"You brought Brother Zhao and Brother Han here?" Pang Xiao was pleasantly surprised. The two sons were almost four years old, but they hadn't been with him and Qin Yining for a long time. When he thought of the days when the family was separated from each other , Pang Xiao hated Li Qitian extremely.
Fortunately, Zhi Pan An is his father-in-law. Pang Xiao was very relieved to hand over the children to his old man for teaching.
"Because Mr. Cao was the first to find out what was going on ahead, I handed the child over to a group of undercover detectives and followed closely behind the team, almost half a day's distance behind us." Qin Huaiyuan turned around with his hands behind and looked at the battlefield that was nearing its end. He lowered his eyes and pondered, "Siqin has been arrested. The Tatars suffered heavy losses in this battle, and I am afraid they will not be able to invade the south again within a hundred years."
"Yeah." Pang Xiao let out a long beard in a happy mood, "In this way, the people will be able to live in peace."
"This is all thanks to you and Duke Dingguo." Qin Huaiyuan smiled and looked at Ji Zeyu who was walking quickly.
Ji Zeyu's eyes were full of surprise. After thinking about it, he also guessed a general idea. He was not angry because Pang Xiao concealed him at this time. After all, the situation in the DPRK and China was really tense. In such a situation, the family members were finally safe and able to protect the nature. It is to try to protect, not to reveal the slightest secret.
Ji Zeyu bowed his hands to Qin Huaiyuan respectfully.
Qin Huaiyuan returned the salute and said with a smile: "Dong Guogong has calmed down the Tartars this time, and there is a big stone in his heart that can go."
Ji Zeyu used to command the Longxiang army all the year round to guard the northern Xinjiang, and he was an old opponent with the Tartars. Now that I can see with my own eyes that Siqin was arrested and the Tartar army was defeated like a mountain, the joy in my heart cannot be described in words.
But remembering Pang Xiao's situation, Ji Zeyu couldn't help but say: "It's just that the situation in the DPRK and China is really not optimistic. After defeating the Tartar, the emperor has no worries about dealing with Pang Zhixi."
Qin Huaiyuan was a little surprised that Ji Zeyu would say these words, but he also saw clearly that the brotherhood between Ji Zeyu and Pang Xiao was by no means fake.
Qin Huaiyuan smiled gratified, and it was Pang Xiao's luck to be able to make friends like Ji Zeyu even in troubled times.
"Don't worry, this matter will be discussed in the long run, and a solution will definitely be found."
Who is this person in front of me? This is Chi Pan An. He said there was a way, and there was a way.
Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu both nodded in unison, and their movements were very consistent.
Qin Huaiyuan liked it and patted Pang Xiao's shoulder.
He doesn't have a son himself, Pang Xiao is his son-in-law, and he treats Qin Yining very well, so he is no different from his own son. As long as Pang Xiao has doubts in his heart, Qin Huaiyuan is naturally willing to help solve it.
During the conversation, he had already shown a one-sided advantage on the battlefield. The Dazhou soldiers and horses became more and more brave in battle. The Tartars had no way to retreat, even those who were brought by Qin Huaiyuan to the no-man's-land desert. blocked.
Under the embattled, many people chose to give up their resistance, and some even lost their weapons and knelt and raised their hands.
Pang Xiao exchanged glances with Qin Huaiyuan, and then ordered: "Whoever surrenders to Da Zhou will not be killed."
The soldiers were about to spread the word, and the Tartars had already lost their wits, and they couldn't take care of anything else when they heard the words.
Ji Zeyu lowered his eyes for a moment, and asked thoughtfully, "We don't have enough food and grass to feed so many people. I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep these prisoners of war."
"It's hard to do right now. Keeping them is more effective than killing them." Qin Huaiyuan looked at Pang Xiao with a bit of intention to test his teaching.
After thinking about it, Pang Xiao understood Qin Huaiyuan's intentions, "Leave them and go back to negotiate with the Tartars, maybe in exchange for more benefits."
"For example, asking the Tartars to cede land and pay compensation?" Ji Zeyu also understood.
Pang Xiao nodded, "It's fine if they give it, but I estimate that Tartar's current situation cannot give it."
"Can't you give it?" Ji Zeyu looked at Pang Xiao suspiciously, as if asking, since he can't give it, what's the use of keeping them.
Pang Xiao smiled and said: "Yes, I can't give it. These soldiers all have family members and relatives, and the land is a little bigger than the Tartar, and these soldiers and horses are naturally from the whole country. If the court gave up these soldiers who fought for the country because they didn't want to use the money. Generals, how would their families feel?"
It was Ji Zeyu who completely understood.
If that were the case, the Tatar rulers would have completely chilled the hearts of the people. Once people's hearts are cold, they can't be recovered in a short period of time. The Tatar defeat and the arrest of the Khan was a major blow, and the country of the Tatar was bound to be shaken. When people are uneasy, such a thing happens again. I am afraid that the civil strife of the Tartars will break out. At that time, the Tartars, who have suffered greatly, may not be able to recover their vitality and provoke Dazhou again in two hundred years, not to mention a hundred years.
Ji Zeyu seemed to have seen the picture of Tartar bowing his head to Da Zhou, and his heart was agitated and happy.
