Chapter 256: Burning the Royal City
"I'm a mother-in-law, fourth uncle and grandmother, this Hun is really rich! That's enough money for me to spend in a lifetime! ”
It was just getting dark, and the materials in the city were counted, and they were all placed in the open space outside the king's tent.
Boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, Peng Yue and the others couldn't open their eyes.
Not to mention the cattle and sheep, which were driven out of the city by the soldiers, there were hundreds of thousands of heads!
"You can pull it down, it's really enough for you to spend a few lifetimes, but in the huge Huns, it's nothing at all, if there is a natural disaster or something, even disaster relief is not enough, and in addition to the royal family, a large part of this money is for the people in the city, and if you deduct this part, there will be even less available!"
Zhang Han glanced at it, shook his head and sneered.
Peng Yue and the others just compared the money with their own income, which is indeed an astronomical amount.
But this money belongs to the treasury of the Xiongnu, whether it is to pay salaries to ministers, or to relieve disaster victims, develop medical care, and build various road facilities, all of them are used with this part of the money.
"Oh......! It turns out that this is the case, if you look at it this way, it is indeed not rich, no wonder you always want to rob other countries! ”
Several people nodded suddenly in realization, and suddenly understood.
"But with all this money and cattle and sheep, it can make our Daqin rich, haha......!"
Although this money is not enough to support a country, after it is sent to Xianyang, it can really fill Daqin's treasury for a period of time.
You can start the work that you wanted to repair but didn't repair.
The people's taxes can also be reduced or reduced, so that the people can keep more food to feed themselves and develop industry and commerce!
"Well, their Huns live on this money, but when it comes to our Daqin, it's the icing on the cake, let Your Majesty build more artillery and mines, and the military force is strong, see who dares to bully us!"
"Yes, don't talk about bullying us in the future, we can bully and bully anyone who doesn't like the eye, how cool it was that day, haha!"
"No, if the Huns are destroyed, the people on the border will have a better life!"
"One punch, no hundred punches, we have defeated the Huns, and other countries around us have to be polite to us, see who dares to bully us......
The crowd gathered around a yard full of gold, silver and jewelry, and talked happily.
The royal city has been defeated, and Maudun has been captured, so it's only a matter of time before the other tribes are cleaned up!
"Take the Xiongnu King City, all the soldiers have merit, and each will be rewarded with ten gold!"
Looking at the gold and silver jewelry and treasured jewelry in the yard, Xiao Zhengtai announced loudly.
"Yes, thank you, little boy!"
"Thank you, little boy......!"
Everyone who was present put down their work and quickly thanked Xiao Zhengtai.
Follow the little boy to go on the expedition, you don't have to make much effort to get military merits, and every time you win a battle, you will be rewarded with a lot of money!
You know, their salary is less than ten gold a year.
And from the time of the expedition to the present, not to mention eating and drinking, just getting rewards, there are already dozens of gold, enough for their family to spend a few years!
Now everyone's enthusiasm is even stronger, those who should carry things carry things, those who should drive carriages, and the soldiers are full of smiles on their faces!
By the time it was completely dark, all the treasures had been moved out of the royal city and sent to Yanmen County.
"Ordered someone to prepare torches and burned this Xiongnu royal city to me, and from now on, there will be no Xiongnu country!"
Standing outside the city, Xiao Zhengtai gave an order.
"Burned? It's a pity that such a big city burns down, right? In the future, you can repair the city wall and send troops to be stationed for a long time! ”
The area of the Xiongnu was very large, and it was not that it would be returned to Daqin just by defeating it, but that troops should be sent to garrison it, so as to prevent other small surrounding countries from picking up cheap.
They are nomads, and there are relatively few cities, not to mention such a large city, and when it is burned, Wang Ben always feels a pity!
"The garrison can be rebuilt, but the Xiongnu King City must be burned ......!"
Xiao Zhengtai looked up at the dilapidated city wall, and continued: "The royal city is like a belief, if it is not completely destroyed, it is inevitable that those people will have the heart to restore the country, only by completely destroying it, can they break this idea, and gradually be assimilated and become the people of my Great Qin!" ”
"Oh! So that's ......! ”
Wang Ben suddenly realized, "Don't worry, little boy, the lower officials will do it, and ensure that their thoughts are burned clean!" ”
"Brothers, follow me to find dry firewood!"
At the sound of the order, the soldiers immediately scattered in all directions, looking for something that could ignite the fire.
In less than half an hour, everything was ready, and the city was full of firestarters!
"Little boy, torch ......!"
When he was ready, Wang Ben handed the torch to Xiao Zhengtai, and he lit it.
Ying Feiyu was not polite, took the torch, looked at it calmly and thoughtfully for a long time, and threw it to the dry pyre.
Other soldiers with torches followed, throwing their torches out one after another, igniting the dry wood!
Suddenly the whole city burned to the sky, and the night shone as black as day!
"The Huns have bullied my Daqin for many years, and I don't know how many people they slaughtered in my Daqin, and today I finally avenged them!"
Looking at the sea of fire in front of him, Wang Ben said with emotion.
"From now on, there will be no more Huns, and they will also disappear completely from the history books!"
Zhang Han's face was serious, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
The night sky was suddenly lit up by the light of fire, and Mao Dun, who was escorted to Xianyang overnight, turned his head and found that the royal city was burned, and was stunned for a long time, and then his knees were weak, and he collapsed on the ground, howling and crying!
Before, the ministers also advised him to stay in the green mountains and not worry about running out of firewood.
Now that the royal city is gone, even if he is still alive, what is the use?
"Hurry up, don't bother, you are no longer the high-minded and mighty Hun Da Danyu, now you are just a prisoner under the stairs, if you don't hurry up, do you expect us to carry you in eight sedan chairs?"
"Hurry up!"
The escorted soldiers went up directly with their feet, and sprinkled Daqin's resentment against the Xiongnu on Mao Dun's body.
"Hahaha......!"
Mao Dun didn't expect that his reputation in his life would now be reduced to being bullied by a few ordinary soldiers, and the tears on his face had not yet dried, and he suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.
"I'm crying and laughing, I'm afraid I'm not crazy, right?"
"Humph! It's useless to pretend to be crazy and stupid, hurry up! ”
Under the repeated urging of the soldiers, Mao Dun, whose heart was like ashes, staggered to his feet, and walked forward with heavy steps, like a walking corpse.
"It's over, it's completely over, the royal city has been burned, we really have no hope!"
"We have become prisoners, even if the royal city is not burned, do you think we can go back? Stop dreaming! ”
"Yes, even if someone succeeds in recovering the country, they can't spend money and effort to get us!"
"Alas......!"
After the Huns who had just been captured saw the fire, they were also like ashes, and they drooped their heads one by one, and were driven to Yanmen County by the Qin army.