Gao Fangping immediately started the speech mode again and said, "Now you have put down your weapons, so you are not soldiers, but prisoners. I always think that war is the business of soldiers. War is inevitable. Soldiers who died on the battlefield cannot shout for justice. But after putting down their weapons as the people, they are killed without resistance and self-protection. That is not the way I like. It is not the real way of war. General Zhong Shidao wants to cheat you, he is right. He wants to punish those who violate the people who trample on the Song Dynasty."

Everyone, including the captives, pay attention to the listener.

Gao Fangping said again, "I let you go, it's not that I am kind, but that I have no hatred with you, and you are not the ones who really started the war. The understanding of the generals of the Tao here is wrong. Another important point, letting you go is considered to be the reward for the Xixia army's failure to massacre the people of my border areas. I will be repaid with all my kindness and revenge. This is the result of this war, can I accept it?"

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More and more Xixia people began to nod, and some of them could not understand the official Chinese language, and they gradually understood it under the translation of others, so they nodded.

"However," Gao Fangping changed his sentence: "As a prisoner who has defeated the war, don't expect good treatment. You will stay in the Song Dynasty for the time being, break up, reorganize into prison camps, work under surveillance, and serve for me after the war. There is no wages, but there will be some food for survival. Those who are willing to stay in the Song Dynasty after the service period expires, depending on the performance of the service period, you can obtain temporary residence qualifications in the Song Dynasty under careful observation, continue to participate in labor reform, and have some human rights and one-third of the wages. After the three years of labor reform, you can give the Song Dynasty household registration in the northwest area and officially become a Han citizen. If you are unwilling to stay, after the service period expires, depending on the political situation at that time, our government will send you back to Xixia."

"In this way, those who are at peace during their service and those who do things seriously can survive. If something goes wrong, they will be killed and fed to the dog. Isn't it simple?" Gao Fangping said.

The group of Xixia prisoners began to have an uproar, "I really... can I survive and go back to Xixia?"

"Really. We are soldiers and not executioners. If we don't want to kill you, will we keep you for dinner? Anyone who is willing to leave will get out quickly. To put it bluntly, people live for dinner, and those who are with their families will of course go back to Xixia. As for those who don't care about Xixia, if you think you can eat better than the Song Dynasty and the environment is better than the Song Dynasty after you go back, then go back. That's all, there is only one chance to survive. I hope you cherish it."

After saying that, Gao Fangping left and walked towards the temporary coach in the distance.

There were still many pretentious words to say, just because the wind and snow outside were too cold, Shi Wengong and the others could withstand it, but Gao Fangping could no longer bear it...

Gao Fangping likes speeches very much. His speech to the Xixia prisoners was just beginning, and it was still early to finish.

However, now I can only tremble next to the brazier in the tent, and I cursed the damn ghost weather.

Seeing him like this, the various marshals and generals following the tent looked at each other. There was no way, the great devil had such a virtue, and he won the vigorous fifth battle of Song Xia. The strategic genius Cha Ge fell into the hands of such a vulgar and bad boy.

Even if he was as arrogant as Master Zhong, he knew very well that Cha Ge's talent and strategy. Brother Cha's sorrow is that he and Gao Fangping were in the same era. Otherwise, Master Zhong would have known the nature of the court too well. If the great devil had not ascended the strong position and presided over the battle of Song Xia this time, he would have been unable to recover lost territory within a hundred years due to the wrong command of the first three rows.

Because Liu Yanqing's troops would first conceal the Great Wall in the eastern part of a state of being stupid and expensive, and then Qin Feng's troops would be alone.

The marshals and generals were waiting in the commander's tent. Gao Fangping squatted on the ground. They also squatted on the ground to accompany Gao Fangping, waiting for Gao Fangping to breathe and say something.

For a moment, the quiet needle can be heard.

Gao Fangping trembled while thinking about what had just happened, but he didn't plan to explain it to them.

After doing some things, Gao Fangping often didn't know whether it was right or wrong, such as letting 40,000 Xixia prisoners go.

In fact, Gao Fangping didn't care about their life or death at all, had no sympathy or excessive hostility, but he planned to use them as a strong political bargaining chip.

This time, the dominant victory over Xixia was completely defeated by Xixia. 400,000 elite troops invaded Song Jiu and died for a lifetime, and now there are 40,000 prisoners left. This has successfully attacked the vitality of the entire Xixia country in military terms. Yes, there is no doubt that with the foundation and population base of Xixia, and with their bitter and cold areas that are not conducive to reproduction, the losses of 400,000 young and middle-aged people are permanent damage at the strategic level.

Even if the temperate climate of the Song Dynasty and the base of 100 million people suffer such damage, it is not easy to recover.

Therefore, whether these 40,000 people died was no longer important to Gao Fangping, and the main purpose of this war had been achieved.

The biggest profit lies in political interests. Gao Fangping was serious about his promise to let them go back to Xixia. This group of people is very important to the current Xixia, so they can use it as the main bargaining chip for post-war negotiations and get more benefits.

