The so-called grammar is the written system and rules, which are the cornerstone of the normal operation of a country.

Nowadays, the criminal system and sparse law prevailing in the country are grammar; The 'five hundred li dian service, five hundred li marquis service' in Yu Gong is also grammar.

The establishment of the Liao State and the Xia State by the Khitan and the Party began with the establishment of grammar - the creation of a written official system and law.

Once you have grammar, it represents a wild tribe, which becomes a country with order, from barbarism to civilization.

For the Central Plains Dynasty, the threat posed by the simple barbarians was at most just a riot, just a disease of ringworm. But with grammar, a new country can continue to absorb the surrounding tribes and people, expand its own power, and the threat to China is often dozens or hundreds of times greater.

Whether it is history or reality, the evidence can be seen everywhere.

At the beginning, Tubo Zampu Luo established grammar in the Qingtang Dynasty, which made the Song court deeply worried, until the father and son attacked each other, and then they were relieved.

In the early years of Xining, the most important reason for the debate in the court about whether to open up Hehuang was that Dong Yu and Mu Zheng began to establish grammar in Hehuang, which might turn the Qingtang region into the next Western Xia.

With the continued threat from the Liao State and the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty was extremely vigilant against the surrounding tribes, destroying the order of Jiaozhi, bringing chaos back to Jiaozhou, and turning Jiaozhi from a civilized country into a land inhabited by barbarians, which would do no harm to the Great Song Dynasty. There may be murmurs in the court, but among the Son of Heaven and the two mansions, no one can use the word benevolence and righteousness to reproach Han Gang's actions.

Both staff members understood this truth, but it was still difficult for Li Fu to adapt to Han Gang's changes. When he was in the capital, although Han Gang was not full of benevolence and morality, he would not take the matter of hundreds of thousands of people to be punished lightly. Gently and elegantly discussed the words on the scriptures, but after arriving in Guangxi, the mouth was full of bloody words.

"Fu has barbarians, and conquers the South China Sea, so as to belong to Zhuxia." Li Fu had forgotten Han Gang's identity, and only regarded him as a classmate in the academy who was debating the scriptures, "It is indeed an unforgivable sin in the Jiaozhi court, and the people of Jiaozhi are innocent, why not educate them with the way of benevolence and forgiveness, and think that the people of the Great Song Dynasty will be the people in the future?" ”

"The benevolent, the human also." Su Ziyuan's cold and hard voice came in from outside the door, and then Yongzhou Zhizhou stepped into the room, "Turning into a barbarian is tantamount to a genus of beasts, how can you treat the people of China equally?" The thieves entered the prison, the lives of the three states were devastated, and the army of 100,000 was sent to every household. The matter involved chaos, and it was supposed to connect the nine clans. Only using the punishment of men is already extremely benevolent. ”

The Su family was killed, and 50,000 Yongzhou people were burned together, the hatred in Su Ziyuan's eyes was monstrous, and Li Fu and Chen Zhen, who hurriedly jumped up to greet him, didn't even dare to look directly, so they could only bow their heads and salute. On behalf of the people of Yongzhou, Su Ziyuan wants to pay the blood debt and blood debt, who can refute it?

"Fu has barbarians, provided that they are obedient. If it doesn't go well, it will be thunderous. Han Gang is also cooperating with Su Ziyuan, "The thief is guilty, and the upper and lower are guilty of the same crime, and the conviction is also the same." ”

"It's just that if this method is practiced, I am afraid that the people will resist to the end and refuse to surrender."

"It's okay." Han Gang, who grinned, was exposed by the dim light of the oil lamp, and the few white teeth that were exposed glowed with cold light, "It's much easier than turning into a man." For the peace of the world, the sword always comes first. He doesn't mind teaching young people who are just starting out, what is called reality, "The word "education" is not enough to write with a pen. ”

It would take at least thirty or fifty years to conquer a country that has already been formed and to reverse a civilization that has deviated from its original civilization and already has its own characteristics. During this time, the wrong officials could not be selected and the wrong decrees could not be executed, and they had to be cautious and cautious, and the contact with the local people was constantly strengthened, until two generations later, the local people became members of the Zhuxia again, so that they could almost settle down.

But it's too cumbersome to do so, and it's likely that all your hard work will be wiped out halfway through. You don't even need to do it yourself, just plan it, imagine it, and you'll know how troublesome it is to do it. Just like repairing a broken house with half of the beams broken, it is much easier to clean it up directly than to tear it down and rebuild it.

The simplest and most direct way to solve the hundred-year-old problem of Jiaozhi is to bring Jiaozhi, which has been out of the old track, back to the wilderness, and then bring back the Zhuxia civilization. For the money-hungry barbarians, it is not too difficult to tie them to Da Song, and Han Gang also has his own plans.

As if to ease the atmosphere, Han Gang smiled, "Naturally, it's a little too early to discuss how to deal with Jiaozhi now, there will be time in the future." Before that, you still have to enter the Thang Long Mansion first. Don't discuss what seasonings to put before the sheep is killed. He looked at Su Ziyuan, "Bo Xu is here to talk to me about this, right?" ”

"Of course." Su Ziyuan nodded, after Han Gang returned to Yongzhou, the first thing he did was to order the Thirty-six Barbarian Division, and there were many things that Han Gang had not had time to discuss during this time.

