"Are you the Naiman King?"
"Yes, my lord, I am the little king."
The Naiman King, bound in chains, knelt on the ground and saluted Zheng Fan.
After shooting his beloved consort,
the Naiman King sent someone to convey his tribe's decision to surrender to the Yan Army.
The following day,
Lord Zheng arrived with troops from the Keyan Division.
The Naiman King showed no sign of resistance. In fact, he had no ability to resist. If he continued to strain his neck and resisted, his aristocrats and elders were likely to subdue him first and then send him to the Yan Army to surrender.
Rather than that, it was better to bind himself and announce his surrender.
According to Xue Three, this Naiman King is sensible and avoids the middleman's markup.
Zheng Fan sat in a tent, in front of a simmering hotpot.
Freshly sliced lamb, slaughtered recently, was placed into the pot for boiling, then picked out, dipped in sauce, and put into his mouth. Hmm, the taste was exceptionally tantalizing, with only the lamb's freshness and none of its gaminess.
Then he picked up a piece of beef, put it in his mouth, and the texture was truly comfortable.
In his past life, Lord Zheng never liked lamb or beef rolls, always feeling they looked like the wood shavings made by a carpenter and weren't enjoyable at all.
But he still wanted fresh, large pieces of beef and lamb, which were terribly expensive.
Fortunately, now that he's the commander at Snow Sea Pass, eating meat is no longer an issue.
Hmm,
he was focusing too much on eating meat,
and unknowingly kept the Naiman King waiting for quite a while.
The Naiman King pursed his lips, dared not speak, and waited for Zheng Fan to finish eating at his own pace.
Finally,
Lord Zheng was full,
and he instinctively wanted to pick up the fermented milk wine in front of him to ease his digestion. But after a moment of hesitation, he put it down and took out his water pouch instead, drinking several mouthfuls.
"Ah..."
A satisfied sigh.
Lord Zheng suddenly felt a bit sleepy,
drooping his eyes,
looking at the Naiman King,
he waved his hand,
and lightly said:
"Take him away."
Immediately, several armored guards stepped out and escorted the Naiman King away. The Naiman King wanted to shout something more, but eventually dared not shout out.
Although,
the development of things and Zheng Fan's attitude seemed a bit different from what he imagined before surrendering, he was ultimately much more mature than his reckless eldest son, knowing now he had no capital to negotiate and could only lower his head.
Liang Cheng was organizing the tribe members of the Naman Tribe,
while Xue Three was responsible for checking the tribe's livestock,
so only A Ming stood beside Zheng Fan at this moment.
"Won't you kill him, my lord?"
Zheng Fan shook his head and said:
"He surrendered voluntarily. Just killing him casually is not good. In the future, it would be difficult to get along with the other tribes on the snow plain.
During a siege, it's even a tactic to leave one side open because you don't want the enemy to have no way out and then fight you desperately.
Later, through various means, we will have plenty of opportunities to seize populations, livestock, wealth, and produce from the snow plain. Conflicts and frictions are bound to happen.
Anyone who dares to lead, we will suppress them, annihilate one after another, I wish we could do that, but Snow Sea Pass isn't the Earl of North Border's residence, our basis doesn't support us to do so."
This Naiman King, without speaking of other qualities, is not a fool. Surrendering voluntarily is at least a kind of reverse "Bargaining with Horse's Bone"."
"What are your plans, my lord?"
"After all, it's me who promised to destroy the entire Naman Tribe, plus they have already given me their teeth. The meat is already laid before us, how can we not eat it?
The Naiman King and all the noble elders of the Naman Tribe, along with their families, can be released.
But their slaves, wealth, livestock, and all the assets of the Naman Tribe will be moved into Snow Sea Pass.
We are currently in dire need of labor for large-scale construction. These herds of cattle and sheep are a welcoming gift to the Keyan Division to stabilize them, and secondly, it can ease our own grain pressure."
"You are wise, my lord."
"You always compliment me without much sincerity."
"Haha, this time it's not flattery."
With a light word, releasing the Naiman King and the nobles was a move of light-weight strength.
After all, the Naiman King, at best a prince, but he appointed himself. Hmm, relying on Lord Zheng's carrot seal at the beginning.
This is far less valuable compared to that idle Prince Fu of Qian State, virtually worthless. If you send this Naiman King to Yanjing, the Yan Emperor might even think you're joking with him!
Letting him go is just letting him go. This strategy directly impacts the resistance determination of other tribes on the snow plain later, no matter how they play, these leaders and nobles won't die.
As long as they can ensure survival, they won't resolve to fight you desperately.
The failure of the wild people king's last uprising buried most of the "elite" of the wild people on the snow plain. So dealing with the remaining people is actually very easy now.
Releasing a Naiman King and a group of nobles will make it more convenient to dominate the snow plain in the future, this transaction is highly cost-effective.
"Right, didn't the Naman Tribe previously entertain a group of envoys from nearby tribes? Some of their reinforcements have moved, some are still watching. Haha, all the tribes the Naman Tribe has contacted, send them envoys on my behalf, on behalf of Snow Sea Pass, representing the Great Yan to rebuke them, asking them to hand over some slaves and livestock to atone, otherwise, the next target to be attacked will be them."
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