Chapter 29 Harvest

  Controlled the An bone tribe, sent out a warning scout far away, and then it was time to receive the income. Li Qing, who was sitting in the chief's tent, was listening to his subordinates' reports on the income. Although they were still far from finishing the sorting, the reported harvest had already made Li Qing overjoyed, and he couldn't help but dance with joy.

  It's too fat! The An Bone tribe is not big, and the small tribe of thousands in the vast grassland is nothing. Originally thought that this sheep would be fat, but it wouldn't be too oily, but now it seems to be a big mistake. From this point, we can also see how much harm the barbarian's looting in Dingzhou has caused to Dingzhou.

  Grains, the worst of Li Qing's things, roughly estimated to be as many as 100,000 dan, and livestock over 2 million heads, among which there are thousands of horses that can serve as warhorses. This harvest made Jiang Kui, who came from a cavalry background, so happy that his face was twisted. He sat somewhere, twisting back and forth, thinking about the cavalry he had always wanted to establish.

  "Besides these necessities, there are also gold, silver and jewels!" Xiang Haibo's face remained calm, without the slightest hint of excitement like Li Qing and others, "I took a rough look, it's worth tens of thousands of taels of silver. This is consistent with the wealth of a grassland chieftain like An Gu Bone, of course, this doesn't include the things from ordinary herder families, just the things in the chieftain's treasury."

  Li Qing laughed and said, "That's great! Even those ordinary barbarians will be swept away by me. Ah, the suffering that our Dingzhou people have endured, let them also taste it. These barbarians are penniless and white-boned, I'd like to see how they get through this winter."

  Shang Haibo took a look at Li Qing and said, "In addition to these spoils of war, we also captured about 3,000 people from the An Gu Bone tribe, mostly old, weak, women and children. We rescued more than 10,000 slaves who were taken captive, among whom there are more than 2,000 young and strong men, most of whom are women."

  "We must take all these rescued people back!" Li Qing waved his hand and said.

  "This is natural!" Shang Haibo smiled and said: "What about the prisoners of those An bone tribes? They are all old and weak, and it's useless to take them back?"

  Li Qing coldly smiled and said: "No matter what they are, throw them all down. It's already started snowing, let them go seek their own fortune!"

  Shang Haibo's eyes flashed, "General, I have a different view on this point."

  Li Qing looked at him in surprise, "What do you mean, Mr. Shang?" Earlier, Shang Haibo also said that bringing these people back would be useless, and suddenly he had a burst of anger, this Shang Haibo wanted to kill these people.

  As a modern person who had crossed over, although Li Qing had already heard and seen the reality of this era where human life was as cheap as a dog's, he had begun to accept this fact. However, in the heat of battle, whoever died couldn't blame anyone else, but killing these defenseless old, weak, women, and children, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

  Wang Qinyan, Feng Guo, Jiang Kui and others also understood Shang Haibo's meaning at this time. Although they were all bloody-handed battlefield butchers, their faces turned pale as they looked at Shang Haibo's expressionless face, and they felt a chill in their hearts. Only Guoshanfeng's expression didn't change, he lowered his head to play with an unknown jade pendant that had been snatched from somewhere.

  "Grandma, can't see that this bookish person's heart is so ruthless!" Wang Qi said lightly, and the room fell silent. Wang Qi's originally soft voice was extremely loud, and he couldn't help but jump in fright. He looked up to see everyone staring at him, and he became even more embarrassed.

  Shang Haibo seemed to have not heard Wang Qinyan's words, and still said calmly: "The An Gu Bone tribe originally had more than 10,000 people. After tonight's night raid, only over 3,000 people are left. Among the more than 7,000 dead, there were only about 3,000 to 4,000 men who could be considered warriors. Several thousand women and children have died under our swords and guns. General, it's not that I want to kill, but we had no choice!"

  Li Qing clenched his fists and shook his head, saying: "How can you be so sure?"

  "General, this time we attack, all in a surprise, all in a secret passage unknown to others. If these people are not killed, then our victory will be exposed to the world. Where did our victorious camp come from? This secret will not be kept, just need to investigate slightly, Jī Míng Zé will be exposed. I dare ask, General, how can we resist the revenge of the barbarians at that time?"

  Li Qing was speechless, and his current strength was no match for even a large tribe, let alone the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu.

  "For future strategy, we must also keep the secret of Kempeitai. Moreover, after annihilating these people, there are some other benefits."

  "Who destroyed the An Bone tribe?" Shang Haibo asked with a smile.

  "Of course it was us who did it," Mr. Shang said with a puzzled expression. "What do you mean by that?" Jiang Kui asked, not understanding.

  "But I know that all the people we've done are dead." Shang Haibo spread his hands, "The Dingzhou army is closest to here, and the Changsheng camp has a natural danger that cannot be crossed. It's definitely not us, and there are only about a thousand people in the Changsheng camp, which doesn't have this strength at all! The other camps are under strict surveillance by various grassland departments, and it is impossible for them to launch a long-distance raid without being detected. Who could have done it?"

  Shang Haibo asked again, and everyone fell silent, unsure of what Shang Haibo meant.

  "Will the other tribes on the prairie suspect that it was another tribe that coveted their wealth and quietly annihilated Angu, plundering their livestock and goods? If so, which tribe would it be? And wouldn't they set their next target on me?"

  "As a result, there must be some suspicion between the various departments. Even if the great Khan wants to suppress it, he will have to make an effort. Moreover, the old chief of the An Gu bone tribe is still in the Khan's court with over a thousand warriors. If they find out about this, they will definitely go to the court to complain." Xiang Haibo smiled and said: "The discord among our enemies isn't a great advantage for us? And we reap the benefits quietly. Who knows, by next autumn when the horses are strong and fat, the Khan may forcibly attribute this matter to the Dingzhou army in order to suppress these suspicions, and then launch an attack. At that time, General Xiao will surely have a headache."

  Everyone's eyes were cold, looking at Shang Haibo as if he was a demon. They came to rob An Gu, just wanting to get some winter supplies and survive the winter, but they didn't expect Shang Haibo's calculations to be so deep, even including the various tribes of the grasslands and General Xiao of Dingzhou. What kind of people are these?

  Li Qing's heart was torn apart, killing and capturing were not what he wanted to do, but Shang Haibo's words were all naked and obvious benefits, it was indeed a case of one general achieving success while countless others wither away. Before hearing these words, he didn't have much feeling, but today he thoroughly understood the meaning.

  "Ah...!" Li Qing hesitated, not finishing his sentence, when Shang Haibo interrupted him, "General Ling will lead the strong and able-bodied men at dawn, I'll bring up the rear. As for these matters of clearing away the spoils, I'm more familiar with them."

  Li Qing nodded heavily, although he had already agreed to Shang Haibo's plan in his heart, but this order he was unwilling to issue himself. Now that Shang Haibo had taken charge and left, it was just what he wanted. He looked at Shang Haibo with gratitude, but found a fleeting smile in the other's eyes.

  At this time, Shang Haibo also smiled in his heart: "General, general, if you want to compete for the world, your heart is not yet prepared, never mind, let me lead you on the road!"

  Shang Haibo smiled and looked around at the generals in the tent, saying: "I wonder who is willing to go with me?"

  Wang Qinian, Jiang Kui, and Feng Guo either lowered their heads or turned their faces away. After a while, the lazy mountain wind slowly said: "If sir doesn't despise me, I'm willing to follow sir on his journey."

  Shang Haibo nodded: "Alright, thank you for your trouble!"