Chapter 548: Dispatching troops and rewarding Orchard
Chapter 548: Deploy troops and generals, reward Orchard
Shen Tang nodded slightly, then looked at several people for a moment, and finally focused on Heihan and Zhuo.
"Hei Khan and Zhuo, I will give you five thousand soldiers and horses. You must immediately lead your troops to the south of Pixian County.
If you find that the Tubo army is coming, you don't need to fight head-on, but you need to delay them as much as possible.
You might do it!”
Heihan and Zhuo stood up immediately, "General, I will obey!"
Although the five thousand soldiers and horses are not many, they are all cavalry! The Tubo army is also mainly infantry, and the cavalry is only half better than that of the Song Dynasty.
In this case, no matter how many people come, it only takes one or two delays, but it is not too difficult.
"Okay, you set off immediately! I will meet you after I capture Pixian County!"
Heihan and Zhuo obeyed the military order, then bowed and left! This matter was urgent, and if they arrived early, they would be able to take advantage of it, so naturally they could not delay too much.
"Zhang Lin, I have left five thousand troops for you, and you will be stationed in Jiulong County! Without my commander, neither the tribe nor the Tubo people can enter or leave!"
Shen Tang said to a general at the end.
"I will obey your orders!"
"The rest of the army will be repairing in Jiulong for a day. They will set off before noon tomorrow and arrive in Pixian County before sunset!"
After finishing his words, Shen Tang looked towards the Qiang Orchard!
Being able to capture Jiulong this time was a great achievement for Orchard! Moreover, Shen Tang could see that Orchard was very willing to move closer to him and others.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Tang opened his mouth and said to Orchard, "Orchard, you have made a great contribution this time! How do you want me to reward you?"
Shen Tang was anxious to discuss matters with the generals, but Wujia did not expect that even he was among them.
Although he was only sitting in the last position, he was already very excited.
At this moment, when Shen Tang mentioned his name, he stood up subconsciously.
After coming back to his senses, he hurriedly responded, "Commander! It's just a small amount of credit, a villain dare not take credit!"
Everything he did was for the sake of being the Lord of the Qiang people and later the transfer envoy of the Chengdu Prefecture. Therefore, these achievements were just his performance to Shen Tang. It didn't matter whether he could get any reward.
"I have clear rewards and punishments. If you have merit, you naturally deserve a heavy reward!"
Shen Tang waved his hand, "Since you are in our army now, what about temporarily serving as a general before you return to the Qiang people?
I will allocate you one thousand cavalry! Moreover, I will also give you three thousand of the Tibetan soldiers and horses captured this time! They will all be given to you to command! Are you willing?"
Wujia was almost overjoyed when he heard this! He could lead thousands of troops, become a general, and enter the core of Shen Tang. How could he not be willing?
Moreover, since most of them are Tubo people, it doesn't matter even if they all die.
Therefore, as long as there is a chance next time, he can let his subordinates fight to the death. Is he still afraid that Shen Tang will not have any credit for his achievements?
"The villain is willing! Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely command these soldiers and horses and fight to the death for the Commander!"
"good!"
Shen Tang nodded, and then said to everyone, "All generals, please go and rest. Tomorrow we will lead our troops to Pixian County!"
For ordinary soldiers, once they are captured, there are not many options.
The best situation is, of course, that they can be exchanged or redeemed! Moreover, most of them are just ordinary soldiers, and the label of failure will not fall on them! Secondly, they will be directly taken over by the winner.
In fact, the killing of prisoners did not occur very often in the cold weapon era. There are two reasons for this. The first is because the Central Plains Dynasty has always been based on benevolence and righteousness, and massacred prisoners who showed no resistance on a large scale, let alone other countries.
Even the old masters of this country will make the prisoner killers miserable! The second reason is that in this era, human power is one of the most valuable resources.
Most of the soldiers are young and strong. Whether they are added to the army to supplement their own strength, or they are used to open up wasteland and contribute, this kind of capital-free business is a good thing!
Even just letting them become the population of their own country is also a good thing.
Just like during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, why did the three forces of Wei, Shu and Wu continue to conquer the tribes adjacent to them?
Isn’t it just to plunder as many people as possible?
As for whether these people will resist or defect at critical moments after returning to the army! This situation naturally occurs, but in fact it is not very common! First of all, these people will generally be included in the army.
The prisoners were disrupted and led by the victors, making it impossible for them to muster greater strength.
Secondly, the purpose of most of the soldiers at this time to join the army was just to make a living or have no other way out, rather than really wanting to protect their homeland and country!
Especially for the barbaric tribes, it is almost their instinct to surrender to the strong! There is very little concept of national loyalty! Therefore, as long as Shen Tang does not deliberately want to force them to death, and when fighting the Tubo people, he is slightly
Be careful, these Tubo prisoners will gradually become real Song troops and gradually lose their previous concepts.
Moreover, this time Shen Tang led his troops, with a total of only 110,000 troops! These troops were not small in number, but compared with the Tubo people plus the local tribesmen, they were still at a huge disadvantage!
The Tubo army numbered 170,000 to 80,000, and although each of the local tribes were weak compared to the Song army, when gathered together, the number was even more exaggerated.
In addition, Shen Tang is not a god. No matter how brilliant his plan is, the damage to his own army is inevitable.
From entering Chengdu Fulu to now, after several battles, the Song army's damage has reached as many as five to six thousand! Moreover, this is before a real fierce battle with the Tubo people!
Under such circumstances, it was only natural for Shen Tang to absorb prisoners into his own army as supplements.
Heihan and Zhuo did not repair themselves. After receiving Shen Tang's order, they directly ordered five thousand soldiers and horses and rushed to Pixian County!
Then, the day passed slowly, and at the end of the next day, Shen Tang left thousands of defenders behind and led the remaining 50,000 main troops through Jiulong City in a mighty manner.
And walked quickly in the direction of Pixian County.
Pixian County is located directly south of Jiulong City and northwest of Chengdu Prefecture! Moreover, the distance from Jiulong and Chengdu Prefecture is basically similar, only more than a hundred miles away! After Shen Tang captured Pixian County, he marched into Chengdu Prefecture
There will no longer be any obstacles on the road! As long as Shen Tang is willing, he can send his army south to attack Chengdu Prefecture at any time.