Luo Zhaoyun said a sigh of emotion, for the Turks, after all, the grassland border troubles, a long history, the grassland tribes to the Central Plains, since the Western Zhou Dynasty has not been eliminated, whenever the Central Plains dynasty is strong, the grassland tribes will retreat, they did not leave the destroyed cities, villages and towns, because the grassland tribes are a migratory people, there is no fixed place.

Moreover, the gathering place of the grassland tribes is only lush with water and grass, not the time when the land is fertile for reclamation and farming, the yield of cultivated crops in ancient times is very low, and the reliance on the environment is too serious, so the grassland land cannot be used as a cultivated field, so that the dynasty of the Central Plains has never tested the filter to completely conquer and occupy the grassland, and it is mainly to fight and run, or let them depend, and just be obedient and not messy.

There are many complex reasons for this!

At this time, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Chen Qi, suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, once our army wins a big victory, can we take advantage of the victory to pursue, send a large army into the grassland, slaughter on the grassland, reduce the number of people in some tribes and grasslands, and even make the tribes decline, they often come to the Central Plains to fight the grass valley, burn and loot, we can follow suit, the grassland population is already small, if we can slaughter some more, maybe it will not be a threat in a hundred years." ”

Wen Boyan, Gao Shilian, Xin Gongyi, Changsun Shunde and others gasped when they heard this, they all gasped, they learned the way of Confucius and Mencius, paying attention to the inner and outer kings, and letting Fanbang surrender and influence with benevolence, this is the truth that the saint handed over to Confucianism, relying on slaughter, this is probably not in accordance with etiquette.

"Absolutely not, Your Majesty, there is virtue in the Tai, followed by meritorious service, followed by words, the ancient sages put benevolence in the first place, as the so-called virtuous and virtuous people are glorious, and those who are thin are humble, Donghu or Huns, we are right to crusade, but if we want to send soldiers and horses to kill innocents indiscriminately, it is really against the original intention of the saint's benevolence, and it will make other departments of the grassland, the Western Regions, Baiyue and other states deviate from morality, and they are hostile, then it is not good!" The right servant shot Wen Boyan and took the lead in raising objections.

Gao Shilian also said: "Your Majesty, the killing of the grassland tribes is indeed very important, please be cautious!" ”

"The minister also seconded the proposal, think twice before acting." The official Shangshu Xin stood up and seconded the proposal.

Chen Qi's face was a little embarrassed, and he was unintentional, but for those great Confucians and old Confucians, such remarks and strategies were afraid to encourage the king to become a sign of tyrants.

"My lords, maybe Chen someone's wording is wrong, and the killing seems too heavy, in the next meaning, whether to take advantage of the big victory to attack the grassland, not necessarily to slaughter the tribes of the grassland, bloodbath, but you can gather the women and children and bring them back to the Guannei, capture those strong men as slaves, or drive away, and strangle some stone towns in the grassland, echoing each other for hundreds of miles, so that the grassland grazing territory can be reduced, and they dare to go to the bitter cold land in the extreme west and the north, and open the distance to threaten the Central Plains." Chen Qi explained, lest these Confucian ministers and Hanlin scholars Qinglin criticize his reputation, and if it spreads in the future, he will have to recite the nickname of a butcher, which will be annoying.

Wen Boyan, eldest grandson Shunde, Gao Shilian, Xin Gongyi, Wei Zheng and others, hearing his explanation, relaxed a little, and their expressions were less angry.

Luo Zhaoyun pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "My Dahua is similar to the Central Plains Dynasty in previous dynasties, there is a shortcoming, that is, there are more infantry, too few cavalry, I raised troops in the Tuyuhun area, where there are many pastures, so I led 50,000 elite cavalry to the east, invincible, but in a few years, the loss of war horses is very large, and the horses have a service life, and they will be replaced in a few years, the cost of raising horses is too high, in the troubled times, the state tax is insufficient, and it is impossible to support the huge war horse breeding." ”

"In addition, a cavalry who is good at riding and shooting and fighting is also quite difficult to cultivate, and the men, women and children of the grassland are all riding archers, and they have a huge innate advantage over our Central Plains! Most of the soldiers who enlisted in our new army were farmers and men, and they had never ridden a horse for twenty years, so it was very difficult to train, and they were not as good at fighting as the steppe cavalry. Therefore, the Central Plains army has often entered the grassland, can not walk too far distance, about to withdraw, in the wilderness where there is no city, Xiongguan fighting, the infantry in the face of the cavalry corps, has a huge shortcoming, can not catch up, can not run away, only to be beaten and wait for death. ”

