"Good weapon, you can see it too?"

Li Sheng nodded: "Your Majesty's mentality is indeed old. The thief and wolf are ambitious, but anyone with a clear eye can't see the snake's teeth, and the person behind it is the king of Dongping.

But His Majesty still trusts him, but he is very alienated from those who are dedicated to the country, so I am worried that you will be thankless and cause a lot of trouble. ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "I didn't think about it that much at the time, I just wanted to let the thief lose more." Moreover, if this force is defeated, if the thieves rebel at that time, there will be less help.

In addition, it is also to deter those inner tribes with different intentions, so that they know the fate of betrayal, and dare not have different hearts. ”

Li Sheng frowned, thought for a long time, and said, "Fuchen, you seem to be thinking wrong. ”

"Oh?"

"You have also seen it, the Liuzhou Zahu has no combat effectiveness, even if the thieves rebel, they are also a plague of ringworm, and they can be eliminated at will.

But now most of the Hu civilians in Liuzhou have not rebelled, and they have been massacred by you, which will inspire the hatred of these subordinate tribes.

Because although the auxiliary ministers hated their rebellious behavior at both ends of the head, these subordinate tribes thought that Liuzhou Hu should be right, and they would do the same.

When the time comes, there will be more tribes in the tribe that responds, and we are not ready for it.

Although the Flying Dragon Army is elite, after all, the number is too small. And the Longwu Forbidden Army and the Yulin Army can't train at all.

During this time, you don't know that Ma Xunmei and I are training two armies. Not to mention the emptiness of the soldiers, they still resisted training, and the first two days were fine, but on the third day, thirty percent of the soldiers would rather harm themselves than train. Ma Xunmei and I can't use force, they are all sick, who will guard the palace?

The border army Anxi Army was too far away, and the Longyou Army would have to fight against Tubo at that time, and the only ones that could be used immediately were the Hexi Army and the Shuofang Army. If the subordinate tribes responded to the rebellion together, the counterinsurgency force would definitely be insufficient. ”

Xiao Quzhi was silent for a while, Li Sheng's words can be roughly summarized as not showing hostility too early before the strength is not enough, and the slaughter of Hu civilians in Liuzhou will not deter the attached tribes, but will strengthen their anti-heart and push them towards An Lushan.

Xiao Quzhi smiled embarrassedly: "It seems that what he said is right." But it's already like this, but it's not without benefits, and it's not without benefits, and it's been a training for this Thousand Flying Dragons Forbidden Army. ”

"That's probably the only benefit." Li Sheng also smiled, was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, Your Majesty still has many ministers who know the rebellious nature of these attached tribes, but they can't find a better way. It can only be quietly divided, checked and balanced, and at the same time deterred by force, so that it does not dare to move lightly.

For example, in the Nanzhao Rebellion, the imperial court used this method, and finally caused the current result, although Zhang Qiantuo and Xian Yu Zhongtong are to blame, but they are actually implementing the will of the imperial court.

The plan of the imperial court was originally to support Nanzhao to contain Tibet. Unexpectedly, Nanzhao developed too fast, and the ambition revealed was too great, and the power infiltrated into the Dianchi area (the core of Nanzhao's power is near Erhai Lake in Dali), on the one hand, it seriously threatened the interests of Datang, and on the other hand, it was about to completely break away from the control of Datang.

Of course, we can't sit idly by and watch him develop arbitrarily, so the imperial court wants to secretly support Yu Chengjie, the younger brother of the king of Nanzhao, to replace him, and at the same time increase the tax collection on Nanzhao to weaken Nanzhao. It's just that Zhang Qiantuo did it too obviously, and some of the methods were too inferior, which suddenly angered him and forced him to rebel against Nanzhao Wang Ge Luofeng.

After that, a big war broke out between the two sides, to put it bluntly, Jiannan Jiedu divided Xian Yu Zhongtong and Zhang Qiantuo, the governor of Yaozhou, and the means of checks and balances were not used well, and finally it was simply solved by force.

This kind of thing is actually common, and even then His Majesty supports them. The fault is that the two of them are too incompetent, especially Xian Yu Zhongtong is completely ignorant of military affairs, but he is greedy for military merits and personally commands the battle, resulting in a great defeat.

If Xian Yu Zhongtong is replaced by King Wuwei or General Anguo Gong Ge Shu to command this battle, and finally win a big victory, it will be a great achievement, and there is nothing wrong at all.

