Chapter 297: The Strategy of Recruiting and Surrendering
"Your Highness, the Xiliang soldiers are retreating!"
At the end of Feihu Pass, Chang Wei pointed to the direction of Xiliang Camp.
Standing on the city wall, you can see the situation in the mountain road through a telescope.
However, if you are in the mountain road, you will not be able to move Xiliang at all because of your narrow vision.
Therefore, the royal generals in the mountain road still did not notice anything.
Zhao Xu picked up the telescope and looked in the direction Chang Wei pointed.
The Xiliang camp was crowded with people, and a large number of soldiers led horses and camels headed west.
In front of the camp, there were only three or four thousand Xiliang soldiers standing by.
It seems that he is winning time for the retreat of the Xiliang soldiers in the camp.
"Let them retreat." Zhao Xu said.
He delegated power to Chang Wei to command the battle, and he had become a hand-off manager since then.
It was just handing over the battle to the generals.
He still needs to make an important decision.
Chang Wei instinctively wanted to order the soldiers in the mountain road to attack.
But after looking closer, I found that the Xiliang troops retreated in an orderly manner.
Obviously, they are ready to be pursued. Once they are pursued, they can adjust their formation at any time.
The royal family members could not take much advantage.
Thinking of this, he did not object to the King of Yan, but nodded.
"Boom boom boom..."
The artillery fire continues.
Half an hour passed, and most of the Xiliang soldiers evacuated for more than ten miles.
The Xiliang soldiers in charge of the palace continued to suffer casualties under the bombardment of artillery, and their defense seemed very chaotic and disorderly.
At this time, Chang Wei said to the flag verbalist beside him.
The flag verb immediately issued an order: "Charge!"
After a moment, a shout of killing sounded from the mountain road.
The royal army rushed towards the Xiliang soldiers in the camp.
At this time, the Xiliang soldiers were still in fear of being bombarded by artillery.
When they saw the soldiers of the royal palace coming, they fled one after another.
Their purpose was to be the palace's back, and they knew that there were no reinforcements. After so long, their morale was extremely low.
The Xiliang soldiers on the wooden platform fired a few stone bullets with their muskets, and then ran away.
Some Xiliang soldiers knelt directly on the ground and chose to surrender.
In less than half an hour, the soldiers of the royal palace occupied the Xiliang camp.
Seeing this, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei got off the city wall and rode their horses to the camp.
"Your Highness, look!" As soon as Zhao Xu arrived at the camp, Wei Qun angrily raised a Western Liang soldier in front of him like a chicken.
He kicked him to his knees with another leg.
Chang Wei followed Zhao Xu, and his first reaction was to look at the soldier's face.
After seeing the tattoo on it, he frowned.
"Your Highness, these soldiers are not from Xiliang, but from Dasong people living in Xiliang." Chang Wei said to Zhao Xu.
Wei Qun said ruthlessly: "When fighting with Xiliang, the imperial guards always fought with them first, and finally met the real Xiliang soldiers. At that time, the imperial guards were basically exhausted, so they often lost. When fighting with the imperial guards, they worked really hard!"
As if recalling the unspeakable past, Wei Qun kicked the Xiliang soldiers again.
"The people of Xiliang also named the army composed of Song people in the territory, called Chao Linglang." Chang Wei said, "But when the war was beneficial to Xiliang, they were indeed fierce, but when it was not conducive to Xiliang, they surrendered quickly. It seems that the army left behind by Xiliang was the army that hit the Linglang."
Zhao Xu got off the horse and looked at the tattoos on Xiliang Bing's face.
Seeing Zhao Xu's gaze coming, the Xiliang soldiers lowered their heads.
At Yan Pass, he met the slave soldiers of the Beidi people.
These soldiers were composed of Dasong people from the previous Ningjindushi.
Although their combat power is not as good as that of Beidi, the war can also consume a lot of physical strength of their soldiers, as well as defensive resources such as arrows and stones.
Now they have encountered such an army again.
"Do you know what kind of dogs who forget your ancestors are following the people of Xiliang to beat us Song people. Do you know what kind of etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame are?" Wei Qun cursed angrily.
His younger brother was killed by Xiliang's son-in-law on the battlefield.
Since then, he hated these Dasong people from the Xiliang army very much.
Hearing Wei Qun's angrily scolded, the Xiliang soldiers who had originally bowed their heads suddenly burst into a low and smirk.
Wei Qun was even more furious when he heard this. He drew out his sword and wanted to kill the Xiliang soldier.
At this time, the Xiliang soldiers suddenly raised their heads and said angrily: "We are working hard for Xiliang, but you are not worthy of blaming us. Before Xiliang was established, Jinzhou and Liangzhou were all Dasong territory, and our ancestors were also upright Song people."
"They also resisted the people of Xiliang and hoped that the Dasong court would expel the people of Xiliang. What have you done in the past 150 years? Not only can you not recover your hometown, but now you have lost Jinzhou. What are your faces?"
Chang Wei and Wei Qun were furious when they heard this.
This is a scar in their hearts that they are unwilling to uncover.
The Xiliang soldiers now tear open the scar, and they were both painful and annoyed.
Liangzhou, Yinshan South, and the Ningjindusi today.
The founding of the country was established, and these lands were all Dasong's territory.
But now, it is occupied by aliens.
But the comrades who used to live there have now become enemies fighting on the battlefield.
"Nonsense, this is not the reason why you give Xiliang people a life!" Wei Qun widened his eyes and pulled out his sword with a "swish".
"Stop!" Zhao Xu shouted.
Chang Wei grabbed Wei Qun's hand and refused to let him do whatever he wanted.
"Even ants are alive, let alone others. Besides, what he said is not unreasonable. The family and country are weak, and the people are suffering. They are just duckweed floating in the wind in the troubled times. There are some things they cannot afford to do." Zhao Xu said lightly.
In wars throughout the ages, there were puppet troops like Crazy Lang and Ergou Scout Army.
Not only available at home, but also abroad.
Not everyone has the courage to resist when someone is holding a gun and going to fight with a war.
Although Wei Qun was still angry, he understood this principle. He said, "But even so, will he be lenient when he meets them?"
"Of course not. You should do it ruthlessly, you should do it ruthlessly." Zhao Xu said.
Chang Wei and Wei Qun were both stunned when they heard this, not knowing what the King of Yan wanted to say.
Seeing this, Zhao Xu went aside with them and continued, "In the future, you will accept those who are willing to throw themselves into Yanzhou. Those who are unwilling to throw themselves into Yanzhou will be given money and let them leave on their own. Those who are dead or stubborn will be killed or sent to the mine as slaves."
"Ah?" Chang Wei and Wei Qun almost suspected that something had happened to their ears.
The King of Yan said that of these three items, they only agreed with the last one.
Zhao Xu patiently explained, "This is a strategy. These Xiliang people are divided into three different situations. One is in Xiliang and their hearts are in the Great Song, but they are forced to go to the battlefield. The second is to be confused and survive by themselves. The third is to make the people of Xiliang recognize them and completely forget their ancestors. Such people naturally have to be treated harshly."
Chang Wei and Wei Qun gradually came back to their senses when they heard this.
When they were fighting in Xiliang, the collision between the sons they captured was indeed divided into these three situations.
"So, you will also treat the other two types of people in the first two and the third type of people, and will push the two types of people in the first two to Xiliang, and they will naturally fight to the death with Dasong." Zhao Xu continued.
After pausing, he pondered: "But preferential treatment of the two types of people in the first place will shake their minds. When they fight with us, they will not fight to the death. One is because they have feelings for Dasong, but because they will be lenient to surrender."
Chapter completed!