It is also October, and the northern country is covered with snow and ice, and it is already a white world. But thousands of miles away in Jiaozhou, the weather is still warm, and the dry season is here, which is the least rainy time of the year in the tropics.

For several days, the weather was clear, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and the wildflowers were dotted with the green forest.

The original capital of the Li Dynasty, Thang Long Mansion, has now been renamed Annam City, and inside and outside the city, groups of soldiers are patrolling.

Passers-by were inspected by soldiers whenever they wanted to enter and exit the city gates, and at first glance the city defense seemed to be very strict. But the atmosphere here is not really tense.

The city gates are open on all sides, and the passers-by who come and go are not only Jiaozhou people, but also many people who occupy the city and Zhenla.

The seemingly well-guarded city of Annan is now the most prosperous and prosperous city in Jiaozhou.

The reason why there are so many military patrols is entirely because the situation in Jiaozhou has not been completely calmed down.

It is true that Li Yanghuan has disappeared, but he can't see anyone alive or dead. This is called how Xu Huiyan can relax his nerves?

Xu Huiyan led an army to garrison Jiaozhou, and Zhancheng in the south, Zhenla in the west and some Tai tribes did not dare to peep at all.

Although Xu Huiyan's fame in the Central Plains is not conspicuous, he can only be regarded as an ordinary general, and he is not well-known at all when he conquered the Jurchens and the party, but he gradually gained some fame in the conquest of Li Yi in Jiaozhou. After Chen Yu was transferred to Guanxi, as the head of the soldiers and horses of Jiaozhou, he suppressed the rebellion of Jiaozhou, which was quite effective.

Although he has not yet gotten the first rank of Li Yanghuan.

But in addition to suppressing Zhancheng and Zhenla, he can also cut off the rebellion of Li Yanghuan's "subordinates" one by one, so that the latter will disappear in the major mountains in the northwest, and it cannot be said that he is not capable enough.

Even though the reputation in the Central Plains is still not loud, because in the eyes of the officials and people in the north, the real strong enemies are only the Khitan, the party, and the Jurchens later, and what is the Li reverse in Jiaozhou?

Even if the Great Song Dynasty and the Li Dynasty fought at the beginning, the Great Song Dynasty suffered some losses, but the two sides fought head-on, and the Li Dynasty was not an opponent at all, right?

Compared with the nomads outside the country and the small people and small countries in the south, it is never their combat effectiveness that stands in the way of China, but the complex climatic environment and diseases and poisonous insects in the south.

Therefore, Xu Huiyan's evaluation in the Central Plains and the court is relatively average, and the bigwigs of the cabinet and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies are more impressed by him by his iron backbone of resisting Jin when he had no strong soldiers in Jingkang.

But in the Lingnan region, or the Indochina Peninsula, Xu Huiyan's name is still very loud.

Because the Li Dynasty once brought indelible pain to Guangnan West Road, he even fought with Zhenla several times, and fought against the city and bowed his head.

People are on this one-third of an acre of land in the Indochina Peninsula, and that is a little overlord!

As the main general of the Song army's war against the Li Dynasty, Xu Huiyan's reputation naturally spread in this area.

In the south of the city of Champa and the west of the country of Chenla, as well as the Tai people in the mountains, no one dares to underestimate him.

More than half of the soldiers under Xu Huiyan's account were locally recruited Yue people and native soldiers from Lingnan, these people were famous for asking for money and not dying, not to mention that as soon as the tricks of the Zhao and Song Dynasty savages came out, those Yue people and native soldiers did not hesitate to die.

Because if they can die for the Great Song Dynasty, the benefits will be their descendants.

Just like Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, and Qiu Yi, they gave up a bad life to give their children and grandchildren a better way out.

Because along with the distinction between the Chinese and the savages, there is another decree handed down at the same time, and all the bereaved families of the military martyrs who shed blood and sacrificed for the Great Song Dynasty are also Chinese people.

Of course, those Lingnan native soldiers under Xu Huiyan are not essentially the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. But even so, their deaths were worthwhile.

The success medal will be converted, and it is up to their leader, Tusi, to decide how to use it, whether it is exchanged for money and food, or for their own better treatment and official position, or the quota of their subordinates 'countrymen'.

But no matter how insatiable those leaders are, they must always be appeased by the local soldiers who died in battle. That's enough for them to die!

It was a clear day.

In Annan's soldiers and horses, Xu Huiyan and his subordinates gathered together. As the division of soldiers and horses and the important garrison of Jiaozhou, Xu Huiyan convened the generals to discuss military matters.

"Ben recently received news that His Majesty intends to divide the kings."

Some of the generals in the conference hall changed their faces when they heard this, and some of them were at a loss, not knowing what Xu Hui was referring to.

The latter is dominated by some local officials from Lingnan.

However, the identity of these people is very earthy, but there are really few fools, and when they heard Xu Huiyan's words, their faces changed greatly.

The emperor wants to seal the kings, and the fief of the king is on the Indochina Peninsula!

One by one, in shock, all of them had their eyes shining, and their faces were full of hunger and thirst for battle exploits.

No one thought that the emperor would give Jiaozhou to the vassal king, so the fief of the vassal king had to be newly opened, which meant a new war!

