Lord of the People: I Rely on Cheating To Fight For Hegemony

On June 3rd of the fifth year of Tianxuan, when Qu Mao rode a war horse and was escorted by 200 fifth-tier palace guards, and slowly entered the palace of Duke Qingyi, it was already 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

Qu Mao returned to the Qingyi Duke's palace, instead of speeding all the way, he walked slowly on the deserted streets of the Qingyi Duke's King's City.

Duke Qingyi's King's City was completely slaughtered by the troops of Yihou's Territory. Qu Mao and the fifth-rank palace guards walked on the streets of the King's City, and there were almost no traces of people.

The first city wall of Qingyi Duke’s King’s City has a total circumference of 20 kilometers. At least 1.5 million residents originally gathered there. But when the siege battle started, there were still at least 700,000 residents and more than 1.1 million troops gathered in the King City of Duke Qingyi.

In the end, after the 11-hour battle, there were only less than 100,000 prisoners of war left in the Qingyi Duke King City, and the total population of residents was less than 200,000.

On the streets along the way, the blood left over from the battle had been cleaned up, and a gust of wind blew through, raising dust all over the sky, making Qu Mao, who was riding on a war horse, have to squint his eyes.

Most of the surrounding buildings remain intact, but there are many broken bricks that have been destroyed, and there are even a few obvious scorched marks, as well as the ashes from the burned houses. Qu Mao himself can't figure it out. , Why is it clearly a battle in the era of cold weapons, but there will always be traces of fire.

At 1:00 p.m. on June 3rd in the fifth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao returned to the main meeting hall of Duke Qingyi's palace in a very low mood. The post-war traces along the way made Qu Mao feel a little uncomfortable

Fortunately, as soon as Qu Mao entered the meeting hall, he saw Zhen Fu. Zhen Fu had already stood up to greet Qu Mao. The first time he saw Zhen Fu, Qu Mao felt that he was in a good mood.

Liu Sansi also arranged for the soldiers of the Qingyi Duke's royal guard to serve Qu Mao with meals. Liu Sansi knew very well that Qu Mao simply ate a few buns on the road after he got up.

The soldiers of Duke Qingyi's royal guard served Qu Mao a simple meal, which Zhen Fu had already eaten in advance, so the soldiers of Duke Qingyi's royal guard did not serve Zhen Fu a new meal.

Zhen Fu saluted and said: "My lord, I heard from Master Liu Sansi that you went to the north gate of Wangcheng early in the morning to see off the army and didn't have a good meal.

You can ask your subordinates questions while eating, or your subordinates can report directly to you. "

Qu Mao smiled, sat down, started to eat, and said: "Zhen Fu, sit down, there is nothing to do, but I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am worried that you will be exhausted. You just arrived Wang Cheng, I call you to come and meet me."

Zhen Fu smiled and said: "My lord, the Qingyi Principality seized the territory and resisted fiercely. The commanders-in-chief and deputy commanders-in-chief of each army were all aroused and filled with anger because of the high number of soldiers killed in battle. Killed and wounded the enemy, but did not capture many prisoners of war.

Therefore, on the battlefield of the Principality of Green Wings, the number of prisoners of war was not large, and the subordinates did not feel tired and hard work, so please don't worry about it. "

Qu Maodao: "Indeed, attacking an aboriginal force that has developed into a principality, the aboriginal people's loyalty, centripetal force and sense of belonging to their homeland far exceed our expectations.

Now that I think about it, if it weren't for Su Yan in the Liusu Principality, I'm afraid it would not have been so smooth.

In this regard, Zhen Fu, you need to put in more effort. Whether it is surrendering soldiers or soldiers, or prisoners of war who are still in custody, I hope you can be more patient to influence them and let them surrender to us. And really serve us. "

Zhen Fu said: "My lord, don't worry, my subordinates are absolutely patient enough to persuade the prisoners to surrender. It's just that my subordinates are not able to fulfill their duties as the deputy minister of foreign affairs. Please forgive me for this."

Qu Mao smiled and said, "Zhen Fu, if you gain something, you lose it.

Now our diplomatic strategy does not have long-distance and short-term attacks, but to fight whoever we want. Although we know it is wrong, there seems to be no better strategy at present.

You should already know that Liu Qianhui will land in Qinggang of the Duke of Qingyi in the near future. She has been in the Duke of Fulu for almost half a year. After all, she is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Yihou Territory. After she meets me in the Duke of Qingyi, After we return to the Holy Land together, let's think about the operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Liu Qianhui came to the Principality of Green Wings. As the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you must receive her. At that time, you can also think and discuss the work ideas and ideas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance. "

Zhen Fu nodded and said: "My lord, this subordinate has exactly this intention. I originally wanted to go to Qinggang and wait for Master Liu to land, but you have successively built 8 military towns outside Qingyi Duke's King City.

Now that they have conquered Qingyi Duke's King's City and slaughtered all the aboriginals in Qingyi's King's City, it is equivalent to adding 9 empty cities to Qingyi's Dukedom in one breath, including a large-scale empty city like Wangcheng. Transferring the existing prisoners of war in the Principality of Qingyi and the surrendered soldiers converted from prisoners of war and surrendered soldiers here, there is no time to go to Qinggang to meet Lord Liu Qianhui in advance. "

Qu Mao nodded and said, "Since the construction of the opposite city at the end of May, your side has been more timely."

Zhen Fu smiled and said, "My lord, if you don't mind, I would like to make a small request."

Qu Mao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Zhen Fu said: "My lord, I believe that prisoners of war need to have heavy labor, so that they can be converted into our subjects as soon as possible.

If there is no conversion, we have to send the army or the garrison to guard and monitor them. Therefore, my subordinates hope that there will be more major construction projects in the Green Wing Principality. At the same time, the army and the garrison should capture more prisoners of war and try to kill as few as possible. . "

Qu Maodao: "This request can be considered. Zhang Da has already selected a site in the Qingyi Principality to build a security city. At that time, it will definitely follow the specifications of Wucheng, and build pass protection along the terrain along the periphery of the security city. Villages for the family members of the security forces .

It shouldn't be a big problem to catch more prisoners of war. After all, there are a total of five passes to be built around the fortified city. According to the latest information sent back by Zhang Da, this is the case. "

Zhen Fu said: "My lord, if you really need to build five passes outside the guard city, then you really need to contact the army to capture more prisoners of war."

Qu Mao nodded, and said: "I'll let the messengers deliver orders to the armies that have already set off, asking them to capture more prisoners of war when they capture the remaining territory of the Green Wing Principality.

However, when we build cities, we still focus on resettling our own residents, and prisoners of war can be used for construction. "

Zhen Fu laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, my lord. This subordinate is very clear about this. The prisoners of war are used for hard labor. After the city is built, it has nothing to do with them."