Chapter 297: Strategy for Surrender

"Your Highness, the Xiliang soldiers are withdrawing!"

At the head of Feihu Pass, Chang Wei pointed in the direction of Xiliang Camp.

Standing on the city wall, you can have a clear view of the mountain road through the telescope.

However, if you are on a mountain road, you will not be able to see the movements of Xiliang due to the narrow field of vision.

Therefore, the royal generals in the mountain road still did not notice anything.

Zhao Xu picked up the telescope and looked in the direction Chang Wei was pointing.

The Xiliang camp was crowded with people, and a large number of soldiers led horses and camels toward the west.

There were only three to four thousand Xiliang soldiers holding the position in front of the camp.

It seems to be buying time for the Xiliang soldiers in the camp to retreat.

"Let them withdraw." Zhao Xu said.

He delegated power to Chang Wei to command the battle, and he became a hands-off shopkeeper from then on.

Just leave the battle to the generals.

The important decisions still have to be made by him.

Chang Wei instinctively wanted to order the soldiers in the mountain road to attack by force.

But looking more closely, I found that the Xiliang soldiers retreated in an orderly manner.

Obviously, they were prepared to be chased, and if they were chased, they could adjust their formation at any time.

However, the royal family's pro-army troops could not take much advantage.

Thinking of this, he did not object to King Yan's opinion, but nodded.

"Boom boom boom..."

The artillery fire continued.

Half an hour later, most of the Xiliang soldiers retreated more than ten miles.

The Xiliang soldiers in charge of the rear continued to suffer casualties under the bombardment of artillery, and the defense also appeared to be very chaotic and disorderly.

At this time, Chang Wei said something to the flagman next to him.

The flagman immediately issued an order: "Charge!"

After a moment, a cry of killing rang out from the mountain road.

The royal army rushed towards the Xiliang soldiers in the camp.

At this time, the Xiliang soldiers were still in fear of being bombarded by artillery.

When he raised his eyes and saw the soldiers from the palace coming to kill him, they all fled.

Their goal was to be at the rear, and they knew they had no reinforcements. After holding on for such a long time, their morale was extremely low.

The Xiliang soldiers on the wooden platform hit a few stone bullets with firecrackers and then ran away.

Some Xiliang soldiers knelt on the ground and chose to surrender.

In less than half an hour, the royal soldiers occupied the Xiliang camp.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei came down from the city wall and rode to the camp.

"Your Highness, look!" As soon as Zhao Xu arrived at the camp, the guards angrily lifted a Xiliang soldier in front of him like a chicken.

Another kick kicked him to the ground.

Chang Wei followed Zhao Xu, and his first reaction was to look at the soldier's face.

He frowned after seeing the tattoo on it.

"Your Highness, these soldiers are not from Xiliang, but Dasong people living in Xiliang." Chang Wei said to Zhao Xu.

Wei Qun said fiercely: "When we fought with Xiliang in the past, the Forbidden Army always fought with them first, and finally encountered the real Xiliang soldiers. By then, the Forbidden Army was basically exhausted, so they often fought with them. Lose, they worked really hard when fighting the Imperial Army!"

As if remembering the unspeakable past, Wei Qun kicked the Xiliang soldiers again.

"The people of Xiliang also gave this army composed of people in the territory a name, Young Master Chuang." Chang Wei said, "But when the war is beneficial to Xiliang, they are indeed fierce, but when the war is not beneficial to Xiliang, they surrender It's so fast, it seems that the army left behind by the Xiliang people is to attack the prince's army. "

Zhao Xu got off his horse and looked specifically at the tattoos on the faces of the Xiliang soldiers.

Seeing Zhao Xu's gaze, the Xiliang soldiers lowered their heads.

In Yanguan, he met Beidi people's slave soldiers.

These soldiers were composed of former Dasong people from Ningjin Dusi.

Although their combat power is not as good as Beidi, the war can also consume a lot of physical strength of their own soldiers as well as arrows, stones and other defensive resources.

Now they encountered such an army again.

