There was no suspense in the outcome of this battle.
Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang led the army and killed their way out, forming a crushing momentum. Those who resisted were all slaughtered, and countless people surrendered.
This assassination lasted from the morning to the afternoon.
Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang led the army back and brought back countless captives.
All of the captives were detained.
Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang went to the central tent and reported the news to Du Qi. Xue Rengui reported excitedly, "Your Majesty, we've already killed She Shengjia and all of the monarchs of the southern countries in this battle. We've achieved a great victory in this battle. In this battle, they had killed 36,000 people and captured 220,000 people. There were also countless people who had escaped. Our losses don't exceed 300 people. After all, some of our soldiers died on the battlefield during the pursuit. "
At this point, Xue Rengui became even more excited and said, "With our mortars, this battle is going to be so comfortable."
Du Qi smiled, "This is the first time the mortars were used, so we were able to catch them off guard. In the future, when we use the mortars more and more people know about it, the enemy will know how powerful the mortars are. It was absolutely impossible for them to kill the enemy with the help of the mortars. It's only now that they're effective. "
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Xue Rengui nodded in response.
Now, they did indeed have the advantage that the enemy didn't know about the mortars.
If She Shengjia, Tero Jishe II, and the others knew that Du Qi had a long-range weapon that could bombard from hundreds of steps away, then Tero Jishe II and the others definitely wouldn't have followed She Shengjia to the front.
As a result, they were all wiped out.
Su Dingfang took over the conversation and asked, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with these over 200,000 captives? With so many people, if we keep them, the amount of food we'll consume every day won't be a small amount. Although our army directly killed their way to Shang Jia's camp, took down their camp, and seized their granary, we still didn't dare to do so. However, this batch of food will be used up very quickly. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of people. Just the amount of food they consume every day won't be a small amount. "
Du Qi also pondered for a moment.
This was indeed not a small matter.
They had to be dealt with properly.
After thinking for a while, Du Qi ordered, "Of the 200,000 captives, kill all the Brahmin and Kshatriya generals. Don't leave a single one alive."
"Ah!"
Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang were a little surprised when they heard this.
Du Qi ignored their surprised expressions and said directly, "We've abolished the caste system. There's no room for reconciliation with these Brahmin and Kshatriya nobles. So, kill all of them. "
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang replied in unison.
After the two agreed, Du Qi continued, "The other thing is to kill all the captives. Anyway, we've taken She Shengjia's granary. Open the granary and give all the soldiers food. Let them return to their respective places. "
Xue Rengui's eyes lit up when he heard this. He suddenly said, "Your Majesty's plan is to let these commoners return to their respective places and let them start wars against the Brahmin and Kshatriya. On the other hand, let them spread the news of the battlefield. In this way, the various countries will quickly collapse. "
Du Qi nodded, "That's what I mean. After the 200,000 soldiers return to their respective places, the public opinion and influence they will cause will be huge. Now, the kings of the various countries have been defeated, and all the Brahmin and Kshatriya generals have been killed. Without anyone to organize the forces, these commoners will also take action. This is our chance to sweep the various countries. We'll let these commoners be our vanguard and cause internal strife in the various countries. "
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui replied in unison.
Su Dingfang said, "Your Majesty, this involves more than 200,000 people. If these people are used well, they will be an extremely tyrannical force. So, before releasing them, will you gather all of them and give them a lecture? "
Du Qi nodded, "Yes, you can arrange it."
"Yes!"
The two of them replied in unison and turned to make the arrangements.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a soldier entered the main tent and reported that everything had been arranged and was waiting for Du Qi to go.
Du Qi went straight to the drill ground in the camp.
In the drill ground, more than 200,000 people were all neatly lined up. At a glance, it was a little dazzling. Du Qi's high platform was located at the very center, with more than two hundred thousand people surrounding it in a circular formation.
Du Qi went straight to the platform under the escort of Mordor and the others.
At this moment, the surroundings were silent.
All eyes were gathered on Du Qi, and there were confusion and anxiety in the eyes of countless people, because they did not know how Du Qi would deal with them.
Du Qi took a deep breath and said, "All of you have surrendered to me. Now, I will not kill you. Next, I will give you food and let you go back to your hometowns."
The interpreter immediately took over.
When the voice resounded in the drill ground, countless soldiers were shocked, and countless people began to talk. Originally, many people's voices were very soft. But with hundreds of thousands of people present, the discussion suddenly buzzed, and the surroundings suddenly became very noisy, and there was no longer any silence.
Du Qi did not stop them, and let the people talk for a while before he spoke to stop them.
After everyone was silent, Du Qi said again, "The reason why I released you is to let you know that here, here, here, here, there are no slaves, and there is no such thing as killing captives. After you go back, if you want to make contributions, then start to overthrow the Brahmin's control and fight for your own power. If you don't want to stand out, then go into hiding, because next, my army will start to go south and sweep the countries. "
"I won't say anything unnecessary."
