And Ruoshan's doubts are normal. Not long ago, those people were soldiers of the Xiangshi Kingdom and were captured in battle with the Shaowu Army. If they were forced to pick up their weapons again and line up on the battlefield to fight against other military formations of the Xiangshi Kingdom,
Not only are they emotionally difficult to accept, but they also have less work to prevent them from mutiny in battle.
Lingbao glanced at Ruoshan, hesitant, but finally explained: "Ba Jun has just told the origin of this war. At first, he was investigating the assassination of Zheng Shiguo. Xiangqiong took the opportunity to raise his troops and suddenly entered Ba
Shiguo. I think Zhengshiguo will not miss this opportunity. Even if he does not join forces with Xiangqiong to attack, he will not ask for peace from Bashiguo again.
Ba Jun did not stop the enemy at the border, but led his army to appear in Feihong City. He should have been prepared for it. The outcome of this battle should be the destruction of the Xiangshi Kingdom. Even if the Xiangshi Kingdom cannot be destroyed, the east bank of the river will be destroyed.
The city wall will never return to the hands of the Xiangshi Kingdom. After this battle, will the monarch let go of the Zhengshi Kingdom?
My suggestion is not to let those prisoners of war fight in the Xiangshi Kingdom, but to serve in the future war with the Zhengshi Kingdom and give them a chance to be released from slavery. And Ba Jun’s reward is even greater, as long as they serve in the army.
If you fight in the Bashi Kingdom, you will no longer be a slave. All the rewards in the army will be the same as those of Ba Jun. Lingbao will pay tribute and thank Ba Jun on their behalf!"
In a few words, Lingbao had already revealed the strategic intention of Shao Wu. Since Shao Wu chose to fight like this, there must be a decisive battle with Xiangshi Kingdom, either to destroy Xiangshi Kingdom or to annex a large part of its city. After this battle,
Bashi State will have a wider territory and sufficient strategic depth, and can mobilize greater resources and national power. The next step will definitely not let Zheng Shiguo go, but will take advantage of the victory to pursue and fight Zheng Shiguo.
Incorporating the captured Xiangshi Kingdom soldiers into military formations and putting them into the Zhengshi Kingdom's battlefield is the best strategy for the Bashi Kingdom to quickly replenish its military resources. There is no need to worry too much about these people rebelling. Not only because they have obtained
With the opportunity to be rewarded for their military merits and entering the Zheng Shi Kingdom to fight, they had little room to defect.
This is not like the prisoners in the normal war between the two countries. They still have the opportunity to escape and go home. By that time, their rear area is the Bashi Kingdom, their hometown is under the rule of the Bashi Kingdom, and their relatives are also Bashi.
The people of the country. Lingbao was not willing to say these words in front of Ruoshan, but he said them anyway.
The Shaowu nodded slightly and said: "Soldier Lingbao really has extraordinary insights and has seen my plan. I can accept your suggestion. All the soldiers captured in the battle with Xiangshi Kingdom will continue to serve for three years.
He and his family members will not be implicated in any crime. After three years, they can be discharged and return home. During these three years, if I go to war with Zheng Shiguo, they will be included in the army as the vanguard. As for the military merits obtained
All rewards are given in accordance with the rules of the country."
Ruoshan clapped his hands and said: "Okay, okay, Bajun Guo has the energy to overcome others, and Lingbao Zhuangshi's advice is the best of both worlds. I came here just to see what kind of king the legendary Bajun Shaowu was, and what he thought of Bajun."
The people of the original land?"
Young Master: "Mr. Ruoshan, have you seen it?"
Ruoshan: "I saw some, but it's not very clear... I have a request. I wonder if the monarch can agree to it?"
Young Master: "What do you want, sir?"
Ruoshan: "If the monarch comes with a large army, it would be best if he could win without a fight like he did with the ancient Xiongcheng City and have nothing to do with the people. But if he continues to march deep into the hinterland of Xiangshi Kingdom until he attacks the capital, it is impossible.
There is no big war. At least the coalition forces from various cities led by Yue Geng are in front of you. You must fight, and you must win.
The use of troops is a last resort, and there will always be casualties regardless of victory or defeat. The casualties of the Bashi Kingdom will be compensated according to the rules of the country, and their relatives and families will also have the city walls to take care of them; however, if the Xiangshi Kingdom is destroyed, large areas of the city walls will be destroyed by the Bashi Kingdom.
If the Shi Kingdom is annexed, no one will be able to provide compensation to the soldiers who were killed or wounded in the war. When the monarch is subsidizing the soldiers of the Ba Kingdom, can he also compensate the soldiers of the Xiang Shi Kingdom who died in battle?"
Everyone in the room was stunned. Ruoshan's request was too unbelievable. Lingbao's suggestion just now was actually a request. He hoped that the young minister could give those who were defeated, captured and still alive a promising way out. But
Ruoshan directly asked the young minister to provide compensation for those soldiers who died in the enemy army.
Those people died in the war against the Shaowu army. Why should the Shaowu provide compensation to them? How could it make sense? Under normal circumstances, they would have their own pension from the Prime Minister. But Ruoshan’s suggestion implies a premise
, that is, in the future, the Xiangshi Kingdom has been destroyed by the Bashi Kingdom. The Shaowu not only occupied the territory of the Xiangshi Kingdom, but also inherited the responsibilities of the original Xiangshi Kingdom to the people under its rule.
