Chapter 850 Loser
After breaking the city, Dasuo spent three days with nothing to say.
The camps on both sides of the muddy water were filled with all kinds of treasures - well, most of them were alive. They were not only seized in the city, but also collected from outside the city in recent days.
The prisoners were escorted by the Yellow Head Army, and went to the wild to cut fodder, load it back into trucks, and raise livestock.
But after all, it was mid-to-late July. Even later, the grass would no longer start to grow. It would definitely not be possible to feed so many livestock gathered in one place.
Therefore, starting from July 18th, some of the dismissed sergeants began to escort the prisoners, driving cattle, sheep, horses, camels and the most valuable horses southward.
The first batch of people to be sent away: several severely understaffed units of the First Battalion of the Yellow Head Army, with a total of more than 3,400 people, and 12,000 men, women, children and cattle. Ten thousand heads, 160,000 sheep, and more than 7,000 horses and camels.
They followed the Yanmen, Xinxing, Jinyang, and Shangdang lines.
Three days later, the cavalrymen Yin Xihui sent 1,500 cavalry to Pingcheng, escorting the second batch of more than 13,000 prisoners and returning 200,000 cattle, horses and alpacas.
It was impossible for them to take the previous route, as they were worried that the grass on the road would have been eaten away - no, but grazing land would definitely not be that easy to find.
This group of people will go south from Ningwuguan and go to Loufan County through the Fenshui River Valley. A new shepherd prison was established there, called "Loufan Prison", which could temporarily foster these livestock to survive the coming winter.
On the 24th, Ding Zhuang of Chen County, who will arrange to escort the grain and grass back, escorts 15,000 prisoners south.
The number of livestock in this batch is not large, less than 100,000. After all, most of the people who could be searched from afar had been searched, but the people captured in Pingcheng did not have many livestock.
They will enter from Langu, then go south to Xihe, pass through Pingyang and Hedong, and temporarily camp in Hongnong. The land there is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many pastures and mountains and forests. After fertilizing, it will be disposed of separately.
If you include the more than 30,000 horses that have been sent to Bianliang, the harvest from this battle is still quite large - of course, it pales in comparison to the huge expenditure.
Tuoba Hesi was taken outside the city and detained in a separate tent.
He doesn’t cry or fuss, and he doesn’t talk much.
Give him food and water and he will eat.
If you don’t give it, he won’t ask for it.
There was not much frustration on his face, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
When Shao Xun arrived, he saw this scene.
His arrival made Tuoba Heli raise his head and look at it carefully for a long time.
"What? Are you planning to seek revenge on me after you die?" Shao Xun asked.
Tuoba Heli shuddered at first, obviously afraid of death, but he thought of something and suddenly felt relieved. It seemed that death was not so terrible for him.
Wang came in with Shi Yijian.
The expression on Tuoba Helai's face finally changed. He looked at Wang blankly and said something confusing: "It wasn't my idea, I——"
After that , lowered his head again.
Wang and Shao Xun are both smart people and immediately understood the meaning of this sentence.
Wang's eyes turned red as she recalled the longest day in her nineteen-year life.
Shi Yiqian was a little confused. He was still young and couldn't understand much.
"You are such an honest boy, how come you were born into Tuoba's family?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "If one day you take charge of the government, all the ministries will not agree with you, and they will either die of anger or fear to death."< br>
Tuoba Helai still lowered his head and said nothing, just like a student being scolded by the teacher.
Shao Xun looked at him, then looked at Shi Yiqian without any trace, thoughtfully.
Wang's attention has been on Shao Xun, and she soon noticed his little movements, and her heart skipped a beat.
She suppressed her inner panic and thought carefully.
The King of Liang was wise and powerful, but he had a big shortcoming: he liked to show off in front of women. After drinking two ounces of wine, he once told her how to analyze the situation, and Ms. Wang listened.
Combined with the life story of King Liang that Wang Chang inquired about, Wang analyzed her own advantages: First, she had a strong appeal among the Wuhuan people; second, King Liang liked to humiliate losers. Wife and daughter, as if otherwise he would not have achieved complete victory, and she is a woman and quite beautiful.
What are her disadvantages?
1. Shi Yijian is still a child, and she is a woman, which may not convince the tribe. King Liang needs a puppet, but he does not need a useless puppet whose tribe is constantly being separated;
< br>2. It is related to some of her advantages, which are actually disadvantages. The King of Liang does not lack women, but he lacks wives and daughters of the defeated ones with status. He might want to take her into his house and enjoy her for a long time, carefully. Reflect on his achievements in this life, because she is the proof of his achievements and is still alive.
Given the advantages and disadvantages, where are the opportunities?
Where does the threat come from?
Wang stood there, thinking and weighing over and over again.
But as I thought about it, I felt very tired.
For some reason, she couldn't control the surging emotions in her heart, and looked at Shao Xun with some sadness or even resentment.
The King of Liang once brought her a rare surprise and touch...
"The remaining members of the Tuoba tribe have fled west to seek refuge in Yihuai." Shao Xun said: "The Qi Hai family also moved eastward. Come down from Mugen Mountain, tell me, where did He Na go?" Among the ten Tuoba tribes, four of them, Pu, Daxi, Baba, and Qihai, took refuge with Wang's mother and son, while the other five tribes and half of the Tuoba tribe took refuge with Yi. Sophora japonica.
