Chapter 26: Qin Qiong's Choice
"Bian Guan Di reported that on February 18, Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, led his army to attack, broke the big tent of the camp of the Turkic Sha Bo Division, and captured more than 1,000 Turkic troops."
"On February 27, Yang Yichen's troops ambushed the retreating Turkic army and strangled more than 3,000 Turkic cavalry."
"On the fifth day of the first month of March, the Sha Bo Luo Department led the army to break through the siege, during which more than 600 enemy cavalry were killed, the enemy general Kluoto was beheaded, the Turkic army lost its armor, and most of the soldiers died. "
"During the period, more than 3,000 enemy soldiers were captured, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin took prisoners into custody, and Qizuo Border Pass could not hold so many prisoners, so I requested that the prisoners be escorted back to Daxing City, and asked Your Majesty to choose between them and the princes of the court."
The emperor listened to the military newspaper and was immersed in the dream of a strong army and a strong country in the Great Sui, but in the end, he was pulled back to reality by Yang Guang's excerpt.
"It's another problem for me."
Yang Jian was helpless, and immediately threw the problem to the ministers: "Everyone, our army has taken many prisoners this time, you have a good way to settle it." ”
Look at me, people, and I look at you, what will happen to the captives of more than 3,000 people? It's really hard to do.
In ancient times, the most common treatment of this kind of captives was nothing more than four kinds, the sacrificial flag of killing before the war, the slaughter of the prestige, the surrender of the army, and the adoption of slaves, but because of the large number of people who surrendered this time, the number was huge, and a single treatment method did not seem to be very appropriate.
Yang Guang just understands that no matter what kind of decision he makes, he will definitely be talked about by this group of people, so he simply let them talk.
It is easy to fire a cannon afterwards, but it is difficult to determine it at the moment, and no one speaks at this time.
Yang Jian insisted on the situation and asked the Yizhou Thorn History, the king of Shu, Yang Xiu, who had just returned recently.
"King Shu, what do you have to deal with?"
Yang Xiu said bluntly: "It's hard to trust the Turkic troops, so let's kill them all." ”
As soon as these words came out, a minister jumped out: "Killing prisoners is too tyrannical, please think twice." ”
Many people have always been like this, only talking about hidden dangers, not talking about solutions.
The Emperor asked, "What do you say?" ”
The man said embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, it is better to use it as a surrender army." ”
"It is extremely difficult to completely plan the sudden surrender of soldiers, and the hidden dangers of such a large-scale soldier will not be small in the future."
"Then you can't just kill it."
At this time, Yang Xiu said: "Since you can't be killed, then let's all be slaves." ”
"The Turkic soldiers were very savage and fierce, and they were slaves, and no one dared to buy them, and they were afraid that they would be killed one day when they bought them home as domestic slaves."
Yang Xiu is a young man: "Naturally, it is not an ordinary slave, the father and the second emperor brother want to build a canal, and the troops here can be used, but they must be separated as much as possible, otherwise it is easy for so many people to make trouble when they get together." ”
Everyone looked at Yang Xiu, this is really a good way to dig a canal.
I didn't expect Yang Xiu to have such an advanced international vision at such a young age, and it seems that he can use this plan to deal with the capture of prisoners in the future.
The rest of the ministers stood up one after another: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu has a very good suggestion, and the minister seconded it." ”
"The minister seconded the proposal."
Yang Xiu's proposal was unanimously endorsed by the ministers.
When the news reached Shuozhou, Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Xiu'er still understands my mind, how can I not use ready-made cheap labor." ”
Yuan Tiantian said: "Your Highness, we have to pay for the people, these guys can stutter, and occasionally they can deduct a little." ”
"How do you learn from my eldest sister? This is not a good place to learn. ”
Yuan Tiantian smiled.
"How's the military going today?"
"His Royal Highness King Wei and Yang Yicheng are still leading their troops to pursue, and the Sha Bowl Slightly Troops are now not one out of ten, dead and scattered, but on the contrary, they have made their march very fast, and our army is still constantly pursuing, wanting to completely exterminate the Sha Bowl Strategy."
"Well, this opportunity must not be missed, but even if he runs away, this time he is beaten like this, it will be difficult for Sha Boluo to do anything, others will not obey him, and the internal contradictions themselves cannot be reconciled."
Yang Guang finished reading the military newspaper in Shuozhou and asked, "Is there any news from other places?" ”
"There was news early this morning, General Yinshou in Youzhou City broke the enemy and won a big victory, Gao Baoning fled to Khitan, our army encountered Goguryeo blocking on the way to pursuit, General Yinshou negotiated with Goguryeo, and threatened Goguryeo and Khitan, if Gao Baoning is not handed over, he will directly send troops to attack Goguryeo."
Hearing this news, Yang Guang's face was slightly fierce: "These Khitan tribes also want to take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger, Goguryeo is even more ambitious as a wolf, and protecting Gao Baoning should be afraid that Gao Baoning will be captured by us, and interrogate them with unfavorable news. ”
Putting down the Di Bao, Yang Guang sighed and said, "Ignore them for the time being, the Turks are the most important, let's solve them, let them stumble for a while." ”
In mid-March, Yang Shuang officially caught up with the headquarters of Shabalu Khan in Baidao (now north of Tumut Left Banner in Inner Mongolia), and drove straight in.
The majestic and high-morale Great Sui cavalry killed for three days in a row, and the Turks were killed and wounded countless times, and the army was defeated, officially announcing the end of the battle.
Shabalu Khan abandoned his army and fled, but was caught up by Zhang Xutuo's troops and intercepted a hundred miles north of Baidao.
