Horse on the World

Chapter 319

"Yes, redemption!" Nuoqia raised his head: "My emperor said that when you and my two families fought each other, we didn't want these slaves to return to increase Marshal Li's strength. Killing them would be more beneficial to us, but God has the virtue of good life, we are unwilling to raise the butcher's knife to these unarmed people, but we can't let it go back in vain, so according to the law of the grassland, you can redeem these slaves!"

Li Qing sits high behind the big case, holding the case with both hands, leaning forward, staring fixedly at Nuo Qia who is standing in front of him and talking, but the anger in his eyes is getting stronger and stronger, until he sees Nuo Qia Ah's heart trembled, and his voice became lower and lower unconsciously.

"Don't want to raise the butcher's knife to an unarmed person?" Li Qing sneered at first, and then his laughter grew louder, "General Nuo, what you said is really ridiculous. You barbarians have been killed countless times in hundreds of years. The land marched into Dingzhou, and there was another time when you didn't raise the butcher's knife to the unarmed Dingzhou people. Wherever you passed, you murdered, looted, and burned houses. But don't dare to kill!"

"The two armies are fighting, fighting on the battlefield, both sides live and die in peace, there is nothing to complain about, but if you dare to slaughter my innocent people, I will pay you back ten times when the city of Bayan Hara is destroyed. I will kill ten of you, and then the city will be full of blood, and you will regret it!" Li Qing slapped the table, furious.

Captured by Li Qing's aura, Nuoqi'a's heart was taken away by him, he was ashamed and ashamed, annoyed and hated, his lips trembled, his face turned purple, he looked up at Li Qing, and after a while he resisted and said: "If you kill the prisoner Didn’t Marshal Li do that? In the battle of the Angu Tribe, tens of thousands of old and weak women and children fell under Marshal Li’s swords, guns, bows and crossbows. What guilt do these people have? Marshal Li’s justice is safe?”

Hearing Nuo Qi'a scolding Li Qing directly, Guo Shanfeng hurriedly stood up, took out the long knife, took two steps, put the knife on Nuo Qi'a's neck with a choking sound, and said angrily: "The thief is so rude, If you kill the people of Dingzhou, how many millions of people have you killed for hundreds of years, can’t I just kill a few of you? Don’t tell me it’s only natural for you to kill my people, and it’s unfair for me to kill you? Marshal is rude, I will kill you alive!"

Nuo Qi'a remained motionless, just raised his head and stared at Li Qing.

Li Qing was speechless, waved his hands to let the mountain wind recede, and sat down slowly. Back then, he had no choice but to let Shang Haibo order the massacre of tens of thousands of old and weak women and children of the Angu tribe. , Deep down in his heart, Li Qing has always been unable to let go. Unlike other people who take it for granted, it is difficult for Li Qing from later generations to agree.Looking at Nuoqia, he said slowly: "Since ancient times, there has been no justice in national wars. You and I have been fighting each other for hundreds of years. This hatred has been soaked to the bone. It is meaningless to argue about it. Well, redemption is not impossible. How much does Bayar ask for, but you tell me?"

Hearing that Li Qing finally agreed to redeem it, Nuo Qia breathed a sigh of relief, "One slave has ten catties of grain, and there are still 100 slaves in Bayan Hara City. Marshal Li only needs to pay [-] million catties of grain to get them back." people."

"Ten catties of grain?" Li Qing stared at the other party in surprise.

Lu Da stood up abruptly: "Ba Yaer has such a big appetite, so I'm not afraid to spoil him? Don't even think about such an unreliable redemption condition."

Nuo Qi'a said: "General Lu's words are wrong. In the past, how much is a slave worth? General Lu, who lived in Dingzhou for a long time and is well versed in the rules and regulations of our grasslands, must have known it very well. This price is undoubtedly worth giving away. His Majesty the emperor is very happy." Only those who made this deal with sincerity offered such a low price, why did General Lu say that the conditions were too high?"

"One moment is the other moment." Lu Dalin sneered, "At this time, one hundred thousand slaves in the city of Bayan Hara have become hot potatoes. You don't dare to kill them. Let them live, but they will consume a lot of you every day. The amount of food that you have, makes your already poor supplies even more embarrassing. Under such circumstances, we only provide one catty of food per person, and I think it’s too high?"

"How unreasonable!" Nuoqia was furious, and turned to look at Li Qing, "Marshal Li, since you are so insincere, then this business should be over, and these 10 slaves should stay in the city until we eat at Bayan Hara." When we ran out of food, we killed these slaves and cooked them, and there would always be a million catties of meat for [-] people, enough for us to eat for a long time."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the tent gasped in unison. Although the people of Da Chu have always called each other barbarians and barbarians, in fact, the grassland has been deeply loved by Da Chu during the hundreds of thousands of years of communication with the Central Plains. The erosion of Chu culture is very different from the early years, but this cannibalism is unheard of.

"You, you are simply beasts! You actually want to eat people." Wang Qinian complained.

Nuoqia sneered again and again, "I heard that in the year of the Great Chu disaster, there was also an act of changing sons and eating them. Why did the generals act so surprised? Our family in the grassland is facing a life-and-death situation, and we cannot defend Bayanka. Lah, it is the disaster of subjugation of the country and the destruction of the family, not to mention cannibalism, even if it is ten times or a hundred times more tragic, we will do the same."

