Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 190 Sitting in a well and looking at the sky, only one hole can be seen (4k)

Handling so many prisoners of war at once was a real problem.

In ancient times, when dealing with prisoners of war, the general methods were as follows.

The first is the most direct and cruel, but also the most labor-saving.That is to kill directly. There are many famous generals who like to choose this method of dealing with prisoners of war. The typical ones are the well-known killing god Bai Qi and the overlord of Chu Xiang Yu.The former killed 40 Zhao troops, and the latter killed 20 Qin troops.

Just because they do this doesn't mean they like killing people. They do it all for the sake of victory.

The second method is to incorporate.

It sounds simple, but the reality is not like playing strategy games like Three Kingdoms.Direct recruitment, especially if there are too many prisoners, can easily lead to extremely serious consequences if not handled properly.

The first is that the loyalty of these recruited soldiers cannot be guaranteed, and the second is that even if they are successfully recruited, sometimes it will affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army.

The third method is the other extreme of the first method, letting go directly.

There are very few people who can achieve this level. Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang sometimes liked to play this trick when they were conquering the world. Of course, they usually said a more sensational sentence before releasing the captives.

Anyone who is willing to follow me will be rich and powerful together in the future. If you don't want to, I won't force you, just go home.

As a result of this, many prisoners will usually be taken in on the spot.

This method is a bit difficult to operate and requires the user to have great charisma and courage.If it is used well, it can also win the hearts of the people, and it can also take the opportunity to publicize one's benevolence and righteousness.It is a high-risk, high-reward method.

The last option is to be sent directly back to work as coolies.

Generally, this is only done in foreign wars, and when fighting foreign races, it is equivalent to directly harvesting a group of free labor force.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Di and said, "Let's break them up in batches first. Treat the prisoners preferentially and don't be short of food."

Zhu Di nodded, indicating that he knew.

Yang Xian then looked back at the royal family and ministers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and said to Zhu Di beside him: "Let's take these royal family members and important ministers of the Northern Yuan Dynasty back to Beijing first."

Peking train station, platform.

When the royal family of Beiyuan saw the rail train in front of them, their faces showed extremely shocked expressions.

What on earth is this.

They have only lost Yuan Dadu for a few years. When did they get this thing?

"Marquis Shen, what is this?" Wang Baobao asked.

Yang Xian treated Wang Baobao preferentially.

After Wang Baobao surrendered, Yang Xian promised that he would not deal with ordinary herdsmen. In order to reduce the casualties of the tribe, he also cooperated and gave a lot of important military intelligence about Beiyuan.

Including the distribution of people in various small tribes, etc., this also helped Yang Xian and the others to quell Mobei.

The Ming army suffered almost no damage.

Hearing Wang Baobao's question, Yang Xian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Rail trains are a means of transporting people and things. You can think of them as an advancement of horse-drawn carriages."

Yang Xian's explanation is simple and easy to understand.

"Can a few war horses pull so many carriages?" Wang Baobao asked.

"The rail train invented by Shenhou can carry a maximum load of hundreds of thousands of kilograms at a time. King Qi, do you think it can be pulled?" Zhu Di said with a smile.

One hundred thousand catties? !

Wang Baobao was shocked. In other words, if we only transported people, how could we transport a team of nearly a thousand people at once?

Needless to say about food and grass.

With this kind of logistical supply capability, half of the war has been won before it even begins.

I didn't lose this battle unjustly.

Wang Baobao thought to himself.

"I wonder what the speed of this rail train is?" Wang Baobao continued to ask.

"Normally, it can travel up to eight hundred miles a day when it is not fully loaded. It will be a little slower when it is fully loaded." Yang Xian said.

This is already a conservative answer.

But Wang Baobao was still shocked and stunned.

The same is true for the rest of the Beiyuan royal family on the side.

You must know that the best horse on the grassland can only travel a thousand miles in a day, and this is when it only carries one or two people.

And the rail train in front of us can carry [-] kilograms and travel [-] miles a day?
Some of the Northern Yuan royal family and important ministers had disbelief written all over their faces.

Their pride in the prairie war horses is engraved in their bones.

