Wang Huaqiang remembered that when he read the history books, Sun Enlu Xuntianshidao's great uprising that swept the land of Sanwu in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also like this, but it did not rely on this rumor, but on the cult ideology.

The cause of this great uprising was also that Sima Yuanxian, the clan who held the real power of the central government of the Eastern Jin Dynasty at that time, wanted to establish an armed force loyal to the imperial court and get rid of the control of the two major military vassals of Beifu and Jingzhou.

As a result, this move also infringed on the interests of the vast number of local Haoqiang clans in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the villagers were all conscripted as soldiers, who else did they find to rent land and farm? Therefore, under the instigation and leadership of Sun En, the leader of Tianshi Dao (a branch of Taoism, which can be traced back to the Wudoumi Taoist leader in the Three Kingdoms period and Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu), hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangnan also rebelled almost simultaneously within a few days, shaking the world.

At that time, Sun En's Heavenly Master Dao army passed through a single inch of grass, full of fundamentalist extermination of human evil, along the way, killing officials and opening positions, but also chopping the officials of the Eastern Jin Dynasty into meat puree, so that the new soldiers to share the food, so that they were burdened with blood debts, and could not turn back.

Coupled with the brainwashing effect of religion, the Tianshi Dao rebellion lasted for more than ten years, consuming the last government army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the strong domain of Jingzhou Huan Xuan and the leader of the Beifu Army, Liu Yu, also successively destroyed the Jin Dynasty through this rebellion and established their own world.

As for the Jin Ge Iron Horse, Liu Yu, the Han hero who swallowed thousands of miles, stepped on the corpse of the Heavenly Master, unified the south, and ultimatum guò two northern expeditions, almost won the whole world, although the ambition was not rewarded, but also created the foundation of the Southern Dynasty for 200 years.

Wang Huaqiang suddenly thought of Liu Yu's method of dealing with these cultists, and the best way to deal with the ideological control of the foolish people was to fight back ideologically; once the superstition was broken, then the entire propaganda mode of the cult would be crushed, and the final defeat would be an avalanche.

Thinking of this, Wang Huaqiang's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, Gao Xi saw his expression and asked, "Huaqiang, have you thought of any good way?" ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "A little immature opinion, a few words of nonsense, don't blame the high servant." ”

Gao Xi raised his hand: "Say it, you can say anything today." ”

Wang Huaqiang responded, and said: "Today's situation in Jiangnan is just like the one that Sun Enlu Xun did when he first started the incident more than 200 years ago, quickly swept through the entire hometown of Jiangnan, taking advantage of the ignorance and fear of the grass people at the bottom of our dynasty, instigated by the family with ulterior motives, cutting off the retreat of these mobs in the process of the uprising, forcing them to do all kinds of evil deeds, in order to control these people, turn them into beasts that cannot be turned back, and attempt to divide the territory for a long time. ”

Gao Xi said "oh": "Now they have a total of three emperors and more than a dozen governors, how can you judge that their ambition is only a temporary separation, not an ambition to seize the world?" ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "If these people really have some political brains, they will raise a Nanchen clan as a banner, this is the fastest way to win people's hearts, and there are three emperors at the same time, I am afraid that these people will soon fight each other." This creates conditions for the crusade of our army. ”

Gao Xi nodded: "It makes sense, so far, I have only heard that there is a group of bandits of several thousand people who have elected Xiao Shiluo, the son of Xiao Maha, the general of the former Southern Chen Hussars, as the leader, and raised an incident under the banner of Xiao Maha, as for the Fengnan Chen clan to raise troops, there is no one." You go on to say"

Wang Huaqiang continued: "To deal with such an enemy army, it is necessary to have both military and political hands, on the one hand, the military attack must be resolute, and the enemy army must be defeated on the battlefield, but in terms of political strategy, the grass people think that it should be different from the last leniency policy. ”

Gao Xi looked at Wang Huaqiang's eyes full of approval and expectation, he didn't speak, just raised his hand and motioned for Wang Huaqiang to continue.

Wang Huaqiang pondered for a while, and said: "The world is safe, the imperial court is unlikely to immediately reconvene the army to suppress bandits, according to Huaqiang's view, the Yueguo Gongsu Department should not exceed 50,000 people, which is destined to pacify Jiangnan It is impossible to attack everywhere, but to concentrate superior forces, break each one, and before these Jiangnan rebels unite, take Jiankang, which is still in the hands of our army, as the center, and quickly build a base in Jiangnan."

