"Use these two captured marquis, subdue their men, and then attack Hexi?"

Zhao Tuo bowed slightly.

The Qin State has always had a tradition of subduing the Hu people Rong Di

In Qin's administrative system, there were "barbarians" below the county level.

The province was an administrative unit at the same level as the county, located in a place dominated by barbarians, and sent officials to rule. For example, the "Yi Dao" where Li You fought before was a gathering area for Yi people.

When the Qin army went out to fight, the barbarians in the Dao would also be conscripted to serve like ordinary household Qi people, and many of the cavalry under Zhao Tuo were conscripted border soldiers Rong Di.

Chen Ping's suggestion to subdue the two Yueshi and let them turn into the sword in the hands of the Qin army is actually a routine operation, which is indeed much better than killing all the Yue's captives.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Tuo said: "The captured prisoners will be kept first." Mr. Li can understand the Yueshi language, so let's go and see if these two Xi marquis are willing to serve us and be my Qin Army Eagle Dog. ”

"The general can rest assured, I think they must be willing, after all, the marquis licked the general's shoes just now, just like this, how can anyone refuse."

Li Shiqi smiled and took the order.

Chen Ping pouted, feeling that his idea was sent to Li Shiqi to carry it out, and he felt like he had been picked a peach.

But he also had to take it, after all, people knew Yue's language.

Chen Ping could only secretly make up his mind that he also had to learn some foreign languages as soon as possible.

Zhao Tuo glanced at his strategist, and knew what Chen Ping was thinking, and said with a smile: "This time out of the battle, Chen Sheng has a lot of suggestions, and when he comes to the later awards, the rewards for promotion are also indispensable." ”

Chen Ping was overjoyed when he heard this, and his unhappiness dissipated.

He traveled thousands of miles from Wei to Xianyang to join Zhao Tuo, in addition to the other party's recruitment, wanting to be promoted to a knighthood and an official was naturally an important reason.

Next, Zhao Tuo did not send troops to chase the fleeing Yueshi people, only let some sentry horses go out to patrol, and then gathered the army and counted the gains in this battle.

Qin Shang's first contribution.

If a low-level soldier beheads one person, he can be a first-class knight, which is an important reason why the Qin army can fight bravely and swallow the six countries. Therefore, after the war, it is very important to remember the meritorious service and knighthood, and it is also something that everyone looks forward to.

The sun was setting in the west, and the yellow sunlight shrouded the grassland, and headless corpses were thrown together at random, blood staining the grass below scarlet.

The missing heads of the corpses appeared in another clearing, carried and placed in order.

"Ten, eleven, twelve...... Big brother, we've got twelve heads this time! ”

Xi Juan shouted happily, and turned his head to look at the resting Wang Ling and Wang Sue in the back.

The three of them were recruited Peixian rangers, located in the same Shiwu, and Wang Ling used some means to make Shi Chang.

In this battle, in the face of the barbarian attack, they fought bravely on the front line in order to save their lives. Under the fierce battle, several people were killed in the whole battle, and most of the others were injured, and Wang Ling's shoulder was even shot by an arrow falling from the sky, and at this moment he was being bandaged by his younger brother Wang Su.

Because they were even on the front line of the war, when they were divided into heads after the war, they were naturally taken care of by the military judges and assigned twelve heads.

Wang Ling calculated a little in his heart, and his face turned slightly red.

"Naigong is going to make it. The two of you can also get the title of duke. ”

Hearing Wang Ling's words, Xi Juan and Wang Suo glanced at each other, quite excited.

The Qin State had ruled Chu for several years, and they naturally knew the benefits of the Qin State title.

Although most of the cultivated land in Chu is in the hands of the local powerful clans, they may not be able to get a full amount of land and houses after being knighted, or the land allocated is remote uncultivated wasteland, but they can get some benefits in the end.

Even if they are rangers who don't like farming, they won't dislike the lack of farms and houses in their names.

Compared with the land, the greater benefit is that they have the title and the qualification to be officials.

This is a passage to climb up, and if they can mix up a pavilion in Surabaya County, it won't be a good thing.

