The barbarian settlement on the edge of the river beach, the smoke of the cooking stove rises, and the people who have not smelled the smell of rice for a long time are staring at the cauldron with their eyes, and the adults can still bear it, but the children are not so reserved, sitting around the cauldron, stretching their necks to watch the churning water in the pot and the rice grains floating up and down, and their throats keep swallowing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Murong Chong looked at the clansmen with some sadness, he knew this was the case, why bother in the first place, just stay in the mountains, what's wrong? Fortunately, tens of thousands of troops have been wiped out, and hundreds of thousands of people have been blocked from the mountains, and there is no way to return to their hometowns.

"Akito's army has withdrawn!" I don't know who shouted, and everyone stood up and looked into the distance. The Ming army that had surrounded them before was slowly retreating into the distance under the afterglow of the setting sun. When the last rays of sunlight were obscured by the mountains, the army of the Ming people also disappeared without a trace in people's sight.

Everyone rejoiced. The withdrawal of the army meant that the Ming people did not have the intention of killing them all.

But Murong Chong was not happy at all, the Ming army retreated, but the direction of their retreat was still where they were stationed before, that is, they were still blocking their way home.

I'm afraid that they will never have any hope of returning to the mountains, the poor, but safe hometown.

He was in tears.

Looking back in the direction of Heli County, the Great Ming Sun and Moon Banner and the fiery red Fire War Sword Skull Flag inlaid with gold edges over there still did not move, although the army was gone, but the emperor of the Ming Kingdom had not left.

"Eat, eat well, get a good night's sleep, and tomorrow, the sun will still rise as usual." He touched the head of a child next to him and whispered.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, the Ming people sent several truckloads of grain, and this time, they also sent some fish, meat and fruits, and the escort of these things was Wang Yun, the deputy general of the Ming army garrison in Fuyuan, who was also an acquaintance of Murong Chong.

"Lord Murong, Your Majesty wants to talk to you." Wang Yun looked at Murong Fu with a smile, "It's not a problem that you've been living here, is it?" There must be a solution, and His Majesty the Emperor came to solve the problem. ”

Murong Fu nodded heavily: "Okay, let's talk, I'll talk, can I leave now?" ”

Wang Yun smiled and took out a piece of paper from his arms: "Old Mr. Murong, there are tens of thousands of barbarians living here, and as far as I know, they belong to more than a dozen tribes, so the emperor is not the only one who invites you." ”

Murong Fu took the paper handed over by Wang Yun, with more than a dozen names written on it.

He took a deep breath, since the Murong clan unified the barbarian tribes under the leadership of Murong Hong, they followed the example of the country outside the mountains and established a centralized system, the patriarchs of these tribes have long lost the slightest power, and even many people have been forgotten.

Divide and conquer? Murong Fu smiled bitterly, the husband and wife were originally the same forest birds, and they flew separately when the catastrophe came, not to mention that they were originally a number of different tribes that were strongly held together?

After a long time, they will be united, and they will be divided for a long time, or it will be time for the barbarians to fall apart again.

But what can I do?

He handed the paper to a barbarian young man beside him, "Go, call all these people over, and come with me to the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

More than a dozen people entered Qin Feng's big tent.

More than a dozen small tables have been set up in the big tent, and on each table are white-flour steamed buns, porridge and a plate of pickles, and the same is true in front of Qin Feng, seeing everyone coming in, Qin Feng stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone, I invited you here early in the morning, presumably you haven't had breakfast yet." I really have too many things to do, and I can't delay too much time here, so I can only bother you, let's eat quickly, and talk about it after eating, how about it? ”

Murong Chong arched his hand, "Your Majesty, let's talk first and then eat, otherwise I won't be able to eat it anymore." ”

Qin Feng smiled and said: "It's a big thing, you always have to fill your stomach and then talk about it, you can't be hungry and say no?" It's not bad for a little time, come and come, sit, sit, a simple breakfast, and it won't take too long. ”

After saying this, he sat down and ate by himself, but he ate a simple breakfast, but he ate it very deliciously, in fact, even in Yuejing City, his breakfast was so simple.

Murong Chong stared at Qin Feng for a moment, sat down, picked up the steamed bun, took the porridge, took a bite of the steamed bun, and drank the porridge.

Everyone ate very quickly, and after a while, the things on everyone's desks had been wiped clean, Qin Feng wiped his mouth while looking at everyone and said with a smile: "When you are full of food and drink, you have to get down to business." First of all, I would like to share with you the good news. ”

"Is there any good news for us?" Murong Chong shook his head.

"Absolutely. Lord Murong Chong, right? ”

"Yes!" Murong Chong bowed slightly.

