Not to mention that Li Xin was having a banquet for the ministers in Dalinghe City, during the meal, Shi Yuanzhi reported the results of this battle, and roughly collected about 40,000 defeated soldiers, including more than 10,000 defeated soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, more than 5,000 defeated soldiers in Mongolia, and countless other food and equipment. More importantly, among these prisoners, such as the governor Zhang Hongmo, deputy general Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu Manku and the generals, guerrillas, the chief ministers, the guards, the imperial guards, and the imperial guards, and the thirty thousand were captured alive. It can be said that if these people were persuaded to surrender, it would be enough to greatly increase Li Xin's military strength.

"Lord, these people may not be able to digest them in a short period of time and cannot go to the battlefield." Shi Yuan glanced at everyone in the hall and said, "The number of prisoners is far above us, so the lord should be careful to deal with it."

"Yuan Zhi, do you know that these soldiers are actually the most miserable in the imperial army." Li Xin played with the wine glass in his hand and said lightly: "They are military households, but in fact, they are slaves of the generals, and the treatment is even worse. The salary is not many eldest sons, and even the family meals are a problem. Do you think such soldiers will be loyal to the court? Mr. Zhang, I wonder what the difference between the appearance of the soldiers in my Li Xin army and the court?"

"This?" Zhang Chun, who had no intention of speaking, had a bad face, was stunned when he heard this, but couldn't speak. He was arrogant. Although he knew that the generals in the army deducted the soldiers' food and salary, he was helpless because he had to rely on these generals to lead the army to fight? But at this time, he was really shocked when Li Xin said it. Will such soldiers be loyal to the court? Zhang Chun is really not sure!

"What? Mr. Zhang is not sure about this?" Li Xin said with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth and said with a sneer: "Although war depends on the soldiers, it depends on those soldiers. If they do not regard these soldiers as human beings, why can they willingly hand over their lives to you? The generals of the court may not be able to do this! But I can do this. The grassland is extremely vast, from east to west, tens of thousands of miles away. These places will be divided into those soldiers in the future. Anyone who makes contributions can get land. The fewer ones have dozens of acres of land and the more hundreds of acres of land are all possible, whether it is herding horses or doing other things. As for food and pay, it will not be cut off. Who dares to drink soldiers' blood? I, Li Xin, will not spare him."

"Lord is wise." Shi Yuanzhi and others said quickly. Only Zhang Chun's lips were trembling with anger, but the terror in his eyes was extremely obvious. Li Xin was really too powerful. Although this move was simple, it could easily win the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers. In order to protect their own interests, these people would willingly work for Li Xin. Unexpectedly, Li Xin knew how to gather the morale of the army for himself at such a young age. This person was the enemy.

"Lord, what should those captured imperial generals do?" Shi Yuanzhi asked again.

"What are Yuan Zhi's opinions?" Li Xin thought about it and asked.

"If my subordinates think they are willing to surrender to the lord, the lord can let him stay. As for the remaining people, the lord can use this to ask the court to ask the family of these soldiers to send them to Liaodong through the nine borders." Shi Yuanzhi thought for a while and said.

"Can this work?" Li Xin asked.

"Don't worry, lord, in fact, most of the families of these soldiers are in Liaodong, and only a small number are in the Central Plains. As for the court's agreement and the subordinates, I don't know, but the subordinates believe that the captured generals will agree." Shi Yuanzhi said proudly. The generals in the hall suddenly burst into laughter.

"Yes, yes, they will agree." Li Xin was stunned and soon realized that most of these generals were from Liaodong. Whether it was a garrison or other places, they were basically from Liaodong. For the sake of their lives, these generals would naturally send all their soldiers and families.

"Lord, now our army has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. What should we do if there are a lack of generals in the army?" Jiang Yi stood up and said loudly. The families of these soldiers were solved. However, there were too many soldiers. How many generals were there in the hall? Jiang Yi, Yang Xiong, Gao Meng, and Jutu were all direct generals, and He Kegang could also trust them, but there were only so many generals, how could they lead so many soldiers?

"This is very simple. Take the old and lead the new. We will select outstanding people from our original army to serve as generals and officers. In this way, although our combat effectiveness may decline, don't forget how we train the army, which is the battle." Li Xin was silent for a while, his tiger's eyes shone, and he snorted coldly: "In three days, Yuan Zhi, you can discuss with those generals here and quickly let them send all the soldiers' families. Just say, the corpse of Jiannu is given to them for military achievements, and there are also Jiang Yi, Yang Xiong, Ju Tu, He Kegang, you four, quickly arrange it and compete in the army to select generals and supplement the surrendered soldiers. I will lead the more than 10,000 troops to Zhang Yifu, each of you will lead 5,000 troops, divided into the four armies of Qinglong, Zhuque, Xuanwu, and White Tiger. Intensify the training, you must reconcile with me within five days. Sweep the grassland."

