Fenghou

Chapter 1508
In fact, the Kingdom of Jin also had an army of [-] troops led by Han Chang, but they were miscellaneous, consisting of [-] Khitans and [-] Hans.

Han Chang knew that the situation of the Jin Kingdom was over, so he led [-] soldiers and [-] craftsmen to surrender to Niu Gao.

At this time, Niu Gao's [-] troops had already controlled hundreds of thousands of people and all their belongings where King Jin's account was located.

Most of the hundreds of nobles in the Kingdom of Jin had been wiped out by Wanyan Wushu, and the remaining dozens were all captured. This time, Niu Gao was not lenient. He had received Chen Qing's order before, and all nobles in the Kingdom of Jin Kill them all, leaving no hidden dangers.

That night, dozens of the last nobles of the Kingdom of Jin were all beheaded, and no one was spared.

Although nearly a thousand other noble women were not killed, they were also deprived of all noble titles and became ordinary civilian women, retaining only a small amount of property. Wife's Western Army soldier.

More than [-] people from the Kingdom of Jin were sent to Linhuang City for isolation, and the sick were treated by military doctors. Unlike the Kingdom of Jin, there was no cure, and only one person died in the end.

The military doctors of the Western Army used Zhang Zhongjing's prescriptions for treatment, coupled with isolation and disinfection, and the patients were replenished with water and nutrition in time. As long as the body is not particularly weak, they can be cured in the end.

In fact, Chen Qing was more interested in the wealth of the Kingdom of Jin. The wealth accumulated in the Northern Song Dynasty for a hundred years was plundered by the Kingdom of Jin.

So he brought all the wealth in the warehouse with him, as well as a large amount of wealth carried by the nobles. It was loaded with 10,000+ carts. There were tens of thousands of large boxes from the Northern Song Dynasty, and the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty on them Seal, never out of the box.

In addition, there is also the wealth plundered by Wanyan Wushu when he searched the mountains and seas in the early Southern Song Dynasty.

There are large quantities of gold and silver, jewellery, silk, porcelain, jade, bronze, lacquer, strange stones, spices, furs, and various other precious materials.

However, there were not many copper coins. The main reason was that the Kingdom of Jin also needed copper coins to circulate and to support the puppet Qi at that time, so the copper coins were basically used up.

However, the nobles of the Jin Dynasty basically did not use other wealth. This is actually a misunderstanding. For example, a piece of exquisite Taihu Lake stone has a profound cultural heritage in the Song Dynasty. There are enough literati who like it and are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it. Very valuable.

The Jurchens thought it was treasure and wealth, and transported it back, but who would like it in the Kingdom of Jin?In the eyes of Jin Guo people, it is a broken stone, so it has been left in the warehouse for more than [-] years without moving.

The same is true for gold and silver. Without sufficient economic support, gold and silver cannot be spent. It is no different from a pile of broken copper and iron. Of course, after the peace talks between Song and Jin resumed normal trade, gold, silver and Taihu stone can be exchanged for food. It's another story.

Linhuang City, Chen Qingzheng and Niu Gao walked slowly on the top of the city.

"Does Niu Dutong know why Wanyan Wushu wanted to move his capital to Linhuang City?"

Niu Gao thought for a while and said, "I found that Linhuang City is a very high strategic support point. It connects Liaodong to the east and controls the grassland to the west. Maybe Wanyan Wushu thinks that Liaodong can no longer be controlled, or that Liaodong can no longer support the Kingdom of Jin. He began to consider using the grasslands to support the Kingdom of Jin!"

Chen Qing nodded, "You're right, Wanyan Wushu really thinks this way, it should be said that his thinking is still very clear, and the strategic direction is also right, but the timing of his entry is too late.

If he did not attack Goryeo last year, but moved the capital to Linhuang Mansion in advance and fully controlled the grassland, then the Jin Kingdom should have no problem supporting it for another 20 years, and even reunify the grassland, but he made a wrong decision to attack Goryeo and took a wrong step , it is beyond redemption. "

"Your Highness, you want to continue to control the Linhuang Mansion?" Niu Gao had a taste of what the lord meant.