Before the young minister could answer, Panhu had already said: "If the Lord of Ruoshan City asks you to do this, not to mention that it is against common sense. Now the outcome has not been decided, and the enemy soldiers know that if they die in battle, even if the Xiangshi Kingdom is defeated, they will suffer consequences after their death.
Bajun’s pension, doesn’t this encourage the enemy to fight to the death?”
Ruoshan shook his head and said: "This is not to encourage the enemy to fight to the death. No one would wish to die on the battlefield just for the sake of posthumous compensation. But the relatives and families of the fallen soldiers in the rear will not be allowed to receive compensation and care if they are poor and defeated.
Of course I don’t want Bajun to win, that’s the human heart.
If it were an ordinary war, of course, this example should not be followed. But Bajun fought to pacify Bayuan. To be honest, this was also an intraclan strife among the descendants of Yanzhao, but he recruited his people to join the army and died on the battlefield. Bajun inherited
If the clan is orthodox, then the faults of the clan should also be made up for by Bajun. What Bajun wants to inherit is not just the country and the city.
This does not require Ba Jun to pay anything extra. He takes the assets from the captured city's treasury to compensate the soldiers who died in the battle in the city. This is not to commend his military merits, but to pity him for his involvement in clan disputes.
kill.
The soldiers who died on the front line did not all come from the city walls of the front line. If Bajun wanted to provide compensation, the assets of the treasury should also be handed over to his relatives and take care of his family; he had to wait until he occupied the city wall where he was born.
, whose relatives are spread all over the Bashi Kingdom, at least they don't have to worry too much or hate Bajun's arrival, or even hate each other for provoking this national war.
Every time Bajun captures a city, the original officials of the Xiangshi Kingdom do not have to panic. They can be ordered to count the names of the fallen soldiers and determine the city, clan, and village where they came from. If Bajun has already occupied the land,
Then the local people will be ordered to provide compensation; if they are still in unconquered areas, they will be left until they are captured in the future, and then the local people will provide compensation."
After Ruoshan said such words, everyone in the room blinked. The young minister looked at Huwa with a questioning look. Huwa nodded slightly and said: "Soldiers are an ominous thing, and victory is a ritual. In all countries,
In the eyes of most people, this is indeed a clan feud.
The lord takes the treasures from the captured city wall and pacifies the soldiers who died in the city wall, which does no harm to himself, but can make the local people naturally obey the administrative orders. Attacking the city must attack the heart. If the administrative orders can be carried out after occupying the city wall, then
The people will be at peace; if the Lord's first decree is this, it will be smooth and smooth."
Ruoshan and Huwa successively expressed two meanings. Compensation for the enemy's fallen soldiers was of course not to commend their military merits, but to symbolically comfort their relatives who were separated from their relatives due to involvement in clan disputes. There is no need for minor affairs to come from Bashi.
The state used money and food to obtain the treasures and treasury of the captured city walls of the Prime Minister's Office on the spot to provide compensation for the local soldiers who died in the army.
It is impossible for all the soldiers who died on the front line to receive pensions immediately, because many of them came from various city walls in the Xiangshi Kingdom. What I have to do is to let the officials who surrendered the city walls make a clear count first, and wait until
After his army continues to capture the corresponding city walls, the relatives of those soldiers can receive corresponding pensions.
The purpose of Shaowu is not to rob homes, kill people and set fires, but to end civil strife and divisions, unify the entire Ba Yuan, and achieve a longer rule. Then his requirements for war are higher. He must make the people not resist his arrival, and he must ensure that
The decree after occupying the city walls was successfully implemented, thus making these places truly under the rule of the Ba Kingdom.
So every time the Shaowu captured a city wall, he would regard it as the first decree issued. Based on this, it would be better to ensure the implementation of subsequent decrees.
The young minister had been holding the cup in his hand, and now he finally put it down and said: "I will issue an order tomorrow to issue this decree in the captured cities of Baiju and Guxiong. If any local soldiers are killed in battle, the city will provide compensation."
.If the soldiers killed in the battle are not from the two cities, I will not compensate them until I capture their hometown city. This is not a commendation, but just pity for the suffering of their relatives. I am doing my duty as the lord, and at that time their
The Lord is no longer poor.
As for the advice of the strong man Lingbao just now, I have also accepted it, but the people are not sympathetic and those who encourage the tribes to follow each other and resist our army will not be exempted from sin!... Many thanks to the Lord of Ruoshan City, you have made a request to me, and you have really given me a good plan.
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Both Lingbao and Ruoshan's suggestions were accepted by the Shaowu, but two exceptions were made. The so-called common people did not refer to ordinary people at that time, but to titled nobles. They died on the battlefield and were not subject to the Bashi Kingdom.
Although the Shaowu promised to enlist the prisoners of war into the army for three years to serve in the future war against Zheng Shiguo, and to be rewarded with military merits, there was no such policy for those who took the initiative to mobilize local forces to fight against the Shaowu army.
This treatment cannot be exempted from guilt.
Ruoshan stood up, bowed to the young minister and said, "Now I have seen clearly what kind of lord you are. In this case, it's time for me to say goodbye!"
Lingbao wondered: "Is Lord Ruoshan leaving now?"
Master Shan arrived suddenly and left inexplicably. Many things have not been discussed yet! The Shanshui City army formation he led is still among the Xiangshi Kingdom army on the west bank of the river. Yue Geng sent them across the river to surprise Shaowu.
He also sent him to spy on the military situation in advance. What will Ruoshan do after he returns? (To be continued...)
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