At dusk, Yang Ji, Yang Shanhui and others came to the prisoner camp specially designed to detain generals.

"I've seen King Wei!" Pu Guchong looked at Yang Ji who was striding towards him. He was sweating profusely in an instant, and even his voice trembled as he spoke.

"You actually know me? Who are you?" After Yang Ji's bloodbath in the Great Lakes area, because Bujia Khan's hundreds of thousands of troops were still suppressing Liangzhou, he led his troops after laying stones on the banks of Har Lake to record his merits.

After I left, I naturally had no intention of remembering those "little people".

As soon as Yang Ji said this, Yang Shanhui, Li Daliang, Yu Chigong and others couldn't help laughing.

The servant's face turned the color of pig's liver in an instant, and he was speechless.

When Yang Ji laid stones on the shores of Lake Har to record his merits, he used tens of thousands of prisoners and the blood of children dyed the stone tablet and that area red; to this day, that fertile grassland has become a ghost land that everyone fears; and that area

Several tall Beijing temples, in particular, prove the merits of Yang Ji and the misery of the Turks in the Great Lakes area.

Pu Guchong was not only "lucky" to witness the killing feast, but he was also forced by Yang Ji to eat a large pile of raw beef with bloody flesh next to the sea of ​​corpses. From then on, he ate no meat for more than a month.

Pugu Chong would rather eat grass than eat a bite of meat; and Yang Ji, through that killing, became a lingering shadow in the hearts of Pugu Chong and others. At this time, when he first saw this devil, he was frightened.

I almost knelt down.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he discovered that Yang Ji, who had hurt them so deeply and that they could not forget, didn't even remember who he was.

This kind of blow is not an ordinary one.

However, Pugu Chong didn't dare to care about anything, and he didn't even dare to complain, because he was now Yang Ji's prisoner, and the life and death of the tribe was decided by Yang Ji. If he annoyed Yang Ji, he himself would

And the tribal warriors must have become the capital for Yang Ji to praise his achievements. He saluted respectfully: "I am Pu Guchong, the chief of the Pu Gu tribe. I have the honor to see the heroic appearance of the king."

Yang Ji saw that he was very afraid of him, so he comforted him and said: "We, the Sui Dynasty, have always treated the captives in the same way as the Heavenly Kingdom. We have always been benevolent and treated the captives well. For the captives, we have always used our virtue to make them feel ashamed and make them sincerely convinced. No.

Killing, because we know that killing will only bring more resistance. So just don't worry."

After hearing this, Yang Shanhui, Li Daliang, Yu Chigong and others looked very excited.

Especially Li Daliang, he has been Yang Ji's follower since he was a child, and he has been involved in everything Yang Ji has done. At this time, listening to Yang Ji's bold words and shameless advocacy of "benevolence-based", he doesn't care.

He turned his head away shyly, not looking at this shameless person.

Yang Ji no longer paid attention to Pu Guchong, but took Yang Shanhui, Li Daliang, and Yuchi Gong to inspect the prisoner camp.

Before the war, Murong Bei, Pugu Chong, and Luo Mo had a total army of fifty or sixty thousand people. After a night of melee, the number of soldiers killed and deserters was only about twenty thousand, but those captured by the Sui army were

There are more than 30,000 people.

These prisoners were not only incompetent generals, but the fighting strength, fighting spirit, and military discipline of these soldiers were far inferior to those of the Qiang soldiers who had just formed an army, and they were incomparable to the elites of the Sui Dynasty.

Yuchi Gong looked at the densely packed captives and couldn't help but said to Yang Ji: "Sir, there are too many prisoners. If you add the tens of thousands of captives in the Xianbei Prairie, it will be even more. Not to mention the countless amounts of food and grass consumed every day.

There is even more danger of riots. If it is normal, we can slowly collect them and escort them to Liangzhou, but we still have to go south to fight. Otherwise they may rebel behind their backs, so I suggest that we end it once and for all and cut them off in two."

He made a killing gesture and continued: "Although it is said that killing prisoners is unlucky, for the sake of internal stability, killing prisoners is a very effective method. What's more, the Hu people are afraid of power and have no mercy, even if we kill the prisoners

Even if it's all gone, they won't say anything, and they won't dare to say anything."

Yang Ji shook his head. Yu Chigong's idea was indeed simple and easy, but this time was different from the last time! Last time, they killed the Turks who were oppressing various tribes in the Great Lakes region, so the people of each tribe were grateful to the Sui Dynasty.

In his heart, he regarded the Sui army as the 'savior'.

Especially in the central and southern Great Lakes region, herdsmen in the south, after hearing the news that the targets of the Sui army's conquest were the lackeys of the Turks, not only put down their weapons, but also brought cattle, sheep and dried meat to reward the army. It can be seen that ordinary herdsmen had great expectations for the Sui Dynasty.