"I wonder if the whereabouts of the tens of thousands of noble soldiers under Zhengyang County are considered good news?" Qin Feng looked at everyone with a smile.

There was a sound of benches, tables and chairs in the big tent, and the patriarchs of more than a dozen clans, including Murong Fu, all stood up at once, looking at Qin Feng in shock.

"Haven't they all been wiped out and killed in battle?" Murong Chong's mouth was a little knotted.

Qin Feng smiled and shook his head, "How is it possible?" Where did you hear all this? Under Zhengyang County, the aristocratic army was surrounded by us on all sides, and there were not a few battles in the ambush, most of the noble troops wanted to break through, and we were attacking, in fact, the casualties were not large, until the last aristocratic army was short of food. Murong Hong led thousands of elites to break through the siege, and only then did he really fight a vicious battle, of course, almost all of these thousands of elites died, but the rest were all taken prisoners of our army, and they were so hungry that they couldn't even walk. ”

He turned his head to look at Huo Guang beside him and asked, "Huo Bingbu, how many prisoners were the last to report?" ”

Huo Guangdao: "Your Majesty, after the rebels in Zhengyang County were lined up, the total number of barbarian soldiers and soldiers captured by us was 38,078 people, including the wounded soldiers. Of course, there are also serious injuries inside, and the number of possible deaths will increase. ”

"Did you hear that? There are more than 38,000 more. Qin Feng looked at the patriarchs of the barbarian tribes in the tent: "This should be considered good news, right?" ”

Murong Chong took a deep breath, "This is indeed good news, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." Your Majesty, are you ready to release them? ”

"Of course not!" Qin Feng shook his head resolutely, while Murong Chong looked disappointed.

"Guys, we have the laws of our Ming, and these captured noble soldiers will be censored, and then they will be punished to varying degrees according to the crimes they have committed, and then they can talk about release."

"When the two countries are at war and the captives lay down their arms, they are no longer soldiers, so why punish them." Murong Chong was a little angry.

"In our view, this is not a war between two countries, but a rebellion." Qin Feng said word by word: "The Ming army is a counterinsurgency. The so-called Yan State has never been recognized by other countries, whether it is our Ming Dynasty, or the Qin State, or the Qi State, Lord Murong Chong, am I right? ”

Murong Chong was stunned, indeed, although they were in collusion with the State of Qi, it was all private, and there was never a formal exchange of state letters.

"Your Majesty is ready to punish them?" He was not prepared to argue any more, and a few more arguments might anger the young emperor, which would not be a good thing for these captured soldiers, or for the tens of thousands of people who lived here.

"As long as they don't kill innocents indiscriminately, they are basically sentenced to hard labor." Qin Feng said: "Starting from one year, for ordinary soldiers, it will not exceed three years, for middle-level officers, it will not exceed five years, senior officers, it depends on the specific situation." ”

"Servitude?" Murong Chong muttered.

"Yes." Qin Feng said with a smile: "Our Ming Dynasty is very short of labor and needs people to complete these tasks, of course, Lord Murong, please rest assured, in the process of serving labor, they will be well fed, warmly dressed, and will not be abused, because in my mind, they are already my Ming Dingkou, but they did something wrong earlier and were punished for this." After the expiration of the period of hard labor, they will become the official members of the Ming Dynasty, and they can enjoy all the rights of the Ming people, and of course, they must also bear the corresponding obligations. ”

"Your Majesty never wanted to let us go back to our hometown?" Murong Chong was a little sad.

"Inside the mountains?" Qin Feng shook his head: "What's good in the mountains?" If the mountains were really good, you wouldn't have run out, would you? The mountains are hard, and life is difficult, Lord Murong, Da Ming has arranged a better place for you to go. ”

Murong Chong hung his head and said nothing.

"Come on, hang the picture." Qin Feng ignored Murong Chong and said directly to the little guard Yi Wenhai.

A wooden frame with a map was lifted out and placed in the center of the big tent, which was a map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, except that each county on it was marked with the name of a tribe.

Pointing to these places, Qin Feng said lightly: "This is the place I arranged for you. Considering that the nobility is composed of multiple tribes, and most of the tribes are related to each other, it would be irresponsible and unkind to arrange your place without asking questions, so this time the resettlement method is to settle people from one tribe to a county. Where, the locals have prepared houses, farm tools, livestock and other things for you, and you can go and settle down directly. ”

There was silence in the big tent, and after a moment, a tribal patriarch suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, you won't lie to us, right, there is such a good thing?" ”

"Of course there is, I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and if I say it, it will be a spit and a nail." Qin Feng put away his smile, "How could I lie to you and others, if I wanted to deceive you, would I still come here?" ”

"If that's the case, the Xian clan is willing to move." The tribal patriarch who stood up said loudly.