And there is another reason why Pang Xiao didn't say anything. These Tartar prisoners of war will also be a boost to his prestige in the future.
In the current situation, he and Li Qitian must have a battle. It's hard to predict who will win. Those prisoners of war left behind by the Tartars will be able to gain some advantages in public opinion in the future.
"My lord."
At this moment, Cao Yuqing came quickly and bowed to Pang Xiao.
Pang Xiao hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile, "Aunt Cao."
Cao Yuqing was very satisfied with Pang Xiao's name, and said with a smile, "I caught some people in the crowd."
While speaking, an undercover spy brought Lu Heng and his wife and the entourage around Lu Heng over.
Lu Heng was in a state of embarrassment, and his clothes were damaged everywhere. Bian Ruohan was even more embarrassed, not like the high-spirited look he used to be.
Pang Xiao held a long sword and looked at the person in front of him with a gloomy expression.
Lu Heng was pushed to the front, and he pushed the person to his knees directly with a force of his hand.
Looking up at Pang Xiao, Lu Heng quickly lowered his head with mixed feelings in his heart.
"My lord, what should I do with this person?"
Pang Xiao lowered his eyes to look at Lu Heng. He looked at Siqin, whose eyes were splitting not far away, and sighed, "Bring them all back to the capital, and let the sage send them down."
"Kill me if you can!" Pang Xiao's words made Lu Heng suddenly excited. In the past, the head of the Lu family, who used to be a gentleman with a dignified temperament, is now like a mad leopard, struggling on the muddy ground where he was trampled, "Kill me!"
"Kill you? Even if you are guilty of treason, you can only be punished by the Son of Heaven. Since I have captured you alive, I have no reason to take your life. Otherwise, do you think I am willing to spare your life? With you, why has the battlefield been delayed so far? If you hadn't entered the border because of your own selfishness, how could there be massacres in the large and small towns along the way from the northern border to the capital
"I won't kill you, I'll just put you into the prison cart, and together with your henchmen, go to the capital safely all the way."
Lu Heng was shocked, glared at Pang Xiao, and gritted his teeth for a while: "You are really vicious!"
Which of the large and small towns in the north from Tianmen Pass to the capital has not been plundered by the Tartars? Massacres happen from time to time. Up to now, a large part of Pang Xiao's team is from the survivors of these looted cities.
It can be said that those people hated the Tatars to the core.
And for him, the man who introduced the Tatars into Dazhou, I would like to eat his flesh even more!
Pang Xiao placed him in a prison cart to parade through the streets, it would be a torture more unbearable than death!
Pang Xiao said in a deep voice, "I'm no longer vicious. I'm just escorting you back to Beijing."
Everyone knows that the really vicious things will happen at the end.
Li Qitian's way of dealing with Lu Heng could never be gentle.
Lu Heng and his party and Si Qin were both detained.
A duel came to an end.
When the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield and counted the casualties, Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu had invited Qin Huaiyuan and all the advisors to gather together to discuss what to do next.
"Tartar's treasury is empty this season, and the dragons have no leaders. It is not impossible to destroy this country in one go." Ji Zeyu said.
The rest of the people listened, and their blood boiled. Their national hatred and family hatred with the Tatars have been deep, and now they have found an opportunity to eradicate hidden dangers, which is naturally a big happy event.
Qin Huaiyuan lowered his eyes, quite contemplative.
Pang Xiao asked Qin Huaiyuan, "Father-in-law? What do you think?"
Qin Huaiyuan smiled, "I am no longer a member of the court, so I shouldn't talk too much at this time. I will just treat it as a suggestion for you. The final decision is still yours."
Pang Xiao nodded, "Father-in-law, please speak."
Qin Huai said far: "I think it's easy to defeat the Tartars, but have you ever thought about what happened next? Tartars are tough and good at fighting, and they are the most disobedient. An overwhelming victory had been won, how could the Tatars really succumb
"If most of the Tatars are turned into a province of Dazhou, the court will have to spend a lot of effort to control this place. In addition, the geographical location of the Tatars has caused them to be barren. At that time, the court will not only spend energy to control it. , but also to use large sums of money to feed the people of the Tartars.
"And if you don't take down the Tartars, but take hostages as threats, you will get a bigger receipt. It is just enough to make up for the deficit caused by this war. At that time, the Tartars will pay tribute every year, and they will become ministers every year, and their opinions will be more stable. Profitable business.
"Anyway, the lord has been fighting the Tartar for more than a hundred years without fighting back. It seems that it is not so important to destroy the Tartar."
Everyone who said Qin Huaiyuan nodded.
Ji Zeyu also agreed: "It's exactly as you said."
Pang Xiao thought for a while, and couldn't help but ask Qin Huaiyuan. Qin Huaiyuan just smiled, and there was no clue at all from that perfect smile.
But Pang Xiao knew that Qin Huaiyuan understood his eyes, and the thoughts of the two of them collided again.
In fact, there are of course the reasons just now, but it is still more useful for them to keep the Tartars and not fight.
Returning to Beijing this time is dangerous and uncertain, and things are always unpredictable. If he loses to Li Qitian and wants to return to the life of Xiyue, the Tartar that is separated from Xiyue by a desert will become an important factor in expanding Xiyue's territory.
Tartar is barren, and in the end it is wider than Xiyue.