Great Tang Southern Emperor

Xue Rengui grinned and roared: "Everyone obeys my order, puts forward arrows, follows His Highness's footsteps, and breaks through the opponent's block in one fell swoop, brothers, follow me to kill..."

"Kill..." The young army who were still alive responded in unison, quickly changed their formation, followed by Li Zhen and Xue Rengui and rushed towards the increasingly chaotic snake guards.

The next thing is simple. Although the Snake Guard without the commander is still tenacious, he can't survive the attack of the youth army for a while, and then he is smashed by the powerful youth army and collapsed. open.

Without the blocking of the Snake Guards, with the strength of the young army, the remaining Chenla remnant soldiers would be defeated in one blow... The young army's road to advancement has been much smoother, and they arrived at Bafa Walman's central army in a short time Before the account.

"Hey, there is a banquet." Fortunately, although the herd of elephants was indeed rushing in this direction, they passed by the Chinese army's tent, and were not injured except for being splashed with dust. To the handsome tent, Li Zhen was able to see the scene in the tent, and the banquet was halfway through.

"Don't worry about it, cut down the handsome flag first."

"Understood." Fang Yiai smiled, swung a big knife and slashed at the flagpole. Although the flagpole of Shuaiqi was very thick, as thick as an ordinary person's arm, Fang Yiai and Qinglong Yanyue Dao were obviously not opponents in the face of divine power. , With just one knife, the flagpole was cut off in the middle, and the handsome flag fluttered down.

After cutting off the handsome flag, Fang Yiai picked up an unrecognizable human head and held it up high. He rode on an ownerless horse and started running around, shouting: "The handsome flag has been taken, and Bafawarman has been executed. Wait a minute!" Shouldn't you surrender soon?"

"what?"

But everyone who heard this voice was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the tent of the Chinese army. Sure enough, there was no trace of handsomeness, and when they looked at the head in Fang Yi'ai's hand, they couldn't help believing it, and their morale was immediately boosted. Falling, what's more, kneeling down and surrendering directly.

In fact, Fang Yiai's move was a bit risky, he also took advantage of the light of the approaching night, the sky was too dark, and the Shuai Qi had indeed disappeared, so the head in his hand was taken as the head of Buffalman ——At this time, Baffavarman had already escaped from the army assembly point and was fleeing towards Angkor Thom on the same road, and he couldn't explain it.Therefore, although some people do not want to believe that Bafarman has been killed, after a long time, Bafarman has not come forward to refute the rumors.

"We won."

"I won, hahaha..."

"We are too powerful..."

"Finally won."

"The 40 army, we actually defeated the 40 army..."

"..."

The morale of Chenla plummeted, but the morale of the youth army was still strong, and they began to cheer with joy. Of course, they were qualified to cheer—killing 40 enemy troops with 30 elites. The lofty glory represents inexhaustible benefits - this is more than 20 captives. Although many were killed in the previous brutality, and many were lost in the chaos, there should be no problem with the remaining [-] .

20 soldiers captured are 20 young and strong. If all of them are turned into slaves, how much will it cost?

200 million is already the minimum, these are prisoners of war after all.

I dare not even think about it.

"Your Highness, a big victory, we fought a super big victory that is rare in a century." Du He went to count the harvest, and Fang Yiai yelled around Li Zhen when he was free. Called: "Three thousand versus 40, even the overlord of Western Chu back then is nothing more than that? We are too powerful. With this battle alone, your highness will be famous in future generations, and your name will go down in history."

Li Zhen pushed Fang Yiai's head away impatiently: "I know, I know, stop yelling, I will never forget your contribution. If you have nothing to do, go and help guard the prisoners. I still have battles here." Post-statistical work is to be done.”

"Yes, I'll go right away." It seems that Fang Yiai's energy was not consumed by a big battle, or this once-in-a-century victory completely stimulated him, and he didn't feel tired at all, and his energy was still very strong After receiving Li Zhen's order, he went to deter the captives with the help of the pamphlet—as the warrior who cut off the 'head' of Baffarman, it was still very effective in deterring the captives.

Chapter 524 Reinforcement arrives

Chapter 297 The Reinforcement Arrives

"Your Highness, what should we do now? There are so many prisoners, and we have so few people, we can't see them at all, but if the prisoners are ignored, it will cause a big problem, and maybe it will cause a riot. Now we have to think about it." Find a way." Unlike the excitement of Fang Yiai and the young soldiers, Li Zhen and Xue Rengui began to worry, how to deal with so many prisoners?

There are at least 20 enemies—this is already the minimum estimate, and the actual number may be more than this. Then the question arises, what do you think of so many people?

When I had the most manpower, there were only 3000 people. Now that I have fought for so long in an army of 40, there are only more than 2000 people left at most. Even if these 20 people do nothing, just looking at so many captives is a huge pressure.

"You ask me, who should I ask? What should I do? Cold salad." Li Zhen had no other choice, and said with a sad face: "Now I just hope that they can finish their work quickly and come back to support us, otherwise we will have to give up the prisoners , guarding the entrance of the canyon and waiting for reinforcements. There are also bastards like Li Yusi, who are not active at all. If you want me to go back, you must repair Wang Tingchu properly. I am so mad."

Thinking that these hundreds of thousands of captives will all be given up, Li Zhen's heart aches and trembles—it is true that he is a local tyrant, but even he can't let go of the 200 million silver, so much money is enough for him to continue Train [-] young soldiers.

