Gao Di doesn't like to take ideas, if he wants to take ideas, there is no need to ask for the opinions of so many people, as the highest-ranking local official, if he has any ideas to implement, he will directly give an order, even if he wants to do something face-saving, at most he will solicit opinions and at the same time hint at his own point of view, either explicitly or implicitly, so that everyone can say it. Seeing that the three people couldn't decide on the five people couldn't decide down, Gao Di had a headache, he wanted to explain the situation and hand over the problem to the top, but he was afraid that the emperor or the Military Affairs Yuan would say that he was not able to do even small things, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

Just when Gao Di was in a dilemma, Zhao Shujiao suddenly came up with a sentence to relieve him at this time, Zhao Shujiao said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I suddenly remembered one thing, the emperor once said a sentence before leaving Beijing at the end of last year, although it is not for the situation in Guizhou, but I think you can refer to one or two, I don't know if you are interested in listening?" ”

Gao Yi was overjoyed when he heard this: "The emperor's words will definitely not be wrong, General Zhao, you can just say it." ”

Zhao Shujiao saw that Zhu Xieyuan, Cai Fuyi and others also nodded in agreement, so he said: "At the end of last year, the emperor asked me to lead troops down the canal to Nanjing, and asked me to understand the specific situation along the canal, saying that I was going to build dozens of villages along the canal to house my troops and their families, and after the resettlement, let us repair the canal≠. Let those toasts take advantage of the loopholes to blackmail the people to respect themselves. ”

Gao Di asked: "I don't know if the emperor said that General Zhao's repair of rivers and villages has anything to do with the Tusi system?" ”

Zhao Shujiao said: "The emperor means that many places in the south are Tusi and Liuguan coexist, but the people turn a blind eye to the officials sent by the imperial court, because these officials will only shirk and let the Tusi take care of things if they have something to do, and in the long run, naturally no one will take the court officials seriously." If these officials sent by the imperial court can uphold justice and ensure that the interests of the people are not harmed, they will naturally slowly establish their prestige, where are the interests of the people? Isn't it just about eating and dressing to solve the problem of food and clothing? We build rivers, roads, and houses to let the people have a stable living environment, and the people will slowly turn their hearts to the court when they see the benefits given by the court and compare the oppression of Tusi. ”

Zhao Shujiao usually does not smile and gives people a steady impression, and Gao Di also nodded lightly when he said it, but Gao Di inadvertently found that Zhao Shujiao gave Zhang Jingan a look while nodding, and Gao Di suddenly felt that the current situation was a little interesting. From Zhao Shujiao's words, it can be heard that he still insists on building roads, rivers, and villages, and doing things according to the original established plan, but he did not explicitly say that he opposes Zhu Xieyuan's siege plan, who or what reason should be used to oppose Zhu Xieyuan's plan? Zhao Shujiao gave Zhang Jingan a look, does it mean that they already have a tacit understanding, and Zhang Jingan should come forward?

Sure enough, Zhang Jing'an coughed lightly and said: "Chief Zhao's words also reminded me of one thing, that is, before leaving, the emperor also sent someone to pass on an edict to me, saying that after Guizhou, I can try not to kill people as much as possible, and try not to kill too many people if I can kill less, and it is much better to slowly encircle the rebels than to kill them wantonly." ”

Zhu Xieyuan was depressed when he heard it, you arrived in Guizhou at the end of last year, and you have been here for half a year, you all only remember the emperor's words now, the difference is that one is called in person, and the other is an oracle, anyway, they all say that there is no evidence. To ordinary people, Governor Zhu can say things without evidence, but I wonder if the emperor has said such a thing, and it is impossible to ask anyway, but it is a big crime to falsely preach the holy decree, and ordinary people will not do this.

Zhu Xieyuan thought for a while and asked: "General Zhang said that the emperor's edict wants you to kill less or not to kill, does it include An Bangyan and the rebels of Hao Chongming?" ”

Zhang Jing'an said: "Of course, the emperor said that the people in the rebels were actually ordinary people, and in turn, ordinary people picked up knives and guns, which were soldiers. If we forcibly carry out a mass killing, the first to be killed or injured will be the people who were deceived by An Bangyan and Hao Chongming into sending them to death in the past, and in doing so, those who still have a good impression of the imperial court will die for the rebel leaders. According to the emperor's words, I think that if we are not so eager to encircle and suppress, but instead focus on dividing and disintegrating the enemy, we will be able to achieve the effect of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. ”

Gao Di nodded at this time and said: "This makes sense, as long as we kill one person, then his son, brother and others will definitely ignite the anger of revenge, and if we kill ten hundred thousand, there will be thousands of people who will have a mortal enmity with the imperial court, which is indeed not as good as the effect of division and disintegration." However, how to divide and disintegrate the enemy is a difficult problem, a while ago many people moved their families down the mountain, and later I heard that under the coercion and joint measures of the rebels, no one dared to come down again, is there any way for the two general soldiers? ”

Zhu Xieyuan listened to Zhang Jing'an's words and wanted to refute it, but who knew that Gao Di took the lead in praising Zhang Jing'an's statement, Zhu Xieyuan was very disdainful in his heart, thinking that they were all people who could only take things for granted. I dare not say whether I will win the hearts of the people if I don't kill people or kill less people now, but five years ago, the court didn't kill a single person, and those people still rebelled, which shows that it is wrong to win the hearts of the people by killing less. Besides, tens of thousands of rebels have been killed in the past five years, and the enmity that cannot be concluded has long been settled.

