Converse strode into the border army camp, and the smell of blood on his body was blown far away by the wind. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the soldiers who followed behind him, all of them were red, and the blood stains that had not yet dried up did not know how much came from the enemy and how much came from themselves. Each soldier returned from looking a little tired, but his fighting spirit was still there.

An Zheng divided the 2,400 border troops in Liuli City into three teams and took turns patrolling out of the city. After he almost razed Song City to the ground by himself, Zhao Jun's provocations became much less. It's just that because of the chaos at the border, those horse thieves and bandits also saw the opportunity, and it seemed that they all appeared in an instant.

When Converse walked into the big tent, An Zheng was frowning slightly and looking at the map in front of him.

Seeing Converse come in, An Zheng pointed to the chair beside him: "I haven't slept for two days and two nights, have you?" Sit down and rest first, and then let Du Slender and lead the troops out." ”

Converse said: "Grandpa Guo, Zhao Jun has been a lot quieter recently, after all, under the divine power of Grandpa Guo, those Zhao Jun are scared of their courage." However, the bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and in the past two days of fighting, they have eliminated several temporary footholds of the bandits, but there is no law for them to come and go, and blindly strangling is not a way, after all, many bandits are actually the people of Zhao State, and they have come to our side. ”

"Send people out to spread the news, and say that Yan Guo is willing to accept them. But there is only one rule, those who abide by the law of my Great Yan, divide a place within the territory of Yan Kingdom for them, let them open up the wasteland and farm, and the seeds and grain will be supplied by the Great Yan. Those who do not obey the laws of Dayan, whether I am a homeless person or a rogue, will not be killed. In troubled times, I will find a way for them to live, but they can't force my people of Dayan to death. ”

An Zheng said without raising his head, and then pointed to the map: "I have marked the places within a radius of three hundred miles, where there may be homeless people or homeless bandits. You take a copy of the map in a while, and these places will be closely inspected. ”

Converse said: "My subordinates obey orders...... Recently, the calm on Zhao Guo's side is not necessarily a good thing for his subordinates. There were not many cultivators in the border army of the Zhao army, but there were more than a dozen large and small sects near Song City. The sects near here are just nice names, but they are actually all reckless rivers and lakes that were incorporated by Zhao Jun and attached to Song City. Now that Song City has been destroyed, if those rivers and lakes come out to do evil, they are afraid that they will be even more ferocious than Zhao Jun. ”

An argued: "With me here, they don't dare to make trouble for the time being." The matter of pacifying the border people is now the most important thing. Three hundred soldiers were dispatched to stay in the tuntian land I had planned. All the displaced people who came from Zhao were all settled there. These three hundred people are responsible for enforcing the law and also for keeping them safe. ”

Converse said: "My subordinates have already sent one hundred and fifty elite soldiers over, but there are quite a few displaced people from Zhao State, no less than four or five thousand. After a while, his subordinates sent another 150 people over to transport a batch of grain by the way. ”

An Zheng: "Human nature is difficult to explain clearly. Those homeless people look pitiful, but once the ugliness of human nature erupts in this seemingly desperate situation, it is more serious than natural disasters. ”

Converse sighed: "Why is this world suddenly chaotic." ”

An Zheng stood up straight and stretched: "Daxi is too big, just put a little pressure on Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo can't bear it." Daxi asked Zhao to attack Xiqiang, and the king of Zhao did not dare to disobey. But King Zhao also knew that this long war was enough to destroy the Zhao State, and he could only perfunctory Daxi. But this kind of perfunctory can't be easily seen. Therefore, in the early stage, Zhao Guoguo frantically arrested border people and created a fake army of hundreds of thousands of people. ”

Converse said: "These hundreds of thousands of people will die under the butcher's knife of the Xiqiang people." ”

An Zheng nodded: "King Zhao knows very well that the death of hundreds of thousands of people is only a loss of national strength. And once the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Zhao army are exhausted with the Xiqiang State, it will be the destruction of the country. ”

He handed Converse a pill: "After eating it, go to sleep and have a good rest." Although this elixir is not the best, it has a certain effect on the recovery of vitality. ”

Converse hurriedly got up and took the pill with both hands: "Thank you, Grandpa Guo...... This is too precious. ”

An Zheng waved his hand: "It's nothing, I will supply such things in the future, and you don't have to be reluctant to use them." ”

An Zheng looked out the window: "Go and rest, no one knows what will happen on the frontier recently." ”

As he was talking, a soldier outside ran in quickly: "Grandpa Guo, Zou Shikai, the general of the Southwest Frontier, has entered the city." ”

An Zheng snorted: "Just let him come to see me directly." ”

Not long after the soldier ran out, Zou Shikai, the general of Zhengerpin, entered the camp and ran in almost all the way. Before entering the door, he gave a military salute: "The last general, Zou Shikai, meet Grandpa Guo!"

An Zheng beckoned: "Come in and speak." ”

Zou Shikai strode in: "After the last general received the news from Grandpa Guo, he rushed over from Fengcheng overnight. On the way here, he encountered a Zhao army entering the country, and the last general took the accompanying team to fight. 1,200 enemies were killed, and about 600 prisoners were taken. ”

An Zheng: "Don't take prisoners. ”

"What do you mean?"

Zou Shikai paused for a moment.