…… Therefore, in fact, the imperial court also wants to completely solve these hidden dangers, but it is only temporarily inadequate. ”

Xiao Qubing understood that in the final analysis, it was still during the Li Shimin period, from the beginning of the Battle of Dingxiang to Li Shimin's death, a series of military actions in the entire Tang Dynasty have achieved a brilliant victory with fewer victories.

Datang expanded rapidly, and after destroying one enemy, it was not digested and stabilized, and immediately went to destroy another. In just a few decades, Datang's territory has more than doubled.

At the same time, these destroyed enemies behaved extremely docile and docile, and a large number of Hu generals who were able to fight and were loyal emerged, and this series of victories also had the credit of these Hu generals and Hu soldiers.

It was such a series of military victories that cultivated the self-confident, heroic, vigorous, compatible and open character of the Tang Dynasty. The love for these Hu brothers who fought with them is not only a reflection of the magnanimity of the Tang Dynasty, but also a manifestation of self-confidence.

This kind of self-confidence lies in the confidence that his own force will always be strong, and he is confident that the empire will always be strong, so he is not worried about the backlash of these Hu tribes.

However, it didn't take long for the Tang Dynasty to suffer, and after being defeated by Tubo twice, the Turks took the opportunity to rebel, for various reasons (the rebellion was put down in an instant, but the traitorous ministers misled the country and forced the Turks again; Wuhou Zheng ~ Zhi ~ Struggle to kill the Black Tooth Changzhi self-destruction of the Great Wall, etc.), so that the Turks re-emerged, and the Tang Dynasty was beaten badly during that time.

After that, the rebellious nature of the various attached tribes was also exposed, but the situation was already like this, and it was impossible for the Tang Dynasty to change this strategy too drastically, so it could only be slowly plotted to defeat the Turks (such as supporting the Turks against the Turks and the Great Food, but in the end, the Turks turned into enemies with the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Sheng said that he supported the Southern Zhao, but he got rid of it and raised the tiger for trouble), and he used both grace and power to temporarily maintain the balance.

At the same time, Datang's eyes were mainly on foreign enemies, especially the number one enemy, Tibet. In addition, after the Tang Dynasty regained its strength, these subordinate tribes became docile and docile again, giving the emperor and ministers a false impression that the strategy of using razing to defeat raze and envy was very effective.

Maybe in a few years, when the Tang Dynasty has eliminated Tubo, it is not necessary that they will turn back and deal with these attached tribes one by one; Perhaps if Li Longji had not been so self-satisfied in his old age, drunk and dreaming of death, and reusing traitorous ministers and favored An Lushan, a rebel minister, the Anshi Rebellion would not have broken out.

Datang has time and opportunity to deal with the problem of attached tribes, and after solving this hidden danger, the prosperity of Datang may be able to continue.

But there is no if, in the previous time and space, the Tang Dynasty's strategy of destroying and controlling the tiger was a problem after all, and before the Tang Dynasty eliminated Tubo and freed up his hands to solve this problem, An Lushan first rebelled, and then everything came to naught.

And Li Sheng said these things, and took Nanzhao as an example, which also meant to make himself a warning, don't play it off, kill the chicken and not set an example for the monkey, but force the monkey to rebel.

The tent was quiet, and after a while, Xiao Quzhi suddenly said: "According to Brother Liangqi's intentions, if I do this, may it make the surrounding tribes more disagreeable?" Will they attack me en masse? ”

"I think it will."

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said, "Then how do you think Your Majesty will react?" Angry or happy? ”

Li Sheng was a little stunned, how can this be so easy to figure out at will, it's hard to say if you know, but there is no taboo with Xiao Quai: "You should be angry, right?" ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "I think he should be very angry and reprimand me, and then he is actually happy in his heart." ”

Li Sheng thought for a moment and nodded. But no, Your Majesty is afraid of Xiao Qu's illness, and at this time, he is naturally happy to have a handle to send it.

Xiao Quzhi said again: "Then Brother Liangqi, even if they have different intentions, before the thieves rebel, do they dare to rebel and make trouble?" ”

Li Sheng shook his head: "Naturally, I don't dare." ”

"That's it, we still have about four years to prepare for development. Brother Liangqi didn't say that His Majesty and most of the ministers also wanted to solve this problem a long time ago, so as long as we won the battle in the end. ”

"That's right." Li Sheng nodded, and suddenly wondered: "Why four years?" ”

"Uh......" When Xiao Quzhi didn't know what to say, he heard a guard outside the tent say loudly: "General Xiao, General Li, the envoy sent by the Youzhou Assassin Shi to surrender!" ”

PS: Necessary transitional chapters.