Zhang Jing'an saw Zhu Xieyuan's disdainful expression, and said to Gao Di: "We also have a way, but Master Zhu seems to have a different opinion, let's listen to his opinion." ”

Zhu Xieyuan said coldly: "Since Mr. Zhang wants to listen, I will say what everyone thinks, I also know that killing people is not good, killing one person will form a lot of hatred for people, but it is impossible to fight a war without killing people." Not to mention anything else, just to say that the Apocalypse attacked Shuixi Longchang in the third year, killing countless rebels in the battle, not to mention, after the battle, he also killed more than 10,000 people, including Hao Chongming's wife and brothers, killing so many people What is the hatred that is so wide? How could their fathers, sons, brothers, and clansmen give up revenge for their relatives for the sake of small profits? ”

Zhang Jing'an asked, "What does Master Zhu mean?" Kill to stop killing? ”

Zhu Xieyuan nodded and said: "At present, it is only like this, the reason why the rebellion happened is because An Bangyan and Yu Chongming and others are self-aggrandizing and think that their ambitions can be realized through war. There are two ways to let them and their people be honest, one is to give them benefits to satisfy their **, and the other is to make them feel pain and fear and finally despair. The first way is no longer possible, An Bangyan and Hao Chongming want to build a country and become independent, even the generals and prime ministers have been sealed, even if we agree with the emperor, the emperor will not agree, there is only one word for these crazy people, which is to suppress! If it is better to kill them, they will naturally be honest. ”

Zhu Xieyuan's words were loud and imposing, and the people present couldn't refute it, and they all thought it was reasonable, and no one was a soft egg who didn't dare to kill people, so he was quiet for a while. Gao Yi looked anxious, fighting for it or not fighting for a name, the palindrome to the court has not yet been settled, everyone can't convince the other party to finally have to take their own ideas ♀ It's not difficult, the difficulty is that you have to choose the right one, if you choose the wrong one, your main responsibility will not run.

However, Gao Di is not a person who only knows how to be embarrassed, he thought about it and said: "I think this is good, Zhang Zongbing and Zhao Zongbing discussed a plan for a slow siege, Lord Zhu and Lord Cai discussed an offensive plan, and finally we compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two and act together, do you think about it?" ”

When the four of them heard Gao Di say this, they looked at each other and nodded, and the four of them sat down separately at the two small tables next to them to discuss. Gao Di asked the camp to record the Chinese book for the four people, and he took a few sips of the tea bowl and then let out a long breath, at which time he could calm down, and while resting in his heart, he thought about how to write a palindromic to the imperial court so that nothing would go wrong.

After a while, the plans of both sides came out, and the common point of the two sides was that Zhang Jing'an's 30,000 men and Zhao Shujiao's 30,000 men cooperated with each other to be able to defend the two cities of Guiyang and Zunyi. ♀

In terms of other considerations, Zhang Jing'an and Zhao Shujiao's idea was to let the 5,000 people originally trained by Zhang Jing'an go to Yongning and cooperate with the Sichuan army to march into Zhenxiong, because the number of Sichuan troops defending in Yongning was larger, and it should be no problem to add 5,000 new talents to Zhenxiong to gain a firm foothold. The 15,000 people trained in Zhao's education office were all pulled out and built in sections from Zunyi to Tongren and then to Changde in Huguang Province, this road was originally also there, but it was rugged and difficult to pass, and it was difficult for light vehicles to cross, let alone heavy vehicles loaded with cannons. As long as this road is widened and flattened, whether it is artillery from Beijing or silver grain from Huguang Province, it can be continuously transported in.

Gao Di couldn't help but nod slowly after reading Zhang Jing'an and Zhao Shujiao's plan, as soon as this road is repaired, materials can be quickly transported in, with money, food, and weapons, whether it is a rush attack or a slow siege, it can be said that the road will win more than half of the victory. As long as An Bangyan and Gao Chongming are willing and prepared, they can cut off the connection between Guizhou and Sichuan and between Guizhou and Yunnan at any time, and as long as the road leading to Huguang and Guangxi is widened and repaired, An Bangyan and Gao Chongming will not be able to cut them off, and they will be able to tie their hands and arrest them in the near future.

Gao Di put down Zhang Jing'an's plan, picked up Zhu Xieyuan and Cai Fuyi's plan, and looked at the plan of these two, after Zhang Jing'an and Zhao Shujiao took over the defense from Guiyang to Zunyi, the remaining 40,000 people could be pulled to occupy Zhenxiong and Wusa to complete the thorough defense of An Bangyan and Hao Chongming. When the encirclement is completed, it will advance in all directions to the center, and when it encounters resistance, it will hold on to the spot and press on the center from other directions, so that the rebels will not be able to defend the left and the right, and finally they will have to come out for a decisive battle, and once the two sides have a large-scale decisive battle, it will not be far from victory.

Both sides seem to be reasonable, each person's plan reflects their own views, but Gao Jingluo is more reasonable, he synthesized the plans of the two sides≡ the 15,000 people trained by the education department to pull out to repair the road unchanged, Zhu Xieyuan said that the remaining 20,000 people go to Zhenxiong through Yongning, but the other 20,000 people who save do not go to Wusa and Dongchuan, let them take turns to train in Zhang Jing'an and Zhao Shujiao, so that the safety of Guiyang can be completed, and their own safety is always the first.