Chen Zhen looked at Li Fu, who was a little stunned, and stood up, "Long Xue and the envoy have important matters to discuss, and we will leave first." ”

"It's okay," Han Gang shook his head, "Let's stay and listen." Yanda is almost here, and you will become a rafter for me, and it is better to listen to more about the affairs in the army. ”

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Yanda stepped on the board of the boat steadily and walked on the land of Guizhou.

The beautiful landscapes on both sides of the Li River make Yanda, who is accustomed to seeing the thick and rugged mountains of Kansai, can't help but be fascinated. Instead of taking a deep breath of moist and fresh air, which was different from the north, he felt that he fell in love with this beautiful place in an instant.

It's just that the trance only lasted for a moment, and Yan Da immediately turned his head, looked at the haggard soldiers under the ship, and frowned.

In mid-October, 5,000 soldiers of the Western Army finally arrived in Guizhou, Guangxi, under the leadership of Yan Da, deputy commander of the Annan Battalion. However, the place where they disembarked was still far away from Guizhou City, and they did not directly berth at the dock on the edge of Guizhou City.

Yan Da led the fourteen commanders of Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road to the south, including eight infantry commanders and six horse army commanders, totaling 5,300 people. They had traveled a long way, and it was a long waterway, and many of the soldiers were sick, and most of them were extremely emaciated, not to mention going into battle, even the marching ones were not competent.

In order to prevent their appearance, it will affect the morale of the people in Guizhou and even Guangxi. Twenty miles away from Guizhou City, Zhang Dian arranged a barracks for them to settle in. Everything was done as if to hide this batch of reinforcements from the outside world.

Although the news could not be hidden at all, even the women in Guizhou City who could only wash vegetables, cook and take care of housework knew that the army of Lu Dao had arrived in Guizhou. But in the folk rumors, they only thought that the prince of Jing Luo Zhang was to sneak attack Jiaozhi, so he deliberately concealed their arrival, and no one guessed that it was because of the water and soil.

"Not adapted? …… Joke! ”

"Don't you look at who is doing the transfer now? That's the great disciple of the Medicine King Bodhisattva! ”

Although the rumors have become outrageous after thousands of miles of spreading, Han Gang's authority in medical affairs is still affirmed by everyone. However, in order to ensure the early recovery of the 5,000 Western Army, Zhang Dian had already sent all the medical officers in his hands in advance to wait in the camp. The leading medical officer, Lei Jian, is an acquaintance from the Kansai battlefield, and he is also quite authoritative among the 5,000 people, and is now taking care of the health of the 5,000 soldiers.

Putting aside the worries about whether the main force of the Annan camp could recover in time, Zhang Dian is now even more concerned about the actual strength of these 14 commanders. It's just that he can't go to count it in person, so he still asks Yanda for the first time.

"Zhang Shuai can rest assured." Yan Da did not hide it at all, and even hid the number of his own troops from the commander Zhang Dun, which would only add chaos to the future war, "The troops led by the last general have a total of more than 4,600 people and more than 1,200 war horses. These fourteen conductors were personally selected by the last general, and they were the most elite of the two commands. ”

Zhang Dian was very satisfied, and there was a real smile on his face. Of the five thousand three on the military register, there can really be four thousand six, which can be regarded as a very high ratio, and it can also prove that what Yan Da said is true.

"It's just that the last general is worried about the war horse." Yan Da's face was so vicious that it could scare crying children was bitter, "There are 1,200 war horses, all of which are from Xihe, and they are not used to the southern climate. Now there are people who have doctors, but there are no animal doctors. Over time, I'm afraid it will be damaged. ”

"You can rest assured that this is happening." Zhang Dian smiled confidently, "When you are well recuperated and go south, Ben Shuai can match you with two thousand more horses and mules." ”

"Really!?" Yan Da asked in surprise, immediately noticed his words again, and hurriedly apologized: "The last general didn't suspect Zhang Shuai, but I didn't expect to do it so thoroughly." ”

Zhang Dian disagreed: "There are many cattle in Guangxi, and there is no shortage of horses and mules." On the side is the country of Dali, although the horses from Dali do not have to go to the high of the west horse, but they are accustomed to walking in the mountains, and they can also endure hardships. ”

"Could it be that there is a horse market in Guangxi?" Yan Da was even more surprised, the only way for foreign horses to enter China was through the mutual market, but he had not heard of it when he went south

"This is the result of the hard work of Su Zhongyong and Su Boxu, father and son." Zhang Dian sighed softly, Su Mian and Su Ziyuan were tired of running around to open up the horse market, although Zhang Dian and Han Gang jointly established the horse market later, but the credit is still the Su family's father and son, and neither of them has the idea of plundering the beauty of people, "Hengshanzhai in Yongzhou, as well as Yizhou, although the two horse markets have only been open for three months, there are as many as 4,000 horses in hand. ”

"Four thousand?!" Hearing that there were so many horses, Yan Da's voice immediately raised a bit, rubbed his hands, and said excitedly: "There are so many horses, and after the next 13,000 soldiers and horses go south, it will be enough to replenish them." ”

Zhang Dian glanced at the rising Yan Da twice, and sighed gloomily: "It seems that you haven't heard of Fengchen...... Because the Khitan secretly assisted Western Xia in Fengzhou, there would be no more reinforcements. The only main force that can be used by the Annan camp is the 5,000 soldiers and horses you brought to the south and the 1,500 Jingnan army that went south with me last time! and the 5,000 new troops that have just been trained in Guizhou and Yongzhou. ”