In the Pingzhou Thorn Mansion, Cui Yu looked at Duan Xiu who was respectful in front of him, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disdain, and said secretly: "Wouldn't there be so many things to do if I knew each other like this earlier, I have to let Lao Tzu sue my brother-in-law!" ”

"Why did Duan's Xianbei send a little kid over? Isn't there a Duan Wenyang who is quite powerful? Why didn't he come? ”

In the face of Cui Yu's cynicism, Duan Xiu did not get angry, but explained expressionlessly: "Back to Lord Assassin Shi, my third brother Wenyang wants to follow Wang Assassin Shi Nan's expedition to Shile, so he can't pull away from coming, and the eldest brother Duan Ji Lu sent the kid to Lord Assassin Shi to obey the order. Although the kid is not as brave as the third brother Duan Wenyang and the fourth brother Duan Shujun in wisdom, he can still afford such trivial things as running errands and chores. ”

"Today, Lord Assassin Shi has mobilized the three armies of Goguryeo, Duan, and Yuwen, with nearly 100,000 troops and dozens of generals under his command, and is it not easy to attack a small Xi'anping? Therefore, there are not many boys, and there are many boys. I don't have much ability, so I will take 3,000 soldiers to follow the adults and serve as a guard. ”

"Well, that's fine, for the sake of you being so respectful, you will stay in the Chinese army in the future."

Cui Yu was very satisfied with Duan Xiu's low profile, in fact, he also knew that it was impossible for the Duan clan to send more troops to come, and the reason why he had brought the lawsuit to Wang Jun before was just to fight for breath.

This time, the four parties jointly attacked Xi'anping, and it was the Yuwen tribe with more than 100,000 people who really pinned high hopes on it. Whether it is Goguryeo or Duan, Cui Yu doesn't have much hope at all, as long as the two sides have an attitude and send some people to mean it.

"I wonder when you plan to attack?"

Cui Yu didn't want to say too much to Duan Xiu, but he thought that the Duan clan was also a party to the covenant no matter what, but it seemed insincere not to say it, so he pondered for a while and said: "It is tentatively set for August, and we need time to raise the grain and grass needed by the army in the early stage, and we also have to negotiate the distribution of interests of all parties after the war." ”

"August?" Duan Xiu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, obviously not satisfied with Cui Yu's arrangement.

Although Duan Xiu has never been in charge alone, he has experienced a lot of battles with his father and brother over the years, and he knows a little bit about it. According to his original intention, there is no need to unite Goguryeo and Duan, just let the Yuwen tribe send tens of thousands of cavalry to Xi'an Ping to make a surprise attack, which needs to be delayed until August.

"What? General Duan has a different opinion? The corners of Cui Yu's mouth showed a hint of impatience, and the most annoying thing about the conceited Cui Yu was that someone pointed fingers at him. The biggest reason why he scheduled the attack in August was nothing more than to show off.

"Huh? No, no, it's best for adults to do that! Duan Xiu remembered the words told by his brothers before, asking him not to compete for everything, just to deal with the past, and hurriedly shook his head and denied it.

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With the return of spring to the earth, Liaodong became lively again, in addition to the Han people in various places busy with spring ploughing, the Hu people of various departments also drove their cattle, sheep and horses to various pastures. The livestock, which had been hungry for a winter, were suddenly attracted by the greenery and enjoyed themselves on the vast land.

However, not all Hu people own pastures, and it is impossible for some Hu people who have been annexed by tribes and Hu people who live at the bottom to own their own pastures and livestock. This part of the Hu people either became horse bandits on the roaming side by virtue of their bravery, or they could only rely on powerful tribes and become killing tools in the hands of others.

But this year, with the Karasuma tribe being co-opted by the Xi'an Ping County Government, those Hu people who wandered around the country suddenly had a choice. After the beginning of spring, the Xi'an Ping County government announced a new policy against the Hu people.

The policy stipulates that no matter which Hu people, as long as they are willing to accept Han culture and become Han Chinese, they can register with the county government. After registration, they can have the same rights as the Han people in Liaodi, not only can they get land and pasture, but they can also study, go to school, and become a soldier and an official.

As soon as this policy was announced, it attracted a large number of Hu people who were living in poverty to Xi'anping, because some Karasuma people came out to say the truth, but no one suspected that someone was deliberately doing it.

