Wang Meng's meaning, Li Xin understood as soon as he heard it. In modern terms, it is called soft power. Compared with other forces, today's Huashan Army has been recognized by the people of the world in terms of force because it has gone through a series of major wars. From this point of view, no one should think that the Huashan Army is weak.

If it is only an army, then winning all battles is its ultimate goal, and reaching this point can be said to have reached the pinnacle of being an army.

But Huashan Army is different, now it is a political regime, or a huge group that does not have the name of the imperial court but has the reality of the imperial court.

This determines that it is impossible for it to only cultivate military equipment and not cultivate Wende! For a regime, the strength of both soft and hard aspects is absolutely unbalanced or indispensable.

It's like a person, if he has no force and a simple mind, he can only be said to be a reckless man. But if it is accompanied by a belly full of poetry and books, and a wise mind, then this person can be called wise and brave, and he is a first-class talent.

Presumably, everyone in the world loves this talent, and will not like a reckless man! In the same way, if the Huashan Army has always only known how to develop its own armed forces and blindly sought strong military strength, then in the eyes of the world, it is no different from an upstart.

Both civil and military, complement each other! Conquer the Quartet with powerful force and pacify the Quartet with the invisible Wende! Building the Huashan Army into a center that has a strong attraction to the surrounding people or tribes, and allowing them to voluntarily integrate into the system of the Huashan Army, is the way to long-term peace and stability.

After all, the conquest by force is only temporary, and only the subtle cultivation of literature and morality can continuously change a person or even a group in a slow time.

Why is it that under such an incompetent situation in the Jiangzuo court, for the people of the world, it has always occupied the orthodox moral high ground? It is because of the set of cultural things that have been passed down for many years, so that everyone in the world has recognized Jiang Zuo as the successor of Zhengshuo in their hearts.

Jiang Zuo didn't do anything, or a lot of things were done very badly. At this point, whether it is the Yan State or the former Qin in history, they almost all do better than Jiang Zuo. But what the people in the north have always supported is the Jiangzuo court.

In such a contrast, today's Yan State and Huashan Army can only be regarded as a separatist force, and can only be regarded as a hegemon. The real ruler in the hearts of the people of the world is actually just the court in the corner of Jiangzuo.

Unless Huashan Jun only wants to be a grass king in the future, and will not have other enterprising hearts, otherwise, it is necessary to promote martial arts and cultivate literature.

Wang Meng's meaning is actually that the Huashan Army should use Yang An's defection to send a signal to the surrounding forces and people.

Let everyone see that Huashan Jun administers justice, for those who come in trouble, as long as he is not a heinous crime, then he can be sheltered here.

After all, there are too many things like coups, especially among the surrounding Hu people! And for the Huashan Army, there are many Hu forces around!

As long as this matter is done well, this similar situation will occur in other Hu tribes in the future, then the defeated nobles of the Hu clan will come to join the Huashan army.

There are many things that the Huashan army can do in this regard, such as leading troops to defend other countries and uphold justice for them, like the Duke of Qi Huan back then, and even deciding the candidates for the monarchs of other countries because of this.

The Huashan army did not have to establish a monarch, but it could slowly form a mechanism, which was to decide the retreat of the leaders of the surrounding Hu tribes. Just like the later dynasties, the monarch of the country of Fanbang's vassal state, if he wants to succeed to the throne normally, must be canonized by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Calling the ministers not levy, this is not Li Xin's final idea. After all, people in this era may not be able to see the disadvantages of the restraint policy clearly, but Li Xin understands it very well. Therefore, his final idea is that he will not take the road of restraint policy, but at the beginning, it is naturally inevitable.

In this way, in order to get the support of the Huashan army, those Hu nobles must be loyal to the Huashan army, and they must move closer to the Huashan army. When the time comes, other things will be much easier, at least, the integration between Hu and Han will become easier.

Wang Meng knows the mystery very well, but he doesn't know that there is a special word called soft power in later generations.

"What Jing Luo said is very much in line with me!" Li Xin nodded and agreed.

"Second, although the small country of Qiu Chi does not have much contradiction with us, it is impossible for it to be independent of all parties! If Yang An is on our side, when something happens in the future, we will have the name of a teacher! Wang Meng continued.

Although he did not say what would happen in the future, everyone present understood it and knew that what he was talking about was about the future devouring of the pool of hatred. Although this seems to be a bit of a conspiracy theory, it is very reasonable from the perspective of the overall situation of the Huashan Army.