"There is another reason, that is, the military grain and grass is a huge amount, 100,000 troops into the grassland, thousands of miles of front, the need to transport grain and grass to the husband of hundreds of thousands, their consumption all the way, is greater than the consumption of 100,000 troops. Moreover, once they enter the steppe and are attacked by the steppe Turkic cavalry, they are likely to be destroyed, and once the army in front of them is short of food and grass, what awaits them is panic, and they will be defeated in an instant. ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs present were a little stunned, they didn't expect that His Majesty would analyze it so thoroughly, and these two factors alone had already grasped the core place.

In Chinese history, since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the nomadic Hu people have continued to invade the Central Plains, Dongyi, Xirong, Beidi, Nanban, surrounded the Central Plains, hundreds of tribes, almost wiped out the Yanhuang bloodline of the Central Plains, and later Qi Huan Gong put forward the 'respect for the king and Yi', and turned the tide, repelled the barbarians, the princes of Jiuhe, and the world, so that the Central Plains civilization was continued, and then, there were Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song and Ming dynasties, all of which were invaded by nomads, not to mention the Wuhu Chaohua, Khitan Daliao, Jin State plundering Song, The threat of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and the Later Jin Manchu Dynasty was born.

Why has the Central Plains only been defensive, and it is difficult to completely defeat or even eliminate the barbarian Xiongnu Hu people? Mainly in the era of cold weapons, nomadic men and women can fight, good bravery, learn to ride and shoot all day long, and the people are tall and large, all the iron cavalry is invincible, the Central Plains army is not as good as the nomadic tribe in terms of impact, speed, and hard combat, which is one of the reasons.

Another important point is that because the nomadic tribes roamed around, there was no unified fixed station, and there were no cities, except for the royal court and a few fortresses and towns where grain and grass were placed, there were few cities and counties, and they were free to advance and retreat without restraint. And it is a desolate land where the weather is cold and frozen, even in the heyday of the Central Plains, it will not mobilize the whole country, and it is a bitter cold place for the people of the Central Plains to go there. Even if they want to attack, the nomadic tribe will directly move their tribe and go to Mobei or Mobei, the Central Plains army will not be able to drive straight into the pursuit all the time, because there is no meaning, in the vast and sparsely populated grassland, and there is no occupied city, which is also one of the important reasons why the Central Plains people do not attack the nomadic tribe.

When the dynasty ruled by the Central Plains declined, corrupt and incompetent, the military was sloppy, and many foolish and loyal ministers of Confucianism and moderation always shamelessly proposed reconciliation when it came to the interests of the country, ceding land and losing money, paying tribute every year, and saving a little place to continue their rule, the most representative of which was the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, to sum up, when the Central Plains was strong, they disdained the nomadic tribes, and felt that there was no need to mobilize troops to occupy the bitter cold land, so there were Meng Tian's expulsion of the Hu people, Qin Kai's repulsion of the Eastern Hu, Li Guang's expulsion of the Xiongnu, etc., which only had the effect of expulsion, but did not really eliminate them, occupied the vast grassland, and gradually held on to the city; When he is weak, he can only be beaten passively, unable to fight back, and survive.

Chen Qi was a little unwilling and said: "Is it really impossible to solve the trouble of Rong Di in the grassland?" ”

Luo Zhaoyun sighed: "Unless, we can find crops that can be cultivated in the bitter cold land, can be used as staple food, so that we can do a pilot on the grassland outside the pass, reclaim and cultivate, garrison the field, build a stone city, and extend to the grassland little by little, as long as the grain and grass can be solved on the grassland by self-reliance, so that the people of the Central Plains can settle down on the grassland, first influence the grassland from the cultural aspect, assimilate them, weaken the barbarism of the grassland tribes, meek their character, and no longer be barbaric and rude." In addition, with crops, it will solve the problem of the grassland tribes in the bitter cold land when they can eat enough, their idea of going south to grab will also be reduced, and the hidden dangers will be alleviated little by little, and even the lowest can be suppressed. ”

.。 Writing Chinese Network M.