Chapter 39: Alien Loyalty

After Pei Min's order was issued, there was an inexplicable feeling of happiness in his heart. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This Kang Zhibin's methods are not ordinary, and it has only been a year and a half for him to incite more than 40,000 people to rebel with him, give him a few more years, so what's the deal?

His rejoicing is very reasonable, Kang Zhibin is indeed the number one person in history, he secretly wooed the foreign compatriots in Liuhu Prefecture, recruited troops, and pulled nearly 100,000 troops in one go, occupied Liuhu Prefecture in one fell swoop, and forced Xiazhou, calling himself Ye Hu, intending to help the Turks seize Shuofang. Although it did not succeed in the end, it brought great damage to Datang.

It's just that this kind of thing is mentioned in the history books, and Pei Min is not a history expert.

knows the deeds of some famous figures such as Wang Zhongsi and Li Bai, but Kang Zhibin is so rebellious, but he can't know about it.

Pei Min went directly to the backyard to say goodbye to Pei's mother and Jiao Chen.

Pei Mu looked worried and said, "You're going to go out to fight again?" Doesn't it mean that there will be no war anytime soon? ”

This is also the reason why she rejected Pei Min as a military minister at the beginning, who can be more worried than him as a mother on the battlefield?

Every time Pei Min went on an expedition, she couldn't help but beg to worship the gods and pray for Pei Min. This is so worried that it is difficult to sleep peacefully.

Jiao Chen couldn't help but show a hint of worry, but relatively speaking, the hiding was excellent.

Pei Min smiled and said to the two: "There is nothing to do in this world, but there are always some people who don't have long eyes. The mother can rest assured, and one or two thieves intend to rebel, and the child will come back in a month at most. ”

Pei Mu was slightly relieved.

Jiao Chen said softly: "Come back early, it won't be long before Xiaoqi Xiaoba will speak, and I don't know if they will call their father first or their mother first." ”

This sentence directly said to his heart, Pei Min smiled and said: "I like to call my father and mother, and it is even better to be able to call it in person." ”

Leaving the Jiedu Embassy, Pei Min led the personal guards directly north to Liuhu Prefecture.

Shanzhou, where Pei Min is located, is not far from the six prefectures of Lu, Li, She, Sai, Yi and Qi, Pei Min hurried and hurried, and in the early morning of the same day, he had arrived at the border between Longyou and Liuhu Prefecture.

Pei Min didn't know the situation in Liuzhou, and the more than 100 guards under his command could not stop thousands of troops, so he did not rush in, but chose to camp outside the state and wait for Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun's cavalry.

As for Li Yide and Xia Shan, they have already entered Liuhu Prefecture.

After Pei Min learned that Kang Zhibin had different intentions, he immediately made them ready for battle.

"Pei Shuai! Inspector Wang is here! ”

Pei Min got a report from the pre-war guards, and asked people to put it in the account: "It's hard work, how is the situation now?" ”

Inspector Wang, naturally Wang Xiaobai.

Wang Xiaobai's martial arts are strong, especially his leg skills, which are extremely exquisite, and he is the best candidate for inquiring about intelligence and delivering reliable news.

Wang Xiaobai said: "Liuhu Prefecture is in chaos, and everyone is in danger. On Pei Shuai's orders, the two generals Li and Xia sent people to pacify Zhou and County, and followed Kang Zhibin away. Kang Zhibin didn't mean to fight, just ran all the way. ”

Pei Min smiled with a little contempt: "I expected this trick a long time ago, their conspiracy made us aware of it in advance, and we had to raise troops in a hurry, and it is the limit to have this momentum." Of these 40,000 people, at least half of them are women and children, and there are only 20,000 soldiers who can really fight. It's just that...... How can we Datang come when they want to, and leave when they want? ”

If you want to go north from Liuhu Prefecture to the Turks, the nearest road is to pass through Shuofang, exit Shuofang, cross Jiuyuan, and enter the territory of the Turks.

However, Wang Junyu was not surprised, and was already waiting in Shuofang.

Early the next morning!

Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun's cavalry had arrived at the front line to join Pei Min.

Seeing that Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun's cavalry team was quite powerful, Pei Min nodded with satisfaction and said approvingly: "The soldiers are strong and brave, and they will not fall into the majesty of the Longyou Army." ”

Affirmed by Pei Min, the two generals were also deeply honored, patted their chests and said: "Pei Shuai, rest assured, with the support of your ordnance and equipment, the morale of the brothers is high, and they dare not say that one is ten." Even if you encounter an enemy who is more than multiplier, you will never admit it. ”

After the gathering in Shanzhou, they were in awe of Pei Min.