The dynasty has a very good impression. If they start killing people now, this good impression will be gone, which will not be conducive to later rule and education.

He explained: "After these two battles, they already feared the Sui Dynasty like a tiger. The invincible majesty of the Great Sui Dynasty has been rooted in the hearts of all the ministries in the Great Lakes region, so there is no need to kill prisoners to establish prestige. The most important thing is

, the Great Lakes region is the strategic depth of Liangzhou. Its stability is closely related to our Western Region strategy, the southern expedition to Tuyuhun. Therefore, we not only established the Moxi Governor's Office, which is also in charge of the military; next, we will use the Great Sui Dynasty

Restrict them by laws, educate them with Sinology, make them close to the Sui Dynasty, and have their hearts attached to the Sui Dynasty. When the time is right, they will be fully integrated into the territory of the Sui Dynasty."

Yuchi Gong also felt that this was the case. Now even chiefs like Pu Guchong were scared to death, not to mention the situation of ordinary herdsmen and ordinary soldiers. However, he frowned and said: "It's just that there are too many prisoners.

I'm still a little worried."

"I'll find a way!" Yang Ji nodded. His decision was based on long-term considerations. The purpose was to let the Great Lakes area have the name of independence, but it was actually the territory of the Sui Dynasty. However, Yu Chigong had his reasons for worrying. After all,

The huge number of prisoners is like a volcano full of variables to them now; if they lead their troops south without proper arrangements, these prisoners may indeed launch a riot during a stalemate in the war.

"Here!" Yu Chigong didn't say much.

Under the leadership of Yang Ji, everyone returned to the camp where ordinary prisoners were held. These soldiers sat together in groups. Although their hands were tied with ropes, there were too many people here. If they helped each other,

, it is easy to untie the rope. As for the shackles, of course the Sui army did not bring them.

Yang Ji said: "Go and bring up Pu Guchong and Che Leliao."

"Go and bring them up." Li Daliang waved his hand, and several soldiers left quickly, and soon the leaders of the two groups were escorted over.

Yang Ji glanced at the tall, burly, rebellious Che Leliao and lost interest in this reckless man. He directly said to Pu Guchong: "Pu Guchong, you Pu Gu, Tongluo and other tribes were originally just

Some half-dead small tribes live a life worse than pigs and dogs; you became the size you were later because I defeated the Turks and picked up the trophies I 'stored' in the Great Lakes area. But instead of being grateful, you are fighting with Murong.

You are colluding, once again loyal to the Turks who are exploiting you, and once again becoming enemies of the Sui Dynasty. Do those herdsmen who have finally lived a good life know it, do you agree? Who gave you the courage?"

Che Leliao also knew some Chinese. After hearing Yang Ji's words, he was immediately confused. Didn't he say that Murong Bei was from the Sui Dynasty? Why is it not the case now?

Who can tell me what is going on?

Pu Guchong looked at Yang Ji's face full of evil spirits. Hearing the sharp words, he felt a suffocation in his chest. He stumbled a little and explained: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. We tried to persuade that thief Murong Bei, but nothing happened."

He insists on having his own way, and there is nothing we can do about it."

"What a 'we can't do anything'!" Yang Ji looked at the prisoners who had the courage to come over, and said in the Turkic dialect common to the grasslands that he had learned in the past few years: "You are because of the Sui Dynasty, because of me

Yang Ji can get rid of the ferocious Turks and live a good life, but now you have turned against me, the Sui Dynasty, and your crime deserves death. It is only reasonable that I should cut off your heads and build a temple in Beijing."

After a large number of generals were taken away, these prisoners were like a flock of sheep without their leader. Coupled with the fact that they were surrounded by the elite Sui troops who were eyeing them eagerly, they were always confused, uneasy, and confused. At this time, they heard this man again.

The murderous general claimed to be the well-known demon Yang Ji, and wanted to chop off their heads. His face turned pale and trembled with fear. Under the threat of death, some people began to kneel and kowtow to Yang Ji.

Pray for forgiveness:

"Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"There's nothing we can do!"

"We are also forced to have no choice!"

"We don't know why the chief wanted to be the enemy of Sui Dynasty."

"Yes! All the mistakes are the fault of the chiefs and generals. If the king wants to kill them, just kill them."

"Yes, yes, if the king wants to kill them, then kill them!"

"..."

When Pu Guchong heard the voices of the prisoners gradually becoming unified, his face turned pale with fright and he broke out in cold sweat; when Che Leliao heard this, he was so angry that he was dumbfounded.

When Yang Ji saw more and more prisoners kowtow and beg for mercy, he said loudly: "I also know that all the mistakes are all the fault of your chiefs and your generals! I have nothing to do with you at all; I don't want to kill you either."

