Chapter 1466 Long-term considerations

The siege did not last long.

By almost noon, the fighting was over.

Originally, the soldiers of Xiqu had no intention of fighting, and then the King of Faqiang and a group of Faqiang nobles personally surrendered with white flags, which made the few soldiers who still had the will to resist completely lose the will to resist.

At the end of the battle, Daqian and Jiaolu's soldiers stopped killing the enemy and instead helped maintain order.

Qin Qihu and his men never waited for the retreating reinforcements to attack their rear.

Yun Zheng and Qin Qihu were both helpless about this result.

Under such circumstances, the reinforcements chose to retreat and not come out. Even Yun Zheng had to suspect that the other side was a coward.

"Let's go! Let's go into the city first!"

Yun Zheng gave Qin Qihu a helpless smile and invited him into the city.

"I've seen many people who are cowardly, but this is the first time I've seen someone who is so cowardly!"

Qin Qihu complained and left with Yun Zheng feeling depressed.

Soon, Yun Zheng and his group entered the city.

The King of Fa Qiang also came to greet them with a group of Fa Qiang nobles.

"Welcome, Your Majesty..."

King Fa Qiang took the lead by kneeling and bowing his head to greet them with the highest etiquette.

"Excuse me."

Yun Zheng stepped forward and said to King Fa Qiang with an apologetic look: "I originally planned to give you three days to consider surrendering, but the Xiqu King City sent tens of thousands of troops to attack us. I cannot let the army be attacked from all sides, so I have to attack the city in advance. I hope that the king and everyone else will not blame me for breaking my promise to you..."

"No, no, it's all Xiao Wang's fault."

King Fa Qiang tried hard to force a smile and said apologetically: "It was because I listened to Yu Bolun's slander that I did not surrender immediately, causing the soldiers of the two countries to suffer losses in vain..."

Today, the city of Gongbu has been destroyed.

Daqian's army has already entered Gongbu, and they are all meat on the chopping board.

There is no point in saying that Yun Zheng is not trustworthy anymore.

It would be better for him to admit his mistake and put the blame on Yu Bolun, hoping that Yun Zheng would not hold him accountable.

Listening to King Fa Qiang's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Well, he is sensible and can talk.

It would have been great if we had opened the city and surrendered yesterday.

Thinking of this, Yun Zheng asked again: "Who is Yu Bolun and where is he?"

King Fa Qiang said quickly: "Yu Bolun is Su Zan's son. He has been detained by the king and is ready to be handed over to the prince for punishment!"

Son of Suzan?

Yun Zheng was slightly surprised.

He really wants to meet this person!

"In that case, let's go into the city first!"

Yun Zheng laughed, "Don't worry, everyone. I will strictly control the soldiers of each department and will not embarrass you! From now on, we are all family, and I will never treat you unfairly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone expressed their gratitude together, and the heavy weight that had been hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

No matter what, as long as Yun Zheng doesn't settle accounts with them, it's fine.

Well... for now, this world-famous prince seems to be pretty good. At least he did not kill them indiscriminately, nor was he as domineering as they imagined.

"By the way, are Puwang's family members injured?"

When entering the city, Yun Zheng asked King Fa Qiang again.

"No no."

King Fa Qiang shook his head repeatedly and pointed at the team behind him and said, "They are right behind us..."

After deciding to surrender, he ordered Puwang's family to be released.

He was also very glad that when he learned the news of the fall of Ganci a few days ago, he did not listen to the advice of those people and kill all of Puwang's family members.

Otherwise, we would be in trouble now.

"That's good!"

Yun Zheng smiled and followed them to the Fa Qiang Palace.

When they arrived at the palace, Yun Zheng asked Qin Qihu, Xiao Dingwu and others to talk to the nobles of Fa Qiang first, while he took the King of Fa Qiang to one side to ask him about the situation in Gongbu City.

Although Gongbu was the capital of the Faqiang tribe, its actual population was only over 80,000 people.

The main population of Gongbu was the nobles of the Faqiang tribe, their families and slaves.

In addition, there were some soldiers and their families.

There are almost no real civilians in Gongpot City. These so-called civilians are basically slaves of various nobles, responsible for helping the nobles to farm or graze.

Rather than saying that Gongbu is the capital of the Fa Qiang, it is better to say that it is a city of enjoyment for various nobles.

In addition, there is not much food in Gongbu City, basically enough for Yun Zheng's army to eat for two months.

Of course, only King Fa Qiang knew this.

King Fa Qiang also said that those nobles must still have a lot of food stored.

If all the nobles' grain were confiscated, it would definitely be enough for their army to eat for half a year.

Afterwards, Yun Zheng asked him about the situation among the various nobles.

There are dozens of noble families of all sizes in Fa Qiang, and the relationships between these nobles are so complicated that the King of Fa Qiang cannot explain it clearly in a short time.

After having a general understanding of Gongbu's situation, Yun Zheng already had a plan in mind.

Since they have so many slaves, let’s start with the slaves!

At 10 p.m., the casualties of the battle were counted.

Although King Fa Qiang and his men surrendered quickly, the casualties of Xiao Dingwu and Zeng Guang's troops totaled nearly a thousand. However, the majority of casualties came from Zeng Guang's troops.

After learning about the casualties, Yun Zheng asked Xiao Dingwu, "How was your conversation with the nobles of Fa Qiang?"

"It was a good conversation."

Xiao Dingwu replied with a smile on his face: "They are now afraid that we will use knives against them, and they are trying their best to please us. Many of them said that they would arrange for their daughters to serve me..."

"Is it?"

Yun Zheng gave Xiao Dingwu a look that every man could understand, "So do you have any ideas?"

"no!"

Xiao Dingwu shook his head without thinking, "I just want to make achievements now, I don't want to..."

"Stop!"

Yun Zheng stopped Xiao Dingwu and said, "I wish you had an idea! Letting my generals from Daqian marry the daughters of these nobles will be beneficial to our governance of Xiqu in the future."

Intermarriage is the simplest and most effective way of ethnic integration.

It is also an effective way to maintain stability.

"This one……"

Xiao Dingwu laughed dryly, "Actually, if there is a suitable one, it's not impossible..."

"Okay, then you guys do it yourself!"

Yun Zheng smiled, but immediately said seriously: "But you have to listen to me clearly, I have to marry her after I sleep with her! Tell the other generals this too!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Dingwu immediately stopped smiling.

"By the way, I plan to abolish their slavery. All nobles are only allowed to keep ten to fifty servants! But for every hundred loads of grain donated, they can keep one more servant..."

Yun Zheng began to tell Xiao Dingwu about his ideas again.

The land held by the nobles also needs to be redistributed.

Since the main population of Gongbu are slaves, as long as they get the slaves to stand on their side and control the army, these nobles will not be able to cause any trouble.

Later, we will slowly weaken these nobles and strive to reduce the number of nobles by 80%!

"I know what to do now!"

A hint of enlightenment flashed across Xiao Dingwu's eyes. "I will go talk to some of the Fa Qiang nobles right away. When His Highness announces these things, someone will take the lead in supporting them!"

"Ok!"

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "Then let's do it! I will host a banquet for them in the palace tonight, and I will bring up this matter then."