"Lord, now that there are more and more Hu people gathered nearby, should we start registering immediately?" Feng Yi was worried that more and more Hu people would gather together and cause turmoil, so he hurriedly proposed to Wei Shuo.

However, Wei Shuo was not too worried about the too many Hu people gathered, so he asked indifferently: "Zizhuan, how many Hu people are there now?" ”

"At present, there are about 1,000 people gathered, and there are still many Hu people rushing here one after another, so it is estimated that this time we can attract at least 3,000 to 5,000 Hu people to register." Feng Yi hurriedly stood up and replied.

"Well, it's not bad, it seems that the policy we proposed is still very attractive to those low-level Hu people!"

Even Wei Shuo didn't expect to gather more than a thousand Hu people at once, and since he successfully digested and incorporated the entire tribe of Speedu, Wei Shuo started the idea of all the Hu tribes in Liaodong.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Han people did not occupy a demographic advantage in the entire northeast region, and after the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty and the rebellion at the end of the Jin Dynasty, the ratio of the Han population to the Hu population in the total population had reached an astonishing two to one, while in the Liaodong region, the ratio was even lower.

If Wei Shuo narrowly holds the desire to rely only on the pure Han people to complete the expulsion of the Tartars and restore the rivers and mountains, then even if he dies, he will not be able to achieve it, unless he is asked to create all kinds of advanced thermal weapons at once, Wei Shuo can only choose to unite the majority of people to help him realize his dream of reviving China.

Naturalizing the Hu people is an effective means of weakening the enemy and strengthening oneself, and there have been similar policies in all Chinese dynasties throughout history.

Among them, Wei Shuo was most impressed by the policy adopted by the Ming and Qing dynasties to change the land and return to the southwest ethnic minorities, which not only completely stabilized the southwest frontier, but also incorporated the ethnic minorities into the big family of China, which was conducive to the consolidation and development of a unified multi-ethnic country.

Now what Wei Shuo has to do is to stand on the shoulders of the ancient sages, implement land reform and return to the entire land of Liaodong, and naturalize all the local Hu people into qualified Chinese people.

"The lord doesn't know, in fact, there are poor and rich people in the Hu tribe, and the poor still account for the majority. Except for a small number of nobles and tribal warriors, most of the low-level Hu people did not have their own pastures and livestock at all. An ordinary Hu warrior has no other income at all except for accumulating wealth through battlefield looting, and even their family members have to graze for the tribal nobles. ”

"This time, the lord publicly promised to allocate pastures to the Hu people who are willing to accept the change of land and return to the river, of course, it will have a huge attraction to the Hu people at the bottom!"

As a former tribal leader, Speedu knows quite well about the internal situation of the Hu people. Therefore, he knew very well that the policy proposed by Wei Shuo to change the land and return to the river would have an impact on the Hu people of various tribes, no less than the impact of the Juntian system on the clans.

"Looks like we're going to expand the cavalry again?" Pei Wei said thoughtfully.

"That's right, this time it's going to have to be expanded to at least six thousand." Wei Shuo said with excitement on his face, how important the cavalry is, just look at the Huns who flaunt their might in the Central Plains, you can know that only with cavalry that matches them can there be hope of eliminating the Hu people everywhere one by one.

"But my lord, we don't seem to have enough pasture to share?" At this time, Han Shou stood up and pointed out one of the most important problems in the plan to change the land and return to the river.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo smiled and said, "Who said we don't have a pasture to share?" ”

"Huh? I...... Do we have it? How did we not know? Feng Yi, Pei Wei, Su Pill, Han Shou, Lu Chang and others were all puzzled, and they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wei Shuo's gourd.

But Wei Shuo got up and spread out a map in front of everyone, and then pointed to Jeju Island on the map and said, "Do you know where this is?" The name of this place is Jeju Island, and there is a small barbarian country on the island, Tamna, with mountains, waters, forests and grasslands within a radius of 100 miles, and of course, thousands of indigenous people. ”

"Could it be that the ranch you are talking about is Jeju Island?" Among the staff, Pei Wei was the first to react.

"That's right, this island is surrounded by the sea, and if there is no navy, no one can reach the island, it can be described as a godsend, and it is too violent to let a group of barbarians occupy it, it is better for us to occupy it as a horse farm. Wei once estimated a little, at least tens of thousands of Hu people can be placed on this small island, and tens of thousands of horses can be provided for us every year in the future.