Chapter 450 People are also trophies

Niu Jinda was feeling depressed at the moment. He finally took a small road to get here. His soldiers also wanted to make contributions on the battlefield, but what were they fussing over now? Everyone got into position, and as a result the city gates were opened wide, and everyone from the local officials on down came out and surrendered.

"I said, you old cow, don't look so grim. Where are you now? We want to conquer the entire Goguryeo and the peninsula. The other two countries have not suffered much damage. There will definitely be a tough battle when we fight them. I’ll send you first.”

Li Xiang was very considerate of Niu Jinda, and he was fully prepared, including his troops, who were about to rush forward. You surrendered directly on the opposite side. Aren't we prepared in vain?

"Thank you, Your Highness. I, Lao Niu, don't know how to do the rest. I will lead people to patrol the riverside."

Niu Jinda was not in a high mood and went out on patrol with his 1,500 soldiers. Li Xiang also went with him. Everyone else was happy today, but he was the only one holding a sullen mood. Now the enemy surrendered voluntarily. Therefore, this credit has nothing to do with him. It can only be attributed to Li Xiang. Who makes him not the coach?

"Your Highness, what should we do with these 100,000 people?"

Seeing the people coming out of the city one after another, Su Dingfang also had no idea. Although he had plundered many Goguryeo people in the past, compared with the number of people in front of him, they were probably not even a fraction of the number of people in the tens of thousands. The soldiers are naturally easy to deal with, but the rest are ordinary people.

If Li Shimin were here, he would probably let them continue to live here to show his reputation as the Khan of Heaven. But letting these people continue to stay here will not do any good to us. In their hearts Be rebellious.

"Register them all, and then send people to transport them back. These people are our spoils of war. If someone is short of workers, they can buy them directly from the court."

Li Xiang snorted coldly. If he expected himself to do something to gain fame, let's forget it. Mainly because we don't need that reputation. The actual benefits of getting it are the most important. If these 100,000 people don't have If anyone wants it, Li Xiangyuan will rush to his farm.

Li Xiang's farm has also expanded very much. If he hired people to farm, he would spend a lot of money that year. These people are free labor, why not use them? At worst, just give the court some money and save.

"I will obey your orders!"

Su Dingfang no matter what Li Xiang pulls these people to do, he can't let them stay. There are a lot of young and strong men here. According to Su Dingfang's idea, they should all be killed. Anyway, we have a lot of people who died here. , everyone lives for a life.

However, Li Xiang’s method is more economical. Anyway, Li Xiang knows who you people are. He will not give you a good face after he is pulled back. There are countless jobs waiting for you to do. You can sleep six or seven times a day. hours, the rest of the time is just work. As for food and drink, just treat them the same as animals, so as not to rebel if you eat too much.

If hundreds of thousands of people were transported back in one batch, it would be too difficult to manage, so Li Xiang gave Su Dingfang a plan to transport six thousand people back at a time. After this batch was on the road, it would take at least three or four days. time, and then let the next batch go on the road. This is also to prevent them from colluding in rebellion on the road.

Liaodong is a vast area with a sparse population. If they rebel here, I'm afraid there is no way to capture them. As long as they reach the pass, there is nothing to be afraid of. There are many ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty over there, and these people have words engraved on their faces. , no matter where he goes, there is no way to survive in society, unless he lives in the deep mountains and old forests. For these ruthless people, Li Xiang can only say that he admires them.

When the two of them discussed this matter, a group of officials from a distance came over. These people were most of Goguryeo's officials in the north of the Yangtze River. Originally, they wanted to cross the river in the next two days, but Goguryeo had no choice but to make them give up their defense. All the boats on the Datong River were burned directly.

Of course, there is another reason for doing this, that is, they are afraid that people like Li Xiang will cross the river by boat. In this era without all kinds of mechanical equipment, it is already quite difficult to build a bridge of tens of meters. As for the stretch, For hundreds of meters of river surface, we can only rely on boats.

Now that there are no ships on the river, Goguryeo also thinks that they have a little chance of survival, but they have to reach an agreement with Li Xiang. If Li Xiang insists on crossing the river, the Tang Dynasty navy is not weak.

The last time Li Shimin came to fight, he ordered the Dengzhou Navy to come to help. This time, because Li Xiang's attack speed was too fast, the Dengzhou Navy had not yet left the port. Li Xiang had already captured a large amount of land in Jiangbei. .

"Li Xiang, how could you disregard the dignity of the Tang Dynasty and launch an attack brazenly..."

Perhaps Li Renxi didn't understand the current situation, so he actually cursed when he saw Li Xiang. When he said this, many Goguryeo officials present applauded. They thought that this old man was giving Goguryeo some face.

"This old man is really looking for death. I'm going to chop him down."

Su Dingfang was about to take the knife, but Li Xiang stopped Su Dingfang. If you kill him now, then he is a hero in the hearts of the Goguryeo people. Li Xiang has many ways to deal with such so-called heroes. Look. It depends on whether you have the ability and whether your bones are strong enough. Being a hero these days is not just a matter of a moment.

"Come here! Give this old man 40 kilograms of stones on his back and let him walk along the river. He is not allowed to drink water or eat. If he stops, then give me a whip to greet him. , when he must have insulted Goguryeo, then give him water."

After Li Xiang finished speaking, everyone around him shuddered. There are many people who are heroes, but some are real heroes and some are fake heroes. Su Dingfang thought about it in his mind. If he were in this old man's position, it would be very difficult for him to do so. It's possible that he won't be able to hold on in the end. After all, it only takes a moment to cut him off with one knife. But if he keeps working and doesn't give him water or food, then it's hard to predict the result.

"And those people over there, weren't they scolding them very vigorously just now? Go over and tell them that they must either curse Goguryeo to the sky or carry stones with this old man..."

As soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, the Goguryeo officials not far away closed their mouths one after another, and some even covered their mouths with their hands, fearing that any character might slip out...