Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 359 Exchange of Prisoners 2
After dawn again, Huang Zhong was already preparing to lead his troops to send the captives who had reached an agreement home. After one night, the big fish among the captives were basically blackmailed by the Northern Xinjiang Army. If they were squeezed out again If you do, I'm afraid these people will die even if they can go back alive.

Gongsun Xu is not the kind of person who plucks the feathers of geese. If he wants to eat fish every day, he will not make the fish extinct.So Gongsun Xu more or less asked them to keep some of their family property and go back. Moreover, Gongsun Xu also hinted to them that the Xianbei Grassland is bound to fall into chaos again now. After they go back, they should not just stare at their three acres land.

Those tribes who were once ready to move will definitely not be honest now. The truth on the grassland is always so simple and clear, either to be eaten or to eat people, so they had better think of a way to make themselves stronger after returning.

These leaders have also negotiated in private. As long as they can go back alive, they will never fight against the Northern Xinjiang Army again. Moreover, in order to protect themselves, they will form an alliance after returning, even if it is Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng. They will not buy it if they threaten themselves with force.

In order to increase their strength, they must go to war with the neighboring wealthy tribes or hostile tribes. This is impossible. This time, they have been extorted by Gongsun Xu for so much property, and they have to find a way to make up for it.

Moreover, there are nearly [-] captive soldiers on Gongsun Xu's side. If these people's families can't produce enough things to exchange them back, Gongsun Xu will definitely not release them.These leaders also wanted to find a way to exchange many soldiers after they went back, so that their strength would not be weakened, and they would be more confident if they went to war with other tribes.

After learning about the ideas of these leaders, Gongsun Xu also strongly supported them. In order to prevent these leaders from running out of armor and weapons, Gongsun Xu also specially told them to buy from him. Gongsun Xu has plenty of weapons and armor for the grassland cavalry, as long as they are willing to buy. That's fine.

As for the standard armor and weapons of the Northern Border Army, as long as they can give a reasonable price, it is negotiable, but it will definitely not be too much, and the quantity is limited, so those who want to buy have to make a decision as soon as possible.

With Gongsun Xu's words, they were relieved, at least Gongsun Xu would not send troops to oppress them when they were weak.

By noon, all the officers and soldiers of the frontier army and the captive army who went out to chase the enemy had returned to the camp one after another. Before and after, the Northern Xinjiang Army had captured more than 4000 prisoners. If these prisoners were not dealt with earlier Well, Gongsun Xu has to waste a lot of food and grass to feed them.

Huang Zhong led 7000 cavalry from the Northern Frontier Army to escort the captives back. This was the first group of captives to be sent back. There were four leaders, ten commanders, and 5000 soldiers. Such a team would indeed appear on the grassland. A bit of a shock to some tribes.

In the past two days, the Xianbei army retreated mainly in the north and northeast directions. This time, in order to avoid encountering the tribes hostile to him, Huang Zhong chose the route to the northwest. Anyway, Huang Zhong’s meaning is obvious. He will release people only if he has enough things, otherwise, Huang Zhong will send them to see Changshengtian.

After marching for a day, Huang Zhong and the others had marched for more than 100 miles, which was still far away from the tribes of these leaders. Of course, Huang Zhong could not send them directly home, and these leaders also sent messengers to the tribes. The central order is to prepare all the cattle, sheep and horses, and then send them to the designated place at the designated time.

These leaders and commanders have only been captured in the past few days. The subordinates in their tribe are still loyal to them, and there is no mutiny for the time being. Moreover, the generals they left behind are also loyal. They all leave their sons or brothers to guard the tribe, so this kind of transaction should be easily completed.

As for the northern border army camp, Dian Wei and Xu Huang, Gongsun Yuan and other school lieutenants are now in charge of blackmailing the prisoners. They have a clear division of labor, and some are responsible for interrogating those prisoners who have higher official positions or have family backgrounds. Come out, some are responsible for intimidation, and some are responsible for negotiating prices.

Anyway, for this kind of thing, they are more excited to do it than to kill the enemy on the battlefield.Gongsun Xu also ordered heavy rewards for those sergeants who made great achievements and caught big fish.

Because Mu Yong and the others arrested a tribal leader at the beginning, and because the leader wanted to make trouble at the time, they were blackmailed the most, so Gongsun Xu rewarded them with a hundred sheep.

One captive can get a hundred sheep, which is a miracle for Mu Yong, who has been struggling at the bottom for many years. Normally, one captive can get a few sheepskins as a reward, even if it is There is no such high reward for capturing the enemy general.

Moreover, in the minds of Mu Yong and others, they have always thought that they are just captive troops. The so-called captive army is an arrow-defense force that is not even comparable to the servant army. Go to some material life, this is their ideal life.

