Cheng Peng returned to the game and found that his game character was sitting in a quiet room in retreat. His injuries had almost recovered, and because this retreat had fully digested the gains from previous adventures and battles, his martial arts cultivation had been improved.
A lot.
The reason why he spent a few days cultivating and healing his injuries instead of dying directly to refresh his character status was to gain martial arts cultivation.
The attribute of martial arts cultivation does not directly reflect offensive and defensive abilities or basic attributes, but it is related to the learning speed and depth of mastery of new skills, as well as the sophistication of self-created skills.
His strongest skill at present is his self-created seven-star skill "Collapse Spear", and the power of this move is indeed very powerful. It was the final blow in the battle to kill Dorgon. Fully accumulate martial arts
Cultivation can allow this skill to be better perfected and developed, and it is also the most convenient way for him to continue to become stronger.
Cheng Peng clicked on the skill introduction and found that the completion level of the Collapse Spear had indeed improved - this skill originally had no concept of "completeness", until this time he used this move to the limit, thus destroying the ability to use it.
The three-star gold-level weapon Fire Lin Spear has activated the "Completeness" attribute.
[Spear of Collapse: The spear-throwing skill created by player Cheng Peng, which forcibly combines a variety of forces into the spear, bursting out with earth-shattering power. However, because the combined power is too much and too strong, ordinary spears cannot bear it at all.
It will be shattered before being blended. Only gold-level spears can fully blend various powers and truly display the power of this move. Even so, it will cause the spear used to attack to completely explode, and there is no possibility of repair. 】
[Current skill level: seven stars. The perfection process has been activated, and the current completion level is: 6%. Each time a weapon is destroyed, a completion level equivalent to the weapon star level can be obtained; every time a battle is experienced and the training for combat is completed
and comprehension, you can obtain different levels of completion depending on the intensity of the battle.】
Before Cheng Peng went into seclusion for cultivation, the completion rate of the Collapse Spear was 3%, which was obtained by destroying the three-star gold-level weapon Fire Lin Spear.
Just relying on destroying weapons to accumulate completion points is undoubtedly a very cheating thing - gold-level weapons are so rare! And they must be long guns... which is even more difficult! If you want to use such a wasteful weapon,
Not to mention Cheng Peng, not even the presidents of big guilds can afford to complete the Spear of Destruction.
So the only thing he can really rely on is seclusion and gaining combat experience.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it seems that this degree of completion is not difficult to obtain. As long as he fights more fierce battles, he can continue to understand it, and sooner or later he can completely complete this skill!
While Cheng Peng was thinking about this problem, he opened the door of the retreat room. There was an NPC general waiting outside the door. When he saw him coming out, he immediately invited him to go to the army to discuss matters.
Judging from the general's military uniform, he was of a high rank, already a high-ranking official of the second or third rank, but he was respectful in front of Cheng Peng and did not even dare to take a breath.
This is because Cheng Peng's identity is too terrifying - an unparalleled general in the late Han Dynasty, a man of enlightenment who has lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years, a peerless hero who turned the tide, and the son of destiny recognized by the Xuanyuan Sword... These identities combined are...
The current emperor Zhu Cixiang who lived in Nanjing and presided over the government was also eclipsed by him. How could this general dare not show 120,000 points of respect?
Cheng Peng followed the general who led the way to the meeting hall, and happened to see Frank Zhu and several leaders of the Illuminati discussing something with Xu Tu and Shen Qi.
"Cheng, you came back at the right time!" Frank saw Cheng Peng come in and happily came over to hug him. The strength almost caused him to suffer additional internal injuries before his injuries had healed. "Thank you so much for this time."
!”
"Everyone is of the same mind, and of course I will do my best. I have nothing to thank you for." Cheng Peng said with a smile, "I believe that most Chinese people in my position would do the same thing. This is really nothing."
The more humble he is, the more Frank is in awe - there are many capable people, but there are only a few who are capable but have no airs. Those who are capable but do not take credit are simply rarer than giant pandas in the real world! For such people
You can never respect people too much!
"What are you talking about?" Cheng Peng didn't like the feeling of being respected by others, as if he was already an idol, just not on the altar, so he changed the topic.
"We are discussing how to deal with the prisoners and what to do after recapturing Liaodong." Xu Tu replied.
In this battle, the Qing army dispatched a total of 300,000 troops. Except for the Jurchen Eight Banners and the Wu Sangui tribe, which were unable to escape and were surrounded by the Ming army, and were almost wiped out, the remaining troops were defeated and abandoned the main army.
After hurriedly escaping, the Ming army annihilated the enemies in the encirclement, and then pursued all the way north until they reached Shanhaiguan, where they had to stop because the logistics could not keep up.
