Steel Dynasty - Chapter 604

[Chapter 604 The overall situation has been decided]

. Soldiers walked out of Chuzhou City one by one.

All soldiers who surrendered were required to drop their weapons and remove their armor, leaving only their civilian clothes.

The soldiers of the Southern Expedition held flintlock guns to supervise the soldiers coming out of the city to prevent them from taking the opportunity to cause chaos. Following the soldiers, Xiao Han also walked out of the city.

Lu Fei had been waiting for Xiao Han. When he saw Xiao Han coming out, he said: “Your Highness, you made a wise decision, otherwise many soldiers would have died in vain.”

“What General Lu said is that Xiao Wang is just pity. The soldier made this decision, hoping that General Lu would be able to speak kindly to Xiao Wang in front of His Highness.

“Of course there is no problem with this, I will keep my word,” Lu Fei said.

Xiao Han smiled bitterly, “Thank you, general.”

Lu Fei nodded. At this time, he asked Luo Hong to take Xiao Han to a camp to take care of him. Like King Wei, Xiao Han also belonged to the royal family. These people wanted Xiao Ming to personally It can only be handled with an order, and no one else dares to do it at will.

Taking Xiao Han into custody, Lu Fei frowned as he looked at the many prisoners. Bai Mu noticed Lu Fei’s expression and said, “General, we are in trouble now. There are too many soldiers. Our rations are left in the army.” There is not enough to eat, and leaving these people behind is also a hidden danger.”

Lu Fei was also thinking about this problem. He said: “These people are a burden to us now. In this way, we will give them to these soldiers after they have eaten. Three days of dry food for each of them will allow them to return home.”

“Well, this is a way.” Bai Mu nodded. These more than 100,000 people will also eat them up.

Lu Fei said: “Also, letting these soldiers go back can publicize our kindness and at the same time damage the morale of the defenders of other cities.”

After making a plan to deal with the prisoners, Lu Fei sent someone to send the battle situation in Chuzhou City to Qingzhou City. The next day, he asked the soldiers to distribute three days of dry food to the prisoners. These soldiers were in uniform on the ship. They were ordinary people after taking off their uniforms. From now on, they would also be the people of the country. It was because of this that he was so generous. .

After receiving dry food, the captive soldiers gradually left the camp of the Nanzhen Army. At the same time, Lu Fei began to organize the Southern Expedition Army and marched towards the southern city. Today, Tongzhou, Yangzhou, Jinling City, Pengzhou City, Huaizhou City, and Chuzhou Army in Wei are all All were conquered, leaving only seven cities.

These seven cities are all very close to each other. Lu Fei believes that he can capture these seven cities within a month.

Qingzhou.

Three days after Lu Fei captured Chuzhou City, Xiao Han arrived at the Qingzhou camp with the battle report.

After receiving the news, Xiao Ming took Fiji to the Qingzhou camp as soon as possible.

When he saw Xiao Han in the cage, Fiji said: “Your Highness, that’s right, this is Xiao Han, the eldest son of King Wei.”

“Your Highness, this is Lu Fei’s battle report. This time, 120,000 troops have been sent. , Lu Fei seized their weapons and armor and gave them dry food for three days to leave on their own,” Niu Ben said.

Fiji nodded when he heard this, and said: “Lu Fei did a good job this time. These surrendered soldiers will also consume food if they stay in the army. It is better to let them go back to farm.”

Xiao Ming glanced at the battle report and said to Niu Ben. The same as before, these surrendered troops no longer pose a threat to the Southern Expeditionary Army, but they are a burden to Qingzhou. If he turns these people into slaves, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people of Wei. It is best to let them leave on their own. choose.

“This period of time he spent at Bowen College was not in vain.” Xiao Ming said.

At this time, Xiao Ming looked at Xiao Han. In the battle report, Lu Fei said that he promised to spare Xiao Han’s life and asked Xiao Ming to spare Xiao Han’s death. He said to Xiao Han: “You and I are both royal clan members. There is some merit in surrendering, so I will not kill you. However, you can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of living. I have decided to demote you to Ryukyu Island as a commoner. Are you willing?”

Xiao Han felt sad in his heart, and he was already prepared for this result. Already prepared, he said: “Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. However, I have one more thing to ask for. I would like to ask Your Highness to reunite the guilty minister with his family.”

“If they are still in Jinling City, I will bring them here .”

Qingzhou, let’s go to Ryukyu with you.” Xiao Ming said, although he didn’t like King Wei’s family very much, but now that he has promised to them and Xiao Han has made meritorious service, he can only give Xiao Han a way to survive.

But leaving him in the feudal country would inevitably cause some remnants of Wei to have thoughts in their minds, so he sent Xiao Han to Ryukyu. In such a place surrounded by the sea, he could hardly fly and could no longer make waves.

After talking about this, Xiao Ming signaled the officer to temporarily detain Xiao Han, and then the three of them went to Niuben’s camp.

There was a huge sand table in Niu Ben’s camp. This sand table was the city and terrain map of Wei. Niu Ben pointed at the seven cities that had not yet been conquered and said, “Your Highness, there are only these seven left.” Once the city is over, Lu Fei will reorganize his army and continue to advance. If there is a flanking attack from the north and the south, Wei will be able to recover in less than a month.”

Xiao Ming nodded, and the army in Chuzhou City surrendered. The situation in Wei is gone, and now it is just a matter of cleaning up. Some remaining soldiers were defeated, which was not a big problem. The thing that bothered him most now was not the war but how to deal with so many cities.

Fiji is a little excited. Now that we have taken over cities like Wei, these cities must be managed by officials. In this way, the officials of Chang’an who have nothing to do in Qingzhou will have a place to go.

So he said: “Your Highness, now it’s time to prepare government officials for these cities.”

Xiao Ming nodded. He brought Fiji out this time precisely because of this problem. The thirteen states of Wei have a large population, and it is inevitable to manage this place. A large number of officers are needed.

These officials from Chang’an are all proficient in government affairs. Even if they no longer study in Bowen College, they can still manage Wei. Now that they have learned the knowledge of Bowen College, there will be no problem.

“In this case, you will assess them in the next two days, and if they are qualified, arrange corresponding positions for them.” Xiao Ming said.

Fiji nodded, he was better at this than Xiao Ming.

Niu Ben said: “Your Highness, what should we do with the defenders of these cities? Wei has just been captured, and it will be filled with rebels and thieves for a period of time. We must guard against it.”

Xiao Ming had already had his own thoughts on this issue. It was impossible for him to set up an army in every state, so he said: “This problem is not difficult. You can help the government to establish a guard station in the local area, and the guard station will be responsible for local security. “

The guard station that Xiao Ming refers to is the guard station in the last government reform. This is basically a modern police agency.

However, because Wei Land may be in chaos for a period of time, he will increase the number of personnel in the guard station.

(End of chapter)