Tuoba Si nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, Mr. Cui's clever idea, I like it very much."
An Tong said coldly: "Mr. Cui's strategy is very clever, but as a Han Chinese, I admire him for taking his own people as slaves without changing his expression."
Cui Hong said with a smile: "Master An Tong is very complimentary. I am a Han, but now my allegiance is to Your Majesty and the Wei Dynasty. The Han people in Bingzhou are now on the side of Hou Yan and are enemies of Your Majesty and the Wei Dynasty.
They should be punished and plundered as slaves because they did not understand the destiny and were enemies of His Majesty. If they knew the current affairs and surrendered voluntarily, they should be treated as common people. If they were to defend the city and resist the army, then they would naturally be the city.
After it is defeated, the whole city will be enslaved. Otherwise, it will not be enough to repay the efforts of the meritorious soldiers. Otherwise, it will not be enough to deter the enemy's soldiers and civilians."
An Tong said disdainfully: "This is not in line with the benevolence and righteousness that you Han people have always talked about."
Cui Hongzheng said: "The way of benevolence and righteousness is also to treat the people of the country. To the enemy, you need to make them fear power and be virtuous. If you don't let them fear power, you will naturally not be benevolent and righteous. This is the ancestral teaching of our Han people.
, Otherwise, why do so many emperors, generals, and high-ranking families have so many slaves? Aren't they all the enemy's subjects plundered from the war, or the families of the rebels who were captured in rebellion. Bingzhou is the fourth state.
Over the years, many forces have taken turns to seize this battleground from the Western Yan to the Former Qin to the Later Yan. If you do not establish a powerful empress Shi Ren, I am afraid that it will not be the gateway for His Majesty to enter the Central Plains. If the army withdraws, the people here will definitely kill the defenders.
General, open the door to meet the enemy. Only by letting them know His Majesty's majesty and Wei's methods can they be effective."
Tuoba Si nodded: "Mr. Cui said it very well, Mr. An, after all, I am a Han, and my family has been a high-ranking Han family for many generations. They are better than us at how to rule the Han people, so just do what Mr. Cui said.
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An Tong reluctantly agreed, and Tuoba Si looked at Cui Hong and said: "Then, according to Mr. Cui's wishes, what should be done with these more than 50,000 Yan army prisoners? Should we also disperse them back to various ministries as a group?
slave?"
Cui Hong shook his head: "No, these 50,000 Yan troops cannot be slaves. Otherwise, there will be chaos."
An Tong sneered: "I don't understand Master Cui's words again. The Han people want to be snatched back from Bingzhou as slaves, but these 50,000 Yan army prisoners of war cannot be slaves? Can't the Xianbei people be slaves?
Did you use it?"
Cui Hong said with a smile: "In normal times, we should naturally be assigned to various tribes as slaves and tribes. This is the habit on the grassland. But now that our army is going south and the main force is not on the grassland, then who are the 50,000 prisoners?
Come and take care of them? They are not ordinary weak Han people. These people are the elites of the Yan Kingdom who have been fighting for many years. They are all strong men. Even if they are unarmed, they are not able to be suppressed by the old and weak women and children who are left behind on the grasslands. What if our army
When fighting on the front line, it would be troublesome for these people to cause trouble in the rear. Another point is that these people are not ordinary strong men. They have been in the army for many years and know how to organize the army. If they connect with each other, they will attack at the same time.
, that is equivalent to laying an ambush of fifty thousand troops behind His Majesty!"
Tuoba Si frowned: "Mr. Cui is right. So, from what you see, how should you deal with these 50,000 Yan captives?"
Cui Hong said seriously: "Put them back. If you can't keep the enemy's prisoners of war, put them back. On the one hand, the defeated generals can no longer be brave. After experiencing this life and death and the tragic defeat, they have been defeated."
The most precious pride and dignity of these people, it was difficult for Murong Chui to force them into battle again. Just like in the previous decisive battle between the two Qin Dynasties, Yao Chang released tens of thousands of former Qin soldiers captured in Dajie Fort, making the former Qin army that had been high-spirited for many years
Morale collapsed all of a sudden, which also caused Fu Deng to fail in the final decisive battle. This is the best proof."
"Secondly, we can also release enemy prisoners of war to tell the enemy countries, mainly the people of Hebei, that your Majesty's army is an army of benevolence and righteousness, not a ferocious and easy-to-kill beast. To conquer the Central Plains, people's hearts are the foundation.
For those who dare to hold on to the city and defend it, they need to resolutely capture it, and then plunder the people in the city and make them slaves as a punishment. However, the enemy prisoners of war can be released benevolently to promote the virtues of our army. In this way, the hatred of the enemy's people can be reduced.
The spirit of resistance is also a common practice among heroes throughout the ages."
Tuoba Si's brows gradually relaxed: "I really learned a lot from Mr. Cui. I will do as you say. Someone will come and..."
A high-pitched voice suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty, you must never let the tiger go back to the mountain."
Everyone followed the sound and saw a tall, thin old man with a gray beard, riding a tall horse, walking forward. This man was Wang Jian, the leader of the central region. He was also defeated by the Yan army during the Monan campaign.
One of the tribes that suffered the most misfortune, because its headquarters happened to be in the Yinshan area, and was hunted down by Murong Lin. Almost half of the tribesmen were either killed or disbanded. If there is one who has the deepest hatred for the Yan army, it is probably
This is the person.
Tuoba Si looked at Wang Jian and smiled slightly: "Master Wang, Mr. Cui said just now that this is called giving a combination of kindness and power, and it is not about letting the tiger go back to the mountain."
Wang Jian sneered and said: "What Mr. Cui said makes sense, but this truth only applies to prisoners of war of the Han army. If these 50,000 prisoners were Han people, then I would not say no, but they are Xianbei people."
, is a Xianbei person from the Yan Kingdom of the Murong clan, so only the dead Murong Xianbei is the good Murong Xianbei."
Tuoba Si's expression changed: "You want me to kill all 50,000 prisoners? This is a bit too cruel. Killing so many prisoners of war at once will leave a lasting infamy."
Wang Jian laughed: "I heard there is a famous saying among the Han people, whoever steals a hook will be punished, whoever steals the country will be punished, whoever kills one person is called a thief, and whoever kills ten thousand people is called a hero. Which Han people's founding emperor has not committed massacres on a large scale?
Which imperial throne is not paved with blood and bones? Murong Xianbei entered the Central Plains with force and regarded the Han, Huns, Qiang and other foreign races as slaves. Only Murong Xianbei of his own race was his own. When Murong Chui campaigned in Hebei,
They massacred cities and trapped prisoners everywhere, and accumulated blood debts. When Liu Yu attacked him last time, almost all places responded, and the Xianbei people were all concentrated in Yecheng, just for fear of revenge for other ethnic groups. Therefore, it is said that only these Xianbei people of the Murong clan are the
The source of Hou Yan's strength, and these strong men, experienced veterans, are their greatest wealth, and they are also non-renewable resources. Murong Xianbei's household number is only more than 100,000, and his male offspring are only two or three at most.
There are more than 100,000 or more than 50,000 people here. As long as they are all killed, Hou Yan's vitality will never be restored. In the past, the Qin State killed more than 400,000 Zhao soldiers in Changping. From then on, the Zhao State failed to recover and eventually became the Qin State.
I hope your majesty will adopt this method to destroy them, and I am willing to be your majesty’s Bai Qi and bear this eternal infamy!”
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