Most of the officers under Xu Huiyan's account have no big relationship, but they are not willing to be lonely.

If they are willing to be lonely or have little pursuit, and are easy to be satisfied, they will be transferred back to the Central Plains after the Jiaozhou War, promoted to make a fortune, and live a stable life.

Those who are still in Jiaozhou now are either motivated and want to make meritorious contributions in the aftermath of the Battle of Jiaozhou; Either they failed to catch up with the Battle of Jiaozhou, and they were not able to be the chariots of the Western Expedition.

They are also unwilling to die in the army and are willing to come to Jiaozhou to fight.

Even though there are many poisonous insects and diseases here, the slightest carelessness will end up dying of disease.

Even if some people say that they are only eating the leftovers left by those people back then.

But this is better than dying in the army, isn't it?

can have a self-motivated heart, which shows that the people here at least dare to fight, and when they hear that there is a battle to fight, they are eager to attack the past immediately, make more contributions, and fight for a wife.

"Everyone, everyone, don't be impatient! Calm down! Xu Huiyan first watched his subordinates' blood boiling and talking, until everyone's excitement was almost boiling, and then he stopped talking.

The chamber quickly fell silent.

"Everybody's clear. Now the center of gravity of the imperial court is in the Western Regions, and it is ...... the battle in the south of China, hehe. At the same time, if the newly opened land is used to divide the feudal kings, it is destined not to make a big move. ”

"The troops and horses sent, except for a small number of feudal troops, the rest are our Jiaozhou army."

"The task is not heavy, it is to cooperate with the sailor to open up a situation, and it is not really necessary to erase Zhenla and other countries from the map."

"Whether it will be dead or alive in the future, whether it will be prosperous or declining, it depends on the vassal king's own means!"

"However, the vassal king's private army is limited, and even if he is newly recruited, it is difficult to adapt to the water and soil of the South Seas. The climate in this place is humid, poisonous insects are rampant, and there are many diseases, and the new army is in a hurry to go into battle, and the losses will be great. Therefore, the imperial court gave a favor to the vassals, allowing the kings, hiring, and serving in the Jiaozhou army, and the treatment was very generous, but the military exploits were not counted in the army. Would you like to? ”

Xu Huiyan emphatically mentioned the word 'employment', which immediately made many local officials widen their eyes. For them, official position and wealth are equal.

"If you're lucky, maybe you can be like Li Guang of the former Han Dynasty, with the general seal of the vassal country!"

Xu Huiyan, who sat in the first position, was wearing a soap robe, not a fine armor, but he had a dignified and majestic style. His blazing eyes stared down without blinking.

He believed that many people could understand the meaning of his words.

The vassal state was newly established, and everything was lacking. Compared with the common people, what the kings lacked most was a strong army. And the most indispensable thing for a strong army is a group of officers with actual combat experience.

Xu Huiyan then lifted the curtain on the wall that shrouded the map of the earth, revealing the map of the Indochina Peninsula below.

After deducting the northern part adjacent to Dali, and then cutting off Jiaozhou and Zhancheng, there are still a lot of fertile places in the entire southeast peninsula.

For example, Siam and Khmer in later generations. There are large tracts of arable land.

Siam, in particular, has about 140 million rai of arable land in the country, accounting for 41% of the country's land area.

It is definitely a feng shui treasure land to build a foundation and establish a business.

The only flaw is that this feng shui treasure land has a master. In its heyday, Chenla, later known as the Angkor Dynasty, now ruled half of Indochina, with Jiaozhou and Champa standing side by side by a long Annam mountain range.

Zhao Gou pointed out the Siam as a fief for his cheap brother in later generations, and the foothold was naturally Bangkok Bay.

In later generations, the Great Plains of Central Siam, where farmland was extensive, is still a wild land. The waterways are densely wooded and occupied by the Thai people who are still in the state of tribal civilization. And these tribes are subservient to Zhenla, so it is also the territory of the Zhenla people.

Zhenla and the Great Song Dynasty have a close relationship, whether it is Jiaozhou or Guangzhou, Zhenla's eyes and ears are indispensable.

Once the war is launched, it is difficult to catch the Zhenla people by surprise. The strength of the Angkor Dynasty was quite strong, and even if the army did not seem to be very strong, Suyavarman II did not seem to sit idly by and watch the Song army gain a foothold in the Siam Plain. If the two sides really want to fight, they must not be taken lightly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone has seen the situation in this Zhenla country, although Suyavarman II claims to have 200,000 elephant soldiers, but under the medicinal powder and strong bows and crossbows, the elephant soldiers are vulnerable. It's just that the area is vast, and there are many Thai tribes, and if you want to completely straighten it out, it is a very trivial job. ”

"But trivialities are not afraid, what they are afraid of is that there is no merit. This time, His Majesty sealed the overseas domain, it was a great opportunity, how to grasp it, you are not a child, just weigh it yourself. ”

"As for the treatment, you don't have to worry. Whether it is Your Majesty or several Highnesses, they are not stingy and will not treat you badly. The spoils of war are also dealt with according to the old rules. ”

"After going back one by one, I thought carefully about where to go. This trip is the unique business of our Jiaozhou Army, don't worry, think about it after you go back. ”