In this battle, the capture of Yelu Yanxi alive can be said to be a great victory, but the results obtained by the army were limited. They only killed more than 3,000 Liao soldiers and captured more than 5,000 Kelie soldiers.
On the vast grassland, the riding skills of the barbarians and Khitans were still superior to the Liang cavalry. Even if they won, it would be difficult to stop them from escaping.
There were also nearly two thousand casualties on the Daliang side. Although Daliang's weapons were completely superior, there were still a lot of casualties against the barbarians who had grown up on horseback.
When everyone heard the reported casualties and results, they couldn't help but frown.
Chao Yong knew that the cavalry in Daliang could not compare with the Khitan cavalry and the Klie people. A cavalry could not be built overnight, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to equip the cavalry. He just hoped that the cavalry could use less equipment and be better equipped with those who grew up on horses.
differences between people.
There were almost no casualties among his soldiers. One was because he had chosen only one of the best when he selected his soldiers. The other was that in addition to centurions like Shi Yong, there were also Sun An, Shi Bao, Fang Jie, Yue Fei, and Yang Zaixing this time.
Led by a fierce general, five hundred personal soldiers killed more than five hundred Khitans.
In other words, excluding the results of his personal soldiers, the casualties of the Liang cavalry, the Khitans, and the barbarians were almost the same. This was achieved when he rushed into the battle with his personal soldiers, boosting his own morale and weakening the opponent's morale.
Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "The cavalry under my command have been practicing for a long time. I didn't expect that they are still so different from the tribesmen on horseback."
Dong Ping was also a little bit shocked, gritted his teeth and said: "We will fight with 100,000 people to kill all these barbarians and save them from going south to plunder."
At this moment, Chao Yong was really tempted.
One hundred thousand people is insignificant to Daliang, but it is enough to break the muscles and bones of various grassland tribes.
Chao Yong saw that Yue Fei seemed to have something to say, but did not dare to interrupt, so he said: "Yue Fei, what do you think?"
When Yue Fei saw the prince asking, he stood up and said, "The general thinks that the barbarians cannot be killed."
Dong Ping saw a young boy refuting him and said displeasedly: "The prince is in charge of the military department and the soldiers of the three armies are responsible for their lives. Why can't he kill all the barbarians?"
Yue Fei was not intimidated by Dong Ping and explained: "If we kill all the Kele tribe, the Mier beggars from the north will definitely go south to invade this grassland. If we kill all the Mier beggars, barbarians from further north will come."
Unless we can make these river grasslands disappear, barbarians will always be attracted."
Dong Ping said: "Then keep killing."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "What Yue Fei said makes sense. Destroy this tribe and that tribe. We still need to be strong to forge iron. We still have to ensure our own combat effectiveness to remain invincible. Yue Fei, do you have any other opinions?
, let’s say it together.”
Yue Fei received the prince's affirmation and his thinking became clearer. After thinking for a while, he said: "From the map, this area is crisscrossed by rivers. The Liao Kingdom also moved people here to cultivate, which shows that the land here can be cultivated. We can move the population here,
It can not only strengthen the imperial court's rule over this land, but also slowly assimilate these tribes. As long as our Han culture spreads here, we will definitely be able to civilize the tribes here and further north."
Dong Ping shook his head and said: "These barbarians don't know a word of Chinese characters and are savage and untamable. It's probably more difficult to civilize them than to kill them all."
Yue Fei said: "Barbarians don't understand culture. What attracts them is food, clothing, housing and transportation. After they see the lives of our people in Daliang, as long as we give them a chance, they will want to integrate into our world instead of continuing to live the life of barbarians.
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Chao Yong agrees very much with Yue Fei's point of view. Which culture is more attractive depends on which culture can create richer materials. People don't think so much, they just see which culture
Let them live a good life. Various cultures of later generations invaded China. Behind them are all developed countries, and people think those countries are advanced. There has never been an invasion of cultures from backward countries, no matter how long their history is.
Dong Ping smiled and said: "What you are saying is based on the premise that they cannot defeat us, otherwise these barbarians must first think about robbing us."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "General Dong is right. To deal with these barbarians, you must first use swords and guns."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "What you said makes sense. To deal with the barbarians, you need a knife and money. Of course, it is not to give them money like the Song Dynasty, but to let them see the wealth of my Daliang and attract them to join my Daliang."
Come, big family. We, Daliang, are a tolerant country, and we can’t only accommodate Han people. As long as they are willing to put down their swords and guns, we can still accept them."
General Dang Xiang in the room felt much better when he heard what Chao Yong said. Although Dong Ping wanted to kill all the barbarians, they always felt a bit sad after hearing this. After all, they were not Han people. Before the fall of Xixia
, they are also aliens who plundered the Han people.
Dong Ping asked: "What should we do with those prisoners?"
Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "Let's see if the various ministries want to replace them. If not, they will all be branded as slaves and sent to the imperial mines."
Daliang successively obtained more than 300,000 prime-age slaves from the Yue and Li Dynasties, all of which were scattered in mines in various places, such as coal, gold, silver, copper, iron and other different mines. Each mine had no more than one Yue and Li Dynasty slaves.
Thousands of people, there are enough mines in Daliang to house them. If they are not prevented from rioting, several large mines can house these slaves.
In the past, the court's mines employed common people, and the slaves only needed to give them the strength to work. Since the acquisition of those Yue and Li Dynasty slaves, the court's net profit from the monopoly income has been higher, so the Ministry of Household Affairs launched a small-scale campaign against the Ministry of War.
The war is also supported.
Moreover, slaves also appeared among the people. Large families also had slaves before, but during the Song Dynasty, the status of slaves was greatly improved. Masters could not harm slaves at will. It can be said that slaves were more like hired workers, and their basic personal rights could still be guaranteed.
However, after the appearance of foreign slaves in the Daliang court, large households also purchased foreign slaves. The Kunlun slaves that were popular in the Tang Dynasty became widespread again after many years. There were also many slaves from some small countries in Southeast Asia. These large households did not use these foreign slaves to serve their daily lives.
, the alien slaves are clumsy, but the slaves who are used to handling things in life are easy to handle. They basically buy alien slaves for farming.
Due to the large-scale auction of land by the imperial court, many large landowners emerged. These landowners were unwilling to hire ordinary people because the imperial court set a minimum harvest for tenants to ensure their interests, so they would rather spend money to buy foreign slaves to farm.
The appearance of a large number of foreign slaves caused a great debate in the court. There was a long debate on whether merchant ships should be allowed to plunder slaves in foreign countries. In the end, Chao Yong also supported the emergence of slaves, because landlords used serfs, leaving many people without land to farm.
Forced to make a living, they could only cooperate with the imperial court in relocating, which was beneficial to the expansion of the Han people, and the imperial court could also collect a large amount of tax revenue from slave ships.
It can be said that Daliang has a great demand for slaves now. (To be continued)