An Zheng: "All of them were killed, and the corpses were thrown back to the territory of Zhao State." ”

Zou Shikai said with some embarrassment: "According to the usual practice, prisoners are generally not killed. And...... After all, on the bright side, the alliance between Zhao Guo and our Dayan is still there. ”

"If something goes wrong, I'll take it. ”

An Zheng said: "First, we don't have extra food to feed the captives, and when they come in, they kill people all the way, according to the law of Dayan, they should be killed." Second, we don't have extra troops to guard the prisoners, and if we divide a part of our men to guard them, we won't have the manpower to guard the people and guard the border. Third, the so-called alliance between Zhao and Yan ended the moment their soldiers stepped into the territory of our Great Yan. ”

"What about the captives?"

Ann asked.

Zou Shikai: "It's all outside the city, and the last general will bring five thousand elites, and it's also outside the city." ”

An Zheng snorted: "Kill, don't leave one." ”

Zou Shikai turned around and ordered, but his heart was extremely shocked. The young man named An Zheng in front of him was only sixteen or seventeen years old, how could he be really ruthless? The alliance between Yan and Zhao had been maintained for many years, and although the Zhao army had crossed the border, he did not dare to use the banner of the Zhao army, and generally pretended to be a rogue. And An Zheng directly destroyed a border city of Zhao State, and beheaded all the more than 600 Zhao army prisoners...... There will be no room for maneuver between the two countries.

It seemed that he could see Zou Shikai's worry, An Zheng said lightly: "At this time, I am not in the mood to think about any matters of benevolence and morality, and there are also situations to be divided into such things as surrendering or not killing." If the hands of the Zhao soldiers were not stained with blood, then it would naturally be feasible to surrender without killing. But who of these people hasn't had the blood of our Yan people on their hands these days?"

An Zheng walked to the door, looked outside, and said: "I have arranged for someone to record my words and deeds in the southeast frontier during these days, and hand them over to the court in the future and present them to the king." So no matter what happens during this time, it has nothing to do with you, and I will bear everything. ”

Zou Shikai hurriedly lowered his head: "That's not what I mean......

An Zheng waved his hand: "Now that the troops are stretched, the five thousand elites you brought are just right." You are also familiar with the situation in Liuli City, and you don't need me to say too much. Tomorrow, when you meet Converse, come up with a plan for me to make up for it. ”

Zou Shikai lowered his head: "Humble obedience." ”

An Zheng said: "On the southwest side, there are few troops. Our Dayan 500,000 elites are in eastern Xinjiang, and on the border line of more than 2,000 miles in the southwest, the border army plus the garrisons in various places are less than 50,000. Once there is any large-scale war, it is simply too late to draw men. On the day I arrived, I had already sent someone to the eastern frontier in an urgent way of thousands of miles, and asked the general Fang confidant to share a part of his troops to come over. However, from the east to the southwest, the army had to travel for at least a month. ”

An argued: "And in China, even in the Gyeonggi region, there is no way to transfer troops. So, you have almost 50,000 people in your hands to hold on for at least a month. It's okay if Zhao Guo doesn't move, once you really move, you will be under a lot of pressure. ”

Zou Shikai frowned: "King Zhao...... I don't think it's going to be a big force against us, is it?"

An Zheng: "Of course he doesn't want to, but it's not for him to call the shots." Daxi ordered that all the small countries attached to Daxi should go to war against the Western Regions, and the king would never send troops. Our Dayan has been fighting for many years, and the battle against Youguo has just come to an end, and the people have not had time to recuperate. But if the king refuses Daxi's request......"

Zou Shikai's face changed suddenly: "The reason why King Zhao killed people and arrested people on the frontier, and even did not hesitate to invade our Dayan, was because he didn't dare to offend Daxi. Daxi's thunder and anger can make Zhao Guo destroy the country in an instant. And if our Dayan refuses Daxi's request......"

An argued: "Daxi will feel that it hurts face, and it's not just face. Once our Dayan refuses Daxi's request and does not send troops to the Western Regions and Daxi has no sanctions, then of course other countries will not send troops to the Western Regions. Daxi will not agree, so revenge will come soon. ”

After all, Zou Shikai has been in the army for many years, and he was once Wang Kaitai's most powerful subordinate, he knows everything about the frontier, and he is also extremely familiar with the relationship between Zhao and Yan...... The secluded country in the east, the hegemon in the southeast, and the eternal country. Korea in the south, Zhao in the southwest, and Zhuo in the west......"

An Zheng's finger crossed the map: "So, two thousand miles is still missing." Your 50,000 troops should be distributed in such a large place!"

His fingers went from the southwest frontier to the northwest frontier: "It is not necessarily Zhao Guo who strikes first, maybe Zhuo Guo, or Korean ......"

An Zheng took a deep breath: "In short, even if the countries are just putting on a show, we must also guard against it." What's more, in the eastern frontier, the pressure on the confidant general in the southeast will be greater, although he has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, but he is facing the three kingdoms of Youguo, Yongguo, and Hegemon, plus a Bohai State that is always waiting for the opportunity to invade the Central Plains. ”

Zou Shikai's face became worse and worse: "Instead of this, it is better to agree to Daxi's request." ”

An argued: "The king will not agree. ”

An Zheng raised his head: "I won't agree either...... On the surface, it seems that it is better to perfunctory Daxi to send troops to the Western Regions. But if we really want to start a war against the Western Regions, in just one year, half of the people of our Dayan will starve to death! We have the western frontier, the northwest, and the northern frontier have Yanshan Mountain, and the Cangman Mountain is a natural moat, and as long as the southwest and eastern frontier are defended, the people will at least be able to live. ”

An Zheng was just about to continue to explain, when a soldier outside hurriedly ran in: "Grandpa Guo, something is wrong!"

The soldier's face was pale, and his eyes were full of anger and fear, so complicated.