Li Qianshun must bite the bullet and bow his head for the 40,000 prisoners, otherwise he will give up his compatriots who fought hard for Xixia, and he will be under the morale of the whole country, and even fewer people will participate in the war for the country next time.

If Li Qianshun gritted his teeth and paid the price to exchange for these prisoners, the long-term harm would be greater. These prisoners who were defeated and were treated preferentially will bring Gao Fangping's invincible thoughts back to Xixia like the Liangshan army released by Gao Fangping, and will also spread Gao Fangping's idea of ​​kindness and preferential treatment of prisoners in Xixia.

It is hard to estimate how large the psychological shadow of the Xixia people will be when they go back. In short, even if Xixia can still fight in the future, their combat power will be suppressed when facing Gao Fangping and will not resist iron blood.

These are the reasons why Gao Fangping let go of the 40,000 people. Of course, there are other reasons. After the war, people need to be in power, and they need to serve for free...

At the level of the court, or from the perspective of the emperor, the war in the northwest has ended and the end of the country. What remains is that everything is good and enjoy the atmosphere of peace from the prosperous times.

In this era, especially the people in Bianjing, regardless of their high or low, they did not like war. But at the level of Gao Fangping, endless wars were just beginning. Wars were of course not good, but Gao Fangping is now a member of the "military-industrial complex". In order to prepare for the battle of Song and Xia, the war investments of Jiangzhou and Bianjing pig farms under the wartime system, those expanded military production lines cannot be wasted. The opportunity for military reform that was finally obtained cannot be lost.

The situation has been suppressed by the barbarians since the founding of the dynasty. Now the strategic initiative that the soldiers have fought hard to reversal cannot be calmed down.

At the same time, Gao Fangping certainly knew that there would definitely be a diplomatic fight involving the Liao Kingdom at this time.

The conclusion is: In terms of the interests of Gao Fangping and the Song Dynasty, there is no ceasefire.

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After the big drum of the slap, the main generals quickly gathered in the commander's tent.

"There is a legend that the war ends, but today I call you to come here to convey a thought of our mansion: the war has not yet ended, and it is too early to say anything."

Gao Fangping Gao sat up and looked around at everyone.

When he heard this opening remark, Master Zhong, who had always half-closed his eyes, opened his eyes and revealed a hint of joy.

However, Zhong Shizhong said: "In the end of the Ming Dynasty, we thought it was not appropriate to fight again. Although the morale was high, the damage of each army was not low. It was unprecedentedly cold. In this case, the damage of the combat soldiers in the combat will be very serious. No matter how we wait for the beginning of spring and the orders of the court, we will make a decision."

Seeing Gao Fangping's face look ugly, Zhong Shidao also angrily scolded: "Don't say anything else!"

Although Master Zhong was not as resentful as the old breeder, he was definitely not a person who was afraid of fighting. Seeing his sad face, Gao Fangping couldn't help but be stunned and began to wonder if he was really idealized?

Thinking about it, Gao Fangping did not curse for the time being, and looked at Shi Wengong.

It is obvious that Shi Wengong supports Zhong Shizhong's opinion and believes that he cannot fight again at this time. Shi Wengong didn't say anything, but he understood the temper of the Great Demon King and did not want to sing the opposite tune with the Great Demon King in public.

Seeing Shi Wengong nodding slightly, this showed that his old Shi supported Zhong Shizhong's opinions. So Gao Fangping was stunned again.

He looked at Xu Ning again, and Xu Ning nodded slightly, saying that he also supported Zhong Shizhong's opinions.

At this point, Gao Fangping knew that his decision was really taken for granted, but there must be a reason for them to oppose advancement.

Liu Fa was also a ruthless person. He felt that he should advance, so he stood up and planned to speak.

Gao Fangping raised his hand to stop Liu Fa and said, "Sending troops is one of the plans of our church, but Xiao Zhongshun opposes it. There should be deep reasons. Don't talk about it for the time being. When our government continues to consider maturity, it is time to decide."

Master Zhong changed his expression: "Don't hesitate in Mingfu, the opportunity will be fleeting..."

"I said stop talking." Gao Fangping interrupted.

Zhong Shidao continued to stubbornly say: "You should not forget that you will soon go to Xiping Prefecture three years ago, but you were also facing the truce climate of the court and the interference of the Liao people's diplomatic intervention. You will not forget what you said about the private message you sent to the last general at that time? How can the interests that soldiers won with blood be ceded at the negotiating table at will? If you do not take advantage of this opportunity to advance, how can you strengthen the bargaining chips in the court?"

Everyone in the account looked at each other, worried that the old seed would be hung up.

Gao Fangping stood up and stared at Lao Zhuan for a long time, but in the end he didn't say anything, just said he would return the bill and leave.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and found that the great devil seemed to have changed his nature, and his anger was really not as heavy as before. At the same time, he became more politically gangster, wanting to subvert his style and rhetoric back then...
Chapter completed!