"Your Highness is right. Although these two countries have submitted to us on the surface, I'm afraid only they themselves know what they are really thinking. We should still write this letter. With this letter, I estimate that even if they want to absorb people from Goguryeo, they can only do it in secret."
General Li Jing’s meaning was very clear. How others do things is their business. We just need to do what we should do, and then it will be extremely beneficial to this matter.
"The general is right. I will write a letter immediately. Also, should we dispatch the Dengzhou navy to patrol the coasts of these two countries? We don't expect them to fight, but we can send a few envoys to inspect the border. That's fine, right? This is the right of the suzerain state."
Li Xiang thought for a while and said that since it involved two other countries and Li Xiang didn't know much about the situation here, the general had to make the decision.
"The Dengzhou Navy is the most important navy of the Tang Dynasty. We cannot command them. If we send them there, we can only write a letter back to Chang'an. The Dengzhou Navy suffered heavy losses in the last battle. Even if we can send warships this time, I'm afraid the number will not be large."
General Li Jing did not want to recall the sad things of the past. During the last attack, the Tang Dynasty navy suffered heavy losses. Compared with its strongest time, the Tang Dynasty navy now has only one-third of its strength.
Adhering to the idea that there will be no gain if you do nothing, but there will be gain if you do, Li Xiang immediately wrote several letters. Two letters were sent by special people to Silla and Baekje, and one letter was sent back to Chang'an City. As long as it could reduce the casualties of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, Li Xiang felt that it didn't matter if it was a little troublesome.
While the two men were discussing things in the tent, the people of Goguryeo outside were experiencing a life-and-death separation. All the young and middle-aged men were picked out, and men and women stood together. If they were a family, then let them stand together and then tie them together. When tomorrow morning comes, you must move north.
As for the remaining old, weak, sick, or older people, they have to start farming locally. You will not be given any chance to speak. If anyone objects, the Tang Dynasty soldiers will definitely not be stingy with their whips.
"Where's Jin Shangzhi? Did you figure it out?"
A Tang Dynasty soldier said viciously as a thirty-year-old Goguryeo youth ran over from a distance. This man was the Goguryeo traitor. His task was to keep an eye on the fifty people under his command. He was considered the team leader of these fifty people. If there were not many of these fifty people after arriving in the north, then he would not have to work and let these fifty people support him.
But if you run away in the middle, you will lose your position and have to go down and do the same work as these people. When this guy heard the masters of the Tang Dynasty calling him, he quickly ran back from a distance.
"Master, I've counted them all. There are fifty people, not one less."
Jin Shangzhi is like a pug. He has already realized that he has to listen to these Tang Dynasty gentlemen. If you still want to resist, I will be the first to report you and let you try whether the Tang Dynasty's steel knife is sharp enough.
"Take this bucket back. This is your meal for today. Each person gets a bowl, and the rest is yours. Remember, don't let anyone starve to death, but don't let them get too strong either. If something goes wrong, neither you nor I will benefit. If nothing goes wrong, you'll be a small landlord when you get to the north. If you find a beautiful girl here, you can marry her. Wouldn't that make your life better than before?"
The Tang Dynasty soldier kicked the large wooden barrel next to him. This was what they used to eat. Each of these common people had a wooden bowl and only had two meals a day, morning and evening, and each meal was a bowl of rice soup.
Jin Shangzhi took a look inside. The rice soup inside was pretty good. At least you could see the rice. It was much better than the rice soup used by Goguryeo for disaster relief. When the Goguryeo government provided disaster relief, you couldn't even see a grain of rice in it. It was not much better to drink than plain water.
"Don't worry, sir. I know what to do. I've tied them up according to your instructions. No matter what they eat, drink, defecate, urinate, or sleep, they are all tied together. I'm in charge of a total of fifty people. I've found a manager for each of these ten people. Do you still want to see them?"
Jin Shangzhi was originally at the bottom of Goguryeo, a clerk in a grocery store. Now, including the owner of the grocery store, they are all tied up by him. Others hate the Tang army, but he does not hate the Tang army, because the arrival of the Tang army has made him a superior person. No matter what the previous boss was like, isn't he still under my command now?
I broke a stick when I beat him today, and no one from the Tang Dynasty said anything. As long as these fifty people can be transported safely to Jiangbei, they will form a pioneering team and I will be their captain.
"I won't see them. You are responsible for me. I have a total of 250 Goguryeo people under my command. As long as you all reach Jiangbei, my mission will be completed. I will benefit from it, and you will also benefit."
The Tang Dynasty soldier patted the pug in front of him, and Jin Shangzhi was so happy that he almost jumped up.
"Don't worry, my fifty men will definitely not make any mistakes."
Jin Shangzhi said very confidently that he had checked the ropes of all the fifty civilians under his command, and whenever he was awake, he would go over to check, and there would be no problems. Moreover, all the fifty people were searched from head to toe, and none of them had any illegal tools on them. He would also check when he woke up at night, so this guy was very confident and even looked forward to becoming a small landlord in Jiangbei.
"Take it and put it on the rice."
The soldier nodded happily, then went to talk to several other responsible persons and asked them to come to Jin Shangzhi to learn about Jin Shangzhi's way of doing things.
When the people of Goguryeo saw the rice soup coming, they also wanted to rush forward with their wooden boards, but when they saw the wooden stick in Jin Shangzhi's hand, they stopped. This was the third wooden stick. Jin Shangzhi was cruel in beating people. If you didn't obey, he would break the wooden stick. So even if you were about to faint from hunger, you would still obey the management of this demon.