Because they have always had the status of captives, this determines that their treatment cannot be high.However, Gongsun Xu was generous in his actions. When he was rewarded with a hundred sheep, Gongsun Xu didn't even blink. Mu Yong and others now regretted why they didn't ask clearly who were the leaders and who were the generals when they were chasing the enemy army?Only now did they understand why the officers and soldiers of the Selected Front Army encountered on the pursuit road all seized the prisoners and interrogated them. It turned out that they all wanted to catch big fish.

Gongsun Xu is currently busy processing the letters sent from Wuyuan. The war has been going on for so long, and the supplies that were hastily prepared before have been consumed by no less than [-]%. If the war does not stop, the logistics of the Northern Xinjiang Army will soon be exhausted. collapsed.

Although it was known that Gongsun Xu had seized a lot of materials, these things still stayed on the grassland for the time being. Wuyuan and Bingzhou didn't see the real thing, so they were worried.

After Gongsun Xu received these letters, he smiled wryly. In fact, not all the supplies stored in Wuyuan were consumed. During this period of time, most of the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army have supported their battles by fighting, except for arrows, armor, and throwing guns. Except for the consumption of weapons and armor, the rest of the food and grass are not very much.

In addition, those princes in the Central Plains who had trade orders with Gongsun Xu have now shipped their supplies to Bingzhou, but they have not received news from Gongsun Xu for more than three months, and they are also afraid that Gongsun Xu will not win.

After learning about this, Gongsun Xu immediately ordered Zhang Fei and Xu Shu to select 30 sheepskins, 20 cowhides, [-] horses, and [-] cattle and sheep from all the seized materials. After selecting these materials, they sent troops Escort to Wuyuan.

These things are enough to meet the requirements of those local forces and Gongsunxu's transaction orders. Due to the haste of the matter, Gongsunxu only plans to transport such a small amount back for the time being. There will be millions of cattle and sheep, and there will be many war horses. As for the exact number, he is not sure yet.

But he can't take all these good things back at once. He can't shoot himself in the foot. Now, the price of cattle, sheep and horses in the Central Plains is relatively high. If there are too many, I am afraid that the price will drop sharply.

If you get the benefits, you can just know it in your heart. Gongsun Xu just wants to be the kind of person who makes a fortune silently and counts the money behind closed doors.As for those local princes who have been fooled by him, he doesn't care whether he likes to buy it or not.

Huang Zhong led his army deep into the grassland and encountered several tribes one after another. These tribes migrated so far, naturally they would not submit to the Northern Army, and they all had deep hostility towards the Northern Army.When they saw Huang Zhong playing the banner of the Northern Xinjiang Army, some tribes simply ignored it.

After being treated like this, Huang Zhong felt uncomfortable. It was clear that he did not give the Northern Border Army face. Most of these tribes had never seen the strength of the Northern Border Army, otherwise they would not be so rampant.

Huang Zhong's anger was naturally seen by those leaders. These people were anxious about what to do after they gave away so much wealth. When they encountered these unknown tribes, they immediately suggested to Huang Zhong to give these tribes to him. leveled.

But is Huang Zhong so easy to fool?How could he let these leaders use him as a spearman? However, if these leaders were willing to lead troops to attack these tribes, Huang Zhong would be quite happy.

However, the tribes they encountered these days usually have a force of [-] to [-], and these leaders and [-] soldiers alone may not be able to take them down. As a leader, go to those tribes as guests, and then choose the right time to break down the camps of these tribes together.

As soon as this suggestion was given, these leaders were all overjoyed. They didn't care whether this approach was despicable or not. What they want now is to reduce their burden. Anyway, even after arriving at their camp, they still have to send troops. Robbing other tribes, if so, why not rob now.

Furthermore, with Huang Zhong leading seven thousand elite cavalrymen from the Northern Frontier Army as their backing, they have nothing to be afraid of. If someone speaks up in the future, they will push all the responsibility back to the Northern Frontier Army Go, when the time comes, it will depend on who has the guts to reason with the Northern Border Army.

The most important thing is that they are teaming up with Huang Zhong now. Even if Huang Zhong doesn't do anything, what others will see will be the scene of their cooperation with the Northern Border Army. As long as they don't tell the truth, other tribes will definitely think that this is the Northern Border Army Already supported them publicly.

With such a nominal backer, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future. Let's see who dares to provoke them when they are weak.

Huang Zhong naturally understood what these people were thinking, but it didn't matter to him, they were all used by each other anyway, and besides, who could use water?This time in the Northern Expedition to the Huns, he had to earn some extra money to go back, otherwise how could he bring up the matter that he had always wanted to say but dared not to say to his lord?
After the two sides had a tacit understanding, it really hit it off. Now, those ignorant tribes will suffer.

(End of this chapter)