The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 43 Arrangement
Looking at it, Zhao Dongting didn't turn back to the palace until it was almost noon.

After eating and resting for a while, he asked Yinger to announce Lu Xiufu, Zhang Shijie, Su Liuyi, Chen Wenlong, Chen Jianghan and other humerus ministers.

When everyone arrived at Zhao Dongting's bedroom, he asked, "How is the cleaning of the battlefield going?"

Zhang Shijie bowed and said: "My Majesty, the battlefield has been cleaned up, and the remains of our soldiers and the Yuan army have been gathered and burned separately. The weapons, armor, and horses have all been put into storage."

He is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, and is fully responsible for this matter.

Zhao Dongting nodded, and asked again: "How about the casualties of our generals?"

Zhang Shijie replied with a slightly sad face: "Lu Chuanyao, the deputy official of our army's guard Ma Jun, unfortunately died in battle. There were also two commanders of the class, six commanders of the direct commander, two commanders of thousands of troops, and 14 commanders of centuries. They were also unfortunate. Killed, not wounded."

War always hurts both sides, and it is difficult to win a battle.

Zhao Dongting also sighed softly, and then said: "The families of the generals and commanders must be properly arranged, and their offspring will be raised by the treasury. The pensions of the soldiers killed in battle will be paid twice as much as before, and their families must not be wronged. In addition, their ashes are now properly kept, and in the future, we will build a shrine and monument for these warriors who died in the Song Dynasty."

The humerus ministers in the room were so moved that they all fell to their knees and shouted for the emperor's sage.

Zhao Dongting waved his hands, but did not speak.

After a while, Zhang Shijie said: "Your Majesty, I have something to report to the Emperor, please make a decision."

Zhao Dongting asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Shijie had a bitter face, "Those surrendered soldiers... I really don't know how to deal with them."

He has been really troubled by this matter for the past two days.

At this time, there were only less than 5000 Song troops left on Naozhou Island, while the Yuan army had more than 7000 soldiers.It is difficult to manage and not enough food if accepting soldiers, but if these soldiers are not accepted, I don’t know where to arrange them.

Zhao Dongting murmured slightly, looked at Lu Xiufu and the others, "What do you think is the best way to deal with it?"

These ministers have obviously thought about this issue.

Su Liuyi answered first: "Your Majesty, our army is in short supply of soldiers. It is better to surrender them and disperse them into various armies. Just don't give them weapons for now, so that there will be no big trouble."

"No, no, no."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wenlong, a political adviser, objected: "Since ancient times, the heart of defense is indispensable. The Yuan army has more than [-] troops. Our army is also in too much trouble. I think it’s better to send them to Qiongzhou and let them open mines in Qiongzhou, which can be considered as a contribution to the court.”

Su Liuyi said: "How can the imperial court have ships and soldiers to send them to Qiongzhou?"

Chen Wenlong was suddenly speechless.

Although 260 and seven warships were harvested, it was impossible to send all the prisoners to Qiongzhou.Then Quichou Island would be empty.

These humerus ministers didn't have any perfect idea.

Of course, this is not their fault. In ancient times, captives were treated by exile, surrender, or extermination.

It would be clean to kill them, but now the Song Dynasty is short of people, and they are reluctant to kill those soldiers.Moreover, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military affairs, and these adults who had read poetry and books always believed that it was against the peace of heaven to murder and surrender soldiers.

Zhao Dongting actually thought about this issue last night. Seeing that these ministers had no idea, he smashed his mouth and said: "In my opinion, let's deal with it like this! Today, let's treat them with delicious food and drink first. Then ask them if they are willing to surrender or leave. If they want to leave, give them trouble, let them go home on their own, and those who want to stay are the sergeants of our Great Song Dynasty, who will stay in the army and serve our Great Song Dynasty."

The ministers are thoughtful.

Afterwards, Chen Jianghan said with a heartache: "Your Majesty, they are soldiers. Let them go home. Will we still pay them?"

Zhao Dongting knew that the iron rooster Minister of the Ministry of Households was reluctant to spend money, and said with a smile: "The food here is delicious, the northern land is far away, and there are many wars on the way, and most of the soldiers are Jurchen and Han people. Those who choose to go back? I guess only those soldiers who still have families in the north will be determined to go back. Don’t be reluctant to part with silver, what our army lacks now is food and grass.”

Chen Jianghan blinked his eyes, but still felt heartache.

Zhao Dongting said again: "By the way, speaking of this incident, I remembered something. Among the captives of the Yuan army, the former generals of the Song Dynasty were not allowed to be hired again. These people have no loyalty, so let them go home. .”

The ministers had no objection to this matter.

Zhang Shijie took two steps forward, and only said: "Your Majesty, if we release these soldiers back, what will happen if they join the Yuan army again?"

Zhao Dongting smiled and said: "We will give them trouble and let them go home. I believe that no one with a little conscience will continue to join the Yuan army to help the evildoers."

Seeing what Zhao Dongting said, all the ministers nodded their heads and agreed.

Zhao Dongting took out Liu Hongqi's letter from his bosom, and handed it to Lu Xiufu, "Please read this letter."

After reading the letter, Lu Xiufu's face changed slightly, and he handed it to Zhang Shijie again.

When the ministers in the house finished reading it, their expressions were not good-looking, they were both worried and angry.

Zhang Shijie said anxiously: "Our army is short of soldiers and not enough thunder, what should we do?"

Even though he was a veteran of the battlefield, he felt a little difficult to deal with for a while.