Now, after the extermination of locusts, the status of the Longyou military in the hearts of the people has risen sharply and has been treated like heroes. At the same time, after Pei Min became the envoy of the festival, there has never been any problem in the material.

Especially the replacement of armaments, in all fairness, let alone Wang Junyu, even Guo Zhiyun did not have this treatment at the beginning.

With many benefits and convenience, the generals of Longyou have long been convinced, and there is no resistance.

Shi Yan couldn't wait to say: "Pei Shuai quickly order, lest the broth be eaten by the two generals Li and Xia, and we will come for nothing." ”

The shadow of Li Yide's famous tree, as the cavalry commander of the first army on the edge of the town, has always been the first fierce general of the Shence Army before Li Siye became famous, and his military achievements are brilliant. As for Xia Shan, the strength of this dominatrix, they have all seen it with their own eyes, and they are full of female men. With them playing as strikers, it's too late, and I'm really worried that I won't be able to eat meat.

Pei Min was not in a hurry at all, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when you eat meat, if you are lucky, nine out of ten thieves are ours." ”

He did not go to join Li Yide and Xia Shan, but advanced his soldiers and horses into Luzhou, the middle of Liuhu Prefecture, where he rested comfortably and waited to appease the people.

Most of the people of Liuhu Prefecture are foreign people, some come to the Western Regions, some come to the Turks, and some are even Turkish.

Not all aliens are willing to follow Kang Zhibin to rebel, some of them are accustomed to the comfortable life in Liuhu Prefecture, and they don't have to worry about food and drink day and night, and they don't have to fight with hungry wolves on the grassland for their livelihood.

In the face of Kang Zhibin's rebellion, they chose to stay.

It's just that their situation is very miserable, and when Kang Zhibin left, he took all the cattle and sheep away, and did not give a single star to those who were willing to stay, ignoring their life and death.

And the Tang army was angry that they rebelled and killed the court officials, and they didn't have a good face for them, just like steamed meat on a knife board.

Seeing this, Pei Min ordered the soldiers to distribute some of the excess food to them.

Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun were full of reluctance when they heard this, and the military orders were like mountains, but they could only receive orders.

Pei Min knew their thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's not that Ben Shuai is kind, but we sit back and watch their life and death, which will only make them go to a dead end, which is not good for us." Since they chose to stay and not be an enemy of my Datang, why not give them a way out. How much more is that when a man dies, there is nothing left. Only those who are alive can be used and can help my Datang. ”

Shi Yan said in a sullen voice: "Pei Shuai is merciful, I'm afraid that this group of wolf-hearted guys will not be grateful to Dade, but will stab us in the back." If it is not against it today, it may not be against it in the future. ”

Pei Min squinted and smiled: "The general really thinks that the saint is ignorant? Through this incident, it can be seen that the inadequacy of the storage system is completely flawed, and for these aliens, too much generosity will not work. The Holy One will change the way of policy again. There are only two ways to deal with them, either kill them all, or really turn them into our Datang people, instead of letting them retain their own customs and characteristics and become foreigners in the Tang Dynasty. If you really want to kill, now there are more than 800,000 Turks, and even more millions in Tibet, and if you add the big food countries and Byzantium in the West, the population is hundreds of millions. It's not my race, is it possible to kill them all one by one? ”

Shi Yan didn't seem to understand it, but when he heard that hundreds of millions of people were slaughtered, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

He is a fierce general on the battlefield, and he can't help but nod his head when he kills people, but he can't help but be terrified at the thought of slaughtering more than a million people.

Therefore, blind killing may not have the desired effect. As for whether they will be grateful? Why do they need to be grateful? ”

How to deal with these alien people, Pei Min has already made a conclusion in his heart.

If you want to destroy a nation, in addition to the extreme means of killing all of them, the most convenient way is to destroy their culture, cut off their foundation, destroy their customs, and go to their back road.

Soon, there will not be a single foreigner in Liuhu Prefecture, and they will all be forcibly dispersed and moved to Jiangnan to completely integrate into the Tang Dynasty.

Being in a different place, surrounded by Tang people, they have no choice but to choose to blend in.

Generations later, who knows who their ancestors were?

This method is a bit decisive, so it still needs to be done to save face.

It's not just Shi Yan and Zhang Jingshun who personally distribute food.

Pei Min also came forward to appease the people.

After the sack of man-made disasters, Luzhou City seems to be ten rooms and nine empty, and there are only more than 3,700 households left in the city.

Entering the streets of the town, the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the loess road were closed: their fear of war had reached its extreme. At the base of the wall were huddled a number of hungry and cold aliens, some of whom were still trembling and dying, and some of whom had become lifeless, abandoned and uncared for.

