Chapter 568: After the War
Although the North Korean army played a trick before accepting the surrender, which disgusted the generals of the Pingzhou army, but the process of accepting the surrender was smooth.
The 50 North Korean troops who had agreed to come out and surrender also left the city one after another, and the bows, crossbows, horses, and large equipment that should be delivered to the Pingzhou Army could also be delivered on time.
In the end, less than 400,000 people left in the North Korean army rushed to Longmao Canyon with simple equipment and seven-day rations.
It is worth mentioning that none of the captives left were players. The half a million captives were all aboriginals, and they were the group with the lowest combat power in the North Korean army.
Together with the North Korean army, there were 300,000 Goguryeo troops who surrendered. Gao Yanyou and other Goguryeo monarchs were also completely handed over to the Pingzhou Army by the North Korean army.
Even Gao Yanyou's remaining millions of dollars were handed over to the Pingzhou Army.
The North Korean side dared to disgust the Pingzhou Army with such things as self-judgment, but they never dared to violate the terms of the agreement. Although Ling Cao's naval forces stopped attacking, they are still cruising in the Korean waters. The naval fleet is a powerful bargaining chip that can best guarantee the strict implementation of the agreement by the North Korean army.
But at this time, the city of Zuben was also very miserable. The food in the city was almost exhausted, and the city walls were also torn to pieces by the Pingzhou army. Although the North Korean army did not intentionally destroy it, the offensive and defensive operations for a month before and after also left the city in a bleak state.
Coupled with Gao Yanyou's desperate fight before, a large number of civilians in the city were affected by the war, a large number of buildings were damaged, and refugees everywhere. The North Korean army obviously didn't have time to manage them, but the Pingzhou army had to pick up this burden!
Zhang He took out a large amount of military food to help the victims, and at the same time sent heavy troops to guard the town to quickly restore order in the city. As for the further improvement of people's livelihood and economic recovery, we need to wait for full-time civil servants to deal with it.
The 400,000 North Korean troops with only a few rations left did not dare to delay any longer, and retreated towards Longmao Canyon overnight. Finally arrived at Dragon's Throat Canyon the day before the rations ran out.
Shang Ji opened a passage, and all the North Korean troops disarmed and retreated, and slowly passed through the Dragon Throat Canyon under the close surveillance of the Pingzhou Army. It turned out that the North Korean troops who besieged Longmao Canyon had already retreated.
Now there are only a small number of troops left in the east of Longmao Canyon to escort a large amount of food to meet the retreating North Korean army.
The Pingzhou Army in the Dragon Throat Canyon also began to move away. When they set off, there were 400,000 troops, but now there are 310,000 left. During this period, a total of about 700,000 North Korean troops were eliminated. Of course, this is taking advantage of the Seven Star Big Dipper formation, otherwise the casualty ratio would never be so exaggerated. The North Korean Army is indeed the strongest enemy Shang Ji encountered after entering the beacon fire.
Although the fighting time was not long, the intensity of the war was extremely high, and the Pingzhou Army in Longmao Canyon needed to be transferred back for repairs. However, the Dragon Throat Canyon cannot be abandoned, and the repairs are done in batches. The first batch of 100,000 troops are already preparing to return.
At the same time, Shang Ji gave Zhang He an order to send 100,000 troops in better condition to Longmao Canyon to replace the Pingzhou Army.
According to Shang Ji's plan, the permanent troop strength in Longmao Gorge will be maintained at around 300,000. As long as the North Korean side does not increase its troops, Shang Ji does not plan to increase its troops in a short time.
In addition, the casting of a city in Dragon Throat Canyon is also imminent. This city is not only a military fortress guarding the border between China and North Korea, but also a capital of adventurers.
After a simple investigation, Shang Ji found that the wealth of the Dragon's Throat Mountains was even greater than expected, and this also provided a way out for combat players who did not want to join the army, lest they always cause trouble in the local area.
Presumably, many players who can't stand the bloody and cruelty of war will be very happy to change their jobs to become online game players in the traditional sense, and engage in the task of exploring treasure hunting and fighting monsters.
And Dragonmaw City will become the logistics base for adventurers, providing various logistical support for players who enter the Dragonmaw Canyon to explore, and purchase adventurer's exploration income nearby.
From the perspective of development potential alone, Dragon Throat City has unlimited potential, and it is even expected to become a top giant city.
And Xi Zhicai is also studying the solidification of the Big Dipper array recently. As a military division lieutenant in Pingzhou, it is naturally impossible for him to stay in Longmao Canyon all the time to preside over the Big Dipper formation. However, the effect of this large formation is really great. With the large formation, only a small amount of troops are needed to keep the North Korean army out of the country.
According to Xi Zhicai's report, the current research is progressing smoothly. He can make the formation map of the Big Dipper and hand it over to the commander of the army guarding the Dragon Throat Grand Canyon. Although the effect of the formation will drop a lot, and the change of the formation will be more blunt. However, the flaws do not conceal the strengths, the Big Dipper array displayed by the formation map is still a powerful defensive formation.
The 300,000 Pingzhou army relied on the formation, as long as they withstood the first wave of attack from the North Korean army, then Shang Ji would naturally send reinforcements to support it.
Ten days later, the army sent by Zhang He arrived at Longmao Canyon, along with 500,000 North Korean prisoners of war. The 500,000 Korean prisoners of war and the 200,000 Korean farmers captured before will be the main labor force for the construction of Dragon Throat City.
