Chapter 313: The Strategy of Pinghu

In the blink of an eye, it was three months.

On the battlefield ahead, there were frequent good news, which made the Manchu civil and military also happy.

"Newspaper—"

"Your Majesty, the great general Song Que has defeated the Turkic army of 300,000 in front of the ferry pass yesterday, captured nearly 100,000 people, and is now harvesting the remnants of the Turkic troops, and will return to the court in the near future."

"I won so quickly......"

Some time ago, the progress of the Turkic cavalry had been obviously blocked, and the 500,000 army, under the leadership of Song Que, was like a steel wall, steadily stopping the main Turkic force!

Then, Song Que led a surprise army to attack at night, and destroyed the Turkic camp with a fire attack strategy, forcing Bi Xuan to reorganize the army, intending to fight to the death with Song Que at the crossing of the Yellow River.

But he didn't want to, in such a quick time, he defeated the main Turkic force.

Thinking of this, Su Zimo couldn't help but get up and looked at the spy who was in charge of communication below.

"What about Bi Xuan?"

"In a decisive battle with General Song, one move was lost, and he was defeated by General Song's sword."

"Good!"

Hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed in Su Zimo's eyes.

Although he still has a lot of confidence in Song Que's strength, it is indeed a gratifying thing that the other party can defeat Bi Xuan in a single battle.

"In this way, I am afraid that the names of the three great masters will no longer exist......

On the battlefield of Goguryeo ten years ago, Fu Cailin, the "master of sword fighting", was martyred, and some time ago, Su Zimo broke the "scattered people" Ning Daoqi's "scattered eight pounces", making him take the initiative to admit defeat.

Now that "Wuzun" Bi Xuan has been defeated by Song Que, it is equivalent to officially announcing the dismal exit of the three great masters.

Ten days later, the army returned to the court.

And the person at the head is naturally Song Que in military uniform.

In addition, the most striking thing is that the nearly 100,000 Turkic captives are trapped with ropes, their clothes are ragged, although there are no obvious scars on their bodies, but their expressions are blank, and their faces are like walking corpses.

Obviously, these people have received some "special treatment" on the road.

It was now October, and these captives were all left with only a thin single coat, and their faces were already pale.

In this regard, no one showed a trace of pity.

After all, when the Turks went south before, wherever they passed, whether it was the Sui army, or the people in the villages and towns along the way, they were all slaughtered.

Such acts are like beasts!

"Your Majesty!"

The army came outside the city, and Song Que also took the initiative to dismount and saluted Su Zimo.

The rest of the sergeants are all learned, and their momentum is shocking.

"All Aiqing defeated the Turks this time and returned victoriously, all of them are the heroes of my Great Sui!"

"Someone, give wine!"

The people of the palace came here with a carriage containing a jar of wine.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the great victory, it is natural to feast the ministers and reward them for their merits.

In addition to Song Que being crowned a general and rewarding a lot of treasures, the rest of the soldiers who accompanied the army were also promoted to one level and rewarded countless rewards, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

After all, aren't these people, fighting on the battlefield and forgetting their lives and death, just to be able to seek a well-being for themselves and their families?

And this time the Turks attacked, so that many people were sealed.

Among them, there are dozens of people who have been knighted!

In addition, those who have sacrificed their lives will naturally have someone responsible for registering their names and surnames to compensate their families at a later date.

As for the bones......

Generally speaking, for various reasons, the remains of fallen soldiers are buried on the spot, and some of the higher grades may be cremated into ashes and handed over to their families when the army returns.

Therefore, most people's relics are just a military badge engraved with their name, surname, and place of origin.

After all this is dealt with, the remaining question is how to deal with the nearly 100,000 captives.

For this reason, Su Zimo naturally specially convened the ministers to discuss the solution.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that these people should be released in order to show the magnanimity of my Heavenly Empire, in addition, if you kill prisoners, it will inevitably damage Your Majesty's benevolence."

The person who spoke was a courtier who adhered to Confucianism, and his opinion naturally aroused the refutation of a military general!

"Lord Zhang, what do you mean by this?"

I saw a middle-aged military general come out of the crowd, shook his head and said: "You know, these captives are all stained with the blood of my Han family's people, how can you say that they will be released?" ”

"General Wang is reasonable, for these dogs, we should use violence to counter violence, and kill to stop killing!"

"Yes, how can the blood of our soldiers be shed in vain?"

Suddenly, a cadre of military generals was filled with righteous indignation, and they were gossiping in the court, quarreling over the matter of the prisoners.

"Ahem, you love Qing and live."

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Su Zimo saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stopped it, which saved an unnecessary dispute.