The results of such a chase were naturally very rich. Although the Ming army also suffered heavy losses in the battle, the nearly 80,000 prisoners captured in the end were enough to make up for the losses in the battle. In addition, Frank and others
He also planned to continue sending his army northward to destroy the Qing Dynasty and the Horqin Mongolia who supported the Qing Dynasty!
What they are discussing now is how to deal with these 80,000 prisoners, and what to do after the Qing Dynasty and Horqin Mongolia are destroyed.
"Sounds pretty simple..." Cheng Peng was a little puzzled, "What's there to argue about?"
Frank smiled bitterly and took out the minutes of the previous meetings.
If you don't know it, you will be shocked when you see it. Many generals at the meeting shouted that they would dig a big pit to bury all the prisoners, and they also wanted to kill all the Jurchens and Mongolians!
"Actually, this is a really good idea, simple and clear." Xu Tu said, "It's just a waste of resources - I think we can gather the captives and all the Jurchens and Mongolians and throw them into the barren mountains and rivers to cultivate wasteland.
It can also be used for mining, road construction... Anyway, it is a ready-made labor force, so I won’t feel bad if it is used to death.”
Cheng Peng was noncommittal and asked Shen Qi for his opinion.
"The war is over." Shen Qi said, "They suffered heavy casualties in this battle. It will not be possible for them to recover in ten or twenty years. Even if they continue to be brutally squeezed, they will not be able to squeeze out more oil and water. It is better to let them recuperate.
Forget it, they won’t be able to overturn things again anyway.”
Cheng Peng sighed secretly and turned to look at Frank: "So, what's your opinion?"
"I am a knight after all, butchering the captives... plundering the strong and letting the old and the weak die in the cold winter... sending the captives to the mines to persecute them to death... these things are too disgraceful to do! And I am serious about it!
I don’t want to do it!” Frank sighed, “But it seems that I have to do it, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with both the actual interests and the emotions of the boys!”
Cheng Peng nodded, indicating that he understood his difficulty.
Since ancient times, it has been said that "kindness does not lead an army." A general who leads an army does not need the emotion of kindness. He who coldly counts all soldiers as numbers is the most respected general.
But since ancient times, no one has been able to achieve a career by relying on pure cruelty and ruthlessness. Anyone who can achieve success and maintain it has won the hearts and minds of the people to a certain extent and gained relatively widespread support - for this, "
Kindness" is indispensable.
Of course, the two are not contradictory, because the former is a requirement of a "general", while the latter is a requirement of a "king". A general must be ruthless, and a king must be kind. It is difficult to be a kind general and a ruthless king.
Be successful.
The problem Frank faces now is that he is still a general, but at the same time he has to perform the duties of a king. At the same time, he also has to fight against his own romantic chivalry.
This is indeed a difficult decision to make.
"Then I have an opinion. Are you interested in hearing it?"
"certainly!"
"As far as I know, the Jurchen and Mongolian armies are led by nobles, and the officers are probably the leaders of the tribes. After this battle, their leader, the noble class, must have suffered heavy losses - the proportion of nobles in the crowd was originally only
A few percent, the Jurchen tribe has a population of about 500,000, the Horqin Mongolians have about 300,000, and the number of nobles among the 800,000 population will not exceed 40,000. And now there may only be 5,000 or 6,000 left..."
"Hmm...but what should we do?"
"My suggestion is to screen out all the nobles and chiefs of the Horqin Mongolian and Jurchen tribes, leaving no men, women, old or young behind!" Cheng Peng said coldly, "The remaining civilians will move into the interior to serve them.
A ceremony was held to recognize the ancestors and return to the clan. They were allowed to change their Chinese surnames and speak Chinese. They were separated and assigned to live in areas with a relatively dense Han population. They were not allowed to move within three generations and were not allowed to intermarry with each other. The "Jurchen" and "Horqin Mongolian" were cancelled.
'These two names are collectively referred to as the people returning to the north, and they will be treated together with the Han people, neither persecuting nor giving preferential treatment, as usual."
"...In this way, wouldn't their nation be completely destroyed?" Frank exclaimed, "Scattered in Han areas, intermarried with Han people for three generations, changed their Chinese surnames, spoke Chinese, and recognized their ancestors... After three generations, wouldn't it be possible?
Wouldn’t there be no Jurchens and Horqin Mongolians?”
"Does keeping the names of these two ethnic groups do them or the Han people any good?"
"That's right...then what to do with the vacant territory?"
"Let's allocate the population from the south and gradually develop it." Cheng Peng shrugged, "Anyway, I believe you have plenty of time."
So the matter was settled.
[Private chat] Xu Tu: I really didn’t expect that you have such a fierce and decisive side!
[Private chat] Cheng Peng: No, I just chose the most appropriate way in the long run.
