After resting enough, the army continued to march north, but it was only less than ten miles away, and ran back to report that there were many unclothed Han people along the way.

After Li Zhongyi learned the news, he thought for a moment, and then sneered: "Brother Hugh is trying to take advantage of the feelings of the same clan to drag down our logistics and supply system." ”

Last year, with the help of the water master, Li Zhongyi swaggered into the Great Plain of Youji.

Objectively speaking, there are few people begging in the cities or villages along the way. In a sense, the Khitans adopted the strategy of using Han to control Han, and achieved great success.

Previously, the Central Plains region was in flames of war, and the city head constantly changed the king's flag. However, the Han people on the Great Plain of Youji have been enjoying a deformed and peaceful life under the rule of foreign races, and the relative abundance of food and clothing has indeed made the Han officials in Youzhou do it.

In other words, almost every village where Li Zhongyi led his troops was fed and clothed, and some villages near water sources were even very wealthy.

"Hehe, Brother Hugh never dreamed that I needed the population, the more the better." Li Zhongyi smiled coldly and ordered, "Gather all the brothers and sisters of my clan who have been driven out of their homes into the auxiliary barracks, give them clothes and clothing, let them have enough food, and then send someone to escort them to the Daimyo's Mansion." Hehe, eighty percent of the land in the Daimyo Mansion is owned by Gu, so let's lease it to them for cultivation for the time being. ”

"Whoa!" When the herald received the order, he turned over his horse and walked away.

Gao Qiang and Zhang Sanzheng are looking at me, I am looking at you, and the psychology of both of them is a little strange. In the past, after Li Zhongyi took Pinglu, he adopted the strategy of dividing the land equally according to the population, why did it change to lease this time?

Li Zhongyi saw Gao Qiang and Zhang Sanzheng's thoughts, and he happened to have the heart to mention them, so he smiled and said: "The people of Pinglu have always been hungry men and have never had land, so I gave them all the land, which is equivalent to a great favor." Now, the thistle Han people who were driven out of their homes by Yelu Hugo originally had land and family property, and if I directly divided the land, I would also be grateful, but I can't be too grateful. Therefore, I have to lease the land to them first, and after ten years, I have paid the rent, and I can consider selling it to them at a discount according to the market price. ”

Gao Qiang understood in an instant, to put it bluntly, it was a matter of means and strategies for grace. You can't give up a lot of interests, but your kindness is not rewarded, right?

Zhang Sanzheng thought about it a little more, although these victims from the Youji Plain were driven out of their homes by the Khitans, after all, they have been separated from the orthodox culture of China for decades, and their temperament is likely to be wilder, so Li Zhongyi deliberately increased the difficulty for them to get rich again.

Li Zhongyi's purpose in doing this was to tell these thistle victims that the Khitans didn't want them anymore and drove them out of their homes. Later, they were able to become rich again, entirely because of the kindness and kindness of his Li Daguan.

Solving the problem of the victims greatly slowed down the pace of Li Jiajun's northward advance, but Li Zhongyi was not in any hurry. Population is the most important resource, Yelu Hugo doesn't understand, but he, Li Zhongyi, understands the mystery better than anyone else.

Yelu Hugo is not a fool, after he drove the Han people in Youzhou out of their homes, they all drove them to the main road, which happened to block the way of the Li family's army to the north.

When Li's army set out on the expedition, according to the regulations, each soldier had to prepare at least seven days' worth of dry rations, as well as salted pork strips.

When the meal was served, the men only needed to set up a large pot to boil the boiling water, and the soldiers could throw the pork strips and pancakes into the hot boiling water and wait for the soaking to soften before eating.

To put it bluntly, the soldiers were very fast, and the eating methods of the Li Jiajun and the Khitans were roughly similar, which brought revolutionary changes to the speed of the march.

The devil is always hidden in the details, and the army goes out to fight, not only to compete in weapons, strategies, and systems, but also to the vital logistics and supply methods, including the way to eat when going out.

In the armies of the same era, in addition to the Li Jiajun and the Khitans, other warlord troops, or armies of other countries, had to camp in every place, then bury pots to make rice, and then divide dishes and chopsticks for the soldiers to eat.

This whole process took more than two hours, far less than the speed of the Li family's military meal.

The soldiers of the Li Jiajun each carried dry food, and when they were in a hurry, they could ride horses and nibble on dry food at the same time.

Hard dry food does have a bad taste, but it can fill the stomach and save a lot of time to bury the pot and make rice.

According to Li Zhongyi, since the Khitan barbarians can endure this kind of suffering, let alone the iron army of the Heavenly Empire?

Don't talk about anything else, during the emergency march, even Li Zhongyi didn't have hot water to drink, let alone the rest of the people?

The Li Jiajun was slowed down by the victims, and after Yelu Hugo learned the news, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "Li Wuji knew that it would cause great trouble to the supply of the army, but he still chose to contain the southern barbarians who were driven out of their homes. ”

Yelu Aman, who was the commander of the Zuopi Room Army, shouted disdainfully: "King, isn't it the result we want if the Southern Barbarians are stupid?" ”

The right-skin room army that has always been at odds with Yelu Aman is stable - Yelu Huashan, and rarely echoed Aman's statement, and he said: "The Southern Barbarians always like to do something brainless, and complete defeat is not far off." ”

Brother Yelu Xiu heard that the wind was wrong, and immediately said with a straight face: "If it weren't for Li Wuyi's sharpness, I wouldn't have made this decision." More than 100,000 peasants were originally the grain foundation of our Great Khitan Kingdom, but we threw it to Li Zhongyi, and it must be very unfavorable to our reputation. ”

The Khitans usually relied on Han officials to govern the Han people and enjoyed the abundant fruits, and they did seem to be moderate rulers. However, once it came to the critical moment of life and death, the Khitans immediately exposed the hideous face of foreign rule, and did not regard the Han people under their rule as human beings at all, and turned their faces faster than turning the pages of books.

Like Yelu Huge, Li Zhongyi is also sucking the flesh and blood of the Goryeo sticks on the one hand, but on the other hand, he does not treat the Goryeo people as human beings, and kills them when they say they are killed, and they are beaten when they are beaten, but they are afraid that the means are not severe.

This is the logic prevailing all over the world, and the rise of any nation is based on the exploitation of other nations.

From the beginning of the slave society, the ruling elite of society, without exception, have been doing one thing: constantly eating more and taking more, and basing their happiness on the misery of the people.

After several years of development, the elite took too much of it, resulting in the people's misery, and finally starting the cycle of dynastic change.

The rise of the British Empire from the sea, which continued to leave the suffering to the colonies, thus diverting the social contradictions in the country, is actually a very clever solution to the contradictions of all strata in the country.

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