Innocent people. And I’ll give you one last chance.”

The prisoners breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they had a chance to survive.

"Next, I will take you to deal with the ferocious Turks. You will choose the generals below the centurion from the army. Whoever you think can lead you well and who has the ability, choose him." Yang Ji said loudly:

"I will give you one day to recommend these new generals, and they will receive the salary of the Sui Dynasty and become officers of the Sui Dynasty. The whole family, young and old, will live a good life as people of the Sui Dynasty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" cheers came from the crowd of prisoners.

The hierarchical concept of the grassland is more deeply rooted in the people's hearts and is more serious than the Sui Dynasty. The chiefs are equivalent to individual slave owners. In order to maintain their rule, they not only cruelly exploit slaves, but even the harvests of ordinary herdsmen are reduced.

into their hands; as for the generals in the army, almost all of them are brothers and nephews of the chiefs, and ordinary herdsmen have no chance of getting ahead. As long as one generation is an ordinary herdsman, then he will remain an ordinary herdsman for generations to come.

Yang Ji, the devil, not only did not kill them, but also let them select generals from among their own poor groups. Although the positions of centurions and generals below are not high, for these ordinary soldiers, at least they are

A hope, at least there is hope.

The performance of the prisoners made Yang Ji very satisfied. He knew that he had enough power in the Great Lakes area, and he should show it to his advantage next. When the noisy voices gradually heard the news, he said: "As long as the next step is to

During the battle, if you have made great achievements in battle, I will promote you to captains of thousands, captains of ten thousand, generals, and generals in accordance with the military regulations of the Sui Dynasty. I will give you exquisite porcelain, strong armor and iron pots, and give you clothes and clothes to keep out the cold.

Fine wine. Let you live a better life than your chief."

As soon as Yang Ji said this, the scene suddenly exploded again.

The status of generals and generals in the Sui Dynasty was very high. As for how high they were, no one knew, but they knew that when Murong Bei professed his vassalship to the Sui Dynasty, he was just a general.

Maybe they can't become generals, but as long as they perform meritorious service, they can at least have food and housing like the Sui people, and they no longer have to live a life of treating a broken iron pot or a broken knife as a family heirloom;

No longer have to worry about parents and children freezing to death and starving to death in the cold winter...

Although Pu Guchong expected that he would lose a lot, when he heard that Yang Ji wanted these prisoners to fight, his heart became alive.

He felt that Yang Ji would definitely let him restrain the prisoners and lead them. But he never thought that in Yang Ji's eyes, he was nothing. Not only did he kick him away, but he also killed the prisoners in front of him.

Buy him off and turn him into a pauper with nothing, a useless waste.

What made him even more annoyed and shocked was that these damn prisoners were so afraid of Yang Ji and believed in Yang Ji so much that they sold him out in the blink of an eye and began to consider themselves Sui people and soldiers of the Sui army.

"Go back to the big tent!" Yang Ji did not continue to talk nonsense and led everyone back to the Chinese army's big tent.

Returning to the commander's tent, Yang Shanhui smiled and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, not only has the future trouble been solved, but also an additional army has been added. If Commander Cui Shi also uses this method to solve the problem of recruiting prisoners, the Great Lakes area will belong to us in the Sui Dynasty."

Yuchi Gong frowned and said: "Chang Shi is saying that these prisoners have become our army? They will not rebel again?"

"Of course!" Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "The captured generals are close associates of the chiefs. Once these people take the lead in making trouble, we have no other choice but to use military force to suppress it. The king first imprisoned the generals in another place.

The ordinary soldiers have been reduced to a pile of scattered sand, and there is nothing to fear. At this moment, the king uses his position as an officer to lure them with benefits."

Looking at Yu Chigong's disapproving look, Yang Shanhui continued to explain: "The generals appointed by the chiefs are all their cronies. These kind of people are mixed, and they are not very popular in the army. But the soldiers admire the most are those who have courage.

, capable people, so the officers selected by the soldiers must be people who are prestigious, capable, popular, but not from a bad background and are not reused."

"These recommended people probably don't have much attachment to the chief. On the contrary, the king gave them the opportunity, and they will naturally turn to the king. As long as these new generals stabilize, other soldiers will naturally follow them."

Only then did Yuchi Gong understand Yang Ji's real intention. He thought for a while, frowned and said, "It's just that these prisoners betrayed too simply."

Yang Shanhui understood what Yuchi Gong meant and knew that he was worried about these people defecting before the battle, so he patiently explained: "In fact, if General Yuchi thinks carefully, he will find that the behavior of the prisoners is not accidental: first of all, the prairie people respect the strong and worship the strong.
To be continued...