Zhao Dongting seemed to have a plan in mind, and said: "I have a good plan in mind, and I just want you to prepare for this letter."

Zhang Shijie suddenly turned from worry to joy, and said: "Your Majesty, do you have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"

After the previous battle that destroyed the Yuan army, even he now admires Zhao Dongting very much.Although the emperor doesn't know how to arrange troops, the way of fighting is elusive, and he has a strong control over the overall situation.

"Take defense as offense!"

Zhao Dongting said quietly: "Our army still has a lot of landmines buried all over the island, and there are also a lot of weapons stored in the army for ambushes such as barbed caltrops and other ambushes to guard against the cavalry of the Yuan army. In the past few days, our army has been working hard Dig trenches and bury hidden weapons all over the island. When the day when Lord Degeli invades, the whole army guards in the palace and waits for work. Use rolling stones, fireballs, bows and crossbows to consume their troops first, and wait until they attack the island. Xinggong, and then have a bloody battle with them."

Zhang Shijie was even more overjoyed after hearing this, "I'll go down and make arrangements now!"

Zhao Dongting had nothing to say, so he nodded and made several ministers retreat.

He can only point out the general direction and strategy, and he doesn't understand at all if he is asked to dig traps and bury hidden weapons.

This kind of thing seems simple, but in fact there are many skills and exquisiteness in it.

After Lu Xiufu and the others left, Zhao Dongting went to the weapons workshop by himself.The smelting technique in the Southern Song Dynasty was good, and steel could be smelted, but it was still limited by the level of technology. Although the forged weapons and armor were strong, they were too heavy, often weighing ten catties, and not sharp enough.

Although Ge Lijun's attack is imminent, Zhao Dongting still wants to improve the smelting techniques of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Sharpening knives is not the same as chopping wood by mistake. As long as the weapons of the army can be improved, their combat effectiveness will surely increase in the future.

Li Yuanxiu saw Zhao Dongting walking straight towards the weapon workshop, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, don't you want to see that Yuan army surrendered general Wan Yanzhang?"

Zhao Dongting raised his eyes and said, "What are you going to see him for?"

Li Yuanxiu said: "Isn't the emperor planning to recruit him?"

In ancient times, when seeing powerful generals, kings were usually reluctant to kill them. For example, Cao Cao treated Guan Yu.

Zhao Dongting traveled from modern times, but he didn't think so. He shook his head and said: "The Yuan Dynasty is powerful, but our dynasty is weak. If Wan Yanzhang is not a fool, he will not sincerely vote for my Great Song Dynasty. He wants to leave. Just stay with him, I don’t bother to see him, it’s better if he leaves, he’s here, those Jurchen soldiers always regard him as the main one, maybe things have changed.”

Li Yuanxiu was surprised and said: "If Wanyan Zhang surrenders, he won't be so dishonest?"

At that time, many people regarded benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness as more important than life.

Zhao Dongting sneered and shook his head, and stopped talking.

People's beliefs will always change as the current situation changes.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Shijie reported at the court: "My Majesty, the matter of surrender has been settled. There are more than 5000 people from the Yuan army who are willing to submit to our army, and the remaining nearly [-] people have been distributed. Send them each to go home."

"Ah."

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, "Then let them be dispersed into various departments of our army, and let them dig traps with our soldiers. No weapons will be distributed, and the rest will cost the same as our soldiers."

Zhang Shijie bowed slightly, "How to arrange those generals and commanders?"

In fact, Zhao Dongting was a little annoyed by this incident in the past two days, and he said impatiently: "Let's register it first, and I will arrange them after this matter is settled."

"Yes."

Zhang Shijie responded and stopped talking.

Zhao Dongting rubbed his temples, and said again: "By the way, is Wanyan Zhang going or staying?"

Although he didn't want to surrender Yan Zhang, he was still a little bit concerned about this Yuan army general.

Zhang Shijie replied: "He stayed in the army."

"Oh?"

Zhao Dongting couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, "He didn't leave?"

Zhang Shijie looked at Su Liuyi beside him, Su Liuyi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I went to see Wan Yanzhang, he said that most of his tribe stayed in the army, and he had nothing to worry about in the north, so he would also like to serve in the army .”

Some ministers looked happy, after all Wanyanzhang was quite prestigious in the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting thought for a while, and said: "Then give him the post of Commander of the Ministry, but don't give him military power, let him stay for now!"

The ministers did not speak.

Sometimes they were really not used to the little emperor's speaking habits, and they felt very weird.They naturally didn't know, and sometimes Zhao Dongting couldn't laugh or cry when he saw them speak politely.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Dongting saw that the ministers seemed to have nothing else to do, so he said: "This battle is a great victory, and all the loves have contributed to it. When the traitor Ge Lijun is defeated, I will reward you together. If It's all right, let's retreat, and the digging of the trap must be done in time, without delay."

All the ministers thanked and responded, and when Li Yuanxiu announced his resignation, they all walked out of the hall.

Just in the afternoon of this day, the dust and noise on Quzhou Island began to rise.Numerous soldiers and soldiers held iron picks to dig traps, wooden carts loaded with various trap weapons ran all over the mountains and plains, gun carts, street chariots, repelling horses, crossbow carts and other defensive equipment stored in the weapons workshop were all thrown away. Moved inside and outside the palace.Countless watchtowers began to rise all over the palace.

The battle of Quzhou Island has just ended, and another battle is about to usher in.

(End of this chapter)