As for the disposition of the enemy army that began to be defeated, the grass people thought that the first evil must be killed, and the last time Jiangnan was pacified, the time was too short and too fast, and the captured enemy officers and soldiers were also released, and some ill-intentioned people mistakenly regarded our Chaotian'en as weak, and this time they used such vicious means to mutilate our officials, for these villains, we must not be pardoned, we must be clear and exemplary, avenge the victims, and also preach to the southerners the strictness of our dynasty's law and discipline.

However, for the vast number of ordinary farmers who have been deceived and coerced, the grass people think that they still need to be pardoned, otherwise these people will eat the human flesh of our officials and be slaughtered by our army as prisoners of war, and they will definitely lead the anti-thieves everywhere to endanger themselves and resist to the end.

The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is dense, and the more we go to the south, the more difficult it is to give full play to the role of our army's ironclad war horse, and if the anti-thieves fight to the death in various places, our army's losses will surely increase exponentially, and after a long time, there will be variables. ”

Gao Xi glanced at Wang Huaqiang: "What are the variables you are talking about?" ”

Wang Huaqiang said: "In addition to the Lingnan that has rebelled before, Nanchen's hometown is now almost a full-scale rebellion, to put it mildly, most of the results of the southern expedition have been lost and lost, our dynasty is almost going to the second southern expedition, and re-fight the battle of Pingnan, although there is no national mobilization, but it will also greatly consume national strength, if the eastern and western Turks in the north have a heart of disobedience, and join forces to go south, then things will become troublesome."

Even if the Turks were divided and weakened by the various means of the previous stage, and they were temporarily unable to look south, because of the southern expedition, the labor and taxes imposed on the northern army and civilians would also cause the northern people's resentment to break out over time, so this southern expedition is best to fight quickly and completely calm the war within a year, so that the choice is the top, and to achieve this, the siege of the city is the bottom, and the attack is the top. ”

Gao Xi's face finally showed a smile, and he nodded: "Hua Qiang's insight really didn't disappoint the old man, let you go to the south, now I can rest assured, in the letter of recommendation I gave you, the Yue Guogong can promote you to join the army, and directly plan military aircraft and political strategy." Hua Qiang, Yue Guogong is a good general of the country, and you will definitely be useful under him. ”

Wang Huaqiang was overjoyed at first, but then remembered what Changsun Sheng had said to him last time, and his face became slightly solemn for a while, Gao Xi looked in his eyes, smiled and asked, "What, what doubts do you have this time?" ”

Wang Huaqiang gritted his teeth and said: "Huaqiang heard that the Yue Gong is extremely strict in governing the army, and before every battle, he wants to find the fault of his subordinates, and kill the general. ”

Gao Xi laughed: "Hua Qiang is too worried, Yue Guogong was recommended by the old man back then, this person is talented, and he has never rejected the good strategies proposed by his subordinates, killing people and establishing authority, but it is mainly for the implementation of military orders is not strict, lazy and slippery people, and often kills small soldiers, you have a letter of recommendation from the old man, as long as you do your best in the past, you should not worry about this matter." It's not early, so you and the sergeant should hit the road early. ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart was a little wider, he knew that Gao Xi would not promise to be promoted to an official and make a fortune this time, and it was already good to do this step, so he arched his hand, withdrew from the long pavilion, and went to Manan with the wheat iron staff.

Gao Xi stood up and looked coldly at the direction where Wang Huaqiang had gone, thoughtful. Outside the pavilion, a man in a cloak and a long-looking appearance walked over and lifted his hijab, it was Pei Shiju.

Gao Xi sighed: "Shiju, do you think I went too far with Wang Huaqiang this time?" ”

Pei Shiju's brows were tightly locked, and he said softly: "After all, he was born and died this time, and he made a great contribution, and the lower officials also felt ......."

Gao Xi raised his hand and stopped Pei Shiju from continuing to say: "This person is talented, but his selfishness is too heavy, I am promoting his official too quickly now, it is not a good thing, I have to press it well." Speaking of this, Gao Xi's eyes became deeper: "I hope that Chu Dao (Yang Su's words) can train him well." By the way, Shiju, there is a long road in Lingnan, and you should be ready to go on the road. ”