Moreover, the title can also be used to reduce the sentence when they commit a crime and break the law, which is equivalent to an extra layer of protection.

"Qin people are so good, as long as they make meritorious service, they can be promoted, and if they have a knight, they can become officials. It's like when we were in the state of Chu, although we had military merits, it was not something we could get. ”

The three of them muttered.

The state of Chu also has a military merit system similar to Qin, and its titles include national doctor, column doctor, upper middle, and seven doctors...... All the way to the king, marquis and so on.

However, the state of Chu is not a country governed by the rule of law, and the degree of implementation of military merits is far inferior to that of Qin.

Moreover, the treatment and transparency of the title of Chu State are not as good as those of Qin State, and most of the people who can get knighthoods are nobles and children of wealthy families, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to climb up.

Now that Wang Ling and a few others can get the title of Qin State, their mentality has involuntarily changed slightly.

"I heard that the general Zhao Tuo started as a small soldier, and made meritorious contributions all the way up from the public soldier in the battle of Yan, and became today's chief. If we work hard, we may be able to climb to a high position in the Qin State. ”

The three of them looked longing.

The story of General Zhao Tuo has long been spread all over the world, and he has almost become the spokesperson of the military merit system of the Qin State.

Zhao Tuo's experience is the best advertisement for the military merit system.

At this moment, Wang Ling and the others naturally thought of Zhao Tuo.

The three rangers who once complained about the harsh Qin law in Pei County and were full of bad feelings towards the Qin State and Qin system also quietly changed their mentality after integrating into the Qin army and being knighted because of their meritorious service.

They have also become vested interests in the military merit system.

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"General, our army has succeeded in booby-trapping the Shuangmi Yue Clan, beheading more than 10,000 people, capturing more than 5,000 prisoners, and capturing one Marquis of the Shuangmi Division, one person of 10,000 chiefs, and more than 10 nobles of 1,000 chiefs and below. Only about 5,000 escaped before our army could complete the siege. ”

"Our army's food team relied on the Wugang chariot formation to inflict a large number of casualties on the Yueshi people who came to attack, including the casualties of the follow-up cavalry, our army annihilated about 7,000 Yueshi people of the Kushan Department and captured 3,000 people. About 2,000 people were shot and killed, but because the Marquis of Humi retreated in time, he did not capture the prisoners of the Humi tribe. ”

"Our army suffered about 7,000 casualties, of which about 2,000 were killed in battle."

Zhao Tuo stood on a hill and looked at the Qin army camp that began to bury pots and cook and roast horse meat under the sunset.

On his side, is Xiao He, the chief historian who reported to him on the military situation.

Zhao Tuo's brows furrowed tightly.

Grassland warfare is indeed easy to defeat and difficult to annihilate.

Because of the reason why the Shuangmi Department was lured into a trap, half of the Qin army's troops were wiped out, and its 5,000 soldiers were captured, which was considered a complete heavy blow. The five thousand people who ran away, without the command of the Marquis of Shuang Mi and the nobles, could almost be ignored in the next battle.

However, the Kushan Department and the Humi Department still maintained a strong combat power.

The two divisions combined were 70,000 cavalry, and the total number of annihilation and capture was about 12,000, which meant that they still had nearly 60,000 troops.

Nearly 60,000 cavalry is by no means a number to be ignored in the steppe.

Even though the Marquis of Guishan was captured by the Qin army, the Marquis of Humi was still there, and the son of the Marquis of Guishan, Lajiagu, also ran away.

If they are given a certain amount of time, gather the remnants, and make a comeback, it will still be a great threat to the Qin army.

"It's better to chase after the poor!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhao Tuo's eyes.

The war is not over yet, and he wants to seize this favorable moment.

Zhao Tuo turned his head and said to Xiao He: "Pass the order, let the knights in the army eat and drink enough tonight, and stay until early tomorrow morning, carry enough wheat cakes and water bladders on the road, and take the Marquis of Guishuang with you, and chase after the Yue people!" ”

"The old, weak, women, children, cattle and horses in their tribe are all in the Helan Mountain area, and they will definitely return to Helan to regroup."

"I'm going to take them by surprise and let my Great Qin's cavalry break through Helan Mountain!"

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