When Pei Shiju heard this, his face changed greatly, he stood up suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Hua Qiang, how can this be!" The emperor has a clear order, you can't mess around in Lingnan, you can't lose people's hearts, otherwise Lingnan will never have peace in a wild place, how can you not even think of this? ”

Wang Huaqiang's face became stern, he lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Hongdae, in fact, if you want Lingnan to have long-term peace and stability, you have to migrate there on a large scale, the problem in Lingnan is that there are too many barbarians, too few Han people, and the climate and environment there are not suitable for our Han farming culture, so we have to rely on the local barbarian leaders to govern."

Like Mrs. Xian, who is sensible and has a heart for the court, it is natural that they can cooperate, but we can see from this incident that even Mrs. Xian's grandson is half-hearted about whether to continue to be loyal to the court, for him, the court is far away, the rebels are very close, and they are of the same clan, if this Feng Xuan takes over the history of Luozhou Thorn, I am worried that when there is another turmoil in Lingnan, he may not be on the side of the court like Mrs. Xian this time.

Therefore, the best way to deal with this place in Lingnan is to first subdue the barbarians with a strong military force, so that they do not dare to rebel again, and then they need to emigrate here in large numbers, but the environment in this place of Lingnan is so bad that even these soldiers of ours think that they are fierce beasts, and if I don't offer enough tempting conditions, they are not even willing to fight in Lingnan, let alone stay.

Say a thousand, say 10,000, only let the latecomers see enough benefits and opportunities here in Lingnan, they can give up a stable life in their hometown. Come to this wild and remote Lingnan land. If you can indulge the soldiers to loot this time. They got the benefits and finally stayed in Lingnan, which made their relatives and friends in their hometowns rush to immigrate to Lingnan. ”

Pei Shiju shook his head and said: "Hua Qiang, you can't do this, there are millions of slang Dong people in Lingnan combined, and most of them live in the deep mountains and old forests, and they don't have much intersection with the Han people." They hunt and fish in the mountains and pick wild fruits, while we Han people cultivate land outside a few big cities, and there is very little contact between the two sides, so it is difficult to have any integration.

And even if all your 3,000 soldiers stay, what can you do, there are not so many Han women in the local area who can marry these soldiers, if you are looking for a slang Dong woman, then they are afraid that it will be difficult for them to adapt to the Han lifestyle in the deep mountains and old forests, and only rely on the small-scale immigration of these thousands of people. It is impossible to gain a foothold in Lingnan at all.

Huaqiang, do things according to your ability. Taking advantage of the trend, there is no problem with the emperor's policy in Lingnan, the chieftain of the Dong people of Tongguò, to control the millions of Lingnan barbarians, and the tens of thousands of Han people in several big cities can maintain the communication lines in Lingnan, which should be the best way to govern Lingnan.

If we follow your method, arson robbery, and then use the Guò Tuntian garrison to subdue, I am afraid that even Mrs. Xian will turn her back on us in the future, lose the hearts of the people, and it will be difficult to take it back. ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed and said: "Hongdae, you and I have reservations on this matter, it is useless to only talk about benevolence and righteousness for barbarians, in my opinion, supporting this leader today and relying on that leader tomorrow is not a long-term solution, Mrs. Xian is because she married a Han person, so she will be loyal to the court in the third generation, but she is also eighty years old this year, if she is not there in a few years, where can we find another Mrs. Xian?"

Of course, the plundering of the army is a last resort, Hua Qiang also said just now, that is just the last resort to stimulate these soldiers, and now it seems that it is not needed, but if Lingnan is pacified this time, how to tame these barbarians in the future, I am afraid that I have to think of a good way. Besides, Wang Zhongxuan, who raised troops this time, and those tribes raised by Zhou Shiju, it is impossible to be polite to them anymore, and they must be exterminated. ”

