Chapter 450: People Are Spoils of War
Niu Jinda is depressed at the moment, and he finally copied the path over, and the soldiers under his command also want to make contributions on the battlefield, but what is the matter now? All the men took up their positions, and the gates were opened, and everyone from the magistrates down came out and surrendered.
"I said don't be bitter about your old cow, where are you now? We are going to conquer the whole of Goguryeo and the peninsula, and the other two countries have not suffered much damage, and there will definitely be a tough battle when we fight them, and I will be the first to send you when the time comes. ”
Li Xiang is very considerate of Niu Jinda, and his whole body is ready, including his army, he is about to rush up, and you surrender directly on the other side, aren't we people preparing in vain?
"Your Highness Xie, I won't know the rest of the things, so I'll take people to patrol the riverside."
Niu Jinda's mood was not high, and he went out on patrol with 1,500 soldiers under his command, Li Xiang also went with him, and everyone else was happy today, but he was holding back a sullen breath, and now the enemy took the initiative to surrender, so this credit has nothing to do with him, it can only be counted on Li Xiang's head, who made him not the boss.
"Your Highness, what should you do with these 100,000 people?"
Looking at the steady stream of people coming out of the city, Su Dingfang also had no idea, although he robbed a lot of Goguryeo people in the past, but compared with the number in front of him, I am afraid it is not as good as a fraction, the tens of thousands of soldiers are naturally easy to deal with, but the rest are ordinary people.
If Li Shimin were here, it would be very likely that he would let them continue to live here to show his prestige as a heavenly khan, but letting these people continue to stay here would not do us any good, and they would have resentment in their hearts.
"All of them are registered, and then they are sent back, these people are our trophies, if anyone is short of work, you can buy them directly from the imperial court."
Li Xiangleng snorted, expecting himself to do that kind of thing to earn fame, then forget it, mainly because we don't need that reputation, the actual benefits in our hands are the most important, if no one wants these 100,000 people, Li Xiangyuan will also rush to his farm.
Li Xiang's farm has also expanded very much, if you hire people to farm, you will spend more money that year, these people are free labor, why not use it? It's a big deal to save a sum of money to the imperial court.
"The last general obeys!"
Su Dingfang didn't care what Li Xiang was pulling these people for, in short, he couldn't let them stay, there were a lot of young and strong men here, according to Su Dingfang's idea, they should all be killed, anyway, there are a lot of people who died here, and everyone will return their lives.
However, Li Xiang's method takes into account economic benefits, anyway, Li Xiang knows who you people are, and he will naturally not give you a good face after pulling it back, there are countless jobs waiting for you to do, sleep six or seven hours a day, and the rest of the time is just work, as for food and drink, and the livestock are treated as well, so as to save you from eating too much and rebelling.
If more than 100,000 people are transported back in one batch, it is too difficult to manage, so Li Xiang gave Su Dingfang a plan, each time 6,000 people are transported back, and when this batch is on the road, it will take at least three or four days to walk, and then let the next batch go on the road, which is also to prevent them from colluding and rebelling on the road.
Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, if they rebel here, I'm afraid there is no way to catch it back, as long as it is in the Guannei, then there is nothing to be afraid of, there are many ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty over there, these people have engraved words on their faces, no matter where he goes, there is no way to survive in society, unless it is to live in the deep mountains and old forests, for these ruthless people, Li Xiang can only say that he admires them.
When the two discussed this matter, a group of officials came over from afar, these people were most of Goguryeo's officials in Jiangbei, originally they were thinking of crossing the river in the past two days, but Goguryeo had no choice but to burn all the boats on the Datong River in order to make them die for defense.
Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, I am afraid that Li Xiang and these people will cross the river by boat, and now there are no various mechanical equipment in this era, and it is not easy to build a bridge of dozens of meters, as for the river that stretches for hundreds of meters, it can only be by boat.
Now that there are no boats on the river, Goguryeo also thinks that they have a little way to live, but they still have to reach an agreement with Li Xiang, in case Li Xiang insists on crossing the river, the Tang Dynasty sailors are not weak.
The last time Li Shimin came to fight, he also ordered the Dengzhou Navy Division to help, but this time because Li Xiang's attack was too fast, so the Dengzhou Navy Division had not yet left the port, and Li Xiang had already taken down a large amount of land in Jiangbei.
"Li Xiang, how can you ignore Datang's face and brazenly launch an attack......
Li Renxi may not have figured out the current situation, and when he saw Li Xiang, he was about to scold, and when he said this, many Goguryeo officials present applauded, they thought that this old man gave Goguryeo a long face.
"This old man is really looking for death, I will cut him."
Su Dingfang was about to take the knife over, but Li Xiang stopped Su Dingfang, if you cut him now, then he is a hero in the hearts of the people of Goguryeo, to deal with such a so-called hero, Li Xiang has a way, see if you have the ability, whether the bones are hard enough, being a hero in this year is not just a matter of a moment.
"Someone! Put forty pounds of stone on the old man's back, let him walk along the river, not allow him to drink water or eat, and if he stops, then give me a leather whip, and when he must insult Goguryeo, then give him water. ”
After Li Xiang's words were finished, the people around him shuddered, there are many people who are heroes, but some people are real heroes, and some people are fake heroes, Su Dingfang calculated in his heart, if he is in the position of this old man, it is very likely that he will not be able to hold on in the end, after all, a knife is a matter of an instant, but if you keep working and don't give water and food, then it is difficult to predict the result.
"And those people over there, didn't they scold very vigorously just now? You go and tell them that you can either scold Goguryeo to the heavens, or go with this old man and carry stones......"
As soon as Li Xiang's words were finished, the Goguryeo officials not far away closed their mouths one after another, and some even covered them with their hands, for fear that one character would slip out......