Leaving Su Huan and Wang Shu in Longmao Gorge, Shang Ji hurriedly returned with the rest of the army.
The disposal of Gao Yanyou, the appeasement of the newly attached land of Goguryeo, and the gains and losses of the Ping Dynasty War all need to be handled by Shang Ji himself.
In addition, whether Goguryeo exists as a vassal state, or whether it will be classified as a county of Pingzhou directly in one step, depends on the decision of the merchants.
Under the current circumstances, Shang Ji naturally could no longer stay in Longmao Canyon.
First go back to Zuben City, greet the soldiers, announce the list of meritorious soldiers, and reward them, and then hurriedly summoned Zhang He and other major generals in the Goguryeo War to discuss how to deal with Goguryeo.
"My lord, in the humble opinion of the general, it is better to turn Goguryeo into a county of the Han Dynasty! Now we have more than two million troops gathered in Goguryeo, and the main cities of Goguryeo are all under our control. We have the conditions to turn the country into a county. Although the establishment of a vassal state is simple, in the long run there will be endless consequences. Isn’t the former Liaodong vassal state a living example?”
As the senior commander who participated in the whole process of destroying Goguryeo, Zhang Yun first spoke to Shang Ji.
"My lord, what General Zhang said is very true. Although the false king Gao Yanyou was captured, there are still many Gao royal families alive. In order to facilitate the conquest of Goguryeo, our army also organized and absorbed 500,000 Goguryeo servants. Now there are These servants are very respectful when the army is suppressing. But once the army retreats, they will definitely have two minds, so it is better to strike while the iron is hot and directly turn Goguryeo into a county!"
Feng Yu is in charge of the 500,000 servants in Goguryeo, and he also strongly recommends that Goguryeo be directly transformed into a county.
"My lord, for the safety of Longmao Canyon, Goguryeo must also be turned into a county! Otherwise, Longmao Canyon will be an enclave, which is very unfavorable for our defense!"
Liu Yi, who has been to Dragon Throat Canyon, naturally knows the importance of Dragon Throat Canyon, and from the perspective of Dragon Throat Canyon, he emphasized the necessity of turning a country into a county.
Shang Ji thought for a while, nodded and said: "Since all the generals think so, then turn Goguryeo into a county. But..." Shang Ji glanced at the crowd, changed his style of painting, and continued: "You still say Talk about the difficulties in turning Goguryeo into a county!"
"My lord, the biggest obstacle preventing us from ruling Goguryeo is the many tribes inside Goguryeo!" Zhao Yun had carefully studied Goguryeo when Le Lang was the commander of the strategic reserve force. At this moment, he got up to answer Shang Ji's question. road.
"There are more than 200 tribes in Goguryeo, large and small. These tribes have more or less clan soldiers. Among them, the few are two to three thousand, and the many can even be as high as tens of thousands! In order to ensure the smooth conquest of Gao Yanyou, we The tribes often adopted methods of winning favors, and achieved good results. During the battle with Gao Yanyou, most of them took the attitude of bystanders.
However, once we turn Goguryeo into a county, these people will become the biggest threat. How can a tribe with tens of thousands of troops willing to obey the command of the county magistrate? "
After all, there are not many idiots like Du Boqing. Most of the tribes in Goguryeo decisively chose to sit on the sidelines when the Pingzhou army came to kill them. If they want to effectively rule Goguryeo, then these tribes are the hurdles that cannot be bypassed.
"My lord, here is the list of some Goguryeo tribes I compiled. There may be some omissions, please read it!" Zhao Yun presented a document to Shang Ji.
Shang Ji took it over and saw that it recorded the details of the various tribes in Goguryeo, including their military strength, leaders, population, location, attitude towards the Pingzhou Army, and the specific combat strength of the army.
According to Zhao Yun's statistics, there are thirteen tribes with more than 50,000 troops, 47 tribes with more than 10,000 troops and less than 50,000 troops, and the rest are tribes with less than 10,000 troops.
Adding up the bits and pieces, there are more than three million tribal troops in Goguryeo, and the total force is even larger than the Pingzhou army currently in Goguryeo.
Of course, the combat strength of these tribal coalition forces is not the same. A small number of elites can compete with the main force of the Pingzhou Army, and the weak ones are on the same level as the bandits.
Of course, the combat power of most of the tribal coalition forces is similar to that of the previous Goguryeo regular army, and it is a big army for the Pingzhou army.
If they fought openly and aboveboard, the two million Pingzhou troops would easily beat them up!
However, the current problem that plagues Pingzhou is that these tribes generally do not live in cities, but choose their own place of residence among the mountains. This greatly increased the difficulty of clearing and suppressing.
"Everyone, do you have any good strategies for the Goguryeo tribal army?" Shang Ji looked around the crowd and asked directly.
"Treat them for profit, use them for prestige, grasp the big and let go of the small, use brute to control the savage!"
As soon as Shang Ji finished speaking, Xi Zhicai coldly spit out sixteen big characters.
"The military division will explain in detail."
"As far as I know, most of the tribal troops in Goguryeo did not live in the mountains voluntarily, but because the farming technology was backward and the land suitable for farming was scarce, so they had to ask for food from the mountains. There are farmers in Pingzhou who sit in town. Agricultural technology is unrivaled in the world, and it is completely possible to develop new technologies in a targeted manner to lure the tribesmen to go down the mountain to become naturalized. There is food to eat and clothes to wear. I think there are few cheap bones in the world who are willing to continue to starve on the mountain. Frozen. This is called lure for profit!"