Shabalu Khan, who once led 100,000 troops, has only 100 horsemen left to follow, and he is very embarrassed.
Zhang Xutuo pointed directly at Sha Bolu Khan: "Turks, give up resistance, throw away weapons, and wait for your life." ”
Seeing that he could not escape, Sha Bolu Khan had to dismount and beg for mercy.
"I surrender, I surrender."
Laihu'er smiled fiercely, and rode towards the Sha Bo Luo Khan, the spear against his chest, facing such a fierce killing god, the Sha Bao Luo Khan was now panicking.
"Come to protect your child, don't be rude, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has an order to treat him politely and save his life."
Hearing Zhang Xutuo say this, Sha Bolu Khan breathed a sigh of relief, the enemy boss wants to save his life, then he can't die.
Lai Hu'er looked at Sha Bo Luo Khan with disdain: "I don't think this Turk is enough to relieve my anger after killing and chopping seven or eight pieces, and I don't know why His Royal Highness the King of Jin wanted to keep him alive, His Royal Highness the King of Wei also agreed." ”
"The two Highnesses, naturally have the thoughts of the two Highnesses, I will just act as ordered, and take them all back."
"Wait."
Just when everyone was about to take prisoners back, Qin Qiong's voice rang out.
Qin Qiong, who was riding a tall horse, looked angrily at the familiar figure among the enemy prisoners: "Liu Wuzhou! ”
As soon as Qin Qiong drank it, Liu Wuzhou's heart trembled.
Zhang Xutuo knew what Qin Qiong meant, and stretched out his hand to stop the others and let Qin Qiong deal with it himself.
Qin Qiong slowly approached: "Liu Wuzhou, the King of Jin once mistakenly gave you a sword, and today Qin Qiong came to get the sword." ”
At this time, Liu Wuzhou knelt on the ground and looked up at Qin Qiong, Yang Guang's dazzling eyes made it difficult for him to look directly, and King Jin's sword was on the side, because it was unloaded by the captive.
He has always carried the sword that King Jin once gave him, and he seems to have never forgotten himself as a ranger.
Qin Qiong picked up the sword, walked to Liu Wuzhou's side, used the sword to cut the rope that tied Liu Wuzhou, and then cut off his battle robe: "Qin Qiong mistakenly believed in Xiao'er, and today I will cut your robe and break off my righteousness." ”
After cutting, he threw the sword of King Jin at Liu Wuzhou, and the sword was stuck in the ground.
"Come on, take the sword, fight me with dignity, and use Zhou Wu's identity to die, not Liu Wu Zhou!"
Liu Wuzhou picked up his sword and looked at Qin Qiong in a daze.
Qin Qiong held a dragon gong in his hand, ready to go: "Today's battle, you and I have married Jin Lan, if you defeat me today, I will sword you, return the sword to the king, if you win, I will let you go, one life is worth one life, I will use my life to pay off your debts, and all the sins will be borne by me Qin Qiong." ”
When the words fell, Qin Qiong burst out and hit Liu Wuzhou's door.
Liu Wuzhou, who was holding a sword, did not put up any resistance.
Kang Longgong stopped in front of Liu Wuzhou, and Qin Qiong was furious: "Why don't you fight?" ”
The sword in Liu Wuzhou's hand fell, stuck obliquely on the ground, and immediately knelt on the ground and wept bitterly: "Righteous brother, I was wrong, righteous brother, you and I are righteous brothers, please help me beg His Royal Highness the King of Jin to spare my life, I went astray, I know that I was wrong." ”
Looking at Liu Wuzhou like this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but be disappointed.
"Look at you, where is the appearance of the ranger Zhou Wu before? Where is there still the heart of King Jin when he gave away the sword, my righteous brother is called Zhou Wu, not Liu Wu Zhou. ”
Liu Wuzhou grabbed Qin Qiong's leg and said: "Brother Yi, I really know that I am wrong, you and I slammed our heads on the ground back then, and swore to God to marry Jin Lan, help my brother once, help my brother once." ”
Qin Qiong clenched her teeth, her voice hoarse: "Pick up the sword, don't let me look down on you." ”
"I really know it's wrong, I really know it's wrong."
Qin Qiong looked at Liu Wuzhou, who was not angry, and gave him a slap: "I'll let you take the sword!" ”
Liu Wuzhou, who was slapped and dizzy, knelt back and kowtowed to Qin Qiong continuously.
Looking at the groveling Liu Wuzhou in front of him, he couldn't connect himself in front of him with his sworn brother Zhou Wu.
took two steps closer: "Take the sword, win me, you can live." ”
As if he couldn't hear Qin Qiong's words, Liu Wuzhou was still kowtowing.
Qin Qiong turned around in disappointment, and was about to leave.
When Qin Qiong turned his back, Liu Wuzhou suddenly burst out, drew his sword and stabbed Qin Qiong, and shouted: "Kill you, I ......"
Qin Qiong seemed to have been prepared, and suddenly turned around, and the sword in his hand was directly shattered, and a sledgehammer hit the top of Liu Wuzhou's head from top to bottom, and he sank vigorously without hesitation.
As soon as the gong settled, Liu Wuzhou knelt on his knees, and the double lights were already alive and severe, and his skull shattered and died, and the unfinished words were finally swallowed back.
Looking at Liu Wuzhou, who died tragically, Qin Qiong's face was expressionless, and he picked up the broken sword and said, "It's a pity for this sword, it's a pity for ......"
After Qin Qiong killed the thief, Zhang Xutuo said: "Take the Turkic captives back to the city." ”
(End of chapter)