"Men, prepare to distribute the food."
Du Qi directly gave the order, and there was no need for him to boast. In short, the current situation was suitable for these soldiers to see the truth. Now that they left with the food, they would know that Du Qi was telling the truth, and that Du Qi was not going to kill the captives.
In particular, everyone knew that he had killed all the Brahmin and Kshatriya generals.
With the generals gone, these people were unrestrained.
Therefore, there was nothing that could control them.
Following Du Qi's order, soldiers at the entrance of the drill ground began to lead the way, and took the initiative to bring the captives to the granary. After these people took the food, they could leave directly.
In fact, it was already a little late. Although it was not dark yet, it was not far away. However, Du Qi still did not leave these captives behind. There were more than two hundred thousand captives in the granary, and because there were many soldiers distributing food, all of the food was distributed by night. All of the captives left, and the camp became empty.
At this time, Du Qi was in the main tent. He arranged for people to gather Shangguan Yi, Lai Ji, and other people in the cabinet.
He looked at Shangguan Yi and the others and said, "Now that all the captives have been released, after these people go south, the entire southern countries are no longer a threat."
"Because this battle has destroyed the courage of resistance of the countries, and these soldiers will not be our enemy again. Now that we're sweeping through the lands, it should be a relatively easy task. "
"Therefore, my plan is to no longer personally command the war in the southern countries, and I'm going to move the position to Yizhou in the north. I've received news that the Tang dynasty has mobilized troops, and they are very likely to send troops to attack our country. "
Du Qi said, "If we move there quietly, we can catch them off guard and give the Tang dynasty a head-on blow."
Shangguan Yi said, "Your Majesty, I agree."
Lai Ji also said, "Your Majesty, I also agree to take the troops north, but I think that the news of today's battle should be blocked. For the first time, our mortars were put to good use today. Many soldiers in the army saw it. They won't spread the news, but it's hard to guarantee that some people will know about it. We should block the news to prevent it from spreading to the Tang dynasty. As long as the Tang dynasty doesn't know about our mortars, once we start a war with the Tang dynasty, we can catch them off guard. "
Ma Zhou echoed, "I also agree with blocking the news. It's necessary to fight the Tang dynasty."
Amir said, "Your Majesty, since we're going north, there's no need for General Xue to leave. In that case, there was no need to leave both General Xue and General Su behind for the war in the south. After all, the following war wouldn't be too complicated. Therefore, I suggest that we transfer an army to the north. "
Du Qi said, "If the Tang dynasty wants to attack us, it's not only the Tang dynasty that will send troops. The war we're facing is the Tang dynasty's national war. The Tang dynasty is different from the scattered forces of the southern countries. For this war, we need to transfer an army to the north. Hmm, the army transferred will be Xue Rengui to the north. "
After a pause, Du Qi said, "But the situation of the southern countries can't be underestimated. Although the kings of the southern countries have been eliminated, what's left is to clean up their forces, which is not easy. Therefore, Su Dingfang, who stays behind, needs someone to assist him. Who among you is willing to stay behind and assist Su Dingfang? "
No one expressed their opinion for the time being.
They were all weighing the pros and cons in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, I'm willing."
At this time, Amir took the initiative to speak.
Among all of them, Amir had just surrendered and was inexperienced. The most important thing was that he was the only one who stayed behind. It was clear that if he stayed in the south, although he couldn't fight against the Tang dynasty, he could make a contribution.
This was actually an opportunity.
Therefore, Amir took the initiative to speak.
Du Qi nodded and said, "Very good. You stay and serve as a military counselor to assist Su Dingfang in handling military affairs."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Amir bowed and answered.
After everything was settled, Du Qi immediately asked Shangguan Yi and others to make arrangements. Du Qi called Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang and told them the next arrangement. He asked Su Dingfang to stay and let Xue Rengui and Du Qi go north together.
Su Dingfang naturally agreed to this decision.
He was originally from the Tang dynasty.
Especially once the Tang dynasty sent troops, it would be Li Jing who would lead the troops. That was his teacher. Therefore, Su Dingfang didn't want to fight against Li Jing. He was willing to stay in the south.
Xue Rengui, on the other hand, was very excited, because it was his wish to fight the Great Tang. The Tang dynasty was the country of Huaxia, the center of all countries, and represented the orthodoxy of the imperial court. If they could defeat the imperial court of the Tang dynasty, if they could defeat the Tang dynasty, that was his wish.
The two of them went to make arrangements.
They were preparing for the next troop deployment.
Du Qi stayed in the same place for three days and then ordered the troops to go north and prepare to return.
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