Pei Shiju laughed: "That's natural, the culprit must be investigated, and the coercion never asks, this is the policy that Gao Servant Shot gave me before leaving this time, and I might as well reveal it to you this time, military strikes are the mainstay, but we must also take into account the hearts of the people, and the tribes that cooperate with our army need to be rewarded with officials, and the tribes that remain neutral in the war will also send people to condole, only the tribes that are iron-hearted to fight against my Great Sui to the end will be exterminated, Hua Qiang, what do you think?" ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "This is very good, I estimate that a month later, when our army's training is completed and the soldiers go out of Shixing, the barbarians in Lingnan will completely state their respective positions, Huaqiang can boldly guess that when our army defeats Zhou Shiju, it will be the day when Mrs. Xian takes back Feng Xuan's military power and the day of the decisive battle with the rebel general Chen Fozhi, then we will send someone to contact Mrs. Xian as soon as possible, and make an appointment with her tribe to meet under Panyu City." ”

When Wang Huaqiang said this, he raised his head and looked at the soldiers who were still full of interest and changing various formations, and shouted: "It's time for lunch, everyone eats first!"

A month later, in the barracks of Yuelu Mountain, Wang Huaqiang was the same as a month ago, full of armor, standing under the high point of the general, looking at the silent military formation under the stage with satisfaction, it was September, the hottest heat had passed, these soldiers were much darker, and they had lost some weight, but they were all refreshed, and their faces were all shaved and clean, not like a month ago, and they were scratched by their eyebrows and mustaches, and their bodies were full of fleas.

In the past month, Wang Huaqiang has carried out super-intensive physical fitness and queue training for these sergeants during the day, and forced these guys to line up to take a bath at night, and put a lot of bean powder and garlic in the stream water as disinfectant, because Wang Huaqiang from later generations knows that fleas and lice are more lethal to a unit than the enemy's knives and arrows, and in this era without antibiotics, diseases will be spread faster by these small insects in hot and humid weather.

At first, the soldiers were not very happy to soak in this kind of smelly water every day, but after a few days in a row, they felt refreshed, and after shaving the beards full of fleas, they were even more free from the pain of being bitten and sucked blood every day, and they were suddenly much more energetic, so that after ten days, these soldiers would feel sad if they did not take the initiative to take a bath every day, and correspondingly, the number of sick people in the army was reduced to a minimum, and the doctors in the camp became the most idle people in the entire barracks.

The high quality of health also brings a high level of training, these Nanchen veterans are the sharp soldiers who have been fighting for many years, whether it is the battle with the Sui Dynasty or the barbarian battle in Xiangzhou in the Nanchen period, they have experienced a lot, a month down, under the devil training of these Sui army officers and veterans, all of them have mastered the essentials of various combat formations of the Sui army, 3,000 people act in unison, Wang Huaqiang commands as easily as commanding his own arm.

Pei Shiju was not idle for a while, he knew that training military was not his own strength, so he traveled back and forth between Changsha City and Yuelu Mountain every day, and according to Wang Huaqiang's requirements, he launched the blacksmith shops in Changsha City and more than a dozen surrounding towns and villages to create high-quality armor and weapons.

Changsha was originally an important town in Xiangzhou, and it was going to be used as a base for the army to go to Lingnan, and Wang Shiji also dropped a lot of military funds at this time, plus the newly built armor of Pei Shiju this time, 3,000 people can be equipped with a set of scale chain mail, an iron helmet, an iron tire bow or a two-stone infantry crossbow, plus each person's long lance, broadsword, battle axe and other hand-to-hand weapons, at this time the soldiers standing under the stage are all heroic and well-equipped.

Wang Huaqiang unhurriedly took out a yellow silk edict from his arms, which he had just received the day before yesterday, which was the official appointment of the imperial court, and he was awarded the title of Lieutenant of the Sixth Rank Fengche with his military exploits during the Southern Expedition, although it had long been expected, but Wang Huaqiang was still happy for a while after getting his hands.

Wang Huaqiang glanced at the sergeants in the audience majestically, and said loudly: "Please look at the ranks, this edict means that the emperor specially promoted me to the rank of lieutenant of Zhengliupin Fengche before he set out on the expedition." Do you want to be in this official position?" (To be continued......)

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