"Speaking of the reinforcements, when will they arrive?" Xue Rengui was also heartbroken, and asked with some expectation. If the reinforcements could arrive in time, these prisoners might not have to be thrown away.

"I don't know about that." Li Zhen shook her head and said, "Because the back road is cut off, we haven't been in touch with the back for a long time. Xue Wanche must have sent reinforcements, but when the reinforcements will arrive, only God knows—— — You said that this Hou Junji is also true, seeing what happened to me, don’t you know how to send a pigeon to ask questions?”

"It should be that General Xue Wanche has already landed, so Lu Guogong didn't send the pigeons?" Xue Rengui said perfunctorily, but complained in his heart: You still have the nerve to talk about Lu Guogong?Didn't you send a pigeon for help yourself?

"Your Highness, I'm overjoyed." When Li Zhen was struggling, Du He suddenly ran over excitedly, shouting while running: "Your Highness, our reinforcements have arrived."

"Are you kidding me?" Xue Rengui blurted out, "Although we don't know where the reinforcements have gone, at most they have just landed in Linyi. How could they appear here?"

Du He said urgently: "It's true, I'm not lying. But the reinforcements are not from General Xue Wanche, but from the [-] troops under the command of Duke Lu. They were originally going to station in the southwest of Linyi. After the news, Lu Guogong ordered them not to go to the southwest for the time being, but to come directly to support His Highness.

At the same time, according to the leading general, apart from them, Lu Guogong also temporarily slowed down his plan to occupy Linyi city, and hastily dispatched [-] troops to come to support, and it should be there in a day or two.There is another news that General Xue Wanche's reinforcements have also landed in Linyi and are currently resting. I believe they will be able to leave in a few days. "

Xi Jun said happily: "That is to say, as long as we survive these two days, we will have nearly 20 troops to use? Wait a few more days, and we will have [-] troops?"

"That's what it means." Du He said.

"Great." Li Zhen clapped her palms and said excitedly, not to mention 20 troops, even if there were only 40 troops in hand, even if Zhenla had another [-] troops, she would be able to confront them head-on without fearing them at all. .

As for Hou Junji's disobedience to the military order - although according to his own plan, Hou Junji didn't need to participate in the war, he only needed to be stationed in Lin Yi, and it was enough for him to appease the rear by the way.

But the situation is obviously different now. My back road has been cut off, and I have once again fallen into a situation that is doomed to death in the eyes of others. This is obviously Hou Junji's negligence. It is normal for him to take the initiative to make amends—not to mention Hou Junji's participation. , It is indeed a big favor to myself, at least the 40 captives no longer need to have a headache, and save myself a lot of trouble.

This is really a timely rain.

Thinking of this, Li Zhenlian said: "Please bring me here quickly."

"Yes."

The reinforcement general came over soon. He was a middle-aged man in his 30s. When he saw Li Zhenna's head, he bowed: "The last general, Zuo Qianniuwei Zhonglang, Li Yuanzhang, has seen Your Highness. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"...It's okay, please, General Li, it's the same to occupy Linyi sooner or later, but you have really helped me a lot by coming, what's the crime?" It almost sounded like Li Yuanfang.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your innocence." Li Yuanzhang kowtowed his thanks, then stood up, took a look around in the last bit of sunlight, and couldn't help sighing: "Your Highness, the last general was quite dissatisfied with the young army before, but today I see this In the end, the general had to submit...a total of 40 troops, His Highness actually fought with 40 people and [-] troops and won the battle.

"General Li has won the award." Li Zhen said modestly, and no longer politely pointed to the surroundings: "You have also seen the situation now. Although we defeated Zhenla, so many soldiers were not seen by mere people like us. Yes, so I also ask General Li to help guard these soldiers."

"Your Highness is too polite, this is what the last general should do." Li Yuanzhang didn't feel dissatisfied because he was pulled as a coolie to guard the prisoner, but agreed with a happy face.

Ten years ago, guarding captives was indeed a thankless job. Not only could you not kill the enemy and make meritorious service, but if the guards were good, no one would praise you. If something went wrong, you would be the first to look for it.

But all this was changed ten years ago by the young man in front of him. Guarding and surrendering soldiers is no longer a hard job, but has become a job that everyone likes and everyone is rushing for.

The reason is very simple. Since ten years ago, the captives of Datang have been used for another purpose, which is to use them as slaves.Because all parts of the Tang Dynasty are undergoing infrastructure construction, a large amount of labor is urgently needed. The huge demand for labor is not enough for a few hours of labor every year, especially in some dangerous places, where life may be lost at any time. Even if you pay someone to come, they may not necessarily do it, let alone free labor like labor?Let others help you desperately, only a fool can do it.

Chapter 525

Chapter 298 Fortress Blocking the Way

There is no forced labor to help you do the work, and some officials don’t want their people to die—after all, this is related to their performance evaluation. If a large number of people die during the labor period in a place, even if you can complete the task perfectly, then The boss will not give you a very good evaluation, not to mention that the evaluation title has been upgraded, and it is not certain whether you can keep your current position.

At this time, a lot of labor that is not afraid of death is needed to supplement, and among all the free labor, slaves should be the least valuable—so a large number of slaves were sent to various construction sites, and people would report to the officials when they died , but no one will say anything if you work hard.

This is why the job of guarding prisoners is so popular-because many slaves are converted from prisoners of war.Although the credit for guarding the prisoners of war is not great, there is oil and water.

Especially for a large number of captives, such as now, there are hundreds of thousands of captives at one time, and they have the final say on the statistics and custody of these captives.