How could he be willing to admit that the best war horse on the grassland would be defeated by this thing in front of him?
"You can witness it with your own eyes later." Yang Xian smiled, raised his hand and waved.

The train started to pull into the station.

Looking at the huge carriages that were slowly being pulled up like giant beasts, Wang Baobao took a breath of cold air.

Yang Xian's troops began to take the Northern Yuan royal family and important ministers into each carriage in batches, ensuring that each carriage was guarded by Yang Xian's troops.

In addition to swords, these pro-soldiers also carry short blunderbuss.

This is also a firearm produced after improvement by Yangzhou Military Factory.

Naturally, Yang Xian and Zhu Di also had it. Compared to Zhu Di's love for her, Yang Xian was a little dissatisfied.

In the past few days, I have been focusing on the Hongwu rifle. It seems that it is time to take some time to build a more refined short-fire blunderbuss.

At present, this thing is still too big, and it is really inconvenient to put it on the body.

The express train from Peking all the way to Nanjing City officially sets off!
The Beiyuan royal family crowded in the carriage could not feel any bumps at all.

Someone had a sarcastic look on his face and whispered: "I don't feel anything at all. This thing can't crawl like a turtle."

Although he said it softly.

But it still fell into the ears of the soldier on the side. The soldier looked at the Prince of Beiyuan without hiding his ridicule, his eyes seemed to be looking at a frog in a well.

"The commander-in-chief often says something that I can give to you intact now. Don't sit in a well and look at the sky. You should broaden your horizons. Take a good look out the window for yourself!"

Prince Beiyuan was still a little angry after being laughed at by a big-headed soldier. Then he suddenly felt someone tugging at his sleeves. He turned his head. He first saw the shocked expression of his companion, and then saw the scenery outside the car window. .

Both eyes and mouth slowly opened wide, too shocked to be able to control themselves.

I saw that the scenery of trees outside the car window was receding rapidly.

This scene is too shocking.

And he only realized at this time that the rail train was traveling so fast, and they couldn't feel any bumps in the carriage. This was incredible.

If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed that there were actually vehicles in the world that could do this.

If you sit in a well and look at the sky, you can only see a hole; if you climb a mountain and look into the distance, you will know that there is a sky beyond.

The first carriage.

Wang Baobao asked about the knot that had been hidden in his heart for nearly two years.

"How did Lord Shenhou guess that I would lead the army to take the risk and bypass Wei Guogong's army and directly attack Beiping City?"

When Zhu Di heard this, he turned to look at Yang Xian with admiration.

You must know that this matter has always been a myth and legend circulated among the northern frontier troops.

Zhu Di also wanted to know about this.

Being able to listen to the person involved describe the thrilling battle at the scene is not an opportunity that everyone can have.

Yang Xian looked at them and was embarrassed.

You can't tell them that it's because I'm afraid of death, so I called the defenders of Beiping City in advance to defend the city.Yang Xian could only smile and say: "Luck, everything is luck."

Seeing that Yang Xian was unwilling to say more, although Wang Baobao and Zhu Di were a little regretful, they had no choice but to respect the choice of the person involved.

They all know in their hearts that this can't be explained by more than just luck.

The news of Yang Xian's return to the court soon reached the capital.

Imperial Palace, Kunning Palace.

As the day for Yang Xian's return to Beijing approached day by day, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed more tightly.

Empress Ma noticed Zhu Yuanzhang's state and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Yang Xian's expedition this time conquered Beiyuan in one fell swoop, broke through the Mobei grassland, and accomplished something that even Tiande had never done."

"Is this a good thing?" Queen Ma asked.

"This is a good thing, but this power is really too great. Logically speaking, it is big enough to be crowned king." Zhu Yuanzhang paused and then said. "And he's still crowned king with a different surname."

"But if I make Yang Xian king now, what will the old brothers who conquer the world with me think?"

"Would they think that I only care about the new people and forget about the old people?"

"But if I don't make him a king, I don't know what to reward him for a while. If I just promote his title to a duke, I'm afraid it's not enough. In the eyes of interested people, they will also think that I am cold-blooded. With the heart of a meritorious man, who will be willing to sacrifice his life for the court when the time comes."