"Subordinate to obey the order." Jiang Yi and others looked upright when they heard this, and quickly accepted the order loudly.

"Hmph, wolf ambition." Zhang Chun on the side couldn't stand it anymore and said coldly.

"As for Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid you can't go back to the Central Plains. In fact, even if the old man returns to the Central Plains, he may be imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen." Li Xin glanced at Zhang Chun and shook his head and said, "The old man is different from Sun Chengzong. He is a member of the Donglin Party. Even if he made a mistake, many colleagues are protecting him. In addition, his previous achievements are at most a demotion for the people, but the old man is different. The emperor will not offend the generals in Liaodong, and he cannot touch Sun Chengzong. Then the rest is the old man. If the old man does this, you will become that sinner. The reason why the battle in Dalinghe failed is because of the old man's crime. Letting the old man go back is equivalent to harming the old man. Thinking about the old man's character, how could Li Xin harm the old man?"

"Hmph, I would rather die at the entrance of the Caishikou of the capital than join you." Zhang Chun's heart moved, but he still said coldly.

"Whether you are studying or commanding the army to fight, you are a rare master. How could Li Xin let the old man get a knife at the Caishikou?" Li Xin shook his head and said.

"Why, can you stop me and my heart? If I want to die, I can do whatever method I can." Zhang Chun said viciously.

"That's natural. If the old man wants to die, even if he has great ability, he will not be able to protect you." Shi Yuanzhi nodded after hearing this and said, "But after the old man dies, my lord will order people to spread the story that the old man is actually captured by Jiannu. After my lord defeats Jiannu, he found that the old man is wearing Jiannu's peacock patch, and even his hair has turned into Jiannu's hairstyle. Hehe, lord, you have killed many Jiannu officials this time. When the old man dies, use these clothes to put on the old man, and then find a powerful barber to shave one of the old man's white hair and shave it to the Jiannu's appearance. Well, in this way, I will send someone to send the old man's body to Jinzhou or to the capital. In this way, it will be considered as fulfilling the old man's loyalty and patriotism."

"You, you." Zhang Chun's eyes widened and he looked at Shi Yuanzhi tightly, but he never thought that Shi Yuanzhi had come up with such an idea. What is this? It was clearly because he wanted to bear a stigma after Zhang Chun's death. Even Zhang Chun's descendants would bear a stigma for the rest of their lives and could not raise their heads at all.

"Stop your anger, don't you?" Li Xin laughed in his heart when he heard this, and turned around and shouted at Shi Yuanzhi: "Yuanzhi, how did you think of such a tricky idea? The old man is a honest person and a loyal man of the Han family. How could he be so rude?"

"This is the subordinate who is guilty, so please punish the lord." Shi Yuanzhi couldn't hear that. This was Li Xin's intention to do so, and he pretended that his face was full of fear and secretly apologized for not mentioning the crime.

"Hmph." Zhang Chunyu's anger was not gone, and he glared at Shi Yuanzhi.

"The old man doesn't know that the reason why Li Xin did this method was a helpless move. He originally thought that he could help the old man defeat Jiannu and deal with the tribes on the grassland with peace of mind. The old man thought he knew that I had led 10,000 troops and was no longer tolerated to the court. If I wanted to return to the Central Plains, I was probably treated as a rebellion. So in desperation, I had to lead the troops across the grassland and prepare to be a figure like Huo Qubing. I think in recent years, the Mongolian tribes have not raged to the Central Plains, and I don't know how many Han people were captured in the Central Plains. Several years have passed, and these Han people have lost the teachings of the Han sages for a long time. The old man is a juren and is familiar with Confucian classics. If the old man can stay and promote the classics of our Han sages on the grassland, it should be a good deed, and the old man's name will be passed down through the ages. I wonder what the old man thinks?"

"This?" Zhang Chun hesitated for a moment. He glanced at Li Xin, but saw Li Xin holding a wine glass with a smile on his face. He thought to himself: "This guy is obviously bullying me and value reputation. If I don't agree, this little thing may really be like Shi Yuanzhi said. After I die, I will spread my bad reputation everywhere, let me put on Jiannu's clothes and shave my hair. It doesn't matter if my reputation is alone, but my Zhang family has been poets and books for generations, and such reputation cannot be defeated by me. Since that's the case, why not just agree and wait for an opportunity to persuade him to the generals in the army. If I can instigate one or two, I can see the emperor in the future. If I can't, just wait for an opportunity to escape."

"I promised you." Zhang Chun finally sighed.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll ask the elder to write a letter and take the elder's family." Li Xin said with a smile.

"Well, that's right!" Zhang Chun thought about it and nodded. He immediately wrote a letter and asked Li Xin to send it to Changping without mentioning it.

"This is what a gentleman can deceive him." Shi Yuan saw it in his eyes and couldn't help but exclaim.
Chapter completed!