In Yuan Yao's heart, whether it is Han or other ethnic minorities, as long as they are his people and are willing to obey his rule, there is no difference in status, and even as long as these ethnic minorities submit, Yuan Yao can still find a way to let them live a better life than now.

Yuan Yao understood that if he wanted to realize the lofty ambition in his heart that no one knew or knew except himself, it would not only need the strength of the Han people, but also the strength of these ethnic minorities.

In the long history of ancient China, there were two dynasties that were the most powerful, one was the Han and the other was the Tang. Among them, the strength of the Tang Dynasty is inseparable from the contributions of those minority generals. Throughout the hundreds of years of history of the Tang Dynasty, there are not a few famous generals of different races who have emerged, such as Yu Chigong, Gao Xianzhi, Li Guangbi, Ge Shuhan, Ashina Sheer, etc., all of whom have contributed their strength to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and even the blood of ethnic minorities flows in the blood of the Tang Dynasty.

Yuan Yao has no hatred and discrimination against ethnic minorities, and in Yuan Yao's heart, as long as those who surrender to him are his people, he will not treat them differently.

However, Yuan Yao knows very well that although he has such thoughts, it does not mean that other people think the same as himself, like Pan Feng, his attitude actually represents the attitude of the vast majority of Han generals towards foreign races. Yuan Yao knew that Pan Feng would not have any opinion if he subdued Shamoke, but the relationship with Shamoke was definitely not much better, which was not what Yuan Yao wanted to see.

Although Pan Feng is not Yuan Yao's subordinate now, it is only a matter of time, although Yuan Yao does not want to see his subordinates huddle together to affect his rule, but he also does not want to see a deep hatred between his subordinates, which will undoubtedly have an impact on Yuan Yao's future plans.

"General Pan, what do you think of the combat power of our army compared to the Wuxi barbarians?" Yuan Yao thought about it and asked.

Pan Feng said proudly when he heard this: "Son, our army is a carefully selected elite soldier, and the weapons and armor are a large part of the more than the Wuxi barbarians, and they are well-trained, under the same number of people, the Wuxi barbarians will be defeated, and even if our army faces three times the number of Wuxi barbarians, the last general is confident of victory." ”

Seeing that Pan Feng was full of confidence, Yuan Yao asked again: "Then General Pan, do you think that if our army and the Wuxi barbarians fight in the mountains and forests, they may win with the same number of people?" ”

Pan Feng thought for a while when he heard this, as if in order to give himself a strong momentum, he said categorically: "Yes! ”

"What if our army fights in the mountains and forests with Wuxi barbarians, who are twice or even three times the number of our army? Can we still win? Yuan Yao smiled and threw out a question again.

Pan Feng was a little hesitant about this question, he understood that although the soldiers under their command were extremely elite in weapons and armor, and they were well-trained and able to form a military formation to fight the enemy, but in the face of twice or even three times the number of Wuxi barbarians, they were still fighting in the mountains and forests, and Pan Feng did not have absolute confidence.

From Pan Feng's attitude, Yuan Yao almost came up with Pan Feng's answer, and he didn't break it, but continued: "General Pan, how many mountains and ancient forests do you think there are in the world? Let me tell you, not to mention Yizhou, the southern areas of Jingzhou and Yangzhou are all mountainous areas, as for Jiaozhou, not to mention that in the future, if our army only relies on the current strength, it will not be the opponent of those local forces. The Wuxi barbarians are different, they have lived in the mountains since childhood, walking on the ground in the mountains and forests, walking like flying, if we can subdue them and form a legion dedicated to fighting in the mountains, it will be very advantageous for us to fight in the mountains in the future. ”

Hearing Yuan Yao's thoughts, Pan Fengcai was taken aback, he didn't expect Yuan Yao to have thought of such a point, when their goal was still to unify the Central Plains, Yuan Yao's eyes had already been set on Yizhou and Jiaozhou, where the terrain was strange.

How to put it, this may be the difference in vision. Now Pan Fengcai understands the real reason why Yuan Yao wants to subdue Shamoke, it turns out that he wants to subdue Shamoke and bring Wuxi Barbarians into his rule, so as to use Wuxi Barbarians as a source of troops to form a legion dedicated to mountain warfare.

Pan Feng also admitted that if you want to form a legion dedicated to mountain warfare, the Wuxi barbarians are indeed a good choice, and the Han people can be compared with the Wuxi barbarians to fight in the mountains, but how many such people are there, and it is impossible to form a stable source of troops. And Wuxi Man is a barbarian alliance composed of many tribes, if it can subdue Wuxi Man for its own use, it means that this mountain combat corps that has not yet been formed has a stable source of troops, which is undoubtedly a good thing.

Of course, if you want to subdue Wuximan, there is one person who can't get around, and that is Shamoke. Shamoke is the current king of Wuximan, if he is not solved, Wuxi Man cannot be used by Yuan Yao at all, but if Shamoke can be subdued, then it will be a very simple matter to subdue Wuximan.

Yuan Yao wants to subdue Shamoke, one is for love, Gan Ning's strength is in the top five in Eastern Wu, Shamoke can shoot Gan Ning, the strength can be imagined, and now Shamoke is still very young, there is still a lot of room for growth. The second is that Yuan Yao wanted to subdue Shamoke to achieve the goal of subduing Wuximan, and then used Wuximan as a source of troops to form a legion dedicated to mountain warfare.

In the future, if Yuan Yao wanted to attack Yizhou, Jiaozhou, and southern Yangzhou, a legion dedicated to mountain warfare was necessary.

Pan Feng's face was solemn at this time, Yuan Yao said so, Pan Feng naturally has nothing to do with subduing Shamoke, but Shamoke is strong, with him, Yuan Yao's goal is difficult to achieve.

"Childe, but aren't we going to Lingling this time? Will this affect our original plan? Pan Feng asked.

Yuan Yao said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, one Lingling is more important than Wuximan, if you can subdue Wuximan this time, then I won't change ten Lingling for me." And depending on the time, at this time, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan should take Changsha and Guiyang, and Lingling will be handed over to them, and our main focus now is on Wuximan. ”

Although Pan Feng was a little unhappy with giving up the attack on Lingling to Huang Zhong, Yuan Yao spoke, and he had no room to refuse, so he could only nod his head and agree.