Neither does it mean to be crowned a king, nor is it not to be crowned a king.

Yang Xian's reward issue directly stumped Zhu Yuanzhang.

Queen Ma thought for a while and said, "How about a marriage?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, and his frown slowly relaxed.

Queen Ma's words opened his mind.

Not yet arrived at Jingcheng Station.

Yang Xian got the news that the emperor would come directly to the platform with his civil and military officials to pick him up.

If there is no rail train.

This is equivalent to traveling thirty miles out of the city to meet him.

For the ministers, this is already a great honor.

Even Zhu Di and Wang Baobao were a little surprised when they heard the news.

Yang Xian was also very excited.

But it's not because of this little thing.

His focus was entirely on the system.

On the civilization technology system interface, in addition to the original territory of the Ming Dynasty, the big map also included the Mobei Grassland.

In other words, as long as the people on the Mobei grassland have any feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc. towards him in the future, they will generate new points of merit for Yang Xian.

And most importantly, the system classified the entire Mobei Grassland as his territory!
This is a major discovery!

In other words, he has gained another piece of invincible territory.

It is obvious on the entire map that, except for Yangzhou, Beiping and Mobei Grassland, it is the track that runs from north to south.

These glowing areas represent Yang Xian's territory.

Yang Xian will not be harmed in any way in his territory.

After this discovery, some plans need to be planned in advance.

Yang Xian thought silently in his heart.

Beijing.

Rail train, in front of the platform.

"It's coming, it's coming! Your Majesty, Shenhou and the Fourth Prince are back!" The official from the train bureau looked at the approaching train in the distance and reported.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang strode towards the platform, making sure that the first person Yang Xian and the others saw when they emerged from the train was him.

The train with the flag of Daming Shenhou slowly stopped in front of the platform.

The carriage door opens.

The moment Yang Xian and Zhu Di walked out of the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang's hearty laughter could be heard in their ears.

"Yang Xian, I came here with the civil and military ministers to greet you."

"Weak minister Yang Xian, please see your Majesty."

"My son has seen his father."

Yang Xian and Zhu Di saluted one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and grabbed Yang Xian's arm with a sincere smile on his face.

"The prince was so happy that he didn't sleep well all night when he heard the news that you were coming back."

Zhu Biao behind Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This father did not lie. Congratulations to Yang Qing."

After Yang Xian thanked him one by one, he stepped aside and said: "Your Majesty, King Qi."

"General Wang Baobao, I have met your Majesty." Wang Baobao saluted.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, then turned around and walked out of the platform with Yang Xian.

Now that he had finally obtained this strange man whom he had longed for, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had any thoughts.

"Yang Xian, your success in the Northern Expedition can be said to be our greatest achievement since the founding of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

Under the leadership of Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone quickly walked out of the train station and went outside.

The train stations are all built outside the city.

It was still some distance from the capital, so Zhu Yuanzhang and the others came by dragon chariot.

"Yang Xian, come back with us in the car. In the car, tell us all the interesting things that happened on the Mobei grassland. Prince, come and hold the whip and drive the chariot." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"This is absolutely impossible." Yang Xian refused on the spot.

What a joke, let the current prince and future emperor hold a whip and drive a chariot for him.

What Lao Zhu did this time was a little unreasonable.

Although Yang Xian knew in his heart that his contribution in this battle was too great and would definitely embarrass Zhu Yuanzhang, he had already anticipated this situation and had taken safety measures in advance.

Both parties will definitely be satisfied by then. Yang Xian is not so enthusiastic about the so-called kingship.

Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu actually put himself on the fire to roast.

"Why can't this happen?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Zhu Biao and said with a smile. "Prince, tell me whether you are happy or not."

"I am pleased." Zhu Biao looked at Yang Xian and smiled from the bottom of his heart.

Zhu Biao was really willing to hold a whip and drive a chariot for Yang Xian.

In Zhu Biao's mind, even if he was asked to carry a sedan chair like King Wen of Zhou, he would be happy if the person was Yang Xian.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao, the smile on his face became a little thicker, but it didn't look as sincere as Zhu Biao.

Although Zhu Biao's answer at this moment was exactly what he wanted to see.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao answering so crisply and willingly, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)