The large number of slaves in the city has always been a knot in Li Qing's heart. Not to mention the barbarians cannibalism, even when he hit the city of Bayan Har, Bayar only needs to put the slaves on the city wall and use them as human shields. I also want to be cautious, and I don’t want to shoot the comrades who claim to save the savior one by one on the top of the city before attacking the city. If I do this, all the early propaganda made by Dingzhou among the soldiers will be completely destroyed. Scrap, take a look at the scene where Iron Leopard and others recognize their relatives on the battlefield, I am afraid that among the [-] slaves, many are relatives of my fighters, and it is also my responsibility as a commander to protect the relatives of my fighters. At the same time, it is also an excellent way to bring soldiers back to their hearts. Therefore, these [-] slaves themselves must be rescued first.At present, it seems that Bayan Har is almost at the end of his rope, otherwise Bayar would never have made such a move to expose his shortcomings.

"Okay, Nuoqia, you don't need to talk too much, you go back and tell Bayar that although there is no shortage of food in Dingzhou, the food has been transported thousands of miles, but the loss is also great, and there is not much surplus food. But for the sake of my comrades in the city, I am still willing to squeeze out a part to redeem them, but five catties of grain for a slave is the highest price I can offer, if willing, our two families will exchange, if not, then we just I can avenge blood and hatred for these comrades who died."

Before Nuoqia could answer, Guo Shanfeng stood up abruptly, "Commander, I object. Do you provide food to the other side, so that these barbarians will eat enough to kill our soldiers? Commander, please think twice."

Wang Qinian also stood up, "Commander, please think twice! I don't think we can give them any food, and I don't think they have the guts to kill these slaves."

"Then give it a try!" Nuoqia said angrily.

Li Qing keenly grasped the fluster in Nuo Qizhi's eyes, and he became more confident in his heart, "Two generals, the soldiers under your command are from my Dingzhou, and the people in the city are also from my Dingzhou. The back of the hand is full of flesh, how can we favor one another, our soldiers are fully armed, while the slaves in the city are unarmed, I believe that even your soldiers are willing to go to battle to kill the enemy, and exchange their lives for the safety of their fellow robes. , isn’t that what we do? No need to say more, I’ve made up my mind, Nuo Qi, do you agree?”

Nuo Qi'a said: "I have no right to decide the price proposed by the commander-in-chief. I need to go back to the city and ask His Majesty the Emperor for instructions."

Li Qing waved his hand and said: "Okay, then you should go and come back quickly. Our army will not attack the city today, so I will wait for your news in the tent. It will not take an hour between this coming and going."

Looking at Nuoqia's back, Li Qing smiled and looked at Guo Shanfeng, "General Guo reacted very quickly. With your cooperation, Bayar must not dare to bargain with us."

Guo Shanfeng smiled and said: "The commander-in-chief has his own plans, and Guo Shanfeng can help a little."

Tang Hu, who was behind Li Qing, said in surprise: "General Guo, didn't you just desperately oppose the opinion of the commander-in-chief, why did you become helping the commander-in-chief now, what does this mean?"

Several generals in the tent laughed and said nothing, scratching Tang Hu's ears and cheeks anxiously. In fact, it's easy to put it bluntly. When Nuo Qia saw Li Qing's generals objected, he naturally had to explain this to Bayar when he went back. Bayar After Er knew the news, he must have been worried that the price was too high, so that Li Qing, who was already a little hesitant, gave up the deal in hatred under the opposition of the generals. Then the 50 slaves would really fall on him. in hand.In this way, the exchange of [-] slaves for [-] catties of grain is considered a small gain, at least Bayan Har can support it for a longer period of time.

Sure enough, an hour later, Nuo Qia returned and agreed to the terms. Three days later, the Dingzhou Army would give the barbarians [-] catties of grain every day in exchange for [-] slaves, within a limit of ten days.

"Beat the drums, gather the generals!" Li Qing ordered Tang Hu, "Three, it's time to let our generals know our overall strategy."

Outside the tents of the Chinese army, dozens of large cowhide drums were beating at the same time, spreading far and wide to the battalions. This was the Jujiang drum.

Half an hour later, all the battalion leaders of the Dingzhou Army gathered in Li Qing's big tent. Li Qing's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, Lu Dalin, Guo Shanfeng, Wang Qinian, Jiang Kui, Guan Xinglong, Jiang Heiniu, Wei Xin , Xiong Dewu... Familiar or unfamiliar faces passed by one by one, and the eyes of all the generals flashed with excitement. All along, Li Qing rarely called all the battalion-level generals to discuss matters. Li Qing never paid much attention to the tactical process as long as the strategic goal was achieved, as long as the general's strategic direction was formulated directly, and then the generals below were allowed to play freely.There are thousands of people and thousands of methods, and each general has his own fighting style. If he intervenes in everything, it will only limit the talents of these generals, and make them tied up. Not only will they not be tempered, but they will become responders. Li Qing, who traveled through time, would never forget how in his original era, in that magnificent war of liberation, how the PLA, who had no formal military training, defeated those national army generals with high military literacy.

"Generals, what you will hear next is our final strategy for capturing Bayan Hara in Dingzhou!" Li Qing said slowly.

(End of this chapter)