Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 217 Qin Qiong’s Choice
"Bianguandi reported that on February [-]th, Wei Wang Yang Shuang led his army to attack, broke through the tent of the Turkic Shaboluo tribe, and captured more than a thousand Turkic troops."

"On February 27, Yang Yichen's troops ambushed the retreating Turkic army and strangled more than [-] Turkic cavalry."

"On the fifth day of March, Shabolu led his army to break through. During this period, he killed more than [-] enemy cavalry and beheaded the enemy general Croto. The Turkic army abandoned their helmets and armor, and most of the soldiers died. Shabolu Khan led the remaining The tribe continued to flee north, and our army continued to pursue them."

"During this period, a total of more than [-] enemy soldiers were captured. His Royal Highness, the King of Jin, took custody of the prisoners. Qizou Border Pass could not hold so many prisoners. He requested that the prisoners be escorted back to Daxing City. Your Majesty, please make your decision with the court officials."

Listening to the military report, the emperor was happily immersed in the dream of a strong army and a strong country in the Sui Dynasty, but in the end he was brought back to reality by Yang Guang's revelation.

"You're giving me another problem."

Yang Jian had no choice but to throw the problem to the ministers: "Everyone, our army has many prisoners this time. Do you have a good way to arrange them?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. What should we do with the more than 3000 prisoners?It's really difficult.

In ancient times, there were only four common ways to deal with this kind of captives. They were to kill them before the war and sacrifice them to the flag, massacre them to show off their power, surrender them to the army, and make them slaves. However, because of the large number of people who surrendered this time, it seems that there is no single way to deal with them. How appropriate.

Yang Guang just knew that no matter what kind of decision he made, he would definitely be talked about by this group of people, so he simply let you people do the talking.

It's easy to fire off the fire afterwards, but it's difficult to confirm it now. No one said anything at this time.

Yang Jian insisted on the situation and asked the Yizhou governor, Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, who had just returned recently.

"King Shu, what are your plans?"

Yang Xiu then said bluntly: "It's hard to trust the Turkic soldiers who surrendered. It's better to kill them all."

As soon as these words were spoken, a minister jumped out: "Killing prisoners is too cruel. Your Majesty, please think again."

Many people have always been like this, only talking about hidden dangers but not plans.

The emperor asked: "What do you think we should do?"

The man said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, why not turn it into a surrender?"

"It is extremely difficult to fully plan for the sudden drop of soldiers. Such a large number of soldiers will pose many hidden dangers in the future."

"Then we can't just trap him and kill him."

At this time Yang Xiu said: "Since we can't trap and kill them, let's all become slaves."

"The Turkic soldiers were so barbaric and fierce that no one would dare to buy them as slaves. If they were bought as domestic slaves, they would be killed by them one day."

Yang Xiu was young and mature: "Of course they are not ordinary slaves. Father, the Second Emperor and Brother are going to build a canal. The soldiers here can be used. They just have to be separated as much as possible, otherwise it will be easy for so many people to get together and cause trouble."

Everyone looked at Yang Xiu. It was really a good idea to dig the canal.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xiu had such a forward-looking international vision at such a young age. It seems that this plan can be used to deal with any prisoners captured in future wars.

The other ministers stood up one after another: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu has a very good suggestion. I second it."

"My minister agrees."

Yang Xiu's suggestion was unanimously approved by the ministers.

When the news reached Shuozhou, Yang Guang smiled slightly: "Xiu'er still understands my thoughts. How can we not use the readily available cheap labor force."

Yuan Tiantian said: "Your Highness, we have to pay as civilians. These guys just have to stutter, and occasionally we can deduct a little."

"How can you imitate my eldest sister? This kind of atmosphere does not encourage learning."

Yuan Tiantian smiled.

"How is the military situation today?"

"His Royal Highness King Wei and Yang Yicheng are still leading their troops to pursue. Shabolue's troops are now out of ten. They are dead and scattered. However, they are marching very fast. Our army is still pursuing them. , I want to completely annihilate the Shabolue tribe."

"Well, this opportunity cannot be missed, but even if he runs away and is beaten like this, it will be difficult for Sabolo to do anything. Others will not obey him, and the internal contradictions can no longer be reconciled."

Yang Guang read the current military newspaper in Shuozhou and asked: "Is there any news from other places?"

"There is news early this morning that General Yin Shou defeated the enemy in Youzhou City and won a great victory. Gao Baoning fled to Khitan. Our army encountered Goguryeo during the pursuit. General Yin Shou negotiated with Goguryeo and threatened Goguryeo and Khitan. If Gao Baoning is not handed over to Khitan, When we come out, we will directly send troops to attack Goguryeo."

After hearing the news, Yang Guang's face showed a fierce look: "The Khitan tribes also want to take advantage of the opportunity to become bigger, and Goguryeo is even more ambitious. We should protect Gao Baoning because we are afraid that Gao Baoning will be captured by us, and the interrogation will reveal bad news for them. See When I come to Gao Baoning, in addition to flirting with the Turks, I think there will be instigation from these two places later on."

Putting down the Di newspaper, Yang Guang sighed and said: "Ignore them for now. The Turks are the most important thing. We will solve them later and let them run around for a while."

In mid-March, Yang Shuang formally caught up with Shabolu Khan's headquarters in Baidao (today's north of Tumote Zuo Banner, Inner Mongolia) and drove straight in. In this battle, the Sui cavalry faced off against the Turkic cavalry, killing them in darkness. .

The heroic and high-morale Sui cavalry fought for three days in a row. The Turks suffered numerous casualties and were defeated, officially declaring the end of the war.

