Wang Shichong waved his hand: "It's different, Ningzhou is not a place to turn into an inner country, and that kind of place can't be defended, I think the meaning of Gao Servant and the emperor is to be both graceful and powerful, severely punish the culprit of the rebellion, and then send capable ministers to garrison there to maintain the long-term peace and stability of Baoning Prefecture." As soon as Shi Wansui did it, the hearts of the people in Ningzhou were lost, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to rule in the future. ”

An Suiyu said with a smile: "Then the emperor sent officials to follow you all the way this time, and after the victory, he will take office?" ”

Wang Shichong was slightly stunned and shook his head: "I haven't heard of this, the morning court meeting decided the commander of the Southern Expedition, and now except for Shi Wansui and me, even the other generals have not been decided, and they will be promoted in three days. ”

An Suiyu nodded: "That's it, since it won't protect officials from taking office, that is, the emperor only intends to quell the rebellion, and doesn't think much about post-war things, if even the emperor and Gao Servant don't think about these, why do you let a general like General Shi think about this kind of military affairs?" ”

Wang Shichong laughed suddenly: "Ayu, what you think is too simple after all, this matter also involves Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and it is not so easy."

Shi Wansui wants to make a fortune by fighting a war and being promoted, but the problem is that he is not the only one who has this idea, that Yang Xiu is a greedy and cruel person, this time there are 20,000 of his Shu soldiers with the army, if Shi Wansui only cares about making a fortune by himself and does not feed Yang Xiu, then Ningzhou will be in chaos, then the emperor will investigate these things. ”

An Suiyu's phoenix eyes wandered, and he pondered for a moment. raised his head and said: "Xingman, do you mean that as long as Shi Wansui and Yang Xiu can share the spoils evenly and don't expose each other, there will be no problem?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "No, I don't mean that, I mean that if Ningzhou can be stable for a long time after the rebellion is suppressed, and there will be no more chaos, then even if Shi Wansui is wantonly plundering the local area." The emperor will not blame either. Nine times out of ten, Yang Xiu didn't dare to report it. But on the other hand, even if Shi Wansui has strict military discipline, he can't convince the barbarians by relying only on military means to suppress it with iron and blood. Wait for the army to leave and rebel. That is also to punish the emperor. ”

An Suiyu suddenly became nervous again: "Then what should I do." This expedition does not seem to be a good thing, and it will bring trouble to yourself, and it will be full. Why don't you think about it, you can't go back this time? ”

Wang Shichong smiled bitterly and said: "I, the high servant, am the name of the emperor who personally named me in the Golden Palace, how can I not go?" Now that I'm having a headache over this matter, what can I do to ensure the political stability of Ningzhou while ensuring military extermination? Ayu, to be honest, this time I don't want merit, but I want no fault, don't be promoted when the time comes, I have to hand over everything now. ”

An Suiyu was so anxious that some fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, she was a strange woman who had seen a lot of big scenes, and it was rare that when there was such a big mess, she was so anxious that she couldn't choose to speak: "Xingman, think about it, when you were able to control other tribes in Lingnan through Mrs. Xian's tribe, can't you do this in Ningzhou?" I seem to have heard that the barbarians in Ningzhou are also divided into east and west, can you think of a way in this regard? Just like you Han people do to our Turks, fight one and help an obedient one, at least for a few years to keep the peace. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Ningzhou is different from your Turks, the Turkic East and West have been divided for nearly a hundred years, and by the generation of Dulan Khan, they are already the third and fourth generations of Tumen Khan.

But Ningzhou's East and West Erjiao is a brother who has just separated, and he has always had a good relationship, at least until now he has never turned his face, this time the leader of the West Plan, the Queensland Thorn Shi Ji Zhen openly rebelled, and the other leader of the East Plan, Ji Zhen, did not say anything at all, and had no intention of helping the court to quell the rebellion, I think he is also secretly supporting the plan, if the court is really unable to clean up the plan, he will also take the opportunity to stand on his own. It is not even ruled out that he will directly lead his troops into the war and join the rebels. ”

When Wang Shichong said this, his heart suddenly moved, and he didn't continue, his mind was spinning rapidly, and he suddenly thought of a good solution, and his face gradually showed a hint of joy.

As soon as An Suiyu saw Wang Shichong like this, she realized that her husband might have thought of a good idea, closed her mouth in amusement, gently walked to the side and sat down, and watched Wang Shichong pacing around the room silently.

After Wang Shichong walked back and forth for more than a dozen times, he stopped, lowered his head, and carefully went through what he thought just now, then raised his head, breathed a long sigh of relief, and smiled at An Suiyu: "Ayu, thanks to your reminder, I have thought of a good way." ”

An Suiyu smiled slightly, and her eyes bent into two beautiful crescents: "I know that you will always have a way, come and listen." Yu'er also helped her husband consult. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said with a straight face: "Do you Turkic Great Khan want to take hostages from some less obedient, uncontrollable, and more powerful tribes, at least concubines or important princes, so that these tribes will not dare to betray themselves?" ”

An Suiyu said with a smile: "That's right, it's not our Turkic rules, starting from the Xiongnu, it's like this on the grassland, but this trick doesn't work very well, because these hostages are often looking for a few herdsmen's sons to pretend to be princes, even if they send authentic princes, but the big and small khans on our steppe can give birth to more than a dozen, dozens of sons, and it's not surprising to die one." Xingman, do you want the second master to send hostages, so that they will not dare to rebel? ”

Wang Shichong didn't answer directly, he continued to ask: "In addition to sending hostages, has there ever been a direct capture of the tribe's khan, or as a guest, a visit, an investigation, or a hunting trip, and then send someone to control his original tribe, or let the khan's son continue to be in charge, is this okay?" Can you make this tribe obedient? ”

An Suiyu thought about it carefully and shook his head: "This doesn't seem to work, generally unless it's a conquest, or the Khan's annual gathering to distribute daily necessities, these leaders rarely come in person, and if they want to come, everyone will come together, unless the Khan arrests them all, otherwise if you want to catch only one, it will make others afraid, and if you don't accept it, you will only lose people's hearts, so it is not unheard of to arrest people, detain people, and even kill people at this kind of conference, but there must be enough reasons to do it."

As for the tribe you said about sending people to take over after arresting people, at least in our steppe, it will not work, even the tribe that my brother and I used to use will not be able to be governed by the people sent by the Great Khan's headquarters. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Your grassland tribes have the capital to resist, and it is impossible for the Great Khan's headquarters to completely suppress the small and medium-sized tribes, but you must know that the barbarians in Ningzhou do not have the strength to resist my Great Sui, the only thing they can rely on is the long distance, the epidemic is rampant, it is not easy for my army to be dispatched once, and it is even more difficult to stay for a long time."

If we catch the leader of the Fu clan, don't kill him, bring him back as a hostage, support some leaders close to our Great Sui as leaders, and then let his son come to my Great Sui as an official, in fact, he will become quite a hostage, do you think this is good? ”

An Suiyu smiled slightly: "In our grassland, if there is a tribe that dares to openly rebel against the Great Khan, it must be eliminated, at least the leader must be killed, otherwise how can others be convinced?" Since you said that you want other leaders to succeed the great leader, what is the original rebel leader left behind? ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "This is the essence of barbarism against barbarianism, the new leader may not listen to us, this is determined by his position, not in his position, not in his government, as a leader, naturally do not want to be restrained, so if he is obedient, it is naturally best, if he is disobedient and rebels, we will put the imprisoned rebel leader back, let them eat dogs, and then choose an obedient one, how about this trick?" (To be continued......)