"Why are there rumors in the market that I want to stand on my own?"

Feng Sanhu thought it was very strange:

"And the reason is that I killed the messenger of the cochin thief? What is the reason for this? What do you think about it? ”

"I don't know." Xu Daizhuo was also a little confused: "Why did General Feng just want to stand on his own feet when he killed the so-called 'messenger' who talked to himself?" ”

"Moreover, if you kill the messenger, our navy will also kill it, why don't you say that our navy should stand on its own?"

In fact, the logic of the Jiaozhi people is very simple - Feng Sanhu has outstanding military achievements, and he leads the army alone abroad, but there is no civilian official to supervise the army.

Therefore, the Jiaozhi people thought that the Chinese court would definitely be afraid of Feng Sanhu.

In fact, if Feng Sanhu is the commander of the Great Zhou, it is not unreasonable for the Jiaozhi people to think so.

They just don't know that the Chinese Empire has never had the concept of civilian supervision of the army since it developed from conservation to the present.

In the past, when the Chinese army was not strong enough, the Chinese army basically only dealt with the enemy in one important strategic direction at a time, and at this time, the commander of the army was always Xu Shiyang himself, which civilian official dared to be a supervisor for him?

Later, when the empire developed to a certain extent, the Chinese army could attack from all sides and deal with two or more wars in more directions at the same time, and when Xu Shiyang was no longer able to control each strategic direction, the actual command of the imperial army had almost been transferred to the hands of the General Staff (except that Xu Shiyang still served as the chief of the General Staff, so the imperial army was still headed by Xu Shiyang).

The reason why Feng Sanhu and Li Feihu of the Navy dared to kill all the Jiaozhi envoys this time was because the General Staff had predicted before the war that Jiaozhi should send envoys to try peace talks, and the General Staff and the Cabinet had already made it clear that Jiaozhi must be destroyed this time, and the thieves only had the right to surrender unconditionally and wait for disposal, and there was no room for peace talks.

On the other hand, even if Feng Sanhu wanted to stand on his own, he couldn't pull any troops away - none of the officers above the division level of the Chinese Army had their own direct troops, and they couldn't even serve as commanders in the same unit for too long.

Imperial division commanders and above officers are rotated every five years in the army, and they feel like rogue officers.

The reason why the Chinese army was able to do this was that the equipment, strength, combat effectiveness, tactics, and training level of the various field units were all about the same, and the commanders of the troops did not have to spend a long time adapting to a new contingent, and it did not matter if they did not know the soldiers or the generals, and anyway, there was also the general staff.

Therefore, from the emperor and the crown prince to the cabinet, no one in the empire was worried about the tendency of front-line generals to be self-reliant - what could they stand on their own without soldiers?

What's more, there is still the imperial grandson in Feng Sanhu's army (Xu Daizhuo is just a colonel, and the Jiaozhi people don't notice him at all), and it's not that there are no overseers, right?

All these reasons have led to one result: Feng Sanhu's thinking is simply unable to connect the two things of killing the envoy and self-reliance.

Xu Daizhuo and other officers of the Southern Expeditionary Army were also not good.

This matter, if they go to ask the officials of the former Great Zhou, they can probably understand a little, but the people in the military have always looked down on the people of the Zhou army, so no one asks this question.

"Forget it, don't think about it if you don't understand." Feng Sanhu shook his head helplessly: "We can't understand the thinking of the Jiaozhi monkey, and I guess the General Staff can't understand it either, so don't think about this problem, just do your own work." ”

"Also, if you're really curious, just catch Li Changjie and ask him what he thinks." Xu Daizhuo said: "General, do you want to go and see those barbarian cave masters who have surrendered?" ”

There were about 30 tribes of Dongman who had surrendered to China, and they prepared their own weapons and food this time, and were ready to send 20,000 troops to participate in the war against Jiaozhi.

According to the plan, the Chinese army was mainly responsible for occupying the fertile and unusually fertile delta plains on both sides of the Fura River, resource-rich areas such as Hongji, as well as several geographically important ports.

Elsewhere, it will be controlled by the cave man.

The reason is simple, the empire may not be able to move too many people to fully control Cochin, and it would be good to be able to control these most important areas with its current population and garrison.

In other places, it is nothing to be ruled indirectly by the cave barbarians.

Therefore, these cave barbarians who have little combat effectiveness are still useful, not to mention that so many cave barbarians Ding Zhuang left Gui Province, which is also conducive to the local transformation of Gui Province and the return of the river.

Therefore, both the General Staff and the Cabinet agreed that there was no rebellion last year to make a small fortune in Cochin.

"I won't mix with the barbarian thing." Feng Sanhu replied: "You are the chief of staff, and you are also responsible for the duties of the liaison officer, you just go and meet those cave barbarians and explain the policy to them." ”

"Alright then, I'll do this." Xu Daizhuo didn't refuse, he also felt that it was too unequal to let a lieutenant general come into contact with Dongman, in fact, he was a little taller as a colonel.

It's just that this matter also involves the Empire's obedient and brutal policy towards the South, so it is not appropriate to let others go.

……

In the old Yongzhou Prefecture Hall, thirty-three barbarian cave masters who were scheduled to send troops gathered together, some of them had old ones in the past, and some of them were related.

Of course, there are many enemies, and after meeting, familiar relatives and friends naturally have to have a laughing exchange: this family said how many dings and food they had grabbed before, and that family said that they had robbed a lot of women and money, and when they said what they were proud of, several people laughed together.

Some time ago, these barbarians who did not rebel last year led the Chinese army to sweep away all the cave barbarians who had taken refuge in Jiaozhi, and those tribal main caves naturally became the spoils of the empire, but some attached small holes were handed over to them to deal with.

For the Chinese army, these small holes are nothing more than tasteless chicken ribs, but for the barbarians, this is a great replenishment of fat.

So much so that these cave barbarians had already made a fortune before they sent troops to deal with Jiaozhi.

Of course, some other cave masters who have a grudge will not be so harmonious with each other.

If it weren't for the red-clad field troops standing around the lobby, it would have been possible for these caves to fight directly.

Even if you don't do it, it's normal to taunt each other.

"Yuanjin, are you embarrassed to blow it?" A strong man with cyan tattoos on most of his face shouted to the other cave owner: "You just got two small holes and drank some soup with the Huaxia soldiers!" There's no shame in earning that little stuff! Lao Tzu, I have destroyed five holes in a row, and there are 600 Dingkou I caught! ”

"Hehe, you've destroyed five holes, but you think it's quite profitable?" The cave master named Yuan Jin sneered: "I heard that you have broken more than thirty boys, and one of them is your own nephew?" I made two holes, but I only broke eight people, and I don't know who was more embarrassed. ”

Actually, you're all quite ashamed. Zhang Heli stood aside and thought silently.

As a Han Chinese, under the condition of special care, the cave man he led was naturally the one who made the most and lost the least.

He just didn't want to show off to these people.