Sabolo Khan abandoned his army and fled, but Zhang Xutuo led his troops to catch up and intercept him a hundred miles north of Baidao.

Sabolo Khan, who once led an army of [-], now only has a hundred cavalry left to follow him, which is very embarrassing.

Zhang Xutuo pointed directly at Sabolo Khan: "Turks, give up resistance and throw away your weapons, and I will spare your life." Seeing that Sabolo Khan could not escape, he had to dismount his horse and beg for mercy.

"I surrender, I surrender."

Lai Hu'er smiled ferociously and rode towards Sabolo Khan, holding his spear against his chest. Faced with such a fierce killing god, Sabolo Khan was panicking now.

"When you come to protect your son, don't be rude. His Highness, Prince Jin, has an order to treat him with courtesy and spare his life."

Hearing what Zhang Xutuo said, Sabolo Khan breathed a sigh of relief. If the enemy coach wanted to save his life, he would not be able to die.

Lai Hu'er looked at Sabolo Khan with disdain: "I thought it was not enough to relieve my anger after killing this Turk and chopped him into seven or eight pieces. I don't know why His Highness King Jin wanted to keep him alive. His Highness King Wei also agreed. ”

"Your Highnesses, of course they have their own thoughts. I will just act as ordered and take them all back."

"and many more."

Just when everyone was about to take the prisoners back, Qin Qiong's voice rang out.

Qin Qiong, who was riding a tall horse, looked angrily at the familiar figure among the enemy prisoners: "Liu Wuzhou!"

Qin Qiong's drink made Liu Wuzhou's heart tremble.

Zhang Xutuo knew what Qin Qiong meant, so he reached out to stop the others and let Qin Qiong handle it by himself.

Qin Qiong slowly approached: "Liu Wuzhou, the King of Jin once gave you a sword by mistake. Today Qin Qiong came to pick up the sword."

At this time, Liu Wuzhou was kneeling on the ground and looked up at Qin Qiong. Yang Guang was so dazzling that it was difficult for him to look directly at him, and King Jin's sword was beside him because it was removed by the prisoner.

He always carries the sword that King Jin once gave him, and he seems to have never forgotten himself as a ranger.

Qin Qiong picked up the sword, walked to Liu Wuzhou's side, used the sword to cut the rope that tied Liu Wuzhou, and then cut off his own war robe: "Qin Qiong mistakenly believed that I will cut off your robe today."

After cutting, he threw King Jin's sword to Liu Wuzhou, and the sword was stuck on the ground.

"Come on, take your sword and fight me openly and die as Zhou Wu, not Liu Wu Zhou!"

Liu Wuzhou picked up the sword and looked at Qin Qiong blankly.

Qin Qiong held the Dragon Mace in his hand and was ready to go: "In today's battle, you and I have become sworn brothers. If you lose today, I will kill you and return the sword to King Jin. If you win, I will let you go. One life is worth one." Life, I will use my life to repay your debt, and all the sins will be borne by me, Qin Qiong."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Qiong rushed out and hit Liu Wuzhou directly in front of him.

Liu Wuzhou, who was holding the sword, did not offer any resistance.

The dragon's mace stopped in front of Liu Wuzhou, and Qin Qiong was furious: "Why don't you fight?"

Liu Wuzhou dropped the sword in his hand and stuck it sideways on the ground. He immediately knelt down and cried bitterly: "Brother, I was wrong. Brother, you and I are sworn brothers. Please help me beg His Highness the King of Jin to spare my life." , I went astray, and I realize my mistake.”

Seeing Liu Wuzhou like this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Look at you, where is the appearance of the knight-errant Zhou Wu from before? Where is the spirit of King Jin when he presented the sword to me? My sworn brother is called Zhou Wu, not Liu Wuzhou."

Liu Wuzhou held Qin Qiong's legs and said: "Sister-in-law, I really know that I was wrong. You and I kowtowed to the ground and swore to God that we would be loyal to Jinlan. We would help my brother once and help my brother once."

Qin Qiong gritted her teeth and her voice was hoarse: "Pick up the sword, don't let me look down on you."

"I really know it's wrong, I really know it's wrong."

Qin Qiong looked at Liu Wuzhou who was not up to expectations and slapped him: "I'll let you take the sword!"

Liu Wuzhou, who was stunned by the slap, knelt back and kowtowed to Qin Qiong.

Looking at the groveling Liu Wuzhou in front of him, he could not connect himself with his sworn brother Zhou Wu.

He took two steps closer and said, "Take the sword and defeat me, and you will live."

As if he couldn't hear Qin Qiong's words, Liu Wuzhou continued to kowtow.

Qin Qiong turned around in disappointment and was about to leave.

When Qin Qiong turned his back, Liu Wuzhou suddenly became violent, drew his sword and stabbed Qin Qiong, shouting: "Kill you, I..."

Qin Qiong seemed to have been prepared for it. He suddenly turned around and struck down the sword in his hand with one strike, breaking it immediately. With the strike like a sledgehammer, he hit Liu Wuzhou's head from top to bottom. It hit Liu Wuzhou's head with great force without any hesitation.

As soon as the mace was settled, Liu Wuzhou knelt on his knees, his eyes widened, his life was cut off, his skull shattered and he died, and he finally swallowed the unfinished words.

Looking at the tragic death of Liu Wuzhou, Qin Qiong had no expression on his face, picked up the broken sword and said: "It's a pity this sword, it's a pity..."

After Qin Qiong killed the thieves, Zhang Xutuo said: "Take the Turkic prisoners back to the city."

(End of this chapter)