Chapter 14: Frosthoof Chasing the Wind (16)
In the past two months, the Black Mountain River has finally been almost cleaned up.
Large-scale use of the Xijing Road leather room army and other elites to sweep the Hejian land under the Black Mountain, those fools who thought that they could protect themselves by surrendering Daliao and letting go of the road to Xingqing Mansion were all expelled.
Originally, Xiao 13 also planned to exchange the territory of Xizhubu, but none of them were willing, so they could only be killed. This is a typical example of toasting without eating and drinking, and what about the pasture, it is better than extermination.
Listening to the report that was transmitted, Xiao Shisan breathed a sigh of relief. The east side is in a hurry to do this. Yelu Yixin should be in a hurry to determine his Huluduo, it is a very troublesome matter to move the population, and walking by water and grass is similar to farming, and if you delay for a while, you may delay it for a year.
As a close confidant, if he can't complete the benefactor's instructions in time, Xiao Shisan will never be willing to bear the consequences.
"Thankfully, it's solved."
After the serious business is done, all that remains is the face problem. Fengzhou was occupied by the Song people first, although Xiao Shisan was not angry, but after all, compared to the Black Mountain River, it was not a big place. In the past, it once belonged to the Song people, but it was later occupied by the Western Xia, and now it has been taken back by the Song people, which is completely irrelevant to the Great Liao. It's just that the thought of being picked up cheaply makes people unhappy.
But the mood of the privy envoy of the Great Liaobei Court is not happy, is it just that? Of course, he was unwilling.
"Is there any news from Wenmei today?" Xiao 13 asked the staff who sorted out all the official letters. Whether Yelu Shiliang, who is beautiful in words, can reach his destination safely and complete the scheduled plan at the same time, Xiao Shisan is very concerned about this.
"Before the Jeruh regiment practiced, he only had a safe reply from the people he sent back two days ago. However, Xiao and Gao's inspection documents to report safety have been sent back today, and they have already walked half the way, and they will arrive in Jiufengzhou in three days. β
Xiao 13 nodded: "Count it out, Wenmei should almost go to the old Fengzhou." I hope he is well. β
"Definitely. The Song people are short of population to enrich Fengzhou, and recruit rebellion, that is a great merit, and Han Gang is a disciple of the Medicine King, benevolent and benevolent, it is impossible to kill tens of thousands to solve the problem. β
There are almost forty or fifty thousand people in the Montenegrin party in the south, and this number is far more than the hukou in Fengzhou even if it is discounted, as long as the Song people accept them, then next, whether the old Fengzhou is stable or not will fall on this group of Montenegrin party items.
If the Song people wanted to occupy the old Fengzhou, they lacked household registration and soldiers. Moreover, the Song people have always been very lenient towards the fugitives who were attached. For the border ministers, it is also a merit to be able to subdue more descendants.
Moreover, with the natives of Montenegro in hand, Song Liao will be able to drive them into battle when Song Liao goes to war in the future. In the name of revenge and going home, this can get tens of thousands of dead soldiers. Xiao Shisan believed that Han Gang, who was in a high position at a young age, must be the same as his emperor, with the idea of recovering Yanyun. In that case, how can these tens of thousands of people be spared?
As for benevolence and benevolence, there is no need to fantasize, if you can be a high-ranking official and a eunuch, whether it is in the Northern Dynasty or the Southern Dynasty, even if the heart and liver are not black, they will not be too brightly red.
Yelu Shiliang and the others were only three people, and the number was more than 1,000. It is easy to reveal flaws when there are too many people, and 1,000 people are divided into three parts, which is not only safe, but also has enough strength to cause riots in the inner part of the Song Dynasty. At that time, even if Han Gang stabilized the situation in time, killing was inevitable, how could the political enemies in Tokyo let go of this opportunity, although Han Gang's intelligence was a temporary choice, but in the Southern Dynasty, how could he not be restrained?
However, there is an additional layer of insurance. Xiao 13 thought. It just so happened that the problem between the Black Mountain rivers had been solved, and people could be transferred back.
"Go and check when the Luohannu will arrive, let them come to Dongsheng Prefecture to station, and how long do they want to delay?"
The troops were victorious in the east, clinging to the old Fengzhou, forcing Han Gang to put the main force on the border, and there was no time to be distracted elsewhere. As a result, the rear of Fengzhou was empty, and in order to ensure that the front-line army was not short of food, it was inevitable to carry out a large number of hoarding, and it was impossible to spend a large amount of grain and grass on the Montenegrin party. In this way, the chances of Montenegro's party rebellion are a little greater.
"Well, the people sent by the chief steward of Yelu are waiting outside, saying that there is not enough food and grass, and the horsepower is not enough, and they want to go back to Datong to rest for a while."
Xiao Shisan's eyes suddenly widened, and he said angrily: "Don't open my eyes and talk nonsense, I know exactly how rich the land between the Black Mountain River is." What is not enough food and grass, and the horsepower is not enough? Several times the deficit can be filled! Drive people back to me, and let Luohannu bring me his soldiers to Dongsheng at once! One step late, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of military law. β
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"Did you kill a little more?"
Huang Shang looked at the numbers reported below, and only felt that the small words on the fluttering few pieces of paper were completely bright red.
