated. After he left, Yuan Xingcai, who was standing behind him, said very strangely: "Marshal, why do you waste time for these North Vietnamese? We are now in the midst of a rainbow of momentum, so why take the opportunity to take the opportunity to conquer a few more cities and waste time on these North Vietnamese? Yongan also didn't quite understand, he vaguely knew a little bit of Nalan Ye's thoughts, and wanted to get these North Vietnamese people to Xichu, which was also a good thing for Xichu, but ...... After all, this is a war, why not wait for the victory of the war to end, when North Vietnam will directly become Western Chu, wouldn't it be up to Your Majesty to call the shots?

Wouldn't that be simpler?

"Marshal, what Yuan Xing said is that even if you want to take care of the lives of these North Vietnamese people, but now they regard us as enemies at all, how can you be willing to go honestly? Maybe you'll get something to do on the way, wouldn't it be troublesome? After listening to the words of the two cronies, Nalan Ye didn't understand, but he thought about it more, and only in this way could he have the best of both worlds.

First, he didn't have to worry that more innocent people would die in the war, and if it weren't for the North Vietnamese royal family's repeated troubles, he would not have formed such a hatred with Western Chu.

Now there can only be one between the two countries, otherwise it will be years of war and harassment, and it is better to solve it all at once.

Second, Nalan Ye must kill Han Xun, but Han Xun is the emperor of North Vietnam, so it is inevitable that the two sides will fight the country.

In order to conduct the war as effectively and safely as possible, and completely cut off the North Vietnamese resistance, Nalan Ye had to spend some time moving these people.

As long as every city occupied was deprived of civilians, it would inevitably cause panic in the North Vietnamese, and even more panic among the royal family and courtiers.

Even if the North Vietnamese reclaimed these cities in the future, the cities of no one would be of little use. The city without people will also reduce the urgency of North Vietnam to take it back, so the Western Chu army left here will be safer.

Waiting until the entire Western Chu army is finally victorious, eating away at the population of North Vietnam little by little, this is the most terrible method of annexation.

This is Nalan Ye's plan, but he decided to send it back, and he has not yet received a reply from the imperial court. Although Nalan Ye knew that Nangong Qing was likely to support his decision, he was not sure of the reaction of the other courtiers, in case he encountered some alarmist ones, maybe he would wait for the will of opposition, so he had to take one step at a time.

Getting up, Nalan Ye didn't explain too much: "Don't worry too much, instead of worrying about this, you two should go and publicize the benefits of going to Western Chu with the people of North Vietnam, which can be regarded as a favor for this king." ”

"Uh, this ......" Yuan Xing looked at Yong'an, his face embarrassed. Yong'an also has a similar expression, they are not eloquent, but they can't do these things.

Let them go and pour the soup into these North Vietnamese people, maybe if they listen to two more swearing words, they will get impatient and just slap them out, and they will cause trouble if they have nothing to do.

Immediately sneering, Yongan said hehehehe: "Marshal, let's forget it, this kind of matter of eloquence is still left to the city lord just now, that is to make the best use of things." Afraid that Nalan Ye would call him again, Yuan Xing also hurriedly said: "Marshal, it seems that the military supplies in the rear are going to arrive today, and it just so happens that we don't have much to bring, so our subordinates will go and see it first, and then report back to the marshal when there is news." After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Yongan and quickly slipped away.

Out of the City Lord's Mansion, Yuan Xing straightened up and looked around. Because of Nalan Ye's order, Shuyang City is still the same as a dream, and has not been devastated by the war, less than an hour after they attacked the city gate, they have not used siege vehicles and trebuchets, Shuyang City supervisor Dongping was directly frightened, and surrendered directly with the remnants of the city's 10,000 troops.

For Guan Dongping, he has been scolded by the people in the city these days, but because the population of Shuyang City is more than that of Shuyang, Nalan took a lot of Xichu soldiers to patrol and manage the streets at night.

These people didn't dare to say anything in front of them, but with the frightened and hateful eyes in their eyes, Yuan Xing could also imagine what they would say in private while they were afraid.

Now that Nalan Ye has already made a decision, Yuan Xing doesn't think much about it, no matter what happens to these North Vietnamese people, it will be them who will win in the end anyway.

Along the way, there were patrolling Western Chu soldiers who knew Yuan Xing and knew that he was Nalan Ye's personal soldiers, and they greeted each other with smiling faces and respectfully shouting 'General Yuan'.

Yuan Xing was not arrogant, responded one by one, and quickly transferred to the quartermaster department. Compared with Shuyang City, after Shuyang City was occupied, the Quartermaster Department directly requisitioned a restaurant, which was once called 'Cyclamen' The three-story restaurant has been transformed at this time, all kinds of tables, chairs and stools have been moved to the corner, and all kinds of military supplies are placed in the back hall.

Even the upstairs, warehouses, and firewood rooms are piled up. Although the quantity seems to be large, these surplus military supplies, especially grain and grass, are rapidly decreasing every day.

There were 100,000 Western Chu troops in the city, and 50,000 were stationed outside the city, including more than 30,000 war horses.

Don't look at the whole restaurant being full temporarily, it's only three or five days, and it won't last long.

Fortunately, the military supplies from the other side have just arrived in the next few days, which has solved the urgent need. As soon as he arrived outside the restaurant, Yuan Xing saw a carload of military supplies that had just been transported lined up on the street, which attracted the curious eyes of many North Vietnamese people.

However, they just watched from a distance and didn't dare to get closer, so Yuan Xing glanced at it and didn't care.

"General Yuan is here!" Zuo General, who thought that he was arranging for unloading, saw Yuan Xing coming and immediately saluted.

"General Yuan!"

"Hello General Yuan!" All the Western Chu soldiers saluted Yuan Xing at the same time, their eyes full of longing.

If Nalan Ye is the victory of Xichu and the invincible existence in the hearts of all the soldiers, then Yuan Xing and Yong'an around him are the most loyal guards, with extraordinary martial arts and loyalty, and they are also admired and admired by everyone.

Seeing Nalan Ye, everyone was respectful and didn't dare to be disrespectful, but when they saw Yuan Xing and Yong'an, everyone was a little more affectionate, and they rushed up to say hello one by one.

Looking at the truckloads of grain and grass being transported down, Yuan Xing's heart also fell to the ground, he patted a bite of the box, and opened it casually: "How many of these batches have arrived?" What's in it? General Nazuo immediately said: "Back to General Yuan, this time there are twenty carts of military rations, and 100,000 military salaries, including forage for feeding horses." As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of rice filled with rice in the box in front of Yuan Xing, and was excited: "General Yuan, look at it, it's all like this, and you don't have to worry about the rice grain, you can eat it for at least another month." ”

"By the way, the weather has been getting colder and colder recently, and I see that many soldiers are a little frostbitten, are the winter clothes coming?" Yuan Xing closed the box and asked.

"Here we are, and so are the winter coats." General Zuo led Yuan Xing to another group of carriages, opened the box and showed him: "It's this batch, General Yuan touches it, it's very thick!" I'll send it down later, everyone wears these winter clothes, and it's not cold at night without covering the quilt. Yuan Xing smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's not okay if you don't cover the quilt, how can you fight when you're sick." Anyway, it's good, send it down quickly, so that everyone doesn't get frozen. ”

"Yes!" Zuo will stand upright and smile. In just a moment, the winter clothes that had just arrived began to be distributed, and the team that received the notice sent their own team members, and the smiling generals wore the winter clothes on their bodies.