Chen Qing nodded, "It's not as simple as regaining control of the Linhuang Mansion. It's related to the continuation of the blood of our descendants for hundreds or even thousands of years. It's not terrible for the Han people to fight among themselves. It's nothing more than changing one dynasty for another. It’s different, once a foreign tribe invades, it will be a disaster for the entire nation, and it will be difficult to stand up for hundreds or even thousands of years, so controlling the grassland is the most important strategy in ten years.”

"Then why doesn't His Highness directly use troops against the Tata, Kere, and Mierqi tribes? I believe that [-] elite soldiers can sweep the grasslands."

Chen Qing walked to the front of the battlements, supported the battlements and looked towards the west. After a long while, he slowly said: "I originally planned to attack the Krets after the gold was destroyed, and directly wiped out the Krets, but a piece of news before departure changed my mind. Decide, that is Xiliao!"

"Is it the Xiliao founded by Yelu Dashi?"

"That's right! That's it. In fact, it is not suitable to be called Liao. It was established by the Khitan nobles, but its people are not Khitans. The Western Liao has already wiped out the Black Khan and began to attack the Gaochang Huihe. Once the Gaochang Huihe is destroyed, then the Western Liao Liao's next step is either the Hexi Corridor or the grassland, I think the grassland is more likely, Yelu Dashi's strategy must be to return to the homeland of Liaodong through the grassland."

"Humble job understands!"

Niu Gao understood King Yong's strategic intention to control the grassland and prevent the strategic eastward expedition of the Xiliao army.

"Xiaozhi is willing to stay, carry out His Highness's intention, and control the grassland!"

Chen Qing was really relieved, he was worried that Niu Gao would not stay, but he didn't expect Niu Gao to agree.

"With Niu Dutong's words, I feel relieved!"

Niu Gao hurriedly said: "Although I understand His Highness's intentions, I still need to ask His Highness for some details. How to control the grassland? I have no experience in this field."

Chen Qing nodded and said: "The so-called control of the grassland is actually two words, 'balance of power'. We must never let a family grow bigger, and whoever is strong will fight. Now the Mierqi department is strong, so Niu Dutong must first deal with it. Mier begged for troops.

We must learn from the method of the Kingdom of Jin, unite with the Kelie and Tata tribes, and promise them the pasture. The three families will join hands to attack the Mierqi tribe. about there.

Keeping them fighting each other and weakening them, but not destroying them, keeping them in a balance of power is called balance of power, but if the army of Xiliao came, they would have to unite the three families to fight against Xiliao together. "

Niu Gao nodded silently, he really understood that the key lies in 'balance of power'.

Chen Qing added: "It will take me 20 years. Our population will increase to more than 1 million. We will have more advanced means of transportation and be able to control the grasslands. At that time, we will fully control the grasslands."

Ten days later, the quarantine was lifted, more than 30 people were cured, seven people died of illness, and the others who were not sick were not infected.

Chen Qing also selected [-] barren young women from more than [-] Jurchen women, and betrothed them to [-] unmarried soldiers who were about to be disarmed and returned to the fields.

Chen Qing then made a more important decision. After the [-] soldiers were disarmed and returned to the fields, they would all stay in Liaodong, and they would be given extremely generous treatment.

Chen Qing immediately appointed Niu Gao as the governor of Anbei, he was named the champion general, the school inspected the censor Zhongcheng, he was named the Duke of Liao, and he led an army of [-] to sit in Linhuang Mansion.

Wang Duo was granted the title of deputy governor of Anbei, Xi Guogong, and was promoted to commander of the capital of the upper army to assist Niu Gao in guarding Linhuang Mansion.

Ten days later, an army of 25 marched southward with more than 10,000 Jurchen women and children, [-]+ carts, and [-] camels, returning to Yanshan Road.

(End of this chapter)