"Wang Shangshu has a far-reaching plan, and he has already taken the lead! Leaving Yang An is a big benefit for us! Liang Ping, the secretary of the Criminal Department, echoed.

Several other people, after hearing these two reasons, also thought it was good, so in the end, everyone agreed to keep Yang An.

"Okay, immediately order Tianshui Taishou and send someone to escort Yang An to Chang'an! In addition, the generals of Tianshui and Longxi counties were ordered to dispatch soldiers and horses to stick to the junction with Qiuchi to prevent Qiuchi from attacking! Seeing that everyone agreed, Li Xin had no other opinions, and even ordered.

"The lower officials will obey the order!" Wang Meng and the others hurriedly bowed down.

After deciding this important matter, Li Xin then discussed other political affairs with everyone.

On the Jincheng County side, the peace talks have finally reached the final stage. Now there is only that group of good horses left.

Zhang Qian had already returned to Guzang County, and at this time, he was ordering the requisition of horses from all over the surrounding areas in order to exchange Gulangxia Pass as soon as possible.

Five thousand good horses is not a small number, let alone a selection. If this were to be a big problem for other places, I guess it would be a huge problem. But this is Liangzhou, which has been an important place for animal husbandry since ancient times, and a famous place in the world.

Therefore, 5,000 horses may be a little painful for Zhang Qiang, but they will not hurt his muscles and bones.

"Envoy, after the 20,000 troops came back, after two days of cultivation, they have almost recovered. I heard that the envoy used so many things to exchange for them, and those soldiers are very grateful to you! Song Ming, who had just returned from the barracks, said to Zhang Qian at this time.

If it was usual, Zhang Qian would be very happy to hear this. But at this time, his face was full of worry.

"How? Haven't the 20,000 Huashan troops south of Gulangxia Pass been withdrawn? Do they want to take advantage of the opportunity to regret calling again after we have finished handing over our things? Zhang Qian walked back and forth a few steps, suddenly stared at Song Ming, and asked.

"This ..... Don't worry! Although the Huashan Army is powerful, looking at Li Xin's practices over the years, he is not a person without faith. Since we have already made a contract, I think he won't regret it! According to the opinion of the lower officials, the reason why the opponent's army has not retreated for a long time should be because we are afraid that we will regret it, and we want to wait until everything is ready before retreating! Song Chao knew what he was worried about, so he was relieved.

To be honest, what he was worried about was not Huashanjun's side, but Zhang Qiang's person. After all, the person who first tore up the agreement with Huashan Army was also himself! With these criminal records, it is estimated that no one can trust him!

"Send someone to urge, immediately collect the horses, hand them over to the Huashan army, and let them leave. If Gulangxia Pass is not in our hands for a day, I will not be at peace for a day! I'm afraid of change! You can do it yourself! Zhang Qian was not at ease, so he decided to end the matter as soon as possible.

"Yes, the subordinate is going to urge them!" Song Chao answered, and after speaking, he turned around and went out.

Under Zhang Qiang's urging, the five thousand good horses were finally collected, and the consequence was that the horses in the four counties of the Hexi Corridor were basically diluted.

After all, many of the previous horses had already been conscripted into the army, and it would be a problem to go so far and go so far.

As soon as these horses arrived, Sun Tieye and Deng Qiang slowly withdrew from Gulang Gorge Pass with people. The horses were already one step ahead, handed over to Zhou Tong and the soldiers they sent to rush back, and Sun Tie and them were on guard behind to prevent the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou from suddenly coming out.

Song Mingnai was the person in charge of presiding over this matter, standing on the lost and recovered wall of Gulangxia Pass, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the soldiers and horses of the Huashan army that were orderly and slowly moving away.

"It's finally over, and now, I can also explain to the envoy!" Song Chao secretly sighed.

However, it was too early to say at this time, he still had to stay here for a few days, and only after the retreat of the Huashan army was completely confirmed that he could return to Guzang to report to Zhang Qiang.

As a result, in the afternoon of the same day, he got the news that the Huashan troops who stayed in the hometown of Anyuanbao did not evacuate.

"What do you say? Where the Huashan Army is cutting down trees and leveling the land? After hearing the spies' report, Song Chao couldn't help but be surprised, and after thinking for a while, he immediately sent someone to continue to investigate.

With his cleverness and wisdom, he could already faintly see that something was wrong at this time, and when the follow-up situation was constantly reported, he finally understood what Huashan Jun wanted to do.

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