"Although the Turks have returned from a great defeat, there are still remnants of forces everywhere on the steppe, and if these captives are easily allowed to return, it will inevitably rekindle the ashes in the future, and the war will be rekindled on the border."

This sentence also set the tone for the disposal of the prisoners this time.

After all, these people are the elite of the Turks, and one by one they are resentful, and letting them go is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.

"What Your Majesty said is very true."

Seeing Su Zimo speak, the ministers also understood the thoughts of His Majesty the Emperor.

Obviously, this was not intended to let this group of Turkic captives go.

"I wonder how Your Majesty intends to settle these people?" One of the ministers said.

In this regard, Su Zimo couldn't help but smile, and said quietly: "I intend to order people to dig rivers and build canals to open up water conservancy, it is better to let these captives work, what do you think Aiqing thinks?" ”

"Shhhh

As soon as these words came out, many courtiers gasped.

Construction of canals...... This is a huge project that costs the people and money, but if it is replaced by these 100,000 Turkic captives, there will naturally be a lot less public resentment, and it can be reasonably used by these people, which can really be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"Of course, God has the virtue of a good life, and if the canal is completed, the remaining captives can regain their freedom and officially become the people of the Great Sui," Su Zimo said.

After all, the reckless oppression of captives will inevitably make these people have the will to die and have no intention of working, and if they are given a hope, it will be a different result.

As for when the time comes, if someone can really survive the heavy labor, then Su Zimo doesn't mind fulfilling his promise to exempt him from the status of a prisoner.

But this is a possibility...... It's really minor.

You must know that in history, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty requisitioned millions of people in order to build the canal, but when the construction was successful, the remaining people were only 12 out of 10.

You can see the cruelty in it.

As for these 100,000 Turkic captives, although they are elite soldiers, they are probably not one in ten thousand who can survive this time.

"Your Majesty is benevolent."

The ministers present are not stupid people, so they can naturally figure out the tricks...... In this way, the fate of 100,000 captives was easily decided.

Of course, the construction of the Grand Canal with only 100,000 people is just a drop in the bucket.

In this regard, Su Zimo kept silent, and raised the issue of how to govern the grassland.

In history, it is difficult to have an effective way to govern the Hu people, after all, most of these Hu people are nomadic people, living in the grassland, and the population is scattered, which can not be easily appeased, and it is difficult to eliminate them all.

"I don't know what your Aiqing opinions?"

"The minister thinks that he can send people to the grassland and use the army to suppress it!" One of the ministers said.

Soon, someone shook his head and retorted: "Although this method is good, it consumes military strength, and it is really inappropriate for my Great Sui soldiers to be consumed on the grassland in vain." ”

After all, the Hu tribes on the grassland, large and small, add up to millions of people, even if the most elite 300,000 Hu cavalry is taken away this time, the rest of the population will be suppressed by at least more than 100,000 troops.

In the long run, the cost is simply too high.

After a long time, he saw Shi Zhixuan get up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, why don't you win over some Turkic tribes, instigate them to fight among themselves, and let them fight each other?" ”

This is also the method used by Shi Zhixuan when he went to the grassland under the pseudonym Pei Ju before.

It is precisely because of this move that the huge Turkic forces were divided into two parts, the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks, and there were great contradictions between them.

In this regard, Su Zimo couldn't help but shake his head: "Pei Qing's words are indeed somewhat feasible, but they are a long-term solution, which is not conducive to the current situation." ”

After a pause, he continued.

"At an extraordinary time, I already have an idea, so I will say a few points for you Aiqing to hear."

"Listen to your ears."

At this, everyone could not stand still, and they all got up and knelt down to listen.

"I plan to send people to conquer the steppe, and if there are Turkic tribes sending troops to hinder them along the way, they will all be cut down, and all the men of their tribes, above the wheel, will be used as conscription!"

"As for these people, they are used to build the canal, and they are treated like those Turkic captives, and when the canal is completed, if there are no deaths, they will be spared."

"Yes......"

Hearing this, the backs of the courtiers were cold, and they all heard the meaning of Su Zimo's words.

Where is this intention to open the net, it is obviously implying that they are desperately driving these Turks to prevent them from having a chance to leave alive!

Then, Su Zimo got up and paced.

"As for the children and female dependents of those clans, they will all be sent to the families of meritorious ministers as slaves, and if they give birth to a boy and half a girl, the children will still be used as slaves, and only after three generations will the lord be allowed to give them Han status!"

"Yes!"

Although this remark seems to be much better than before, it is also a desperate strategy. Three generations later, these Hu people are afraid that they have already been deeply branded, and it will be difficult to rebel again!

emmmm…… Fictional content, there is no insinuation, please do not substitute reality.

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