"You are a bitch who has forgotten his ancestors and followed the Xiliang people to beat us. Do you know what etiquette, justice and integrity are?" Wei Qun cursed angrily.

His younger brother was killed by Xiliang's son Chuang on the battlefield.

From then on, he hated these great commanders of the Xiliang army very much.

Hearing Wei Qun's scolding, the Xiliang soldiers who had lowered their heads suddenly laughed lowly.

When the guards heard this, they were even more furious. They drew their swords and wanted to kill the Xiliang soldier.

At this time, the Xiliang soldiers suddenly raised their heads and said angrily: "We are working for Xiliang, but you don't deserve to blame us. Before the founding of Xiliang, Jinzhou and Liangzhou were both Dasong territories, and so were our ancestors." An upright praise man.”

"They also resisted the Xiliang people and expected the Dasong court to expel the Xiliang people. But what have you done in the past 150 years? Not only have you been unable to regain your homeland, but now you have also lost Jinzhou. You have What a face to say.”

When Chang Wei and Wei Qun heard this, their expressions changed.

This is a scar in their hearts that they don't want to open.

The Xiliang soldiers now tore open the scar, which made them feel pain and annoyance.

Liangzhou, south of Yinshan Mountain, and now Ningjin Dusi.

Since the founding of Dasong, these lands have been the territory of Dasong.

But now, it is occupied by alien races.

But the comrades who used to live there have now become enemies fighting on the battlefield.

"Nonsense, this is not the reason why you sacrifice your lives for the people of Xiliang!" Wei Qun's eyes widened, and he drew out his sword with a "ch" sound.

"Stop!" Zhao Xu shouted.

Chang Wei grabbed Wei Qun's hand and stopped him from messing around.

"Even ants try to survive, let alone humans. Besides, what he said is not without reason. When the country is weak, only the people suffer. They are just duckweed floating in the wind in troubled times. Some things are beyond their control." Zhao Xu said lightly.

In all dynasties, there have been fake armies and idiot armies like Zhuang Linglang in wars.

Not only in China, but also abroad.

Not everyone has the courage to fight with a gun pointed at their head.

Although Wei Qun was still angry, he also understood this truth. He said: "But even so, should we be soft-hearted when we meet them?"

"Of course not, we should be ruthless when we need to be ruthless." Zhao Xu said.

Chang Wei and Wei Qun were stunned when they heard this, not knowing what the King of Yan wanted to say.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu went to the side with them and continued: "In the future, if you capture the army of Zhuang Linglang, you will accept those who are willing to surrender to Yanzhou. If they are unwilling to surrender to Yanzhou, you will give them money and let them leave on their own. As for the stubborn ones, they will be killed or sent to work as slaves in the mines."

"Ah?" Chang Wei and Wei Qun almost suspected that there was something wrong with their ears.

Among the three items that King Yan said, they only agreed with the last one.

Zhao Xu patiently explained, "This is a strategy. These Zhuang Linglang from Xiliang can be divided into three different situations. One is in Xiliang, but their hearts are in Dasong, but they are forced to go to the battlefield. The second is muddleheaded and just want to survive. The third is to make the people of Xiliang recognize them. People who have completely forgotten their ancestors, such people should naturally be treated harshly."

Chang Wei and Wei Qun gradually came to their senses after hearing this.

When they were fighting in Xiliang, the Zhuang Linglang they captured were indeed divided into these three situations.

"So, if you treat the other two types of people the same as the third type, you will push the first two types of people to Xiliang, and they will naturally fight to the death with Dasong." Zhao Xu continued.

After a pause, he pondered: "But if you treat the first two types of people well, it will shake their will. When they fight with us again, they will not fight to the death. One is because they have feelings for Dasong, and the other is that they will be treated leniently if they surrender."

"As for those who took the money back, they will become our propaganda tools invisibly, making the Song people living in Xiliang more shaken. On the contrary, the people of Xiliang will be very cruel to those who took the money back. In contrast, the people of Dasong in Xiliang will miss Dasong and hate Xiliang."