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Lijiazhuang. War Department.
"These are the two messages that Hexi has just sent. The first said that our cavalry had finally gained a foothold and had already launched a military operation. There were some minor problems, but in general they were very good for us. Jia Xu handed the telegram in his hand to Shang Wu, and Shang Wu quickly read it.
"Hmm." Shang Wu looked over quickly.
"Yes, at least our attack is going well, we should advance so boldly, appear unexpectedly in the rear of the Huns, and harass them to a greater extent, in this case, their situation will become unfavorable." Shang Wu looked at the telegram in his hand.
"However, there are some small problems, such small problems, we still need to pay attention to." Jia Xu reminded. After all, they only had a cavalry regiment of two thousand men, and once they lost it, the problem could not be solved.
"Well, such a problem needs to be solved by the front-line commander himself, after all, we have to see that our cavalry has just developed, and many places cannot quickly develop to the most favorable situation." Shang Wu said.
Shang Wu knew very well that their cavalry had only just been established, and it was normal for such and such small problems to arise. It was mentioned in the telegram. Their scouts are slow to react, inexperienced, and even need to learn some military techniques from the other side. In addition, it was their horses, this battle was originally an encirclement battle, but because they moved much slower, they directly fought a rout, otherwise their results might have been better, but things have formed such a situation, and it can no longer be changed.
"Although there are some problems, but we have to make some improvements to these problems, find a way to solve these problems, this is the key, if we can't find the problem, solve the problem, this is the biggest trouble, in that case, our losses will increase, in the end nothing will be formed, in this way, the trouble for us will become greater." It's not what we want to see, because it's the hardest place for us to manage. Shang Wu said.
"Agree, I see it this way, and I will form some telegrams with such a central idea and send them to deal with. But I suggest encouraging them first, but encouragement is not about making them proud. After all, the battle is not over yet. Jia Xu said.
"Hmm. There was another telegram, what did it say? Shang Wu then asked.
"Another telegram said that the prisoners of war, and they had captured a large number of prisoners of war from the other side, all of whom were local herders. They are innocent, and it is a little difficult to deal with, after all, they are not civilians before us, and we got the same area as us, but this time it is indeed the Huns, and it is very troublesome to deal with. Jia Xu said.
"What's their opinion?" Sangmu asked, after all, he wanted to see what the front-line commander meant.
"Their meaning is simple, kill. Because this is the easiest way to do it, it works. Jia Xu said.
"Bastard." Shang Wu scolded directly.
"How can you be so sloppy. What do they think, how can such a thing be done. When Shang Wu heard such a simple method, he directly scolded in annoyance. Because such a commander doesn't know his brains, and even, there are some bloody practices, which makes Shangwu very disgusted, such an indiscriminate killing of innocents. Let Shang Wu be very displeased.
"That's what they say casually." Jia Xu said.
"Whatever you want? It's just a joke, how can you just talk about it. How can such a thing be said casually? Shang Wu still grasped such things and held on.
"Well, let's go back and criticize them again, make them realize the seriousness of such a problem, not enough, what do we do now? These people are herders, they are not farmers, and it will take a long time for them to adapt to the relocation and farming, and it will take special financial resources to do such things, which is a big problem for them. Jia Xu said.
"I don't think any local government is willing to accept such a thing, because it's a lot of trouble to do. And it may not have worked yet. Jia Xu said worriedly, yes, from a historical point of view, the Central Plains Dynasty has also done such a thing, but the problem is that it is not very correct every time, and to do such a thing, to assimilate the entire foreign tribe, it takes a lot of time, financial resources, manpower, and even, there are many rebellions in the middle, such an act is a big burden for any dynasty and the government, in contrast, the practice of those front-line commanders has become the simplest and least costly approach. In that case, the political impact is very bad, and even though they are foreigners, such an approach will indeed cause them a lot of trouble. Therefore, Shangwu resolutely did not agree to use such a method to solve the problem.
"They're all herders?" Shang Wu asked.
"Yes, they are herdsmen, they don't know how to farm, and if they are taught, it is very troublesome." Jia Xu said.
"I think we're stuck in a kind of thinking cycle. Why should we relocate them, we set the scope of jurisdiction directly there, or is it bad for political units? Shang Wu said.
"yes." Jia Xu nodded.
"What we need is meat, just food, we must be very stressed, we need meat, dairy products. And we also need felt. The demand for wool is also very large, so why do we do this, I think, we can do it in our way, distribute the pastures to them, give them loans, and they will graze according to their own wishes, and at the same time we will collect some special products unique to the grassland, such as beef, mutton, wool, horses, milk, we can make milk powder, cheese, so that we can have our own place to produce these things. They can be very satisfying to our needs in this regard. Shang Wu said.
The people of the Central Plains have always been mainly agricultural. However, agriculture here is a simple planting industry, not a broad agriculture, and the concept of extensive agriculture, Shang Wu only introduced a prototype. And now Shangwu feels that he should take advantage of such an opportunity to promote such a prototype, so that many of their things can become much more advantageous. Such a thing is actually very beneficial to them.
"Do you think it's good for us to do that?" Jia Xu asked. After all, if such a thing is successful, it means that they will completely gain a foothold in the grassland.
"Of course it's favorable. Not only these, but also in the northern grasslands, it is not simply such a thing as having grassland, but also resources, for example, our current demand for coal is becoming more and more large. In this case, we need to develop more and more resources, if one day these resources are gone. Or is it when we build more factories because we need to, and we don't have that energy, how are we going to do something like that? Shang Wu asked.
"This. If you say that, I understand. But in this way, we need more management personnel, and the establishment of a state there seems to be a bit of a danger, plus the local people are all Huns, if there are not some people like us, it may cause a lot of trouble. Jia Xu said worriedly.
"I know that very well, but we should look at some specific situations, and if we encourage businessmen to go there, and they like to take risks there, because they will see the future of business profits, and not only that, but we should also see that if some people can find something new to do, what will happen?" Shang Wu said.
"It would be better if they could establish themselves there, and some people would be very happy to do something like the governor, after all, it's also a jurisdictional area, and because of the geographical location of such a state, I'm sure we'll give them more support, and that's going to be a lot more favorable." Jia Xu said.
"So, things like this become very normal. If we do something like that, they might get more development, and this kind of development is a good thing for them, and naturally it is a good result for us, so why don't they do it? Shang Wu asked.
"Well, in this way, many times, we still need to do it ourselves, after all, some such things are not a situation that can be figured out at once." Jia Xu said.
"Well, so many times, we still need to change our way of thinking, and being able to properly deal with and solve such problems is also a huge development advantage for us, after all, such an advantage can greatly help us solve many practical difficult problems. Such a situation is a challenge and an opportunity for us, and by seizing such an opportunity, our development speed will become faster. Shang Wu said. Jia Xu nodded and agreed, after all, such a thing is also a good opportunity for them.