In only ten days, the two armies of Hedong and Linfu have already had seven or eight thousand beheadings. At the same time, less than 3,000 people were taken in.
At the beginning, more than a dozen tribes, whether they were on the defensive line of the Linfu army or in the Hedong army, as long as they pushed the requisition and repair of the city, or even did not answer a word correctly, they were all killed.
Originally, Huang Shang thought that killing people was not a bad thing, but when he saw this number, he felt that he had overdone.
"No big deal." Han Gang didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Mian Zhong, you are from Yanping, have you forgotten the customs of your township?" β
ββ¦β¦ What customs? Huang Shang frowned and thought for a moment, but he couldn't think of anything to do with the customs in his hometown.
"It's a drowning baby, Jianzhou is famous."
When Huang Shang heard this, he immediately called out to Qu Lai, "Long Tu, Yanping is in Nanjian." The practice of drowning babies is a custom in Jianzhou. Jianzhou drowning babies is indeed miserable, because half of the Thai family can't afford to raise it, only three sons and one daughter, or two sons and one daughter, and some even to the point of preventing separation, leaving only one son. But Fujian has a different wind for ten miles, and Nanjian and Jianzhou are far behind. β
Huang Shang crackled and cried out for injustice. Han Gang smiled apologetically, "It's me who misunderstood, don't blame me." β
But he was shaking his head in his heart. Jian'an, Ouning, and Jianpu are all on the same side of a Jianyang stream, only separated by dozens of miles, and there are rivers to communicate with each other, where is the ten miles of different winds? A dragon baker, but in charge of all the tea farms by Jianyang Creek, the connection between the top and bottom is very close.
"It's just an analogy." Han Gang said, "Needless to say, the matter of drowning baby girls is inevitable everywhere in the world. If the family is poor, they cannot provide for it; Or they are afraid that the son they will give birth to will fight for property and ruin the family business, and even the baby boy will be thrown into the water. I don't feel sorry if my own children can't be fed and thrown into the river, so what's the point of killing some foreign homeless people? Since they can't afford to live, it's better to solve it first than wait for them to cause chaos in the state. β
Huang Shang smiled helplessly. Han Gang grew up in Kansai and had a blood feud with Western Xia, so he must have never felt that it was a big deal to kill some party members.
Han Gang smiled and fell silent. This is a bit of a strong argument, in fact, he also feels that he has gone too far, and the number of people who repair the city has become too small. But he did not intend to order for this, and a change of order would not be good for his prestige.
And there is a workaround, on the basis of letting go of a large number of attached Montenegrin party items, it is not impossible to behead another 120,000, but Han Gang is very puzzled, why there has been no movement until now. On the side of the Western Army, it has long been swarming and scrambling.
Taking credit and lying is not Wang Sunchen's preference. In the past, when he was in Shaanxi, Han Gang saw a lot. Could it be that this side of Hedong is really so pure?
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Kill too much.
Li Xian was also snorting his teeth. It's too much. The 3,000 people who were retained were attached to the Tibetan people, and the Linfu army and the Hedong army each accounted for half, but nearly 8,000 beheaded, but the Hedong army accounted for more than two-thirds.
Judging from the difference between the two sides, Zhe Kexing is more concerned about saving people's labor than how many beheadings. As the governor of Fuzhou and the head of the Zhe family, plus he has also made contributions before, it is an inevitable choice to do so. However, the data on both sides is so large that it is still a headache.
But Li Xian can't help it, the generals below are very enthusiastic about beheading, if it weren't for Li Xian's repeated emphasis on leaving some people down to fill the faΓ§ade in the past two days, he would have killed them all a long time ago, and even more than 1,000 people who belonged to Tibet would not have stayed.
In order not to scare away the beheading skills, the Zihe camp even spared no manpower to drag the corpse back. lest the tribes that have gone south see it, and they will not dare to come again.
The subordinates below racked their brains and wanted to kill a little more, and they couldn't wait for all the Montenegrin party items to be beheaded, whether Li Xian had the ability to say anything. In ordinary times, it can make them obey orders, and when they encounter the credit, they can't stop it at all.
Too many decapitations are not necessarily a good thing. The absence of corresponding casualties means that it is not a gain from the battle, but a pure slaughter. Maybe someone took the opportunity to write off the empty amount of food in the past, fabricated casualties, and by the way, they could also get a large number of bereavement benefits. But where are these things so easy to hide? The people of Hedong have many eyes, and it is impossible to hide everyone's eyes and ears, and they will definitely report it to the imperial court in the end.
And Han Gang himself will not hide the truth of these beheadings from the Son of Heaven, and neither will Li Xian. However, as a person of the Son of Heaven, as long as he can see merit, he should not care about some selfishness of the generals. But once it goes too far, especially the slaughter of a large number of people who belong to Tibet, so that the Son of Heaven can make a note in his heart, it is a thing that outweighs the loss.
After thinking about it, Li Xian still didn't think of a solution
"After the system, Zhefu Prefecture sent someone to deliver a letter."
"What?" Li Xian was stunned when he heard this.
With Han Gang here, it is actually quite taboo for Zhi Kexing to contact him privately by bypassing the Economic Strategy Division, even if Han Gang's personality will not care, but Li Xian does not feel that he needs to take this taboo.
Li Xian thought for a moment and said, "...... Let him in. β