Chapter 215: Two Hundred Thousand Captives
"Good! Xiao Wang, I hope you remember what you said today, otherwise, Ben Shuai will not let you go! β
Yu Wenlie said with all his might.
His words were okay to scare ghosts, but they couldn't scare Xiao Wang.
But on this, Xiao Wang really didn't lie to him, and he didn't plan to kill the 200,000 prisoners, if they were really slaughtered, I am afraid that the Zhangguo army in the counties behind would resist desperately!
In a desperate situation, Yu Wenlie had no choice but to lead his troops to surrender, and then, Xiao Wang ordered to seize all the weapons and armor of the Zhang army, and sent some food and water to the Zhang army, and used the Feng army camp as a place to temporarily hold prisoners.
In the era of cold weapons, soldiers without armor and halberds are equivalent to losing all their combat power, and there is no longer any threat to the wind army.
After leaving tens of thousands of soldiers to guard the prisoners, Xiao Wang went to the camp of the Zhang army again, and took all the grain and grass that the Zhang army had left before as his own.
Then, he passed a letter to Lu Chen to report on the battle situation.
Lu Chen, who received the news, was overjoyed, and couldn't help but praise: "Prime Minister Xiao Cheng used his troops like a god, and he really didn't disappoint this king!" β
The 400,000 Zhang Army led by Yu Wenlie is the last main force of the Central Army of the Zhang Kingdom, and now it has been wiped out, and the county armies behind are not only small in number, but also their combat power is not at the same level as the Central Army at all, how can they still block the iron cavalry of the Wind Army!
Lu Chen was happy, Zheng An, the head of Anze County, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, you know, An Ze was just occupied by the Wind Country not long ago, and the Zhang army had the possibility of counterattacking at any time, and now that Yuwenlie was defeated, every time the Feng army took a step, An Ze also became safer, and a big stone on Zheng An's head also fell completely.
He bowed deeply to Lu Chen, and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to the king!" Our army defeated the Zhang army, Yu Wenlie was defeated, and now the Zhang country has no troops to stop our army from continuing to advance eastward! β
"Yes." Lu Chen nodded, and then said, "Lord Zheng, for this period of time, this king has lived in Anze and has bothered you. β
Zheng An was flattered and said: "Ah, the king has tormented the micro-ministers, and the king's king can drive to Anze, which is the blessing of the people of Anze, the blessing of the micro-ministers." β
"Okay, this king is leaving tomorrow, Lord Zheng, you go down and rest first." Lu Chen waved his hand.
"Yes, Weichen retiredβ" Zheng An hurriedly bowed and retreated.
The next day, Lu Chen set off from Anze County and rushed to the Jinhua battlefield.
An Ze was next to Jinhua, although it was hundreds of miles away, but Lu Chen traveled lightly, and arrived at the military camp in only a day or two.
The original camp of the Wind Army has been used as a place to temporarily hold the prisoners of the Zhang Army, and the camp of the Zhang Army has become the place where the Wind Army is stationed.
"Knock on the kingβ"
After arriving at the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals knelt down to salute, Lu Chen stood above, pointed at Xiao Wang and praised: "Prime Minister Xiao Cheng is worthy of being the first commander of our Feng Army, not only defeated the great general Yu Wenlie, who was praised as a myth by Zhang Guo, but also captured 200,000 Zhang troops!" This battle is enough to go down in history and go down in history! β
Such praise is already very high! And the courtiers, it is also a great honor to be praised by the king, Xiao Wang heard this, overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "The ministers are afraid, if there is no king's wise decision and full support, our army will never win!" β
"Huh? Prime Minister Xiao Cheng is too humble. Lu Chen waved his hand with a smile, and then said, "Get up." β
After everyone calmed down, Xiao Wang first reported everything about the battle to Lu Chen in detail, and then said: "King, how to deal with these 200,000 prisoners of the Zhang Army." β
After thinking about it for a while, Lu Chen looked at everyone: "What about your opinions?" β
"Everyone's opinions are different." Xiao Wang replied: "General Su suggested that our army entered the chapter to fight, traveled a long distance, and the grain and grass supply line was already far away, and these 200,000 Zhang troops were imprisoned here, if they were not killed, their daily food consumption would be a huge number......
Hearing this, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Wang, and asked, "But this king heard that when Prime Minister Xiao Cheng surrendered, didn't he promise Yu Wenlie not to kill these prisoners?" β
Xiao Wang lowered his head slightly, he didn't dare to answer easily before he figured out what Lu Chen meant.
"Prime Minister Xiao Cheng is the left minister of my Fengguo, if he doesn't believe his words and spreads it, it is tantamount to insulting my Fengguo." Lu Chen said slowly: "In that case, then follow the words of the prime minister." β
He didn't mean anything else by saying this, but in fact, he considered the impact of the killing of the prisoners on the rest of the war.
However, hearing it in Xiao Wang's ears, the latter immediately knelt on the ground, swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "Minister, the minister is good at making claims, and I hope that the king will forgive his sins." β
"Huh? What is the prime minister's crime, this king knows, you promised Yu Wenlie, but also for the sake of the overall situation. Lu Chen stretched out his hand to help him up, and said: "Besides, since this king has entrusted all the matters of using troops to you, the prime minister can decide all the matters in the army." β
"The kingβ" Xiao Wang said movingly.
Lu Chen patted his arm and asked again, "What about those generals of Yu Wenlie and Zhang Jun?" β
"Separated and detained, and now in our army camp." Xiao Wang returned.
"Good." Lu Chen nodded and said: "200,000 captives, since they can't be killed, then they can't be raised for nothing, just like General Su said, the grain and grass of our army have been hoarded for three years, and it is not easy to come by, and we can't afford to raise these 200,000 prisoners!" Let them all go, but they can't be disbanded on the spot, and these generals of the chapter army are even more troublesome! If they are released, they will inevitably no longer gather scattered troops to confront our army. β
"The king means ......"
Lu Chen said: "Escort all these 200,000 chapters of national youth to Lingnan, and then disband them on the spot in Lingnan, register them, and make them for the people." β
The current counties of the Wind Country, because of their relationship with Tusi trade, are the remote Pingyang in the north, which has the best development, and the Wind Country Lingnan, close to the capital, is Lu Chen's next development goal, and he is also preparing to build Lingnan into the second largest county in addition to Hedong.
And Hedong is still in ruins, and the Wind Country can't take out the extra money to build such a huge city for the time being. This also made him step up the pace of attacking the capital of Zhangguo, he wanted to loot the wealth of Zhangguo, once Zhangguo was destroyed, the first thing he had to do was definitely to rebuild Hedong.
"I, Wang Yingmingβ" All the generals said in unison, thinking that Lu Chen's decision was very feasible. Zhang Guo and Feng Guo are just different country names, not of different races, but of the same Central Plains ethnic group, and it is undoubtedly the best way to move these people to Lingnan and register them in the register, so that they can live in Fengdi.
(End of chapter)