Pei Min asked the corpses to be collected and buried, and although the summer had passed, he had to be careful of the occurrence of the plague.

Suddenly, Pei Min realized that someone in the crowd was watching him, and when he looked back, he saw a thin foreign young man, who was naked and had several knife and arrow wounds on his body. The face is pale due to excessive blood loss, but a pair of eyes are still blazing, and the eyes are full of unyielding meaning, and they should not be idle and mediocre.

Pei Min couldn't help but be curious, so he leaned over and asked, "How did you get this injury?" ”

The young man said: "Naturally, you came from a fight? ”

Pei Min asked again: "Who are you fighting with?" ”

The young man gritted his teeth and said: "The thieves rebelled and wanted to rob my horses and sheep." How can a man under seven feet sit idly by? ”

"Good man!" Pei Min smiled and praised: "How many killed?" ”

The young man said with a bit of arrogance: "I have a family of five and killed ninety-three thieves. Saying that, he bowed his head and said, "It's just that there are too many of them, and the cattle and sheep are still robbed." ”

Pei Min put away his smiling face and said movingly: "That's also one for twenty, it's amazing." How many cattle and sheep you have lost, I will make up for you. ”

The young man shook his head with a fist and said, "I don't want cattle and sheep, I want revenge." My uncle is dead, my father has a broken arm, I want to avenge them, I hope Guogong can accept me, I can help you capture Kang Zhibin! ”

He said and fell to his knees.

Pei Min was even more curious and asked, "How can you help me?" ”

The young man looked left and right and said, "This is not the place to speak. ”

"Good! You come with me! Pei Minyi was bold, and he didn't doubt him at all, so he walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The young man strode behind.

Shi Yan reminded Pei Min to be careful, and Pei Min smiled and accepted his kindness.

As for Pei Min's personal guards, none of them were very concerned.

As Pei Min's personal guards, they are well aware of the strength of the objects they protect, and often encounter accidents, Pei Min mostly takes action in person, and there is no place for them.

Entering the city lord's mansion, Pei Min looked at the young man in front of him.

The young man said: "Guogong is stationed in Luzhou, but he plans to seal Kang Zhibin's escape to the Tengger Desert?" ”

Pei Min unexpectedly glanced at the alien youth in front of him and said, "Go on?" ”

The young man bowed his head respectfully and said: "Kang Zhibin's rebellion has no warning, it is a hasty army, and the grass people don't know why. But the speed of sending troops from the country, it is not difficult to analyze that you are prepared. Kang Zhibin raised troops to rebel, and the crime cannot be punished. For the sake of the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, there is no reason for him to escape no matter what. Guogong did not pursue, but stationed troops in Luzhou. It should be a chance to win, I believe that Shuo Fang can block Kang Zhibin's breakthrough, and I also believe that Li and Xia Er will be able to achieve victory. Liuhu Prefecture is the most suitable for cavalry to escape, even if the Guogong wins, it is not easy to capture the thief alive. Facing the net, Kang Zhibin has no way to live except to choose to venture into the desert. Luzhou is the closest to the Tengger Desert, and it is just right to send troops to block it. ”

Pei Min couldn't imagine that his intention would make the young man in front of him see through it, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Then do you think this method is feasible?" ”

The young man said: "It is naturally feasible to completely destroy the rebels. But it is not easy to capture the head of the thief alive. The road into the Tengger Desert is too wide, and the cavalry in the hands of the Duke of Guo is far from enough to take care of every place. ”

"And what do you have to do?" Pei Min asked after a moment of silence.

The young man said without hesitation: "Evacuate Luzhou, on the surface, join Li and Xia Er, and send troops deep into the Tengger Desert behind your back, control the oasis in the desert, and wait for work." In the desert, as long as their water source is cut off, they can only go all the way to destruction. ”

"So, you're familiar with the Tengger Desert?" Pei Min thought about the pros and cons in his heart.

The young man replied, "The Tengger Desert is the home of my Tiele people, and it is no longer familiar. ”

Pei Min asked, "By the way, I said so much, I haven't asked your name yet!" Are you a Tieler? What is it called? ”

"Servant Grace!" Youth answers!

Pei Min didn't say a word, put his hands together, and said, "It's up to you, you lead the way!" ”

He knew that the number one of Fugu Huai'en, he was a member of the Servant Bone Department of the Tiele Clan, and the entire tribe had already submitted to the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period.

In the war with the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion in history, the Fugu Huaien family sacrificed forty-six people for the country, and the Anshi Rebellion could be quickly pacified, and his credit was second only to Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi. Although he is a Tiele person, he is loyal to Datang.

Such a person, worthy of trust.