It seems that the latter has the advantage, but it is not. Because a large number of Wuhuan people in the eastern and central regions are firmly on the side of the Wang family, this number is very large, enough to eliminate the disadvantages and exceed them.
The core issue now is to win the support of those neutral tribes that have not participated in the war for power.
In terms of numbers, they were more than the ten Tuoba tribes combined. If they don't win over each other, they'll just go to the other side, or they won't help each other, and they won't break away in name, but in fact they will break away from the Tuoba clan alliance.
This is what Shao Xun doesn’t want to see.
"He Na was not caught?" He Li was a little surprised and a little relieved when he heard Shao Xun's question.
"He ran away. Do you know where he went?"
He Lai was unwilling to answer, but after meeting Shao Xun's eyes, his heart suddenly jumped and he said: " There are several tribes near Yuwenbu, and He Na must have gone there.”
"Oh? Are those tribes so respectful?" Shao Xun asked curiously.
He Li nodded.
"Your Majesty, you can quickly send troops to hunt down." Wang was anxious and stepped forward and said.
Shao Xun nodded slightly, but did not give the order.
Wang suddenly confirmed her suspicion, this man was darker than she imagined.
"After all, Tuoba Yiyong is a hero of the generation." Shao Xun added: "Congratulations, I have ordered your mother to be buried in Fangshan with the rites of a queen. As a son of man, you should not be absent. After the funeral, you will follow My class teacher will go back to Pingyang."
Tuoba Heli looked at Shao Xun blankly and stood up suddenly.
Shao's soldiers drew their knives one after another and put the knife on He Li's neck for the second time in one day.
He Li was completely unaware and only gave a deep bow without saying anything.
Shao Xun sighed. Although he had a cowardly personality, he was still a filial son, which made him somewhat fond of him.
What is this poor man doing to make things difficult for him?
Thinking of this, he turned around and left the camp.
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On July 18, the sound of crying in the south of Pingcheng was loud.
The old and weak women and children sat in the car, and the men walked, leaving their hometown where they had lived for twenty years - no, for the Wuhuan people, Jin people and some Huns here, it might still be Not only that, but they have all been demoted as slaves and sent to Bianliang.
This is the fate of losers, there is no fairness at all.
In fact, even for the Tuoba Dai people, there is no fairness between them. If you are lucky, you can stay in Xingbei. If you are not lucky, you will be an official slave. Who can you talk to?
The officers and soldiers of the Jin army were overjoyed, especially those who were ordered to escort the prisoners, cattle and sheep home.
The civil and military officials below the Wang family and the nobles of various ministries had complicated expressions, and the feeling of sadness over the death of the rabbit and the fox was particularly strong.
Borrowing troops to restore the country, are these troops so easy to borrow?
Some old people who have experienced the Yiyong and Yilu eras are even more emotional.
In the past, when Liu Kun begged for help many times to defeat the Xiongnu and rescue the captured Jin people, sometimes they would be returned, sometimes not.
The Jin people at that time also looked at Jinyang from afar, reluctant to leave, and shed tears - a black humor. Many of the Jin people who were snatched back by Yilu were also captured by the Jin army. Take it back as a Xianbei people, because empty words can't prove your identity at all, which really confirms the sentence in "The Rongren" of later generations, "You are not suffering more than I am."
"Your Majesty, after moving the people away, the city was completely empty, but you don't know how to build a country?" Wang looked at the people going south worriedly. She wanted to plead for mercy, but she didn't dare. In the end, she could only say cautiously. One sentence.
“Aren’t there people in Dongmugen Mountain?” Shao Xun said matter-of-factly.
To be fair, Shao Xun did not kidnap all the people around Pingcheng, but still left some people for the Wang family, mainly those with strong nomadic attributes.
After careful calculation, as of today, there are 178,000 people in Xingbei and Dongmugen Mountains who nominally belong to the Wang family. Daijun, Guangning and the grasslands slightly north are now home to 50,000 to 60,000 people due to the civil war. Shao Xun, the tribesmen who fled to Changshan and Zhongshan, are too embarrassed to annex them and return them all.
In total, there are actually more than 20 tens of thousands of people, which is estimated to have surpassed Tuoba Yihuai, who controls six of Tuoba's ten surnames.
If she had the ability to continue recruiting, she might be able to get more people.
"Dongmugen Mountain..." Wang thought as she thought about it, having a bad premonition in her heart.
"Don't worry, it's not what you think. I haven't thought about it yet." Shao Xun smiled and said: "I want to divide the land of Xingbei into two counties, Mayi and Yunzhong. The former governs Mayi and the latter governs peace. City. As for the status of these two counties, I have an idea."
"What does the king want?" Wang asked immediately.
"No rush." Shao Xun waved his hand and said: "If the battle is over, we must first send envoys to comfort each place, otherwise the battle will be in vain. You prepare first, for half a month, eight On the first day of the lunar month, all the nobles, nobles, generals and other chiefs from Xingbei, Daijun and Guangning gathered here. All the ministries were ordered to send their nephews and nephews to guard against the Helan family. When everyone is here, everyone can congratulate and decide on the names of the king and his ministers."
Wang was uneasy and only responded softly.
(End of this chapter)